Multiple Choice Questions

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The first transgenic crop was :

  • pea

  • flax

  • tobacco

  • cotton


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tobacco

Transgenic plants are the plants that have been genetically engineered and uses recombinant DNA techniques to create plants with new characteritics. They are identified as GMO or genetically modified organisms. In transgenic plants, specific genes or traits are obtained through genetic engineering or RDT.


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Anemophillous flowers have :

  • sessile stigma

  • small and smooth stigma

  • coloured flower

  • large and feathery stigma


The production and maturation of sperm in testes is known as :

  • oogenesis

  • sporogenesis

  • gametogenesis

  • spermatogenesis


The true statement about 'green-house effect' is that it is caused by :

  • CO2 only

  • SO2 only

  • CO2 and SO2

  • CO2, CFC, CH4 and NO2 gases


Photochemical smog formed in congested metropolitan cities mainly consists of:

  • Hydrocarbons, ozone and SOx

  • Hydrocarbons, SO2 and CO2

  • Smoke, peroxyacetyl nitrate and SO2

  • Ozone, peroxyacetyl nitrate and NOx


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Secretion of androgens by testes is regulated by:

  • LTH

  • FSH

  • ICSH

  • Oxytocin


During a woman's life time, she produces about:

  • 40-50 eggs

  • 300-350 eggs

  • 400-500 eggs

  • 750-850 eggs


Acid rain is due to increase in atmospheric concentration of :

  • Ozone

  • CO2 and CO

  • SO3 and CO

  • SO2 and nitrogen oxide


The formation of gametophyte, from sporophyte, without spore formation or without meiosis is known as :

  • apospory

  • apogamy

  • parthenogenesis

  • none of these


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One of the major difficulties in the biological control of insect pests is the :

  • practical difficulty of introducing the predator to specific areas

  • method is less effective as compared with the use of insecticides

  • predator does not always survive when transferred to a new environment

  • predator develops a preference to other diets and may itself become a pest