Flagellated male gametes are present in all the three of which one of the following sets?
- Zygnema, Saprolegnia and Hydrilla
- Fucus, Marsilea and Calotropis
- Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas
- Anthoceros, Funaria and Spirogyra
Answer
(3) Riccia, Dryopteris and Cycas
Solution
As per NCERT, bryophytes and pteridophytes have flagellated (motile) antherozoids and need water for fertilisation; among gymnosperms, Cycas also has large multiflagellate (motile) male gametes.
⇒ Riccia (liverwort), Dryopteris (fern) and Cycas all have flagellated male gametes ⇒ (3) is correct.
∵ Zygnema and Spirogyra have non-flagellated gametes (conjugation), Saprolegnia has no free male gametes, and the angiosperms Hydrilla and Calotropis have non-motile male gametes carried by a pollen tube ⇒ (1), (2), (4) are wrong.
Answer: (3)