Exercise

ALLEN Pre-Medical : Biology 91
EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) Build Up Your Understanding
MERISTEMATIC TISSUE 8. The secondary meristem originates from-

(1) Promeristem
1. A meristem may be defined as the group of cells (2) Primary meristem
which - (3) Primary permanent tissue
(1) Add to the bulk of the Plants. (4) Secretory tissue
(2) Conserve food
(3) Divide continuously to give rise to new cells. NPA0008
(4) Elongate and add to the group of cells.
9. The function of root cap is-
NPA0001 (1) Provide protection to root apex
N
(2) Storage of food products
2. Histogens are components of - (3) Absorption of nutrients
M
(1) Apical meristem (4) None of the above
(2) Intercalary meristem
(3) Lateral meristem NPA0009
O
E (4) Secondary meristem
10. In quiescent zone, DNA content is -
RO
NPA0002 (1) High (2) Low
(3) Very high (4) Balanced
3. Maximum growth in root occurs -
(1) At its tip (2) Towards light NPA0010
L
(3) Behind the apex (4) Towards apex
SS 11. How many histogens are present in dicot root apex
NPA0003 (1) Four (2) One
(3) Three (4) Two
4. In moncotyledon roots, the histogen present at the
L
LA
apex of the root tip is NPA0011

(1) Dermatogen (2) Procambium
12. Plastochron is
(3) Calyptrogen (4) Plerome
LC
(1) Period between initiation of two successive leaf

A
NPA0004 primordia
(2) Distance between two successive leaf primordia
5. Root cap is not found in -
(3) Region of origin of root branch
(1) Hollyhock (2) Pistia
TA
(4) Region of origin of stem branch

(3) Sunflower (4) China rose
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NPA0012
NPA0005
13. Aerenchyma is helpful to plants by -
GI
6. How many histogen are present in monocot root

apex : (1) Providing buoyancy in hydrophytes
(1) 1 (2) 2 (2) Promoting photosynthesis
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(3) 3 (4) 4 (3) Give mechanical strength to plants

(4) Giving flexibility to plants
NPA0006
NPA0013
7. Which of the following is a well differentiated plant
tissue - 14. Shoot-apex is protected by-
(1) Apical meristem (2) Cambium (1) Root cap (2) Shoot cap
(3) Parenchyma (4) All of the above (3) Calyptra (4) Primordial leaves
NPA0007 NPA0014
E
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15. Pith is produced by 23. Mechanical tissue consisting of living cells is -
(1) Ground meristem (2) Procambium (1) Sclerenchyma
(3) Periblem (4) Dermatogen (2) Collenchyma
(3) Chlorenchyma
NPA0015
(4) Parenchyma
NPA0023
PERMANENT TISSUE
24. Collenchyma differs from sclerenchyma in -
16. A parenchyma cell which stores ergastic materials
(1) Retaining protoplasm at maturity
or waste substance is -
(2) Having thick walls
(1) Phragmoblast (2) Conidioblast
(3) Having a wide lumen
N
(3) Idioblast (4) Blastomere
(4) Being meristematic
NPA0016
NPA0024
M
17. In plants, which of the following would most likely
25. Which of the following tissue provide tensile strength
show totipotency-
against bending & swaying-
(1) Xylem vessels (2) Meristem
O
(1) Parenchyma
E
(3) Cork (4) Sieve tube
(2) Collenchyma
RO
NPA0017
(3) Sclerenchyma
18. The tissue not having specifically thickened walls are
(4) Sclereids
(1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma
NPA0025
L
(3) Fibres (4) Sclereids
SS 26. Which of the following plant organs do not contain
NPA0018 collenchyma
19. Which of the following tissues form the main bulk (1) Leaf bases
of storage organ-
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LA
(2) Monocot stem
(3) Roots
(3) Sclerenchyma (4) Aerenchyma (4) All of the above
NPA0019
LC
NPA0026
A
20.5. Pulp of a fruit is made up of mainly 27. Cell walls of sclerenchymatous cells have large
(1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma percentage of -
(3) Sclereids (4) Meristem (1) Cellulose (2) Pectin
TA
NPA0020 (3) Lignin (4) Silica Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65
21. Collenchyma is found in - NPA0027

(1) Herbaceous climbers 28. Fibre (longest plant cell), belongs to which tissue -
GI
(2) Hydrophytes (1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma

(3) Woody climbers (3) Sclerenchyma (4) Aerenchyma
(4) Xerophytes NPA0028
DI
NPA0021 29. Tissue which develops more due to scarcity of

22. A simple mechanical tissue devoid of lignin is - water-
(1) Parenchyma (1) Sclerenchyma

(2) Collenchyma
(2) Collenchyma
(3) Parenchyma
(3) Sclerenchyma
(4) Meristem
(4) Chlorenchyma
NPA0029
NPA0022
E
30. Plastids are absent in 37. Vessels and companion cells are respectively
(1) Parenchyma present in the xylem and phloem of
(2) Collenchyma (1) Gymnosperm (2) Pteridophyte
(3) Sclerenchyma (3) Angiosperm (4) Bryophyta
(4) All of the above
NPA0037
NPA0030
38. Phloem parenchyma is absent in -
31. Which of following plant cells are without vacuoles (1) Dicot stem (2) Dicot leaf
and without nuclei - (3) Monocot stem (4) Dicot root
(1) Cambium cells
NPA0038
(2) Xylem vessels
N
(3) Root hairs 39. Sieve plates in angiosperms -
(1) Oblique & in lateral walls
M
(4) Companion cells
(2) Straight & in end wall
NPA0031 (3) Oblique & in end wall
O
(4) Straight & in lateral wall
E 32. Bordered pits are very common among tracheids
of - NPA0039
RO
(1) Monocotyledons (2) Dicotyledons
(3) Pteridophytes (4) Gymnosperms 40. Bordered pits occur in -
(1) Secondary phloem
L
NPA0032 (2) Protoxylem
SS
33. The tissue responsible for translocation of food (3) Metaxylem
material is - (4) Bark
(1) Parenchyma (2) Sieve tubes
L
LA
NPA0040
(3) Vessels (4) Fibres
41. Thickenings in collenchyma mainly due to deposition
NPA0033 of -
LC
34. (1) Cellulose (2) Pectin

A
The cell functionally associated with sieve tube is -

(1) Phloem fibres (3) Lignin (4) Suberin
(2) Phloem Parenchyma
NPA0041
(3) Companion cell
TA
(4) Collenchyma 42. Complex tissues are not found in

(1) Few bryophytes
NPA0034
(2) Pteridophytes
GI
35. Bast fibres are mostly found in - (3) All gametophytes

(1) Secondary xylem (2) Secondary phloem (4) All spermatophytes
(3) Primary phloem (4) Primary xylem
DI
NPA0042
NPA0035
43. The chief function of a vessel in a plant body is to-
36. A mature sieve tube differs from a vessel - (1) Conduct sap
(1) In lacking a functional nucleus (2) Conduct mineral salts only
(2) Absence of lignified walls (3) Eliminate excess of water at night
(3) Being nearly dead (4) Translocate organic nutrients
(4) Lacking cytoplasm
NPA0043
NPA0036
E
44. Presence of vessels in the xylem is 51. Sieve tubes are ideal for nutrient transport because
(1) A primitive character they have
(2) An advanced character (1) No end walls
(3) A vestigial character (2) Bordered pits
(4) None of the above (3) Narrow lumen rich in cytoplasm
NPA0044 (4) Broad lumen with little peripheral cytoplasm
45. End walls of tracheids and vessels respectively are NPA0051
(1) Pitted & perforated 52. Long pointed sclerenchyma cells are
(2) Perforated & pitted (1) Fibres (2) Tracheae
N
(3) Both perforated (3) Wood parenchyma (4) Sclereids
(4) Both pitted NPA0052
M
NPA0045 53. Sieve tubes are characterised by
46. In xylem, fibres give strength mainly to- (1) Absence of septa
O
(1) Vessels
E
(2) Tracheids
(2) Simple oblique septa
(3) Perforated longitudinal walls
RO
(3) Parenchyma
(4) Perforated oblique septa
(4) Storage tissue
NPA0053
NPA0046
L
54. Callose blocks
47. The term "Leptom" refers to-
SS
(1) Older tracheids
(1) Conducting part of the phloem
(2) Heart wood
(2) Non conducting part of phloem
(3) Sieve tubes in summer
L
LA
(3) Conducting part of xylem

(4) Sieve tubes in winter/autumn
(4) Non-conducting part of xylem
NPA0054
NPA0047
LC
55. P-protein is a constituent of

A
48. According to histogen theory, during apical (1) Sieve tube elements (2) Xylem parenchyma
organization three histogens are formed. The part
(3) Parenchyma (4) Pericycle
differentiated by plerome is-
NPA0055
TA
(1) Cortex (2) Xylem & phloem

56. Resin ducts are found in -
(3) Ground tissue system (4) Stele
(1) Pine (2) Bamboos
NPA0048 (3) Teak (4) Sal
GI
49. Three types of tissue systems namely epidermal, NPA0056

fundamental & vascular, were proposed by-
57. Resin canals are -
(1) Hanstein (2) Buvat
DI
(1) Schizogenous (2) Lysigenous

