Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following statement about viruses is correct ?

  • Viruses are obligate parasites

  • Viruses contain both RNA and DNA

  • Nucleic acid of viruses is known as capsid

  • Viruses possess their own metabolic system


A.

Viruses are obligate parasites

Viruses produce characteristic symptoms on the host. They also behave as living organisms inside the host tissue. These are nucleoprotein particles having DNA or RNA as genetic material. Hence, they are known as they are called intra-cellular obligate parasite.


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The virus, that infects bacteria, are made up of:

  • Protein only

  • RNA and protein

  • DNA and lipid

  • DNA and protein


In mitotic cell division, the division of centromere and the division of chromatid occurs between

  • anaphase and telophase

  • prophase and metaphase

  • telophase and interphase

  • anaphase and metaphase


How many sub-phyla are available in Tracheata, according to Tippo's classification of kingdom Plantae ?

  • 4

  • 6

  • 8

  • 10


The usage of binomial names, for plant species, was accepted by all after the publication of the works by :

  • Hooker

  • Linnaeus

  • Bentham

  • Darwin


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In prokaryotes, the genetic material is :

  • linear DNA with histones

  • circular DNA with histones

  • linear DNA without histones

  • circular DNA without histones


The function of microvilli is :

  • cellular movement

  • specialized uptake of macro molecules

  • increase in surface area for absorption

  • extensive movement of substances over cell surface


Chemiosmotic theory of ATP synthesis, in the chloroplast and mitochondria, is based on :

  • proton gradient

  • membrane potential

  • accumulation of K ions

  • accumulation of Na ions


Casparian strips are present in :

  • cortex

  • epidermis

  • endodermis


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The importance of meiosis lies in :

  • bringing discontinuous variations

  • addition in the number of chromosomes

  • reduction in the number of chromosomes

  • maintaining the number of chromosomes