Plant Kingdom Question 290
Question: Assertion : Paroicous mosses have both sex organs intermingled together. Reason : Autoicous mosses bear sex organs on different branches.
Options:
A) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the reason is a correct explanation of the assertion
B) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion
C) If the assertion is true but the reason is false
D) If the assertion is false but reason is true
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Answer:
Correct Answer: D
Solution:
In paroicous mosses (monoecious in nature) the two kinds of sex organs are borne in the same head in separate groups.
The antheridial and archegonial groups in the same head are demarcated from one another by one of two perichaetial bracts.
The monoecious mosses in which the two kinds of sex organs are borne on separate branches of the same plant are termed autoicous.
For example, Funaria hygrometrica.