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By Vijay Wardhan • December 8, 2024

1. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

2. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

8. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

9. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

15. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

16. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

20. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

30. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

35. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

38. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

41. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

42. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

43. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

44. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

47. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

48. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

49. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

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. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

53. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

56. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

59. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

60. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

68. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

72. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

73. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

74. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

78. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

83. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

84. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

87. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

91. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

96. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

97. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

98. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

99. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

100. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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