| 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 |
| a. | Hypodermis has collenchymatous cells. |
| b. | Endodermis is the ‘starch sheath’. |
| c. | Pericycle is parenchymatous. |
Read the following statements about dicot stem and
choose the correct option.
| (a) | Vascular bundles are arranged in a ring. |
| (b) | Vascular bundles are conjoint, collateral and open type. |
| (c) | Endarch type of arrangement of secondary xylem. |
| 1. | Only (b) is correct |
| 2. | Only (c) is incorrect |
| 3. | Both (a) and (b) are incorrect |
| 4. | All three statements are correct |
| 1. | (A), (B), (D), (C) | 2. | (B), (A), (C), (D) |
| 3. | (A), (B), (C), (D) | 4. | (B), (A), (D), (C) |
| 1. | Dicot stem, due to early disintegration of protoxylem elements |
| 2. | Monocot stem, resulting from the breakdown of protoxylem during development |
| 3. | Dicot root, due to radial arrangement of vascular tissues |
| 4. | Monocot root, due to presence of large pith |