ERD tre Tissues ’ Phloem in gymnosperms lacks n cells doth siewe tubes and compani b) albuminous cells and sieve cells (a) companion cells only (NEET 2019) ) Sieve tubes only Regencration of damaged growing grass following grazing is largely due to (a) late meristem (b) apical meristem (©) antercalary meristem (d) secondary meristem (Odisha NEET 2019) Tracheids differ from other tracheary elements in (a) having Casparian strips (b) being imperforate (d) being lignified. (0) lacking nucleus (2014) Meristematic tissue responsible for increase in girth of tree trunk is (a) intercalary meristem (b) lat (©) phellogen all meristem (a) apical meristem (Karnataka NEET 2013) Gymnosperms are also. called soft wood spermatophytes because they’ lack (a) cambium (b) phloem fibres (©) thick-walled tracheids (d) xylem fibres. (2012) Companion cells are closely associated with (a) sieve elements (b) vessel elements (c) trichomes (d) guard cells. (2012) Function of companion cells is (2) providing energy to sieve elements for active transport (b) providing water to phloem (6) loading of sucrose into sieve element transport (4) loading of sucrose into sieve elements ts by passive (Mains 2011) Which one ofthe following is not (a) Inteafascicular cambium. (b) Interfascicular cambs (©) Phellogen sium a lateral meristem? (4) Intercalary meristem, (2010) 9, 13, M4. 15) 16, Anatomy v! Flowering Plants she chief water conducting elements of he chief ws eaten (b) fibres (d) tracheids (a) vessels (c) transfusion tissue Fransport of food material in higher place through (a) companion cells (c) tracheids (b) transfusion tissu (d) sieve elements (Mains _ The length of different internodes in a culm sugarcane is variable because of (a) size of leat lamina at the node internode (b) intercalary meristem (c) shoot api (a) position of axillary buds. 2 2. Acommon structural feature of vessel elements 27 sieve tube elements is (a) enucleate condition (b) thick secondary wal (c) poreson lateral walls (4) presence of P ‘The apical meristem of the root is present (a) only in radical (c) only in advent (A) in all the roots. Chlorenchyma is known to develop in the (a) cytoplasm of Chlorella (b) mycelium of a green mould such as Asperg? (©) spore capsule of a moss 4 (2) pollen tube of Pinus, o Ra ofthe quiescent centre are characteris (b) 1 aving, dense cytoplasm and prominent nucle’ © amet ‘¥toplasm and sia nucle me ytoa a . (a) dividing SORA to add to the comps regularly to add to tunica. Which of the (a) Ves (20 (2008 : following statements is true? are multicellular with wide lumen By Te with wide lumen. oy a ‘ds are multicellular with narrow um" (a) Trachenhee Unicellular with narrow lumen. Tacheids are unicellular with wide lume” (2002y Flowering Plants natorry 0 [asillary bud and terminal bud derived from the 7 p oer b) intercalary meristem [ateral meristem (1 alary meriste 6 apical meristem (4) parenchyma. (2002) 1s, Vesselsare found S: (2) all angiosperms and some gymnosperm {G) mest of angiosperms and few gymnosperms (0) all angiosperms, all gymnosperms and some teridophyta (4) all pteridophyta. (2002) ‘ i a? _ atmaturity, which of the following isnion-nucleate: "Gy alisade cell (b) Cortical cell (6) Sieve cell (a) Companion cell (1997) 20, Which ofthe following is not true about ‘sclereids’? (a) These are groups of living cells. {b) These are found in nut shells, guava pulp, pear, (6) These are also called stone cells. (@) These are form of sclerenchyma with fibres. (1996) 21. Which of the following plant cells will show totipotency? (a) Sieve tubes (b) Xylem vessels (©) Meristem (@) Cork cells (1993) 22. Bordered pits are found in (a) sieve cells (b) vessel wall (©) companion cells (d) sieve tube wall. (1993) 23. An organised and differentiated cellular structure having cytoplasm but no nucleus is (@) vessels (b) xylem parenchyma (© sieve tubes (d) tracheids. (1991) 24, Angular collenchyma occurs in (a) Cucurbita (b) Helianthus (©) Althaea (@) Salvia. (991) 25. Collenchyma occurs in (2) herbaceous climbers (b) woody climbers (©) climbing stems (d) water plants. (1990) 26. Collenchyma occurs in the stem and petioles of (2) xerophytes (b) monocots (©) dicot herbs (4) hydrophytes. Cork cambium and vascular cambium are (3) parts of secondary xylem and phloem () parts of pericycle (c) lateral meristem (@) apical meristem. (1990) 28, Rite tubes are suited for translocation of food ecause they possess (@) bordered pits (b) no end walls {) broader lumen and perfor: ated cr (8) no protoplasm, Peas (1990) 2. 