Statement I: | Parenchyma cells are loosely packed and have large intercellular spaces. |
Statement II: | Collenchyma cells are thin-walled and primarily serve to transport nutrients. |
1. | Only Statement I is correct. |
2. | Only Statement II is correct. |
3. | Both Statement I and Statement II are correct. |
4. | Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect |
1. | They are elongated cells with thickened lignified cell walls. |
2. | They are dead cells that provide structural support. |
3. | They are elongated cells with unevenly thickened non-lignified cell walls. |
4. | They contain chloroplasts and primarily function in storage. |
A. | Companion cells help in maintaining the pressure gradient in the sieve tubes. |
B. | Gymnosperms lack vessels in their xylem |
C. | The xylem vessels are devoid of cytoplasm |
D. | Xylem fibres may be septate or aseptate |
E. | A mature sieve element in phloem possesses cytoplasm, vacuole and nucleus. |
I: | Sclerenchymatous pericycle |
II: | Casparian strips in endodermis are very common |
III: | Collechymatous hypodermis |
IV: | Conjoint open vascular bundles with exarch protoxylem |
1. | 4 | 2. | 3 |
3. | 2 | 4. | 1 |
Statements A: | The epidermis is a single-layered structure made up of compactly arranged cells with a large nucleus and no vacuole. |
Statements B: | The cuticle is a waxy layer present on the outer surface of the epidermis that helps in reducing water loss. |
Statements C: | Stomata are structures present in the epidermis of leaves that regulate transpiration and gaseous exchange. |
Statements D: | The guard cells of all plants are bean-shaped and regulate the opening and closing of stomata. |
A: | more stomata in adaxial epidermis. |
B: | reticulate venation. |
a. | Hypodermis has collenchymatous cells. |
b. | Endodermis is the ‘starch sheath’. |
c. | Pericycle is parenchymatous. |
Assertion (A): | Grasses can regenerate parts lost due to grazing herbivores. |
Reason (R): | Grasses have secondary meristems like intercalary meristem. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) explains (A) |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not explain (A) |
3. | (A) is True but (R) is False |
4. | (A) is False but (R) is True |