Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

5. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

6. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

7. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

10. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

11. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

17. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

18. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

19. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

29. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

31. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

32. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

33. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

35. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

36. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

37. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

38. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

39. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

42. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

45. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

46. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

47. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

57. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

58. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

61. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

69. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

72. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

73. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

77. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

78. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

87. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

89. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

90. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

94. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

95. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

96. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

97. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

98. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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