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Question Booklet
XIth Sci 2020-21 Version- P
Time: 45.Min
THINK NEET THINK IIB
Anatomy of Flowering Plants Max.Marks : 180
Sheet No:-Bio (Dt.25.10.2020)

01. Anatomy is useful for_________ 08. Which one of the following cells help in maintaining the
a. To find structural similarities and differences pressure gradient in the sieve tubes?
b. To understand internal structure (1) Companion cells (2) Trichomes
c. To find adaptations to diverse environment (3) Tracheids (4) Vessels
d. To understand functional organization 09. The living and non-lignified component of vascular bundle
(1) All are correct is / are -
(2) Only (a) and (b) correct (1) Vessel and tracheids
(2) Vessel and phloem
(3) Only (a), (b) and (c) correct
(3) Wood fibre and phloem
(4) All are correct except (c)
(4) Wood parenchyma and sieve tube
02. Root apical meristem occupies the ————————
10. At maturity, which of the following structure is non-
while shoot apical meristem occupies the distant most region
nucleated/enucleated
of the —————
(1) Sieve tube
(1) stem axis, tip of root
(2) Companion cells
(2) tip of root cap, stem axis
(3) Palisade cell
(3) tip of root, stem axis
(4) Cortical cell
(4) Axis of root, apex of stem
11. In gymnosperms, phloem consists of all, except: -
03. ____occurs in grasses & regenerate parts removed by the
(1) Sieve tube (2) Albuminous cell
grazing herbivores.
(3) fibre (4) parenchyma
(1) Secondary meristem
12. Find the incorrect statement regarding sclerenchyma.
(2) Primary meristem
(1) Commonly found in the fruit walls of nuts
(3) Intercalary meristem
(2) Usually dead and without protoplasm
(4) Promeristem
(3) Fibres are thin-walled, elongated and pointed cells
04. Lateral meristem includes
(4) Sclereids are spherical, oval or cylindrical
a. Intrafascicular cambium
13. Angiospermic xylem consists of: -
b. Interfascicular cambium
(1) Vessels, Parenchyma and tracheids only
c. Cork cambium
(2) Tracheids, Parenchyma and fibersoniy
(1) Only a (2) Only b &c
(3) Vessels, tracheids, fibres and parenchyma only
(3) Only c (4) All a, b & c
(4) Vessels, fibres and parenchyma only
05. Aerenchyma is helpful in plants by
14. In exarch condition-
(1) Providing buoyancy in hydrophytes (1) Protoxylem lies towards the center and metaxylem lies
(2) Promoting photosynthesis towards the periphery
(3) Giving mechanical strength to plants (2) Protoxylem lies towards the periphery and metaxylem
(4) Giving flexibility to plants lies towards the center
06. Cells of permanent tissues are specialised - (3) Protoxylem and metaxylem both lies towards the center.
(1) Only functionally (4) Protoxylem surrounded by metaxylem
(2) Only structurally 15. On the basis of location and function, how many types of
(3) Both structurally and functionally the tissue system are found in vascular plants
(4) None of the above (1) 2

