Anatomy of Flowering Plants — Class 11 MCQs with Answers
Class 11 CBSE Biology · Chapter 6
90 practice questions · 30 Easy · 30 Medium · 30 Hard · Updated
Practise the most important Class 11 CBSE Biology questions from Chapter 6, "Anatomy of Flowering Plants". You get 9 timed quizzes made from 90 NCERT-based MCQs, with answers and explanations. The questions are split into 30 Easy, 30 Medium and 30 Hard. Warm up on the basics, then move on to the exam-level questions that set top scorers in CBSE & Maharashtra HSC Board exams, MHT-CET and NEET UG apart.
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Key concepts: Anatomy of Flowering Plants (Class 11 Biology)
Anatomy examines the internal tissue organisation of flowering plants. Meristems generate cells that mature into simple and complex permanent tissues; these build the epidermal, ground and vascular tissue systems, whose arrangement distinguishes monocot and dicot organs and drives the secondary growth that thickens stems.
- Meristematic tissue
- Groups of actively dividing cells. Apical meristems lengthen root and shoot, intercalary ones sit near internodes, and lateral cambia add girth.
- Simple permanent tissues
- Parenchyma (thin-walled, for storage and photosynthesis), collenchyma (corner-thickened, flexible support) and sclerenchyma (lignified, dead, rigid).
- Complex permanent tissues
- Xylem (tracheids, vessels, fibres, parenchyma) conducts water and minerals upward; phloem (sieve tubes, companion cells, fibres, parenchyma) moves food.
- Xylem & phloem elements
- Xylem's tracheids and vessels are dead, lignified conduits; phloem's sieve-tube cells are living but lack a nucleus and rely on companion cells.
Anatomy of Flowering Plants — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 11 Biology)
14 solved questions from this chapter's difficulty levels, each with its answer and explanation. The other 76 are timed and scored when you sign in.
- Q1Easy
Tissue responsible for plant growth:
A.PermanentB.Meristematic✓ CorrectC.SclerenchymaD.CorkAnswer: B. Meristematic
Explanation: Meristematic cells divide actively at root and shoot tips to drive growth; permanent tissues such as sclerenchyma and cork have already differentiated and stopped dividing.
- Q2Easy
Xylem transports:
A.AirB.Sugars downwardC.Water and minerals upward✓ CorrectD.Hormones onlyAnswer: C. Water and minerals upward
Explanation: Xylem carries water and minerals upward from roots to shoots; phloem, not xylem, moves sugars, mostly downward from leaves to sink tissues.
- Q3Easy
The branch of biology dealing with internal structure of plants is called?
A.MorphologyB.TaxonomyC.Anatomy✓ CorrectD.EcologyAnswer: C. Anatomy
Explanation: Anatomy studies internal structure — tissue types and their arrangement; morphology covers external form, taxonomy is classification, and ecology studies organism-environment interactions.
- Q4Easy
Which simple tissue is the most abundant and least specialized?
A.CollenchymaB.SclerenchymaC.PhloemD.Parenchyma✓ CorrectAnswer: D. Parenchyma
Explanation: Parenchyma is the most abundant, thin-walled living tissue that fills space between other tissues; collenchyma and sclerenchyma are thicker-walled and built for support, not bulk filling.
- Q5Easy
Vascular bundles in dicot stems are usually?
A.Closed and scatteredB.Open and arranged in a ring✓ CorrectC.Closed and arranged in a ringD.Open and scatteredAnswer: B. Open and arranged in a ring
Explanation: Dicot stem bundles ring around the stem and stay open, with cambium between xylem and phloem enabling secondary growth; monocot bundles are instead closed and scattered through the ground tissue.
- Q6Easy
Which tissue is responsible for primary growth in plants?
A.Lateral meristemB.Apical meristem✓ CorrectC.Permanent tissueD.Cork cambiumAnswer: B. Apical meristem
Explanation: Apical meristems at root and shoot tips divide to add length — primary growth; lateral meristems like vascular cambium instead add girth, which is secondary growth.
- Q7Medium
Most common simple tissue in plants:
A.CollenchymaB.Parenchyma✓ CorrectC.SclerenchymaD.MeristemAnswer: B. Parenchyma
Explanation: Parenchyma is the most abundant simple tissue — thin-walled, living, with intercellular spaces for storage and gas exchange; collenchyma and sclerenchyma are specialised for support instead.
- Q8Medium
Sieve tubes are found in:
A.Phloem✓ CorrectB.XylemC.CambiumD.CorkAnswer: A. Phloem
Explanation: Sieve tubes are phloem's sugar-conducting cells; xylem's water-conducting cells are tracheids and vessels, so sieve tubes belong to phloem, not xylem.
- Q9Medium
Arrange root zones from tip upwards: I-elongation, II-meristematic, III-maturation, IV-root cap.
A.II → IV → I → IIIB.IV → II → I → III✓ CorrectC.IV → I → II → IIID.III → I → II → IVAnswer: B. IV → II → I → III
Explanation: From the tip upward the sequence runs root cap, then the dividing meristematic zone, then the elongation zone, and finally the maturation zone where root hairs appear.
- Q10Medium
Which xylem element is absent in most gymnosperms?
A.TracheidsB.Vessels✓ CorrectC.Xylem parenchymaD.Xylem fibresAnswer: B. Vessels
Explanation: Most gymnosperms conduct water only through tracheids and lack vessels (Gnetales being the exception); angiosperms are the group whose xylem carries true vessels for faster transport.
- Q11Medium
Heartwood differs from sapwood because it?
A.Is dark, non-conducting and full of tannins/resins✓ CorrectB.Conducts water activelyC.Is the outer living woodD.Is the cambial zoneAnswer: A. Is dark, non-conducting and full of tannins/resins
Explanation: Heartwood is the dark central wood clogged with tannins, resins and tyloses that no longer conducts water; the pale outer sapwood, not heartwood, is what actively carries the sap.
- Q12Hard
Stomata are typically found on:
A.Leaf epidermis✓ CorrectB.Roots onlyC.WoodD.Bark onlyAnswer: A. Leaf epidermis
Explanation: Stomata sit mainly in the leaf epidermis (denser on the lower surface in most dicots) for gas exchange; they are absent from woody bark and don't occur on roots.
- Q13Hard
Secondary growth in dicot stem is due to:
A.Phloem onlyB.Apical meristemC.Cambium activity✓ CorrectD.Roots onlyAnswer: C. Cambium activity
Explanation: Secondary growth in girth comes from vascular cambium dividing to add xylem inward and phloem outward; apical meristems only lengthen the plant, they don't widen it.
- Q14Hard
Assertion: Endodermis is virtually impermeable to water across cell walls. Reason: Suberin deposition forms Casparian strips on radial and tangential walls.
A.Both A and R true; R correct explanation✓ CorrectB.Both true; R not correct explanationC.A true, R falseD.A false, R trueAnswer: A. Both A and R true; R correct explanation
Explanation: Suberin deposits forming Casparian strips seal the endodermal cell walls, blocking the apoplast route so water must cross the cell membrane into the symplast — exactly why the reason correctly explains the assertion.
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