Biofertilisers convert nitrogen into
A. nitrates
B. ammonia
C. nitrogenase
D. amino acids
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Which one among the following produces seeds but not flowers?
A. Cashewnut
B. Coffee
C. Groundnut
D. Pine
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In order to emphasize the part played by living plants and animals in soil formation, Taylor (1930) proposed the following formula: S = M (C + V + VA + A) t + D
where, A and V signify respectively,
A. Atmosphere and vegetation
B. Air and vegetation
C. Animals and vegetation
D. Time and parent material
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The type of disease control which makes use of the fact that certain plant pathogens are parasitized by other organisms, which may destroy them is known as
A. Physiological control
B. Biological control
C. Chemical control
D. None of the above
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In the ovary, the marginal line along which the carpel fuses is called the
A. Placenta
B. Body
C. Ventral suture
D. Funicle
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The transfer of electrons to NADP+ creates an electron debit in photosystem I. This deficit in non-cyclic photophosphorylation is made up by the excitation of
A. P700 of photosystem I
B. P680 of photosystem II
C. Cytochrome system
D. Electron carriers like plastoquinone and plastocyanin
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An antibiotic which is antifungal has been discovered at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, named as
A. Volutin
B. Bulbiformin
C. Sporomycin
D. Fungimycin
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The inner tapetum of the microspores develops from cells of the
A. Primary parietal layer
B. Outer tapetum
C. Middle layer
D. Connective tissue
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The seeds of gram pod are attached to the wall of the podby a stalk called the
A. Funiculus
B. Hilum
C. Radicle
D. Hypocotyl
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Abscisic acid (ABA) is derived from
A. Oxaloacetic acid
B. Phosphoenol pyruvic acid
C. Malic acid
D. Mevalonic acid
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What is the ultimate product of Glycolysis?
A. Ethyl alcohol
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Pyruvic acid
D. Glucose
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The best example of seismonastic movement is accomplished by
A. Arachis hypogea
B. Plantago lanceolata
C. Hyoscyamus niger
D. Mimosa pudica
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Which of the following symptoms occur due to the external appearance of the pathogen or some portion of the pathogen on the host?
A. NecrosiIs
B. White blisters
C. Hypoplasia
D. Hypertrophy
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Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to stigma of another flower of the same plant is called?
A. Autogamy
B. Geitonogamy
C. Xenogamy
D. None of the above
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"Little leaf rosette" and "mottled leaf" conditions in fruit trees are caused due to the deficiency of
A. Phosphorus
B. Potassium
C. Sulphur
D. Zinc
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Biloproteins are absent in which of the following algal divisions?
A. Cyanophyta
B. Rhodophyta
C. Cryptophyta
D. Chlorophyta
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The first step in the breakdown of carbohydrates during glycolysis is
A. Isomerisation
B. Dehydration
C. ATP generation
D. Phosphorylation
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The study of "a population of species growing together" or "communities" is called
A. Population ecology
B. Human ecology
C. Autecology
D. Synecology
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Barringtonia association
1. Found in West Indian sea coasts
b. Coccoloba association
2. Found in Eastern Asiatic and Australian halophilous forests
c. Restinga association
3. Found in Brazil coasts
d. Aphyllous halophytic forest
4. Seen in sea shores of central Asia
A. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
B. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
C. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
D. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
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In epiphytes, there is a special layer over the root surface that takes up abundant water rapidly from the atmosphere which is known as
A. Phylloclade
B. Haustoria
C. Velamen
D. None of the above
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