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71.

The term 'bark' refers to

  • Phellem, phelloderm and vascular cambium

  • Periderm and secondary xylem

  • Cork cambium and cork

  • Phellogen, phellem, phelloderm and Secondary phloem


72.

What differentiates leaf of dicots from monocots?

  • Parallel venation

  • Differentiation of palisade and spongy parenchyma

  • Stomata only on upper side

  • Stomata both on upper and lower sides


73.

Duramen is present in

  • inner region of secondary wood

  • part of sap wood

  • outer region of secondary wood

  • region of pericycle


74.

Meristematic tissue in vascular bundle is

  • phellem

  • procambium

  • interfascicular cambium

  • fascicular cambium


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75.

Quiescent centre is the zone of

  • least mitotic activity in the root apex

  • least mitotic activity in the shoot apex

  • maximum mitotic activity in the root apex

  • maximum mitotic activity in the shoot apex


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least mitotic activity in the root apex

Quiescent centre is an area at the top of the root apical meristem where the cells have least mitotic activity i.e., the rate of cell division is lower than in surrounding tissue. But the cell retains the meristematic property ones the meristamatic cells sourrounding them are damaged.


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76.

Ectophloic siphonostele is found in

  • Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae

  • Osmunda and Equisetum

  • Marsilea and Botrychium

  • Dicksonia and maiden hair fem


77.

In a woody dicotyledonous tree, which of the following parts will mainly consist of primary tissues?

  • Stem and root

  • All parts

  • Shoot tips and root tips

  • Flowers, fruits and leaves


78.

In monocot roots which types of vascular bundles are found?

  • Collateral, conjoint and closed

  • Radial with exarch xylem

  • Bicollateral, conjoint and closed

  • Radial with endarch xylem


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79.

Periderm includes

  • cork cambium only

  • cork cambium and cork

  • cork and secondary cortex

  • cork cambium, cork and secondary cortex


80.

As secondary growth proceeds, in a dicot stem, the thickness of

  • sapwood increases

  • heartwood increases

  • both sapwood and heartwood increases

  • both sapwood and heartwood remains the same


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