Question

Which of the following plants are categorized in living fossils?

(i) Gnetum	(ii) Ephedra
(iii) Cycas	(iv) Pinus
(v) Ginkgo biloba	(vi) Zamia pygmaea
(vii) Cedrus	(viii) Picea
(ix) Abies	(x) Junipers

• A. (i), (iii) and (v)
• B. (ii), (iv) and (v)
• C. (iii) and (v)
• D. (iii), (iv) and (v)

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

(iii) and (v)
A "living fossil" may be defined as a plant that lived during ancient times and still survives on earth today. These are living representatives of primitive spore-bearing and seed-bearing plants that once flourished on earth in very different floras where dinosaurs roamed the land.