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Most important Pteridophytes MCQ's
Pteridology is the branch of botany that deals with the fern and related plants. Pteridologists are people who have an active interest in observing, recording, classifying or researching Pteridophytes. In this article, we will explore 50 multiple-choice questions (MCQ) related to Pteridology to test your knowledge. Enjoy the journey through time as we delve into the fascinating world of Pteridophytes!
MCQ on Pteridophytes
1. In which of the following groups would you place a plant that produces spores, lacks seeds and has vascular tissue?
(a) Bryophyte
(b) Algae
(c) Pteridophyte
(d) Gymnosperm
Answer: (c)
2. In Pteridophytes, the dominant generation is
(a) gametophytic
(b) haploid
(c) diploid
(d) triploid
Answer: (c)
3. Reduction division in pteridophytes occurs in
(a) Prothallus is formed
(b) Gametes are formed
(c) spores are formed
(d) sex organs are formed
Answer: (c)
4. Prothallus represents
(a) sporophytic phase in a fern.
(b) gametophytic phase in a fern
(c) sporophytic phase in a gymnosperm
(d) gametophytic phase in a gymnosperm
Answer: (b)
5. Pteridophytes and Bryophytes differ in having
(a) Spermatozoids
(b) Archegonia
(c) Separate gametophytes
(d) conducting system
Answer: (d)
6. Which of the following is deemed to be vital in the development of seed habit?
(a) Heterospory
(b) Dependant sporophyte
(c) Free-living gametophyte
(d) Haplontic life cycle
Answer: (a)
7. Sporophytic and gametophytic phases are independent in
(a) Bryophytes
(b) Pteridophytes
(c) Phaeophytes
(d) Gymnosperms
Answer: (b)
8. ‘Club moss’ belongs to
(a) Fungi
(b) Algae
(c) Bryophyta
(d) Pteridophyta
Answer: (d)
9. Phloem is without ___ in pteridophytes
(a) Bast fibres
(b) Companion cells
(c) Phloem parenchyma
(d) sieve cells
Answer: (b)
10. This group does not have seeds but has vascular tissues and produces spores
(a) Pteridophyta
(b) Bryophyta
(c) Angiosperms
(d) Gymnosperms
Answer: (a)
11. According to the available fossil record, which of the following are the first vascular plants ?
(a) Horsetails.
(b) Cycads.
(c) Lycopsids.
(d) Psilopphytales.
Answer: (d)
12. Most primitive living vascular plants are
(a) Brown algae.
(b) Sphagnum.
(c) ferns.
(d) Cycads.
Answer: (c)
13. A fern differ from moss in having
(a) An independent gametophyte.
(b) an independent sporophyte.
(c) Presence of archegonia.
(d) Swimming antherozoids.
Answer: (b)
14. Spore bearing leaf is called
(a) Sorus.
(b) Indusium.
(c) Ramentum.
(d) Sporophyll.
Answer: (d)
15. Prothallus represents
(a) Gametophytic phase in a fern.
(b) Sporophytic phase in a fern.
(c) Gametophytic phase in a gymnosperm.
(d) Gametophytic phase in a angiosperm.
Answer: (a)
16. Circinate vernation is found in
(a) Cycas.
(b) Fern.
(c) Both a and b.
(d) None of these.
Answer: (c)
17. Fern plants are
(a) Mesophytes.
(b) Hydrophytes.
(c) Xerophytes.
(d) Hygrophytes.
Answer: (d)
18. All the plants are heterosporous except
(a) Pinus sp.
(b) Marselia sp.
(c) Selaginella sp.
(d) Dryopteris sp.
Answer: (d)
19. The structure that produce gametes in the Prothallus are
(a) Anthers and archegonia.
(b) Ascogonium and anthers.
(c) Antheridia and archegonia.
(d) None of these.
Answer: (c)
20. What happens to the spore of ferns
(a) It germinates to become a prothallus.
(b) It germinates to become another spore forming a fern plant.
(c) It joins with another spore to become a seedling.
(d) It encysts and is devoured by snail.
Answer: (a)
21. Pteridophytes are also called
(a) Phanerogams.
(b) Vascular cryptogams.
(c) Amphibians of the plant kingdom.
(d) Spermatophytes.
Answer: (b)
22. Strobili or cones are found in
(a) Marchantia
(b) Equisetum
(c) Salvinia
(d) Pteris
Answer: (b)
23. Which one is rootless fern?
(a) Pteris
(b) Dryopteris
(c) Salvinia
(d) Adiantum
Answer: (c)
24. Per sporophyll only one sporangia is formed in
(a) Selaginella
(b) Fern.
