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EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) Build Up Your Understanding

MERISTEM TO VASCULAR BUNDLES 8. Meristem present at lamina margin is :

(1) Apical meristem
1. A meristem may be defined as the group of cells
(2) Intercalary meristem
which -
(3) Mass meristem
(1) Does not divide
(4) Marginal meristem
(2) Conserve food
PA0009
(3) Divide continuously to give rise to new cells.
(4) Elongate, mature and add to the group of cells. 9. Aerenchyma is helpful to plants by –
PA0001 (1) Providing buoyancy to hydrophytes
(2) Promoting photosynthesis
2. Histogens are components of -
(3) Give mechanical strength to plants
(1) Apical meristem
(4) Giving flexibility to plants
(2) Intercalary meristem
PA0011
(3) Lateral meristem
(4) Secondary meristem 10. Function of collenchyma is –
PA0002 (1) Photosynthesis (2) Mechanical support
(3) Both (1) and (2) (4) Secretion
3. In moncotyledon roots, the histogen present at the
PA0012
apex of the root tip is
(1) Dermatogen (2) Procambium 11. In plants, which of the following cells are living
(3) Calyptrogen (4) Plerome (1) Xylem vessels (2) Meristem
PA0003 (3) Cork (4) Fibres
PA0013
4. Root cap is not found in -
(1) Hollyhock (2) Pistia 12. Which of the following tissues form the main bulk of
(3) Sunflower (4) China rose storage organ-
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PA0004 (1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma

(3) Sclerenchyma (4) Aerenchyma
5. How many histogens are present in monocot root
PA0014
apex :
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 13.5. Pulp of a fruit is made up of mainly
PA0005 (1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma
(3) Sclereids (4) Meristem
6. The secondary meristem originates from-
PA0015
(1) Promeristem
(2) Primary meristem 14. Mechanical tissue consisting of living cells is -
(3) Primary permanent tissue (1) Sclerenchyma
(4) Secretory tissue (2) Collenchyma
(3) Chlorenchyma
PA0006
(4) Parenchyma
7. The function of root cap is- PA0016
(1) Provide protection to root apex 15. Collenchyma differs from sclerenchyma in -
(2) Storage of food products (1) Retaining protoplasm at maturity
(3) Absorption of nutrients (2) Having thick walls
(4) None of the above (3) Having a wide lumen
PA0007 (4) Being meristematic
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16. Which of the following tissue provide tensile strength 25. Thickenings in collenchyma is mainly due to
to young dicot stem against bending & swaying- deposition of -
(1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma (1) Cellulose (2) Pectin
(3) Sclerenchyma (4) Sclereids (3) Lignin (4) Suberin
PA0018 PA0028

17. Cell walls of sclerenchymatous cells have large 26. The chief function of a xylem vessel in a plant body
percentage of - is to -
(1) Cellulose (2) Pectin (1) Conduct sap
(3) Lignin (4) Silica (2) Conduct mineral salts only
PA0020 (3) Eliminate excess of water at night
(4) Translocate organic nutrients
18. Which of following plant cells are without vacuoles
PA0029
without nuclei and are dead -
(1) Cambium cells (2) Xylem vessels 27. End walls of tracheids and vessels respectively are
(3) Root hairs (4) Companion cells (1) Pitted & perforated (2) Perforated & pitted
PA0021 (3) Both perforated (4) Both pitted
PA0030
19. Maximum bordered pits are found in tracheids of -
(1) Monocotyledons (2) Dicotyledons 28. Long pointed sclerenchyma cells are
(3) Pteridophytes (4) Gymnosperms
(1) Fibres (2) Tracheae
PA0022
(3) Wood parenchyma (4) Sclereids
20. The cell functionally associated with sieve tube PA0032
element is -
(1) Phloem fibres 29. Sieve tubes are characterised by
(2) Phloem Parenchyma (1) Absence of septa
(3) Companion cell (2) Simple oblique septa
(4) Collenchyma (3) Perforated longitudinal walls
PA0023 (4) Perforated oblique septa (Sieve plate)
21. Bast fibres are mostly found in - PA0033

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(1) Secondary xylem
30. P-protein is a constituent of
(2) Secondary phloem
(3) Primary phloem (1) Sieve tube elements (2) Xylem parenchyma
(4) Primary xylem (3) Parenchyma (4) Pericycle
PA0024 PA0034

