Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

2. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

5. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

9. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

10. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

13. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

16. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

17. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

24. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

25. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

26. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

33. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

34. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

35. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

39. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

49. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

50. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

62. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

65. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

66. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

67. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

68. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

69. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

70. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

77. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

78. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

79. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

80. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

81. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

82. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

83. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

87. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

93. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

98. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

99. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

100. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

101. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 


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