Multiple Choice Questions

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Mycorrhiza is an example of

  • endoparasitism

  • decomposers

  • symbiotic relationship

  • ectoparasitism


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symbiotic relationship

Mycorrhiza is a resultof symbiosis between the roots of higher plants and fungi. In this association, plants provide space and prepared food material to fungi in exchange of this, fungi help in absorption of minerals and water to plants.


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Barr-body in mammals represents

  • one of the two X-chromosomes in the cells

  • all heterochromatin of male and female cells

  • Y-chromosome of male

  • all heterochromatin of female cells


Chlorenchyma is known to develop in the

  • spore capsule of a moss

  • pollen tube of Pinus

  • cytoplasm of Chlorella

  • mycellium of a green mould such as Aspergillus


Which one of the following is wrong in relation to photorespiration?

  • It is a characteristic of C4 -plants

  • It is a characteristic of C3 -plants

  • It occurs in chloroplasts

  • It occurs in daytime only


Discontinuous variations are

  • essential features

  • acquired character

  • non-essential changes

  • heritable changes


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Which one of the following is categorised under living fossils?

  • Selaginella

  • Metasequoia

  • Pinus

  • Cycas


Boron in green plants assists in

  • photosynthesis

  • sugar transport

  • activation of enzymes

  • acting as enzyme cofactor


In sugarcane plant, 14CO2 is fixed in a malic acid, in which the enzyme that fixes CO2 is

  • ribulose phosphate kinase

  • fructose phosphatase

  • ribulose biphosphate carboxylase

  • phosphoenol pyruvic acid carboxylase


Stomata of CAM plants

  • open during the night and close during the day

  • never open

  • are always open

  • open during the day and close at night


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Cessation of menstrual cycle in women is called

  • menopause

  • lactation

  • ovulation

  • parturition