ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

Meristematic and Permanent Tissues:

01. Select the incorrect statement regarding the secondary meristems.
(1) Develop from permanent tissues by dedifferentiation
(2) Cells possess dense cytoplasm
(3) Give birth to primary permanent tissues
(4) Add growth in width
02. Lateral meristem with two types of cells is involved in increasing the girth of plant by
(1) Formation of periderm (2) Formation of bark and lenticels
(3) Development of virgin cork (4) Formation of secondary phloem and
secondary xylem
03. Apical meristem is responsible for increasing length of stem but in ______ length is mainly
controlled by (1) Equisetum; lateral meristem (2) Grasses;
protoderm
(3) Grasses; intercalary meristem (4) Grasses; procambium
04. Which of the following is not an example of lateral meristem?
(1) Fascicular vascular cambium (2) Interfascicular cambium
(3) Cork - cambium (4) Periderm
05. Which of the following is an example of primary meristem?
(1) Apical meristem (2) Intercalary meristem
(3) Lateral meristem (4) Both (1) and (2)
06. Apical meristem is present at
(1) Root and shoot apex. (2) Place between mature tissue

(3) Vascular cambium. (4) Cork cambium.

07. Following features belong to
(a) Cells are generally isodiametric. They may be spherical, oval, round, polygonal or elongated in
shape.
(b) Cells have thin wall and are made up of cellulose.
(c) Cells may be closely packed or may have intercellular spaces.
(d) Tissues perform various kinds of functions like photosynthesis, storage and secretion.
(1) Collenchyma (2) Parenchyma (3) Xylem (4) Sclerenchyma
08. ________ are spherical, oval, cylindrical, highly thickened dead cell with very narrow
cavities.
(1) Sieve tube (2) Companion cell (3) Fibres (4) Sclereids
09. Collenchyma tissue is characterised by
(1) Elongated cells with thickness at the corners.
(2) Isodiametric cells with deposits of cellulose and pectin at the corners.
(3) Elongated cells with deposits of cellulose and pectin all over the wall.
(4) Isodiametric cells with thickness all over the cell wall.
10. The chief function of sieve tube is
(1) To translocate the organic materials manufactured in the leaves
(2) To conduct minerals
(3) To transport water from root to leaves
(4) To help the plant in forming wood
11. Fill in the blanks and select the correct option.
(a) Growth in plants is largely restricted to specialised regions of active cell division called
_____(i)_______
(b) The meristems which occur at the dps of roots and shoots and produce ____(ii)_____
tissue are called ___(iii)___
(c) During formation of leaves and elongation of stem some cells left behind from shoot apical
meristem, constitute the ____(iv)____.
(d) The meristem which occurs between mature tissues is known as ____(v)______
(1) (i) - meristems; (iii) - lateral meristem (2) (ii) - secondary; (iv) - leaf
primordium
(3) (iii) - apical meristems; (iv) - axillary bud (4) (iv) - cauline buds; (v) - secondary
meristems
12. Which of the following is not an example of lateral meristems?
(1) Fascicular vascular cambium (2) Inter-fascicular cambium
(3) Cork cambium (4) Root apical meristems
13. Collenchyma consists of cells which are much thickened at the corners due to deposition of
(1) Cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin (2) Cellulose, cutin and proteins
(3) Cellulose, lignin and calciferol. (4) Lignin, pectin and cutin.
14. Identify the following diagram and select the incorrect statement with respect to it.
 (1) The cells of this tissue are generally isodiametric
(2) Their walls are thick and made up of cellulose
(3) They may either be closely packed or have small intercellular spaces
(4) It performs various functions like photosynthesis, storage and secretion.
15. Identify the wrong statement with respect to xylem parenchyma.
(1) They are living and thin walled.
(2) Cell wails made of cellulose.
(3) They store food materials in the form of starch or fats.
(4) In flowering plants these are the main water transporting elements.
16. Which of the following is possessed by gymnosperms?
(1) Sieve cells (2) Companion cells (3) Xylem vessels (4) Xylem
fibres
17. The end walls of sieve tube elements are perforated in a sieve-like manner to form the
(1) Metaxylem (2) Protoxylem (3) Companion cells (4) Sieve plates
18. The companion cells help in maintaining the ______ in the sieve tubes.
(1) Osmotic potential (2) Pressure gradient (3) Diffusion potential (4)
Plasmolysis
19. Which of the following is absent in most of the monocots?
(1) Phloem parenchyma (2) Xylem parenchyma (3) Sieve tubes (4)
Companion cells
20. The meristem that occurs in the mature regions of roots and shoots of many plants,
particularly those that produce woody axis and appear later than primary meristem, is called
(1) Intercalary meristem (2) Apical meristem
(3) Secondary or lateral meristem (4) All of these
21. Following features belong to
(a) Cells are thick at corner due to deposition of cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin.
(b) Cells may contain chloroplast and gets assimilated.
(c) Intercellular spaces are absent.
(d) They provide mechanical support to growing parts of the plant such as young stem and
petiole of leaf.
(1) Collenchyma (2) Parenchyma (3) Xylem (4) Sclerenchyma
22. Which simple tissue is characterised by pits?
(1) Collenchyma (2) Parenchyma (3) Sclerenchyma (4) All of
these
23. Which tissue is usually dead and without protoplast?
(1) Parenchyma (2) Collenchyma (3) Sclerenchyma (4) All of
these
24. Which of the following are simple tissues?
(1) Parenchyma, xylem and phloem (2) Parenchyma, collenchyma and
sclerenchyma
(3) Parenchyma, xylem and collenchymas (4) Parenchyma, xylem and
sclerenchyma
25. Function of xylem is to
(1) Conduct water from root to stem and leaves. (2) Conduct mineral from root to stem
and leaves.
(3) Provide mechanical strength to plant. (4) All of these.
26. Both vessels and companion cells are absent in
(1) Angiosperms (2) Pteridophyta (3) Gymnosperms (4) Both (2)
and (3)
27. The only plant cells without nuclei among the following are
(1) Cambium cells (2) Cells of pericycle (3) Xylem parenchyma (4)
Sieve tubes
28. Vessels differ from tracheids
(1) In being derived from single cell (2) In having vertical rows of cells with cross walls
dissolved.
(3) In being alive (4) In helping in the conduction of water
29. Sieve tubes are better-suited for translocation because they
(1) Possess broader lumen and perforated cross walls (2) Are broader than long
(3) Possess bordered pits (4) Possess no end walls
30. The chief function of xylem is not to
(1) Translocate the organic materials manufactured in the leaves. (2) Conduct minerals.
(3) Transport water from root to leaves. (4) Help the plant in
forming wood.
31. Collenchyma generally occurs
(1) In scattered dicot roots. (2) In a ring in monocot roots.
(3) In patches under epidermis in dicot stem. (4) All of these.
32. Intercalary meristem is present
(1) At root and shoot apex (2) In between mature tissues
(3) In vascular cambium. (4) At the surrounding of the mid-rib of
leaves
33. Histogen theory was given by
(1) Schimdt. (2) Hanstein. (3) Haberlandt. (4) N. Grew.
34. Newly formed cells from primary and secondary meristem, which becomes structurally and
functionally specialised and lose the ability to divide, Eire known as
(1) Permanent cells. (2) Mature cells. (3) Both (1) and (2). (4)
None of these.
35. Which of the following types of parenchyma provides buoyancy to the aquatic plants?
(1) Idioblasts (2) Aerenghyma (3) Prosenchyma (4)
Astrosclereids
36. Which tissue is characterised by dead cells?
(1) Collenchyma (2) Parenchyma (3) Sclerenchyma (4)
Chlorenchyma
37. Sclereids are present in
(1) Fruit wall of nuts (2) Seed coat of legumes. (3) Leaves of tea. (4) All of
these.
38. Which of the following is not a modification of parenchyma?
(1) Aerenchyma (2) Prosenchyma (3) Collenchyma (4)
Chlorenchyma
39. Primary plant body is made up of
(1) Meristematic tissues. (2) Simple tissues. (3) Complex tissues.
(4) All of these.
40. Which of the following is not the component of xylem?
(1) Vessels (2) Trachieds (3) Parenchyma (4)
Companion cells
41. Gymnosperm lacks ________ in their xylem.
(1) Tracheids (2) Vessels (3) Xylem fibers (4) Xylem
parenchyma
42. Match Column - I with Column - II and select the correct option.
Column - I Column - II
(1) Tracheids (i) Elongated and tube like cells with thick and lignified wall and
tapering ends.
(2) Vessels (ii) Tube like structure made up of many cells, each cell with lignified
wall and
large central cavity.
(3) Xylem fibre (iii) Highly thickened walls and obliterated central lumen.
(4) Xylem (iv) Living cell with thin cell wall parenchyma made up of cellulose.
(1) (1) - (ii); (2) - (i); (3) - (iii); (4) - (iv) (2) (1) - (iii); (2) - (i); (3) - (ii); (4) -
(iv)
(3) (1) - (i); (2) - (ii); (3) - (iii); (4) - (iv) (4) (1) - (iii); (2) - (ii); (3) - (i); (4) -
(iv)

