Multiple Choice Questions

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Largest number of chloroplast is found in :

  • palisade tissue

  • spongy tissue

  • transfusion tissue

  • bundle sheath cells


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palisade tissue

Dorsiventral leaf of dicot plant consits of epidermis, mesophyll and vascular bundles. Mesophyll is further divided into palisade tissue and spongy tissue.

Palisade tissue is a upper layer that consists of closely arranged cells containing numerous chloroplasts. Spongy tissue consists of losely arranged cells. Most of the photosynthesis takes place in palisade tissue.


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Cook cambium and vascular cambium are :

  • parts of secondary xylem and phloem

  • parts of pericycle

  • lateral meristems

  • apical meristems


Which type of meristems allow the fallen stems of cereals/ grasses to become erect?

  • Apical meristem

  • Lateral meristem

  • Intercalary meristem

  • Secondary meristem


Quiescent centre is found in root apex and acts as

  • permanent source of active initiates

  • reservoir of resistant cells

  • reservoir of passive cells to form new root apex if root apex is damaged/ killed

  • all of the above


Passage cells are found in

  • dicot stem

  • monocot root

  • monocot stem

  • all of these


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Phytotron is :

  • a controlled condition chamber for tissue

  • leaf culture process

  • special culture of plants

  • root culture process


Growth rings are formed due to activity of :

  • extrastelar cambium

  • intrastelar cambium

  • interstelar cambium

  • both 'b' and 'c'


P-proteins belong to :

  • xylem parenchyma

  • trichomes

  • sieve tube elements

  • tracheids and vessels


Which is present in monocot flowers?

  • Sepals

  • Petals

  • Tepals

  • None of these


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An open collateral bundle is one in which :

  • xylem and phloem are seprated by cambium;

  • xylem and phloem lie side by side

  • cambium occurs on the out side of bundle

  • cambium does not occur in the bundle


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