Multiple Choice Questions

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Cleavage polyembryony occurs in

  • Pinus

  • Mini Cycas

  • Cycas

  • Ephedra


A.

Pinus

Polyembryony is common in gymnosperms. It is because more than one archegonia are fertilized and more than one zygotes are formed. All develop into embryos but only one of them succeeds in developing complete embryo.


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Initiation codon is

  • UUU

  • UGA

  • AUG

  • UAG


Streptomycin is obtained from

  • Streptomyces griseus

  • S. aureofaciens

  • S. venezuelae

  • S. ramosus


In Pinus, male cone bears a large number of

  • ligules

  • anthers

  • micro- sporophylls

  • mega- sporophylls


Which is always present in photochemical smog?

  • O3

  • CO2

  • SO2

  • CH4


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Lichen is the pioneer vegetation on which succession?

  • Hydrosere

  • Lithosere

  • Psammosere

  • Xerosere


The soil which is transported by wind is known as

  • colluvial

  • eolian

  • aluvial

  • glacial soil


Decomposers are

  • autotrophs

  • autoheterotrophs

  • organotrophs

  • heterotrophs


DNA mutiplication is called

  • translation

  • replication

  • transduction

  • transcription


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DNA element with ability to change position is called

  • cistron

  • transposon

  • intron

  • recon