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1.

Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of

  • medullary rays

  • xylem parenchyma

  • endodermis

  • endodermis

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2.

Lenticels are involved in

  • Transpiration

  • Gaseous exchange

  • Food transport

  • Food transport

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3.

Companion cells are closely associated with 

  • sieve elements

  • vessel elements

  • trichomes

  • trichomes

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4.

Closed vascular bundles lack

  • ground tissue

  • conjunctive tissue

  • cambium

  • cambium

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5.

Water containing cavities in vascular bundles are found in 

  • sunflower

  • maize

  • Cycas

  • Cycas

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6.

To obtain virus - free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, which part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken?

  • Apical meristem only

  • Palisade parenchyma

  • Both apical and axillary meristems

  • Both apical and axillary meristems

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7.

As compared to a dicot root, a monocot root has

  • more abundant secondary xylem

  • many xylem bundles

  • inconspicuous annual rings

  • inconspicuous annual rings

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8.

You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical structure will you use to distinguish between the two?

  • Secondary xylem

  • Secondary phloem

  • Protoxylem

  • Protoxylem

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9.

Vascular bundles in monocotyledons are considered closed because

  • a bundle sheath surrounds each bundle

  • cambium is absent

  • there are no vessels with perforations

  • there are no vessels with perforations

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10.

A major characteristic of the monocot root is the presence of

  • Open vascular bundles

  • Scattered vascular bundles

  • Vasculature without cambium

  • Vasculature without cambium


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Vasculature without cambium

The characteristic feature of monocot root is presence of vasculature without cambium. The vascular bundles are alternate and radial and arranged in the form of a ring around a central pith. Phloem and xylem bundles are separated by narrow strips called conjunctive tissue and it does not take part in cambium formation. So, the vascular bundles in monocots are closed and do not show any secondary growth.

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