Q.1
Transport of water and dissolved minerals occurs through ... .. [ MPPMT 1999]
  • a) Phloem
  • b) Xylem
  • c) Sieve tubes
  • d) Sclerenchyma
Q.2
Sieve tubes are constituent of ... .. [ RPMT 1991]
  • a) Wood
  • b) Vascular cambium
  • c) Phellem
  • d) Bast
Q.3
Cork cambium and vascular cambium are ... .. [ CBSE 1990]
  • a) Parts of secondary xylem and phloem
  • b) Parts of pericycle
  • c) Lateral meristems
  • d) Apical meristems
Q.4
Which one is not correct about sclerenchyma ... ..
  • a) Sclerenchyma fibres associated with xylem tissue are called wood fibres
  • b) Sclerenchyma fibres associated with phloem tissue are called bast fibres
  • c) Endocarp of coconut is rich is sclerenchyma fibres
  • d) Brachysclereids are isodiametric and polygonal
Q.5
Cellular layers form outside to inside in old dicot stem are ... ..[ KCET 2008]
  • a) Epidermis, Phellem, phellogen, phelloderm
  • b) Epidermis, hypodermis, cortex, endodermis
  • c) Epidermis, phellogen, Phellem, endodermis
  • d) Epidermis, hypodermis, phellogen, phelloderm
Q.6
A structure absent in monocots is ... ... [ AFMC 2010]
  • a) Sieve tubes
  • b) Pith
  • c) Cambium
  • d) Vessels
Q.7
A group of cells alike in form, function and origin is ... ... [ MPPMT 1999]
  • a) Organ
  • b) Organelle
  • c) Tissue
  • d) Organoids
Q.8
Tracheid, tracheae, wood fibres and wood parenchyma occur in ... ...[ BHU 1991]
  • a) Xylem
  • b) Cortex
  • c) Vascular strand
  • d) Phloem
Q.9
Root apex has a zone of slow dividing cells in the middle of rapidly dividing cells. It is ... ..
  • a) Quiescent centre
  • b) Sluggish centre
  • c) Dormant centre
  • d) Non-meristematic zone
Q.10
Vessel elements differ from other elements of xylem in having ... ..[ AMU 1999]
  • a) Simple and bordered pits on end walls
  • b) Simple perforation on their end walls
  • c) Simple pits on their radial walls
  • d) Bordered pits on their lateral walls
Q.11
Arrange the following in order of their location from periphery to centre in the entire dicotyledonous plant body a) Fusiform cells b) Trichoblasts c) Collocytes d) Tylosis
  • a) b, c, a, d
  • b) a, d, c, b
  • c) d, a, b, c
  • d) c, b, a, d
Q.12
Secondary growth occurs through ... .. [ CPMT 1992]
  • a) Formation and division of meristematic cells
  • b) Vascular region
  • c) Cortical region
  • d) Both b and c
Q.13
In monocot stem, each vascular bundle possesses a lacuna which is formed by disintegration of ... .. [ Tamil nadu 2001]
  • a) Protophloem
  • b) Protoxylem
  • c) Metaphloem
  • d) Metaxylem
Q.14
Which is correct about transport or conduction of substances ... .. [ CBSE 1991]
  • a) Organic food moves upwardly through xylem
  • b) Organic food moves up through phloem
  • c) Inorganic food moves upwardly and downwardly through xylem
  • d) Organic food moves upwardly and downwardly through phloem
Q.15
Abnormal/anomalous secondary growth occurs in ... ... [ BHU 1996]
  • a) Dracaena
  • b) Ginger
  • c) Wheat
  • d) Sunflower
Q.16
Cotton is obtained from ... ... [ DPMT 2001]
  • a) Epidermal tissue system
  • b) Ground tissue system
  • c) Vascular tissue system
  • d) Meristematic tissue system
Q.17
Inner dark, harder portion of secondary xylem that cannot conduct water in older dicot stem is called ... .. [ BHU 2006]
  • a) Alburnum
  • b) best
  • c) Duramen
  • d) Wood
Q.18
The term "bark" means ... ..[ RPMT 2011]
  • a) Phellem, phelloderm and vascular cambium
  • b) Phellem, phellogen, phelloderm and secondary phloem
  • c) Periderm and secondary xylem
  • d) Cork cambium and cork
