Tissues (Class IX)
Comprehensive quiz covering plant and animal tissues including meristematic, permanent, epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous tissues
Questions
Chlorenchyma contains chlorophyll and performs photosynthesis. Which type of tissue is it?
- Parenchyma
- Collenchyma
- Sclerenchyma
- Xylem
- Phloem
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
a. Meristematic cells divide continuously.
b. The cells of meristematic tissues have thin walls and change shape continuously.
c. They are present only at the growing regions of the plant.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and c
- a, b and c
Which of the following statements about permanent tissues is/are correct?
a. Plant permanent tissues are produced by meristematic tissues.
b. They have a vacuolated cytoplasm.
c. Permanent tissues are living tissues.
- a, b and c
- a and b
- a and c
- b and c
- b only
Which of the following statements is/are correct about epidermis?
a. The epidermis is usually made of a single layer of cells.
b. Epidermal cells on the aerial parts of the plant often secrete a waxy, water-resistant layer on their outer surface.
c. Epidermal cells are flat and have lots of intercellular spaces.
- a, b and c
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
Which of the following meristematic tissues is/are matched correctly with their location?
a. Apical meristem - Tip of stem, root and branches
b. Intercalary meristem - Vascular bundles called cambium
c. Lateral meristem - Leaf base and leaf sheaths of monocots
- a, b and c
- a and b
- a only
- b only
- c only
Which of the following is/are correct about vascular bundles?
a. They consist of plant complex tissues xylem and phloem.
b. They transport water, salt and food material in plant body.
c. Materials can move in both directions in them.
- a, b and c
- a and b
- a and c
- b and c
- only a
Which of the following is incorrect about sclerenchyma tissues?
- They act as a packing tissue and are found between other tissues.
- They are also known as fibres as they are elongated and thread-like.
- They are isodiametric without pointed ends.
- They are also known as stone cells.
- They give necessary strength, rigidity and flexibility to the plant body.
Each stomatal opening is surrounded by two semilunar cells called guard cells. Which of the following statements about these guard cells is/are correct?
a. They are dead cells.
b. The inner walls of these cells are thicker and the outer walls thinner.
c. They regulate the opening and closing of stomatal pores.
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and c
- b and c
Which of the following is not a function of epithelial tissues?
- They protect underlying cells from drying, injury, bacterial and chemical effects.
- They form lining of the mouth and alimentary canal of other internal organs to protect them.
- They help in elimination of waste products.
- They bind, support and pack together different organs of the body.
- Some of them perform secretory functions.
Phloem is made up some elements including phloem fibers and phloem parynchema. Which of the following elements are not present in phloem?
a. Trachieds
b. Sieve tubes
c. Companion cells
d. Vessels
- a and b
- b and c
- c and d
- a and c
- a and d
Which of the following pairs of 'type of epithelial tissue - its location' is incorrectly matched?
- Squamous epithelium - Bowman's capsule
- Cuboidal epithelium - Salivary glands
- Ciliated epithelium - Kidney tubules
- Striated squamous epithelium - Gonads
- Sensory epithelium - Sense organs
Bone is a type of
- epithelial tissue
- connective tissue
- muscular tissue
- nervous tissue
- None of these
Which of the following are cardiac muscles?
- Uninucleated and unstriated
- Unstriated and unbranched
- Branched and uninucleated
- Unbranched and multinucleated
- Branched and multinucleated
Which of the following tissues stores fat in our body?
- Areolar tissue
- Adipose tissue
- Blood
- Tendon
- Basement membrane
Meristematic cells lack which of the following organelles?
a. Cytoplasm
b. Nucleus
c. Vacuole
- a only
- b only
- c only
- a and b
- b and c
Which part of neuron receives information from another neuron?
- Synapse
- Cyton
- Axon
- Dendrites
- Nodes of Ranvier
Haversian canals and marrow cavities are found in
- bone
- cartilage
- tendon
- ligament
- adipose tissue
Which of the following statements is/are correct about cardiac muscles?
a. They are found in the heart.
b. They are involuntary muscles.
c. They are smooth muscles.
- a, b and c
- a and b
- a and c
- b and c
- a only
Which of the following tissues gives flexibility to plants?
- Apical
- Lateral
- Collenchyma
- Chlorenchyma
- Sclerenchyma
Which of the following statements is/are correct about leukocytes?
a. These are also known as red blood cells.
b. They transport oxygen and prevent excess of acidity in blood.
c. They are devoid of haemoglobin.
- a, b and c
- a and b
- a and c
- b and c
- c only