43. Select the incorrect statement from the following.

(1) Vessel members are interconnected through perforations in their common wall.
(2) Presence of vessel is a characteristic feature of angiosperms.
(3) Radial conduction of water takes place by the ray parenchymatous cells.
(4) Tracheids, vessel, xylem sclerenchyma and parenchyma are without protoplast.
44. Exarch condition in xylem is found in
(1) Stem (2) Leaf (3) Root (4) All of these.
45. Select the incorrect statement from the following.
(1) End walls of sieve tube have sieve plates.
(2) Sieve tube elements and companion cells are connected by pit field present between their common
longitudinal
walls.
(3) Companion cells are specialised parenchymatous cells having nucleus which control function of sieve
tubes.
(4) Phloem parenchyma is present in most of monocots.
46. Select the correct statement from the following.
(1) Companion cells help in maintaining pressure gradients in the sieve tubes.
(2) Phloem parenchyma stores food material.
(3) Bast fibres are generally absent in the primary phloem but are found in secondary phloem.
(4) All of these.
47. A mature sieve tube differs from vessel in
(1) Being nearly dead (2) Lacking cytoplasm
(3) Lacking a functional nucleus (4) Absence of lignified walls
48. Common bottle cork is the product of
(1) Xylem (2) Dermatogen (3) Vascular cambium (4)
Phellogen
49. Root cambium is derived from
(1) Primary meristem (2) Secondary meristem (3) Intercalary meristem (4)
Apical meristem
50. The sieve tube elements 'and companion cells are connected by
(1) Pit fields (2) Xylem fibres (3) Tyloses (4) Lenticels