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Multiple Choice Questions

Which of the statements given below is not true about formation of Annual Rings in trees?

  • Differential activity of cambium causes light and dark bands of tissue early and late wood respectively.

  • Activity of cambium depends upon variation in climate.

  • Annual rings are not prominent in trees of temperate region.

  • Annual ring is a combination of spring wood and autumn wood produced in a year


Pick out the correct statement

  • Spring wood is otherwise called late wood

  • Autumn wood is otherwise called early wood

  • In old trees, the heart wood is involved in the conduction of water

  • In old trees, the sap wood does not conduct water

  • In old trees, the sap wood does not conduct water


Xylem translocates

  • Water and mineral salts only

  • Water, mineral salts and some organic nitrogen only

  • Water, mineral salts, some organic nitrogen and hormones

  • Water only


Which among these statements about collenchymas is true?

  • Collenchyma cells are usually dead without protoplasts

  • The cells are long and narrow with thick lignified walls

  • Collenchyma occurs in layers below the epidermis in dicotyledonous plants

  • These cells are found in the pulp of fruits like guava, pear and sapota

  • These cells are found in the pulp of fruits like guava, pear and sapota


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