Multiple Choice Questions

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Assertion: Secondary metabolites are produced in small quantities and their extraction from the plant is difficult and expensive.

Reason: Secondary metabolites can be commercially produced by using tissue culture technique.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If both assertion and reason are false.


B.

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

Secondary metabolites are biosynthetically derived from primary metabolites but more limited in distribution in plant kingdom, being restricted to a particular taxonomic group. Secondary metabolites are accumulated by plants in smaller quantities as compared to primary metabolites. Also, they are synthesised in specialised cell types at distinct developmental stages, making their extraction and purification difficult and expensive. By the culture media using tissue culture techniques, secondary metabolites can be produced on a large scale


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The dormancy of seed is regulated by

  • ABA

  • Ethylene

  • GA- 3

  • Dihydrozeatin


2,4- D is an effective

  • fungicide

  • weedicide

  • rodenticide

  • wormicide


Pencils are prepared from the wood of

  • Pinus vinaster

  • Juniperus virginiana

  • Chamaecyparis piscifera

  • Abies pindrow


Auxin in plant means for

  • cell elongation

  • fruit ripening

  • cell division

  • inhibit the root growth


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Agricultural chemicals include

  • growth regulators

  • fertilizers

  • pesticides

  • all of these


Ageing is retarded by

  • ABA

  • CKN

  • GA

  • C2H4


Which of the following is an antigibberellin

  • Auxin

  • Ethylene

  • ABA

  • Cytokinin


Identify the incorrect statement about ABA growth regulator

  • It increases the tolerance of plants against different stresses.

  • It acts as general plant growth inhibitor and inhibitor of metabolism.

  • It helps in seed maturation and dormancy.

  • It promotes morphogenesis and differentiation of shoots.


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Which of the following is a day neutral plant

  • Helianthus annuus

  • Euphorbia pulcherrima

  • Avena sativa

  • Beta vulgaris


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