Multiple Choice Questions

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Pneumatophores (respiratory roots) are found in

  • Pistia

  • Calobranchia

  • Rhizophora

  • All of these


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Rhizophora

Pneumatophores are the aerial roots that grow vertically upwards in swampy plants like rhizophora to obtain oxygen as swampy plants are constantly submerged under water. Their main function is respiration, hence, they are also called as respiratory roots.


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Mycorrhiza is correctly described as

  • symbiosis of algae and fungi

  • relation of ants with the stem of some trees

  • parasitic association between roots and some fungi

  • symbiotic relationship between fungi and roots of some higher plants


Maximum absorption of light occurs in the region of

  • 400 - 700 nm

  • 700 - 900 nm

  • 1000 - 1200 nm

  • 1500 - 2000 nm


The red colour of 'red sea' is due to which of the following blue-green algae?

  • Chlamydomonas nivalis

  • Anabaena

  • Microcystis

  • Trichodesmium


Which is a typical example of 'feedback inhibition'?

  • Allosteric inhibition of hexokinase by glucose-6-phosphate

  • Reaction between succinic dehydrogenase and succinic acid

  • Cyanide and cytochrome reaction

  • Sulpha drugs and folic acid synthesizer bacteria


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In C4 plants, CO2 combines with

  • phosphoglyceric acid

  • ribulose diphosphate

  • phosphoenol pyruvate

  • phosphoglyceraldehyde


Which one of the following elements is almost non-essential for plants?

  • Ca

  • Mo

  • Zn

  • Na


All tissues consist of cells sentence was said by
  • Wallace

  • Virchow

  • Schleiden

  • None of these


Now-a-days cornea transplantation is very popular. The reason is that it

  • is easy to preserve

  • transplanted very easily

  • can be easily obtained

  • does not link with blood supply and immune system


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The part of mushroom comes out from soil is called

  • basidiocarp

  • ascogonium

  • ascocarp

  • pericarp