All the following contribute to an increase in girth of dicots and gymnosperms except:

1. Apical meristem 2. Lateral meristems
3. Vascular cambium 4. Cork-cambium

Subtopic:  Growth | Growth Model | Growth Terminology |
 79%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


Match Column I [phase of growth] and Column II [cell characteristics] and choose the correct answer from the codes given:

COLUMN I COLUMN II
A Meristematic a Increased vacuolation, new cell wall deposition
B Elongation b Thin cellulosic wall with abundant plasmodesmatal connections
C Maturation c Maximal wall thickening

Codes

A B C
1. a b c
2. b c a
3. b a c
4. c b a
Subtopic:  Growth | Development |
 72%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


Identify the incorrect statement regarding the arithmetic growth?
1. Following mitosis, both daughter cells continue to divide
2. Can be exemplified by root elongating at a constant rate
3. On plotting the length of the organ against time, a linear curve is obtained
4. Mathematically it is expressed as Lt=L0+rt

Subtopic:  Growth | Growth Terminology |
 76%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


advertisementadvertisement

The shape of the growth curve characteristic of a living organism growing in natural environment is:

1. Linear 2. Sigmoid
3. Hyperbola 4. Bell shaped
Subtopic:  Growth Terminology |
 89%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


Plant growth and further development is intimately linked to water status of the plant because:
A. Turgidity of cells helps in extension growth
B. It provides medium for enzymatic activity
1. Both A and B are correct                             
2. Only A is correct
3. Only B is correct                                         
4. Both A and B are incorrect

Subtopic:  Growth | Growth Terminology |
 87%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


The optimum temperature range for proper growth in most plants is:

1. \(0^\circ C - 100^\circ C\) 2. \(15^\circ C - 20^\circ C\)
3. \(28^\circ C - 30^\circ C\) 4. Greater than \(45^\circ C\)
Subtopic:  Growth Terminology | Development |
 65%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


advertisementadvertisement

Consider the given diagram and select the correct inference:

1. Both leaves have shown different absolute growths
2. First leaf has exhibited growth but second leaf has not as it is already senescent
3. The relative growth of first leaf is more than that of the second leaf
4. Both leaves have exhibited equal relative growths

Subtopic:  Growth | Growth Terminology |
 79%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


To differentiate into a tracheary element, a cell would:
1. Gain protoplasm
2. Become multinucleate
3. Assimilate lot of collagen and elastin
4. Develop lignocellulosic secondary cell wall

Subtopic:  Development | Differentiation, Dedifferentiation and Redifferentiation |
 81%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


Formation of interfascicular cambium and cork cambium is possible most importantly because of:

1. Differentiation 2. Dedifferentiation
3. Redifferentiation 4. Reverse differentiation
Subtopic:  Differentiation, Dedifferentiation and Redifferentiation |
 79%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.


advertisementadvertisement

The growth in plants can be best expressed as [refer Section 15.2]:

1. Open 2. Determinate
3. Closed 4. Redundant
Subtopic:  Growth |
 87%
From NCERT

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.

Hints

To unlock all the explanations of 38 chapters you need to be enrolled in MasterClass Course.