(c) Pinus.
(d) All the above.
Answer: (a)
25. Which of the following are homosporous pteridophytes?
(a) Selaginella
(b) Lycopodium
(c) Salvinia
(d) Equisetum
Answer: (b and c)
26. Which of the following is a heterosporous pteridophyte?
(a) Lycopodium
(b) Selaginella
(c) Pteridium
(d) Dryopteris
Answer: (b)
27. Rhizoid containing sporophytic plants are characteristic of
(a) Bryopsida.
(b) Spenopsida.
(c) Cycadophyta.
(d) Psilopsida.
Answer: (d)
28. Which group includes green leaf microphyllous plants
(a) Lycopsida.
(b) Sphenopsida.
(c) Psilotopsida.
(d) Pteropsida.
Answer: (a)
29. Which of the following is called as " Adder's tongue" fern
(a) Cycathea
(b) Marsilea
(c) Ophioglossum
(d) Adiantum
Answer: (c)
30. Reptiles of plant kingdom are
(a) Bryophytes
(b) Pteridophytes
(c) Gymnosperms
(c) Angiosperms
Answer: (b)
31. Main plant body in Pteridophyes is
(a) Gametophyte
(b) Sporophyte
(c) Sporangium
(d) Prothallus
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
33. Photosynthetic sporophylls are present in
(a) Bryophytes
(b) Pteridophytes
(c) Gymnosperms
(c) Angiosperms
Answer: (b)
34. The living example of near telome is
(a) Marsilea
(b) Adiantum
(c) Osmunda
(d) Psilotum
Answer: (d)
35. Mixed protostele is found in
(a) Selaginella
(b) Lycopodium
(c) Equisetum
(d) Adiantum
Answer: (b)
36. Simple collateral vascular bundles are found in
(a) Selaginella
(b) Lycopodium
(c) Equisetum
(d) Pleopeltis
Answer: (c)
37. Common element of xylem in Pteridophytes is
(a) Tracheae
(b) Tracheids
(c) Sclereids
(d) Vessels
Answer: (b)
38. Ligule and cone are present in
(a) Lycopodium
(b) Isoetes
(c) Selaginella
(d) Psilotum
Answer: (c)
39. A cavity formed by the the disintegration of protoxylem tracheids in Equisetum stem is called
(a) Vallecular canal
(b) Carinal canal
(c) Central cavity
(d) Air chamber
Answer: (b)
40. The stele of Ophioglossum is
(a) Dictyostele
(b) Polystele
(c) Protostele
(d) Solenostele
Answer: (a)
41. The sorus of Pteris is
(a) Simple type
(b) Mixed type
(c) Gradate type
(d) none of above
Answer: (a)
42. The first seed plants appeared during
(a) Silurian
(b) Devonian
(c) Carboniferous
(d) Cretaceous
Answer: (b)
43. Which of the following is played significant role in dehiscence of fern sporangium?
(a) Annulus
(b) Sorus
(c) Indusium
(d) Tapetum
Answer: (a)
44. If a sporangium develops from group of cells it is called?
(a) Leptosporangiate
(b) Eusporangiate
(c) Heterosporangiate
(d) None of these
Answer: (b)
45. Pteridophytes are used for
(a) As soil- binders
(b) Medicinal purposes
(c) as ornamentals
(d) All of these
Answer: (d)
46. Number of neck canal cells in archegonium of pteridophyte is
(a) 2-6
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 1-14
Answer: (c)
47. Heterosporous pteridophytes always produce
(a) Monoecious gametophyte
(b) Dioecious gametophytes
(c) Monothallic gametophyte
(d) None of the above
Answer: (b)
48. A rootless, leafless pteridophyte from Rhynichert beds, Aberdeenshire (Scotland), i.e., Rhynia, was discovered by:
(a) Sir William Dawson.
(b) P.N. Mehra.
(c) Kidson and Lang.
(d) Captain Cooke.
Answer: (c)
49. "Telome theory" was forward by
(a) Bower
(b) Campbell
(c) Zimmerman
(d) Van Tieghem and Douliot
Answer: (c)
50. Elaboration of simplest sporophyte into modern complex sporophyte is explained by
(a) Enation theory
(b) Stelar theory
(c) Telome theory
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
