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Important Questions on Anatomy of Flowering Plants

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Which of the following plants tissues cannot be used as explant in tissue culture?
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Which of the following are the characteristic features of phloem?

i) Gymnosperms have albuminous cells and sieve cells

ii) Presence of tracheids

iii) They store food materials in the form of starch or fat

iv) They have sieve tube elements that are long, tube-like structures

v) Their end walls are perforated in a sieve like manner

The correct combination is

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Match List - I with List - II.

List-I List-II
(a) Cells with active cell division capacity (i) Vascular tissues
(b) Tissue having all cells similar in structure and function (ii) Meristematic tissue
(c) Tissue having different types of cells (iii) Sclereids
(d) Dead cells with highly thickened walls and narrow lumen (iv) Simple tissue

Select the correct answer from the options given below.

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Match the following lists

List I List II List III
A) Lignified walled dead cells i) Plants are less active I) Secondary growth of root
B) During unfavourable seasons ii) Pericycle above protoxylem II) Medullary ray
C) Cambium farming narrow band of parenchyma iii) Does not conduct water III) Less number of xylem
D) Cambium forms below phloem iv) Between secondary xylem and phloem IV) Heart wood

The correct match is:

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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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Vascular bundles in monocotyledons are considered closed because:
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Choose the correct statements among the following.
(A) Ring arrangement of the vascular bundle is a character of the dicot system.
(B) The root hairs are branched and sometimes secretory.
(C) The storage cells in the xylem are thin-walled, made up of cellulose, and store tannin-like substances.
(D) Parenchyma cells are generally present in medullary rays.
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In which type of vascular bundles are Xylem and Phloem present at the same radius?
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Identify the tissues based upon the following characters respectively:

I) Large, colourless, empty cells along with leaf veins are used for absorption of water A) Axillary bud
II) Cells much elongated, unbranched with pointed needle like apices and thick cell wall are dead at maturity B) Phloem fibre
III) The cells are longitudinally arranged with perforated end walls C) Bulliform cells
IV) Cells left behind from shoot apical meristem D) Sieve tube elements
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An old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root is given to a candidate during practical examination. Which of the following anatomical structures can be used to distinguish between the two?
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A chilly plant was severely infected with Chilly Mosaic Virus (CMV). Identify the technique that helps to raise virus free plants in the next generation from the above virus infected plant.
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A major characteristic of the monocot root is the presence of: