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NEET UG Anatomy of Flowering Plants — practice questions

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What is the study of the internal structure of plants called?Read the answer and worked solution →In which plant organ is the waxy cuticle absent?Read the answer and worked solution →What shape are the guard cells of grasses?Read the answer and worked solution →Which wall of a guard cell is highly thickened?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the specialised epidermal cells next to guard cells called?Read the answer and worked solution →What do the stomatal pore, guard cells and subsidiary cells together form?Read the answer and worked solution →What are root hairs, structurally?Read the answer and worked solution →How do trichomes on the shoot help the plant?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tissues make up the ground tissue system?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are dicot stem vascular bundles called open?Read the answer and worked solution →Xylem and phloem on alternate radii, as in roots, form which bundle type?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the outermost layer of a dicot root called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which describes endodermal cells of a dicot root?Read the answer and worked solution →Casparian strips in the root endodermis are made of which substance?Read the answer and worked solution →In a dicot root, lateral roots arise from which layer?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the parenchyma between xylem and phloem of a root called?Read the answer and worked solution →How many xylem patches does a dicot root usually have?Read the answer and worked solution →Monocot roots usually have more than six xylem bundles. What is this condition called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which root type has a large, well-developed pith?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these does not undergo secondary growth?Read the answer and worked solution →The hypodermis of a dicot stem is made of which tissue?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tissue forms the hypodermis of a monocot stem?Read the answer and worked solution →Which layer of a dicot stem is known as the starch sheath?Read the answer and worked solution →In a dicot stem, the pericycle occurs in which form?Read the answer and worked solution →What do the radially placed parenchyma cells between vascular bundles of a dicot stem form?Read the answer and worked solution →Which describes a vascular bundle of a dicot stem?Read the answer and worked solution →How do peripheral vascular bundles of a monocot stem compare with central ones?Read the answer and worked solution →In a dorsiventral leaf, which surface usually bears more stomata?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mesophyll tissue has loosely arranged oval cells with large air spaces?Read the answer and worked solution →Thick-walled cells around vascular bundles in a dicot leaf are called?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What is the study of the internal structure of plants called?

  1. Plant anatomy
  2. Plant physiology
  3. Plant morphology
  4. Plant taxonomy
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Correct answer: A. Plant anatomy

Anatomy deals with internal structure, while morphology describes the external form of the plant.

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In which plant organ is the waxy cuticle absent?

  1. Root epidermis
  2. Young stem surface
  3. Leaf epidermis
  4. Floral petals
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Correct answer: A. Root epidermis

Roots absorb water from the soil, and their epidermis carries no waxy cuticle.

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What shape are the guard cells of grasses?

  1. Dumb-bell shaped
  2. Cup shaped
  3. Bean shaped
  4. Star shaped
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Correct answer: A. Dumb-bell shaped

Grass stomata have dumb-bell shaped guard cells, unlike the bean-shaped guard cells of most dicots.

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