Quiz_Ptridophyta

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

 
 
 
 

2. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

4. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

5. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

7. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

8. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

11. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

12. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

13. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

17. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

22. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

28. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

29. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

30. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

31. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

32. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

35. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

38. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

39. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

40. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

41. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

43. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

44. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

46. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

51. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

52. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

55. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

56. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

58. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

59. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

63. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

64. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

69. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

74. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

76. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

77. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

78. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

79. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

80. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

82. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

85. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

86. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

87. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

88. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

89. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

90. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

93. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

94. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

96. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

98. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 


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