MCQ Questions Chapter 6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants Class 11 Biology

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Chapter 6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants MCQ Questions

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Question- Lignin is the important constituent in the cell wall of
(a) phloem
(b) parenchyma
(c) xylem
(d) cambium

Question- Pericycle of roots produces
(a) mechanical support
(b) lateral roots
(c) vascular bundles
(d) adventitious buds

Question- vascular bundle in which the protoxylem is pointing to the periphery is called __________.
(a) endarch
(b) exarch
(c) radial
(d) closed

Question- Read the following statements and select the correct one(s).
(i) In flowering plants, tracheids and vessels are the main water transporting elements.
(ii) The presence of vessels is a characteristic feature of angiosperms.
(iii) Xylem fibres have highly thinned walls and their cell walls are made up of cellulose.
(iv) Xylem parenchyma store food materials in the form of starch or fat and other substances like tannins.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) Only (i)
(b) Both (ii) and (iii)
(c) Both (iii) and (iv)
(d) (i), (ii) and (iv)

Question- Cells of permanent tissues are specialized
(a) functionally.
(b) only structurally.
(c) both structurally and functionally.
(d) for mitosis.

Question- The apical meristem of the root is present
(a) in all the roots.
(b) only in radicals.
(c) only in tap roots.
(d) only in adventitious roots.

Question- During the formation of leaves and elongation of stem, some cells ‘left behind’ from the shoot apical meristem, constitute the
(a) lateral meristem
(b) axillary bud
(c) cork cambium
(d) fascicular cambium

Question- Which of the following is responsible for the formation of an embryonic shoot called axillary bud?
(a) Lateral meristem
(b) Apical meristem
(c) Intercalary meristem
(d) Both (b) and (c)

Question- A plant tissue when stained showed the presence of hemicellulose and pectin in cells wall of its cells. The tissue is called
(a) collenchyma
(b) sclerenchyma
(c) xylem
(d) meristem

Question- Various functions like photosynthesis, storage, excretion performed by _____________.
(a) sclerenchyma
(b) parenchyma
(c) collenchyma
(d) aerenchyma

Question- Which is not correct about sclereids?
(a) These are parenchyma cells with thickened lignified walls.
(b) These are elongated and flexible with tapered ends.
(c) These are commonly found in the shells of nuts and in the pulp of guava, pear, etc.
(d) These are also called stone cells.

Question- Sclerenchyma usually___________and_____________ protoplasts.
(a) live, without
(b) dead, with
(c) live, with
(d) dead, without

Question- How does autumn wood differ from spring wood ?
(a) Broad vessels & tracheids
(b) Narrow vessels & tracheids
(c) Red colour of xylem
(d) Cambium

Question- Bast fibres are made up of _____________cells.
(a) sclerenchymatous
(b) chlorenchymatous
(c) parenchymatous
(d) aerenchymatous

Question- An organised and differentiated cellular structure having cytoplasm but no nucleus is called _________.
(a) vessels
(b) xylem parenchyma
(c) sieve tubes
(d) tracheids

Question- Which of following helps bamboo and grasses to elongate ?
(a) Apical meristems
(b) Lateral meristems
(c) Secondary meristems
(d) Intercalary meristems

Question- In dicot root
(a) vascular bundles are scattered and with cambium
(b) vascular bundles are arranged in a ring and have cambium
(c) xylem and phloem radially arranged
(d) xylem is always endarch

Question- A tissue is a group of cells which are
(a) similar in origin, but dissimilar in form and function.
(b) dissimilar in origin, form and function.
(c) dissimilar in origin, but similar in form and function.
(d) similar in origin, form and function.

Question- In stems, the protoxylem lies towards the_____________and the metaxylem lies towards the ____________ of the organ.
(a) centre; periphery
(b) periphery; centre
(c) periphery; periphery
(d) centre; centre

Question- Anatomically fairly old dicotyledonous root is distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem by
(a) presence of cortex.
(b) position of protoxylem.
(c) absence of secondary xylem.
(d) absence of secondary phloem.

