This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 11 Transport In Plants – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 11 Transport In Plants Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the driving force for the process of water moving upward through the xylem in plants? A) Adhesion. B) Capillary Action. C) Transpiration from Leaves. D) Root Pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transpiration from Leaves. 2. How does carbon dioxide enter the mesophyll cells of a leaf? A) Through xylem vessels. B) By osmosis through cell membranes. C) Through stomata and diffuses into cells. D) Through phloem tissues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through stomata and diffuses into cells. 3. Which blood vessel has valves to prevent the back-flow of blood? A) Veins. B) Arteries. C) Capillaries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Veins. 4. Sieve cells in the phloem have nuclei. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. ..... is a waterproof substance in the stem of plants that minimize the loss of water through the walls of the xylem A) Ligin. B) Suberin. C) Lighnin. D) Superin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligin. 6. How will lowered humidity affect the rate of transpiration? A) No change. B) It depends. C) Decrease it. D) Increase it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increase it. 7. Which feature best distinguishes dicotyledon leaves from monocotyledon leaves? A) Long blades with parallel veins. B) Wide blades with narrow petioles. C) Small blades with short petioles. D) Needles with thick cuticles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wide blades with narrow petioles. 8. Which of the following statements is TRUE about xylem and phloem? A) Both are made of only living cells. B) Xylem carries food; phloem carries water. C) Xylem carries water; phloem carries food. D) Phloem helps in transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xylem carries water; phloem carries food. 9. In plants, Water and Minerals are transported through special tissues called A) Phoelm. B) Xylem. C) Stem. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Xylem. 10. Why might land flooded by seawater not be suitable for growing plants even after the flood water has evaporated? A) Too much nitrogen in the soil. B) Not enough oxygen in the soil. C) Low water potential in the soil. D) Too much carbon dioxide in the soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Low water potential in the soil. 11. The correct relationship between number of stomata and the rate of transpiration of plants. A) The more number of stomata in total number of leaves, the less rate of transpiration. B) The more number of stomata in total number of leaves, the more rate of transpiration. C) There is no effect on the rate of transpiration. D) The less number of stomata in total number of leaves, the more rate of transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The more number of stomata in total number of leaves, the more rate of transpiration. 12. What process moves organic compounds in the phloem? A) Diffusion. B) Transpiration. C) Translocation. D) Osmosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Translocation. 13. If pure water is separated from a strong sugar solution by a semi permeable membrane, then the net movement of molecules is A) From pure water to the sugar solution. B) From sugar solution to pure water. C) No net movement. D) Equal movement of molecules In both directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From pure water to the sugar solution. 14. What does the potometer measure? A) Water released. B) Rate of photosynthesis. C) Water loss. D) Water uptake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water uptake. 15. Xylem and phloem are found in all parts of a plant. True or False. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Which tissue in plants is responsible for transporting water from roots to other parts? A) Phloem. B) Xylem. C) Collenchyma. D) Parenchyma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Xylem. 17. The lower surface of leaf will have more number of stomata in a A) Dorsiventral leaf. B) Isobilateral leaf. C) Both 1 and 2. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dorsiventral leaf. 18. Facilitated diffusion uses ..... to move materials across the cell membrane. A) ATP energy. B) Transport proteins. C) Santa Claus. D) Special osmosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transport proteins. 19. Why don't STEMS of aquatic plants get damage by water? A) Because they are woody. B) Because they are flexible and light weight. C) Because they have thorns. D) Because they have cones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because they are flexible and light weight. 20. Evelyn is studying how plants grow in her garden. She learns that chlorophyll plays a crucial role in this process. What is the role of chlorophyll in plants? A) Absorb sunlight for photosynthesis. B) Transport water. C) Store energy. D) Provide structural support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorb sunlight for photosynthesis. 21. Which one is the process that begins transpiration? A) Evaporation from leaves. B) Photosynthesis. C) Respiration. D) Osmosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaporation from leaves. 22. What are parts of the plant that release sucrose or amino acids called? A) Sources. B) Vessels. C) Stomata. D) Sinks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sources. 23. What is the process by which water moves from the roots to the leaves of a plant? A) Photosynthesis. B) Transpiration. C) Osmosis. D) Respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 24. Why don't xylem vessels collapse or burst? A) They have thick side walls and rings of hard lignin. B) They have tiny pores. C) They have no cytoplasm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They have thick side walls and rings of hard lignin. 25. What is the upward movement of water, absorbed by roots, to all parts of the plant called? A) Ascent of Sap. B) Adhesion. C) Transpiration Pull. D) Capillary Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ascent of Sap. 26. Transpiration only occurs during the night when stomata are closed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 27. How would you expect increasing the temperature to affect the rate of transpiration? A) No change. B) Can't predict. C) Increase it. D) Decrease it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase it. 28. A plant process that requires energy for its movement A) Active transport. B) Osmosis. C) Diffusion. D) Root pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Active transport. 29. What are the two types of cells in phloem tissue? A) Vessel elements and tracheids. B) Sieve elements and companion cells. C) Guard cells and stomata. D) Mesophyll cells and root hairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sieve elements and companion cells. 30. As a result of ..... (i) ..... a suction force is created in the xylem vessel. This force causes the water to be pulled up from the xylem in the roots to the stem and then to the leaves. This pulling force is called ..... (ii) ..... A) (i)-transpiration (ii)-transpirational pull. B) (ii)-translocation (ii)-translocational pull. C) (i)-transportation (ii)-transportational pull. