Question

Match the following:

List I
A) Mechanical support at young stem and leaf petiole
B) Cells in fruit walls of nuts
C) Cells absent in primary phloem
D) Endarch primary xylem

List II
I) Sclereids
II) Stem vascular bundles
III) Collenchyma tissue
IV) Bast fibers

• A. A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I
• B. A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
• C. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
• D. A-I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

Hint:

Collenchyma = flexible support
Sclereids = nut wall hardness
Bast fibers = phloem fibers
Endarch xylem = stem vascular bundles

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

A) Mechanical support at young stem and leaf petiole — III: Collenchyma tissue provides flexibility and support in growing stems and petioles.

B) Cells in fruit walls of nuts — I: These are made of sclereids, a type of sclerenchyma, giving hardness to nuts.

C) Cells absent in primary phloem — IV: Bast fibers (sclerenchyma) appear in secondary phloem, not primary.

D) Endarch primary xylem — II: Found in stem vascular bundles where protoxylem is towards the center.

Thus, correct match: A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II.