Transpiration MCQ Type Questions for ICSE Class-10 Biology

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MCQ Type Questions for ICSE Class-10 Biology Transpiration

Board ICSE

Class 10th (X)

Subject Biology

Chapter Transpiration

Syllabus on bifurcated syllabus (after reduction)

Session 2021-22

Topic MCQ / Objective Type Question

ICSE Class-10 Biology MCQ Type Questions of Chapter- Transpiration

Question 1: Transpiration pull will be maximum under which set of the following conditions?

(a) Open stomata, dry atmosphere and moist soil

(b) Open stomata, high humid atmosphere and well irrigated soil

(c) Open stomata, high humid atmosphere and dry soil

(d) Closed stomata, dry atmosphere and dry soil

Answer (a) Open stomata, dry atmosphere and moist soil

Question 2: Most transpiration in herbaceous plant occurs through:

(a) Stomata

(b) Lenticels

(c) Cuticle

(d) Hydathodes

Answer (a) Stomata

Question 3: On a dry, sunny day, how does water vapour move through the stomata of a leaf ?

(a) Into the leaf by diffusion

(b) Into the leaf by respiration

(c) Out of the leaf by diffusion

(d) Out of the leaf by respiration

Answer (c) Out of the leaf by diffusion

Question 4: Transpiration is highest during :

(a) Rainy season

(b) Winter

(c) Summer

(d) Autumn

Answer (c) Summer

Question 5: With decrease in atmospheric pressure, the rate of transpiration will

(a) increase

(b) decrease rapidly

(c) decrease slowly

(d) remain the same

Answer (a) increase

Question 6: Which one of the following does not affect the rate of transpiration?

(a) Light

(b) Humidity

(c) Wind

(d) Age of the plant

Answer (d) Age of the plant

Question 7: The rate of transpiration increase with:

(a) Increase in humidity

(b) Increase in wind velocity

(c) Reduced light intensity

(d) Increase in the CO2 level

Answer (b) Increase in wind velocity

Question 8: Which of the following is not true for transpiration?

(a) It cools the plants

(b) Water lost has minerals

(c) Water is lost as vapours

(d) Maximum through stomata

Answer (b) Water lost has minerals

Question 9: One of the internal factors which affect the rate of transpiration, is

(a) big size of the leaf

(b) Colour of the leaf

(c) sunken stomata

(d) sunny day

Answer (c) sunken stomata

Question 10: Lenticels are present on :

(a) Green stem

(b) Woody stem

(c) Leaves

(d) Flowers

Answer (b) Woody stem

Question 11: The rate of transpiration is more when :

(a) Atmosphere is dry

(b) Temperature is high

(c) Atmosphere is dry and temperature is high

(d) Humidity is high

Answer (b) Temperature is high

Question 12: From which part of a leaf does most water evaporate during transpiration?

(a) The cuticle

(b) The guard cells

(c) The spongy mesophyll cells

(d) The xylem vessels

Answer (c) The spongy mesophyll cells

Question 13: Guttation takes place through

(a) stomata

(b) lenticels
(c) lower epidermis of leaves

(d) hydathodes

Answer (d) hydathodes

Question 14: A decrease in which factor normally causes transpiration rate to increase ?

(a) Humidity

(b) Light intensity

(c) Stomatal opening

(d) Temperature

Answer (a) Humidity

Question 15: What will not affect the rate of transpiration ?

(a) Humidity of the atmosphere

(b) Number of open stomata

(c) Rate of respiration

(d) Temperature

Answer (c) Rate of respiration

Question 16: Transpiration is the evaporative loss of water from………

(a) Roots

(b) Leaves

(c) Stem

(d) Both b and c

Answer (b) Leaves

Question 17: Transpiration will be fastest when the day is

(a) cool, humid and windy

(b) hot, humid and still

(c) hot, humid and windy

(d) hot, dry and windy

Answer (d) hot, dry and windy

Question 18: …………. is used as an indicator for a demonstration of transpiration.

(a) Litmus paper

(b) Cobalt chloride paper

(c) Both a and b

(d) None of the above

Answer (b) Cobalt chloride paper

Question 19: …………….are minute openings in the epidermal lair of leaves.

(a) Lenticels

(b) Cuticle

(c) Stomata

(d) Stroma

Answer (c) Stomata

Question 20 : In a leaf, the cell sap in each cell exerts a ………… outward on the cell wall.

(a) Wall pressure

(b) Turgor pressure

(c) Osmotic pressure

(d) Both a and b

Answer (b) Turgor pressure

Question 21: Most of the transpiration in tall trees occurs through

(a) Stomata

(b) Lenticels

(c) Cuticle

(d) Bark

Answer (b) Lenticels

Question 22: More transpiration occurs from the ………. Of a leaf.