22. Vessels and companion cells are respectively 31. When xylem and phloem are on same radius, the
present in the xylem and phloem of vascular bundles are said to be -
(1) Gymnosperm (2) Pteridophyte (1) Radial (2) Conjoint
(3) Angiosperm (4) Bryophyta
(3) Concentric (4) Exarch
PA0025
PA0035
23. Phloem parenchyma is absent in -
(1) Dicot stem (2) Dicot leaf 32. A vascular bundle in which phloem is present on
(3) Monocot stem (4) Dicot root both the sides of the xylem and separated from it
PA0026 by strips of cambium is said to be -
(1) Collateral open
24. Edible part of pear fruit is gritty due to -
(2) Bicollateral open
(1) Collenchyma
(2) Xylem fibres (3) Concentric
(3) Sclereieds (4) Bicollateral closed
(4) Sclerenchymatous fibres PA0036
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33. A concentric amphivasal vascular bundle is that in 40. Cortex and pith are not distinguished in -
which - (1) Monocot stem (2) Monocot root
(1) Centrally located xylem is surrounded by phloem (3) Dicot stem (4) Dicot root
(2) Centrally located phloem is surrounded by xylem PA0045
(3) Phloem is flanked by xylem on interior side only
(4) Xylem is flanked by phloem on exterior side only 41. What is the characteristics of a vascular bundle of
PA0037 monocot stem -
(1) Open and surrounded by a sclerenchymatous
34. Amphivasal vascular bundles are found in - bundle sheath
(1) Cycas and Dryopteris (2) Closed and not surrounded by bundle sheath
(2) Dracaena and Yucca (3) Closed and surrounded by bundle sheath
(3) Helianthus and Cucurbita (4) Open and not surrounded by a bundle sheath
(4) Maize and wheat
PA0046
PA0038
42. In dicot root
35. The basic difference between stem and root is that
(1) Vascular bundles are scattered with cambium
xylem in stem is -
(2) Vascular bundles are open and arranged in a
(1) Endarch (2) Exarch
ring
(3) Mesarch (4) Polyarch
(3) Xylem and pholem are radial
PA0039 (4) Xylem is always endarch
PA0047
36. Which xylem element is living :-
(1) Vessels (2) Tracheids 43. A dicot root differs from a monocot root in which of
(3) Fibre (4) Parenchyma the following-
(1) Presence of piliferous layer
PA0040
(2) Presence of exodermis
PR IMARY INTE RNAL S TR UCTU RE TO (3) Presence of ill-developed (Poorly developed) pith
SECONDARY GROWTH
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(4) Separate radial vascular bundle

37. A tissue of epiphytes which is capable of absorbing PA0048

water from air is known as- 44. Polyarch and exarch vascular bundles are the
(1) Cork (2) Velamen characteristic of-
(3) Epiblema (4) Hypodermis (1) Dicot stem (2) Dicot root
PA0041 (3) Monocot stem (4) Monocot root
38. Collenchymatous hypodermis is characteristic PA0049
feature of - 45. Water cavity & V or Y-shaped xylem occurs in -
(1) Dicot stem
(1) Dicot stem (2) Monocot root
(2) Monocot stem
(3) Monocot stem (4) Dicot root
(3) Monocot as well as dicot stem
PA0050
(4) Hydrophytes
PA0043 46. In which of the following order, an exarch xylem
develops -
39. Innumerable (many) vascular bundles, lack of
(1) Centripetal
cambium and lack of a well demarcated pith is found
(2) Centrifugal
in –
(3) Both centripetal & centrifugal
(1) Sugarcane, Grass (2) Sunflower, Neem
(4) Irregular
(3) Radish, Neem (4) Pea, Peepal
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47. Vascular bundles in Cucurbita stem are - 57. Which wood conduct sap -
(1) Bicollateral & open (2) Bicollateral & closed (1) Heart wood
(3) Collateral & open (4) Amphivasal (2) Sap wood
(3) Wood with lots of fibres and tyloses
PA0053
(4) All of the above
48. Position of xylem & phloem in leaf respectively - PA0063
(1) Abaxial & Adaxial (2) Adaxial & Abaxial
58. Phelloderm is formed by -
(3) Both Adaxial (4) Both abaxial
(1) Vascular cambium
PA0054 (2) Phellogen
49. The function of hypodermis is (3) Fascicular cambium
(4) Interfascicular cambium
(1) Protection (2) Hardness
PA0064
(3) Mechanical support (4) Storage
PA0055 59. Dendrochronology is the study of determination of-
(1) Height of a tree
50. In leaves, the vascular bundles are
(2) Diameter of a tree
(1) Bicollateral & open (2) Collateral & open
(3) Age of a tree with the help of annual rings
(3) Collateral & closed (4) Radial & exarch
(4) Counting of the number of branches
PA0056 PA0065
51. Vascular bundles are found scattered in ground tissue 60. A timber merchant told his customer that log of
in- wood which he was purchasing comes from a 20
(1) Maize stem (2) Sunflower stem years old tree, he told so by inspecting the -
(3) Gram root (4) Isobilateral leaf (1) Diameter of log
PA0057 (2) Thickness of the heart wood
(3) Number of cork layers
52. The hypodermis present in maize stem is -
(4) Annual rings
(1) Parenchymatous (2) Collenchymatous
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PA0058 61. In trees, the annual rings represent
(1) Primary xylem (2) Secondary xylem
53. Passage cells are found in endodermis of- (3) Secondary phloem (4) Cambium
(1) Dicot stem (2) Monocot stem PA0068
(3) Orchid stem (4) Monocot root
PA0059 62. Annual rings are the bands of-
(1) Secondary cortex and cork
54. Pith is produced by (2) All secondary vascular tissue
(1) Ground meristem (2) Procambium (3) Secondary xylem and xylem rays
(3) Periblem (4) Dermatogen (4) Secondary phloem and medullary rays
PA0060 PA0069

