Multiple Choice Questions

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Green potatoes are toxic due to

  • Phytoalexins

  • Solanin

  • Triazine

  • Hormones


B.

Solanin

Solanin is a glycoalkaloid poison or natural nerve toxin produced in the green part of the potato. It is a bitter poisonous crystalline alkaloid, which helps the plant to defend against predators,insects, diseases, etc Ingestion of it may cause vomiting, diarrhoea, headache and even paralysis of central nervous system.


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Vascular tissues in flowering plants develop from

  • Phellogen

  • Plerome

  • Periblem

  • Dermatogen


Darwin’s finches are an excellent example of

  • Adaptive Radiation

  • Seasonal migration

  • Brood parasitism

  • Connecting links


Nitrogen-fixation in root nodules of Alnus is brought about by

  • Bradyrhizobium

  • Clostridium

  • Frankia

  • Azorhizobium


The plant of Triticum aestivum is

  • Haploid

  • Diploid

  • Tetraploid

  • Hexaploid


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A mature pollen grain of Pinus has

  • 2 cells

  • 3 cells

  • 4 cells

  • 5 cells


Quantasome are present in

  • Chloroplast

  • Mitochondria

  • Golgi body

  • Lysosome


In mitochondria, enzyme cytochrome oxidase is present in

  • Outer membrane

  • Perimitochondrial space

  • Inner Membrane

  • Matrix


In which one of the following, the male and female gametophytes don’t have free-living independent existence?

  • Pteris

  • Funaria

  • Polytrichum

  • Cedrus


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During the propagation of a nerve impulse, the action potential results from the movement of

  • K+ ions from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid

  • Na+ ions from intracellular fluid to extracellular fluid

  • K+ ions from intracellular fluid to extracellular fluid

  • Na+ ions from extracellular fluid to intracellular fluid