NEET 1993 · Class 11

Plant Kingdom

Pteridophytes differ from mosses/bryophytes in possessing

  1. (A)independent gametophyte
  2. (B)well developed vascular system
  3. (C)archegonia
  4. (D)flagellate spermatozoids

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Evolutionarily, they are the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues – xylem and phloem.

Chapter
Plant Kingdom
Section
3.3 PTERIDOPHYTES
Page
7
Words matched
20 of 20

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that pteridophytes are 'the first terrestrial plants to possess vascular tissues – xylem and phloem,' which directly corresponds to option B's 'well developed vascular system' and distinguishes them from bryophytes that lack true vascular tissues.

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