55. Sugar transport elements of gymnosperms & 63. Growth rings are formed due to the activity of-
pteridophytes are - (1) Intrastelar cambium (2) Intercalary cambium
(1) Sieve cells (2) Sieve elements (3) Extrastelar cambium (4) Primary cambium
(3) Sieve tubes (4) Sieve tube elements PA0070
PA0061
64. When a tree grows older which of the following
56. When protoxylem faces pericycle, it is called increased rapidly -
(1) Endarch (2) Mesarch (1) Heart wood (2) Sap wood
(3) Pith (4) Cortex
(3) Exarch (4) Polyarch
PA0071
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65. Lenticels do not occur on- 72. What happens to primary phloem in stem after sec
(1) Stem (2) Root growth
(1) Compresses outside and degenerates
(3) Leaf (4) Fruit
(2) Compresses inside and degenerates
PA0072 (3) Becomes part of sec phloem
(4) Modifies in sclerenchyma
66. External protective tissues are-
PA0081
(1) Cortex and epidermis
(2) Cork and pericycle 73. Which tissue remains more active during spring
(3) Cortex and pericycle (1) Cork cambium
(2) Vascular cambium
(4) Cork and epidermis
(3) Parenchyma
PA0073 (4) Sclerenchyma
PA0082
67. Which of the following provide maximum
mechanical strength to a tree trunk. 74. Water conduction in stem of tree takes place mainly
(1) Heart wood (2) Sap wood by-
(3) Cork (4) Late wood (1) Duramen (2) Sapwood
(3) Primary xylem (4) All of the above
PA0074
PA0083
68. Extra stelar secondary growth in dicot stem occurs
75. How many types of cells are present in vascular
due to the activity of cambium of dicot stem
(1) Intrafascicular cambium (1) Two types, fusiform & ray initial
(2) Interfascicular cambium (2) Only fusiform initial
(3) Vascular cambium (3) Only ray initial
(4) Cork cambium (4) Three types fusiform, ray and medullary rays.
PA0084
PA0076
76. Cork cambium is
69. Living tissue in lenticel is called
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(1) Always primary meristem

