Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

6. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

7. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

18. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

19. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

22. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

27. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

30. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

31. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

35. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

38. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

39. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

44. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

55. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

56. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

57. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

58. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

61. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

66. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

67. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

70. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

76. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

79. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

80. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

89. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

91. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

92. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

94. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

95. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

96. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

99. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

100. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

101. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 


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