Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

2. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

14. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

15. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

18. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

19. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

22. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

27. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

28. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

29. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

30. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

32. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

37. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

38. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

40. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

44. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

45. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

46. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

47. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

50. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

51. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

56. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

57. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

71. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

72. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

73. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

74. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

75. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

76. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

77. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

78. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

80. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

83. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

84. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

85. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

86. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

87. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

88. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

89. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

90. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

93. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

94. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

95. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

97. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

98. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 


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