Locial necrosis results in open wounds often sunken in stems and surrounded by living tissue which are known as
A. Blight
B. Lesions
C. Cankers
D. Rot
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Cuscuta is a
A. partial stem parasite
B. complete stem parasite
C. partial root parasite
D. complete root parasite
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Match
List-I (Horizons of soil profile) with
List-II (Contents) and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. O-horizon
1. Composed of fresh or partially decomposed organic material
b. A-horizon
2. Composed of weathered parent material
c. B-horizon
3. Composed of major organic matter, accumulated by the loss of clay, iron and aluminium
d. C-horizon
4. Composed of consolidated rock
e. R-horizon
5. Composed of alluvial concentration of all or any of the silicates, clay, iron, aluminium and humus, alone or in combination
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4, e-5
B. a-5, b-2, c-4, d-3, e-1
C. a-1, b-3, c-5, d-2, e-4
D. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3, e-5
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Plants with crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM plants) exhibit different stomatal behaviour in that
A. The stomata are close at night and open during day
B. The stomata are close both at night and during day
C. The stomata are open at night and close during day
D. The stomata are always open
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Which of the following organelles of a cell is/are involved in photosynthesis?
A. Chloroplast
B. Mitochondrion
C. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. Golgi bodies
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
In the context of respiration, the stage known as glycolysis involves the breaking down of . . . . . . . . to pyruvic acid.
A. lactic acid
B. fructose
C. citric acid
D. glucose
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Photosynthesis occurs in
A. Night
B. Day and night
C. Day or night
D. Only day
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
According to the Calvin-Benson cycle, the first product to accumulate during photosynthesis is
A. Phosphoglyceraldehyde
B. Oxaloacetic acid
C. Phosphoglyceric acid
D. Xylose phosphate
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
According to Yoda and Kira (1963), the principles of population regulation include:
A. The changes of a seed developing into a mature plant increase with rise in density
B. The maximum size of a population is predetermined and the density can not be increased beyond this limit
C. The populations of excessive density ultimately turn into different sizes
D. The final density obtained in competition is far related to the morphology of the plant
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
The growth movements resulting from a difference between the rates of extension growth on opposite sides of an organ is called as
A. Paratonic movements
B. Phototropism
C. Gravitotropism
D. Nastic movements
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
The plants that are capable of fixing nitrogen directly from the atmosphere include
A. Gymnosperms and algae
B. Bacteria and blue-green algae
C. Bryophytes and bacteria
D. Only higher plants
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Perfectly even flow, in which water particles move parallel to one another, is called
A. Turbulent flow
B. Laminar flow
C. Rapid flow
D. None of the above
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
North Indian upper alluvial savannah is also known as
A. SaI' savannah
B. Bush forest
C. Patanas
D. All of the above
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Which of the following imparts black stripes running down the rocks of some hills and indicates thereby the type of algal vegetation?
A. Stigonema
B. Parmelia
C. Gyrophora
D. Trentepholia
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
An element present in Chlorophyll is
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Two guanosine triphosphate (GTP) molecules are generated in the Krebs cycle via the reaction
A. Isocitric acid to ∝-ketoglutaric acid
B. Fumaric acid to malic acid
C. Succinyl CoA to succinic acid
D. Malic acid to oxaloacetic acid
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
When the diseased stem of sugarcane is splitted open during the early stages ofthe red-rot disease.
A. The cortical cells of the stem are found to be reddish in colour
B. The medullary bundles are found to have disintegrated
C. The fibrovascular bundles near the base are found to be reddish in colour
D. The cambial rings are found to have oozed out reddish secretions
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Which of the following countries has the highest number of livestock in the world although their productivity is very poor?
A. India
B. Bhutan
C. China
D. Sri Lanka
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Consider the following statements regarding the germination of pollen grain and choose the correct answer:
1. The content of the pollen is a true male gametophyte
2. The pollen tube comes out due to the protrusion of the exine through the germ pore
3. When the pollen grain has germinated, the pollen tube penetrates the stigma through the stigmatic papillae
4. Some stigmas have a continuous cuticle in which pollen tubes penetrate by enzyme action
A. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true
B. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
C. Only 1, 3 and 4 are true
D. Only 1, 2 and 4 are true
Select an option to see the answer and solution.
Savannah forest of Burma is also known as
A. Patanas
B. Bush forest
C. Taiga
D. Monsoon forest
Select an option to see the answer and solution.