Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer:
1. The integuments of the ovule become dry and firm, the seed coat
2. Insoluble food is formed in the ovule as a result of dehydration
3. In endospermic seeds the insoluble food is stored in cotyledons
4. The ovary wall forms the fruit wall which may be hard or fleshy
A. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
B. Only 1, 3 and 4 are true
C. Only 1, 2 and 4 are true
D. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true
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In the photosynthetic purple bacteria, the phototactic movements shown by them seem to be due to light absorbed by
A. Xanthophylls
B. Phyobilins
C. Carotenoids
D. Biliproteins
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Who among the following has called a frontier or flat-earth concept of the world instead of spaceship or round-world view?
A. Smith (1977)
B. W. G. Rosen (1970)
C. Brodine (1973)
D. Southwick (1976)
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Oxygen, which is liberated during photosynthesis comes from
A. Water
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Chlorophyll
D. Phosphoglyceric acid
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Except which of the following steps, in all other steps the pair of electrons, released in respiration, reduces NAD+ to NADH ?
A. When isocitric acid is oxidised to oxalosuccinic acid
B. ∝-ketoglutaric acid to succinyl Co-A formation
C. During oxidation of succinic acid to fumaric acid
D. During oxidation of malic acid to oxaloacetic acid
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When the water is trickling downwards due to gravity, a portion of the water is retained around and between the soil particles due to surface tension. This water is known as
A. Gravitational water
B. Hygroscopic water
C. Capillary water
D. Combined water
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The uredospore stage of Puccinia is called the
A. Black rust stage
B. Red rust stage
C. Brown rust stage
D. Leaf rust stage
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Which of these is a micronutrient for plants?
A. Carbon
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Boron
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Consider the following statements regarding tobacco mosaic viruses and choose the correct answer:
1. Tobacco mosaic viruses are sap transmissible
2. These can stand a high degree of dilution
3. Breaking of a hair with contaminated instrument serves as a means of transmitting the virus
4. These viruses are insect borne
A. Only 1 and 4 are true
B. Only 3 and 4 are true
C. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
D. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true
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Red-rot of sugarcane was first observed by
A. Went (1893)
B. Burril (1878)
C. Robert Koch (1876)
D. Stanley (1935)
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In alfalfa, cold sensitive cultivars are
A. Long-day plants
B. Short-day plants
C. Day-neutral plants
D. Both A and B
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The most suitable temperature for citrus canker appears to be
A. 10° C to 20° C
B. 20° C to 30° C
C. 27° C to 39° C
D. 0° C to 10° C
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The green colour of the leaves is due to the presence of
A. proteins
B. lipids
C. chlorophyll
D. carbohydrates
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Which one of the following does not increase the amount of carbon dioxide in carbon cycle on earth?
A. Respiration
B. Photosynthesis
C. Decay of organic matter
D. Volcanic action
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The first stage in the process of fermentation is the
A. Phosphorylation of hexose with the ATP molecules
B. Carboxylation of CO2 with Rubp
C. Oxidation of 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde
D. Isomerisation of glucose 6-phosphate to fructose 6-phosphate
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Atmospheric diffusion of air is minimal at elevations above
A. 500 meters of earth's surface
B. 1000 meters of earth's surface
C. 1500 meters of earth's surface
D. 3000 meters of earth's surface
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The only plant cells without nuclei among the following are
A. cambium cells
B. root hairs
C. companion cells
D. tracheid cells
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Example of plants which require vernalisation is/are
A. pea
B. sugar beet
C. cabbage
D. All of these
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The microbes which are essential for the conversion of ammonium salts to nitrate have been isolated first by
A. Nicholas (1960)
B. Winogradsky (1890)
C. Kritzmann (1937)
D. Blackman (1899)
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The species that dominate in upper Rhododendron zone up to the timber line include
A. Rhododendron barbatum
B. Rhododendron grande
C. Rhododendron cinnabarium
D. Rhododendron campanulatum
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