(3) Sachs (4) Nageli
(3) Schizolysigenous (4) None of the above
NPA0049 NPA0057
50. Quiescent centre theory to explain root apex was 58. When xylem and phloem are on same radius, the
proposed by vascular bundles are said to be -
(1) Schuepp (2) Hanstein (1) Radial (2) Conjoint
(3) Clowes (4) Nageli (3) Concentric (4) Exarch
NPA0050 NPA0058
E
59. A vascular bundle in which phloem is on both the 66. Bulliform cells are -
sides of the xylem and separated from it by strips (1) Empty colourless epidermal cells of leaf
of cambium is said to be - (2) Prokaryotic cells
(1) Collateral, open (3) Eukaryotic cells of stem
(2) Bicollateral, open (4) Ball like parenchymatous cells of root
(3) Concentric
NPA0066
(4) Bicollateral, closed
NPA0059 INTERNAL STRUCTURE
60. A concentric amphivasal vascular bundle is that in 67. Collenchymatous hypodermis is characteristic
which - feature of -
N
(1) Centrally located xylem is surrounded by phloem (1) Dicot stem
(2) Centrally located phloem is surrounded by xylem (2) Monocot stem
M
(3) Phloem is flanked by xylem on interior side only (3) Monocot as well as dicot stem
(4) Xylem is flanked by phloem on exterior side only (4) Hydrophytes
O
E NPA0060 NPA0067
61. Amphivasal vascular bundles are found in - 68. In general, the cells of cortex lack -
RO
(1) Cycas and Dryopteris (1) Chlorophyll
(2) Dracaena and Yucca (2) Nucleus
(3) Helianthus and Cucurbita (3) Reserve food
L
(4) Maize and wheat (4) Nucleolus
SS
NPA0061 NPA0068
62. The basic difference between stem and root is that 69. T.S. of a material exhibits conjoint, collateral
xylem in stem is - endarch and closed bundles scattered in a ground
L
LA
(1) Endarch (2) Exarch tissue what should be the material -

(3) Mesarch (4) Polyarch (1) Monocot root
NPA0062 (2) Dicot root
LC
A
63. Velamen is needed for - (3) Monocot stem

(1) Respiration of plants (4) Dicot stem
(2) Protection of tissue NPA0069
(3) Absorption of moisture
TA
70. Innumerable vascular bundles, lack of cambium and

(4) None of the above lack of a well demarcated pith is found in –

NPA0063 (1) Sugarcane, Grass
64. A tissue with spiral thickening in the cell wall (2) Sunflower, Neem
GI
capable of absorbing water from air is known as- (3) Radish, Neem
(1) Cork (2) Velamen (4) Pea, Peepal
DI
(3) Epiblema (4) Hypodermis NPA0070

NPA0064 71. Cortex and pith are not distinguished in -
65. Velamen tissue is found in - (1) Monocot stem
(1) Breathing roots of halophytes (2) Monocot root
(2) Parasitic plants (3) Dicot stem
(3) All aerial roots (4) Dicot root
(4) Aerial roots of epiphytic orchids NPA0071
NPA0065
E
72. What is the characteristics of a vascular bundle of 78. In which of the following order, an exarch xylem
monocot stem - develops -
(1) Open and surrounded by a sclerenchymatous (1) Centripetal
bundle sheath (2) Centrifugal
(2) Closed and not surrounded by bundle sheath
(3) Both centripetal & centrifugal
(3) Closed and surrounded by bundle sheath
(4) Irregular
(4) Open and not surrounded by a bundle sheath
NPA0078
NPA0072 79. Hard bast (Bundle cap) occurs in -
73. In dicot root (1) Sunflower stem (2) Wheat stem
(1) Vascular bundles are scattered with cambium (3) Sunflower root (4) 1 & 3 both
N
(2) Vascular bundles are open and arranged in a NPA0079
ring
M
80. Amphicribral vascular bundles are-
(3) Xylem and pholem are radial
(1) Endarch (2) Exarch
(4) Xylem is always endarch
(3) Mesarch (4) All of these
O
E NPA0073 NPA0080
RO
74. Three or less than six radial vascular bundles are 81. Vascular bundles in Cucurbita stem are -
present in- (1) Bicollateral & open
(1) Monocot stem (2) Dicot stem (2) Bicollateral & closed
L
(3) Monocot root (4) Dicot root
SS (3) Collateral & open
NPA0074 (4) Amphivasal
NPA0081
75. A dicot root differs from a monocot root in which of
L
82. Position of protoxylem & protophloem in leaf
LA
the following-
respectively -
(1) Presence of piliferous layer
(2) Presence of exodermis (1) Abaxial & Adaxial
(3) Presence of less developed pith (2) Adaxial & Abaxial
LC
A
(4) Separate radial vascular bundle (3) Both Adaxial

(4) Both abaxial
NPA0075
NPA0082
TA
76. Polyarch and exarch vascular bundles are the

83. A layer of suberised cells below the epidermis of Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65
characteristic of-
root of certain plants is-
(1) Dicot stem
(1) Second epidermis
(2) Dicot root
GI
(2) Hypodermis
(3) Monocot stem
(4) Monocot root (3) Exodermis
(4) Endodermis
DI
NPA0076
NPA0083
77. Lysigenous cavity & Y-shaped xylem occurs in - 84. The function of hypodermis is
(1) Dicot stem (1) Protection
(2) Monocot root
(2) Hardness
(3) Monocot stem
(3) Mechanical support
(4) Dicot root
(4) Storage
NPA0077 NPA0084
E
85. In leaves, the vascular bundles are 93. Suberin is
(1) Bicollateral & open (1) Polysaccharide (2) Protein
(3) Fatty substance (4) Pectocellulose
(2) Collateral & open
(3) Collateral & closed NPA0093
(4) Radial & exarch 94. A leaf which possesses stomata exclusively on its
NPA0085 upper side is
86. Vascular bundles are found scattered in ground (1) Oat (2) Mulberry
tissue in- (3) Lotus (4) cactus
(1) Maize stem (2) Sunflower stem NPA0094
N
(3) Gram root (4) Isobilateral leaf
95. The layers of cells lying between endodermis and
NPA0086 vascular bundle is -
M
87. Collenchyma is absent in stem of (1) Cortex (2) Pith
(1) Cucurbita (2) Sunflower (3) Pericycle (4) Exodermis
O
(3) Brinjal (4) Maize NPA0095
E NPA0087
RO
96. Type of vascular bundles in fern roots -
88. The hypodermis present in maize stem is - (1) Hadrocentric (2) Lepotcentric
(1) Parenchymatous (3) Conjoint collateral (4) Radial
L
(2) Collenchymatous NPA0096
(3) Sclerenchymatous
SS
97. In respect of many grasses, the presence of bulliform
(4) Meristematic
or motor cells in the upper epidermis of leaves is
NPA0088 to :-
L
LA
89. Passage cells are more distinct in endodermis of- (1) Increase the surface area of the leaf
(2) Store large amount of water
(1) Dicot stem (2) Monocot stem
(3) Check transpiration by reducing the surface
(3) Dicot leaf (4) Monocot root area of the leaf
LC
A
NPA0089 (4) Bear unicellular trichomes

90. Sugar transport elements of gymnosperms & NPA0097
pteridophytes are -
TA
(1) Sieve cells SECONDARY GROWTH

(2) Sieve elements

98. Which will decay faster if exposed freely to the air
(3) Sieve tubes
(1) Heart wood
(4) Sieve tube elements
GI
(2) Sap wood

NPA0090 (3) Wood with lots of fibres
91. When protoxylem faces pericycle, it is called (4) Soft wood
DI
(1) Endarch (2) Mesarch NPA0098

(3) Exarch (4) Polyarch
99. Phelloderm is formed from -
NPA0091
(1) Vascular cambium
92. Fatty substance found on epidermal cell walls is
(2) Phellogen
(1) Cutin (2) Suberin (3) Fascicular cambium
(3) Lignin (4) Both 2 & 3 (4) Interfascicular cambium
NPA0092
NPA0099
E
100. Abnormal secondary growth is observed in - 106. The trees growing in deserts will -
(1) Dracaena (1) Show alternate rings of xylem and sclerenchyma
(2) Wheat (2) Show distinct annual rings
(3) Ginger (3) Not show distinct annual rings
(4) Rice
(4) Have only conjunctive tissue and pholem formed
NPA0100 by the activity of cambium
NPA0106
101. Heart wood of most of the woody trees, fails to
conduct sap due to the obstruction by ? 107. Initially cork cambium in dicot stem is formed by
(1) Excess secondary wall deposition (1) Cortex (2) Endodermis
(2) Storing a variety of material by tyloses (3) Pericycle (4) Hypodermis
N
(3) Deposition of reserved food material
NPA0107
(4) None of the above
M
108. In trees, the annual rings represent
NPA0101 (1) Primary xylem (2) Secondary xylem
O
102. Dendrochronology is the study of - (3) Secondary phloem (4) Cambium
E
(1) Height of a tree NPA0108
RO
(2) Diameter of a tree 109. Annual rings are the bands of-
(3) Age of a tree with the help of annual rings
(1) Secondary cortex and cork
(4) Counting of the number of branches
L
(2) All secondary vascular tissue
SS
NPA0102 (3) Secondary xylem and xylem rays
103. A timber merchant told his customer that log of (4) Secondary phloem and medullary rays
wood which he was purchasing comes from a 20 NPA0109
L
LA
years old tree, he told so by inspecting the -
110. Annual rings and growth rings are formed due to
(1) Diameter of log
the fluctuations in the activity of
(2) Thickness of the heart wood
(1) Xylem
LC
(3) Number of cork layers

