Plant Structure MCQs with Answers

In plants, water and minerals are transported from roots to the leaves by ?

• A.Phloem
• B.Xylem
• C.Cambium
• D.Epidermis

Plasmolysis is a condition in which?

• A.Plant cell swells and bursts
• B.Plant cell becomes wilt and dies
• C.Animal cell shrinks due to water loss
• D.Blood cells rupture in hypotonic solution

The germination (bean seed) in which the cotyledons comes above the ground?

• A.Hypogeal Germination
• B.Epigeal Germination
• C.Viviparous Germination
• D.Cryptogeal Germination

Plants in the garden that are usually pollinated by bear brightly colored flowers.

• A.Wind
• B.Water
• C.Insects
• D.Birds

Root hairs are most important to a plant because they ?

• A.Anchor the plant firmly in the soil
• B.Store food for the plant
• C.Protect the root tip from damage
• D.Increase the surface area for absorption

Past Paper MCQ

The process of removing water in the form of vapour from the leaves is called

• A.Condensation
• B.Evaporation
• C.Transpiration
• D.Guttation

Which supplies food from the endosperm to the developing embryo in maize seed?

• A.Seed coat
• B.Radicle
• C.Plumule
• D.Cotyledon

Banana plant develops from ?

• A.Sucker
• B.Seed
• C.Rhizome
• D.Cutting

Function of Xylem in plants is to transport ?

• A.Oxygen from leaves to roots
• B.Food from leaves to other parts
• C.Water and salts to leaves from roots
• D.Carbon dioxide to leaves for photosynthesis

Syngenesious stamens (fused anthers) is found in which family?

• A.Solanaceae
• B.Fabaceae
• C.Asteraceae
• D.Liliaceae