Multiple Choice Questions

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Ethylene is a

  • gaseous hormone

  • gaseous enzyme

  • liquid-gas mixture

  • solid hormone


A.

gaseous hormone

Ethylene is thought of as the aging hormone in plants. In addition to causing fruit to ripen, it can cause plants to die. It can be produced when plants are injured, either mechanically or by disease. Ethylene gas is used commercially to ripen tomatoes, bananas, pears, and a few other fruits postharvest


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Antibiotic flavicin is obtained from

  • Aspergillus flavus 

  • Aspergillus clavatum

  • Streptomyces grieseus

  • Streptomyces fradiae


The crystal of lead zirconate is a key component of

  • sonography

  • electrocardiography

  • electroencephalography

  • magnetoencephalography


Antifeedant property occurs in

  • nicotine

  • azadiractin

  • rotenone

  • cinerin


'Climacteric' is

  • a phenomenon related to fruit ripening

  • the condition of a plant when all its fruits are almost ripe

  • the condition of a plant when most of its leaves have turned yellow

  • none of the above


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Which is not a gonadal hormone

  • Progesterone

  • Testosterone

  • Adrenalin

  • Estrogen


Cochlea of mammalian internal ear is concerned with

  • hearing

  • balance of body posture

  • both (a) and (b)

  • perception changes of atmospheric pressure


The part of an eye which acts like a diaphragm of a photographic camera is

  • pupil

  • iris

  • lens

  • cornea


The dendrite carries impulses

  • towards the cyton

  • away from cyton

  • across the body

  • from one neuron to another


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Cerebrospinal fluid is present

  • beneath the pia mater

  • between piamater and arachnoid

  • between arachnoid and duramater

  • between duramater and cranium