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Important Questions on Histology and Anatomy of Flowering Plants

MEDIUM

Read the following statements about the vascular bundles:
(a) In roots, xylem and phloem in a vascular bundle are arranged in an alternate manner along the different radii.
(b) Conjoint closed vascular bundles do not possess cambium.
(c) In open vascular bundles, cambium is present in between xylem and phloem.
(d) The vascular bundles of dicotyledonous stem possess endarch protoxylem.
(e) In monocotyledonous root, usually there are more than six xylem bundles present.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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Identify the incorrect statements among the following.
A) Epidermal cells are parenchymatous and have small amount of cytoplasm
B) Gymnosperms have vessels in their xylem
C) In bicollateral vascular bundle, phloem is present on either side of cortex
D) Root endodermal cells have deposition of water impermeable, suberin as casparian strips
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Which one of the following options correctly represents the tissue arrangement in roots?
MEDIUM

A transverse section of a typical monocot root shows

(a) Barrel-shaped endodermal cells with casparian strips.

(b) Diarch to hexarch vascular bundles.

(c) Protoxylem towards center

 and metaxylem towards periphery.

(d) Large well-developed parenchymatous pith in center.

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Arrange the following structure based on their location from periphery to centre with respect to the anatomy of a dicotyledon root.

I. Pericycle
II. Casparian strips
III. Epiblema
IV. Conjunctive tissue

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The innermost layer of the cortex which shows Casparian thickenings in its cells is called as
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Which of the following is not a characteristic of the anatomy of dicotyledonous roots?
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Anatomically a fairly old dicotyledonous root is distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem by
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Transport proteins, of 'a layer' of root, are control points where a plant adjusts the quantity and types of solutes that reach the xylem. In this statement term 'a layer' denotes which of the following?
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The dicotyledonous plants have _______ vascular bundles.
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Anatomically fairly old dicotyledonous root is distinguished from the dicotyledonous stem by which of the following?