Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. The stem and petiole are covered with numerous brownish scale-like structures which are called:

 
 
 
 

2. The chief function of the indusium of the fern is:

 
 
 
 

3. In which of the following diploid stage is usually dominant?

 
 
 
 

4. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

5. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

6. If the sporangia in a sorus are in different stages of development and are intermixed, this condition is called:

 
 
 
 

7. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

8. If a sporangium is derived from a single cell it is called:

 
 
 
 

9. If the sporangia in a sorus are in the same stage of development it is called:

 
 
 
 

10. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

11. In pteridophytes, meiosis occurs at the stage of:

 
 
 
 

12. In which of the following plants is the sporophyte a dominant phase in the life cycle?

 
 
 
 

13. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

14. The heart-shaped prothallus of Dryopteris is always:

 
 
 
 

15. A number of short stalked sporangia attached with placenta and covered by indusium is called:

 
 
 
 

16. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

17. In Pteris, the sporophytic generation begins from and ends with the formation of spore mother cells:

 
 
 
 

18. The antheridia of fern are different from that of moss in the sense that they produce:

 
 
 
 

19. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

20. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

21. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

22. If a sporangium developed from a group of cells it is called:

 
 
 
 

23. . In Oswald and Tippo’s system of classification, Pteropsida does not include:

 
 
 
 

24. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

25. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

26. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

27. Certain leafless non-green branches produced from Selaginella are:

 
 
 
 

28. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

29. The capsule of fern sporangium bursts at a place called:

 
 
 
 

30. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

31. The developing embryo in Selaginella derives its food from:

 
 
 
 

32. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

33. The structure produced from germination of a microspore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

34. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

35. Which group of plants have spores, vascular bundles but no flowers?

 
 
 
 

36. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

37. Marsilea quadrifolia has only four leaflets. It is a:

 
 
 
 

38. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

39. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

40. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

41. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

42. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

43. The megasporangia of Selaginella can be identified due to their:

 
 
 
 

44. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

45. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

46. The sori bearing leaves of fern are known as:

 
 
 
 

47. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

48. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

49. Which group of plants have spores, vascular bundles and no seeds?

 
 
 
 

50. A special structure is born in between the microsporophyll and microsporangium of Selaginella. It is called:

 
 
 
 

51. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

52. The number of neck canal cells in archegonium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

53. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

54. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

55. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

56. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

57. The xylem of stele of fern rhizome is made up of:

 
 
 
 

58. Dryopteris prothallus is bisexual but the type of gametic union is generally by:

 
 
 
 

59. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

60. Eligulate, eusporangiate, homosporous, protostelic pteridophyte is:

 
 
 
 

61. . In Bryophytes and Pteridophytes, transport of male gametes requires: (NEET 2016)

 
 
 
 

62. The mature ligule has a prominent basal portion called:

 
 
 
 

63. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

64. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

65. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

66. The chief characteristic of fern leaf is that they:

 
 
 
 

67. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

68. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

69. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

70. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

71. The microsporophyll of Selaginella are the forerunners of which structure of Angiosperms?

 
 
 
 

72. Biciliate antherozoids are found in which of the following?

 
 
 
 

73. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

74. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

75. The number of androcytes in male prothallus of Selaginella are:

 
 
 
 

76. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

77. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

78. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

79. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

80. The sex organs that develop amongst the rhizoids of fern prothallus are:

 
 
 
 

81. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

82. In young stage sporophyte of fern absorbs food from the prothallus through:

 
 
 
 

83. Megasporophylls of Pteridophyta are comparable to which structure of Angiosperms?

 
 
 
 

84. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

85. Which of the following can be said to be the precursor of seed-bearing plants?

 
 
 
 

86. Formation of gametophyte-like structure from sporophyte without reduction division is called (i.e., without formation of spores):

 
 
 
 

87. Evidence in support of root-like nature of Selaginella rhizophore is:

 
 
 
 

88. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

89. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

90. Adaxial outgrowth from the base of the leaf of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

91. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

92. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

93. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

94. The sori of Dryopteris are covered by a thick multicellular covering known as:

 
 
 
 

95. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

96. In the sub genus Heterophyllum of genus Selaginella the leaves are present in:

 
 
 
 

97. The stem-like character of rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

98. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

99. Some of the species of Selaginella are commonly called:

 
 
 
 

100. Some of the species of Selaginella perennate by means of:

 
 
 
 

101. Pteridophytes as a group differ from Bryophytes and Thallophytes in having:

 
 
 
 


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