Anatomy of Flowering Plants Questions and Answers Part-8

1. Tissue system include
a) Epidermal tissue system
b) Ground tissue system or fundamental tissue system
c) Vascular tissue system
d) All the above

Answer: d
Explanation: All the above

2. Epidermal tissue system is made up of
a) Epidermal cells
b) Stomata
c) Epidermal appendages
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

3. Which of the following is epidermal appendage?
a) Trichome
b) Guard cell
c) Sclereid
d) Subsidiary cell

Answer: a
Explanation: Trichome is epidermal appendage

4. Select T/F (True/False).
(a) Epidermis is usually single-layered.
(b) Epidermal cells are parenchymatous cell with abundant cytoplasm.
(c) Vessel members of xylem are interconnected through perforation in their common walls.
(d) Sclerenchyma provides mechanical support to organs.
a) TTTT
b) TFFT
c) TFTT
d) FFTT

Answer: c
Explanation: TFTT

5. The epidermis is generally covered with a waxy thick layer called the _________ which prevents the loss of water.
a) Suberin
b) Tunicin
c) Cuticle
d) Chitin

Answer: c
Explanation: The epidermis is generally covered with a waxy thick layer called the cuticle which prevents the loss of water.

6. Which of the following is true about stomata?
a) Formed by guard cells
b) Regulate the process of transpiration and gaseous exchange
c) Mainly present on epidermis of leaves
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

7. Which of the following is true about guard cells?
a) Outer wall is thin
b) Inner wall (towards stomatal pore) is thick
c) Bean-shaped in dicots and dumb-bell-shaped in grasses
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

8. Which of the following cell posses chloroplast?
a) Mesophyll cells of leaf
b) Guard cells
c) Sometimes in cells of collenhcyma
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

9. Stomatal apparatus consists of
a) Subsidiary cells
b) Guard cells
c) Stomatal aperture
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

10. Stem hairs are
a) Unicellular
b) Acellular
c) Multicellular
d) Any of them

Answer: c
Explanation: Stem hairs are multicellular.