This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Biology > Class 11 Biology Chapter 6 Anatomy Of Flowering Plants – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Biology Chapter 6 Anatomy Of Flowering Plants Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Anchoring plants, storing food, and absorbing water are functions of plant A) Nuts. B) Flowers. C) Fruits. D) Roots. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roots. 2. In dicotyledonous stem, the cells of the endodermis are rich in starch grains and the layer is also referred to as the starch sheath. A) Lenticel. B) Casparian strips. C) Aleurone layer. D) Starch sheath. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Starch sheath. 3. Sclerenchyma consists of long, narrow cells with thick and lignified cell walls having a few or numerous pits. A) Sclerenchyma. B) Chlorenchyma. C) Parenchyma. D) Collenchyma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sclerenchyma. 4. Adenosine triphosphate, the molecule which provides the energy in the cells of all living things A) Gamete. B) Photosynthesis. C) ATP. D) Chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ATP. 5. Select the correct option after reading the following statements.Statement I:The meristem which occurs between mature tissues is known as intercalary meristem.Statement II:During the formation of leaves and elongation of stem, some cells 'left behind' from shoot apical meristem, constitute the axillary bud. A) Only statement I is incorrect. B) Only statement II is incorrect. C) Both I & II are correct. D) Both I & II are incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both I & II are correct. 6. Annual or growth rings consist of- A) Alternate rings of heart and early wood. B) Alternate rings of sapwood and heart wood. C) Alternate rings of early and late wood. D) Alternate rings of porous and non-porous wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alternate rings of early and late wood. 7. During secondary growth the amount of xylem produced is more than phloem because- A) The cambium is more active on the inner side. B) Cambium is more active on outer side. C) Cambium is equally active on both side but xylem is needed more. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cambium is more active on the inner side. 8. All of the following statements are correct for cells of parenchyma, except A) They are generally isodiametric. B) They have lignified cell walls. C) They may be spherical, oval, polygonal or elongated in shape. D) They are the mature cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have lignified cell walls. 9. Cambium ring in dicot stem is A) Primary meristem in origin. B) Secondary meristem in origin. C) Promeristem in origin. D) Both primary and secondary meristem in origin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both primary and secondary meristem in origin. 10. Sclereids are commonly found in the-I) Fruit wall of nutsII)pulp of fruit like guava & pearIII) Seed coat of legumes.IV) microplyle of peaSelect the correct combination- A) All except I. B) All except II. C) All except III. D) All except IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All except IV. 11. How many shoot apical meristematic zones areexpected in a plant possessing 9 branches and39 leaves? A) 8. B) 9. C) 39. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10. 12. Select the correct statement regarding vessels. A) Long, cylindrical tube-like structure present in angiosperms. B) Cells are thin with cellulosic cell wall and without lignin. C) They are less efficient water conducting elements of xylem. D) Cells are rich in protoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long, cylindrical tube-like structure present in angiosperms. 13. In land plants, the guard cells differ from other epidermal cells in having:- A) Cytoskeleton. B) Mitochondria. C) Endoplasmic reticulum. D) Chloroplasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chloroplasts. 14. VASCULAR BUNDLE IN DICOT ROOT IS A) OPEN AND CONJOINT. B) CLOSED AND CONJOINT. C) OPEN AND RADIAL. D) CLOSED AND RADIAL. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) OPEN AND RADIAL. 15. SI-Primary Xylem is exarch in rootsSII-Primary Xylem is endarch in stems A) Both SI and SII are correct. B) Both are incorrect. C) SI is correct and SII is incorrect. D) SI is incorrect and SII is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both SI and SII are correct. 16. If xylem and phloem are present on the same radii then the vascular bundle is called as A) Open vascular bundle. B) Conjoint vascular bundle. C) Closed vascular bundle. D) Radial vascular bundle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conjoint vascular bundle. 17. CORTEX HAS THREE LAYERS LIKE HYPODERMIS, CORTICAL LAYERS AND ENDODERMIS IN A) DICOT LEAF. B) MONOCOT ROOT. C) MONOCOT STEM. D) DICOT STEM. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DICOT STEM. 18. What is the purpose of stem anatomy in a flowering plant? A) Photosynthesis and reproduction. B) Support and transport. C) Protection and storage. D) Respiration and communication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support and transport. 