Question

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer.

List-I(Meristem)	List-II(structure)
a. Apical Meristem	$1$. Cambium
b. Lateral Meristem	$2$. Internodes
c. Intercalary Meristem	$3$. Root apex
d. Secondary Meristem	$4$. Cork cambium

• A. A-$3$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$4$
• B. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$4$, D-$3$
• C. A-$3$, B-$2$, C-$4$, D-$1$
• D. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$1$, D-$2$

Answer 1

The correct option is A A-$3$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$4$

• The root apical meristem, or root apex, is a small region at the tip of a root in which all cells are capable of repeated division and from which all primary root tissues are derived.
• The root apical meristem is protected as it passes through the soil by an outer region of living parenchyma cells called the root cap.
• Secondary, or lateral meristems, which are found in all woody plants and in some herbaceous ones, consist of vascular cambium and the cork cambium.
• They produce secondary tissues from a ring of vascular cambium in stems and roots.
  
• The meristem present at the base of internodes is intercalary meristem.
• The cork cambium also is a secondary meristem, containing meristematic cells. The cork cambium forms a major portion of the bark of woody plants.
• The secondary phloem also is part of the bark, but of course phloem is produced by the vascular cambium.
  

Hence, the correct answer is option A.