Multiple Choice Questions

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During formation of which of the following free nuclear division occurs?

  • Flower

  • Endosperm

  • Gametes

  • Fruit


B.

Endosperm

In nuclear endosperm the primary endosperm nucleus divides repeatedly without wall formation producing a large number of free nuclei. It is most common type of endosperm.


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Which is Indian dwarf wheat?

  • T. dicoccum

  • T. sphaerococcum

  • T. turgidum

  • T. aestivum


In prokaryotes, genetic recombination can occur during

  • transduction

  • transformation

  • conjugation

  • all of these


An oocyte is released from the ovary under the influence of LH 

  • after completing meiosis and before polar bodies are released

  • after completing meiosis I and before release of polar bodies

  • after completing meiosis

  • after completing meiosis I and after release of polar bodies.


Which of the following pesticides is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor?

  • Aldrin

  • BHC

  • Endosulfan

  • Malathion


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Extranuclear genes occurs in

  • plastids and are not inherited

  • plasmid and are not inherited

  • mitochondria and are inherited by female

  • mitochondria and are inherited by male


Assertion : Watson and Crick provided experimental proof of semiconservative nature of DNA replication.

Reason : DNA polymerase binds nucleotides in replication.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explantion of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If Assertion is false but Reason is true.


Mutualism is found in

  • hermit crab and sea anemone

  • ox pecker and rhinoceros

  • zoochlorellae and Hydra

  • E.coli and man


The sphere of living matter together with water, air and soil on the surface of earth is called

  • atmosphere

  • hydrosphere

  • lithosphere

  • biosphere


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Chloromycetin is obtained from

  • Streptomyces venezuelae

  • Streptomyces rimosus

  • Bacillus subtilis

  • Clostridium botulinum