Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

4. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

5. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

11. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

15. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

18. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

29. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

30. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

35. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

43. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

44. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

47. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

50. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

51. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

52. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

61. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

62. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

63. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

64. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

65. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

66. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

72. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

75. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

76. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

77. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

78. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

82. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

86. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

87. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

88. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

93. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

94. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

97. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

100. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

101. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 


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