Question- Which meristem helps in increasing girth?
(a) Lateral meristem
(b) Intercalary meristem
(c) Primary meristem
(d) Apical meristem

Question- What is true about a monocot leaf ?
(a) Reticulate venation
(b) Absence of bulliform cells from epidermis
(c) Mesophyll not differentiated into palisade and spongy tissues
(d) Well differentiated mesophyll

Question- Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct ?
(i) Uneven thickening of cell wall is characteristic of sclerenchyma.
(ii) Periblem forms cortex of the stem and the root.
(iii) Tracheids are the chief water transporting elements in gymnosperms.
(iv) Companion cell is devoid of nucleus at maturity.
(v) The commercial cork is obtained from Quercus suber.
(a) (i) and (iv) only
(b) (ii) and (v) only
(c) (iii) and (iv) only
(d) (ii), (iii) and (v) only

Question- Heartwood differs from sapwood in:
(a) presence of rays and fibres
(b) absence of vessels and parenchyma
(c) having dead and non–conducting elements
(d) being susceptible to pests and pathogens

Question- Apical, intercalary and lateral meristems are differentiated on the basis of
(a) origin
(b) function
(c) position
(d) development

Question- Best method to determine the age of tree is to
(a) measure its diameter
(b) count number of leaves
(c) count number of annual rings at base stem
(d) number of branches

Question- Read the following statements and answer the questions.
(i) It is made up of elongated, tapering cylindrical cells which have dense cytoplasm and nucleus.
(ii) The cell wall is composed of cellulose and has pits through which plasmodesmatal connections exist between the cells.
(iii) It is absent in most of the monocotyledons.
Which part of plant tissue is being described by the above statements?
(a) Sieve tube elements
(b) Companion cells
(c) Phloem parenchyma
(d) Phloem fibres

Question- Phellogen and phellem respectively denote
(a) cork and cork cambium,
(b) cork cambium and cork,
(c) secondary cortex and cork,
(d) cork and secondary cortex,

Question- A narrow layer of thin walled cells found between phloem/ bark and wood of a dicot is
(a) cork cambium
(b) vascular cambium
(c) endodermis
(d) both (a) & (c)

Question- Cork is formed from
(a) phellogen
(b) vascular cambium
(c) phloem
(d) xylem

Question- The __________ occurs in layers below the epidermis in dicotyledonous plants.
(a) parenchyma
(b) sclerenchyma
(c) collenchyma
(d) aerenchyma

Question- Main function of lenticel is
(a) transpiration
(b) guttation
(c) gaseous exchange
(d) both (a) & (c)

Question- Which of the following characteristic is correct about a monocot leaf?
(a) Having reticulate venation.
(b) Absence of bulliform cells.
(c) Mesophyll not differentiated into palisade and spongy tissues.
(d) Well differentiated mesophyll cells are present.

Question- Read the following statements and answer the question.
(i) Cambium is very active and produces a large number of xylary elements having vessels with wider cavities.
(ii) It is also called early wood.
(iii) It is lighter in colour and has lower density.
Which type of wood is described by the above statements?
(a) Sap wood
(b) Heart wood
(c) Spring wood
(d) Autumn wood

Question- Which one of the following option is correct about bulliform/motor cell ?
(a) It is seen in grasses.
(b) It is large-sized, thin-walled colourless, vacuolate cells on the adaxial surface.
(c) It helps in rolling of leaf to minimise water loss when it is flaccid.
(d) All of the above

Question- Which anatomy of plants is being described by the statements given below ?
(i) The cortex consists of several layers of thin-walled parenchyma cells with intercellular spaces.
(ii) The tangential as well as radial walls of the endodermal cells have a depostion of waterimpermeable, waxy material -suberin- in form of casparian strips.
(iii) Secondary growth takes place.
(iv) Pith is small or inconspicuous.
(a) Dicotyledonous root
(b) Monocotyledonous root
(c) Dicotyledonous stem
(d) Monocotyledonous stem

Question- Which of the following statements is not correct for stomatal apparatus?
(a) Inner walls of guard cells are thick and in elastic.
(b) Guard cells invariably possess chloroplasts and mitochondria.
(c) Guard cells does not possess subsidiary cells.
(d) Stomata are involved in gaseous exchange.

Question- Which one of the following have vessels as their characteristic feature?
(a) Angiosperms
(b) Gymnosperms
(c) Pteridophytes
(d) Bryophytes

Question- Which of the following statement is correct regarding simple permanent tissue ?
(a) The collenchyma occurs in layers below the epidermis in monocotyledonous plants.
(b) Sclerenchyma cells are usually dead and without protoplasts.
(c) Xylem parenchyma cells are living and thin walled and their cell walls are made up of lignin.
(d) The companion cells are specialized sclerenchymatous cells.

