Plant Kingdom Question 534

Question: Assertion : Sporophytes of pteridophyta are dominant individual. Reason : They do not show the formation of true root.

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 both the assertion and reason are false

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

In the pteridophytes, the sporophyte gains physiological independence and develops into the dominant, typically photosynthetic phase of the life cycle.

It is organized into stem, leaves and roots.

For the first time in the sporophyte of the pteridophytes true roots develops.

Psilophyta (a pteridophyte division) lack true roots.