NEET 2006 · Class 11

Plant Kingdom

In a moss, the sporophyte

  1. (A)manufactures food for itself, as well as for the gametophyte
  2. (B)is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
  3. (C)produces gametes that give rise to the gametophyte
  4. (D)arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

The sporophyte is not free-living but attached to the photosynthetic gametophyte and derives nourishment from it.

Chapter
Plant Kingdom
Section
3.2 BRYOPHYTES
Page
6
Words matched
16 of 16

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that the sporophyte 'derives nourishment from' the gametophyte, which directly supports the claim that it is partially parasitic on the gametophyte.

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