Q.1
Xylem fibre is ... ... [RPMT 1990]
  • a) Heat wood
  • b) Wood fiber
  • c) Libriform fiber
  • d) Bast fibre
Q.2
Match column .. .. [ kerala 2006]
a. Xylem vessels Store food material
b. Xylem tracheids Obliterated lumen
c. Xylem fibre Perforated plates
d. Xylem parenchyma Chisel - like ends
  • a) a - 3, b - 4, c - 2, d - 1
  • b) a - 4, b - 3, c - 2, d - 1
  • c) a - 3, b - 2, c - 1, d - 4
  • d) a - 2, b - 1, c - 4, d - 3
Q.3
Periblem forms .. ..[ MPPMT 2001]
  • a) Endodermis
  • b) Cortex
  • c) Both a and b
  • d) Epidermis
Q.4
Stele consists of .. .. [ JIPMER 2000 ]
  • a) Phloem
  • b) Xylem
  • c) Pericycle
  • d) All the above
Q.5
Cork cambium is ... ..[ Odisha 2007]
  • a) Primary meristem
  • b) Apical meristem
  • c) Secondary meristem
  • d) Intercalary meristem
Q.6
Where do the casparian bands occur ... .. [ CBSE 1999]
  • a) Epidermis
  • b) Endodermis
  • c) Pericycle
  • d) Phloem
Q.7
Which character is not associated with plant where Shull studied inbreeding depression while Miller and Letham extracted a hormone from its seeds ... ..
  • a) Atactostele in stem
  • b) Bundle sheath in leaf
  • c) Chromosome number 30 in endosperm
  • d) Medulla absent in root
Q.8
The balloon like growth of parenchyma in the lumen of a vessel are known as ... .. [ BHU 1994]
  • a) Histogen
  • b) Tyloses
  • c) Phellogen
  • d) Tunica
Q.9
The best method to determine the age of tree is to ... ..[ AFMC 1993]
  • a) Measure its diameter
  • b) Count the number of leaves
  • c) Count the number of annual rings at the base of main stem
  • d) Find out the number of branches
Q.10
Bulliform or motor cells are present on ...
  • a) Root
  • b) Stem
  • c) Isobilateral leaf
  • d) Dorsiventral leaf
Q.11
Outer lighter coloured/alburnum region of wood is .. ... [ JKCMEE 2008]
  • a) Autumn wood
  • b) Spring wood
  • c) Heart wood
  • d) Sapwood
Q.12
In sieve elements, the possible function of P-proteins is ... .. [ AIIMS 2006]
  • a) Autolytic enzymes
  • b) Sealing mechanism on wounding
  • c) Providing energy for active translocation
  • d) Deposition of callose on sieve plates
Q.13
Four radial bundles occur in ... ... [ CBSE 2002]
  • a) Monocot root
  • b) Dicot root
  • c) Monocot stem
  • d) Dicot stem
Q.14
Histogens are components of ... ..
  • a) Secondary phellogen
  • b) Apical meristem
  • c) Lateral meristem
  • d) Intercalary meristem
Q.15
Pith or central part of ground tissue is made of ... ..[ JKCMEE 2005]
  • a) Collenchyma
  • b) Parenchyma
  • c) Chlorenchyma
  • d) Sclerenchyma
Q.16
Pith is produced by ... .. [ AFMC 1993]
  • a) Ground meristem
  • b) Procambium
  • c) Periblem
  • d) Dermatogen
Q.17
Which one is living and non-nucleated at maturity? ... .. [ AMU 1995]
  • a) Sieve tubes
  • b) Companion cells
  • c) Collenchyma
  • d) Parenchyma
Q.18
Knot in the wood are formed by ... ..[ Bih. PMT 2002]
  • a) Insect injury
  • b) Growth of secondary tissues over wounds of fallen branches
  • c) bacterial tumours
  • d) None of these
Q.19
Senescence is an active developmental cellular process in the growth and functioning of flowering plant, is indicated in ... .. [ CBSE 2008]
  • a) Annual plants
  • b) Floral parts
  • c) Leaf abscission
  • d) Vessels and tracheids
Q.20
Length of petiole increases by the activity of .. .. [ CPMT 2007]
  • a) Apical meristem
  • b) Lateral meristem
  • c) Intercalary meristem
  • d) All the above
Q.21
Which is not true of dicot root ... ..[ CPMT 1990]
  • a) Vascular bundles 15-20
  • b) Radial vascular bundles
  • c) Secondary growth
  • d) Pith little or absent
Q.22
Sugarcane plant has ... .... [ AIIMS 2004]
  • a) Recticulate venation
  • b) Capsular fruits
  • c) Pentamerous flowers
  • d) Dumb-bell-shaped guard cells
Q.23
Simple pits occur in ... .. [ Manipal 1997]
  • a) Parenchyma alone
  • b) Simple tissue alone
  • c) Parenchyma and sclerenchyma
  • d) All types of tissues
Q.24
Correct sequence of layers from outside to inside of a typical monocot root is ... .. [ CPMT 2005]
  • a) Epiblema, endodermis, cortex, pericycle
  • b) Pericycle, cortex, endodermis, epiblema
  • c) Epiblema, cortex, endodermis, pericycle
  • d) Epiblema, pericycle, cortex, endodermis
Q.25
Casparian strip contain ... .. [ RPMT 1998]
  • a) Cutin
  • b) Pectin
  • c) Suberin
  • d) Wax
Q.26
A dicot in which stem has scattered vascular bundles is ... ... [ JKCET 2012]
  • a) Helianthus
  • b) Pepromia
  • c) Yucca
  • d) Dolichos
Q.27
Latex vessel occur in ... .. [ BHU 1990]
  • a) Calotropis
  • b) Banana
  • c) Papaver/Poppy
  • d) Euphorbia
Q.28
Growth/annul rings are formed by the activity of ... .. [ AFMC 1990]
  • a) Cambium
  • b) Xylem
  • c) Phloem
  • d) Both xylem and phloem
Q.29
In ferns vascular bundle is ... ..
