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BotanyNEET 2024Tissues and tissue systems

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Given below are two statements:

Statement I: Parenchyma is living but collenchyma is dead tissue.

Statement II: Gymnosperms lack xylem vessels but the presence of xylem vessels is characteristic of angiosperms.

In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A.Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  2. B.Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  3. C.Statement I is false but Statement II is true✓
  4. D.Both Statement I and Statement II are true

Solution

Collenchyma is a living tissue (Statement I false). Vessels are characteristic of angiosperms and absent from gymnosperms, whose xylem has only tracheids (Statement II true).

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