Mcq's of class 9 chapter Tissues

Mcq's of class 9 chapter Tissues

1. MCQ Questions for Class 9 Science
Chapter 6 Tissues with Answers
Question 1.
Which of the following tissues has dead
cells?
(a) Parenchyma
(b) Sclerenchyma
(c) Collenchyma
(d) Epithelial tissue
Answer
Answer: (b) Sclerenchyma

Question 2.
Find out incorrect sentence.
(a) Parenchymatous tissues have
intercellular spaces.
(b) Collenchymatous tissues are irregularly
thickened at corners.
(c) Apical and intercalary meristems are

2. permanent tissues.
(d) Meristematic tissues, in its early stage,
lack vacuoles.
Answer
Answer: (c) Apical and intercalary
meristems are permanent tissues.

Question 3.
Girth of stem increases due to
(a) apical meristem
(b) lateral meristem
(c) intercalary meristem
(d) vertical meristem
Answer
Answer: (b) lateral meristem

Question 4.
Which cell does not have perforated cell

3. wall?
(a) Tracheids
(b) Companion cells
(c) Sieve tubes
(d) Vessels
Answer
Answer: (b) Companion cells

Question 5.
Intestine absorbs the digested food
materials. What type of epithelial cells are
responsible for that?
(a) Stratified squamous epithelium
(b) Columnar epithelium
(c) Spindle fibres
(d) Cuboidal epithelium
Answer
Answer: (b) Columnar epithelium

4. Question 6.
A person met with an accident in which two
long bones of the hand were dislocated.
Which among the following may be the
possible reason?
(a) Tendon break
(b) Break of skeletal muscle
(c) Ligament break
(d) Areolar tissue break
Answer
Answer: (c) Ligament break

Question 7.
While doing work and running, you move
your organs Like hands, legs etc. Which
among the following is correct?
(a) Smooth muscles contract and pull the
ligament to move the bones.
(b) Smooth muscles contract and pull the
tendons to move the bones.

5. (c) Skeletal muscles contract and pull the
ligament to move the bones.
(d) Skeletal muscles contract and pull the
tendon to move the bones.
Answer
Answer: (d) Skeletal muscles contract and
pull the tendon to move the bones.

Question 8.
Which muscles act involuntarily?
(i) Striated muscles
(ii) Smooth muscles
(iii) Cardiac muscles
(iv) Skeletal muscles
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (iii) and (iv)
(d) (i) and (iv)
Answer

6. Answer: (b) (ii) and (iii)

Question 9.
Meristematic tissues in plants are
(a) localised and permanent
(b) not limited Lo certain regions
(c) localised and dividing cells
(d) growing in volume
Answer
Answer: (c) localised and dividing cells

Question 10.
Which is not a function of epidermis?
(a) Protection from adverse condition
(b) Gaseous exchange
(c) Conduction of water
(d) Transpiration
Answer

7. Answer: (c) Conduction of water

Question 11.
Select the incorrect sentence.
(a) Blood has a matrix containing proteins,
salts and hormones
(b) Two bones are connected by ligament
(c) Tendons are non-fibrous tissue and
fragile
(d) Cartilage is a form of connective tissue
Answer
Answer: (c) Tendons are non-fibrous tissue
and fragile

Question 12.
Cartilage is not found in
(a) nose
(b) ear

8. (c) kidney
(d) larynx
Answer
Answer: (c) kidney

Question 13.
Fats are stored in human body as
(a) Cuboidal epithelium
(b) Adipose tissue
(c) Bones
(d) Cartilage
Answer
Answer: (b) Adipose tissue

Question 14.
Bone matrix is rich in
(a) Fluoride and calcium
(b) Calcium and phosphorus

9. (c) Calcium and potassium
(d) Phosphorus and potassium
Answer
Answer: (b) Calcium and phosphorus

Question 15.
Contractile proteins are found in
(a) bones
(b) blood
(c) muscles
(d) cartilage
Answer
Answer: (c) muscles

Question 16.
Voluntary muscles are found in
(a) alimentary canal
(b) limbo

10. (c) iris of the eye
(d) bronchi of lungs
Answer
Answer: (b) limbo

Question 17.
Nervous tissue is not found in
(a) brain
(b) spinal cord
(c) tendons
(d) nerves
Answer
Answer: (c) tendons

Question 18.
Nerve cell does not contain
(a) axon
(b) nerve endings

11. (c) tendons
(d) dendrites
Answer
Answer: (c) tendons

Question 19.
Which of the following helps in repair of
tissue and fills up the space inside the
organ?
(a) Tendon
(b) Adipose tissue
(c) Areolar
(d) Cartilage
Answer
Answer: (c) Areolar

Question 20.
The muscular tissue which function

12. throughout life continuously without
fatigue is
(a) skeletal muscle
(b) cardiac muscle
(c) smooth muscle
(d) voluntary muscle
Answer
Answer: (b) cardiac muscle

Question 21.
Which of the following cells is found in the
cartilaginous tissue of the body?
(a) Mast cells
(b) Basophils
(c) Osteocytes
(d) Chondrocytes
Answer
Answer: (d) Chondrocytes

13. Question 22.
The dead element present in the phloem is
(a) companion cells
(b) phloem fibres
(c) phloem parenchyma
(d) sieve tubes
Answer
Answer: (b) phloem fibres

Question 23.
Which of the following does not lose their
nucleus at maturity?
(a) Companion cells
(b) Red blood cells
(c) Vessel
(d) Sieve tube cells
Answer
Answer: (a) Companion cells

14. Question 24.
In desert plants, rate of water loss gets
reduced due to the presence of
(a) cuticle
(b) stomata
(c) lignin
(d) suberin
Answer
Answer: (a) cuticle

