Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

2. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

3. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

8. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

9. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

10. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

11. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

12. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

13. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

27. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

28. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

29. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

30. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

34. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

35. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

36. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

46. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

47. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

48. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

49. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

50. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

51. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

52. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

60. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

61. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

72. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

73. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

76. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

79. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

87. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

88. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

91. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

92. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

99. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

100. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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