Quiz_Pteridophyta

1. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

2. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

3. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

6. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

7. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

8. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

11. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

24. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

25. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

26. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

34. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

44. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

45. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

46. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

47. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

58. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

59. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

60. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

62. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

63. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

64. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

65. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

66. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

69. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

83. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

84. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

88. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

91. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

93. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

98. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

100. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

101. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in: