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Plant Kingdom question bank (Biology)

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Q1.

Read the following statements about Funaria and select the options which are correct.
a) Gametophyte is the dominant plant body.
b) The sporophyte is differentiated into foot, seta and capsule.
c) The gemmae are asexual, green, multicellular buds found on the thallus.
d) The sporophyte has independent existence.

(A)
a and b
(B)
a and c
(C)
b and c
(D)
c and d
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Q2.

Chloroplasts of certain algal taxa such as Euglenophyta are surrounded by three membranes while, Heterokontophyta and Cryptophyta have four membranes. The chloroplasts present in these organisms is a result of secondary endosymbiotic events. All of them have chlorophyll a. However, Euglenophyta uses chlorophyll b as an accessory pigment, whereas Heterokontophyta and Cryptophyta use chlorophyll c. Assuming gain-of-function and gene addition, the most likely evolutionary scenario best describing the origins of chloroplast in these organisms is:

(A)
While Heterokontophyta and Cryptophyta had a common secondary endosymbiont, Euglenophyta evolved from an independent secondary endosymbiont.
(B)
Heterokontophyta, Cryptophyta and Euglenophyta all had a common secondary endosymbiont.
(C)
Heterokontophyta, Cryptophyta and Euglenophyta all evolved from independent secondary endosymbiotic events.
(D)
Heterokontophyta and Cryptophyta were a result of secondary endosymbiotic event from Euglenophyta.
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