Multiple Choice Questions

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Decomposers are

  • autotrophs

  • autoheterotrophs

  • organotrophs

  • heterotrophs


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organotrophs

Decomposers are organotrophs, ie, they feed on dead bodies of organisms and organic wates of living organism.

Producers are photosynthetic or autotrophic plants which are able to synthesize organic food from inorganic raw materials with the help of solar radiations.

Heterotrophs are also known as organotrophs.


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Streptomycin is obtained from

  • Streptomyces griseus

  • S. aureofaciens

  • S. venezuelae

  • S. ramosus


DNA element with ability to change position is called

  • cistron

  • transposon

  • intron

  • recon


Initiation codon is

  • UUU

  • UGA

  • AUG

  • UAG


DNA mutiplication is called

  • translation

  • replication

  • transduction

  • transcription


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Which is always present in photochemical smog?

  • O3

  • CO2

  • SO2

  • CH4


The soil which is transported by wind is known as

  • colluvial

  • eolian

  • aluvial

  • glacial soil


Lichen is the pioneer vegetation on which succession?

  • Hydrosere

  • Lithosere

  • Psammosere

  • Xerosere


In Pinus, male cone bears a large number of

  • ligules

  • anthers

  • micro- sporophylls

  • mega- sporophylls


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Cleavage polyembryony occurs in

  • Pinus

  • Mini Cycas

  • Cycas

  • Ephedra