NEET 2011 · Class 11

Plant Kingdom

The gametophyte is not an independent, free living generation in (2011)

  1. (A)Polytrichum
  2. (B)Adiantum
  3. (C)Marchantia
  4. (D)Pinus

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Unlike bryophytes and pteridophytes, in gymnosperms, the male and the female gametophytes do not have an independent free-living existence.

Chapter
Plant Kingdom
Section
3.4 GYMNOSPERMS
Page
10
Words matched
28 of 28

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that in gymnosperms (which include Pinus), gametophytes do not have independent free-living existence, directly matching the question's requirement and distinguishing Pinus from the other options.

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