A
(4) Annual rings (2) Phloem

(3) Xylem and phloem
NPA0103
(4) Cambium
TA
104. Commercial cork is obtained from :- NPA0110 Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65
(1) Juglans regia

111. Growth rings are formed due to the activity of-
(2) Betula alba
(1) Intrastelar cambium
(3) Hevea brasiliensis
GI
(4) Quercus suber (2) Intercalary cambium

(3) Extrastelar cambium
NPA0104
DI
(4) Primary cambium

105. Annual rings are well demarcated in trees growing NPA0111
in -
112. Balloon like out growth of parenchymatous cell,
(1) Shimla (2) Bombay / Delhi
into the lumen of vessel is known as ?
(3) Madras (4) Udaipur
(1) Tunica (2) Tylosis
NPA0105 (3) Phellogen (4) Histogen
NPA0112
E
113. When a tree grows older which of the following 120. Which would do maximum harm to a tree-
increased rapidly - (1) Loss of half of its leaves
(1) Heart wood (2) Sap wood (2) Loss of half of its branches
(3) Pith (4) Cortex (3) Loss of all of its leaves
(4) Loss of all its bark
NPA0113
NPA0120
114. Sap wood differ from heart wood in being - 121. Spring wood (early wood) differs with autumn wood
(1) Darker and non conducting (late wood) in -
(2) Softer and non conducting (1) Size of vessels and tracheids
(3) Lighter and conducting (2) Thickness of cell wall
N
(4) Harder, darker and less conducting (3) Amount of wood
(4) All the above
M
NPA0114
NPA0121
115. Sap wood is- 122. Most conspicuous annual rings are formed in -
O
E (1) Inner part of secondary phloem
(1) Temperate evergreen plants
(2) Outer part of secondary phloem
(2) Tropical deciduous
RO
(3) Both of these
(3) Temperate deciduous plants
(4) None of these
(4) Tropical evergreen
NPA0115 NPA0122
L
SS 123. Formation of vascular rays occurs in which order
116. In which of the following there is no differntiation
between heart wood and sap wood- (1) Centripetal
(1) Neem (2) Ashok (2) Centrifugal

L
LA
(3) Mango (4) Palm (3) Basipetal order
(4) 1 & 2 both
NPA0116
NPA0123
LC
117. Lenticels do not occur on- 124. Which of the following provide maximum
A
(1) Stem (2) Root mechanical strength to a tree trunk.

(3) Leaf (4) Fruit (1) Heart wood (2) Sap wood
(3) Cork (4) Late wood
NPA0117
TA
NPA0124
118. External Protective tissues are- 125. Youngest layer of secondary xylem is located
(1) Cortex and epidermis (1) In the centre of stem
(2) Cork and pericycle
GI
(2) Just outside the pith

(3) Cortex and pericycle
(3) Just outside the vascular cambium
(4) Cork and epidermis
(4) Just inside the vascular cambium
DI
NPA0118 NPA0125
126. Extra stelar secondary growth occurs due to the
119. If a stem is girdled-
activity of
(1) Root dies first
(2) Shoot dies first (1) Intrafascicular cambium
(3) Both die together (2) Interfascicular cambium
(4) None of the above die (3) Vascular cambium
(4) Cork cambium
NPA0119
NPA0126
E
127. Bottle cork is obtained from 133. In dicot root which tissue becomes dead due to
(1) Betula vulgaris activity of phellogen
(2) Eucalyptus (1) All tissue outside cortex
(3) Calotropis procera (2) Tissue outside hypodermis
(4) Quercus suber (3) Tissue outside endodermis
NPA0127 (4) Tissue outside pericycle
128. Living tissue in lenticel is called NPA0133

(1) Conjunctive tissue
134. In a hollow hearted stem, what is most affected
(2) Connective tissue
(1) Conduction of food
(3) Complementary tissue
(2) Conduction of water
N
(4) Phelloderm
(3) Storage of food
NPA0128
(4) None of the above
M
129. Stem of date palm increases in girth due to activity
of NPA0134
(1) Intercalary meristem
O
135. Formation of wh ich tissue is example of
E(2) Apical meristem (Primary thickning meristem) dedifferentiation
RO
(3) Lateral meristem (1) Interfascicular cambium
(4) None of the above (2) Apical meristem
NPA0129 (3) Intrafascicular cambium
L
130. Normally secondary growth takes place in- (4) Intercalary meristem
SS
(1) Dicots & Monocots
NPA0135
(2) Gymnosperms & Monocots
(3) Dicots & Gymnosperms 136. In which stem, lateral meristem is absent
L
LA
(4) Only in dicots (1) Palm (2) Bougainvillea
NPA0130 (3) Boerhaavia (4) Mirabilis
131. Select true statements :- NPA0136
LC
(a) Lenticels are absent in leaves

A
(b) Lenticels occur in most woody trees 137. Abnormal secondary growth occurs in
(1) Cucurbita (2) Sunflower
(c) The spring wood is lighter in colour and has a lower
density (3) Hordeum (4) Dracaena
TA
(d) The sap wood also called as duramen NPA0137 Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65
Option :-
138. In dicot stem cork cambium is first derived from-
(1) a, b and c are correct
(1) Outer cortex (2) Phellogen
GI
(2) a and b are correct

(3) Phelloderm (4) Pericycle
(3) b and d are correct
(4) a and c are correct NPA0138
DI
NPA0131
139. What happens to primary phloem in stem after
132. Formation of secondary xylem and secondary
sec growth
phloem respectively
(1) Compresses outside and degenerates
(1) Centrifugal and centripetal (2) Compresses inside and degenerates
(2) Centripetal and centrifugal (3) Becomes part of sec phloem
(3) Both centripetal (4) Modifies in sclerenchyma
(4) Both centrifugal
NPA0139
NPA0132
E
140. Which tissue remains more active during autumn 147. Cork cambium is
(1) Vascular cambium (2) Cork cambium (1) Always primary meristem
(3) Parenchyma (4) Sclerenchyma (2) Always secondary meristem
(3) May be secondary or primary meristem
NPA0140 (4) Partly primary & partly secondary meristem
141. Water conduction in stem of tree takes place mainly NPA0147
by-
(1) Duramen (2) Sapwood 148. Normally in dicot stems, phellogen develops from
(3) Primary xylem (4) All of the above (1) Hypodermis
(2) Phellem
NPA0141 (3) Endodermal cells
N
142. Letnicels help in (4) Epidermal & pericycle cells
M
(1) Gaseous exchange NPA0148
(2) Transpiration
(3) Vegetative reproduction 149. Physiologically functional part of wood is
O
(4) All of the above (1) Heart wood only
E (2) Sap wood only
RO
NPA0142 (3) Only primary wood
143. Study of wood is called (4) Both heart wood & sap wood
(1) Anatomy (2) Morphology NPA0149
L
(3) Histology (4) Xylotomy
SS
150. Suberin in chiefly deposited in the cells of
NPA0143
(1) Sclerenchyma (2) Collenchyma
144. How many types of cells are present in vascular (3) Cork (4) Phelloderm
L
LA
cambium
NPA0150
(1) Two types, fusiform & ray initial
(2) Only fusiform initial 151. Secondary growth in the cortical region of a dicot
LC
(3) Only ray initial stem is due to the activity of

A
(4) Three types fusiform, ray and medullary rays. (1) Cambium (2) Phellogen
(3) Phellem (4) Phelloderm
NPA0144
NPA0151
TA
145. Annual ring involves-

(1) Early wood + Late wood 152. Which of the following is a meristematic tissue
(2) Heart wood (1) Phellem (2) Phellogen
(3) Sapwood (3) Phelloderm (4) Periderm
GI
(4) None
NPA0152
NPA0145
DI
153. Common features between lenticels and hydathodes

146. Bark includes all the tissues are
(1) Lying outside the vascular cambium (1) Both allow exchange of gases
(2) Formed by vascular cambium (2) Always remain closed
(3) Formed by phellogen (3) There is no regulation of their opening & closing
(4) Phellem & phelloderm (4) They occur on the same organ of plant
NPA0146 NPA0153
E
154. Which is not correct about heartwood 160. When tree grows older which increases rapidly in
(1) It is formed of living cells thickness
(2) It contains resins, tannin and other organic (1) Its heart wood
contents (2) Its sap wood
(3) It is of dark coloured (3) Cortex
(4) It lies in the central region of secondary xylem (4) Phloem
NPA0154 NPA0160
155. Sea shore trees do not show annual rings because 161. Annual rings are distinct in plants growing in
(1) There is little climatic variations (1) Tropical regions
(2) They belong to monocots
N
(2) Arctic regions
(3) There is enough moisture (3) Grass lands
(4) Soil is sandy
M
(4) Temperate regions
NPA0155 NPA0161
O
156. Outer lighter coloured region of wood is
E
(1) Autumn wood (2) Spring wood
162. The balloon like outgrowths of parenchyma in the
lumen of a vessel are known as
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(3) Heart wood (4) Sap wood (1) Histogen (2) Tyloses
NPA0156 (3) Phellogen (4) Tunica
L
NPA0162
157. Secondary growth in dicots and gymnosperms
SS
occurs by 163. Which of the following tissues originate from ray
(1) Formation of vascular rays initials of cambium
L
LA
(2) Thickening of tracheary elements (1) Tracheids & vessels
(2) Sieve tubes & companion cells
(3) Formation of meristematic cells in vascular region
(3) Xylem & phloem fibres
(4) Development of meristematic cells in vascular
(4) Radial rows of parenchyma
LC
& cortical regions