Q.19
Which ones are correct ... ..[ kerala 2008] a) Uneven thickening of cell wall is characteristic of sclerenchyma b) Periblem forms cortex of stem and root c) Tracheids are chief water conducting elements in gymnosperms d) Companion cell is devoid of nucleus at maturity e) Commercial cork is obtained from Quercus suber
  • a) b, c, e
  • b) a, d
  • c) b, e
  • d) c, d
Q.20
Determination of age of tree by counting annual rings is ... .. [ kerala 2001]
  • a) Dendrochronology
  • b) Dendrology
  • c) Countrochronology
  • d) Chronology
Q.21
Vascular bundles of monocot is ... ... [ CPMT 2010]
  • a) Scattered
  • b) Closed
  • c) Endarch
  • d) All the above
Q.22
Two adjacent vessel and tracheid exchange sap through ... ... [ AMU 1992]
  • a) Perforated end walls
  • b) Pits
  • c) Intercellular spaces
  • d) Intracellular spaces and parenchyma
Q.23
In leaves, protoxylem (xylem) elements ... ..[ RPMT 1996]
  • a) Face towards the adaxial side
  • b) Face towards the abaxial surface
  • c) Are surrounded by metaxylem
  • d) Are scattered in the middle
Q.24
What is true about heartwood ... .. [ KCET 2009] a. It does not help in water conduction b. It is also called alburnum c. It is dark in colour but is very soft d. It has tracheary elements which are filled with tannins, resins etc
  • a) b, c , d
  • b) a, b, c
  • c) b, d
  • d) a, d
Q.25
Which one of the following comprises only simple tissues....
  • a) Parenchyma, Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma
  • b) Parenchyma, Xylem and Collenchyma
  • c) Parenchyma, Xylem and Sclerenchyma
  • d) Parenchyma, Xylem and Phloem
Q.26
Which is not part of periderm ... ...
  • a) Phellogen
  • b) Cork
  • c) Secondary cortex
  • d) Wood
Q.27
Sieve tubes differ from sieve cells in ... .. [ DPMT 2001]
  • a) Being shorter
  • b) Being dead
  • c) lacking nuclei
  • d) Having sieve pores at end walls
Q.28
Pith parenchyma generally lacks ... ..
  • a) Vacuole
  • b) Chloroplasts
  • c) mitochondria
  • d) Nucleus
Q.29
Match the column ...
a) Extrafoliar nectaries Achras
b) Schizogenous cavities Tropaeolum
c) Laticiferous ducts Passiflora
d) Hydathodes Eucalyptus
- -   - - pinus
  • a) a - 3, b - 1, c - 2, d - 4
  • b) a - 3, b - 5, c - 1, d - 2
  • c) a - 2, b - 1, c - 3, d - 4
  • d) a - 5, b - 2, c - 1, d - 3
Q.30
Match the columns ...[ kerala 2009]
a) Endodermis Companion cell
b) Stomata Lenticel
c) Sieve tube Palisade cell
d) Periderm Passage cell
e) Mesophyll Accessory cells
  • a) a - 4, b - 5, c- 2, d - 1, e - 3
  • b) a - 5, b - 3, c- 1, d -2, e - 4
  • c) a - 2, b - 5, c - 3, d - 4, e - 1
  • d) a - 4, b - 5, c - 1, d - 2, e -3
Q.31
A common character of monocot and dicot roots is .. ..[ HPPMT 2012]
  • a) Exarch protoxylem
  • b) Endarch xylem
  • c) Number of xylem strands
  • d) Occurrence of secondary growth
Q.32
What is the position of xylem in secondary xylem ... ... [ RPMT 1995]
  • a) Exarch
  • b) Endarch
  • c) Mesearch
  • d) None of the above
Q.33
Cork cambium represents ... .. [ CET Chd. 2001]
  • a) Secondary meristem
  • b) Primary meristem
  • c) Intercalary meristem
  • d) Apical meristem
Q.34
Assertion: In angiosperms, transport of food and water is more efficient than gymnosperms and pteridophytes Reason: In angiosperms, longitudinally arranged sieve elements and vessels with perforated end walls are present ... ...[ AIIMS 2011]
  • a) If both the assertion and reason are true and reason explains the assertion
  • b) If both the assertion and reason are true but reason does not explain the assertion.
