Plant Anatomy
Anatomy of plant roots and stems, covering monocot and dicot characteristics including tissues, vascular bundles, and structural features.
Questions
Which of the following is an all-root plant?
- Utricularia
- Banyan
- Podostemon
- Mimosa
In which of the following plants are roots absent?
- Monotropa
- Wolffia arhiza
- Oak
- Grass
Where is the connective tissue present in a dicot root?
- Just below epiblema
- Between xylem and phloem
- In the central part of stele
- Outside cortex
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a dicot root?
- Endodermal cells are barrel-shaped.
- Radial walls of endodermis contain casparian strip.
- It has less developed pith.
- It has more than 8 vascular bundles.
Which of the following is/are absent in monocot roots?
- Barrel-shaped cells
- Unicellular root hairs
- Phloem parenchyma
- Exarch xylem
From which layer do lateral roots arise?
- Epiblema
- Endodermis
- Pericycle
- Connective tissue
Multicellular hairs are found in the
- stem of maize
- stem of sunflower
- root of pea
- root of maize
In which of the following is pith absent?
- Sunflower stem
- Maize stem
- Maize root
- Pea root
Match the following:
| (i) Epidermis | (a) Medulla |
| (ii) Endodermis | (b) Stele |
| (iii) Pericycle | (c) Root hairs |
| (iv) Pith | (d) Casparian strip |
- (i) - d, (ii) - c, (iii) - a, (iv) - b
- (i) - c, (ii) - d, (iii) - b, (iv) - a
- (i) - b, (ii) - a, (iii) - c, (iv) - d
- (i) - a, (ii) - b, (iii) - d, (iv) - c
Which of the following is the correct sequence of structural features in T.S. of the dicot root?
- Epidermis - Cortex - Endodermis - Pericycle
- Epiblema - Cortex - Endodermis - Pericycle
- Pericycle - Epiblema - Cortex - Endodermis
- Epiblema - Hypodermis - Endodermis - Pericycle
Cambium strip is found
- between xylem and phloem of sunflower stem
- between xylem and phloem of maize stem
- below the epidermis of sunflower stem
- between xylem and phloem of monocot root
Vascular bundles are conjoint, collateral, open and endarch in the
- monocot stem
- monocot root
- dicot stem
- dicot root
Which of the following is/are situated between hypodermis and endodermis of dicot stem?
- Pericycle
- Vascular bundles
- General cortex
- Pith
The type of vascular bundles in root are
- collateral
- bicollateral
- radial
- conjoint
Polyarch xylem and siphonostele are characteristics of
- dicot stem
- monocot root
- monocot stem
- dicot root