A
NPA0163
NPA0157
164. Cork is an excellent material for making bottle
158. Amount of secondary xylem as compared to
stopper because it is
TA
secondary phloem formed every year is Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65

(1) Cheap
(1) Equal (2) 8-10 times
(2) Easily available
(3) Half (4) 4-5 times
(3) Air tight
GI
NPA0158 (4) Light
159. Lenticels are NPA0164

DI
(1) Scars on old stem

165. After two or three years of secondary growth the
(2) Special stomata
cortex in dicot roots
(3) Aerating pores in bark
(1) Remains intact
(4) Special stomata on hydrophytic plants
(2) Is completely sloughed away
NPA0159 (3) Is largely lost
(4) Is converted into cork
NPA0165
E
166. In monocot stems, secondary growth cannot occur 173. The wood of commerce is
because vascular bundles are (1) Alburnum (2) Duramen
(1) Scattered (2) Open (3) Spring wood (4) Autumn wood
(3) Closed (4) Radial NPA0173
NPA0166 174. Secondary growth is the production of
167. Gymnosperm wood is non porous because it (1) New tissues from intercalary meristem
(1) Lacks vessels (2) New conduction cells
(2) Contains tracheae (3) New tissues from lateral meristem
(3) Has abundant fibres (4) New ground cells
N
(4) Contains no fibres NPA0174
NPA0167 175. Each annual ring consists of two strips of
M
168. Porous wood is characterised by (1) Autumn & spring wood
(1) Absence of tracheids (2) Heart wood & sap wood
O
(2) Presence of vessels
E (3) Absence of vessels
(3) Xylem and phloem
(4) Cork & cortex
RO
(4) Presence of sieve-tubes NPA0175
NPA0168 176. Complementary cells of lenticels are
L
169. When secondary growth in thickness is initiated in a (1) Compact and suberised
SS
dicot root, which of the following happens first ?
(2) Loose and non suberised
(1) Cambial initials between xylem and phloem
(3) Compact and lignified
will divide
(4) Loose and lignified
L
LA
(2) Pericycle strands, outside the primary xylem
will divide NPA0176
(3) Periclinal division takes place, so that the 177. Intrafascicular cambium is situated
cambium becomes circular
(1) In between the vascular bundles
LC
A
(4) Parenchymatous cells between xylem and

(2) Inside the vascular bundles
phloem become meristematic
(3) Outside the vascular bundles
NPA0169
(4) In pith
170. Outer Part of bark is
TA
NPA0177
(1) Epidermis (2) Rhytidome

178. An example of monocots showing secondary growth
(3) Phelloderm (4) Lenticel in stem is
NPA0170
GI
(1) Lilium (2) Cocos

171. Scaly bark occurs in (3) Asparagus (4) Yucca
(1) Eucalyptus (2) Betula NPA0178
DI
(3) Psidium (4) All of the above 179. Vascular tissue having abundant vessels and fibers is
NPA0171
(1) Primary xylem
172. Complementary cells of lenticels develop from
(2) Secondary xylem
(1) Phellem (2) Phelloderm
(3) Protoxylem
(3) Endodermis (4) Phellogen
NPA0172 (4) Metaxylem
NPA0179
E
N
O M
E
RO
L
SS
EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) ANSWER KEY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
L
LA
Ans. 3 1 3 3 2 4 3 3 1 2 3 1 1 4 1
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 3 3 1 3
LC
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
A
Ans. 2 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 1 2 1
Que. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. 1 1 4 3 3 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 2
TA
Que. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Ans. 2 1 3 2 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 4 3
Que. 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
Ans. 4 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 3 1 4 3 4 1
GI
Que. 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105

Ans. 3 1 3 3 3 4 3 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 1
Que. 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
DI
Ans. 3 4 2 3 4 1 2 1 3 4 4 3 4 1 4
Que. 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135
Ans. 4 3 4 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 1 2 4 4 1
Que. 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
Ans. 1 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 3
Que. 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165
Ans. 2 2 3 1 1 4 4 2 3 1 4 2 4 3 2
Que. 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179
Ans. 3 1 2 4 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 2 4 2
E
EXERCISE-II (Previous Year Questions) AIPMT/NEET

AIPMT 2006 AIPMT 2009
1. A common structural feature of vessel elements and 6. The annular and spirally thickened conducting
sieve tube elements is :- elements generally develop in the protoxylem when
(1) presence of p-protein the root or stem is :-
(1) Differentiating (2) Maturing
(2) enucleate condition
(3) Elongating (4) Widening
(3) thick secondary walls
(4) pores on lateral walls NPA0185
N
NPA0180 7. In barley stem vascular bundles are :-
(1) Closed and radial (2) Open and scattered
M
AIPMT 2007 (3) Closed and scattered (4) Open and in a ring
2. For a critical study of secondary growth in plants,
which one of the following pairs is suitable? NPA0186
O
E (1) Wheat and maiden hair fern
(2) Sugarcane and sunflower
8. Palisade parenchyma is absent in leaves of :-
RO
(1) Gram (2) Sorghum
(3) Teak and pine (3) Mustard (4) Soybean
(4) Deodar and fern
NPA0187
L
NPA0181
3.
SS
Passage cells are thin-walled cells found in :- 9. Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and
(1) Central region of style through which the pollen cuticle is characteristic of :-
tube grows towards the ovary. (1) Hydrophytes (2) Xerophytes
L
LA
(2) Endodermis of roots facilitating rapid transport (3) Mesophytes (4) Epiphytes
of water from cortex to pericycle
NPA0188
(3) Phloem elements that serve as entry points for
LC
substances for transport to other plant parts 10. Anatomically fairly old dicotyledonous root is
A
(4) Testa of seeds to enable emergence of growing distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem by :-
embryonic axis during seed germination. (1) Position of protoxylem
(2) Absence of secondary xylem
NPA0182
TA
(3) Absence of secondary phloem

AIPMT 2008 (4) Presence of cortex

4. Vascular tissues in flowering plants develop from :
NPA0189
GI
(1) Plerome (2) Periblem

(3) Dermatogen (4) Phellogen AIPMT-Pre 2010
NPA0183 11. Which one of the following is not a lateral meristem?
DI
5. The length of different internodes in a culm of (1) Intercalary meristem

sugarcane is variable because of : (2) Intrafascicular cambium
(1) Position of axillary buds (3) Interfascicular cambium
(2) Size of leaf lamina at the node below each (4) Phellogen
internode
(3) Intercalary meristem NPA0190
(4) Shoot apical meristem
NPA0184
E
12. The chief water conducting elements of xylem in 17. The cork cambium, cork and secondary cortex are
gymnosperms are : collectively called :-
(1) Phelloderm (2) Phellogen
(1) Tracheids (2) Vessels
(3) Periderm (4) Phellem
(3) Fibres (4) Transfusion tissue
NPA0196
NPA0191
13. Heartwood differs from sapwood in : 18. In land plants, the guard cells differ from other
epidermal cells in having :-
(1) Being susceptible to pests and pathogens
(1) Cytoskeleton (2) Mitochondria
(2) Presence of rays and fibres
(3) Endoplasmic reticulum (4) Chloroplasts
(3) Absence of vessels and parenchyma
(4) Having dead and non-conducting elements NPA0197
N
NPA0192 AIPMT-Mains 2011
AIPMT-Mains 2010
19. Some vascular bundles are described as open
M
14. Transport of food material in higher plants takes
because these :
place through : (1) Are not surrounded by pericycle
(1) Transfusion tissue (2) Are surrounded by pericycle but no endodermis
O
E
(2) Tracheids
(3) Sieve elements
(3) Are capable of producing secondary xylem and
phloem.
RO
(4) Companion cells (4) Possess conjunctive tissue between xylem and
NPA0193 phloem.
15. Given below is the diagram of a stomatal apparatus. NPA0198
L
SS
In which of the following all the four parts labelled AIPMT-Pre 2012
as A, B, C and D are correctly identified?
20. Gymnosperms are also called sof t wood
spermatophytes because they lack :-
L
LA
(1) Thick-walled tracheids (2) Xylem fibres
(3) Cambium (4) Phloem fibres
NPA0199
LC
A
A B C D 21. Water containing cavities in vascular bundles are

(1) Guard cell Stomatal Subsidiary Epidermal found in :-
aperture cell cell
(1) Cycas (2) Pinus
(2) Epidermal Guard cell
TA
Stomatal Subsidiary
(3) Sunflower (4) Maize
cell aperture cell
(3) Epidermal Subsidiary Stomatal Guard cell NPA0200
cell cell aperture
22. Closed vascular bundles lack :-
GI
(4) Subsidiary Epidermal Guard cell Stomatal

