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Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  • Mode of reproduction                               Example
    Offset                                                        Water hyacinth

  • Mode of reproduction                               Example
    Rhizome                                                     Banana
  • Mode of reproduction                                       Example 
    Binary fission                                                      Sargassum 
  • Mode of reproduction                                       Example 
    Binary fission                                                      Sargassum 


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Mode of reproduction                                       Example 
Binary fission                                                      Sargassum 

The plant body Sargassum is a diploid sporophyte.  It does not multiply asexually by means of spores. Instead it reproduce by vegetative means, i.e. fragmentation which is the only known method of vegetative reproduction in the free floating species of Sargassum. 

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In angiosperms, microsprogenesis and megasporogenesis

  • occur in anther

  • form gametes without further divisions

  • Involve meiosis

  • Involve meiosis

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The cutting of DNA at specific locations become possible with the discovery of

  • Restriction enzymes

  • Probes

  • Selectable markers

  • Selectable markers

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In his classic experiments on pea plants, Mendel did not use

  • Seed colour

  • Pod length

  • Seed shape

  • Seed shape

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Flowers are unisexual in

  • Pea

  • Cucumber

  • China rose

  • China rose

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Which of the following immunoglobulins does constitute the largest percentage in human milk?

  • lgD

  • lgM

  • lgA

  • lgA

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A colour blind man marries a woman with normal sight who has no history of colour blindness in her family. What is the probability of their grandson being colour blind?

  • 0.5

  • 1

  • Nil

  • Nil

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Balbiani rings rigs are sites of

  • Lipid synthesis

  • Nucleotide synthesis

  • Polysaccharide synthesis

  • Polysaccharide synthesis

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Ectopic pregnancies are referred to as

  • Pregnancies with genetic abnormality

  • Implantation of embryo at site other than uterus

  • Implantation of defective embryo in the uterus

  • Implantation of defective embryo in the uterus

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In the following human pedigree, the filled symbols represent the affected individuals. Identify the type of given pedigree. 

  • Autosomal dominant

  • X-linked recessive

  • Autosomal recessive

  • Autosomal recessive

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