Which of the following plants have the capacity to endure long desiccation?
A. Lithophytes
B. Halophytes
C. Mesophytes
D. Chasmophytes
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The downy mildews are all
A. Internal facultative parasites
B. Internal obligate parasites
C. External obligate saprophytes
D. None of the above
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In which of the following genera the synergids of the embryo sac degenerate even before the entry of the pollen tube?
A. Mimusops
B. Taccawormia
C. Portulaca
D. Plumbagella
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Who among the following were the first to use antibiotics for the control of bacterial diseases?
A. Brown and Boyle (1945)
B. Ark and Alcern (1956)
C. De Bruyn and Melhus (1926)
D. Roy and Das (1968)
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The vegetation of savannahs has which of the following resting periods?
A. Summer
B. Winter
C. Spring
D. Rainy
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During the development of embryo in dicotyledons, the suspensor cell situated at the terminal end of suspensor in contact with the globular proembryo is called
A. Paraphysis
B. Hypophysis
C. Vesicular basal cell
D. Embryonal cell
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At the chalazal end, which of the following structures separates the synergids from the central cell?
A. Middle lamella
B. Plasmalemma
C. Integument wall
D. Antipodal cell
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The reagent used to test the presence of starch in leaves is
A. Fehling's solution
B. Iodine solution
C. Million's reagent
D. Benedict's solution
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When microstands are intermixed without any pattern then the mass of vegetation together constitute a/an
A. Abstract community
B. Concrete community
C. Community mosaic
D. Community complex
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The turgor pressure is counter balanced by an equal and opposite pressure of the membrane on the enclosed solution, known as
A. Suction pressure
B. Wall pressure
C. Diffusion pressure
D. None of the above
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Match
List-I (Enzymes) with
List-II (Reactions) and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Oxidoreductases
1. Synthesis by condensation of two groups requiring ATP
b. Lyases
2. Oxidation-reduction reaction
c. Transferases
3. Addition or loss of groups to double bonds
d. Ligases
4. Group transfer reactions
A. a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4
B. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
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Temperature required for vernalisation is
A. 5 - 10° C
B. 5 - 15° C
C. 0 - 5° C
D. 3 - 17° C
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In plants water is absorbed by the root hairs by a process called
A. transportation
B. respiration
C. perspiration
D. osmosis
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The stage of plasmolysis at which the first sign of shrinkage of cell contents from cell wall becomes detectable is called
A. Deplasmolysis
B. Evident plasmolysis
C. Incipient plasmolysis
D. None of the above
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The process of development of asexual embryos directly from egg, antipodal cell, nucellus or integument is called
A. Anisogamy
B. Agamospermy
C. Parthenocarpy
D. Apomixis
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Match
List-I with
List-II and select the correct answer:
List-I
List-II
a. Aristotle and Theophrastus
1. Identified the pure air as oxygen and noxious air produced by the burning of candle as carbon dioxide
b. Lavoisier
2. Performed experiments and demonstrated that the main function of chloroplast is to photo-oxidize water
c. Robert Hill
3. Demonstrated that some bacteria use H2 S instead of H2 O in the process of photosynthesis
d. Van Niel
4. Believed that plants absorb all their nourishment inorganic and organic directly from the soil
A. a-2, b-3, c-1, d-4
B. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
D. a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
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The symptoms of calcium deficiency in plants include:
A. Meristematic regions are greatly affected and eventually die, thus terminating growth in the organs
B. Chlorosis occurs along the margins of younger leaves, these areas usually become necrotic
C. The chloroplasts lose chlorophyll and starch grains, become yellow green in colour, vacuolated, and granular, and finally disintegrate
D. Both A and B
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Some of the physiological processes influenced by ethylene include
A. Flower and fruit initiation
B. Fruit growth and ripening
C. Bud dormancy
D. All of the above
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Which one of the following is active transport?
A. It is the movement of a substance against a diffusion gradient with the use of energy from respiration
B. It is the movement of a substance against a diffusion gradient without the use of energy
C. It is the movement of a substance against a diffusion gradient with the use of energy from photosynthesis
D. It is the movement of a substance along a diffusion gradient with the use of energy from respiration
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The response of buds to photoperiodism is actually controlled by
A. The temperature of the day
B. The length of the dark period
C. The length of the light period
D. The humidity of the light period
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