Question

Match the name of the plants given in column A with their characteristics given in columns B and C. Write the answer in the space provided.

Plants	Characteristics
Column A	Column B	Column C
(A) Red algae	(a) Seeds not enclosed by fruits, non-flowering	(i) Vegetative reproduction fragmentation, rhizoids are absent.
(B) Marchantia	(b) Seeds enclosed by fruits, tripetalous	(ii) Reticulate veins, presence of primary root.
(C) Pinus	(c) Thalloid structure, phycoerythrin in excess.	(iii) Gametophyte-adult plant body, rhizoids are present.
(D) Mustard	(d) Thalloid structure, sporophyte is chlorophyllous.	(iv) Parallel venation, primary root absent.
	(e) Seeds enclosed by fruit teetrapetalous	(v) Cones are the reproductive structures microspores contain female gametes.
	(f) Thalloid structure, sporophyte is non chlorophyllous	(vi) Cones are the reproductive structures, megaspores contain female gametes.

Answer 1

Column A	Column B	Column C
(A) Red algae	(c) Thalloid structure, phycoerythrin in excess.	(i) Vegetative reproduction fragmentation, rhizoids are absent.
(B) Marchantia	(f) Thalloid structure, the sporophyte is on chlorophyllous	(iii) Gametophyte-adult plant body, rhizoids are present.
(C) Pinus	(a) Seeds not enclosed by fruits, non-flowering	(vi) Cones are the reproductive structures, megaspores contain female gametes.
(D) Mustard	(e) Seeds enclosed by fruit tetrapetalous	(ii) Reticulate veins, presence of primary root.