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Quiz_Ptridophyta

By Vijay Wardhan • December 8, 2024

1. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

4. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

11. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

17. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

18. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

19. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

25. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

31. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

32. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

33. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

34. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

36. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

37. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

40. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

41. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

49. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

50. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

55. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

56. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

59. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

61. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

62. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

69. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

77. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

78. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

79. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

80. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

81. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

82. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

85. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

86. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

87. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

88. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

91. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

92. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

94. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

95. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

99. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 


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