(1) Conjunctive tissue (2) Always secondary meristem
(2) Connective tissue (3) May be secondary or primary meristem
(3) Complimentary tissue (4) Partly primary & partly secondary meristem
(4) Phelloderm PA0085
PA0077 77. Normally in dicot stems, phellogen develops from
(1) Hypodermis
70. Normally secondary growth takes place in-
(2) Phellem
(1) Dicots & Monocots
(3) Endodermal cells
(2) Gymnosperms & Monocots (4) Epidermal & pericycle cells
(3) Dicots & Gymnosperms PA0086
(4) Only in dicots
78. Suberin in chiefly deposited in the cells of
PA0078
(1) Sclerenchyma (2) Collenchyma
71. Fo rmation of which tissue is example of (3) Cork (4) Phelloderm
PA0087
dedifferentiation
(1) Interfascicular cambium 79. Which of the following is a meristematic tissue
(2) Apical meristem (1) Phellem (2) Phellogen
(3) Intrafascicular cambium (3) Phelloderm (4) Periderm
(4) Intercalary meristem PA0088
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80. Sea shore trees do not show annual rings because 88. Outer part of bark is
(1) There is little climatic variations (1) Epidermis (2) Rhytidome
(2) They belong to monocots (3) Phelloderm (4) Lenticel
(3) There is low temperature PA0097
(4) Soil is sandy
PA0089 89. Secondary growth is the production of
(1) New tissues from intercalary meristem
81. Secondary growth in dicots and gymnosperms (2) New conduction cells
occurs by (3) New tissues from lateral meristem
(1) Formation of vascular rays (4) New ground cells
(2) Thickening of tracheary elements PA0098
(3) Formation of meristematic cells in vascular region
(4) Development of meristematic cells in vascular 90. Each annual ring consists of two strips of
& cortical regions (1) Autumn & spring wood
PA0090 (2) Heart wood & sap wood
(3) Xylem and phloem
82. The balloon like outgrowths of parenchyma in the
(4) Cork & cortex
lumen of a vessel are known as
PA0099
(1) Histogen (2) Tyloses
(3) Phellogen (4) Tunica 91. Intrafascicular cambium is situated
PA0091 (1) In between the vascular bundles
83. Which of the following tissues originate from ray (2) Inside the vascular bundles
initials of cambium (3) Outside the vascular bundles
(1) Tracheids & vessels (4) In pith
(2) Sieve tubes & companion cells PA0100
(3) Xylem & phloem fibres
92. An example of monocots showing secondary growth
(4) Radial rows of parenchyma
in stem is
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84. Cork is an excellent material for making bottle (3) Asparagus (4) Yucca
stopper because it is PA0101
(1) Cheap (2) Easily available
93. Vascular tissue having abundant vessels and fibers
(3) Air tight (4) Light
is
PA0093
(1) Primary xylem (2) Secondary xylem
85. In monocot stems, secondary growth cannot occur (3) Protoxylem (4) Metaxylem
because vascular bundles are PA0102
(1) Scattered (2) Open
94. Monocot root is differ from dicot root in having :
(3) Closed (4) Radial
(1) Open vascular bundle
PA0094
(2) Scattered vascular bundle
86. Gymnosperm wood is non porous because it (3) Large pith
(1) Lacks vessels (2) Contains tracheae (4) Radial vascular bundle
(3) Has abundant fibres (4) Contains no fibres PA0104
PA0095
95. Which one increases due to cambium :
87. Porous wood is characterised by (1) Length (2) Width
(1) Absence of tracheids (2) Presence of vessels (3) Circumference (4) None
(3) Absence of vessels (4) Presence of sieve-tubes PA0105
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96. Autumn wood can be differentiated from spring wood 99. There is no result of 'Girdling Experiment' in monocot
by :- plants, due to :-
(1) Broad vessels and tracheids (1) Presence of wax layer on the surface of its stem
(2) Narrow vessels and tracheids (2) Stem is comparatively thin
(3) Red colour of xylem (3) Phloem is inside xylem
(4) Cambium (4) Vascular bundles are not in specific position
PA0106 PA0109

97. In which plant palisade tissue is present on both sides 100. Collateral, open vascular bundle and Eustele is
of leaves :- present in :-
(1) Nerium (2) Eucalyptus (1) Dicot stem (2) Monocot stem
(3) Both (1) & (2) (4) None (3) Monocot root (4) Dicot Root
PA0107 PA0110

98. Vascular cambium forms :- 101. Radial vascular bundles are found in :
(1) Secondary xylem & Secondary phloem (1) Only dicot root
(2) Primary xylem & Primary Phloem (2) Only monocot root
(3) Only Secondary phloem (3) Only Pteridophyta
(4) Only Primary xylem (4) Roots of vascular plants
PA0108 PA0111

102. Casparian strip is found in :-

(1) Epidermis (2) Endodermis
(3) Endothecium (4) Endothelium
PA0112
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EXERCISE-I (Conceptual Questions) ANSWER KEY

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 3 1 3 2 4 3 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 2 1
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 2 3 2 4 3 2 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 4 1
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Ans. 2 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 3
Que. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 4 1 1 3 2 2 3 4
Que. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
Ans. 2 3 1 1 3 4 1 4 3 3 1 1 2 2 1
Que. 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
Ans. 2 1 3 2 1 4 2 4 3 3 1 2 2 3 1
Que. 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102
Ans. 2 4 2 3 3 2 3 1 4 1 4 2
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EXERCISE-II (Previous Year Questions) AIPMT/NEET

