Quiz_Pteridophyta

1. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

2. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

8. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

9. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

10. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

13. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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 applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

23. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

26. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

27. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

37. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

40. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

41. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

50. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

59. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

60. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

61. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

62. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

65. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

66. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

70. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

73. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

80. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

81. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

85. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

86. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

87. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

88. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

93. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

96. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

98. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

100. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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