Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements: In the members of Phaeophyceae, Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A, B, C and D only
- B, C, D and E only
- A, C, D and E only
- A, B, C and E only
Answer
(3) A, C, D and E only
Solution
A. Asexual reproduction in brown algae is usually by pear-shaped biflagellate zoospores — correct.
B. Sexual reproduction may be isogamous, anisogamous or oogamous, not oogamous only — incorrect.
C. Food is stored as complex carbohydrates, laminarin or mannitol — correct.
D. They possess chlorophyll a, c, carotenoids and xanthophylls (fucoxanthin) — correct.
E. The cellulosic cell wall is usually covered on the outside by a gelatinous coating of algin — correct.
Hence, A, C, D and E only are correct.
Answer: (3)