07. How many of the given function/s can be performed by (2) 3

collenchyma? (3) 4 .
Mechanical support, Photosynthesis, Secretion, (4) 5
Translocation of organic foods. 16. Leaf mesophyll is included in: -
(1) One (1) Epidermal tissue system
(2) Two (2) Ground tissue system
(3) Three (3) Vascular tissue system
(4) Four (4) Bark
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17. Which one is wrong about the guard cells? 24. In dicot root, initiation of lateral root, and vascular cambium
(1) They are modified ground tissue during secondary growth takes place from -
(2) Guard cell possesses chloroplast which regulate opening (1) Cortex
and closing of stomata
(2) Epidermis
(3) Their outer wall is thin and inner wall is highly thickened
(3) Pericycle
(4) They regulate stomatal movement for transpiration and
gaseous exchange (4) Xylem
18. Sometimes a few epidermal cells in the vicinity of guard cells 25. The arrangement of xylem in stem is
become specialized in their shape and size and are known (1) Endarch
as -
(2) Exarch
(1) Stomatal aperture
(3) Radial
(2) Trichome
(3) Subsidiary cells (4) Both (1) and (2)
(4) Stomata 26. Which one is false about monocot stem?
19. What type of vascular bundles are A, B and C? I. Vascular bundles - scattered, conjoint, close, surrounded
by sclerenchymatous bundle sheath.
II. Hypodermis is sclerenchymatous
III. Peripheral vascular bundles are larger than centrally
located ones
IV Ground tissue is not differentiated into cortex, pericycle,
pith, etc
(1) I, IVonly
(1) Radial; conjoint collateral close; conjoint collateral open
(2) I, II and IIIonly
(2) conjoint collateral close, conjoint collateral open; Radial
(3) IV only
(3) Radial; conjoint collateral open; conjoint collateral close
(4) III only
(4) Bicollateral; Concentric; Radial
27. Monocot stem differs from dicot stem in
20. Abaxial surface of the dorsiventral leaf generally bears
(1) Having conjoint vascular bundle
(1) less stomata than adaxial epidermis
(2) Lacking hypodermis
(2) more stomata than adaxial epidermis
(3) Having water containing cavities in vascular bundles
(3) equal number of stomata with adaxial epidermis
(4) Endarch condition
(4) hairs to absorb the minerals
28. Hypodermis of dicot stem and monocot stem respectively
21. Select the characters which are not applicable to the anatomy
composed of-
of dicot roots?
(1) Sclerenchyma and collenchyma
A. Conjunctive tissue present.
(2) Collenchyma and sclerenchyma
B. Presence of casparian strips in the pericycle
(3) Only collenchyma
C. Polyarch xylem bundles
(4) Only sclerenchyma
D. Presence of pericycle.
29. Ring arrangement of vascular bundles is acharacteristic
(1) A and B
feature of
(2) B and D (1) Dicot stem
(3) C and D (2) Dicot root
(4) B and C (3) Monocot stem
22. The innermost layer or last layer of cortex is called - (4) Monocot root
(1) Pericycle 30. In dorsiventral leaf, the location of xylem and phloem
(2) Conjunctive tissue respectively is
(3) Endodermis (1) adaxial and abaxial
(4) Exodermis (2) abaxial and adaxial
23. In root, the tangential as well as radial walls of the barrel- (3) adaxial and adaxial
shaped endodermal cells have a deposition of water (4) abaxial and abaxial
impermeable, waxy material-suberin in the form of- 31. In young dicot stem, cambium is-
(1) Cuticle strips (1) Single layered
(2) Protein strips (2) 2 layered
(3) Casparian strips (3) Multilayered
(4) lignin strips (4) Absent
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32. The cells of ____________become meristematic & 41. Which one is/are not true?
form____________. Thus, a continuous cambial ring is (a) Cork cambium is called phellogen
formed.
(b) Cork is called phellem
(1) interfascicular cambium, medullary rays
(c) Secondary cortex is called periderm
(2) intrafascicular cambium, interfascicular cambium
(d) Cork cambium, cork and secondary cortex are
(3) medullary rays, intrafascicular cambium, collectively called phelloderm
(4) medullary rays, interfascicular cambium (1) c and d
33. In stem, vascular cambium & cork cambium form secondary (2) a and b
tissues respectively in which region-
(3) b and c
(1) Cortical region & vascular region (4) b and d
(2) Intrastelar region & extrastelar region 42. All the tissues exterior to vascular cambium arecalled
(3) Both in stelar region (1) Bark
(4) Both in extra region (2) Lenticels
34. The meristematic layer which is responsible for the formation (3) Secondary cortex
of secondary xylem & secondary phloem is called as______
(4) Periderm
(1) vascular cambium.
43. Ballon like in growth of xylem parenchyma into the lumen of
(2) Cork cambium
vessels is known as-
(3) Bark
(1) Tunica
(4) Intercalary meristem
35. Which one is a false statement? (2) Tyloses
(1) The 1° and 2° phloem get gradually crushed due to the (3) Phellogen
continued formation and accumulation of 2° xylem (4) Phelloderm
(2) 1° xylem remains more or less intact in or near the centre 44. Assertion: Heartwood is more durable than the sapwood.
(3) Secondary growth is increase in length of the axis
Reason: Heartwood contains organic compound like
(4) None tannins, resins, oil, gums, aromatic substances and essential
36. Activity of vascular cambium is more towards oils make it hard and more durable.
(1) Inner side (2) Outer side (1) If both the assertion and the reason are true and the
(3) Same on both surface (4) None of these reason is a correct explanation of theassertion.
37. Vascular cambium is a meristematic layer that cuts off or (2) If both the assertion and reason are true but the reason
produced is not a correct explanation of the assertion .
(1) Primary xylem and primary phloem
(3) If the assertion is true but the reason is false.
(2) Primary xylem and secondary xylem
(4) If both the assertion and reason are false.
(3) secondary xylem and secondary phloem
(4) xylem vessels and xylem tracheids 45. In dicot root, the vascular cambium is

38. At some place, the cambium forms a narrow band of (1) completely secondary in origin
parenchyma which passes through the secondary xylem & (2) completely primary in origin
secondary phloem in the radial directions. These are (3) secondary as well as primary in origin
called_____ (4) does not exist
(1) Secondary medullary rays
(2) Vascular ray
(3) Primary medullary rays
(4) Both (1) and (2)
39. The vascular cambium is very active and produce large
number of xylary elements having vessels with wider cavity
are produced in
(1) Spring wood
(2) Autumn wood
(3) Early wood
(4) Both (1) and (3)
40. Estimation of the age of the tree is done by
(1) counting the epidermal rings
(2) measuring the pith diameter
(3) counting the annual rings
(4) counting the late woods only