Anatomy Of Flowering Plants

Class 11 Chapter 6

NEET 2013
Qu = 1 Lenticels are involved in
(a) food transport (b) photosynthesis
(c) transpiration (d) gaseous exchange.

Qu = 2 Age of a tree can be estimated by

(a) number of annual rings (b) diameter of its heartwood
(c) its height and girth (d) biomass.

Qu = 3 Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of

(a) endodermis (b) pericycle
(c) medullary rays (d) xylem parenchyma.

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(a) intercalary meristem
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Qu = 4 Meristematic tissue responsible for increase in girth of tree trunk is
(b) lateral meristem
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(c) phellogen (d) apical meristem
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Qu = 5 Which of the following statements is not true for stomatal apparatus?

(a) Guard cells invariably possess chloroplasts and mitochondria.
(b) Guard cells are always surrounded by subsidiary cells.
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(c) Stomata are involved in gaseous exchange.

(d) Inner wall of guard cells are thick.
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NEET 2014
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Qu = 6 Tracheids differ from other tracheary elements in

(a) having Casparian strips (b) being imperforate
(c) lacking nucleus (d) being lignifed.

Qu = 7 You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following
anatomical structures will you use to distinguish between the two?
(a) Secondary xylem (b) Secondary phloem
(c) Protoxylem (d) Cortical cells

NEET 2015
Qu = 8 Read the diferent components from (i) to (iv) in the list given below and tell the correct
order of the components with reference to their arrangement from outer side to inner side in
a woody dicot stem.
(i) Secondary cortex (ii) Wood
(iii)Secondary phloem (iv) Phellem
Te correct order is
(a) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii) (b) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(c) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i) (d) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii).
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Qu = 9 Vascular bundles in monocotyledons are considered closed because

(a) there are no vessels with perforations
(b) xylem is surrounded all around by phloem
(c) a bundle sheath surrounds each bundle
(d) cambium is absent.

Qu = 10 A major characteristic of monocot root is the presence of

(a) vasculature without cambium
(b) cambium sandwiched between phloem and xylem along the radius
(c) open vascular bundles
(d) scattered vascular bundles.

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Qu = 11 Specialised epidermal cells surrounding the guard cells are called

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(a) bulliform cells (b) lenticels
(c) complementary cells (d) subsidiary cells.

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Qu = 12 Cortex is the region found between

(a) epidermis and stele
(b) pericycle and endodermis
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(c) endodermis and pith

(d) endodermis and vascular bundle.
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Qu = 13 The balloon-shaped structures called tyloses

(a) originate in the lumen of vessels
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(b) characterise the sapwood

(c) are extensions of xylem parenchyma cells into vessels
(d) are linked to the ascent of sap through xylem vessels.

Ques 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Ans d a c b b d c a d a
Ques 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Ans d a c
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Qu – 1 Identifies the wrong statement in Qu – 8 Phloem in gymnosperms lacks

context of heartwood. (a) Sieve tubes only
(a) Organic compounds are deposited in it (b) Companion cells only
(b) It is highly durable (c) Both sieve tubes and companion cells
(c) It conducts water and minerals efficiently (d) Albuminous cells and sieve cells
(d) It comprises dead elements with highly
lignified walls Qu – 9 Which of the statements given below
is not true about formation of annual rings in
Qu -2 Which of the following is made up of trees ?
dead cells ? (a) Differential activity of cambium causes
a) Xylem parenchyma light and dark bands of tissue early and late
(b) Collenchyma wood, respectively
(c) Phellem (b) Activity of cambium depends upon

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(d) Phloem variation in climate

Qu – 3 The vascular cambium normal gives

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(c) Annual rings are not prominent in trees of
temperate region
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rise to (d) Annual ring is a combination of spring
(a) Phelloderm (b) Primary phloem wood and autumn wood produced in a year
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(c) Secondary xylem (d) Periderm

NEET 2019 (Odisha)
NEET 2018
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Qu – 10 Regeneration of damaged growing

Qu – 4 Stomata in grass leaf are grass following grazing is largely due to
(a) Rectangular (b) Kidney-shaped (a) Lateral meristem
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(c) Dumb-bell shaped (d) Barrel-shaped (b) Apical meristem

(c) Intercalary meristem
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Qu – 5 Secondary xylem and phloem in dicot (d) Secondary meristem

stem are produced by
(a) Phellogen Qu – 11 In dicot root, the vascular cambium
(b) Vascular cambium originates from
(c) Apical meristems (a) tissue located below the phloem bundles
(d) Axillary meristems and a portion of pericycle tissue above
protoxylem
Qu – 6 Casparian strips occur in (b) cortical region
(a) Pericycle (b) Endodermis (c) Parenchyma between endodermis and
(c) Cortex (d) Epidermis pericycle
(d) intrafascicular and interfasicular tissue in
Qu – 7 Plants having little or no secondary a ring
growth are
(a) Conifers (b) Deciduous angiosperms
(c) Grasses (d) Cycads
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Qu – 12 Identify the incorrect statement. Qu - 15 Which of the following is an incorrect

