1. | They are elongated cells with thickened lignified cell walls. |
2. | They are dead cells that provide structural support. |
3. | They are elongated cells with unevenly thickened non-lignified cell walls. |
4. | They contain chloroplasts and primarily function in storage. |
1. | Uniformly thickened non-lignified cell walls |
2. | Thickened corners with a high concentration of cellulose and pectin |
3. | Lignified cell walls |
4. | Being dead and providing mechanical support only |
1. | To provide flexibility and mechanical support to the stem. |
2. | To facilitate gaseous exchange through the stem. |
3. | To conduct water and nutrients from the roots. |
4. | To store food and nutrients for the stem. |
During the formation of primary plant body, dermal tissue, ground tissue and vascular tissue are produced by:
1. Primary meristems
2. Secondary meristems
3. Both primary and secondary meristems
4. Neither primary nor secondary meristems
1. | two guard cells plus the subsidiary cells only. |
2. | an opening surrounded by two guard cells. |
3. | an opening surrounded by two guard cells and the subsidiary cells. |
4. | two guard cells only. |
I: | Lack chloroplasts. |
II: | Are dumb-bell shaped in grasses. |
1. | It is composed mainly of collenchyma cells. |
2. | Guard cells are absent in the epidermal tissue. |
3. | The epidermal tissue system is responsible for photosynthesis. |
4. | It forms the outermost covering of the plant body and offers protection. |
1. | In grasses, the guard cells are dumb-bell shaped. |
2. | Trichomes in the shoot system are generally unicellular. |
3. | Casparian strips are associated with endodermis in dicot roots. |
4. | Endodermis in dicot stem is referred to as starch sheath. |
1. | In dicot root, initiation of lateral roots and vascular cambium during the secondary growth takes place in the pericycle |
2. | In monocot roots xylem bundles are usually more than six [polyarch] |
3. | In dicot stems vascular bundles are arranged in a ring |
4. | Monocot stem has a parenchymatous hypodermis |
Identify the incorrect comparison between monocots and dicots in general:
Character | Monocots | Dicots | |
1. | Leaves | Parallel venation | Reticulate venation |
2. | Roots | Primary root of short duration, replaced by adventitial roots forming fibrous or fleshy root systems | Develops from the radicle. Primary root often persists forming strong tap roots and secondary roots |
3. | Plant stem: Vascular bundles | Ring of primary bundles with cambium, differentiated into cortex and stele | Numerous scattered bundles in ground parenchyma, cambium mostly absent, no differentiation between cortical and stelar regions |
4. | Flowers | Parts in threes (trimerous) or multiples of three | Fours (tetramerous) or fives (pentamerous) |