Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

4. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

5. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

6. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

7. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

8. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

9. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

12. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

13. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

14. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

22. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

23. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

37. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

43. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

44. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

52. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

53. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

56. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

61. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

62. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

67. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

70. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

76. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

79. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

80. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

81. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

82. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

85. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

87. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

88. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

100. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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