Multiple Choice Questions

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Gibberellin was first extracted from

  • Gibberella fujikuro

  • algae

  • bacteria

  • roots of higher plants


A.

Gibberella fujikuro

Yabuta and Hayashi (1939) isolated an active substance from a fungus, Gibberella fujikuroi and called it gibberellin-A. It causes backane disease in rice seedlings.


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How many sperms are formed by four primary spermatocytes

  • 1

  • 4

  • 16

  • 32


The enzyme responsible for atmospheric nitrogen fixation is

  • nitrogenase

  • hydrogenase

  • oxygenase

  • carboxylase


Which of the following is non symbiotic bio-fertilizer

  • YAM

  • Anabaena

  • Azotobacter

  • Rhizobium


Lactic acid is produced by Rhizopus species 

  • R. oryzae 

  • R. stolonifer

  • R. nodosus 

  • R. sexualis


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Insects captured by insectivorous plants fulfil their requirements of

  • enzymes

  • oxygen

  • nitrogen

  • water


Non-protein part of enzyme is known as

  • holoenzyme

  • apoenzyme

  • prothetic group

  • none of these


The alga used for quick sewage disposal is 

  • Ulothrix

  • Cladophora

  • Volvox

  • Chiarella


Convergent Evolution' is shown by

  • homologous organs

  • analogous organs

  • vestigial organs

  • all of the above


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0n high mountains, difficulty in breathing is due to

  • decrease in partial pressure of O2

  • decrease in amount of O2

  •  increase in CO2 concentration

  • all of the above