Botany · Plant Kingdom

NEET (UG) 2024 — Question 134

Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements:

In the members of Phaeophyceae,

A. Asexual reproduction occurs usually by biflagellate zoospores.

B. Sexual reproduction is by oogamous method only.

C. Stored food is in the form of carbohydrates which is either mannitol or laminarin.

D. The major pigments found are chlorophyll a,c\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{c} and carotenoids and xanthophyll.

E. Vegetative cells have a cellulosic wall, usually covered on the outside by gelatinous coating of algin. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. Option A:

    A , B, C and D only

  2. Option B:

    B, C, D and E only

  3. Option C:

    A, C, D and E only

    Correct
  4. Option D:

    A, B, C and E only

Answer: C

Step-by-step solution

In members of Phaeophyceae sexual reproduction is by oogamous, isogamous or anisogamous

methods.

Therefore correct set of statements are A, C, D and E.

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Exam
NEET (UG) 2024
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant Kingdom
Topic
Algae
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