Match the plant with the kind of life cycle it exhibits:

$List-I$ $List - II$
$(a)$ Spirogyra $(i)$ Dominant diploid sporophyte vascular plant, with highly reduced male or female gametophyte
$(b)$ Fern $(ii)$ Dominant haploid free-living gametophyte
$(c)$ Funaria $(iii)$ Dominant diploid sporophyte alternating with reduced gametophyte called prothallus
$(d)$ Cycas $(iv)$ Dominant haploid leafy gametophyte alternating with partially dependent

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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  • A

    $(a) - (ii), (b) - (iii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)$

  • B

    $(a) - (iii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (ii)$

  • C

    $(a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)$

  • D

    $(a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iii)$

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$(i)$ red algae and brown algae

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  • [AIPMT 2000]

Read the following statements and answer the question which follows them

$(1)$ In liverworts, mosses and ferns gametophytes are free-living

$(2)$ Gymnosperms and some ferns are heterosporous

$(3)$ Sexual reproduction in Fucus, Volvoxand albugo is oogamous

$(4)$ The sporophyte in liveworts is more elaborate than that in mosses

$(5)$ Both Pinus and Marchantia aredioecious

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Consider the following four statements whether they are correct or wrong.

$A.$ The sporophyte in liverworts is more elaborate than that in mosses.

$B.$ Salvinia is heterosporous.

$C.$ The life­cycle in all seed­bearing plants is diplontic.

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  • [AIPMT 2011]