  • a) Leptocentric
  • b) Amphicribal/amphiphloic
  • c) Amphivasal
  • d) Collateral
Q.30
Which one consists of living cells ... ... [ MPPMT 2009]
  • a) Vessels
  • b) Tracheids
  • c) Companion cells
  • d) Sclerenchyma
Q.31
In monocots ... .. [ CPMT 2010]
  • a) Leaves have reticulate venation
  • b) Stems have annual rings
  • c) Seeds have two storage organs
  • d) Stems have scattered conducting strands
Q.32
As the secondary growth takes place (proceeds) in tree, thickness of .... .... [ CBSE 1994]
  • a) Heart wood increases
  • b) Sap-wood increases
  • c) Both increase
  • d) Both remain the same
Q.33
Aerenchyma occurs in ... .. [ MPPMT 2004]
  • a) Mesophytes
  • b) Xerophytes
  • c) Hydrophytes
  • d) Sciophytes
Q.34
Palisade parenchyma is absent in leaves of ... ..[ CBSE 2009]
  • a) Gram
  • b) Soybean
  • c) Sorghum
  • d) Mustard
Q.35
Mesarch xylem occurs in ... [ Pb PMT 1999]
  • a) Monocots
  • b) Dicots
  • c) Ferns
  • d) Bryophytes
Q.36
Match the species with type of wood ... [ JKCMEE 2003] a) Tectona grandis b) Cedrus deodara c) Shorea robusta d) Dalbergia sissoo e) Softwood f) Hardwood
  • a) a - e, b - f, c - f, d - e
  • b) a - e , b - e, c - f, d - f
  • c) a - f, b - e, c - f, d - f
  • d) a - f, b - e, c - e, d- f
Q.37
Central xylem is present in ... ... [ Manipal 2003]
  • a) Dicot root
  • b) Dicot stem
  • c) Monocot stem
  • d) Branches of stem
Q.38
Exchange of gases between air and the internal tissues of older corky stems takes place through .. ... [ HPPMT 2012]
  • a) Sieve plates
  • b) Pits
  • c) Stomata
  • d) Lenticels
Q.39
Small, thin walled elongated cells associated with sieve tube elements are ... .. [ Tamil nadu 2001]
  • a) Sieve plates
  • b) Companion cells
  • c) Phloem fibres
  • d) Phloem parenchyma cells
Q.40
Which of the following is /are not true .. ..[ kerala 2006 ] a. Cork cambium is otherwise called phellogen b. Cork is otherwise called phellem c. Secondary cortex is otherwise called periderm d. Cork cambium, cork and secondary cortex are collectively called phelloderm
  • a) b and d only
  • b) b and c only
  • c) c and d only
  • d) a and b only
Q.41
A simple tissue with both mechanical and physiological functions in young dicotyledonous plant is .. .. [ EAMCET 2002]
  • a) Meristematic tissue
  • b) Parenchyma
  • c) Sclerenchyma
  • d) Collenchyma
Q.42
In dicot system, xylem is ... .. [ AFMC 1993]
  • a) Polyarch
  • b) Monoarch
  • c) Endarch
  • d) Exarch
Q.43
Dividing cells not yet committed to become specific cell type are ... .. [ COMED-K's 2008]
  • a) Epidermal cells
  • b) Ground cells
  • c) Periderm cells
  • d) Meristem cells
Q.44
Which is wrong about sieve tube elements ... .. [ kerala 2007]
  • a) Peripheral cytoplasm and large vacuole
  • b) Perforated end wall becomes impregnated with lignin
  • c) P-proteins occurs evenly distributed throughout lumen
  • d) Absence of nucleus at maturity
Q.45
Endodermis takes part in ... .. [ CPMT 2007]
  • a) Providing protection
  • b) Preventing water loss from stele
  • c) Maintaining rigidity
  • d) All the above
Q.46
Diffuse porous woods are characteristics of plants growing in ... ... [ CBSE 2003]
  • a) Alpine regions
  • b) Cold winter regions
  • c) Temperate regions
  • d) Tropical regions
Q.47
Collenchyma occur in ... .. [ CBSE 1990]
  • a) Herbaceous climbers
  • b) Woody climbers
  • c) Climbing stems
  • d) Water plants
Q.48
Root cap regenerates/dead torn cells of root cap are replaced by the activity of ... .. [ RPMT 1995]
  • a) Plerome
  • b) Dermatogen
  • c) Calyptrogen
  • d) Periblem
Q.49
A bicollateral vascular bundle is characterised by ... .. [ CBSE 1992]
  • a) Phloem being sandwiched between xylem
  • b) Transverse splitting of vascular bundle
  • c) Longitudinal slitting of vascular bundle
  • d) Xylem being sandwiched between phloem
Q.50
Palisade parenchyma is present on both sides in ... ..[ RPMT 2005]
  • a) Nerium
  • b) Eucalyptus
  • c) Wheat
  • d) both a and b
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