Quiz_Ptridophyta

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1. The sori in Dryopteris are found on:

 
 
 
 

2. What is special feature of fern archegonia?

 
 
 
 

3. The seedless plants which possess vascular tissues are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

6. The most primitive vascular plants is:

 
 
 
 

7. In Pteris, the archegonia are present:

 
 
 
 

8. Amphiphloeic siphonostele develops in rhizome of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

10. The gametophyte of fern bears:

 
 
 
 

11. The tree fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

16. Indusium in Dryopteris is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

19. Polystelic condition is found in:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

21. Fern prothallus produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

23. In Selaginella, the microsporangia are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

25. Rhizophore of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

26. The leafy fern plant represents the:

 
 
 
 

27. The gametophyte of fern is as:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

29. Fern plants are:

 
 
 
 

30. Heterospory and ligulate leaves are a feature of:

 
 
 
 

31. The development of Selaginella embryo is:

 
 
 
 

32. Heterospory is the production of:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

34. The development of sporangium in Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

39. The stele of Dryopteris is a:

 
 
 
 

40. Meristele of fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

42. Fern prothallus is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

45. The prothallus of fern represents the plant:

 
 
 
 

46. . Tapetum develops in:

 
 
 
 

47. The prothallus of fern is:

 
 
 
 

48. Selaginella differs from Moss in having:

 
 
 
 

49. Azolla growing in paddy fields helps in:

 
 
 
 

50. The archegonia in Selaginella develop on:

 
 
 
 

51. The term stele was given by:

 
 
 
 

52. How a fern differs from a moss?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

54. The sporangia of Selaginella are attached:

 
 
 
 

55. In Pteris, the roots are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

57. Most primitive group of vascular plants are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

62. Placenta in fern is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

64. The megasporangium of Selaginella is:

 
 
 
 

65. The sporangium of fern contains nearly:

 
 
 
 

66. Azolla and Salvinia both are:

 
 
 
 

67. Pteridophyta are also called:

 
 
 
 

68. Which of the following applies to Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

69. The megaspore of Selaginella on germination produces:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

75. Fern phloem lacks:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

77. Sporophyte of fern is:

 
 
 
 

78. Male gametes in Dryopteris are:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

81. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

84. The ferns are usually found:

 
 
 
 

85. Male gametophyte of Selaginella is found:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

90. attract the antherozoids of Funaria towards their archegonium:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

92. Which is the correct statement about Selaginella?

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

95. The archegonia of Selaginella are differentiated by:

 
 
 
 

96. Psilotum is:

 
 
 
 

97. Cyathia is characterized by:

 
 
 
 

98. The fern plant is:

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

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

 
 
 
 

101. Which of the following is true for Selaginella?

 
 
 
 


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