NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants
Read the following statements and choose the follwoing option: 1. Subsidiary cells are specialised guard cells 2. Stomatal apparatus consists of subsidiary cells and other stomatal cells 3. Epidermis is usually multi-layered. 4. Epidermis is usually double-layered.
Options
- ABoth 1 and 2 are correct
- BOnly 1 is correct
- COnly 2 is correct
- Dall are correct
Correct answer
C. Only 2 is correct
Step-by-step solution
Sometimes, a few epidermal cells, in the vicinity of the guard cells become specialised in their shape and size and are known as subsidiary cells. The stomatal aperture, guard cells and the surrounding subsidiary cells are together called stomatal apparatus.