Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following genera is associated with coralloid roots?

  • Cycas

  • Taxus

  • Pinus

  • Sequoia


A.

Cycas

Roots in Cycas are of two types- normal and coralloid roots. Coralloid roots are irregular, negatively geotropic, dichotomously branched coral like roots which do not possess root hairs and root caps. Coralloid roots have a symbiotic association with blue-green algae like Nostoc and Anabaena species


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Which part of the nephrons is impermeable to water

  • Proximal convoluted tubule

  • Distal convoluted tubule

  • Ascending limb of loop of Henle

  • Descending limb of loop of Henle


Which of the following groups of algae produces algin?

  • Phaeophyceae and Chlorophyceae

  • Rhodophyceae and Phaeophyceae

  • Chlorophyceae and Rhodophyceae

  • Phaeophyceae only


Mature RBCs lose their ability for

  • DNA replication

  • Anaerobic respiration

  • Aerobic respiration and DNA replication

  • Aerobic respiration, DNA replication and RNA synthesising machinery


Match the following and select correct option.

  Column1        Column2

A. Pteris           1) Gymnosperm

B. Cycas           2) Bryophyte

C. Sphagnum    3) Algae

D. Sargassum   4) Pteridophyta

  • A-(4), B-(2), C-(1), D-(3)

  • A-(4), B-(1), C-(2), D-(3)

  • A-(2), B-(3), C-(4), D-(1)

  • A-(1), B-(4), C-(3), D-(2)


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Cholesterol is a precursor for each of the following except

  • bile salts

  • vitamin D

  • insulin

  • steroids


The 1st COfixation product of Cplant is

  • Oxaloacetic acid

  • ribulose biphosphate

  • phosphoenolpyruvate

  • phosphoglyceric acid.


Which one of the following is an incorrect combination

  • Adenine, thymine, cytidine

  • Adenine, cytosine, thymine

  • Guanine, thymine, uracil

  • Cytosine, uracil, guanine


Hiccups can be best described as

  • forceful sudden expiration

  • forceful contraction of intercostal muscles during deep breathing

  • vibration of the soft palate during breathing while sleeping

  • jerky incomplete inspiration.


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Gonadotropin releasing hormone is transferred to anterior pituitary by

  • left coronary artery

  • hypophysial portal veins

  • axons of neurosecretory cells

  • nuclei of hypothalamus