Adiantum is common fern, growing wild in places along ……
a) the walls of wells
b) water courses
c) both a and b
d) dry land
The stem and the petiole are covered with numerous brownish scales known as………
a) rachis
b) ramenta
c) fronds
d) sorus
Explanation: One of the thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.
Which of the following is/are the characteristic/s of roots of Adiantum (fern)?
a) fibrous adventitious
b) arise from the lower side of rhizome
c) tap roots with root hair
d) both a and b
The leaves or fronds of Adiantum (fern) are…….
a) small and compound
b) large and compound
c) arise from the upper side of the rhizome
d) both a and b
Explanation: each leaf consists of leaflets or pinnae, which are further divided into pinnules
Adiantum is …….bearing asexual reproductive organs called sporangia.
a) gametophyte
b) sporophyte
c) both and b
d) none of them
Explanation: Adiantum the maidenhair fern is a genus of about 250 species of ferns
The sporangia of Adiantum are
arranged in groups called……..
a) sori
b) rachis
c) strobili
d) paraphysis
Explanation: the sori are found under the surface of the margins of pinnules
