Quiz_Pteridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

4. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

9. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

12. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

13. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

20. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

21. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

22. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

23. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

24. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

29. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

40. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

41. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

42. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

43. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

44. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

47. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

48. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

57. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

62. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

63. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

66. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

67. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

68. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

70. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

73. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

76. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

77. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

78. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

83. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

91. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

93. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

94. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

99. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. Sporophyte of fern is: