Multiple Choice Questions

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Which among the following is a rootless plant?

  • Nymphaea

  • Sagittaria

  • Ceratophyllum

  • Vallisneria


C.

Ceratophyllum

All the given options are hydrophytes in nature which grow in extremely wet or watery conditions. But among them only in Ceratophyllum roots are completely absent even in embryonic stage. They remain under water completely Nymphaea is a rooted hydrophyte with floating leaves.

Vallisneria is rooted submerged hydrophyte and Sagittaria is rooted emergent hydrophyte.


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Assertion : Blood coagulate in uninjured blood vessels.

Reason : Uninjured blood vessels release an anticoagulant heparin.

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Assertion : Torison can be seen in ctenidium.

Reason : Ctenidium acts as the respiratory organ.

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Cocoa is the plant from which chocolate is made. Which part is used to extract it?

  • Flower

  • Fruits

  • Seeds

  • Bark


Assertion : Astigmatism is due to uneven curvature of lens.

Reason : It is treated with cylindrical lenses.

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Composite fruit develops from

  • single ovary

  • inflorescence

  • apocaropous ovary

  • pericarp


Assertion : Smaller the organism higher is the rate of metabolism per gram weight.

Reason : The heart rate of a six month old baby is much lower than that of an old person.

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Assertion : Aldosterone is a steroid hormone and is important in the control of sodium and potassium ion concentration in mammals.

Reason : It upgrades sodium ion concentration in the ECF by promoting reabsorption of sodium ions from renal tubules and excretion of potassium ions in urine.

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Leghaemoglobin helps in

  • imparting colour to floral petals

  • protecting nitrogenase from O2

  • destroying bacteria

  • transport of food in plants


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Assertion : Secreting hypotonic urine is effective in reducing urinary loss of water.

Reason : Hypotonic urine is more concentrated and higher in osmotic pressure than the blood.

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