(a) Dorsal surface

(b) Under surface

(c) Upper surface

(d) Both a and B

Answer (b) Under surface

Question 23: Opening and closing of stomata is regulated by………

(a) Epidermal cells

(b) Mesophyll cells

(c) Guard cells

(d) Both (a) and(b)

Answer (c) Guard cells

Question 24: The ………….. serves to prevent evaporation of water from the leaf surfaces.

(a) Lenticels

(b) Stomata

(c) Cuticle

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer (c) Cuticle

Question 25: Transpiration is best defined as

(a) loss of water by the plant

(b) evaporation of water from the aerial surfaces of a plant

(c) loss of water, as water vapour, by a plant

(d) release of water by a plant into the atmosphere

Answer (b) evaporation of water from the aerial surfaces of a plant

Question 26 : Desert plants tend to have…………

(a) Thick cuticle

(b) Thin cuticle

(c) No cuticle

(d) More stomata

Answer (a) Thick cuticle

Question 27: Lenticels allow diffusion of gases for…………..

(a) Respiration

(b) Transpiration

(c) Photosynthesis

(d) Both (a) and(c)

Answer (d) Both (a) and(c)

Question 28: Transpiration decreases with increase in………….

(a) Temperature

(b) Wind velocity

(c) Atmospheric pressure

(d) All of the above

Answer (c) Atmospheric pressure

Question 29 : Special pores at the tips of veins through which guttation occurs.

(a) Hydathodes

(b) Lenticels

(c) Stomata

(d) Cuticle

Answer (a) Hydathodes

Question 30: The tissue that conducts water.

(a) Phloem

(b) Xylem

(c) Companion cells

(d) Transfusion tissue

Answer (b) Xylem

Question 31 : Exudation of sap from nursed parts.

(a) Guttation

(b) Secretion

(c) Bleeding

(d) Active transport

Answer (c) Bleeding

Question 32 : A plant with sunken stomata

(a) Mango

(b) Nerium

(c) Neem

(d) Shrubs

Answer (b) Nerium

Question 33 : Leaf modification in cacti to check transpiration.

(a) Thorns

(b) Phylloclade
(c) Prickles

(d) Spines

Answer (d) Spines

Question 34 :The factor that does not affect the rate of transpiration.

(a) Intensity of light

(b) Velocity of wind

(c) Carbon dioxide

(d) Oxygen

Answer (d) Oxygen

Question 35 : A piece of blue cobalt chloride paper is cliped to the lower surface of a fresh leaf and is
covered with the plastic as shown. After a few minutes part of the paper turns pink, showing that the
water is present.

Which process carried out by leaves causes the paper to turn pink

(a) Absorption

(b) Photosynthesis

(c) Respiration

(d) Transpiration

Answer (d) Transpiration

Question 36 : The diagram shows how water is lost from a leaf.

By which process is the water lost

(a) Osmosis

(b) Photosynthesis

(c) Translocation

(d) Transpiration

Answer (d) Transpiration

Question 37 Transpiration pull will be maximum under which set of the following conditions?

(a) Open stomata, dry atmosphere and moist soil

(b) Open stomata, high humid atmosphere and well irrigated soil

(c) Open stomata, high humid atmosphere and dry soil

(d) Closed stomata, dry atmosphere and dry soil

Answer (a) Open stomata, dry atmosphere and moist soil

Question 38 With decrease in atmospheric pressure, the rate of transpiration will

(a) increase

(b) decrease rapidly

(c) decrease slowly

(d) remain the same

Answer (a) increase

Question 39 One of the internal factors which affect the rate of transpiration, is

(a) big size of the leaf

(b) Colour of the leaf

(c) sunken stomata

(d) sunny day

Answer (c) sunken stomata

Question 40 Guttation takes place through

(a) stomata

(b) lenticels
(c) lower epidermis of leaves

(d) hydathodes

Answer (d) hydathodes

Question 41 Transpiration will be fastest when the day is

(a) cool, humid and windy

(b) hot, humid and still

(c) hot, humid and windy

(d) hot, dry and windy

Answer (d) hot, dry and windy

Question 42 Most of the transpiration in tall trees occurs through

(a) Stomata

(b) Lenticels

(c) Cuticle

(d) Bark

Answer (b) Lenticels

Question 43 Transpiration is best defined as

(a) loss of water by the plant

(b) evaporation of water from the aerial surfaces of a plant

(c) loss of water, as water vapour, by a plant

(d) release of water by a plant into the atmosphere

Answer (b) evaporation of water from the aerial surfaces of a plant

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