Multiple Choice Questions

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In plants, water supply is due to

  • osmosis

  • imbibition

  • guttation

  • adhesion force


D.

adhesion force

Adhesion force is the force between walls and water.

Osmosis is the diffusion of water from its pure or dilute solution into a stronger solution when the two are seperated by a semi- permeable membrane.

Imbibition is the absorption of water by the solid particles of an adsorbant without forming a solution.

Guttation is the loss of water in the form of liquid droplets from the leaves and other parts of an uninjured or intact plant.

 


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The light phase of photosynthesis is called

  • Hill reaction

  • photo action

  • pigment action

  • chlorophyllous process


Root hair absorbs water from soil through

  • turgor pressure

  • ion exchange

  • osmosis

  • DPD


Transpiration would be lowest when

  • wind velocity is high

  • enough water is in the soil

  • atmospheric RH is high

  • high temperature and light


Which of the following exhibits a direct porportionality to transpiration

  • Light and RH

  • Temperature and RH

  • Temperature and wind

  • RH and wind


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Which of the following theory gives the latest explanation for the closure of stomata?

  • ABA theory

  • Munch Theory

  • Starch glucose theory

  • Active K+ transport theory


Most accepted theory for ascent of sap is

  • capillary theory

  • root pressure theory

  • pulsation theory

  • transpiration pull


The most important force which pulls water up in tall trees is

  • imbibition force

  • osmotic force

  • cohesive force

  • electromagnetic force


Water in plants is transported by

  • cambium

  • phloem

  • xylem

  • epidermis


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Who said that 'transpiration is a necessary evil'

  • Curtis

  • Andersen

  • Steward

  • J.C. Bose


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