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Life Cycle of Pteridophytes

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Spores in pteridophytes give rise to

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Sporophyte

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Parasite gametophyte

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Free living gametophyte

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Free living

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Solution

The correct option is C Free living gametophyte
The spores in pteridophytes germinate to give rise to inconspicuous, small but multicellular, free-living, mostly photosynthetic thalloid gametophytes called prothallus.
So the correct option is " Free-living gametophytes".

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