ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANT

1. Plant tissues are divided into meristematic and permanent tissues on which of the following basis?
1) Whether the plant is a dicot or a monocot
2) Whether the cells being formed are capable of dividing or not
3) Position 4) Origin
2. Stomata are the component of
1) Epidermal tissue system 2) Ground tissue system
3) Conducting tissue system 4) Vascular tissue system
3. The casparian strips are present on the plant cells of root which are
1) Bean-shaped 2) Dumb-bell shaped 3) Barrel-shaped 4) Lens-shaped
4. The conjuctive tissue lies between the
1) Xylem and phloem 2) Pericycle and endodermis
3) Epidermis and cortex 4) Epidermis and hypodermis
5. In which of the following characters, a monocot root differs from a dicot root?
1) Radial vascular bundles 2) Large pith
3) Conjuctive tissue in between xylem and phloem 4) Single layered endodermis
6. Match the followingColumns I and II.
Column-I Column-II
a. Hypodermis in dicot stem (i) Absent
b. Pericycle in dicot stem (ii) Parenchymatous
c. Ground tissue in monocot stem (iii) Collenchymatous
d. Phloem parenchyma in monocot stem (iv) Sclerenchymatous
1) a(iv), b(i), c(iii), d(ii) 2) a(i), b(ii), c(iv), d(iii)
3) a(iii), b(iv), c(ii), d(i) 4) a(ii), b(iii), c(i), d(iv)
7. Vascular bundles surrounded by a sclerenchymatous bundle sheath is a feature of
1) Dicot root 2) Monocot root 3) Dicot stem 4) Monocot stem
8. Which of the following is not true for the vascular bundles of monocotyledonous stems?
1) Scattered in the ground tissue 2) Possess water-containing cavities
3) ‘Ring’ arrangement 4) Conjoint and closed
9. Find set of cells connected by pit fields between their common longitudinal walls
1) Companion cell and phloem fibres 2) Companion cell and sieve tube
3) Sieve cell and albuminous cell 4) Sieve tube and phloem fibr
10. In old sieve tubes at the end of growing season, which of the following gets deposited over sieve plate
to regulate sugar transport?
 1) P-protein 2) Callose 3) Lignin 4) Suberin
11. Select correct features w.r.t. trichomes in shoot system
(a) Usually unicelled
(b) Branched or unbranched
(c) May be secretory
(d) Soft or stiff
(e) Helps against transpiration
1) a, b, d and e 2) All except ‘c’ and ‘d’
3) All except ‘a’ 4) a, c and e
12. Pericycle of the roots is never sclerenchymatous because it
1) Does not act as a mechanical tissue in roots
2) Is the place of origin of root branches
3) Gives rise to root hairs
4) Gives rise to root hairs (when the root is young), and to root branches (at maturity)
13. Tissue commonly known as passport point or biological check post is characterised by
1) Bulliform cells and raphides 2) Cystolith and motor cells
3) Casparian bands and passage cells 4) Passage cells and Fats
14. Seat of origin of lateral root and formation of cork cambium are features related to
1) Endodermis 2) Pericycle
3) Hypodermis 4) Pith rays
15. Centripetal and centrifugal xylem are the important features of
1) Root and stem respectively 2) Exarch and endarch respectively
3) Endarch and exarch respectively 4) Both 1) & 2)
16. Members of Winteraceae, Tetracentraceae and Trochodendraceae
1) Do not have tracheids 2) Do not have albuminous cells
3) Do not have vessels 4) More than one option is correct
17. Which of the following vascular bundles are always open?
1) Radial 2) Collateral 3) Bicollateral 4) Concentric
18. The vascular bundles in the stems of most of dicots are conjoint, collateral and open. In each of these
bundles
1) Xylem and phloem are on the same radius with phloem towards the pith and xylem towards the
pericycle without a strip of cambium between them
2) Xylem and phloem are on the same radius with xylem situated towards the pith and phloem situated
towards the pericycle and a strip of cambium separates the two
3) Xylem completely surrounds the phloem on all sides but the two are separated by the cambium
 4) Phloem completely surrounds the xylem and a strip of cambium separates the two
19. Which is not true for monocot stem?
1) Sclerenchymatous hypodermis 2) Presence of water canals in pith
3) Conjoint, collateral closed vascular bundles 4) Presence of bundle sheath

20. Vascular bundles are conjoint, collateral, endarch and lack cambium between xylem and phloem in all,
but not in
1) Maize 2) Barley
3) Wheat 4) Sunflower
21. Select a set having correct match Dicot stem and Monocot stem
1) Sclerenchymatous hypodermis Collenchymatous hypodermis
2) Parenchymatous pericycle Sclerenchymatous pericycle
3) Epidermis with trichomes Water containing cavities in vascular bundles
4) Oval bundles Wedge shaped bundles
22. Cortex is the region found between
1) Epidermis and stele 2) Pericycle and endodermis
3) Endodermis and pith 4) Endodermis and vascular bundle
23. You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical
structures will you use to distinguish between the two?
