Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

6. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

7. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

15. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

16. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

21. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

27. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

30. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

31. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

40. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

43. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

48. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

49. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

52. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

61. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

62. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

63. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

64. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

67. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

68. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

69. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

70. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

76. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

79. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

87. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

89. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

90. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

91. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

94. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

97. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

99. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

100. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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