Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

5. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

10. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

11. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

23. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

24. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

33. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

34. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

35. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

36. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

43. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

44. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

45. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

48. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

51. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

58. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

61. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

62. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

63. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

64. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

65. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

69. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

72. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

75. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

77. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

79. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

80. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

86. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

89. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

90. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

93. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

97. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

98. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

100. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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