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (i)-transpiration (ii)-transpirational pull. 31. Rate of transpiration decreases when ..... A) Wind speed increases. B) Light intensity increases. C) Temperature increases. D) Humidity increases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humidity increases. 32. The sieve tube elements in phloem ..... A) Contain cytoplasm and nuclei. B) Contain cytoplasm but no nucleus. C) Contain nucleus but no cytoplasm. D) Contain nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contain cytoplasm but no nucleus. 33. Fill in the blank:The hypothesis that explains the movement of fluid through phloem tissue is called the ..... A) Cohesion-tension theory. B) Pressure-flow hypothesis. C) Root pressure theory. D) Transpiration-pull hypothesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pressure-flow hypothesis. 34. Water potential of imbibants is- A) Highly negative. B) Highly positive. C) Always positive. D) Zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highly negative. 35. What is the name given to the movement of water through a plant system? A) Translation. B) Transpiration. C) Osmosis. D) Photosynthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transpiration. 36. Death of protoplasm is a pre-requisite for a vital function like- A) Gaseous exchange. B) Transport of sap. C) Transport of food. D) Absorption of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transport of sap. 37. Are phloem cells alive or dead? A) Alive. B) Dead. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alive. 38. During the translocation of food in plants, the sink A) Has low osmotic pressure as compared to phloem sap. B) Is the part that synthesises the food. C) Receives sucrose molecules from phloem sap by facilitated diffusion. D) Has more osmotic pressure as compared to phloem sap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has low osmotic pressure as compared to phloem sap. 39. Water moving through the apoplast from the soil to stele cells must crosses a plasma membrane in the cells of A) Vessel. B) Root hairs. C) Cortex. D) Endodermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endodermis. 40. Which is a major source of nutrients in plants? A) Soil. B) Roots. C) Leaves. D) Stem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roots. 41. Which of the following does NOT affect rate of transpiration? A) Water in the soil. B) Temperature. C) Wind. D) Amount of sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wind. 42. What causes the water in xylem vessels to be under tension? A) Adhesion. B) Cohesion. C) Gravity. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evaporation. 43. Which statement characterizes a hypotonic solution? A) The solution has a greater solute conc. than the one it is being compared to. B) The solution has equal solute conc. to one its is being compared to. C) The solution has a lesser solute conc. than the one it is being compared to. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The solution has a lesser solute conc. than the one it is being compared to. 44. A cross-like structure is indicative of a A) Branch. B) Leaf. C) Stem. D) Root. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Root. 45. Which of these is an example of a plant adaptation. A) A plant needs sunlight to survive. B) Vines that can stick to walls and grow up trees or buildings to get their leaves closer to the sun. C) Roots soak up water and nutrients from the soil. D) People cut down trees to make lumber for houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vines that can stick to walls and grow up trees or buildings to get their leaves closer to the sun. 46. Which of the following are responsible for transpiration?I. adhesionII. cohesionIII. evaporationIV. active transport A) I and II only. B) I, II and III only. C) I, and III only. D) I, II, III and IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I, II and III only. 47. True or False:vascular bundles help to support the plant A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 48. Xylem tissue contains living cells with nuclei. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 49. What part of the leaf prevents water loss? A) Spongy mesophyll. B) Waxy cuticle. C) Palisade mesophyll. D) Xylem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Waxy cuticle. 50. Location where substances enter the phloem A) Sink. B) Pit. C) Loci. D) Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Source. 51. What happens to the water potential in root cells when minerals are actively pumped into the root xylem? A) It becomes zero. B) It remains the same. C) It increases. D) It decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It decreases. 52. Increasing temperature increases the rate of water loss from a plant, A) Because water molecules move faster. B) Because the air moves water molecules away from the leaf faster, making it easier for more water molecules to move out of the leaf. C) Because stomata open wider. This allows water molecules to leave the leaf faster. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because water molecules move faster. 53. The semi-permeable plasma membrane is made up of phospholipid bilayers which has heads and tails, the head part of the bilayer is: A) Hydrophilic. B) Hydrophobic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hydrophilic. 54. Which plant tissue transports water from roots upwards? A) Cortex. B) Epidermis. C) Xylem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xylem. 55. Why would the roots die without translocation? A) They would get no water. B) They would get no oxygen and carbon dioxide. C) They would get no sugars from the leaves to survive. D) They would rot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They would get no sugars from the leaves to survive. 56. Seeds when soaked in water, they imbibe it because of- A) O.P inside the seed is low. B) OP of water is high. C) DPD of seed is very much low. D) Water potential gradient between the seed coat and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Water potential gradient between the seed coat and water. 57. In a short plant, root pressure is strong enough to push the water up the stem. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. Which part of the plant increases the surface area for absorption? A) Stem. B) Flowers. C) Root hairs. D) Leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Root hairs. 59. Why does a large internal surface area in leaves increase water loss? A) It traps air. B) It stores water. C) It allows more evaporation from mesophyll into air spaces. D) It prevents diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It allows more evaporation from mesophyll into air spaces. 60. A few drops of sap were collected by cutting across a plant stem by a suitable method. The sap was tested chemically. Which one of the following test results indicates that it is phloem sap? A) Absence of sugar. B) Low refractive index. C) Acidic. D) Alkaline. 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