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Tracheids differ from other treachery elements

  • having Casparian strips

  • being imperforate

  • lacking nucleus

  • lacking nucleus


B.

being imperforate

Tracheids and vessels both are called tracheary elements because their main function is conduction of sap. They differ from each other in being inspectorate. Tracheids are the specific cells which pit to support upwards and lateral conduction of water sap. Tracheid are comparatively short and single cell, while vessels have more than one cell and up to 10 cm long.

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Which structures perform the function of mitochondria in bacteria?

  • Nucleoid

  • Ribosomes

  • Cell wall

  • Cell wall

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Match the following and select the correct answer.

Column I

Column  II

A.

Centriole

1.

Infolding in mitochondria

B.

Chlorophyll

2.

Thylakoids

C.

Cristae

3.

Nucleic acid

D.

Ribozymes

4.

Basal body cilia of flagella

  • A

    B

    C

    D

    4

    3

    1

    2

  • A

    B

    C

    D

    1

    2

    4

    3

  • A

    B

    C

    D

    1

    3

    2

    4

  • A

    B

    C

    D

    1

    3

    2

    4

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During which phase (s0 of the cell cycle, the amount of DNA in a cell remains at the 4C level if the initial amount is denoted as 2C?

  • Go and G1

  • G1 and S

  • Only G2

  • Only G2

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Which of the following is responsible for peat formation?

  • Marchantia

  • Riccia

  • Funaria

  • Funaria

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Archaebacteria differ from eubacteria in

  • cell membrane structure

  • mode of nutrition

  • cell shape

  • cell shape

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An example of edible underground stem is

  • carrot

  • groundnut

  • sweet potato

  • sweet potato

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The solid linear cytoskeletal elements having a diameter of 6 nm and made up of a single type of monomer are known as

  • microtubules

  • microfilaments

  • intermediate filaments

  • intermediate filaments

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Dr F went noted that if coleoptile tips were removed and placed on agar for one hour, the agar would produce a bending when placed on one side of freshly cut coleoptile stumps. Of what significance is this experiment?

  • It made possible the isolation and exact identification of auxin

  • It is the basis for quantitative determination of small amounts of growth - promoting substances

  • It supports the hypothesis that IAA is auxin

  • It supports the hypothesis that IAA is auxin

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Five Kingdom system of classification suggested by RH Whittaker is not based on

  • presence or absence of a well-defined nucleus

  • mode of reproduction

  • Mode of nutrition

  • Mode of nutrition

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