AIPMT 2006 AIPMT 2009

1. A common structural feature of vessel elements and
6. In barley stem vascular bundles are :-
sieve tube elements is :-
(1) Closed and radial (2) Open and scattered
(1) Presence of p-protein (3) Closed and scattered (4) Open and in a ring
(2) Enucleate condition PA0120
(3) Thick secondary walls
7. Palisade parenchyma is absent in leaves of :-
(4) Pores on lateral walls
(1) Gram (2) Sorghum
PA0113 (3) Mustard (4) Soybean
AIPMT 2007 PA0121

2. For a critical study of secondary growth in plants, 8. Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and
which one of the following pairs is suitable? cuticle is characteristic of :-
(1) Wheat and maiden hair fern (1) Hydrophytes (2) Xerophytes
(2) Sugarcane and sunflower (3) Mesophytes (4) Epiphytes
(3) Teak and pine PA0122
(4) Deodar and fern
9. Anatomically fairly old dicotyledonous root is
PA0116
distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem by :-
3. Passage cells are thin-walled cells found in :- (1) Position of protoxylem
(1) Central region of style through which the pollen (2) Absence of secondary xylem
tube grows towards the ovary. (3) Absence of secondary phloem
(2) Endodermis of roots facilitating rapid transport (4) Presence of cortex
of water from cortex to pericycle PA0123
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substances for transport to other plant parts
10. Which one of the following is not a lateral meristem?
(4) Testa of seeds to enable emergence of growing
(1) Intercalary meristem
embryonic axis during seed germination.
(2) Intrafascicular cambium
PA0117 (3) Interfascicular cambium
(4) Phellogen
AIPMT 2008
PA0124
4. Vascular tissues in flowering plants develop from :
11. The chief water conducting elements of xylem in
(1) Plerome (2) Periblem
gymnosperms are :
(3) Dermatogen (4) Phellogen
(1) Tracheids
PA0118
(2) Vessels
5. The length of different internodes in a culm of (3) Fibres
sugarcane is variable because of : (4) Transfusion tissue
(1) Position of axillary buds PA0125
(2) Size of leaf lamina at the node below each
12. Heartwood differs from sapwood in :
internode
(1) Being susceptible to pests and pathogens
(3) Intercalary meristem (2) Presence of rays and fibres
(4) Shoot apical meristem (3) Absence of vessels and parenchyma
PA0119 (4) Having dead and non-conducting elements
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19. Water containing cavities in vascular bundles are
AIPMT-Main 2010
found in :-
13. Transport of food material in higher plants takes (1) Cycas (2) Pinus
place through : (3) Sunflower (4) Maize
(1) Transfusion tissue (2) Tracheids PA0135
(3) Sieve elements (4) Companion cells
20. Closed vascular bundles lack :-
PA0127 (1) Cambium (2) Pith
AIPMT-Pre 2011 (3) Ground tissue (4) Conjuctive tissues
14. Ground tissue includes :- PA0136
(1) All tissues external to endodermis
21. Companion cells are closely associated with :-
(2) All tissues except epidermis and vascular bundles
(1) Trichomes (2) Guard cells
(3) Epidermis and cortex
(3) Sieve elements (4) Vessel elements
(4) All tissues internal to endodermis
PA0129 PA0137

15. The cork cambium, cork and secondary cortex are 22. The common bottle cork is a product of :-
collectively called :- (1) Xylem (2) Vascular Cambium
(1) Phelloderm (3) Dermatogen (4) Phellogen
(2) Phellogen
PA0138
(3) Periderm
NEET-UG 2013
(4) Phellem
23. Age of a tree can be estimated by :
PA0130
(1) Diameter of its heartwood
AIPMT-Main 2011 (2) Its height and girth
16. Function of companion cells is : (3) Biomass
(1) Loading of sucrose into sieve elements. (4) Number of annual rings
(2) Providing energy to sieve elements for active PA0139
transport.
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(3) Providing water to phloem 24. Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of:
(4) Loading of sucrose into sieve elements by (1) Pericycle (2) Medullary rays
passive transport. (3) Xylem parenchyma (4) Endodermis
PA0131 PA0140