(1) Cambium (2) Pith
cell cell aperture
(3) Ground tissue (4) Conjuctive tissues
DI
NPA0194
NPA0201
AIPMT-Pre 2011
23. Companion cells are closely associated with :-
16. Ground tissue includes :-
(1) All tissues external to endodermis (1) Trichomes (2) Guard cells
(2) All tissues except epidermis and vascular bundles (3) Sieve elements (4) Vessel elements
(3) Epidermis and cortex
NPA0202
(4) All tissues internal to endodermis
NPA0195
E
24. The common bottle cork is a product of :- 30. In a ring girdled plant:
(1) Xylem (2) Vascular Cambium (1) The root dies first
(3) Dermatogen (4) Phellogen (2) The shoot and root die together
(3) Neither root nor shoot will die
NPA0203 (4) The shoot dies first
NEET-UG 2013
NPA0209
25. Age of a tree can be estimated by :
31. Vascular bundles in monocotyledons are considered
(1) diameter of its heartwood
closed because:
(2) its height and girth
(1) Cambium is absent
(3) biomass
(2) There are no vessels with perforations
N
(4) number of annual rings
(3) Xylem is surrounded all around by phloem
NPA0204 (4) A bundle sheath surrounds each bundle
M
NPA0210
26. Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of:
(1) Pericycle (2) Medullary rays
O
E Re-AIPMT 2015
(3) Xylem parenchyma (4) Endodermis
32. Read the different components from (a) to (d) in the
RO
NPA0205 list given below and tell the correct order of the
AIPMT 2014 components with reference to their arrangement
from outer side to inner side in a woody dicot stem:
L
27. You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and (a) Secondary cortex (b) Wood
SS
a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical (c) Secondary phloem (d) Phellem
structures will you use to distinguish between the two? The correct order is :
(1) Secondary xylem (2) Secondary phloem (1) (d), (c), (a), (b) (2) (c), (d), (b), (a)
L
LA
(3) Protoxylem (4) Cortical cells (3) (a), (b), (d), (c) (4) (d), (a), (c), (b)
NPA0211
NPA0206
NEET-I 2016
LC
28. Tracheids differ from other tracheary elements in :

A
(1) having casparian strips 33. Specialised epidermal cells surrounding the guard
(2) being imperforate cells are called :-
(3) lacking nucleus (1) Complementary cells
TA
(4) being lignified (2) Subsidiary cells

NPA0207 (3) Bulliform cells
AIPMT 2015 (4) Lenticels

GI
NPA0212
29. A major characteristic of the monocot root is the
presence of : NEET-II 2016
DI
(1) Scattered vascular bundles

34. Cortex is the region found between :-
(2) Vasculature without cambium
(3) Cambium sandwiched between phloem and (1) Endodermis and pith
xylem along the radius (2) Endodermis and vascular bundle
(4) Open vascular bundles (3) Epidermis and stele
(4) Pericycle and endodermis
NPA0208
NPA0213
E
35. The balloon-shaped structures called tyloses :- 40. Secondary xylem and phloem in dicot stem are
(1) Are extensions of xylem parenchyma cells into produced by
vessels (1) Apical meristems
(2) Are linked to the ascent of sap through xylem (2) Vascular cambium
vessels (3) Phellogen
(3) Originate in the lumen of vessels (4) Axillary meristems
(4) Characterize the sapwood NPA0219
41. Casparian strips occur in
NPA0214
(1) Epidermis
(2) Pericycle
N
NEET(UG) 2017
(3) Cortex
36. The vascular cambium normally gives rise to : (4) Endodermis
M
(1) Primary phloem NPA0220
(2) Secondary xylem 42. Plants having little or no secondary growth are
O
E
(3) Periderm (1) Grasses
(2) Deciduous angiosperms
RO
(4) Phelloderm
(3) Conifers
NPA0215
(4) Cycads
37. Which of the following is made up of dead cells?
L
NPA0221
(1) Collenchyma
SS
NEET(UG) 2019
(2) Phellem
(3) Phloem 43. Xylem translocates :-
(4) Xylem parenchyma (1) Water only
L
LA
(2) Water and mineral salts only

NPA0216 (3) Water, mineral salts and some organic nitrogen
38. Identify the wrong statement in context of only
LC
heartwood: (4) Water, mineral salts, some organic nitrogen and

A
(1) It is highly durable hormones

(2) It conducts water and minerals efficiently NPA0222
(3) It comprises dead elements with highly lignified
TA
44. Grass leaves curl inwards during very dry weather.

walls Select the most appropriate reason from the
(4) Organic compounds are deposited in it following :
NPA0217 (1) Closure of stomata
GI
(2) Flaccidity of bulliform cells

NEET(UG) 2018 (3) Shrinkage of air spaces in spongy mesophyll
DI
39. Stomata in grass leaf are (4) Tyloses in vessels
(1) Dumb-bell shaped NPA0223
(2) Kidney shaped 45. Phloem in gymnosperms lacks :

(1) Albuminous cells and sieve cells
(3) Rectangular
(2) Sieve tubes only
(4) Barrel shaped
(3) Companion cells only
NPA0218 (4) Both sieve tubes and companion cells
NPA0224
E
46. Which of the statements given below is not true
NEET(UG) 2019 (Odisha)
about formation of Annual Rings in trees?
(1) Annual ring is a combination of spring wood and 47. In the dicot root the vascular cambium originates
autumn wood produced in a year. from :-
(2) Differential activity of cambium causes light and (1) Tissue located below the phloem bundles and a
dark bands of tissue - early and late wood portion of pericycle tissue above protoxylem.
respectively (2) Cortical region.
(3) Activity of cambium depends upon variation in (3) Parenchyma between endodermis and pericycle.
climate. (4) Intrafascicular and interfascicular tissue in a ring.
(4) Annual rings are not prominent in trees of NPA0226

temperate region. 48. Regeneration of damaged growing grass following
N
NPA0225 grazing is largely due to :-
(1) Lateral meristem (2) Apical meristem
M
(3) Intercalary meristem (4) Secondary meristem
NPA0227
O
E
RO
L
SS
L
LA
LC
A
TA
GI
EXERCISE-II (Previous Year Questions) ANSWER KEY

DI
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 2 3 2 1 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 3
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 2 3 4 3 2 4 1 3 4 4 2 3 2 2 1
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Ans. 1 4 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 4 2 4
Que. 46 47 48
Ans. 4 1 3
E
EXERCISE-III (Analytical Questions) Master Your Understanding
EXERCISE-III(A) NCERT BASED QUESTIONS 7. Example(s) of primary permanent tissue(s) is/are

(1) Parenchyma
1. Branch of botany related with study of internal (2) Collenchyma
structure of plants. (3) Sclerenchyma
(1) Cytology (4) All of the above
(2) Anatomy
NPA0234
(2) Physiology
(4) Ecology 8. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about
NPA0228 parenchyma?
N
2. A tissue is a group of cells having a (1) The cells are generally isodiametric
M
(1) Common origin and dissimilar in function. (2) The cells may either be closely packed or have
(2) Dissimilar origin and common in function. intercellular spaces.
(3) Dissimilar origin and not common in function (3) It performs various fun ctio ns l ike
O
photosynthesis, storage & secretion.
E(4) Common origin and usually perfoming a
common function.
RO
NPA0229 NPA0235
3. In embryonic stage, cells are
9. Which of the following tissue provides mechanical
L
(1) Collenchymatous
(2) Sclerenchymatous
SS support to the growing parts of the plant such as
young stem and petiole of a leaf.
(3) Meristematic
(4) Parenchymatous (3) Sclereids (4) Fibres
L
LA
NPA0230
4. Apical meristem is present NPA0236
(1) At the tips of roots 10. Living elements of xylem is

LC
(2) At the tips of shoots (1) Tracheid

A
(3) Buds present in axils of leaves (2) Vessel

(4) All of the above (3) Xylem parenchyma
NPA0231 (4) Xylem fibre
TA
5. Which of the following is an example of primary Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65

NPA0237
meristem
(1) Phellogen 11. Companion cells are present in the phloem of
GI
(2) Vascular cambium of root (1) Pteriophytes (2) Gymnosperms

(3) Inter fascicular cambium (3) Angiosperms (4) Both 1 and 2
(4) Intra fascicular cambium
DI
NPA0238
NPA0232
6. Which of the following are examples of lateral 12. Vessels differ from tracheids in having
meristems (1) In being living
(1) Fascicular vascular cambium (2) Presence of perforation plates at both ends
(2) Inter-fascicular cambium (3) Enucleated condition
(3) Cork cambium (4) All of the above
(4) All of the above NPA0239

NPA0233
E
13. Which of the following are bast fibres 19. Statement–1 : In dicot stem, the endodermis is
(1) Jute (2) Flax also referred to as the starch sheath.
(3) Hemp (4) All of the above Statement–2 : The cells of the endodermis are rich
in starch grains.
NPA0240
(1) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true;
14. When a meristematic tissue "Intra fascicular Statement–2 is not the correct explanation
cambium" is present inside a vascular bundle, the of Statement–1.
vascular bundle is called (2) Statement–1 is false, Statement–2 is true.
(1) Conjoint (2) Open (3) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is false.
(3) Closed (4) Radial (4) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true;
N
Statement–2 is the correct explanation of
NPA0241
Statement–1.
M
15. Which of the following is not included in stomatal NPA0246
apparatus 20. Statement–1 : The heart wood is more durable
(1) Stomatal aperture and resistant to the attack of the micro organisms
O
E (2) Guard cells
(3) Subsidiary cells
and insects as compared to the sap wood.
RO
Statement–2 : The heart wood contains organic
(4) Sclerenchymatous cells compounds like oils, aromatic substances, gums,
resin, tannins and phenol etc.
NPA0242
L
(1) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true;
16.
SS
In which plant vascular bundles are scattered in Statement–2 is not the correct explanation
ground tissue and each vascular bundle is of Statement–1.
surrounded by sclerenchymatous bundle sheath (2) Statement–1 is false, Statement–2 is true.
L
LA
(1) Maize (2) Sunflower (3) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is false.
(3) Gram (4) Ficus (4) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true;
Statement–2 is the correct explanation of
NPA0243
Statement–1.
LC
A
17. Pith is small or inconspicuous in NPA0247

