Quiz_Pteridophyta

1. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

4. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

9. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

10. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

11. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

12. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

13. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

14. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

15. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

16. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

23. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

24. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

30. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

59. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

60. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

61. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

62. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

65. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

66. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

67. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

68. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

72. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

73. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

80. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

81. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

82. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

93. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

96. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

97. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

98. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

99. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

100. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

101. Cyathia is characterized by: