1. Leafy stage in bryophytes
a) Develops from secondary protonema
b) Consist of upright, slender axis and bears consist of alternately arranged leaves.
c) Attached to the soil through unicellular and branched rhizoids.
d) All of these
Explanation: Develops from secondary protonema
2. Sex organs in mosses develops on
a) Secondary protonema
b) Leafy stage
c) On capsule of sporophyte
d) None of these
Explanation: Sex organs in mosses develops on leafy stage.
3. Vegetative reproduction in mosses takes place by
a) Fragmentation and budding in secondary protonema
b) Binary fission
c) Spore dispersal
d) All of these
Explanation: Fragmentation and budding in secondary protonema
4. Sporophyte of mosses is more elaborated from
a) Ferns
b) Pinus
c) Polytrichum
d) Marchantia
Explanation: Sporophyte of mosses is more elaborated from Marchantia.
5. Spores in bryophytes are formed by
a) Mitosis
b) Meiosis in gametophyte
c) Mitosis in zygote
d) Meiosis in zygote
Explanation: Spores in bryophytes are formed by meiosis in zygote.
6. Elaborate mechanism of spore dispersal is found in
a) Ferns
b) Mosses
c) Liverworts
d) None of these
Explanation: Elaborate mechanism of spore dispersal is found in mosses.
7. Sphagnum belongs to
a) Ferns
b) Liverworts
c) Mosses
d) None of these
Explanation: Sphagnum belongs to mosses
8. The plants frequently grown as ornamentals and are used for medicinal purpose belong to
a) Angiosperms
b) Pteridophytes
c) Algae
d) Some protist
Explanation: The plants frequently grown as ornamentals and are used for medicinal purpose belong to Pteridophytes.
9. The first terrestrial plants to posses vascular tissues are
a) Gymnosperms
b) Bryophyte
c) Pteridophytes
d) All of these
Explanation: Pteridophytes
10. The main plant body of pteridophytes is
a) Gametophytes as well as sporophyte
b) Sporophyte
c) None of these
d) Both (a) and (b)
Explanation: The main plant body of pteridophytes is Sporophyte.
11. The plant body of pteridophyte is
a) Not well-developed
b) Lacks vascular tissue
c) Is thalloid
d) Posses true root, leaves and stem
Explanation: Posses true root, leaves and stem
12. Pteridophytes have only
a) Small microphyllous leaves
b) Large macrophyllous leaves
c) Both microphyllous as well as macrophyllous in some of the ferns
d) All of the above
Explanation: Both microphyllous as well as macrophyllous in some of the ferns
13. Which one is false about pteridophyte?
a) They flourish well moist and shady condition
b) They are found in cool damp and shady place
c) The xylem posses vessels
d) None of these
Explanation: "The xylem posses vessels". This statement is false.
14. Prothallus is the gametophyte of
a) Bryophytes
b) Algae
c) Pteridophyte
d) Gymnosperm
Explanation: Pteridophyte
15. The gametophyte of pteridophyte grows in damp, moist and shady places because
a) They are limited and restricted to a narrow geographical region.
b) They need water for fertilization of gametes formed on the gametophyte.
c) Water is required for gametogenesis
d) Egg cell swims in water to reach to the antheridia.
Explanation: They need water for fertilization of gametes formed on the gametophyte.
16. Gametophyte of pteridophyte
a) Parasite on sporophyte
b) Not a free living stage
c) Photosynthetical and free living
d) Is unicellular
Explanation: Photosynthetical and free living
17. Vascular plants which do not bear seeds is
a) Angiosperms
b) Pteridophytes
c) Gymnosperms
d) None of these
Explanation: Vascular plants which do not bear seeds is pteridophytes.
18. Macrophylls leaves are characteristics of
a) Mosses
b) Ferns
c) Funaria
d) None of these
Explanation: Macrophylls leaves are characteristics of Ferns.
19. Pteridophyte having microphylls is
a) Ferns
b) Psilotum
c) Selaginella
d) All of these
Explanation: Selaginella
20. The production of spores by the spore mother cells is the result of
a) Mitosis
b) Meiosis
c) Mitosis and meiosis both
d) Amitosis
Explanation: Meiosis