  • c) If assertion is true but reason is false
  • d) If assertion is false but reason is true.
Q.35
Older resin-clogged central secondary xylem and young outer secondary xylem are respectively known as ... ..
  • a) Alburnum and duramen
  • b) Duramen and alburnum
  • c) Autumn wood and springwood
  • d) Springwood and autumn wood
Q.36
A compared to a dicot root, a monocot root has .. .. [ CBSE 2012]
  • a) More abundant secondary xylem
  • b) Many xylem bundles
  • c) Inconspicuous annual rings
  • d) Relatively thicker periderm
Q.37
Meristematic tissue occurs in ... ...
  • a) Stems
  • b) Roots
  • c) All growing tips
  • d) Both a and b
Q.38
Leaf primordium grows into adult lamina by means of ... ..[ MPPMT 1998]
  • a) Marginal meristem
  • b) Lateral meristem
  • c) First apical and then marginal meristem
  • d) Apical meristem
Q.39
Open vascular bundles are those which .. ..[ CBSE 2011]
  • a) Are surrounded by pericycle but no endodermis
  • b) Are capable of producing secondary xylem and phloem
  • c) Are not surrounded by pericycle
  • d) Possess conjunctive tissue between xylem and phloem
Q.40
Two exarch vascular bundles occur in ... .. [ CPMT 1993]
  • a) Monocot root
  • b) Dicot root
  • c) Monocot stem
  • d) Dicot stem
Q.41
Stomata in Water Lily and Podostemon occur respectively ... ..[ BHU 2002]
  • a) Lower leaf surface and absent
  • b) Upper leaf surface and absent
  • c) Both leaf surface and upper part
  • d) Absent in both
Q.42
A nectar secreting gland cell ha ... .. [ BHU 1990]
  • a) Vacuolated cytoplasm with large nucleus
  • b) Granular non-vacuolated cytoplasm
  • c) Peripheral granular cytoplasm with small nucleus
  • d) Granular non-vacuolated cytoplasm with a conspicuous nucleus
Q.43
Tyloses occur in ... ... [ BHU 1993]
  • a) Secondary xylem
  • b) Secondary phloem
  • c) Callus tissue
  • d) Cork cells
Q.44
Cotton fibre is basically a type of ... .. [ WB 2010]
  • a) Trichome
  • b) Scale
  • c) Dried seed coat
  • d) Non-glandular hair
Q.45
Anatomically fairly old dicotyledonous root is distinguished from dicotyledonous stem by ... .. [ CBSE 2009]
  • a) Position of protoxylem
  • b) Absence of secondary xylem
  • c) Absence of secondary phloem
  • d) Presence of cortex
Q.46
When protoxylem faces pericycle, it is called ... ...[ Har PMT 2000 ]
  • a) Endarch
  • b) Mesarch
  • c) Exarch
  • d) Polyarch
Q.47
Secondary meristem produces ... .. [ JKCMEE 2007]
  • a) Basal growth
  • b) Radial growth
  • c) Transverse growth
  • d) Vertical growth
Q.48
Scatterted vascular bundles occur in ... .. [ Odisha 2007]
  • a) Pteridophytes
  • b) Gymnosperms
  • c) Monocots
  • d) Dicots
Q.49
The tissue taking part in translocation of food is ... ... [ DPMT 2003]
  • a) Xylem
  • b) Collenchyma
  • c) Sclerenchyma
  • d) Phloem
Q.50
y of Flowering Plants gneetStudy Companion For more NEET and AIIMS mcq on Anatomy of Flowering Plants Q497) A dorsiventral leaf has ... ... [ RPMT 1998]
  • a) Palisade tissue on both sides
  • b) Spongy tissue on both sides
  • c) Palisade tissue on upper side and spongy tissue on lower side
  • d) Spongy tissue on upper side and palisade on lower side
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