Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

3. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

4. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

7. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

11. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

13. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

15. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

16. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

22. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

25. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

28. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

29. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

30. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

33. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

34. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

38. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

48. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

53. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

58. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

62. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

63. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

64. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

73. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

77. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

82. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

83. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

84. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

86. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

88. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

89. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

93. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

96. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

97. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

98. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

99. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

100. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

101. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 


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