1) Secondary xylem 2) Secondary phloem
3) Protoxylem 4) Cortical cells
24. Water containing cavities in vascular bundles are found in
1) Cycas 2) Pinus 3) Sunflower 4) Maize
25. Companion cells are closely associated with
1) Trichomes 2) Guard cells
3) Sieve elements 4) Vessel elements
26. Some vascular bundles are described as open because these
1) Possess conjunctive tissue between xylem and phloem
2) Are not surrounded by pericycle
3) Are surrounded by pericycle but no endodermis
4) Are capable of producing secondary xylem and phloem
27. Anatomically fairly old dicotyledonous root is distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem by
1) Absence of secondary phloem 2) Presence of cortex
3) Position of protoxylem 4) Absence of secondary xylem
28. The annular and spirally thickened conducting elements generally develop in the protoxylem when the
root or stem is
1) Elongating 2) Widening 3) Differentiating 4) Maturing
29. In barley stem, vascular, bundles are
1) Closed and scattered 2) Open and in a ring
3) Closed and radial 4) Open and scattered
30. Passage cells are thin- walled cells found in
1) Central region of style through which the pollen tube grows towards the ovary.
2) Endodermis of roots facilitating rapid transport of water from cortex to pericycle.
3) Phloem elements that serve as entry points for substances for transport to other plant parts.
4) Testa of seed to enable emergence of growing embryonic axis during seed germination
31. A common structural feature of vessel elements and sieve tube elements is
1) Thick secondary walls 2) Pores on lateral walls
3) Presence of P-protein 4) Enucleate condition
32. The only cells in the epidermis with chloroplasts
1) Root hairs 2) Bulliform cells
3) Guard cells 4) Subsidiary cells
33. The layer of cortical tissue system that completely surround the stele in roots is
1) Pericycle 2) Hypodermis
3) Endodermis 4) Medulla
34. The special feature of Cucurbitaceae, Solanaceae is
1) Presence of radial vascular bundles 2) Presence of bicollateral vascular bundles
3) Presence of collateral vascular bundles 4) Presence of concentric vascular bundles
35. The two components of phloem that are present in all angiosperms.
1) Phloem fibres and phloem parenchyma
2) Sieve tubes and companion cells
3) Sieve tubes and sieve cells
4) Companion cells and Phloem parenchyma
36. Generally the primary phloem is devoid of
1) Sieve cells 2) Sieve tubes 3) Phloem parenchyma 4) Phloem fibres
37. The ratio of xylem, phloem and cambial patches present in bicollateral vascular
bundles respectively is
1) 1 : 1 : 1 2) 2 : 1 : 2 3) 1 : 2 : 2 4) 1 : 2 : 1
38. Arrange the following events of meiosis in correct sequence :
(a) Crossing over
 (b) Synapsis
(c) Terminalisation of chiasmata
(d) Disappearance of nucleolus
1) (b), (c), (d), (a) 2) (b), (a), (d), (c)
3) (b), (a), (c), (d) 4) (a), (b), (c), (d)
39. Synapsis occurs between
1) mRNA and ribosomes 2) Spindle fibres and centromere
3) Two homologous chromosomes 4) A male and a female gamete
40. In ferns, meiosis takes place at the time of
1)Spore formation 2)Spore germination
3)Gamete formation 4)Antheridia and formation
41. In a dorsiventral leaf abaxial epidermis
1. bears more stomata 2. Has palisade towards its inner side
3. has stomata equal to adaxial epidermis 4. 1 and 2
42. Bulliform cells are
1. Found in all monocots 2. Found on the surface of abaxial epidermis
3. small green cells 4. Large empty colourless cells
43. The secondary tissues formed by the activity of vascular cambium are
a. Cork b. secondary cortex c. secondary phloemd. secondary xylem
1. All 2. a& b 3. c& d 4. c only
44. The vascular cambium of dicot root differs from dicot stem by
1. being totally secondary in origin 2. By wavy nature
3. by its circular nature 4. 1 and 2
45. Bark does not include
1. secondary cortex 2. Secondary phloem
3. periderm 4. Vascular cambium
46. Origin of vascular cambium in dicot root occurs from
1. below the phloem(towards endodermis) 2. Pericyclewhich is above the protoxylem
3. 1 and 2 4. Totally from pericycle
47. Heart wood is hard durable , and resistant to the attacks of micro organisms due to
1. Its non functional nature 2. Deposition of organic compounds like tannins , oils etc
3. its formation during autumn 4. Its big size
48. Composition of aannual ring is