19. All tissues on the inner side of the endodermis such as pericycle, vascular bundles and pith constitute the stele. A) Stele. B) Pericycle. C) Epidermal tissue. D) Ground tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stele. 20. Which one is secondary lateral meristem? A) Intercalary. B) Cork cambium. C) Interfascicular cambium. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b and c. 21. Proteins which assist chemical reactions in living cells A) Monocots. B) Enzyzmes. C) Gamete. D) Chromosome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enzyzmes. 22. What is the reason for the formation of cork cambium or phellogen? A) It is because cortical cells start showing redifferentiation to form cork cambium. B) It is because vascular cambium starts to degenerate. C) It is because vascular cambium stops its meristematic activity. D) As the stem continues to increase in girth due to the activity of vascular cambium, the outer cortical and epidermal layer gets broken and need to be replaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As the stem continues to increase in girth due to the activity of vascular cambium, the outer cortical and epidermal layer gets broken and need to be replaced. 23. Which of the following bast fibres is of great commercial value? A) Jute. B) Flax. C) Hemp. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 24. What is the main function of the root system in a flowering plant? A) Conducting photosynthesis. B) Producing flowers and fruits. C) Anchoring the plant and absorbing water and nutrients. D) Supporting the leaves and flowers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anchoring the plant and absorbing water and nutrients. 25. A major characteristic of the 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vasculature without cambium. 26. The phloem parenchyma stores food material and other substances like resins, latex and mucilage. A) Sieve tube element. B) Sieve tube. C) Parenchyma. D) Fibres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parenchyma. 27. Which of the following structures encloses the stomatal pore and has a bean shape? A) Epidermal cell. B) Subsidiary cell. C) Guard cell. D) Cuticle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Guard cell. 28. Dead cells with narrow lumen, lignified cell wall with a few or numerous pits and serving a mechanical function only are called- A) Collenchyma. B) Aerenchyma. C) Sclerenchyma. D) Xylem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sclerenchyma. 29. Secondary xylem and phloem in dicot stem are produced by A) Apical meristem. B) Vascular cambium. C) Axillary meristems. D) Phellogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vascular cambium. 30. Which of the following statements is incorrect for secondary meristem? A) They regenerate the parts of grasses damaged by grazers. B) They are cylindrical meristems. C) They occur in mature regions of root and shoot. D) They appear later than primary meristems in the life of a plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They regenerate the parts of grasses damaged by grazers. 31. Trees which bear cones and need-like or scale-like leaves A) Dicots. B) Monocots. C) Gamete. D) Conifers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conifers. 32. The outermost layer in dicotyledonous roots is known as Epiblema. A) Stele. B) Epiblema. C) Endodermis. D) Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cortex. 33. Heartwood is characterized by all, except A) Its commercial importance for timber. B) Active in water conduction. C) Presence of tyloses. D) Presence of tannins, resins, oils, gums etc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Active in water conduction. 34. Cortex is the region found between:- A) Endodermis and pith. B) Epidermis and stele. C) Endodermis and vascular bundle. D) Pericycle and endodermis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epidermis and stele. 35. Tiny opening that is useful for gas exchange. A) Epidermis. B) Stoma. C) Cuticle. D) Venis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stoma. 36. ..... present on the inner side of the endodermis and above the phloem in the form of semi-lunar patches of sclerenchyma. A) Pericycle. B) Starch sheath. C) Pith. D) Cortical layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pericycle. 37. The presence of vessels is a characteristic feature of angiosperms. A) Xylem. B) Sclerenchyma. C) Phloem. D) Vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vessels. 38. In dicot leaf, the vascular bundles are surrounded by a layer of thick walled bundle sheath cells. A) Pith. B) Bulliform cells. C) Bundle sheath cells. D) Passage cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bundle sheath cells. 39. Highly thick-walled lignified cells generally found in fruit walls of nuts and pulp of fruits are A) Sclerenchyma. B) Xylem fibres. C) Tracheids. D) Albuminous cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sclerenchyma. 