Statement - I : In several bryophytes and pteridophytes, the number of male gametes produced
is several thousand times the number of female gametes produced.
Statement - II : In these plant groups there is much wastage of male gametes during its transfer through the water medium.

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Both statements are true

Both statements are false

Statement - I is false Statement - II is true

Statement - I is true Statement - II is false

answer is A.

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In several Bryophytes and Pteridophytes, the number of male gametes produced is several thousand times than the number of female gametes produced because in these plants the male gametes needs to move to reach the female gamete and in that process many male gametes might lost. Hence the male gametes are produced in large in number.

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