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Tissues — Class 9 CBSE Science MCQs with Solutions
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Sample questions with solutions
Q1 — easy
Plant meristematic tissue present at growing tips of roots and shoots responsible for length growth is:
A. Lateral meristem
B. Apical meristem ✓ Correct
C. Intercalary meristem
D. Cambium
Solution: Apical meristem drives primary growth in length.
Q2 — easy
Meristematic tissue responsible for increasing stem and root girth (girth growth) is:
A. Apical meristem
B. Lateral meristem (Cambium) ✓ Correct
C. Intercalary meristem
D. Apical bud
Solution: Lateral meristem (vascular cambium) increases diameter/girth.
Q3 — easy
Simple permanent plant tissue consisting of living unspecialized thin-walled cells storing food is:
A. Sclerenchyma
B. Parenchyma ✓ Correct
C. Collenchyma
D. Xylem
Solution: Parenchyma cells store food and water.
Q4 — easy
Simple permanent tissue providing mechanical flexibility and elasticity (bending without breaking) in stems is:
A. Parenchyma
B. Collenchyma ✓ Correct
C. Sclerenchyma
D. Phloem
Solution: Collenchyma provides structural flexibility in young stems.
Q5 — easy
Simple permanent tissue consisting of dead, thick-walled lignified cells providing hard support (e.g. husk of coconut) is:
A. Parenchyma
B. Collenchyma
C. Sclerenchyma ✓ Correct
D. Epidermis
Solution: Sclerenchyma consists of dead lignified structural cells.
Q6 — easy
Complex permanent tissue in plants responsible for transporting water and minerals vertically upward is:
A. Phloem
B. Xylem ✓ Correct
C. Cambium
D. Parenchyma
Solution: Xylem conducts water and minerals from roots to leaves.
Q7 — easy
Living conductive element in Phloem tissue that transports synthesized food is the:
A. Tracheid
B. Vessel
C. Sieve Tube (with Companion cell) ✓ Correct
D. Xylem fiber
Solution: Sieve tubes transport food bidirectionally.
Q8 — easy
Epithelial tissue made of flat, thin, tile-like cells lining blood vessels and lung alveoli is:
A. Cuboidal epithelium
B. Squamous epithelium ✓ Correct
C. Columnar epithelium
D. Ciliated epithelium
Solution: Simple squamous epithelium facilitates thin diffusion boundaries.
Q9 — easy
Connective tissue connecting muscles to bones is a:
A. Ligament
B. Tendon ✓ Correct
C. Cartilage
D. Areolar tissue
Solution: Tendons anchor muscles to bones.
Q10 — easy
Connective tissue connecting two bones together at a joint is a:
A. Tendon
B. Ligament ✓ Correct
C. Cartilage
D. Adipose tissue
Solution: Ligaments bind bones together.
Q11 — easy
Fluid matrix connective tissue transporting gases, nutrients, and hormones in human body is:
A. Lymph
B. Blood ✓ Correct
C. Cartilage
D. Adipose tissue
Solution: Blood is a liquid connective tissue.
Q12 — easy
Fat-storing connective tissue beneath skin acting as thermal insulator is:
A. Areolar tissue
B. Adipose tissue ✓ Correct
C. Cartilage
D. Bone
Solution: Adipose tissue stores fat and insulates.
Q13 — easy
Smooth, flexible supportive connective tissue covering joint surfaces of nose and ears is:
A. Bone
B. Cartilage ✓ Correct
C. Tendon
D. Ligament
Solution: Cartilage provides pliable skeletal support.
Q14 — easy
Involuntary, non-striated spindle-shaped muscle cells found in walls of stomach and blood vessels are:
A. Striated (Skeletal) muscles
B. Smooth (Unstriated) muscles ✓ Correct
C. Cardiac muscles
D. Voluntary muscles
Solution: Smooth unstriated muscle operates involuntarily.
Q15 — easy
Branching, involuntary, striated muscle cells present exclusively in the heart wall are:
A. Smooth muscles
B. Cardiac muscles ✓ Correct
C. Skeletal muscles
D. Voluntary fibers
Solution: Cardiac muscle drives continuous involuntary heart contraction.