1. spring wood formed in a year 2. Autumn wood formed in a year
3. spring and autumn wood formed in a year
 4. Either spring or autumn wood formed in a year
49. Spring wood and autumn wood are found in
1. primary xylem 2. Secondary xylem
3. only sapwood 4. Only heart wood
50. Lateral meristem is
1) Procambium and phelloderm 2) Interfascicular cambium and phelloderm
3) Phellogen and phelloderm 4) Phellogen and fascicular cambium
51. Sclerenchyma usually consists ___ and ___ protoplasts
1) Live, without 2) Dead, with 3) Live, with 4) Dead, without
52. How many shoot apical meristems arelikely to be present in a twig of a plant possessing. 4 branches and
26 leaves
1) 26 2) 1 3) 5 4) 30
53. All of the following statements are correct for cells of parenchyma, except
1) They are generally isodiametic 2) They have lignified cell walls
3) They may be spherical, oval, polygonal in shape
4) They are the mature cells
54. Statement-I: Collenchyma is thick walled dead tissue
Statement-II: Collenchymatous cells show uniform thickenigs of pectin
1) S-I and S-II are correct 2) S-I is correct, S-II is false
3) S-I is false, S-II is correct 4) S-I and S-II are incorrect
55. A vesselless pieces of stem possessing prominent sieve tubes would belong to
1) Pinus 2) Eucalyptus 3) Grass 4) Trochodendron
56. The only plant cells without nuclei among the following are
1) Cambium cells 2) Cells of pericycle 3) Xylem parenchyma4) Sieve tubes
57. Vessels and companion cells are respect tively present in the xylem and phloem of
1) Gymnospem 2) Pleridophyte 3) Angiosperm 4) Bryophyta
58. A tracheid differs from a vessel in having
1) Thick walls without cell contents 2) Scalariform thickenings
3) Discontinuous lumen between cells 4) Lack of bordered pits
59. Vascular cambium and cork cambium are the examples of
1) Apical meristem 2) Lateral meristem
3) Intercalary meristem 4) Promeristem
60. Statement-I: Gymnosperms lack tracheids in their xylem
Statement-II: Companian cells are connected by bordered pits to the sieve cells
1) S-I and S-II are correct 2) S-I is correct, S-II is false
3) S-I is false, S-II is correct 4) S-I and S-II are incorrect
61. Match column I with column II and select the correct option from the given codes
Column-I Column-II
A) Vessels I) Cells are living, with thin cellulosic cell walls
B) Tracheids II) Cells possess highly thickened walls with obliterated central lumen
C) Xylem fibres III) Individual membrane are interconnected
through perforations in their common walls
D) Xylem parenchyma IV) Elongated tube-like cells with thick, lignified walls and tapering ends
A B C D A B C D
1) IV III II I 2) III IV II I
3) II IV III I 4) IV II III I
62. Apical meristems are absent at the tips of
1) Root 2) Stem 3) Leaves 4) Branches
63. A common structural feature of vessel elements and sieve tube elements is
1) Enucleate condition 2) Thick secondary walls
3) Pores on lateral walls 4) Presence of P-protein
64. Collenchyma differs from sclerenchyma in the presence of
1) Wide lumen 2) Protoplasm at maturity
3) Uniformly thick cell walls 4) Lignified cell wall
64. Identify the simple tissue from the following
1) Parenchyma 2) Xylem 3) Epidermis 4) Phloem
66. A plant tissue, when stained, showed the presence of hemicelluloses and pectin in cell wall of its cells.
The tissue represents
1) Collenchyma 2) Sclerenchyma 3) Xylem 4) Meristem
67. Bast fibres obtained from which part of woody stem
1) Cork 2) Cortex 3) Phloem 4) Xylem
68. Collenchym is preset in
1) Herbaceous monocots 2) Herbaceous bicots
3) All herbaceous plants 4) Pteridophyles and monocots
69. Lignin is most abundant in
1) Collenchyma 2) Xylem 3) Phloem 4) Chlorenchyma
70. Intercalary meristem occurs mainly in
1) Some dicot leaves 2) Some monocot stems
3) In all monocot stems 4) Dicot stem and roots
71. Complex tissue are
1) Xylem and phloem 2) Heterogeneous tissues
3) Conductive tissues 4) All of these
 KEY
1) 2 2) 1 3) 3 4) 1 5) 2 6) 3 7) 4 8) 3 9) 2 10) 2
11) 3 12) 2 13) 3 14) 2 15) 4 16) 4 17) 3 18) 2 19) 2 20) 4
21) 3 22) 1 23) 3 24) 4 25) 3 26) 4 27) 3 28) 4 29) 1 30) 2
31) 4 32) 3 33) 3 34) 2 35) 2 36) 4 37) 3 38) 3 39) 3 40) 1
41) 1 42) 4 43) 3 44) 4 45) 4 46) 3 47) 2 48) 3 49) 2 50) 4
51) 2 52) 3 53) 2 54) 4 55) 4 56) 4 57) 3 58) 3 59) 2 60) 4
61) 2 62) 3 63) 1 64) 2 65) 1 66) 1 67) 2 68) 3 69) 2 70) 4
71) 4