CBSE Class 9 Science Tissue MCQs Set C

Question: Tracheids, vessels, wood fibres and parenchymatous tissues are found in
a) xylem
b) cambium
c) cortex
d) phloem
Answer: a

Question: A waxy, water resistant layer is observed in the xerophytic plants. What is the layer called as?
a) Endodermis
b) Cortex
c) Phloem
d) Epidermis
Answer: d

Question: Which fibrous tissue connects bone with to each other?
a) Connective tissue
b) Tendon
c) Ligament
d) Adipose tissue
Answer: c

Question: Which gives tensile strength and hardness to the bone?
a) Collagen
b) Calcium phosphate
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Proteins
Answer: c

Question: Identify the tissue that is present in leaf stalks below the epidermis.
a) Collenchyma
b) Sclerenchyma
c) Parenchyma
d) Xylem
Answer: a

Question: Cardiac muscles are
a) smooth, spindle shaped and involuntary
b) striated, syncytial and involuntary
c) striated, syncytial and voluntary
d) striated, cross-connected and involuntary
Answer: d

Question: Which of the following is not the characteristic of smooth muscles?
a) These muscles are found in limbs.
b) These muscles do not show striations.
c) The muscle fibres are spindle-shaped tapering and uninucleate.
d) These muscles are involuntary.
Answer: a

Question: Inner surface of fallopian tubes, bronchi and bronchioles are lined by epithelial cells. Find the type of epithelia which lines them.
a) Squamous epithelium
b) Ciliated epithelium
c) Columnar
d) Cubical epithelium
Answer: b

Question: Identify simple tissues.
a) Parenchyma, xylem and collenchyma
b) Parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma
c) Parenchyma, xylem and sclerenchyma
d) Parenchyma, xylem and phloem
Answer: b

Question: Select the longest animal cell among following.
a) Nerve cell
b) Muscle cell
c) Liver cell
d) Goblet cell
Answer: a

Question: What is chlorenchyma?
a) It is a simple permanent tissue
b) It is a parenchymatic tissue of green leaves and stems
c) It is photosynthetic in nature
d) All of the above
Answer: d

Question: The husk of coconut is made up of
a) collenchyma tissue
b) parenchyma tissue
c) aerenchyma tissue
d) sclerenchyma tissue
Answer: d

Question: Which component of sclerenchymal tissues harden and thicken their secondary walls?
a) Suberin
b) Calcium
c) Lignin
d) Magnesium
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following tissues provides flexibility and mechanical support to the plant organs?
a) Collenchyma
b) Sclerenchyma
c) Parenchyma
d) Chlorenchyma
Answer: a

Question: A person met with an accident in which two long bones of hand were dislocated. Which among the following may be the possible reason?
a) Tendon break
b) Cartilage
c) Ligament break
d) Areolar tissue break
Answer: c

Question: Read the given statements.
1. Many nerve cells bound together by connective tissue make up a nerve.
2. Areolar connective tissue fills the space inside the organs and helps in repair of tissues.
3. Glandular epithelium is formed by infolding of epithelial tissue.
4. Smooth muscle fibres show characteristic of both striated and unstriated muscles.
5. Skin epithelial cells are extremely thin and flat through which absorption and secretion occur.
Select the incorrect statements.
(a) 4 and 5
(b) 1, 3 and 5
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 2, 3 and 4
Answer: a

FILL IN THE BLANK

Question: Phloem contains sieve cells, sieve tubes, ………. , fibres and parenchyma.
Answer: companion cells

Question: In eucalyptus plant xylem carries water to a height of ……….
Answer: 200

Question: Xylem contains ………. , vessels, fibres and xylem parenchyma.
Answer: Trachieds

Question: Meristematic tissue is found in the growing tips of ………. and ……….
Answer: Root, stem

Question: Ground tissues are parenchyma, ………. and sclerenchyma.
Answer: collenchyma

Question: ………. muscles are present in Iris of the eye, in uterus and bronchi of lungs.
Answer: Smooth or involuntary

Question: Xylem conducts ………. and minerals from the root to the apical aparts of the plant.
Answer: Water

TRUE/FALSE

Question: A large central vacuole is present in permanent tissues.
Answer: True

Question: The cytoplasm of a muscle cell is called sarcoplasm.
Answer: True

Question: Tissues are made up of similar cells which have similar functions.
Answer: True

Question: Ligament consists of white fibres.
Answer: False

Question: A neuron consists of three parts.
Answer: True

Question: Nerve cells are also called dendrons.
Answer: False

Question: Sensory epithelium is found in nasal passages and retina of eyes.
Answer: True

Question: Permanent tissues forms the bulk of the plant body
Answer: True

Question: Squamous epithelial cells are thin, flattened and fitted like tiles in a floor.
Answer: True

Question: Connective tissue is composed of cells and fibres.
Answer: True

ASSERTION AND REASON

Question: Assertion : Most of plant tissues are dead.
Reason : Due to sedentary existence of plants, dead cells provide mechanical strength more easily than live ones and need less maintenance.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Answer: a

Question: Assertion : Vascular or conductive tissue is a distinctive feature of complex plants.
Reason : Vascular tissue has made survival of complex plants possible in terrestrial environment.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Answer: b

Question: Assertion : Ciliated epithelium helps in movement of particles.
Reason : Cilia help in movement.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Answer: a

Question: Assertion : Lateral meristems add thickness of plants.
Reason : Lateral meristems divide only in one plane.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Answer: a

Question: Assertion : Permanent tissue is composed of mature cells.
Reason : Meristematic tissue is a group of actively dividing cells.
Options:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
Answer: b