17. Some vascular bundles are described as open 25. Lenticels are involved in :
because these : (1) Photosynthesis (2) Transpiration
(1) Are not surrounded by pericycle (3) Gaseous exchange (4) Food transport
(2) Are surrounded by pericycle but no endodermis
PA0141
(3) Are capable of producing secondary xylem and
phloem. AIPMT 2014
(4) Possess conjunctive tissue between xylem and 26. You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and
phloem. a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical
PA0132 structures will you use to distinguish between the two?
(1) Secondary xylem (2) Secondary phloem
AIPMT-Pre 2012
(3) Protoxylem (4) Cortical cells
18. Gymnosperms are also called sof t wo od PA0143
spermatophytes because they lack :-
27. Tracheids differ from other tracheary elements in :
(1) Thick-walled tracheids (2) Xylem fibres
(1) Having casparian strips (2) Being imperforate
(3) Cambium (4) Phloem fibres
(3) Lacking nucleus (4) Being lignified
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28. A major characteristic of the monocot root is the 33. Cortex is the region found between :-
presence of : (1) Endodermis and pith
(2) Endodermis and vascular bundle
(1) Scattered vascular bundles
(3) Epidermis and stele
(2) Vasculature without cambium (4) Pericycle and endodermis
(3) Cambium sandwiched between phloem and PA0150
xylem along the radius
34. The balloon-shaped structures called tyloses :-
(4) Open vascular bundles (1) Are extensions of xylem parenchyma cells into vessels
PA0145 (2) Are linked to the ascent of sap through xylem vessels
(3) Originate in the lumen of vessels
29. In a ring girdled plant: (4) Characterize the sapwood
(1) The root dies first
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(2) The shoot and root die together
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(3) Neither root nor shoot will die
35. The vascular cambium normally gives rise to :
(4) The shoot dies first
(1) Primary phloem (2) Secondary xylem
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(3) Periderm (4) Phelloderm
30. Vascular bundles in monocotyledons are considered PA0153
closed because: 36. Which of the following is made up of dead cells?
(1) Cambium is absent (1) Collenchyma (2) Phellem
(2) There are no vessels with perforations (3) Phloem (4) Xylem parenchyma
(3) Xylem is surrounded all around by phloem PA0154
(4) A bundle sheath surrounds each bundle 37. Identify the wrong statement in context of
PA0147 heartwood:

Re-AIPMT 2015 (1) It is highly durable

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31. Read the different components from (a) to (d) in the
(3) It comprises dead elements with highly lignified
list given below and tell the correct order of the
walls
components with reference to their arrangement
(4) Organic compounds are deposited in it
from outer side to inner side in a woody dicot stem:
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(a) Secondary cortex (b) Wood
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(c) Secondary phloem (d) Phellem
38. Stomata in grass leaf are
The correct order is :
(1) Dumb-bell shaped (2) Kidney shaped
(1) (d), (c), (a), (b) (2) (c), (d), (b), (a)
(3) Rectangular (4) Barrel shaped
(3) (a), (b), (d), (c) (4) (d), (a), (c), (b)
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NEET-I 2016 39. Secondary xylem and phloem in dicot stem are
produced by
32. Specialised epidermal cells surrounding the guard
(1) Apical meristems (2) Vascular cambium
cells are called :-
(3) Phellogen (4) Axillary meristems
(1) Complementary cells
(2) Subsidiary cells PA0157
(3) Bulliform cells
40. Casparian strips occur in
(4) Lenticels
(1) Epidermis (2) Pericycle
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(3) Cortex (4) Endodermis

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41. Plants having little or no secondary growth are 45. Which of the statements given below is not true about
(1) Grasses formation of Annual Rings in trees?
(2) Deciduous angiosperms (1) Annual ring is a combination of spring wood and
(3) Conifers autumn wood produced in a year.
(4) Cycads (2) Differential activity of cambium causes light and
dark bands of tissue - early and late wood
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respectively
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(3) Activity of cambium depends upon variation in
42. Xylem translocates :-
climate.
(1) Water only
(2) Water and mineral salts only (4) Annual rings are not prominent in trees of
(3) Water, mineral salts and some organic nitrogen temperate region.
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(4) Water, mineral salts, some organic nitrogen and
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hormones
46. In the dicot root the vascular cambium originates
PA0242
from :-
43. Grass leaves curl inwards during very dry weather.
(1) Tissue located below the phloem bundles and a
Select the most appropriate reason from the portion of pericycle tissue above protoxylem.
following : (2) Cortical region.
(1) Closure of stomata (3) Parenchyma between endodermis and pericycle.
(2) Flaccidity of bulliform cells (4) Intrafascicular and interfascicular tissue in a ring.
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(3) Shrinkage of air spaces in spongy mesophyll
47. Regeneration of damaged growing grass following
(4) Tyloses in vessels grazing is largely due to :-
PA0243 (1) Lateral meristem
44. Phloem in gymnosperms lacks : (2) Apical meristem
(1) Albuminous cells and sieve cells (3) Intercalary meristem
(2) Sieve tubes only (4) Secondary meristem
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(3) Companion cells only PA0247