29. Death, i tint is a pre-requisite for a vital (a) tra (© abeePeTtofsap —(b) transport of food absorptic orption of water (d) gaseous exchange, (1989) 30. Organisation of stem apex into corpus and tunica is, determined mainly by {a) planes of cell division (b) regions of meristematic activity {c) rate of cell growth (d) rate of shoot tip growth. | Which meristem helps in increasing girth? {a) Lateral meristem (b) Intercalary meristem (c) Primary meristem (d) Apical meristem (1988) (1988) . Tunica corpus theory is connected with (a) root apex (b) root cap (©) shoot apex (d) secondary growth, (1988) [LBD The Tissue system 33. Stomata in grass leaf are (a) dumb-bell shaped (c) rectangular (b) kidney-shaped (d) barrel-shaped. (NEET 2018) 34, Specialised epidermal cells surrounding the guard cells are called (a) bulliform cells (b) lenticels (©) complementary cells (d) subsidiary cel 2016) (NI 35. Vascular bundles in monocotyledons are considered closed because (a) there are no vessels with perforations (b) xylem is surrounded all around by phloem (©) a bundle sheath surrounds each bundle (4) cambium is absent. (2015 Cancelled) 36, Which of the following statements is not true for stomatal apparatus? (a) Guard cells invariably possess chloroplasts and mitochondria, (b) Guard cells are always surrounded by subsidiary cells. (©) Stomata are involved in gaseous exchange (d) Inner wall of guard cells are thick. (Karnataka NEET 2013) 37. Closed vascular bundles lack (a) ground tissue (b) conjunctive tissue (c) cambium (d) pith. (2012) 38. Ground tissue includes ® all tissues external to endodermis we tissues except epidermis and vascular bundles c) epidermis and cortex 7 (4) all tissues internal to endodermis, (2011) Some vascular bun because these (a) are surrounded (b) are capable of phloem idles are described as open by pericycle but no endodermis producing secondary xylem andeen mere eect t root the vascular cambium originay, 2 . In the dico ive tisstie between xylem and OE | trom ue located below the phloem bundles ar phloem ; (a) tissue icyele tissue above protoxylen ene saronnded by pereyete. (Mains 2017) portion of pericycle tissue above protoxyter ° fa stomatal apparatus. (b) cortical region Sree sven below isthe diagram ofa stomatal appara ical regi ween enddodermis and peric 7 stich to the following all the four parts labelle (c) parenchym: vrand interfaseicular tissue ave correctly identified? (a) intrafascicula reer ring, 46. Casparian strips oceurin | e (a) epiderm (b) pericycl ‘ (d) endodermi c | ©) cortex (N as A,B,C and D EET 201s Root hair develop from the region of (a) elongation (b) root cap (c) meristematic activity (a) maturation. 47. A B c 2 Suan cell Stomatal (a) Subsidiary Epidermal Gua . bly 48, Cortex is the region found between (NEET 2017) cll (b) Guard cell Stomatal Subsidiary Epidermal (a) epidermis and stele ae ce et (b) pericycle and endodermis 1 Subsidiary cell Oe ee (©) endodermis and pith (4) Epidermal Subsdtary Somatsl Guarded (2) endodermisand vascular bundle, cal cell aperture (Mains 2010) (NEET-I1 2016 41, Inbarley stem vascular bundles are 49. A major characteristic of monocot root is th (a) closed and scattered (b) open and in a ring presence of (©) closed and radial (d) open and scattered. (a) vasculature without cambium (2009) (b) cambium sandwiched between phloem ani xylem along the radius (c) open vascular bundles (d) scattered vascular bundles. (20. 