Anatomy of Flowering Plants

The anatomy of springwood shows some peculiar features. Identify the correct set of statements about springwood. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

1. A, B, D and E only
2. A, C, D and E only
3. A, B and D only
4. C, D and E only

Interfascicular cambium is present between

1. Secondary xylem and secondary phloem
2. Primary xylem and primary phloem
3. Pericycle and endodermis
4. Two vascular bundles

The type of tissue commonly found in the fruit wall of nuts is :

1. Sclereid
2. Parenchyma
3. Collenchyma
4. Sclerenchyma

Initiation of lateral roots and vascular cambium during secondary growth takes place in cells of

1. Pericycle
2. Epiblema
3. Cortex
4. Endodermis

Match List-I with List-II. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

1. (a)-(iv), (b)-(ii), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)
2. (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(iii), (d)-(ii)
3. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
4. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)

Match List-I with List-II. Select the correct answer from the options given below.

1. (a)-(iii), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iv), (d)-(i)
2. (a)-(ii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(iii)
3. (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
4. (a)-(i), (b)-(ii), (c)-(iii), (d)-(iv)

Select the correct pair.

1. Loose parenchyma cells rupturing the epidermis and forming a lens shaped opening in bark - Spongy parenchyma
2. Large colorless empty cells in the epidermis of grass leaves - Subsidiary cells
3. In dicot leaves, vascular bundles are surrounded by large thick-walled cells - Conjunctive tissue
4. Cells of medullary rays that form part of cambial ring - Interfascicular cambium

Identify the incorrect statement.

1. Sapwood is involved in conduction of water and minerals from root to leaf
2. Sapwood is the innermost secondary xylem and is lighter in colour
3. Due to deposition of tannins, resins, oils etc., heart wood is dark in colour
4. Heart wood does not conduct water but gives mechanical support

The transverse section of a plant shows following anatomical features : (i) Large number of scattered vascular bundles surrounded by bundle sheath (ii) Large conspicuous parenchymatous ground tissue (iii) Vascular bundles conjoint and closed (iv) Phloem parenchyma absent Identify the category of plant and its part:

1. Monocotyledonous root
2. Dicotyledonous stem
3. Dicotyledonous root
4. Monocotyledonous stem

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

1. Shrinkage of air spaces in spongy mesophyll
2. Tyloses in vessels
3. Closure of stomata
4. Flaccidity of bulliform cells