Multiple Choice Questions

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Double fertilisation was discovered by

  • Nawaschin

  • Starsburger

  • Emerson

  • None of the above


A.

Nawaschin

The two gametes released by the pollen tube move in opposite direction most probably the streaming currents of cytoplasm. One gamete fuses with egg called fertilisation and second fuses with two polar nuclei called triple fusion i.e. fertilisation and triple fusion jointly called double fertilisation. It was first observed by Nawaschin (1848) in Lilium and Fritillaria. This phenomenon is unique to angiosperm.


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Pellagra is caused by deficiency of vitamin

  • B1

  • B2

  • B5

  • B6


Disease caused by deficiency of protein in children is

  • Obesity

  • Marasmus

  • Diabetes

  • Kwashiorkor


The species, which is going to become extinct due to lack of proper care would be called

  • rare

  • endangered

  • vulnerable

  • extinct


Abnormal growth of the tumor in cancer is due to

  • abnormal mitotic division

  • accumulation of body fluid

  • abnormal meiotic division

  • metastasis


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Antibody is produced by

  • B-Lymphocyte

  • Heparin

  • T- Lymphocyte

  • Both (a) and (b)


Which one of the following can help in the diagnosis of a genetical disorder?

  • ELISA

  • ABO blood group

  • PCR

  • NMR


Ischihara chart is used to detect

  • TB

  • eye sight

  • colourblindness

  • diabetes


The children of a haemophilic man and a normal woman are

  • all haemophilic

  • only daughters are haemophilic

  • only sons are haemophilic

  • neither sons nor daughters are haemophilic


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If a plant having yellow or round seeds was crossed with another plant having green and wrinkled seeds then F, progeny are in the ratio

  • 15 : 1

  • 1 : 15

  • 1 : 13

  • all yellow and round seeds