(4) Both sieve tubes and companion cells
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EXERCISE-II (Previous Year Questions) ANSWER KEY

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 3
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 1 3 2 4 1 3 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 1 1
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Ans. 4 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 4 1 4 2 4 4
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EXERCISE-III (Analytical Questions) Master Your Understanding
EXERCISE-III(A) [NCERT BASED QUESTIONS] 8. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about
parenchyma?
1. Branch of botany related with study of internal (1) The cells are generally isodiametric
structure of plants. (2) The cells may either be closely packed or have
(1) Cytology (2) Anatomy intercellular spaces.
(3) Physiology (4) Ecology (3) It performs various fun ctio ns like
PA0161 photosynthesis, storage & secretion.
(4) All of the above
2. A tissue is a group of cells having a
PA0168
(1) Common origin and dissimilar in function.
(2) Dissimilar origin and common in function. 9. Which of the following tissue provides mechanical
(3) Dissimilar origin and common in function support to the growing parts of the plant such as
(4) Common origin and usually perfoming a young stem and petiole of a leaf.
common function. (1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma
PA0162 (3) Sclereids (4) Fibres
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3. In embryonic stage, cells are
(1) Collenchymatous (2) Sclerenchymatous 10. Living elements of xylem is
(3) Meristematic (4) Parenchymatous (1) Tracheid
PA0163 (2) Vessel
4. Apical meristem is present (3) Xylem parenchyma
(1) At the tips of roots (4) Xylem fibre
(2) At the tips of shoots PA0170
(3) Buds present in axils of leaves
11. Companion cells are present in the phloem of
(4) All of the above
(1) Pteriophytes (2) Gymnosperms
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(3) Angiosperms (4) Both 1 and 2
5. Which of the following is an example of primary PA0171
meristem
12. Vessels differ from tracheids in having
(1) Phellogen
(1) In being living
(2) Vascular cambium of root
(2) Presence of perforation plates at both ends
(3) Inter fascicular cambium
(3) Enucleated condition
(4) Intra fascicular cambium
(4) All of the above
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6. Which of the following are examples of lateral
13. Which of the following are bast fibres
meristems
(1) Jute (2) Flax
(1) Fascicular vascular cambium
(2) Inter-fascicular cambium (3) Hemp (4) All of the above
(3) Cork cambium PA0173
(4) All of the above 14. When a meristematic tissue "Intra fascicular
PA0166 cambium" is present inside a vascular bundle, the
7. Example(s) of primary permanent tissue(s) is/are vascular bundle is called
(1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma (1) Conjoint (2) Open
(3) Sclerenchyma (4) All of the above (3) Closed (4) Radial
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15. Which of the following is not included in stomatal 22. In a dicot root, the pericycle gives rise to
apparatus (1) Lateral roots
(1) Stomatal aperture (2) Cork cambium
(2) Guard cells (3) A portion of vascular cambium
(3) Subsidiary cells (4) All of the above
(4) Sclerenchymatous cells PA0184
PA0175 23. Select true statement
(1) Lenticels occur in woody trees
16. In which plant vascular bundles are scattered in
(2) Bark is a non-technical term
ground tissue and each vascular bundle is
(3) Vascular cambium and cork cambium are
surrounded by sclerenchymatous bundle sheath
examples of lateral meristems
(1) Maize (2) Sunflower
(4) All of the above
(3) Gram (4) Ficus
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EXERCISE-III(B) [ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS]
17. Pith is small or inconspicuous in
24. In plants, during early embryonic condition-
(1) Monocot root (2) Monocot stem
(1) All cells of the embryo divide
(3) Dicot root (4) Dicot stem
(2) Meristematic activity is confined to single apical cell
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(3) Meristematic activity is confined to a group of
18. The dicot root is identified from the monocot root apical cells.
by the presence of (4) Apical & lateral cells only divide
(1) Exarch xylem PA0186
(2) 2-4 xylem bundles
25. Tissue which develops more due to scarcity of wa-
(3) > 6 xylem bundles
(4) Large and well developed pith ter or tissue which is lignified -
PA0178 (1) Sclerenchyma (2) Collenchyma
(3) Parenchyma (4) Meristem
19. Complimentary cells are formed by the activity of
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(1) Vascular cambium
(2) Inter fascicular cambium 26. A mature sieve tube differs from a vessel -
(3) Phellogen (1) In lacking a functional nucleus
