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ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

Assertion - Reasoning Type

This section contain(s) 0 questions numbered 1 to 0. Each question containsSTATEMENT 1(Assertion) and
STATEMENT 2(Reason). Each question has the 4 choices (a), (b), (c) and (d) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

a) Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1

b) Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1

c) Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False

d) Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True

Statement 1: In a vessel, septa among the adjoining cells get dissolved.

Statement 2: Companion cells are component of phloem.

Statement 1: The quiescent centre acts as a reservoir of relatively resistant cells, which constitute a
permanent source of active initials.
Statement 2: The cells of the inactive region of quiescent centre become active when the previous
active initials get damaged.
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Statement 1: Long distance flow of photo assimilates in plants occurs through sieve tubes.

Statement 2: Mature sieve tubes have parietal cytoplasm and perforated sieve plates.

Statement 1: All the endodermal cells of the root do not contain Casparian thickenings on their radial
and transverse walls.
Statement 2: Passage cells are found in the root endodermis.

Statement 1: Apical and intercalary meristems contribute to the growth in length while the lateral
meristems bring increase in girth in maize.
Statement 2: Apical and intercalary meristems always increase the height of plants.

Statement 1: Many organs of aquatic plants float in water.

Statement 2: Large air gaps are present in the collenchyma tissues of lotus leaf.

Statement 1: In collateral vascular bundles, phloem is situated towards inner side.

Statement 2: In monocot stem, cambium is present.

Statement 1: Libriformfibres are true fibres.

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Statement 2: Libriformfibres develop from non-functional tracheids by reduction.

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ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

: ANSWER KEY :

1) d 2) b 3) a 4) b
5) d 6) a 7) d 8) c

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: HINTS AND SOLUTIONS :

1 (d) Passage cells provide route for the movement of


water from cortex to xylem. Parenchyma consists
Vessels and companion cells are characteristic of of mainly thin walled cells which are made up of
the angiosperms. During maturity of the vessels, cellulose. Its main function is storage of food.
the cytoplasm lost and thin end walls
disintegrating. Companion cells are special type of 5 (d)
parenchyma cells. These cells are living having
Apical and intercalary meristems always increase
abundant granular cytoplasm and a prominent
the height of plant and lateral meristem is
elongated nucleus, which is retained throughout
responsible for secondary growth (increase in
the life of the cell.
girth) but secondary growth does not occur in
2 (b) monocots, e.g., maize.

Quiescent centre was discovered by Clowes in Hence, Assertion is false but Reason is true.
roots. It is present between the root cap and
6 (a)
active meristematic region. The cells of this region
have lower concentrations of DNA, RNA and Many organs of aquatic plants float in water. The
protein. This is inactive region, which acts as a mesophyll between upper and lower epidermis is
reservoir of relatively resistant cells. It constitutes differentiated into palisade parenchyma and
a permanent source of active initials. spongy parenchyma. Intercellular space is present
3 (a) among the spongy parenchyma cells.

7 (d)
Sieve tubes are the conducting elements of
phloem (a permanent vascular tissue, which In collateral vascular bundles, phloem is situated
conducts organic food in plant body), which are towards outer side and xylem towards inner side
elongated tubular channels formed by end to end and both are found on same radii, but in monocot
union of numerous cells. The septa between stem, vascular bundles are closed, i.e., cambium is
individual sieve tube cells or sieve elements are absent.
bulged out. They are called sieve plates
possessing a number of perforations (sieve pores 8 (c)
or sieve pits) and helps in conduction of food.
When the fibres possess very thick walls and
4 (b) reduced simple pits they are known as libriform
wood fibres because of their similarity to phloem
The characteristic feature of endodermal cells of fibres. Libriform wood fibres chiefly occur in
roots is the presence of Casparian thickenings woody dicotyledons. There are many transitional
on their radial and transverse walls but all cells of forms between fibres and normal tracheids, these
endodermis do not have Casparian thickenings transitional forms are designated as
instead they have simple permeable cell wall. fibretracheids. A line of demarcation cannot be
Those cells are called passage cells, which drawn between tracheids and fibretracheids.
remain in contact with the protoxylem cells.

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