Multiple Choice Questions

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Nitrifying bacteria are able to

  • convert atmospheric nitrogen into soluble forms

  • convert ammonia to nitrate

  • ammonia to nitrogen

  • nitrate to nitrogen


B.

convert ammonia to nitrate

Most of the ammonia produced in the soil is acted upon by nitrifying bacteria. Ammonia is changed to nitrate. The reaction occurs in two steps nitrite formation (eg, Nitrosomonas) and nitrate formation (eg, Nitrobacter).


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Study of Ecology of population is called

  • Autecology

  • Synecology

  • Ecotype

  • Demecology


Bio- indicators are used for

  • oxygen demand

  • air pollution

  • mineral present

  • All of the above


Which of the following is not a Pyrimidine?

  • Thymine

  • Uracil

  • Guanine

  • Cytosine


RNA is not found in

  • chromosome

  • plasmalemma

  • nucleolus

  • ribosome


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According to Kyoto protocol the major nations abide to reduce concentration of green house gases by

  • 2008

  • 2010

  • 2012

  • 2018


Retrovirus have genetic material

  • DNA only

  • RNA only

  • DNA or RNA only

  • either DNA or RNA


One gene- one enzyme hypothesis of Beadle and Tatum was experimentally proved on

  • Saccharomyces 

  • Neurospora crassa

  • Lathyrus odoratus

  • Claviceps


A lake with nutrients is called

  • trophic

  • euphotic

  • oligotrophic

  • eutrophic


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Stop codons are

  • AUG, GUG

  • UAA, UGA, UAG

  • UAC, UGG

  • AGU, AGA, UAC