Biology · Chapter 4 of 19

Plant Tissues & Anatomy: BPSC & UPPCS Prelims PYQs

7 previous-year questions on Plant Tissues & Anatomy. Each one opens to its answer and explanation.

1. 1. 71st BPSC Prelims 2025

   Xylem in plants is responsible for following function:

   1. ATransport of foods
   2. BTransport of water and dissolved minerals
   3. CTransport of oxygen and other gases
   4. DTransport of essential amino acids
   Answer and explanation →

2. 2. 71st BPSC Prelims 2025

   The part which we eat in Mango is:

   1. AEpicarp
   2. BMesocarp
   3. CEndocarp
   4. DNone of the above
   Answer and explanation →

3. 3. 70th BPSC Prelims 2024

   Buds are typically found

   1. ABoth at the base of leaves and tip of branches
   2. BAt the tip of branches
   3. CAt the base of leaves
   4. DNone of the above
   Answer and explanation →

4. 4. UPPSC Prelims 2023

   The Xylem in plants is responsible for transporting -

   1. AWater
   2. BOxygen
   3. CAmino Acid
   4. DFood
   Answer and explanation →

5. 5. 67th BPSC Prelims 2022

   Stem of a plant helps in distributing food to all parts of the plant. It also helps in

   1. Astoring the food
   2. Bshaping the plant
   3. Crespiration
   4. Dphotosynthesis
   5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

6. 6. 66th BPSC Prelims 2020

   Ginger is a stem and not root because

   1. Ait stores food material
   2. Bit has nodes and internodes
   3. Cit grows horizontally in the soil
   4. Dit lacks chlorophyll
   5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

7. 7. UPPSC Prelims 2015

   The ‘xylem’ in plants is responsible mainly for

   1. ATransportation of food
   2. BTransportation of amino acid
   3. CTransportation of water
   4. DTransportation of oxygen
   Answer and explanation →