40. The thin radial fibres extending from pith to cambium layer are known as A) Sap wood. B) Medullary rays. C) Inner bark. D) Outer bark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary rays. 41. When Xylem & phloem are separated by a strip of cambium, vascular bundle is called- A) Collateral & open. B) Collateral & closed. C) Concentric & closed. D) Bicollateral & open. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collateral & open. 42. Major xylary element in wood of a gymnospermic plant is A) Xylem parenchyma. B) Tracheid. C) Xylem fibre. D) Vessel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tracheid. 43. Which of the following statements is incorrect about sclereids (stone cells) A) Variously shaped. B) Highly thickened + lignified cell wall and lumen is narrow. C) Commonly found in the fruits, wall of nuts, seed coats of legumes and leaves. D) They are types of parenchyma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They are types of parenchyma. 44. Hair like projections that extend from the epidermis are A) Stem hairs. B) Trichomes. C) Thorn. D) Root hairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trichomes. 45. Assertion. In collateral vascular bundles, phloem is situated towards inner side. Reason. In monocot stem, cambium is present A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D. 46. In conjoint type of vascular bundles, the xylem and phloem are jointly situated along the same radius of vascular bundles. A) Radial. B) Open. C) Concentric. D) Conjoint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radial. 47. Medullary rays are formed by the- A) Radially placed parenchymatous cells between vascular bundles. B) Longitudinally placed parenchymatous cells between vascular bundles. C) Laterally placed parenchymatous cells between vascular bundles. D) Obliquely placed parenchymatous cells between vascular bundles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radially placed parenchymatous cells between vascular bundles. 48. Read the different components from (A) to (D) 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: A) , (C), (A), (B). B) , (B), (D), (C). C) , (A), (C), (B). D) , (D), (B), (A). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , (B), (D), (C). 49. Cork cambium of dicot stem originates from A) Dedifferentitaed collenchyma cells of cortex. B) Dediffrentiated parenchyma cells of cortex. C) Rediffrentiated collenchyma cells of cortex. D) Rediffrentiated parenchyma cells of cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dediffrentiated parenchyma cells of cortex. 50. Assertion:The two cotyledons in seed are embryonic leaves. Reason:The embryo contains radicle and plumule A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 51. Ray parenchymatous cells- A) Are living. B) Are dead. C) Perform radial conduction of water. D) A and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A and c. 52. Assertion:Epidermal cells have small amount of cytoplasm and a large vacuole. Reason:Guard cells are dumb bell shaped in dicots and bean shaped in monocots A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 53. Interfascicular cambium develops from the cells of: A) Endodermis. B) Medullary rays. C) Xylem parenchyma. D) Pericycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medullary rays. 54. The stomatal aperture, guard cells and the surrounding subsidiary cells are together called stomatal apparatus. A) Transpiratory unit. B) Stomatal apparatus. C) Stoma. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stomatal apparatus. 55. Select the correct statement from the following-I)youngest secondary phloem is just outside the cambium, while youngest secondary xylem is present inside the cambiumII) oldest secondary phloem is just inside the primary phloem while oldest secondary xylem is just above pith.III) secondary medullary rays passes through both secondary xylem & secondary phloem A) I & II. B) II & III. C) III & I. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 56. Which of the cell is non-living and without protoplast? A) Collenchyma. B) Chlorenchyma. C) Parenchyma. D) Sclerenchyma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sclerenchyma. 57. In root, the tangential as well as radial walls of the barrel-shaped endodermal cells have a deposition of water impermeable, waxy material-suberin in the form of- A) Protein strips. B) Casparian strips. C) Cuticle strips. D) Silicious strips. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Casparian strips. 58. Secondary growth occurs due to activity of- A) Cork cambium. B) Interfascicular cambium. C) Vascular cambium. D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 59. Age of a tree can be estimated by: A) Diameter of its heartwood. B) Its height and girth. C) Biomass. D) Number of annual rings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Number of annual rings. 60. Which one of the following is not a lateral meristem? A) Intercalary meristem. B) Phellogen. C) Interfascicular cambium. D) Intrafascicular cambium. 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