MERIT YARD

[Anatomy of Flowering Plants - VVI MCQs - MERIT YARD]

Question 1 / 40Which of the following tissues is responsible for the increase in girth of the plant?

A) Apical Meristem

B) Intercalary Meristem

C) Lateral Meristem

D) Parenchyma

Question 2 / 40Living mechanical tissue in plants is:

A) Sclerenchyma

B) Collenchyma

C) Parenchyma

D) Xylem vessels

Question 3 / 40Which of the following xylem elements is living?

A) Tracheids

B) Vessels

C) Xylem parenchyma

D) Xylem fibres

Question 4 / 40In which group of plants do xylem vessels lack?

A) Gymnosperms

B) Angiosperms

C) Monocots

D) Dicots

Question 5 / 40Sieve tubes and companion cells are found in:

A) Xylem

B) Phloem

C) Cambium

D) Epidermis

Question 6 / 40Which tissue system forms the main bulk of the plant body?

A) Epidermal

B) Ground tissue

C) Vascular

D) Meristematic

Question 7 / 40Radial vascular bundles are characteristic of:

A) Stem

B) Root

C) Leaf

D) Flower

Question 8 / 40In a dicot root, the vascular bundles are:

A) Conjoint and Open

B) Conjoint and Closed

C) Radial and Exarch

D) Collateral and Endarch

Question 9 / 40The innermost layer of the cortex in roots is:

A) Pericycle

B) Endodermis

C) Pith

D) Hypodermis

Question 10 / 40Closed vascular bundles lack:

A) Xylem

B) Phloem

C) Cambium

D) Pith

Question 11 / 40Casparian strips are found in:

A) Epidermis

B) Pericycle

C) Endodermis

D) Phloem

Question 12 / 40Secondary growth occurs in:

A) Dicot stem and Dicot root

B) Monocot stem

C) Monocot root

D) Leaves

Question 13 / 40Cork cambium is also known as:

A) Phelloderm

B) Phellogen

C) Phellem

D) Periderm

Question 14 / 40Heartwood differs from sapwood in:

A) Being dead and filled with resins/tannins

B) Conducting water

C) Being light in color

D) Having living cells

Question 15 / 40Which cells regulate the opening and closing of stomata?

A) Epidermal cells

B) Guard cells

C) Accessory cells

D) Mesophyll cells

Question 16 / 40In a dorsiventral leaf, the palisade parenchyma is located:

A) Adaxial (Upper) side

B) Abaxial (Lower) side

C) Both sides

D) Near veins only

Question 17 / 40Bulliform cells are found in the leaves of:

A) Grasses (Monocots)

B) Sunflower

C) Mango

D) Peepal

Question 18 / 40The wood formed during spring is called:

A) Late wood

B) Early wood

C) Heart wood

D) Hard wood

Question 19 / 40Lenticels help in:

A) Transpiration

B) Gaseous exchange

C) Photosynthesis

D) Absorption

Question 20 / 40Bark includes all tissues outside the:

A) Epidermis

B) Vascular cambium

C) Endodermis

D) Pith

Question 21 / 40Stomata are distributed equally on both surfaces in:

A) Dicot leaf

B) Monocot leaf

C) Gymnosperms

D) Aquatic plants

Question 22 / 40Interfascicular cambium develops from:

A) Endodermis

B) Medullary rays

C) Pericycle

D) Xylem

Question 23 / 40Meristematic tissues found between mature tissues are:

A) Apical Meristem

B) Intercalary Meristem

C) Lateral Meristem

D) Secondary Meristem

Question 24 / 40Vascular bundles in a monocot stem are:

A) Ring arrangement

B) Scattered

C) Radial

D) Conjoint and Open

Question 25 / 40Pith is well-developed in:

A) Dicot stem and Monocot root

B) Dicot root

C) Monocot stem

D) Leaf

Question 26 / 40Collenchyma is absent in:

A) Monocots

B) Dicots

C) Herbs

D) Petioles

Question 27 / 40Protoxylem is located towards the center and metaxylem towards periphery in:

A) Root (Exarch)

B) Stem (Endarch)

C) Both

D) Leaf

Question 28 / 40Pericycle of roots is responsible for:

A) Absorption

B) Initiation of lateral roots

C) Photosynthesis

D) Protection

Question 29 / 40Which of the following cells lack nucleus at maturity?

A) Companion cells

B) Sieve tube elements

C) Phloem parenchyma

D) Bast fibres

Question 30 / 40The waxy layer on the epidermis of leaves to prevent water loss is:

A) Suberin

B) Cuticle

C) Lignin

D) Pectin

Question 31 / 40Bast fibres are obtained from:

A) Xylem

B) Phloem

C) Endodermis

D) Pericycle

Question 32 / 40Vascular cambium is a type of:

A) Primary Meristem

B) Secondary Meristem

C) Apical Meristem

D) Permanent Tissue

Question 33 / 40How many types of tissue systems are there in plants?

A) 2

B) 3

C) 4

D) 5

Question 34 / 40Epidermal hairs on the stem are called:

A) Trichomes

B) Root hairs

C) Lenticels

D) Guard cells

Question 35 / 40The function of companion cells is to:

A) Maintain pressure gradient in sieve tubes

B) Conduct water

C) Provide strength

D) Store food

Question 36 / 40A monocot root differs from a dicot root in having:

A) Polyarch vascular bundles

B) Limited xylem bundles

C) Small pith

D) Secondary growth

Question 37 / 40Fascicular vascular cambium is located:

A) Between primary xylem and phloem

B) Outside phloem

C) Inside xylem

D) In the pith

Question 38 / 40The study of internal structure of plants is called:

A) Morphology

B) Anatomy

C) Physiology

D) Taxonomy

Question 39 / 40Soft wood is also known as:

A) Hardwood

B) Gymnosperm wood

C) Dicot wood

D) Heartwood

Question 40 / 40Annual rings are distinct in plants growing in:

A) Temperate regions

B) Tropical regions

C) Coastal regions

D) Deserts