(4) Intra fascicular cambium (2) Absence of lignified walls
PA0181 (3) Being nearly dead
20. Vascular cambium cuts off cells more (4) Lacking cytoplasm
(1) Towards centre PA0189
(2) Towards periphery
27. Sieve plates in angiosperms are -
(3) Both 1 and 2
(1) Oblique & in lateral walls
(4) None of these
PA0182 (2) Pitted & in end wall
(3) Oblique & in end wall
21. In a dicot root, vascular cambium originates from (4) Straight & in lateral wall
(1) Parenchymatous conjuctive tissue located just PA0190
below phloem bundles
(2) Medullary rays 28. According to histogen theory, during apical organi-
(3) A portion of pericycle tissue, lying opposite to zation three histogens are formed. The part differ-
protoxylem entiated by plerome is-
(4) Both 1 and 3 (1) Cortex (2) Xylem & phloem
PA0183 (3) Ground tissue system (4) Stele
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29. T.S. of a material exhibits conjoint, collateral 36. Most conspicuous annual rings are formed in -
endarch and closed bundles scattered in a ground (1) Temperate evergreen plants
tissue what should be the material - (2) Tropical deciduous
(1) Monocot root (2) Dicot root (3) Temperate deciduous plants
(3) Monocot stem (4) Dicot stem (4) Tropical evergreen
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30. In respect of many grasses, the presence of bulliform
37. In dicot root which tissue becomes dead due to
or motor cells in the upper epidermis of leaves is to:-
activity of phellogen
(1) Increase the surface area of the leaf
(2) Store large amount of water (1) All tissue outside cortex
(3) Check transpiration by reducing the surface (2) Tissue outside hypodermis
area of the leaf (3) Tissue outside endodermis
(4) Bear unicellular trichomes (4) Tissue outside pericycle
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31. Heart wood of most of the woody trees, fails to 38. Physiologically functional part of wood is
conduct sap due to the obstruction by ? (1) Heart wood only
(1) Excess secondary wall deposition (2) Sap wood only
(2) Storing a variety of material by tyloses (3) Only primary wood
(3) Deposition of reserved food material (4) Both heart wood & sap wood
(4) Ray parenchyma PA0207
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39. Common features between lenticels and hydathodes are
32. The trees growing in deserts will - (1) Both allow exchange of gases
(1) Show alternate rings of xylem and sclerenchyma (2) Always remain closed
(2) Show distinct annual rings (3) There is no regulation of their opening & closing
(3) Not show distinct annual rings (4) They occur on the same organ of plant
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by the activity of cambium
PA0199 40. Which is not correct about heartwood
(1) It is formed of living cells
33. Sap wood differ from heart wood in being - (2) It contains resins, tannin and other organic
(1) Darker and non conducting contents
(2) Softer and non conducting (3) It is of dark coloured
(3) Lighter and conducting (4) It lies in the central region of secondary xylem
(4) Harder, darker and less conducting PA0209
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41. Outer lighter coloured region of wood of tree is
34. If a stem is girdled- (1) Autumn wood (2) Spring wood
(1) Root dies first (2) Shoot dies first (3) Heart wood (4) Sap wood
(3) Both die together (4) None of the above die PA0210
PA0201
42. After two or three years of secondary growth the
35. Spring wood (early wood) differs with autumn wood cortex in dicot roots
(late wood) in - (1) Remains intact
(1) Size of vessels and tracheids (2) Is completely sloughed away
(2) Thickness of cell wall (3) Is largely lost
(3) Amount of wood (4) Is converted into cork
(4) All the above PA0211
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43. When secondary growth in thickness is initiated in a 44. Complementary cells of lenticels are
dicot root, which of the following happens first ? (1) Compact and suberised
(1) Cambial initials between xylem and phloem (2) Closely arranged and non suberised
will divide (3) Compact and lignified
(2) Pericycle strands, outside the primary xylem
(4) Loose and lignified
will divide
PA0213
(3) Periclinal division takes place, so that the
cambium becomes circular 45. In a woody dicotyledonous tree, which of the
(4) Parenchymatous cells between xylem and
following parts will mainly consist of primary
phloem become meristematic
permanent tissues ?
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(1) Stem and root
(2) All parts
(3) Shoot tips and root tips
(4) Flowers, fruits and leaves
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EXERCISE-III (Analytical Questions) ANSWER KEY

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 3 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 3
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Ans. 2 3 3 1 4 3 4 2 3 1 4 2 4 2 4