42. A bicollateral vascular bundle is characterised by (a) phloem being sandwiched between xylet (b) transverse splitting of vascular bundle (©) longitudinal splitting of vascular bundle 50. Youaregivena (a) xylem being sandwiched between phloe Cancelled airly old piece of dicot stem and a dic tool. Which of the following anatomical structures (1992) will you use to distinguish between the two? : (a) Secondary xylem (b) Secondary phloem [EBD Anatomy of dicotyledonous and (c) Protoxylem (@) Cortical cells (201 Monocotyledonous Plants 51. Water cont: c i ; + Water containing cavities in vascular bundles are 43. ‘The transverse section of a plant shows following found in . anatomical features : (a) sunflower (b) maize () Large number of scattered vascular bundles (©) Cycas (d) Pins. 6 (2012) surrounded by bundle sheath (Gi) Large conspicuous parenchymatous ground tissue tn eaculr bales conjoint and closed 7 a ae oa serdary xylem iv) phloem parenchyma abs | ayem bundles 7 identify the category ofa arena its part | (©) inconspicuous annual rings (a) Monocotyledorous stare | __ (d) relatively thicker periderm. (Mains 2012 () Monocotyledonous root isade parenchyma is abse1 (©) Dicotyledonous stem (a) mustard” b (4) Dicotyledonous root (NEET 2020) (©) gram 52. As compared to a dicot root, a monocot root has nt in leaves of a soybean ) Sorghum, (2003) 54, ‘The annular and s irally thickened conducti! ‘4. Grass leaves curl inwards during very dry weather, clements generally de Rael the most appropriate reason from the : | ¢ tei vane | therootor stem oY? in the protoxylem whe! sels (b) Ch a | i (6) Pacey ofbullorm ete Cm |) longating (b) widening (c) differentiating Anatomically fairly old distinguished from the (d) Shrink; (4) maturing, (200°) d dicotyledonous root * dicotyledonous stem by ‘age of air spaces in spongy mesophyll | 5 (NEET 2019)anatomy of Flowering Plants {@) absence’of secondary phloem {b) presence of cortex {¢) position of protoxylem {a) absence of secondary xylem (2009) passage cells are thin walled cells found in {@) phloem elements that serve as entry points for {abstance for transport to other plant parts {b) testa of sceds to enable emergence of growing embryonic axis during seed germination (© central region of style through which the pollen tube grows towards the ovary (a) endodermis of roots facilitating rapid transport ‘of water from cortex to pericycle. (2007) In a woody dicotyledonous tree, which of the {allowing parts will mainly consist of primary tissue (@) All parts (b) Stem and root (6) Flowers, fruits and leaves (@) Shoot tips and root tips (2005) Four radial vascular bundle are found in (b) monocot root (d) monocot stem. (2002) What happens in plants during vascularisation? (a) Differentiation of procambium, formation of primary phloem followed by formation of primary xylem (b) Differentiation of procambium followed by the formation of primary phloem and xylem simultaneously (©) Formation of procambium, primary phloem and xylem simultaneously (€) Differentiation of procambium followed by the formation of secondary xylem (2000) 60. Casparian strips are found in (2) epidermis (b) hypodermis (©) periderm (d) endodermis. (1999) 61. Casparian strip occurs in a (2) endodermis (b) exodermis (©) pericycle (d) epidermis. (1994) 62. A plant bears fruit, has a column of vascular tissue and a tap root system. This plant is a (2) angiosperm and dicot (©) gymnosperm and dicot (c) angiosperm and monocot (4) gymnosperm and monocot. (1994) 63. Where do the Casparian bands occur? ) Epidermis (b) Endodermis oa, Pee (d) Phloem (1994, 1990) © # Tatrow layer of thin walled cells fo pevbark and wood ofadict ns Deee® cor ps ccambium ) vascular cambium « (d) pericycle. (1993) * What is true about 4 monocot leaf? 66. 68. 73 (a) Reticulate venation (b) Absence of bulliform cells from epidermis (c) Mesophyll not differentiated into palisade and spongy tissues (a) Well differentiated mesophyll Pericycle of roots produces (a) mechanical support (b) lateral roots (c) vascular bundles (d) adventitious buds. (1990) (1992, 1990) . Monocot leaves possess (a) intercalary meristem (b) lateral meristem (6) apical meristem (d) mass meristem. (1990) Pith and cortex do not differentiate in (a) monocot stem (b) dicot stem (c) monocot root (d) dicot root. (1988) [ED secondary Growth 69. 70. 7. 