NEET 2026 (cancelled) · Question 124 · Class 11

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

124. The main function of bulliform cells in grasses is :

  1. (A)to perform photosynthesis.
  2. (B)to minimize water loss during water stress.
  3. (C)to make the leaf impermeable to fungal spores.
  4. (D)to transport water.

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

When they are flaccid due to water stress, they make the leaves curl inwards to minimise water loss.

Chapter
Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Section
6.2.6 Isobilateral (Monocotyledonous) Leaf
Page
6
Words matched
18 of 18

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How this line gives the answer

0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that when bulliform cells are flaccid due to water stress, they make leaves curl inwards to minimise water loss, which directly matches option B.

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