Transport in Plants Questions and Answers Part-1

1. In flowering plant, we need to transport
a) Water and mineral nutrients
b) Organic nutrients
c) Plant growth regulators
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

2. For covering a small distance, the substances move by
a) Diffusion
b) Cytoplasmic streaming
c) Active transport
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

3. Transport over longer distance is known as
a) Translocation
b) Transformation
c) Transduction
d) Diffusion

Answer: a
Explanation: Transport over longer distance is known as Translocation

4. Which of the following undergoes multidirectional transport?
a) Water
b) Mineral nutrients
c) Organic nutrients
d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer: d
Explanation: Both (b) and (c)

5. Transport of which substance is essentially unidirectional in xylem?
a) Water
b) Mineral nutrients
c) Organic nutrients
d) Both (b) and (c)

Answer: d
Explanation: Both (b) and (c)

6. Select the correct statement from the following:
a) Mineral nutrients taken up by the roots and transported upward into stem, leaves and growing region.
b) When a plant part undergoes senescence, the nutrient always remain in the senescence part and gets lost from the plant.
c) In fl owering plant the complex traffi c of compound in unorderly manner moving in diff erent direction.
d) All hormones shows polarised movement.

Answer: a
Explanation: Mineral nutrients taken up by the roots and transported upward into stem, leaves and growing region.

7. Diffusion can occur between
a) One part of cell to other part
b) Cell to cell
c) Intercellular space to outside of leaf
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these

8. The only mode of gaseous movement in plant body is
a) Diffusion
b) Osmosis
c) Facilitated transport
d) All of these

Answer: a
Explanation: The only mode of gaseous movement in plant body is diffusion

9. Which of the following is incorrect about diffusion?
(1) Molecules move in random fashion.
(2) It occurs from higher to lower concentration.
(3) It is a slow process.
(4) It does not depend on living system.
(5) Protein carriers are required.
(6) It is a passive process.
a) Only 1 and 5
b) Only 5
c) 1, 3 and 5 only
d) Only 4

Answer: b
Explanation: Only 5

10. Diffusion rate is affected by
a) Concentration gradient
b) Membrane permeability through which it occur
c) Pressure and temperature
d) All of these

Answer: d
Explanation: All of these