(1) Monocot root 21. Complementary cells are formed by the activity of
(2) Monocot stem
(1) Vascular cambium
TA
(3) Dicot root

(2) Inter fascicular cambium

(4) Dicot stem
(3) Phellogen
NPA0244
GI
(4) Intra fascicular cambium

18. The dicot root is identified from the monocot root NPA0248
by the presence of
DI
22. Vascular cambium cuts off cells more

(1) Exarch xylem
(1) Towards centre
(2) 2-4 xylem bundles
(3) > 6 xylem bundles (2) Towards periphery
(4) Large and well developed pith (3) Both 1 and 2

(4) None of these
NPA0245
NPA0249
E
23. In a dicot root, vascular cambium originates from 27. The diagram below is a three–dimensional
representation of a cell found in many herbaceous plants
(1) Parenchymatous conjuctive tissue located just
below phloem bundles
(2) Medullary rays
(3) A portion of pericycle tissue, lying opposite to
protoxylem
(4) Both 1 and 3
NPA0250
N
24. In a dicot root, the pericycle gives rise to Which one of the following descriptions applies to
M
the cell shown above ?
(1) Lateral roots
(1) A xylem vessel, produced during secondary
(2) Cork cambium
thickening
O
(3) A portion of vascular cambium
E
(2) A phellogen cell with a thickened wall
(3) An endodermal cell with a casparian strips
RO
(4) An immature sclerenchymatous fiber
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NPA0254
L
25. Select false statement
SS 28. Select the option that correctly identifies the
(1) Lenticels occur in most woody trees labellings A, B and C in the given figure showing
(2) Bark is a non-technical term section of root apical meristem.
L
LA
(3) Vascular cambium and cork cambium are
examples of lateral meristems A
(4) None of these
LC
B
A
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26. In plants, during embryonic condition- C

TA
(1) All cells of the embryo divide Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65
(2) Meristematic activity is confined to single apical cell A B C
(3) Meristematic activity is confined to a group of (1) Cortex Protoderm Root cap
GI
apical cells. (2) Protoderm Cortex Root cap

(3) Hypodermis Epidermis Cortex
(4) Apical & lateral cells only divide
DI
(4) Tunica Protoderm Root cap

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NPA0255
E
29. Identify the given figure and select the correct option
for A, B and C. A B C D E
A Protoxyl- Metax- Endoder-

(1) Phloem Pericycle
em ylem mis
B Metaxyl- Protox- Endoder-
em ylem mis
C
Protoxyl- Metax- Endoder-
em ylem mis
Metaxyl- Protox- Endoder-

em ylem mis
A B C
N
(1) Leaf Shoot apical Apical
primordium meristem bud NPA0258
M
(2) Leaf Shoot apical Axillary 32. Refer the given figure which represents a section
primordium meristem bud of vascular bundle as seen in T.S. of a monocot
O
E (3) Root hair Root apical
meristem
Axillary
bud
stem and select the option that correctly labels A,
B, C and D.
RO
(4) Root hair Root apical Apical
meristem bud D
L
SS
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A
30. The given figure shows which of the following cells? B
(1) Companion cell
L
LA
(2) Sieve tube element End wall

C
(3) Xylem vessel
(4) Xylem tracheid Simple pits
LC
A
A B C D
(1) Protoxyle- Metaxylem Protoxyle- Phloem

m vessel vessel m cavity
TA
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(2) Protoxyle- Metaxylem Metaxylem Phloem

31. A diagram of T.S. of dicot root is given. Select the m vessel vessel cavity
option which correctly labels A, B, C, D and E.
(3) Metaxylem Protoxyle- Water Phloem
GI
vessel m vessel cavity
(4) Metaxylem Protoxyle- Water Sclere-

E
vessel m vessel cavity nchyma
DI
D
C
B NPA0259
A
E
33. Figures X and Y represent the transverse section
EXERCISE-III(B) ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS
of _____ and _____ respectively.
35. Observe the figure (A–E) given below and select the
right option out of 1–4, in which all the five structure
A, B, C, D & E are identified correctly.
X Y
A B
X Y
N
(1) dicot root dicot stem
M
(2) monocot root monocot stem
(3) dicot stem monocot stem
O
(4) monocot stem dicot stem
E
RO
NPA0260
34. The given figure shows T.S. of Helianthus (Sun C D E

flower) leaf with various parts labelled as A, B, C,
L
SS
D, E, F and G. Identify the parts and select the
correct option.
A
B
A B C D E
L
LA
(1) Inter Vacuole Lumen Perforated Simple

cellular end wall pits
space
F
LC
(2) Inter Vacuole Lumen Bordered Simple

A
E cellular pits pits

space
C (3) Vacuole Protoplasm Pit simple Bordered
D
cavity pits pits
(1) A-Epidermis, B- Spon gy paren chyma,
TA
(4) Cell Thickened Pith Lumen Perforated

C-Palisade parenchyma, D-Stomata, E-Phloem, Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65
wall corners end wall
F-Xylem.
(2) A-Epidermis, B-Palisade parench yma,
GI
C-Spongy parenchyma, D-Stomata, E-Xylem,

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F-Phloem.
DI
C-Spongy parenchyma, D-Stomata, E-Bundle

sheath, F-Xylem.
C-Spongy parenchyma, D-Stomata, E-Phloem,
F-Xylem
NPA0261
E
36. In the given transverse section of stem showing 39. Select false statement -
periderm, identify the parts labelled 1, 2, 3 and (a) Shoot apex is terminal in position
4 and select the correct answer. (b) Root apex is sub-terminal in position
1 (c) Secondry cortex is derived from periblem
(1) Only c
(2) Only b and c
(3) Only a
2 (4) Only a and c
3 NPA0266
40. Which of the following statement true about
4 intercalary meristem.
N
(a) They occure between mature tissue
(b) They occure in grasses and regenerate parts
M
removed by the grazing herbivores.
(c) They appear early in life of a plant and
1 2 3 4
contribute to the formation of the primary plant
O
E (1) Compleme-
ntary cells
Cork Phellogen Phello-
derm
body
(d) They are responsible for producing the
RO
(2) Lenticels Cork Phelloderm Phello- secondary tissue
gen (1) Only a, b & c are correct
(2) Only a & b are correct
(3) Lenticles Phellod- Phellogen Cork
L
(3) Only b & d are correct
erm
SS
(4) Only a & c are correct
(4) Compleme- Phellod- Phellogen Cork NPA0267
ntary cells erm
41. Meristematic tissues include :-
L
LA
NPA0263 (1) Leaf tips, cork cambium, vascular cambium and
37. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true ? parenchyma
(a) Mostly trichomes are multicellular (2) Stem and root apices, cork cambium and mature
(b) Root hairs are unicellular fruits.
LC
A
(c) The trichomes help in protection (3) Stem and root apices, vascular cambium and
(1) Only a cork cambium.
(2) Only a & b (4) Mature fruits and leaf tips
NPA0268
(3) Only b & c
TA
42. Consider the following four statements (a-d) and

(4) All a, b & c

select the option which includes all the corrects ones
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only :-
38. Select the incorrect pair out of the following.
(a) In wheat plant fibrous root system is present.
GI
Type of tissue Function (b) Prop roots found in Banyan tree.

