NEET 2012 · Class 11

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

As compared to a dicot root, a monocot root has

  1. (A)more abundant secondary xylem
  2. (B)many xylem bundles
  3. (C)inconspicuous annual rings
  4. (D)relatively thicker periderm

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

As compared to the dicot root which have fewer xylem bundles, there are usually more than six (polyarch) xylem bundles in the monocot root.

Chapter
Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Section
6.2.2 Monocotyledonous Root
Page
3
Words matched
24 of 24

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How this line gives the answer

4, emb=0.9923, combined=0.7554). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that monocot roots have more xylem bundles than dicot roots, directly matching option B's claim of 'many xylem bundles'.

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