Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

2. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

3. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

4. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

17. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

20. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

29. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

30. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

31. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

32. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

33. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

37. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

38. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

39. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

40. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

41. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

47. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

48. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

53. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

56. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

64. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

73. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

74. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

75. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

76. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

79. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

85. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

86. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

87. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

91. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

92. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

97. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

98. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

100. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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