Question

Non-flowering plants belong to

• A. Dicots
• B. Monocots
• C. Cryptogams
• D. Phanerogams

Answer 1

The correct option is C

Cryptogams

The correct option is C.

Explanation for the correct option:

Option C:

1. Flowers are the reproductive structures of plants that bear male and female gametes.
2. These flowers after fertilization form fruits.
3. The plants that do not form flowers and reproduce through spores are called non-flowering plants.
4. Cryptogams are flowerless and seedless plants.

Explanation for the incorrect options:

Option A:

1. Dicots bear two cotyledons in their seeds. For example-apple, peach, carrot, cucumber, etc.
2. Dicots produces flowers.

Option B:

1. Monocotyledons have only one cotyledon in their seed. For example- grasses, sugarcane, bamboo, etc.
2. These plants are flowering plants.

Option D:

1. Flower-bearing or seed-bearing plants are called phanerogams.
2. It is further divided into two groups: gymnosperms & angiosperms.

Final answer: Non-flowering plants belong to Cryptogams.