Different Types of Root Systems

Q. Plants with tap roots have seeds with two cotyledons.

1. True
2. False

Q. Roots that develop from parts of the plant other than the radicle are called ____.

1. Tap roots
2. Nodular roots
3. Adventitious roots
4. Fibrous roots

Q.

Which type of plants show fibrous root?

1. None of them

2. Monocots and smaller Dicots

3. Dicots

4. Monocots

Q.

Fibrous roots arise from the:

1. base of stem

2. radicle

3. plumule

4. any part of a plant

Q.

Cereal crops have fibrous roots and pulses have tap roots. What do you infer from this statement?

1. Cereal crops are dicots and pulses are monocots

2. Cereal crops are monocots and pulses are dicots

3. Cereal are small plants and can be supported by fibrous root as compared to pulses.

4. Cereal crops do not need as much water as the pulses crop

Q.

Which of the following groups of plants are propagated through underground roots?

1. Agave, wild jam and Oxalis

2. Bryophyllum and Kalanchoe

3. Ginger, potato, onion and zimikand

4. Pistia, Chrysanthemum and pineapple

5. Sweet potato, Asparagus, Tapioca and Dahlia

Q. Tap roots are associated with while fibrous roots are present in .

1. monocots
2. epiphytes
3. dicots
4. algae

Q. Match the plants to their modifications.

1. Prop root
2. Modified root
3. Sweet potato
4. Modified stem
5. Banyan tree
6. Pneumatophores
7. Potato
8. Mangrove trees
9. Red mangrove
10. Stilt roots

Q. Fibrous root system of wheat develops from

1. radicle
2. base of stem
3. lateral roots
4. plumule

Q. Tap root and fibrous root is mostly seen in ________ and _________, respectively.

1. dicots, monocots
2. monocots, dicots
3. banyan, mustard
4. wheat, mustard