Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

2. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

5. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

6. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

7. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

8. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

12. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

13. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

14. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

15. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

16. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

20. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

21. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

33. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

34. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

35. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

38. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

46. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

52. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

61. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

62. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

63. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

65. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

67. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

69. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

75. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

76. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

77. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

82. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

87. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

89. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

90. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

91. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

92. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

93. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

94. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

96. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

99. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

100. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

101. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 


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