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GK QUESTION#3901

Consider the following statements:

1. Marchantia (a liverwort) forms umbrella-shaped structures that bear gametangia, and sporophytes develop below them.

2. Polytrichum, Funaria, and Sphagnum are mosses, not liverworts.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A1 only
  2. B2 only
  3. CBoth 1 and 2Correct answer
  4. DNeither 1 nor 2
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Answer

C. Both 1 and 2

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Explanation

Both statements are correct. Marchantia has stalked gametangiophores; sporophytes develop on the underside of the female archegoniophore after fertilization. Polytrichum, Funaria and Sphagnum are mosses.

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