72, 73. The vascular cambium 1 74, Which of the followi Identify the incorrect statement, (a) Heartwood does not conduct water but gives mechanical support. (b) Sapwood is involved in conduction of water and minerals from root to leaf. (©) Sapwood is the innermost secondary xylem and is lighter in colour. (4) Due to deposition of tannins, resins, oils, etc., heartwood is dark in colour. (NEET 2020) Which of the statements given below is not true about formation of annual rings in trees? (@) Annual rings are not prominent in trees of temperate region. (b) Annual ring is a combination of spring wood and autumn wood produced ina year. (©) Differential activity of cambium causes light and dark bands of tissue-early and late wood. respectively. (d) Activity of cambium depends upon variation in imate (NEET 2019) Secondary xylem and phloem in dicot stem are produced by (a) apical meristems (©) phellogen (b) vascular cambium (4) axillary meristems, (NEET 2018) Plants having little or no secondary growth are (a) grasses (b) deciduous angiosperms (©) conifers (@) cycads. (NEET 2018) jormally gives rise to (b) secondary xylem (a) phelloderm, (NEET 2017) ng is made up of dead cells? (b) Phellem_ (d) Xylem parenchyma (NEET 2017) (a) primary phloem (c) periderm (a) Collenchyma (©) Phloemm4 75, 78. 80. 81. 82, 83, Mdentify the wrong statement in context of Heart 4a) Wis highly durable wy Teeondlcte water and miners efficent. (0) It comprises lead elements with highly ignified walls ganic compounds are deposited in it (4) Organic compound are deposited in balloon-shaped structures called tyloses, (a) originate in the lumen of vessels (hy) characterise the sapwood {c) are extensions of xylem parenchyma cells into vessels (a) are linked to the ascent of sap through xylem vessels, (NEET-I1 2016) Read the different components from (i) to (iv) i the list given below and tell the correct order of the components with reference to their arrangement from outer side to inner side in a woody dicot stem (i) Secondary cortex (ti) Wood (iii) Secondary phloem (iv) Phellem ‘The correct order is (a) iv), (i), Git), (ii) (©) Gili), Gv), (i), (b) (iv), (d) (i), ( (i), (ii) (iv), (iii). (2015) Lenticels are involved in (a) food transport (b) photosynthesis () transpiration (d) gaseous exchai (NEET 2013) 1. Age ofa tree can be estimated by (a) number of annual rings (b) diameter ofits heartwood (6) its height and girth (d) biomass, (NEET 2013) Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of (a) endodermis (b) pericycle (©) medullary rays (d) xylem parenchyma. EET 2013) ( ‘The common bottle cork is a product of (a) dermatogen (b) phellogen (6) xylem (d) vascular cambium. in (2012) 'e cork cambium, pat ration, cork and secondary cortex are (2) phelloderm (©) petiderm (2) phellogen : (@) phellem. leartwood differs from sa i (2) presence of rysand fibres (b) absence of vessels and (c) having dead and (4) being susceptible (2011) parenchyma non-conducting elements ‘o pests and pathogens. Vascular tissues in (a) periblem flowering plants develop f (©) phellogen 0 dermatogen (4) plerome. WbG NEET-AIPMT Chapterwise Topicvise Solutions | 45. 86. 87. 88. 89, 90. 91. 92, 93. 4, 95. ical study of secondary growth in play which one of the following pairs is suitable? (a) ‘Teak and pine (b) Deodar and fern, (c) Wheat and maiden hair fern (a) Sugarcane and sunflower Diffuse porous woods are characteristic of p For a criti (20 0 growiny pine region (c) temperature climate (d) tropics. (b) cold winter region (20 Which of the following meristems is respon for extrastelar secondary growth in dicotyledo: stem? (a) Interfascicular cambium (b) Intercalary meristem (c) Phellogen (d) Inteafascicular cambium (us ‘The periderm includes a) secondary phloem (b) cork (c) cambium (d) all ofthese. (199 As a tree grows older, which of the follow increases more rapidly in thickness? (a) Heart wood (b) Sapwood (c) Phloem (d) Cortex Periderm is produced by (a) vascular cambium (c) phellogen (199) (b) fascicular cambium (4) intrafascicular cambium. (199 Which exposed wood will decay faster? (a) Sapwood (b) Softwood (c) Wood with lot of fibres (d) Heartwood (199 Abnormal/anomalous secondary growth occurs in (a) Dracaena (b) ginger (©) wheat (a) sunflower. Vascular cambium produces (a) primary xylem and primary phloem (b) secondary xylem and secondary phloem (c) primary xylem and secondary phloem (d) secondary xylem and primary phloem, (1992, 198 Out of diffuse porous and ring porous woods, whi is correct? (199) (a) Ring porous wood carries more water for shot period, (b) Diffuse porous wood carries more water, (6) Ring porous wood carries more water wht’ need is higher, (d) Diffuse porous wood is less specialised b conducts water rapidly throughout, (198 Cork is formed from (a) cork cambium (phellogen) (b) vascular cambium (c) phloem (d) xylem, (asst