| 1. | Tracheid | 2. | Xylem fibre |
| 3. | Xylem parenchyma | 4. | Vessel |
| 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. |
| 1. | B, C, D, E only | 2. | A, B, D, E only |
| 3. | A, B, C, D only | 4. | C, D, E only |
Which of the following is not a character of collenchyma tissue?
| 1. | They provide mechanical support to the growing part of the plant |
| 2. | They occur in layers below epidermis in dicotyledonous plants |
| 3. | They consist of cells with thick corners due to cellulose deposition |
| 4. | They are usually dead and without protoplasts |
Phloem in gymnosperms lacks:
1. Both sieve tubes and companion cells
2. Albuminous cells and sieve cells
3. Sieve tubes only
4. Companion cells only
Tracheids differ from the tracheary elements in:
| 1. | Having casparian strips | 2. | Being imperforate |
| 3. | Lacking nucleus | 4. | Being lignified |

| a. | In roots, xylem and phloem in a vascular bundle are arranged in an alternate manner along the different radii. |
| b. | Conjoint closed vascular bundles do not possess cambium. |
| c. | In open vascular bundles, cambium is present in between xylem and phloem. |
| d. | The vascular bundles of dicotyledonous stem possess endarch protoxylem. |
| e. | In monocotyledonous root, usually there are more than six xylem bundles present. |
| 1. | (a), (c), (d) and (e) only | 2. | (a), (b) and (d) only |
| 3. | (b), (c), (d) and (e) only | 4. | all statements are correct |
| Statement I: | In a dicotyledonous leaf, the adaxial epidermis general bears more stomata than the abaxial epidermis. |
| Statement II: | In a dicotyledonous leaf, the adaxially placed palisade parenchyma is made up of elongated cells, which are arranged vertically and parallel to each other. |
| 1. | D, C, E, A, B | 2. | A, C, E, B, D |
| 3. | C, E, A, D, B | 4. | C, E, D, B, A |
| 1. | Protecting the plant from salt stress. |
| 2. | Increased photosynthesis in monocots. |
| 3. | Providing large spaces for storage of sugars. |
| 4. | Inward curling of leaves in monocots. |