Question

Which one of the following characters is not found in transverse section of monocot stem?

• A. Sclerenchyma bundle sheath
• B. Lysigenous cavity
• C. Sclerenchymatous hypodermis
• D. Starch sheath

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Starch sheath

A transverse section passing through the monocot stem reveals:
Epidermis, hypodermis (represented by a few layers of the compactly arranged sclerenchyma cells), ground tissue, vascular bundles (each vascular bundle has a covering, called as bundle sheath formed by a single layer of sclerenchyma cells), lysigenous cavity is present in the monocot stem.

The only thing not present in the monocot stem is the starch sheath.

Thus, the correct answer is option (D).