| 1. | Sclerenchymatous in nature |
| 2. | Innermost layer of cortex |
| 3. | Occupy the central portion |
| 4. | Present just below pericycle |
| a. | Sclerenchymatous hypodermis |
| b. | Scattered vascular bundles with peripheral smaller than centrally located ones |
| c. | Water-containing cavities present within the vascular bundles |
| 1. | Monocotyledonous stem |
| 2. | Dicotyledonous root |
| 3. | Monocotyledonous root |
| 4. | Dicotyledonous stem |
| 1. | Epidermal cells |
| 2. | Cork cells |
| 3. | Cortical cells |
| 4. | Complementary cells |
| a. | Modified abaxial epidermal cells |
| b. | Large, empty, colourless cells |
| c. | Photosynthetic contain chloroplast |
| d. | Make the leaves curl inwards during water stress conditions |
| e. | Help to minimise water loss |
| 1. | Only a, b and c |
| 2. | Only a, c and e |
| 3. | Only b , d and e |
| 4. | All a, b, c, d and e |
| 1. | Secondary xylem and secondary cortex |
| 2. | Secondary phloem and cork cells |
| 3. | Secondary medullary rays and secondary cortex |
| 4. | Secondary medullary rays, secondary xylem and secondary phloem |
| 1. | Spring wood is lighter in colour with large number of xylary elements having vessels with wider cavities |
| 2. | Autumn wood is darker with lower density and formed due to less activity of cambium |
| 3. | Alternate concentric rings of autumn wood and spring wood, constitute an annual ring |
| 4. | Annual rings seen in a cut stem give an estimate of the age of the tree |
| 1. | Partly primary and partly secondary in origin |
| 2. | Secondary meristematic tissue formed due to dedifferentiation of cells of cortex |
| 3. | Involved in production of phelloderm impervious to water |
| 4. | Primary meristem responsible for formation of cork cells and secondary cortex |
| a. | In dicot roots, pericycle is completely transformed into vascular cambium |
| b. | Lenticels regulate the transpiration rate in woody trees |
| c. | Bark in a tree does not include the vascular cambium |
| d. | Cork is impervious to water due to suberin deposition in the cell wall |