Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

4. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

5. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

6. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

7. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

8. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

12. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

13. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

18. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

19. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

22. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

23. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

24. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

30. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

31. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

32. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

33. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

34. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

59. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

60. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

67. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

68. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

69. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

72. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

73. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

74. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

75. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

77. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

78. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

79. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

80. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

81. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

83. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

84. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

91. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

92. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

93. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

100. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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