It happens during the photosynthesis in green plants
A. Taking nitrogen and releasing oxygen
B. Taking CO2 and releasing oxygen
C. Taking oxygen and releasing CO2
D. Taking oxygen and releasing nitrogen
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The regulators produced by plants, which are low in concentrations regulate plant physiological processes are known as
A. Growth hormones
B. Growth regulators
C. Phytohormones
D. Phytochromes
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The most common bacteria present in the organic effluents is
A. Diplococcus pneumoniae
B. Sterptococcus lactis
C. Escherichia coli
D. Bacillus anthracis
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Which among the following is a male part of a flower?
A. Stigma
B. Stamen
C. Style
D. Pistil
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Which of the following has the maximum efficiency to convert solar energy into chemical energy?
A. Chorella
B. Tiger
C. Earthworm
D. Cuscutta
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All electrons possess the same intrinsic spin, which is characterized by a spin quantum number S, the magnitude of which is always
A. 2 1 (half)
B. 1 (one)
C. 2 (two)
D. 0 (zero)
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In C4 plants, initially the carbon dioxide of the atmosphere comes in contact with mesophyll cells where it combines with phosphoenol pyruvic acid to form
A. Malic acid
B. Aspartic acid
C. Oxaloacetic acid
D. Pyruvic acid
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Which micronutrient is supplied by soil to plant?
A. Phosphorous
B. Calcium
C. Zinc
D. Nitrogen
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Flowering of plants by exposure to low temperature is called
A. vernalisation
B. cryobiology
C. photoperiodism
D. micrografting
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There may be more than one embryo sac in an ovule due to which of the following reasons?
A. The embryo sacs may be derived from the same megaspore mother cell
B. Two or more megaspores may be formed to give rise to the embryo sacs
C. The nucellar cells behave as embryo sacs
D. All of the above
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Carbon dioxide diffuses directly from the atmosphere and is readily dissolved in water to result in
A. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4 )
B. Carbon monoxide (CO)
C. Carbonic acid (H2 CO3 )
D. None of the above
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The dark conversion of Pfr to the Pr form of phytochrome appears to be restricted to the
A. Angiosperms
B. Dicotyledons
C. Monocotyledons
D. Thallophytes
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If an unvemalized henbane plant is grafted to a Maryland Mammoth tobacco plant,
A. The henbane plant will not flower
B. The henbane plant will flower, only when the tobacco plant receives a photo inductive cycle
C. The henbane plant will flower, whether or not the tobacco plant receives a photoinductive cycle
D. The henbane plant will not receive any stimulus from the tobacco plant
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At temperatures above absolute zero, all components of matter are in motion - that is, they possess a certain amount of
A. Translational kinetic energy
B. Rotational energy
C. Electronic energy
D. Potential energy
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Each chlorophyll has a fifth ring containing only
A. Hydrogen atoms
B. Magnesium atoms
C. Oxygen atoms
D. Carbon atoms
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In which of the following schizocarpic dry fruit types, the fruit is produced from a bicarpellary, syncarpous, bilocular and inferior ovary?
A. Cremocarp
B. Lomentum
C. Regma
D. Carcerule
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Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer:
1. The grassland biome is found where rainfall is about 60 - 70 inches
2. Grasslands provide natural pasture for grazing animals and our principal agricultural food plants have been developed by artificial selection from the grasses
3. The birds characteristic of grasslands are prairie chickens, meadow larks and rodent hawks
4. The species of grasses present in any given grassland may range from tall species, 150 to 250 cm in height, to short species of grass that do not exceed 15 cm in height
A. Only 1, 3 and 4 are true
B. Only 1, 2 and 4 are true
C. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true
D. Only 2 and 4 are true
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The rate of storage of organic matter or energy not used by heterotrophs in the community in a given time is known as
A. Gross primary productivity
B. Net primary productivity
C. Net community productivity
D. Secondary productivity
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The type of xerophilous plants which grow on saline soil with high concentration of salts like NaCI, MgCl2 and MgSO4 are known as
A. Halophytes
B. Hydrophytes
C. Mesophytes
D. Xerophytes
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When the variants of an enzyme are within the same species of an organism they are called
A. Intraspecific variants
B. Interspecific variants
C. Ontogenetic variants
D. Both A and C
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