Plant Tissues - III

Tests knowledge of plant tissue types, their characteristics, functions, and classification

12 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following tissues acquires a specific role and loses the ability of cell division?

  1. Meristematic tissue
  2. Permanent tissue
  3. Cambium
  4. Vascular cambium
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following meristems helps in increasing the girth of a plant?

  1. Lateral meristem
  2. Intercalary meristem
  3. Primary meristem
  4. Apical meristem
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following tissues has dead cells?

  1. Collenchyma
  2. Sclerenchyma
  3. Parenchyma
  4. Phloem
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Name the chemical secreted by cork cells that makes them impervious to gases and water.

  1. Suberin
  2. Lignin
  3. Cutin
  4. Melanin
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following help(s) in the conduction of water in plants?

  1. Root hairs
  2. Phloem fibres
  3. Xylem vessels
  4. Phloem parenchyma
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Meristematic tissues are distinguished by which of the following features?

  1. They have power of cell division.
  2. They lack power of cell division.
  3. They are highly differentiated cells.
  4. They are lignified.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of tissue is cambium?

  1. Intercalary
  2. Permanent
  3. Apical meristem
  4. Lateral meristem
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following tissues is present in the husk of coconut?

  1. Sclerenchyma
  2. Chlorenchyma
  3. Aerenchyma
  4. Meristematic tissue
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following:

 
1. Tracheids (a) Complex permanent tissue
2. Companion cells (b) Transport metabolic products
3. Sieve tubes (c) Dense cytoplasm
4. Xylem (d) Transport minerals
  1. 1 – (d), 2 – (b), 3 – (a), 4 – (c)
  2. 1 – (d), 2 – (c), 3 – (b), 4 – (a)
  3. 1 – (c), 2 – (b), 3 – (d), 4 – (a)
  4. 1 – (c), 2 – (d), 3 – (c), 4 – (b)
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What do you call the cells having the ability to divide?

  1. Specialised cells
  2. Permanent cells
  3. Meristematic cells
  4. Glandular cells
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which distinctive feature makes it possible for plants to survive in a terrestrial environment?

  1. The presence of meristemic tissues
  2. The presence of epidermal tissues
  3. The presence of aerenchymal tissues
  4. The presence of conductive tissues
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the following tissues correctly with their functions.

1. Tracheids (a) Store food
2. Xylem fibres (b) Transport metabolic products
3. Sieve tubes (c) Mechanical support
4. Parenchyma (d) Transport minerals vertically
  1. 1 – d, 2 – b, 3 – a, 4 – c
  2. 1 – d, 2 – c, 3 – b, 4 – a
  3. 1 – c, 2 – b, 3 – d, 4 – a
  4. 1 – c, 2 – d, 3 – c, 4 – b