Multiple Choice Questions

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Agar-agar commonly used in bacterial cultures and medication is obtained from :

  • Sargassum 

  • Gelidium

  • Ulothrix

  • Ulva


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Gelidium

Agar-agar is a mucilage producedby certain red algae. The main sources of Agar-agar in Japan are the thalli of Gelidium, Gracilaria and Gigartina. It is used in the prepration of certain medicines and in cosmetics, leather and textile industries.


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Terminal cytochrome of respiratory chain which donates electrons to oxygen is :

  • cytochrome b

  • cytochrome c

  • cytochrome a

  • cytochrome a3


Dendrochronology is the study of:

  • height of a tree

  • diameter of a tree

  • age of the tree by counting the number of annual rings in the main stem

  • none of the above


Pratonema is found in the life cycle of:

  • Spirogyra

  • Rhizopus

  • Escherichia

  • Funaria


Energy currency (reservoir) of the cells is:

  • AMP

  • ATP

  • RNA

  • DNA


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An open collateral bundle is one in which :

  • xylem and phloem are seprated by cambium;

  • xylem and phloem lie side by side

  • cambium occurs on the out side of bundle

  • cambium does not occur in the bundle


Dikaryon formation is characteristic of :

  • ascomycetes and basidiomycetes

  • phycotnycetes and basidiomycetes

  • ascomycetes and phycomycetes

  • phycomycetes and zygomycetes


Most effective wavelength of light photosynthesis is :

  • green

  • violet

  • red

  • yellow


Divisions characteristic of korper-kappe theory are:

  • anticlinal

  • T-type

  • periclinal

  • irregular


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Prothallus of fem has :

  • antheridia and archegonia on lower surface

  • antheridia and archegonia on upper surface

  • antheridia on upper surface and archegonia on lower

  • antheridia on lower surface and archegonia on upper surface