Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

2. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

3. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

17. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

21. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

22. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

23. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

28. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

29. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

33. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

35. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

36. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

37. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

38. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

39. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

50. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

51. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

64. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

65. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

67. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

70. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

71. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

72. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

73. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

74. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

75. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

76. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

80. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

83. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

84. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

88. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

89. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

90. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

91. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

97. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

99. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

100. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

101. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 


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