All the following regarding sclerenchyma tissue in plants are correct except:
1. Cells have thick lignified walls
2. Cells are usually dead and without protoplasts
3. It provides mechanical support to plant organs
4. It can assimilate food when it contains chloroplasts
The vascular bundles in a dicot stem are:
1. conjoint, open with endarch protoxylem
2. conjoint, closed with endarch protoxylem
3. conjoint, open with exarch protoxylem
4. conjoint, closed with exarch protoxylem
Complex tissues in a plant:
1. are composed of one type of cell performing same function
2. are composed of one type of cell performing different functions
3. are composed of more than one type of cells working together as a unit
4. are composed of more than one type of cells working independently of each other
Phloem in angiosperms is composed of all the following except:
1. Sieve cells
2. Companion cells
3. Phloem parenchyma
4. Phloem fibers
The nucleus of companion cells controls the functions of:
1. Sieve cells
2. Sieve tubes
3. Albuminous cells
4. Phloem parenchyma
Phloem fibers [bast fibers] are:
1. | made up of collenchyma and generally not seen in primary phloem |
2. | made up of collenchyma and generally not seen in secondary phloem |
3. | made up of sclerenchyma and generally not seen in primary phloem |
4. | made up of sclerenchyma and generally not seen in secondary phloem |
Which of the following components of the phloem tissue in angiosperms loses protoplasm and becomes dead at maturity?
1. Sieve tube elements | 2. Companion cells |
3. Phloem parenchyma | 4. Phloem fibers |
The incorrect statement regarding epidermal tissue system in angiosperms would be:
1. It comprises of epidermal cells and stomata but not the appendages such as trichomes
2. It is the outermost layer of the primary plant body forming a continuous layer
3. It is usually single layered
4. Cells are parenchymatous with a large vacuole
The meristem that helps grasses regenerate parts removed by the grazing herbivores is the:
1. | Shoot apical meristem | 2. | Root apical meristem |
3. | Intercalary meristem | 4. | Lateral meristem |
Mesophyll cells present in the ground tissue of leaves are:
1. chloroplasts lacking thin walled cells
2. chloroplasts containing thick walled cells
3. chloroplasts containing thin walled cells
4. chloroplasts lacking thick walled cells