Multiple Choice Questions

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Which one of the following growth regulators is known as stress hormone?

  • abscsic acid

  • Ethylene

  • GA3

  • GA3


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abscsic acid

Abscisic Acid (ABA) is also known as stress hormone or dormin because  it is produced in much higher amounts, when plants are subjected to various kinds of stresses. It often gives plants organs a signal that they are undergoing physiological stresses such as lack of water, saline soil, cold temperature and frost. ABA often cause responses that help plants and protect against these stresses.

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Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of 

  • rhodospirlllum

  • Spirogyra

  • Chlamydomonas

  • Chlamydomonas

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A few normal seedlings of tomato were kept in a dark room. After a few days they were found to have become white - coloured like albinos. Which of the following terms will you use to describe them?

  • Mutated

  • Embolised

  • Etiolated

  • Etiolated

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Male gametophyte with least number of cell is present in

  • Pteris

  • Funaria

  • Lillium

  • Lillium

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An aggregate fruit is one which develops from

  • multi carpellary syncarpous gynoecium

  • Multi carpellary apocarpus gynoecium

  • complete inflorescence

  • complete inflorescence

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Viruses have

  • DNA enclosed in a protein coat

  • prokaryotic nucleus

  • single chromosome

  • single chromosome

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The first human hormone produced by recombinant 

  • insulin

  • estrogen

  • thyroxin

  • thyroxin

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An alga which can be employed as food for human being is 

  • Ulothrix

  • Chlorella

  • Spirogyra

  • Spirogyra

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Select the taxon mentioned that represents both marine and freshwater species

  • Echinoderms

  • Ctenophora

  • Cephalochordata

  • Cephalochordata

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Which one of the following living organisms completely lacks a cell wall?

  • Cyanobacteria

  • Sea-fan (Gorgonia)

  • Saccharomyces

  • Saccharomyces

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