Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

5. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

6. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

7. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

13. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

16. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

41. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

45. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

50. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

60. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

62. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

63. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

64. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

65. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

66. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

67. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

70. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

75. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

76. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

77. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

79. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

82. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

85. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

86. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

87. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

93. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

94. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

96. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

99. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 


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