Question 25.
A long tree has several branches. The
tissue that helps in the side ways
conduction of water in the branches is
(a) collenchyma
(b) xylem parenchyma
(c) parenchyma
(d) xylem vessels
Answer

15. Answer: (d) xylem vessels

Question 26.
¡f the tip of sugar cane plant is removed
from the field, even then it keeps on
growing in length. It is due to the presence
of
(a) cambium
(b) apical meristem
(c) lateral meristem
(d) intercalary meristem
Answer
Answer: (d) intercalary meristem

Question 27.
A nail is inserted in the trunk of a tree at a
height of 1 metre from the ground level.
After 3 years the nail will

16. (a) move downwards
(b) move upwards
(c) remain at the same position
(d) move sideways
Answer
Answer: (c) remain at the same position

Question 28.
Parenchyma cells are
(a) relatively unspecified and thin-walled
(b) thick walled and specialised
(c) lignified
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (a) relatively unspecified and thin-
walled

17. Question 29.
Flexibility in plants is due to
(a) collenchyma
(b) scierenchyma
(c) parenchyma
(d) chiorenchyma
Answer
Answer: (a) collenchyma

Question 30.
Cork cells are made impervious to water
and gases by the presence of
(a) cellulose
(b) lipids
(c) suberin
(d) lignin
Answer
Answer: (c) suberin

18. Question 31.
Survival of plants in terrestrial
environment has been made possible by the
presence of
(a) intercalary meristem
(b) conducting tissue
(c) apical meristem
(d) parenchymatous tissue
Answer
Answer: (b) conducting tissue

Question 32.
Choose the wrong statement.
(a) The nature of matrix differs according
to the function of the tissue
(b) Fats are stored below the skin and in
between the internal organs
(c) Epithelial tissues have intercellular
spaces between them

19. (d) Cells of striated muscles are multinucle
ate and unbranched
Answer
Answer: (c) Epithelial tissues have
intercellular spaces between them

Question 33.
The water conducting tissue generally
present in gymnosperm is
(a) vessels
(b) sieve tube
(c) tracheids
(d) xylem fibres
Answer
Answer: (c) tracheids

Fill in the blanks:

20. 1. Apical meristem is present at the growing
tips of stems and roots and increases the
……………. of the stem and the root.
Answer
Answer: Length

2. The ………….. meristem helps to increase
the girth of the stem or root.
Answer
Answer: lateral

3. The process by which cells take up a
permanent shape, size, and a function is
called ……………..
Answer
Answer: specialisation

21. 4. Large air cavities present in parenchyma
of aquatic plants give ……………. to the plants
to help them float.
Answer
Answer: buoyancy

5. Collenchyma is a …………… tissue present in
plants which provides flexibility in plants.
Answer
Answer: simple permanent

6. The husk of a coconut is composed of
…………… tissue.
Answer
Answer: sclerenchyrna

22. 7. Two kidney-shaped cells called ………………
cells enclose the stomata.
Answer
Answer: guard

8. Cells of cork are dead and have a
chemical called ……………. in their walls that
makes them impervious to gases and water.
Answer
Answer: suberin

9. The ……………. parenchyma stores food and
helps in the sideways conduction of water.
Answer
Answer: xylem

23. 10. An extracellular fibrous …………….
membrane separates all epithelium from
the underlying tissue.
Answer
Answer: basement

11. The oesophagus and the lining of the
mouth are covered with ………………
epithelium.
Answer
Answer: squamous

12. The …………….. epithelium is formed when
the epithelial tissue folds inward and form
a multicellular gland.

24. Answer
Answer: glandular

13. Blood has a fluid (liquid) matrix called
…………….. in which red blood cells (RBCs),
white blood cells (WBCs) and are
suspended.
Answer
Answer: plasma, platelets

14. Bone cells are embedded in a hard
matrix that is composed of …………….. and
……………. compounds.
Answer
Answer: calcium and phosphorus

25. 15. Tendon is a connective tissue which
connects …………….. to bones.
Answer
Answer: muscles

16. Cartilage ……………. bone surfaces at
joints and is also present in the nose, ear,
trachea and larynx.
Answer
Answer: smoothens

17. The connective tissue found between
the skin and muscles, around blood vessels
and nerves and in the bone marrow is called
as ……………. tissue.
Answer
Answer: aerolar

26. 18. The cells of ……………. muscular tissue are
long, cylindrical, unbranched and
multinucleate (having many nuclei).
Answer
Answer: striated

19. Heart muscle cells are cylindrical,
…………… and uninucleate.
Answer
Answer: branched

20. Each neuron has a single long part,
called the ……………. and many short,
branched parts called ………………
Answer

27. Answer: axon, dendrites

II. Match the following columns
Column A Column B
(a) Adipocytes (i) Blood
(b) Cartilage (ii) Join bone to bone
(c) Tendon (iii) Cambium
(d) Skin (iv) Platelets

28. (e) Veins of leaves (v) Fat containing cell
(f) Clotting of blood (vi) Joins muscle to bones
(g) Fluid connective tissue
(vii) Stratified squamous
epithelium
(h) Increases girth of
stem
(viii) Composed of proteins
and sugars
(i) Ligament (ix) Sclerenchyma
Answer
Answer:

29. Column A Column B
(a) Adipocytes (v) Fat containing cell
(b) Cartilage
(viii) Composed of proteins
and sugars
(c) Tendon (vi) Joins muscle to bones
(d) Skin
(vii) Stratified squamous
epithelium
(e) Veins of leaves (ix) Sclerenchyma

30. (f) Clotting of blood (iv) Platelets
(g) Fluid connective tissue (i) Blood
(h) Increases girth of
stem
(iii) Cambium
(i) Ligament (ii) Join bone to bone