(c) Axillary bud is capable of forming a branch or
(1) Parenchyma Storage,
DI
a flower.
photosynthesis
(d) The trichoms in shoot system are usually
(2) Sclerenchyma Mechanical strength unicelluler.
(3) Xylem Ascent of sap (1) Statements (a), (b) and (d)
(2) Statements (b), (c) and (d)
(4) Phloem Conduction of water (3) Statements (c), (d) and (a)
and minerals
(4) Statements (a), (b) and (c)
NPA0265 NPA0269
E
43. Read the following and select out true statement:- 47. Match the Column-I with Column-II and select the
correct answer from the codes given below.
(A) The cells of parenchyma are generally
isodiametric
(B) Cell wall of xylem parenchyma are made up Column-I Column-II
of cellulose A. Hard wood (i) Duramen
(C) Xylem vessels and tracheid s both are
B. Soft wood (ii) Alburnum
multicellular
(1) Only A C. Heart wood (iii) Non-porous wood
(2) A and B D. Sap wood (iv) Porous wood
(3) Only C
(4) All A, B and C (1) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(ii), D-(i)
N
NPA0270 (2) A-(iv), B-(iii), C-(i), D-(ii)
44. Read the following four statements (A-D) :- (3) A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(i), D-(ii)
M
(4) A-(iii), B-(iv), C-(ii), D-(i)
(A) Bast fibre are made up of sclerenchymatous cells. NPA0274
(B) Bast fibre are absent in primary phloem. 48. Identify P, Q, R, S, and T in the given T.S. of dicot
stem showing secondary growth and select the
O
(C) At maturity sieve tube element have developed
E nucleus. correct option.
RO
(D) At maturity bast fibre lose their protoplasm and
become dead. S
How many of the above statements are correct ? R
P
L
(1) Four (2) One
(3) Two (4) Three
SS Q
NPA0271
45. Read the following four statements (A-D) and answer T
L
LA
as asked next to them :-
(A) Fascicular vascular cambium is an example of
lateral meristem P Q R S T
(B) Gymnosperms lack vessels in their xylem (1) Primary Primary Vascular Secondary Secondary
LC
phloem xylem cambium xylem phloem

A
(C) The vessels are devoid of protoplasm

(D) Radial conduction of water take place by (2) Secondary Primary Sec. Primary Vascular
xylem xylem phloem phloem cambium
metaxylem
(3) Primary Sec. Vascular Sec. Primary
How many of the above statements are incorrect? xylem xylem cambium phloem phloem
TA
(1) One (2) Four Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65

(4) Primary Sec. Vascular Primary Sec.
(3) Two (4) Three xylem xylem cambium phloem phloem
NPA0272
NPA0275
GI
46. Which of the following statements are correct about

49. Consider the following statements :-
heart wood?
(a) Collenchymatous hypodermis found in dicot
(i) It does not help in water conduction. stem
DI
(ii) It is also called alburnum. (b) Sclerenchymatous hypodermis found in Maize

(iii) It is light in colour and is very soft. stem
(c) Conjoint, bicollateral open vascular bundle
(iv) It has tracheary elements which are filled with
found in Cucurbita root
tannins, resins and oil. On the basis of above statements choose the correct
(1) (ii) and (iv) option
(2) (i), (ii) and (iii) (1) Except 'c', all statements are true
(2) Except 'a', all statements are true
(3) (ii), (iii) and (iv)
(3) All statements are true
(4) (i) and (iv) (4) Except 'b', all statements are false
NPA0273 NPA0276
E
50. Read following four statement (A-D) and answer as 54. Statement-1 :- Most distinct annual rings are
asked next to them. formed in temperate region plants.
(a) Vascular cambium and cork cambium involved Statement-2 :- In temperate region, the climatic
in secondary growth. condition are not uniform through the year.
(b) In dicot root vascular cambium is secondary in (1) Statement-1 and 2 both are true
origin (2) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true
(c) Some monocots shows abnormal secondary
(3) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false
growth
(4) Statement-1 and 2 both are false
(d) Fusiform initials produce secondary xylem and
secondary phloem NPA0281
How many of the above statement are correct
N
(1) One (2) Two 55. Safranin stains which element of a tissue -
(3) Three (4) Four (1) Starch (2) Lignin
M
NPA0277 (3) Protein (4) Cutin
51. Read the following five statements (a-d)
NPA0282
O
E (a) Bark is non technical term
(b) Girdling is not possible in monocot stem 56. Extrastelar secondary growth takes place by:-
RO
(c) Secondary phloem and periderm are included (1) Vascular cambium
in bark
(2) Phellogen
(d) In dicot root vascular cambium primary in origin
(3) Phellem
L
How many statement are wrong
(1) Two (2) Three
SS (4) Phelloderm
(3) Four (4) One NPA0283

NPA0278
57. Growth of leaf primordia is :
L
52. How many of the following meristems are
LA
completely secondary in origin ? (1) First apical then marginal

(A) Cork cambium of a dicot stem (2) Only apical
(B) Vascular cambium of a dicot stem (3) Only marginal
LC
A
(C) Cork cambium of a dicot root (4) Lateral

(D) Vascular cambium of a dicot root
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 2 (4) 1 NPA0284
NPA0279
TA
58. Transition of exarch bundles of root to endarch

53. Interfascicular cambium and cork cambium are

bundles of stem occurs in :-
secondary meristems because
(1) They appear early in the life of a plant and (1) Epicotyl
GI
contribute to the formation of the primary plant (2) Hypocotyl

body. (3) Apical bud
(2) They appear early in the life of a plant and
(4) Coleoptile
DI
contribute to the formation of the secondary

plant body. NPA0285
(3) They appear later than primary meristem and
are responsible for producing the primary 59. Casparian bands are present in :
tissues (1) Endodermis (2) Pericycle
(4) They appear later than primary meristem and (3) Periderm (4) Cortex
are responsible for producing the secondary
NPA0286
tissues
NPA0280
E
60. What happens in plants during vascularisation : 66. Thickness of stem increase due to activity of :-
(1) Cambium
(1) Differentiation of procambium, formation of primary
(2) Xylem
phloem followed by formation of primary xylem (3) Phloem
(2) Differentiation of procambium followed by the (4) Shoot apex
formation of primary phloem and xylem NPA0293

67. Non-porous wood is found in which plants
simultaneously
(1) Dicots
(3) Formation of procambium, primary phloem and (2) Monocots
xylem simultaneously (3) Gymnosperms
N
(4) Differntiation of procambium followed by the (4) Cactus
NPA0294
formation of secondary xylem.
M
68. In dorsiventral leaf phloem is found in which side:
NPA0287 (1) Adaxial
O
(2) Abaxial
61.
E
In plants maximum growth occurs during which
season :- (3) Lateral
RO
(1) Summer (2) Winter (4) Adaxial and Abaxial both
(3) Autumn (4) Spring NPA0295
69. The leaves having equal stomata on both the
L
NPA0288
SS surfaces are called as :-
62. The tracheids differ from vessels in having (1) Amphistomatic
(1) Thick wall (2) Hypostomatic
(2) Bordered pit (3) Epistomatic
L
LA
(3) Presence of pitted end wall (4) Astomatic

(4) Spiral thickening NPA0296
NPA0289 70. Most distinct annual rings are formed in which region
LC
A
(1) Tropical
63. In Cucurbita stem vascular bundles are :-
(2) Temperate
(1) Radial
(3) Arctic
(2) Collateral
TA
(4) Equatorial
(3) Concentric Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65
NPA0297
(4) Bicollateral
71. Vessels and companian cells are characteristic
NPA0290 feature of :-
GI
(1) Gymnosperm (2) Angiosperm

64. The commercial cork is obtained from :-
(1) Quercus suber (2) Calotropis (3) Pteridophyta (4) Bryophyta
DI
(3) Pine (4) Peepal NPA0298

72. Loading of phloem is related to :
NPA0291
(1) Increase of sugar in phloem
65. "Bast-fibers" are obtained from which part of woody (2) Elongation of phloem cell
stem ? (3) Separation of phloem parenchyma
(1) Cork (2) Cortex (4) Strengthening of phloem fiber
(3) Xylem (4) Phloem NPA0299
NPA0292
E
73. Tunica-corpus theory was given by : 80. The fibers of Gossypium are :
(1) Schmidt (2) Hanstein (1) Pappus hairs
(3) Karl Nageli (4) Schuepp (2) Bast fibers
(3) Out growth of the testa
NPA0300
(4) Out growth of the pericarp
74. Companion cells are associated with :
NPA0307
(1) Tracheids of Angiosperms
(2) Vessels of Angiosperms 81. In the T.S. of root :-
(3) Tracheids of Gymnosperms (1) Protoxylem and metaxylem are not present on
(4) Sieve tubes of Angiosperms same radius
N
NPA0301 (2) Protoxylem is absent
(3) Protoxylem towards inside and metaxylem
75. Lateral roots arise from :
M
towards outside
(1) Pericycle (2) Cortex (4) Metaxylem is towards inside and protoxylem
(3) Pith (4) Endodermis towards outside
O
E NPA0302
NPA0308
RO
76. A nail is driven in a stem of mango tree at 2 meter
82. The resin duct of Gymnosperm is an example of
above the ground. How much height is attained
(1) Intracellular space
by nail after 5 years :-
(2) Schizogenous cavity
L
(1) 3 meters
SS (3) Lysigenous cavity
(2) 5 meters
(4) Vacuole containing stored material
(3) 10 meters
(4) Nail remains at same height i.e. 2 meter NPA0309
L
LA
NPA0303 83. Vascular bundle in which phloem is found on both

77. Bulliform cells are found in :- sides of xylem are called :-
(1) Seeds of sunflower (1) Collateral
LC
A
(2) Leaf of poa (2) Radial

(3) Pod of pea (3) Bicollateral
(4) Tuber of potato (4) Amphicribral
TA
NPA0304 NPA0310
78. The statement "All the tissues are made up of 84. Main function of lenticel is :–
individual cells" is given by :- (1) Transpiration (2) Guttation
GI
(1) Schleiden (3) Gaseous exchange (4) Bleeding