Question- Monocot leaves possess
(a) intercalary meristem
(b) lateral meristem
(c) apical meristem
(d) mass meristem

Question- Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about epidermal tissue system?
(a) It forms the outer-most covering of the whole plant body and comprises epidermal cells, stomata and the epidermal appendages – the trichomes and hairs.
(b) Epidermal cells are parenchymatous with a small amount of cytoplasm lining the cell wall and a large vacuole.
(c) Epidermis is often covered with a waxy thick layer called the cuticle which prevents the loss of water.
(d) All of the above

Question- Cork cambium and vascular cambium are
(a) the s.parts of secondary xylem and phloem.
(b) the parts of pericycle.
(c) lateral meristems.
(d) apical meristem

Question- All the following statements regarding sieve tube elements are correct except that
(a) their end walls have perforated sieve plates which become impregnated with lignin at maturity.
(b) they possess peripheral cytoplasm as well as a large vacuole.
(c) distinct proteinaceous inclusions, the P-proteins are seen evenly distributed throughout the lumen.
(d) long, slender, tube-like structures arranged in longitudinal series.

Question- Xylem functions as a conducting tissue for water and minerals from _________to the ______and__________.
(a) roots, stems, leaves
(b) stems, roots, leaves
(c) leaves, stems, roots
(d) leaves, stems, leaves

Question- Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the ground tissue system?
(i) All tissues except epidermis and vascular bundles constitute the ground tissue.
(ii) It consists of xylem and phloem.
(iii) In leaves, it consists of thin – walled chloroplast containing cells called mesophyll.
(a) Only (i)
(b) Both (i) and (iii)
(c) Both (ii) and (iii)
(d) All of these

Question- Which of the following statements are correct about phloem?
(i) Phloem transports food materials, usually from roots to the other parts of the plant.
(ii) It is composed of sieve tube elements, companion cells, phloem parenchyma and phloem fibres.
(iii) The companion cells are specialised parenchymatous cells which are closely associated with phloem parenchyma.
(iv) The first formed primary phloem consists of narrow sieve tubes and referred to as protophloem and the later formed phloem has bigger sieve tubes and referred to as metaphloem.
(a) Both (i) and (iv)
(b) Both (ii) and (iii)
(c) Both (ii) and (iv)
(d) All of these

Question- Which of the following statement is not correct about xylem?
(a) It is a conducting tissue for water and minerals from roots to the stem and leaves.
(b) It also provides mechanical strength to the plants parts.
(c) It is composed of four different kinds of elements,namely, tracheids, companion cells, xylem fibres and xylem parenchyma.
(d) Gymnosperms lack vessels in their xylem.

Question- Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about dorsiventral (dicotyledonous) leaf ?
(i) The adaxial (upper surface) bears more stomata than the abaxial (lower surface) epidermis.
(ii) Mesophyll, which possesses chloroplasts and carry out photosynthesis, is made up of parenchyma.
(iii) Mesophyll is not differentiated into palisade and spongy parenchyma.
(a) Both (i) and (iii)
(b) Only (ii)
(c) Only (iii)
(d) All of these

Question- Which of the following statement is correct about heart wood/duramen ?
(i) It does not help in water and mineral conduction.
(ii) It is dark coloured but soft.
(iii) It has tracheary elements filled with tannins, resins, gums, oil, etc.
(iv) It is a peripheral part.
(v) They are sensitive to microbes and insects, hence least durable.
(a) (i) and (iii)
(c) (ii) and (iii)
(b) (iv) and (v)
(d) (iii) and (iv)

Question- Read the following statements and answer the question.
(i) They are present on the stem as epidermal hairs.
(ii) They are usually multicellular.
(iii) They may be branched or unbranched and soft or stiff.
(iv) They help in preventing water loss due to transpiration.
Which part of epidermal tissue system is being described by the above statements?
(a) Stomata
(b) Guard cells
(c) Epidermis
(d) Trichomes

Question- Read the following statements and answer the question.
(i) It has a sclerenchymatous hypodermis, a large number of scattered vascular bundles and a large parenchymatous ground tissue.
(ii) Vascular bundles are conjoint and closed.
(iii) Peripheral vascular bundles are generally smaller than the centrally located ones.
(iv) Phloem parenchyma is absent, and water- containing cavities are present within the vascular bundles.
Which plant anatomy is being described by the above statements?
(a) Dicotyledonous root
(b) Monocotyledonous root
(c) Dicotyledonous stem
(d) Monocotyledonous stem

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