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161.

Cut surfaces of fruit and vegetables often become dark because

  • dirty knife makes it dark

  • oxidation of tannic acid in the presence of trace of iron from the knife makes it dark

  • dust of the air makes it dark

  • none of the above.


162.

Ectophloic siphonostele is found in

  • Osmunda and Equisetum

  • Marsilea and Botrychium

  • Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae

  • Dicksonia and Maidenhair fern.


163.

Composite fruit develops from

  • single ovary

  • inflorescence

  • apocaropous ovary

  • pericarp


164.

Cocoa is the plant from which chocolate is made. Which part is used to extract it?

  • Flower

  • Fruits

  • Seeds

  • Bark


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165.

The family containing mustard and its main characters are

  • Brassicaceae - Tetramerous flowers, six stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, siliqua type fruit

  • Brassicaceae - Pentamerous flowers, many stamens, pentacarpellary gynoecium, capsule type fruit

  • Solanaceae - Pentamerous flowers, five stamens, bicarpellary gynoecium, berry type fruit

  • Poaceae - Trimerous flowers, three stamens, monocarpellary gynoecium, caryopsis type of fruit.


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166.

Assertion: Ginger has a prostrate-growing rhizome.

Reason: Shoot growth is not effected by gravity

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


B.

If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

Rhizome are prostrate, thickened stem, creeping horizontally under the surface of the soil. The common example is ginger. It is provided short node and distinct internodes. It bears
some scaly leaves at the nodes, possesses a bud in the axil of the scaly leaf and ends in a terminal bud. The response of plant to wards gravity is called geotropism. The roots are positively geotropic and grow downwards, while the shoot is negatively geotropic and grows away from the gravitational pull from the centre of earth. Parts which show no effect of gravity are called ageotropic.


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167.

Assertion: Photomodulation of flowering is a phytochrome - regulated process.

Reason: Active form of phytochrome (Pfr) directly induces floral induction in shoot buds.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


168.

Assertion: The epithelial layer of scutellum of maize is both secretory and absorptive in function.

Reason: The epithelial layer secretes hormones into the endosperm for the synthesis of food
solubilising enzymes and also absorbs and transfers the solubiliscd food to embryo axis.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


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169.

Assertion: Deficiency of sulphur causes chlorosis in plants.

Reason: Sulphur is a constituent of chlorophyll, proteins and nucleic acids.

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

  • If Assertion is true but Reason is false

  • If both Assertion and Reason are false.


170.

Two chief functions of the leaves are

  • photosynthesis and respiration

  • photosynthesis and transpiration

  • transpiration and respiration

  • respiration and digestion


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