(2) Schwann
(3) Virchow NPA0311
DI
(4) Wallace
85. Vessels are found in :–
NPA0305 (1) All angiosperms and some gymnosperm
(2) Most of the angiosperms and few gymnosperms
79. In which living cell of vascular tissue the healthy (3) All angiosperms, all gymnosperms and some
nucleus and cytoplasm are present: pteridophyta
(1) Sieve tube (2) Tracheids (4) All pteridophyta
(3) Vessels (4) Rays
NPA0312
NPA0306
E
86. Four radial vascular bundles are found in :– 93. In the following how the sap wood is converted into
(1) Dicot root heartwood :-
(2) Monocot root (1) By degeneration of protoplast of living cells
(3) Dicot stem (2) Tyloses formation
(4) Monocot stem (3) By deposition of resins, oil, gums etc.
NPA0313 (4) All
87. Which of the following statement is true :– NPA0320
(1) Vessels are multicellular and with wide lumen. 94. The position of protoxylem in leaf is :-
(2) Tracheids are multicellular and with narrow (1) Adaxial
lumen. (2) Abaxial
N
(3) Vessels are unicellular and with narrow lumen. (3) Surrounded by metaxylem
M
(4) Tracheids are unicellular and with wide lumen. (4) Lateral
NPA0314 NPA0321
88. Root cap is absent in :- 95. Velamen & spongy tissue are found in :-
O
E
(1) Mesophytes (2) Hydrophytes (1) Breathing roots (2) Parasitic roots
RO
(3) Epiphytes (4) Xerophytes (3) Tuberous roots (4) Epiphytic roots
NPA0315 NPA0322
89. Girth of dicot stem increases by the activity of :- 96. Cellular totipotency is demonstrated by :-
L
(1) Apical meristem (1) Only gymnosperm cells
SS
(2) Intercalary meristem (2) All living plant cells
(3) Lateral meristem (3) All eukaryotic cells
(4) Procambium meristem (4) Only bacterial cells
L
LA
NPA0316 NPA0323
90. Which type of vascular bundles are found in monocot 97. The cells of the quiescent centre are characterised
stem :- by :-
LC
A
(1) Collateral, Open, Endarch (1) Having dense cytoplasm and prominent nuclei
(2) Radial, open, diarch (2) Having light cytoplasm and small nuclei
(3) Radial, open, mesarch (3) Dividing regularly to add to the corpus
TA
(4) Collateral, closed, endarch (4) Dividing regularly to add to tunica

NPA0317 NPA0324
91. The cells without nuclei are present in :- 98. Diffuse porous woods are characteristic of plants
GI
(1) Vascular cambium growing in :-

(2) Root hair (1) Alpine region (2) Cold winter regions
(3) Companion cell (3) Temperate climate (4) Tropics
DI
(4) Members of seive tube NPA0325

NPA0318 99. The apical meristem of the root is present
92. The difference in phloem of Gymnosperms & (1) Only in radicals
Angiosperms is due to :- (2) Only in tap roots
(1) Parenchyma (2) Vessel (3) Only in adventitious roots
(3) Companion cell (4) Fibres (4) In all the roots
NPA0319 NPA0326
E
100. Function of cork cambium is to produce :- 107. Vascular bundles having cambium are called :-
(1) Secondary xylem & secondary phloem (1) Open (2) Closed
(2) Cork & secondary cortex (3) Endarch (4) Exarch
(3) Secondary phloem & secondary cortex
NPA0334
(4) Cork
NPA0327 108. Periderm includes :-
101. Mesophyll is differentiated in spongy & palisade (1) Phellem
tissue in :-
(2) Phelloderm
(1) Isobilateral leaf (2) Dorsiventral leaf
(3) Phellogen
(3) Both (4) None
(4) Phellem, phelloderm, phellogen
N
NPA0328
102. Which of the following is not a character of dicot NPA0335
M
root :-
(1) Radial vascular bundle 109. Vascular bundle in which phloem is surrounded by
(2) Secondary growth xylem is called :-
O
(1) Amphicribral (2) Conjoint collateral
E (3) Pith less developed or absent
(4) Vascular bundles 15 – 20 (3) Amphivasal (4) Radial
RO
NPA0329 NPA0336
103. The continuity of protoplasm from cell to cell is
maintained through:- 110. Bicollateral vascular bundles are found in :-
L
(1) Stomata (2) Tracheids (1) Malvaceae (2) Cucurbitaceae
SS
(3) Vessels (4) Plasmodesmata (3) Liliaceae (4) Poaceae
NPA0330
NPA0337
104. Which one of the following is not a part of periderm?
L
LA
(1) Wood (2) Phellogen 111. Lignin is a major component of cell wall of :-
(3) Phelloderm (4) Phellem (1) Xylem (2) Phloem
NPA0331 (3) Parenchyma (4) Cambium
LC
105. Sieve tube differs from vessels in :

A
NPA0338
(1) Absence of nucleus
(2) Less deposition of lignin 112. In a woody dicotyledonous tree, which of the
(3) Being dead following parts will mainly consist of primary
TA
(4) Lack of cytoplasm permanent tissues.?

NPA0332 (1) Stem and root

106. In a longitudinal section of a root, starting from
(2) all parts
the tip upward, the four zones occur in the following
GI
order :- (3) shoot tips and root tips

(1) Root cap, cell division, cell maturation, cell (4) flowers, fruits and leaves
enlargement
DI
NPA0339
(2) Cell division, cell enlargement, cell maturation,
root cap 113. Which xylem element is living :-
(3) Cell division, cell maturation cell enlargement, (1) Vessels (2) Tracheids
root cap
(3) Fibre (4) Parenchyma
(4) Root cap, cell division, cell enlargement, cell
maturation NPA0340
NPA0333
E
114. Monocot root is differ from dicot root in having: 116. Autumn wood can be differentiated from spring
(1) Open vascular bundle wood by :-
(2) Scattered vascular bundle (1) Broad vessels and tracheids
(2) Narrow vessels and tracheids
(3) Large pith
(3) Red colour of xylem
(4) Radial vascular bundle
(4) Cambium
NPA0341 NPA0343
115. Which one increases due to cambium :

(1) Length (2) Width
(3) Circumference (4) None
N
NPA0342
O M
E
RO
L
SS
L
LA
LC
A
EXERCISE-III (Analytical Questions) ANSWER KEY

TA
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 4 2 4
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 1 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 1 3 1 2 3
GI
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Ans. 2 4 3 3 2 1 4 4 1 1 3 4 2 4 1
Que. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
DI
Ans. 4 2 3 1 4 4 2 4 1 2 2 1 2 1 2
Que. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Ans. 4 3 4 1 4 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 1
Que. 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
Ans. 4 2 1 4 3 4 2 3 3 2 1 1 2 3 4
Que. 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105
Ans. 4 3 4 1 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 1 2
Que. 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116
Ans. 4 1 4 3 2 1 4 4 3 3 2
E

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ALLEN Pre-Medical : Biology 91

EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) Build Up Your Understanding

MERISTEMATIC TISSUE 8. The secondary meristem originates from-

apex of the root tip is NPA0011

(1) Period between initiation of two successive leaf

(4) Region of origin of stem branch

6. How many histogen are present in monocot root

(3) 3 (4) 4 (3) Give mechanical strength to plants

NPA0020 (3) Lignin (4) Silica Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65

21. Collenchyma is found in - NPA0027

(2) Hydrophytes (1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma

NPA0021 29. Tissue which develops more due to scarcity of

(1) Parenchyma (1) Sclerenchyma

34. (1) Cellulose (2) Pectin

The cell functionally associated with sieve tube is -

(4) Collenchyma 42. Complex tissues are not found in

35. Bast fibres are mostly found in - (3) All gametophytes

(3) Conducting part of xylem

55. P-protein is a constituent of

(1) Cortex (2) Xylem & phloem

49. Three types of tissue systems namely epidermal, NPA0056

(1) Schizogenous (2) Lysigenous

(1) Endarch (2) Exarch tissue what should be the material -

63. Velamen is needed for - (3) Monocot stem

70. Innumerable vascular bundles, lack of cambium and

(4) None of the above lack of a well demarcated pith is found in –

(3) Epiblema (4) Hypodermis NPA0070

(4) Separate radial vascular bundle (3) Both Adaxial

76. Polyarch and exarch vascular bundles are the

(1) Maize stem (2) Sunflower stem NPA0094

NPA0089 (4) Bear unicellular trichomes

(1) Sieve cells SECONDARY GROWTH

(2) Sieve elements

(2) Sap wood

(1) Endarch (2) Mesarch NPA0098

(3) Number of cork layers

(4) Annual rings (2) Phloem

104. Commercial cork is obtained from :- NPA0110 Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65

(1) Juglans regia

(4) Quercus suber (2) Intercalary cambium

(4) Primary cambium

(1) Neem (2) Ashok (2) Centrifugal

(1) Stem (2) Root mechanical strength to a tree trunk.

(2) Just outside the pith

128. Living tissue in lenticel is called NPA0133

(a) Lenticels are absent in leaves

(d) The sap wood also called as duramen NPA0137 Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65

(2) a and b are correct

(3) Only ray initial stem is due to the activity of

145. Annual ring involves-

153. Common features between lenticels and hydathodes

& cortical regions

secondary phloem formed every year is Z:\NODE02\B0B0-BA\NURTURE\BIO\ENG\MODULE_3\02-PLANT_ANATOMY\02-PLANT-EX.P65

NPA0158 (4) Light

159. Lenticels are NPA0164

(1) Scars on old stem

(4) Parenchymatous cells between xylem and

(1) Epidermis (2) Rhytidome

(1) Lilium (2) Cocos

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(3) Absence of secondary phloem

AIPMT 2008 (4) Presence of cortex

(1) Plerome (2) Periblem