Please refer to Chapter 6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants MCQ Class 11 Biology with answers below. These multiple-choice questions have been prepared based on the latest NCERT book for Class 11 Biology. Students should refer to MCQ Questions for Class 11 Biology with Answers to score more marks in Grade 11 Biology exams. Students should read the chapter Anatomy of Flowering Plants and then attempt the following objective questions.

MCQ Questions Class 11 Biology Chapter 6 Anatomy of Flowering Plants

The Anatomy of Flowering Plants MCQ Class 11 Biology provided below covers all important topics given in this chapter. These MCQs will help you to properly prepare for exams.

Question. What is not true about sclereids?
(a) These are living parenchyma cells with thickened lignified walls.
(b) These are spherical, oval or cylindrical and dead cells.
(c) These are commonly found in the fruit wall of nuts and in the pulp of fruit like guava, pear, and sapota.
(d) These cells provide mechanical support to plant organs.

Question. Read the different components from (i) to (iv) in the list given below and tell the correct order of the components with reference to their arrangement from the outer side to the inner side in a woody dicot stem:
(i) Secondary cortex
(ii) Wood
(iii) Secondary phloem
(iv) Phellem
(a) (i), (ii), (iv), (iii)
(b) (iv), (i), (iii), (ii)
(c) (iv), (iii), (i), (ii)
(d) (iii), (iv), (ii), (i)

Question. 

In which of the following, above kind of vascular bundle can be seen –
(a) Dicot stem
(b) Monocot stem
(c) Dicot leaf
(d) Monocot leaf

Question. T.S. of a plant material shows the following anatomical features.
I. Vascular bundles are conjoint, scattered and surrounded by sclerenchymatous bundle sheath .
II. Phloem parenchyma is absent.
What will you identify it as?
(a) Dicot stem
(b) Monocot stem
(c) Dicot root
(d) Monocot root

Question. Which of the following set of plants belong to family Solanaceae?
(a) Belladonna, Ashwagandha, Petunia
(b) Datura, Indigofera, Tomato
(c) Brinjal, Chilli, Sunnhemp
(d) Potato, Brinjal, Lupinus

Question. Racemose inflorescence is observed in the members of family:
(a) Lamiaceae 
(b) Liliaceae
(c) Solanaceae 
(d) Fabaceae

Question. One can distinguish a leaflet from a leaf by the absence of-
(a) Midrib 
(b) Petiole
(c) Axillary bud 
(d) Venation

Question. Considering the longitudinal section of a root, starting from the tip, identify the correct order for the arrangement of the four different zon
(a) Root cap zone, region of cell division, region of cell enlargement, region of cell maturatio
(b) Root cap zone, region of cell division, region of cell maturation region of cell enlargement,
(c) Region of cell division, region of cell enlargement, region of cell maturation, root cap zone.
(d) Region of cell division, region of cell maturation, region of cell enlargement, root cap zone

Question. The family containing mustard and its main characters are –
(a) Brassicaceae – Tetramerous flowers, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, siliqua type fruit
(b) Brassicaceae – Pentamerous flowers, many stamens, pentacarpellary gynoecium, berry type fruit
(c) Solanaceae – Pentamerous flowers, five stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, berry type fruit
(d) Liliaceae – Actinomorphic flowers, six Stamens, tricarpellary gynoecium, capsule type fruit

Question. Read the following statements about meristematic tissue. Select the option in which all statements are correct?
I. Apical meristem is found at the root and shoot apices of the plant.
II. Intercalary meristem is a secondary meristematic tissue.
III. The secondary meristems are found in the mature regions of the roots and shoots of many plants that produce woody axis.
IV. Lateral meristems are responsible for secondary growth.
(a) Only I
(b) II and III
(c) I, III, IV
(d) I and III

Question.The apical meristem of the root is present.
(a) Only in the radical
(b) Only in adventitious root.
(c) Only in tap roots
(d) In all the roots.

Quinine , imp. in treatment of malaria is extracted from
(a) bark of cinchona
(b) bark of cinnamon
(c) bark of hevea
(d) fascicular cambium

Question.The cork is an excellent material for making bottle stoppers since it is..
(a) cheap
(b) easily available
(c) air tight
(d) light

Question. Vascular tissue in flowering plants develops from.
(a) Periblem
(b) Phellogen
(c) Dermatogen
(d) pleorome

Question.Interfascicular cambium is situated
(a) in between vascular bundles
(b) outside vascular bundles
(c) inside vascular bundles
(d) in pith

Question. Palisade parenchyma is absent in leaves of ..
(a) Mustard
(b) Gram
(c) Syabean
(d) Sorghum

Question. Lenticels and hydathodes are small pores with which of the the common attributes ?
(a) They are always closed
(b) They allow exchange of gases.
(c) Their opening and closing are not regulated
(d) They are found on the same organ of plant

Question. The functions of vessel is ..
(a) To provide mechanical streant
(b) Conduction of water and minerals
(c) Conduction of food only
(d) All of these

Question.Wood is common name of
(a) cambium
(b) vascular bundles
(c) phloem
(d) secondary xylem

Question. as a tree grows older , which increases rapidly in thickness
(a) its heartwood
(b) its sapwood
(c) its cortex
(d) its phloem

Question. Root branches arise from .
(a) Pericycle
(b) Endodermis
(c) Cortex
(d ) Epidermis.

