Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

4. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

5. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

11. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

12. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

22. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

34. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

39. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

45. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

46. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

52. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

55. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

56. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

59. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

62. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

72. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

73. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

76. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

82. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

83. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

84. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

89. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

90. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

91. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

92. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

93. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

96. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

98. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

99. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 


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