Multiple Choice Quiz on Plant Anatomy

This quiz is designed to assess your basic knowledge in ‘plant anatomy ’. Questions come under ‘medium’ category. Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking 'Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.

1. Which meristem helps in increasing girth?
lateral meristem
primary meristem
intercalary meristem
apical meristem
2. Cork is formed from
xylem
phloem
vascular cambium
cork cambium
3. Pericycle of roots produces
mechanical support
vascular bindles
lateral roots
adventitious roots
4. Cork cambium and vascular cambium are
parts of secondary xylem and phloem
parts of pericycle
lateral meristem
apical meristem
5. Where do the casparian bands occur
epidermis
pericycle
endodermis
phloem
6. Bordered pits are found in
sieve cells
vessel wall
companion cells
sieve tube wall
7. A common structural feature of vessel elements and sieve tube elements is
thick secondary walls
pores on lateral walls
presence of P protein
enucleate condition
8. The apical meristem of the root is present
only in radicals
only in tap roots
only in adventitious roots
in all the roots
9. Four radial vascular bundles are found in
dicot root
monocot root
monocot stem
dicot stem
10. The periderm includes
cork
cambium
secondary phloem
all of these
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