Multiple Choice Questions

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Apopalstic movement of water occurs exclusively through the

(i) Intercelluar spaces

(ii) Walls of the cells

(iii) Plasmodesmata

(iv) Cytoplasm

  • (i), (ii) and (iv) only

  • (iii) and (iv) only

  • (i) and (ii) only

  • (ii) and (iv) only

  • (ii) and (iv) only


C.

(i) and (ii) only

Apoplastic movement of water occur through intercellular spaces and cell wall of the cells.


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Grass leaves curl inwards during very dry weather. Select the most appropriate reason from the following

  • flaccidity of buliform cells

  • shrinkage of air spaces in spongy mesophyll

  • tyloses in vessels

  • closure of stomata


When a molecule moves across a membrane independent of other molecules the process is called

(i) Uniport

(ii) Symport

(iii) Antiport

  • (i) only

  • (i) and (ii) only

  • (i) and (iii) only

  • (ii) and (iii) only

  • (ii) and (iii) only


What is the direction of movement of sugars in phloem?

  • Upward

  • Downward

  • Bi-directional

  • Non-multidirectional


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