(a) Heartwood does not conduct water but statement?
gives mechanical support (a) Mature sieve tube elements possess a
(b) Sapwood is involved in conduction of conspicuous nucleus and usual cytoplasmic
water and minerals from root to leaf organelles.
(c) Sapwood is the innermost secondary (b) Microbodies are present both in plant and
xylem and is lighter in colour animal cells.
(d) Due to deposition of tannins, resins, oils (c) The perinuclear space forms a barrier
etc., heartwood is dark in colour between the materials present inside the
nucleus and that of the cytoplasm.
Qu – 13 The transverse section of a plant (d) Nuclear pores act as passages for proteins
shows following anatomical features and RNA molecules in both directions
(1) Large number of scattered vascular between nucleus and cytoplasm.
bundles surrounded by bundle sheath
(2) Large conspicuous parenchymatous Qu - 16 Select the correct pair.

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ground tissue (a) Large colorless empty – Subsidiary cells
(3) Vascular bundles conjoint and closed
(4) Phloem parenchyma absent
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cells in the epidermis of
grass leaves
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(b) In dicot leaves, vascular – Conjunctive tissue
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(a) Monocotyledonous stem by large thick-walled cells

(b) Monocotyledonous root (c) Cells of - Interfascicular cambium
(c) Dicotyledonous stem medullary rays that form
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(d) Dicotyledonous root part of cambial ring

(d) Loose parenchyma – Spongy parenchyma
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and forming a lens shaped

Qu - 14 Which of the following statement opening in bark
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about cork cambium is incorrect?

(a) It forms a part of periderm. Qu - 17 Match List - I with List - II.
(b) It is responsible for the formation of (a) Cells with active
lenticles. cell division capacity (i) Vascular tissues
(c) It is a couple of layers thick (b) Tissue having all
(d) It forms secondary cortex on its outerside. cells similar in structure
and function (ii) Meristematic tissue
(c) Tissue having
different types of cells (iii) Sclereids
(d) Dead cells with
highly thickened walls
and narrow lumen (iv) Simple tissue

Select the correct answer from the options

given below.
(a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) (c) (d)
(1) (ii) (iv) (i) (iii) (2) (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
(3) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (4) (iii) (ii) (iv) (i)
Qu = 18 Match List -I with List - II. Qu = 20 The anatomy of springwood shows
(a) Lenticels (i) Phellogen some peculiar features.
(b) Cork cambium (ii) Suberin deposition Identify the correct set of statements about
(c) Secondary cortex (iii) Exchange of gases springwood.
(d) Cork (iv) Phelloderm
A. It is also called as the earlywood
B. In spring season cambium produces xylem
Choose the correct answer from the options
given below. elements with narrow vessels
(a) (b) (c) (d) C. It is lighter in colour.
(1) (iv) (i) (iii) (ii) D. The springwood along with autumnwood
(2) (iii) (i) (iv) (ii) shows alternate concentric rings forming
(3) (ii) (iii) (iv) (i) annual rings
(4) (iv) (ii) (i) (iii) E. It has lower density

NEET 2022 Choose the correct answer from the options

given below.

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Qu = 19 Read the following statements about (a) C, D and D only
the vascular bundles:
A. In roots, xylem and phloem in a vascular
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(b) A, B, D and E only
(c) A, C, D and E only
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bundle are arranged in an alternate manner (d) A, B and D only
along the different radii
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B. Conjoint closed vascular bundles do not Qu = 21 In old trees the greater part of
possess cambium secondary xylem is dark brown and resistant
C. In open vascular bundles, cambium is to insect attack due to
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present in between xylem and phloem A. Secretion of secondary metabolities and

D. The vascular bundles of dicotyledonous their deposition in the lumen of vessles
stem possess endarch protoxylem B. Deposition of organic compounds like
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E. In monocotyledonous root, usually there tannins and resins in the central layers of
are more than six xylem bundles present
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stem
C. Deposition of suberin and aromatic
Choose the correct answer from the options substances in the outer layer of stem
given below. D. Deposition of tannins, gum, resin and
(a) A, C, D and E only aromatic substances in the peripheral layers
(b) A, B and D only of stem
(c) B, C, D and E only E. Presence of parenchyma cells, functionally
(d) A, B, C and D only active xylem elements and essential oils.

Choose the correct answer from the options

given below.
(a) B and D only
(b) A and B only
(c) C and D only
(d) D and E only
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Ques 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans a c a d a c a 2 * c
Ques 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans b

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