Assertion (A): | Sclerenchyma provides mechanical support to organs and is usually dead and without protoplasts. |
Reason (R): | Sclerenchyma consists of long, narrow cells with thick and lignified cell walls having a few or numerous pits. |
1. | Both (A) and (R) are True, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). |
2. | Both (A) and (R) are True, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). |
3. | (A) is True, but (R) is False. |
4. | (A) is False, but (R) is True. |
A: | Lenticels are the lens-shaped openings permitting the exchange of gases. |
B: | Bark formed early in the season is called hard bark. |
C: | Bark is a technical term that refers to all tissues exterior to vascular cambium. |
D: | Bark refers to periderm and secondary phloem. |
E: | Phellogen is single- layered in thickness. |
1. | B and C only | 2. | B, C and E only |
3. | A and D only | 4. | A, B and D only |
The transverse section of a plant shows following anatomical features:
a. | Large number of scattered vascular bundles surrounded by bundle sheath. |
b. | Large conspicuous parenchymatous ground tissue. |
c. | Vascular bundles conjoint and closed. |
d. | Phloem parenchyma absent. |
Identify the category of plant and its part :
1. Monocotyledonous root
2. Dicotyledonous stem
3. Dicotyledonous root
4. Monocotyledonous stem
1. | (A), (B), (D), (C) | 2. | (B), (A), (C), (D) |
3. | (A), (B), (C), (D) | 4. | (B), (A), (D), (C) |
1. | Epiblema | 2. | Cortex |
3. | Endodermis | 4. | Pericycle |