Question. Procambium forms..
(a) cork cambium
(b) vascular tissue
(C) vascular cambium
(d) intercalary meristem

Question. Which among the permanent cells are circular and long even elongated cells ?
(a) Prenchyma
(b) collenchyma
(c) Sclerenchyma
(d) None of these

Question. Stele is made up of –
(a) Vascular bundles
(b) Pericycle
(c) Pith
(d) All of these

Question. Another name of phellogen is
(a) cork
(b) phelloderm
(c) cork cells
(d) cork cambium

Question. The stem of submerged hydrophytes is soft & weak due to
(a) absence of xylem
(b) absence of stomatals
(c) absence of phloem
(d) reduced mechanical tissue & xylem

Question. Wood is common name of
(a) Cambium
(b) vascular bundles
(c) phloem
(d) secondary xylem

Question. Evergreen trees remains green throughout the year on account of
(a) absence of leaf fall
(b) cold climate
(c) supply of moisture throughout the year
(d) leaves falling in small no. at regular intervals

Question. Piths are formed on the cell wall due to lack of-
(a) cell plate
(b) Primary wall material
(c) Secondary wall material
(d) Middle lamella

Question. Annual ring are found in plants belonging to-
(a) Alpine regions
(b) Temperate area
(c) Tropics
(d) Near sea beaches

Question. Sap wood is synonymous with
(a) bark
(b) periderm
(c) outer layer of secondary xylem
(d) inner layer of secondary xylem

Question. Abnormal secondary growth is found in..
(a) dracaena & yucca
(b) triticum
(c) helianthus
(d) cucurbita

Question. The process of conversion of meristamatic tissue to permanent cell is….
(a) dedifferention
(b) undifferentation
(c) differentiation
(d) none of these

Question. which is livimg mechanical tissue
(a) phloem
(b) parenchyma
(c) collenchyma
(D) sclerenchyma

Question. Diffuse porous woods are characteristic of plant growing in
(a) alpine region
(b) cold winter region
(c) temperate climate
(d) tropics

Question. The healing of wounds in plants takes place by activity of
(a)apical meristem
(b) lateral meristem
(c) secondary meristem
(d)intercalary meristem

Question. Cambium activity is highest in ..
(a) spring
(b) winter
(c) atumn
(d) rainy

Question. Which of the following cells are secretory as well as excretory in function?
(a) oil glands of plants
(b) latex cells
(c) sudoriferous cells
(d) none of these

Question. sieve tube is…
(a) enucleated
(b) dead cells
(c) multinucleated
(d) nucleated

Question. Bio collateral vascular bundle is a charactersistic feature of family..
(a) cucurbitaceae
(b) cruciferae
(c) brassicaceae
(d) solanaceae

Question. Exarch primary xylem is a feature of
(a) all leaves
(b) dicot stem
(c) all roots
(d) monocot stems

Question. The waxy substance associated with the wall of cork cell is…
(a) cutin
(b) suberin
(c) lignin
(d) hemicellulose

Question. Which of the following tissue originate from ray initials of cambium?
(a) tracheids & vessels
(b) sieve tubes & companion cells
(c) xylem & phloem fibres
(d) vascular rays

Question. Duramen is
(a) periderm
(b) bark
(c) sapwood
(d) heartwood

Question. Shoot apical meristem is found in the tip of
(a) plumule
(b) radicle
(c) root
(d) apex

Question. Histones theory was produced by.
(a) Hanstein
(b) Eamu
(c) Esamam
(d) Schmidit

Question. Mesarch xylem is common in.
(a) Ferns
(b)Dicots
(c) Bryophytes
(d) Monocots

Question. which of the following is enucleated?
(a) vessels
(b) sieve cells
(c) compound cells
(d) tracheids

Question.Functional xylem in dicot stem is:
(a) spring wood
(b) autumn wood
(c) heart wood
(d) sap wood

Question. Desert grasses often roll their leaves due to presence of—
(a) Oily surface
(b) Bulliform cells
(c) Spines
(d) All of these

Question. Jute is a..
(a) Bast fibre from secondary xylem.
(b) Bast fibres from primary xylem.
(c) Bast fibres from secondary phloem.
(d) Bast fibres from primary phloem

Question. Which of the following is the correct statement. ?
(a) Pith is larger in monocot root.
(b) Pith is smaller in dicot root.
(c) Pith is equal in size in both.
(d) Both (a ) and (b)

Question. Which of the following is collectively known as periderm ?
(a) Phellogen .
(b) Phellem
(c) Phelloderm
(d) All of these

Question. Cambium is ..
(a ) Lateral meristem
(b) Intercalary meristem.
(c) Primary meristem
(d ) Nome of above

Question. Cork cell contains…
(a) Suberin.
(b) Cutin
(c) Lignin
(d) Pectin

Question. In old tissue gaseous exchange takes place through
(a) stomata
(b) arenchyma
(c) hydathodes
(d) lenticles

Question. Cork cambium in a dicot root is derived from
(a) hypodermis
(b) epidermis
(c) pericycle
(d) cortex

Question. Casparian strips are the characteristics of ..
(a) Cortex
(b) Endodermis
(c) Pericycle
(d) Pith

Question. Root cap is formed by…
(a) Dermatogen
(b) Vascular cambium
(c) Calyptrogen
(d) Wound cambium

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