Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following sugars is not plants?

  • sucrose

  • glucose

  • lactose

  • fructose


C.

lactose

Sucrose, Glucose and Fructose are found in plants. Sucrose is the commercial sugar which is obtained from sugarcane. Glucose is the main respiratory substrate in plants and animals. Fructose is commonly known as fruiting sugar. Lactose or milk sugar is found in sugar. It is the reducing sugar which is formed in the mammary glands of mammals through condensation of two hexose molecules.


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Leghaemoglobin helps in

  • imparting colour to floral petals

  • protecting nitrogenase from O2

  • destroying bacteria

  • transport of food in plants


In the given diagram A and B represent

  •              A               B
    Mineralisation Demineralisation
  •              A               B
    Ammonification Denitrification
  •              A               B
    Denitrification Ammonification
  •              A               B
    Denitrification Mineralisation

Animals take phosphorus from

  • water

  • plants

  • rock

  • soil


Which one of the following is not a microelement for plants?

  • Cu

  • B

  • Zn

  • Cr


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Hydroponics is

  • nutrient less culture

  • water less culture

  • soilless culture

  • none of these


Assertion : Plants absorb sulphur in the form of sulphate ions.

Reason : Sulphur bacteria are required for the formation of sulphate.

  • 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


Which of the following is correct set of micronutrient for plants?

  • Mg, Si, Fe, Cu, Ca

  • Cu, Fe, Zn, B, Mn

  • Mg, Fe, Zn, B, Mn

  • Mo, Zn, Cl, Mg, Ca


The function of leghaemoglobin during biological nitrogen fixation in root nodules of legumes is to

  • convert atmospheric N2 to NH3

  • convert ammonia to nitrite

  • transport oxygen for activity of nitrogenase

  • protect nitrogenase from oxygen


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Which among the following is a rootless plant?

  • Nymphaea

  • Sagittaria

  • Ceratophyllum

  • Vallisneria


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