Early blight of potato spreads and becomes serious when the season begins with
A. Less moisture followed by low temperature
B. Abundant moisture followed by low temperature
C. Abundant moisture fullowed by high temperature
D. Less moisture followed by high temperature
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Which of the following is a free living, nitrogen-fixing organism?
A. Azotobacter
B. Rhizobium
C. Nitrosomonas
D. Nitrobacter
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Which of the following is an example of rooted hydrophyte with floating leaves?
A. Wolffia
B. Salvinia
C. Nymphaea
D. Pistia
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Common examples of the non-parasitic diseases include
A. Black heart of potatoes
B. Scald of apples
C. Heat canker of flax
D. All of the above
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Dry and scaly bracts found in association with spikelet infloroscence are known as
A. Petaloid bracts
B. Involucre
C. Spathe
D. Glumes
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In case of severe infection of blast disease of rice, the plants wither at the
A. Flowering stage
B. Senescence stage
C. Growth stage
D. Seedling stage
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The portion of the earth in which ecosystems operate is called the
A. Ecosphere
B. Biosphere
C. Troposphere
D. Mesosphere
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The megaspore mother cell nucleus after dividing meiotically forms four haploid megaspores which are arranged in a linear tetrad, of which the lower most megaspore is functional in case of
A. Polygonum type
B. Drusa type
C. Oenothera type
D. Plumbagella type
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Which of the following methods is based on the act that tissue will not gain or lose water to the atmosphere when the vapour pressure of air corresponds to the water potential of the tissue?
A. Vapor Pressure Method
B. Falling Drop Method
C. Gravimetric Method
D. Volume Method
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Assertion (A) The lenticel is meant for gaseous exchange.
Reason (R) Lenticel checks excessive evaporation of water.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true, but R is false
D. A is false, but R is true
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Consider the following statements regarding chasmophytes and choose the correct answer:
1. Chasmophytes are plants rooted in fissures or clefts and crevices of rocks which are filled with earth, dust and other gravel or rock-debris
2. Chasmophytic flora consists of all types, they belong to Thallophyta, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta
3. Rhizoids and roots of chasmophytes are often constricted within narrow clefts and flattened out as thin filamentous structures
4. If the rock is provided with clefts and crevices, lithophytes along chasmophytes develop in these
A. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true
B. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true
C. Only 3 and 4 are true
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are true
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At which level of the pyramid of energy the amount of the total energy is the highest?
A. At the trophic level situated at the top
B. At the primary consumer level
C. At the producer level
D. At the trophic level just below the top level
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The fraction of the total amount of a substance in a component which is released in a given time is called
A. Turnover rate
B. Rate of efficiency
C. Productivity
D. Yield
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The whole fruit body of which of the following spores of Fusarium oxysporum is called the sporodochium?
A. Microconidia
B. Macroconidia
C. Chlamydospores
D. None of the above
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Which of the following is a plant tissue?
1. Meristematic tissue
2. Permanent tissue
A. Neither 1 nor 2
B. Both 1 and 2
C. Only 1
D. Only 2
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In C4 plants, the atmospheric CO2 is accepted by
A. Phosphoenol pyruvic acid
B. Oxaloacetic acid
C. Ribulose diphosphate
D. Pyruvic acid
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The part of life cycle of Puccinia which is passed on the grain host or the wheat plant represents the
A. Diploid phase
B. Synkaryon phase
C. Haploid phase
D. Dikaryophase
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Advantages of self-pollination include
A. Less chances of failure of pollination
B. Continuance self-pollination results in the stronger progeny
C. New species and varieties of plants are produced
D. All of the above
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Which of the following statements about phloem transport is correct?
A. Phloem transport occurs unidirectionally
B. Gravity influences phloem transport
C. Ca+ is the most abundantcation in phloem sap
D. Sugar is transported in phloem as non-reducing sugar
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A natural process observed in lakes and tanks where the rich growth of micro-organisms consumes much of the dissolved oxygen, tending to deprive other organisms is known as
A. Eutrophication
B. Precipitation
C. Oxygenation
D. Petrifaction
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