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Long filamentous threads protruding at the end of a young cob of maize are

  • anthers

  • styles

  • ovaries

  • ovaries


B.

styles

In cob of maize, each ovary has a long silky (hairy) style, called as corn silk. Collectively these styles protrude at the end of a young cob. The grains are formed on the cob which remain covered by the leafy bracts.

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Which antibiotic inhibits interaction between t-RNA and m-RNA during bacterial protein synthesis?

  • Erythromycin

  • Neomycin

  • Streptomycin

  • Streptomycin

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Phenotype of an organism is the result of

  • mutations and linkages

  • cytoplasmic effects and nutrition

  • environmental changes and sexual dimorphism

  • environmental changes and sexual dimorphism

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Photochemical smog pollution does not contain

  • ozone

  • nitrogen dioxide

  • carbon dioxide

  • carbon dioxide

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In which mode of inheritance do you expect more maternal influence among the off spring?

  • Autosomal

  • Cytoplasmic

  • Y-linked

  • Y-linked

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Conifers differ from grasses in the

  • production of seeds from ovules

  • lack of xylem tracheids

  • absence of pollen tube

  • absence of pollen tube

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How many different kinds of gametes will be produced by a plant having the genotype AABbCC?

  • Three

  • Four

  • Nine

  • Nine

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In maize, hybrid vigour is exploited by

  • bombarding the protoplast with DNA

  • crossing of two inbreed parental lines

  • harvesting seeds from the most productive plants

  • harvesting seeds from the most productive plants

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Amino acid sequence, in protein synthesis is decided by the sequence of

  • t-RNA

  • m-RNA

  • c-DNA

  • c-DNA

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The bacterium (Clostridium botulinum) that causes botulism is

  • a facultative anaerobe

  • an obligate anaerobe

  • a facultative aerobe

  • a facultative aerobe

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