Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

2. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

3. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

4. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

13. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

14. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

15. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

18. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

19. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

20. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

21. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

22. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

30. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

43. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

44. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

45. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

46. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

49. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

54. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

55. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

64. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

73. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

74. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

75. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

79. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

85. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

86. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

87. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

88. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

89. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

91. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

92. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

97. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 


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