Multiple Choice Questions

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Which one of the following is not used for ex-situ plant conservation?

  • Field genebanks

  • Seed banks

  • Shifting cultivation

  • Shifting cultivation


C.

Shifting cultivation

Shifting cultivation results into deforestation. Botanical gardens have a collection of living plants for reference. Seed banks store seeds as a source for planting in case, seed reserves elsewhere are destroyed. Field genebanks are a type of biorepository, which preserve genetic material.

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Secondary productivity is rate of formation of new organic matter by

  • producer

  • parasite

  • consumer

  • consumer

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DNA fragments generated by the restriction endonucleases in a chemical reaction can be separated by

  • centrifugation

  • polymerase chain reaction

  • electrophoresis

  • electrophoresis

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A good producer of citric acid is

  • Aspergillus

  • Pseudomonas

  • Clostridium

  • Clostridium

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What is the correct sequence of sperm formation

  • spermatid, spermatocyte, spermatogonia, spermatozoa

  • Spermatognia, Spermatocyte, Spermatozoa, Spermatid

  • Spermatogonia, spermatozoa, Spermatocyte, Spermatid

  • Spermatogonia, spermatozoa, Spermatocyte, Spermatid

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Menstrual flow occurs due to lack of

  • progesterone

  • FSH

  • Oxytocin

  • Oxytocin

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Which of the following is not correctly matched for the organism and its cell wall degrading enzyme?

  • Bacteria -Lysozyme

  • Plant cells - Cellulase

  • Algae - Methylase

  • Algae - Methylase

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Natural reservoir of phosphorus is 

  • sea water

  • animal  bones

  • rock

  • rock

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The colonies of recombinant bacteria appear white in contrast to blue colonies of non-recombinant bacteria because of 

  • Non-recombinant bacteria containing  β-galactosidease 

  • Insertional inactivation of α - galactosidase in recombinant bacteria

  • Insertional inactivation of α-galactosidase in recombinant bacteria

  • Insertional inactivation of α-galactosidase in recombinant bacteria

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Kyoto Protocol was endorsed at 

  • CoP-3

  • CoP-5

  • Cop-6

  • Cop-6

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