Multiple Choice Questions

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Kranz anatomy is usually associated with

  • C3 plants

  • C4 plants

  • CAM plants

  • C3-C4intermediate plants.


B.

C4 plants

The C4 plants are adapted to dry tropical regions and have greater productivity of biomass. They have special type of leaf anatomy known as Kranz anatomy. In this type of anatomy then bundle sheath cells form several layers around the vascular bundles; they are characterized by having a large number of chloroplasts, thick walls impervious to gaseous exchange and no intercellular spaces.


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Apiculture is associated with which of the following groups of plants

  • Grapes, maize, potato

  • Sugarcane, paddy, banana

  • Guava, sunflower, strawberry

  • Pineapple, sugarcane, strawberry


Catecholamine in a normal person induces

  • intense salivation

  • alertness

  • decrease in heart beat

  • excessive urination.


Oxygen binding to haemoglobin in blood is

  • directly proportional to the concentration of CO2 in the medium

  • inversely proportional to the concentration of CO2 in the medium

  • directly proportional to the concentration of CO in the medium

  • independent of the concentration of CO in the medium


During muscular contraction, which of the following events occur

(i) H-zone disappears
(ii) A band widens
(iii) I band reduces in width
(iv) Width of A band is unaffected
(v) M line and Z line come closer

  • (i), (iii), (iv) and (v)

  • (i), (i) and (v)

  • (ii), (iv) and (v)

  • (i), (ii) and (iii)


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The release of chemical messenger from synaptic vesicles is under the influence of these ion(s).

  • Cl- 

  • Fe and S2+

  • Ca2+

  • Mg2+ and Sr2+


Microtubule depolymerizing drug such as colchicine is expected to

  • inhibit spindle formation during mitosis

  • inhibit cytokinesis

  • allow mitosis beyond metaphase

  • induce formation of multiple contractile rings


Which of the following cartoon characters does not share its name with that of a gene

  • Tintin

  • Popeye

  • Asterix

  • Obelix


Leghaemoglobin is produced in response to

  • respiration

  • photosynthesis

  • fatty acid synthesis

  • N2 fixation


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Which of the following is correctly labelled for the given figure

  • A: PS II; B : PS I; C :e- acceptor, D: LHC

  • A: LHC; B:e- acceptor; C: PS I; D: PS II

  • A: PS I; B:PS II; C:e- acceptor; D: LHC

  • A: e- acceptor; B : LHC; C: PS Il; D: PS I