Bryology is the branch of botany concerned with the scientific study of bryophytes. Bryologists are people who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying or researching bryophytes. In this article, we will explore 40 multiple-choice questions (MCQ) related to bryology to test your knowledge. Enjoy the journey through time as we delve into the fascinating world of bryophytes!
1. Which of the following does not belongs to Bryophyte ?
a. Stone wort
b. Liver wort
c. Horn wort
d. All the above
Answer : a. Stone wort
2. Which of the following represents haploid generation in bryophytes ?
a. Elater
b. Seta
c. Calyptra
d. Columella
Answer : c. Calyptra
3. Which of the following bryophytes has well defined leptoids and hydroids ?
a. Pogonatum
b. Porella
c. Frullania
d. Pellia
Answer : a. Pogonatum
4. In which of the following plant groups the gametophyte nourishes the sporophyte ?
a. Algae
b. Bryophyta
c. Gymnosperm
d. Pteridophyta
Answer : b. Bryophyta
5. Elaterophores are present in the capsule of :
a. Riccia and Marchantia
b. Anthoceros and Sphagnum
c. Pellia and Riccardia
d. Porella and Funaria
Answer : c. Pellia and Riccardia
6. Which of the following in Marchantia represents the sporophytic phase ?
a. Elaters
b. Calyptra
c. Spore
d. Perigynium
Answer : a. Elaters
7. The middle sterile part of capsule of mass is called :
a. Font
b. Columella
c. Protonema
d. Spore sac
Answer : b. Columella
8. Which bryophytes has large chloroplast and pyrenoids ?
a. Riccia
b. Marchantia
c. Anthoceros
d. Pellia
Answer : c. Anthoceros
9. Peat bogs are often formed in :
a. Wet lands
b. Waste lands
c. Dry lands
d. Cultivated lands
Answer : a. Wet lands
10. Cylindrical capsule with pseudoelaters is present in :
a. Riccia
b. Antheroceros
c. Phaeoceros
d. Dendroceros
Answer : b. Antheroceros
11. Which of the following is absent from a Sphagnum sporophyte ?
a. Foot
b. Seta
c. Columella
d. Operculum
Answer : b. Seta
12. Antheridia intermixed with paraphysis are seen in :
a. Funaria
b. Marchantia
c. Riccia
d. Anthoceros
Answer : a. Funaria
13. Gametophytic phase is dominant in :
a. Angiosperms
b. Gymnosperms
c. Pteridophytes
d. Bryophytes
Answer : d. Bryophytes
14. Which of the following is regarded as a link between Algae and Pteridophytes ?
a. Funaria
b. Riccia
c. Anthoceros
d. Porella
Answer : c. Anthoceros
15. Which of the following shows indeterminate growth of the sporophyte ?
a. Pogonatum
b. Pellia
c. Anthoceros
d. Porella
Answer : c. Anthoceros
16. Which one of the following is a gymnostomous moss ?
a. Funaria
b. Pogonatum
c. Sphagnum
d. Polytrichum
Answer : c. Sphagnum
17. In which of the following endophytic algae are present ?
a. Anthoceros
b. Marchantia
c. Polytrichum
d. Funaria
Answer : a. Anthoceros
18. Peat moss is :
a. Pogonatum
b. Polytrichum
c. Porella
d. Sphagnum
Answer : d. Sphagnum
19. Naiadita describe by Harris is a :
a. Bryophyte from Jurassic of Greenland
b. Bryophyte from Precambrian of U.S.A.
c. Bryophytes from Triassic of England
d. Unknown plant of plant of Permian of Scotland
Answer : c. Bryophytes from Triassic of England
20. Which of the following has barrel shaped air pores in the thallus ?
a. Pogonatum
b. Funaria
c. Marchantia
d. Cyanthodium
Answer : c. Marchantia
21. In which of the following sporophyte is partially independent and unlimited in growth ?
a. Sphagnum
b. Pogonatum
c. Porella
d. Anthoceros
Answer : d. Anthoceros
22. Which of the following acts as an indicator of copper rich substratum ?
a. Mielichhoferia elongata
b. Funaria hygrometrica
c. Porella platyphylla
d. Pogonatum himalayensis
Answer : b. Funaria hygrometrica
23. Which of the following has endogenous development of antherida ?
a. Pellia
b. Anthoceros
c. Funaria
d. Frullania
Answer : a. Pellia
24. Marchantia possesses :
a. Partitioned air chambers containing branched assimilatory filaments without air pores.
b. Partitioned air chambers containing branched assimilatory filaments with air pores.
c. Simple air chambers with unbeanched assimilatory filaments
d. Simple air chambers with air pores.
Answer : b. Partitioned air chambers containing branched assimilatory filaments with air pores.
25. Which of the following is endohydric in nature :
a. Porella
b. Pellia
c. Frullania
d. Pogonatum
Answer : d. Pogonatum
26. In which of the following the columella is absent :
a. Pellia epiphylla
b. Notothylas indica
c. Pogonatum himalayanum
d. Anthoceros erectus
Answer : a. Pellia epiphylla
27. In which of the following oil-bodies are found ?
a. Anthoceros
b. Frullania
c. Sphagnum
d. Funaria
Answer : b. Frullania
28. The protective device over the developing sporophyte is shoot calyptra in :
a. Frullania
b. Anthoceros
c. Sphagnum
d. Pellia
Answer : a. Frullania
29. The calyptras of the moss sporophyte is :
a. haploid
b. diploid
c. triploid
d. polyploid
Answer : a. haploid
30. Which of the following is anacrogynous in nature ?
a. Porella
b. Pellia
c. Pogonatum
d. Frullania
Answer : b. Pellia
31. Which of the following has nematodontous peristome ?
a. Sphagnum
b. Funaria
c. Pogonatum
d. None of the above
Answer : c. Pogonatum
32. In a fully mature sporophyte of Riccia the spore mass is enclosed in :
a. Jacket
b. Ventre
c. Thallus
d. Perichaetium
Answer : a. Jacket
33. Which one of the following bryophytes is characterized by the presence of single chloroplast in the gametophytic cells ?
a. Marchantia
b. Riccia
c. Funaria
d. Anthoceros
Answer : d. Anthoceros
34. In a section through antheridial chamber the antheridia appear in bunch and are enclosed in a chamber with 2-celled layer thick roof. Which genus should be :
a. Riccia
b. Marchantia
c. Anthoceros
d. Funaria
Answer : c. Anthoceros
35. The origin of sporogenous tissue is from amphithecium in :
a. Anthoceros
b. Marchantia
c. Porella
d. Pellia
Answer : a. Anthoceros
36. There are five rows of neck cells in the archegonium of :
a. Porella
b. Marchantia
c. Riccia
d. Funaria
Answer : a. Porella
37. Septate and branched rhizoids are found in :
a. Riccia
b. Marchantia
c. Anthoceros
d. Funaria
Answer : d. Funaria
38. Which of the following shows in situ germination of spores ?
a. Riccia
b. Marchantia
c. Pellia
d. Sphagnum
Answer : c. Pellia
39. In Sphagnum, the gametophyte structure compensating for the absence of seta is known as :
a. Columella
b. Elaterophore
c. Sporangiophore
d. Pseudopodium
Answer : d. Pseudopodium
40. Which of the following shows the characteristic of green algae as well as the lower vascular plants ?
a. Polytrichum
b. Marchantia
c. Anthoceros
d. Funaria
Answer : c. Anthoceros
