Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

9. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

10. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

11. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

12. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

15. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

16. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

19. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

20. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

24. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

26. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

30. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

31. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

33. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

34. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

35. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

36. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

37. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

40. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

47. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

48. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

49. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

52. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

60. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

62. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

63. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

64. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

66. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

67. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

69. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

70. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

71. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

72. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

77. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

79. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

80. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

86. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

88. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

89. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

91. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

92. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

93. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

94. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

98. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

100. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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