Trichomes in stems can perform all the following functions except:
1. Generate secretory products to cause sting.
2. Reduce herbivory.
3. Bring about greater water loss through extended surface area of the epidermis.
4. Provide shade.

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The characteristic distribution of vascular bundles in the T.S. shown below tells us that the T.S. must be of a:

1. Monocot stem
2. Dicot stem
3. Monocot root
4. Dicot root
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Bulliform cells found in adaxial epidermis in grasses:
1. enable the leaf to fold.
2. are found in the endodermis.
3. are highly photosynthetic.
4. are characteristic of xeromorphic plants.
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The development of the root primary xylem is said to be:
1. Exarch
2. Endarch
3. Centrifugal
4. Diffuse
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In the vascular bundle of a typical monocot such as corn, the structure that is most likely absent will be:
1. Metaxylem 2. Cambium
3. Protoxylem lacuna 4. Metaphloem
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In a dorsiventral [dicot] leaf, the vascular bindles present in the midrib are:
1. smallest in size
2. largest in size
3. equal in size to others
4. radial
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The transverse section of a dicot root is unlikely to show the presence of a conspicuous:
1. cortex
2. pericycle
3. pith
4. endodermis
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In a dicot stem, the term ‘starch sheath’ is often used to indicate:
1. The hypodermis
2. The endodermis
3. The pericycle
4. The medullary rays
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Identify the correct statements:
I: Guard cells are dumbbell shaped in dicots
II: Initiation of lateral roots and vascular cambium during the secondary growth takes place in pericycle cells in dicot roots.
 
1. Only I 2. Only II
3. Both I and II 4. Neither I nor II
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The type of vascular bundle shown in the given figure is seen in:
         
I: Roots
II: Monocot stems
III: Dicot stems
 
1. Only I
2. Only II and III
3. Only I and II
4. Only II
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