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T O Diener discovered a

  • free infectious RNA

  • free infectious DNA,

  • infectious protein

  • infectious protein


A.

free infectious RNA

Viroids are small, circular, single-stranded RNA molecules that are the smallest known pathogens.The extracellular form of the viroid is naked RNA, ie, there is no protein capsid of any kind. Even, the RNA molecule contains no protein encoding genes and therefore, the viroid is totally dependent on host function for its replication. No viroid diseases of animals are known and the precise mechanisms by which viroids cause plant diseases remain unclear.

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A fruit developed from hypanthodium inflorescence is called

  • hesperidium 

  • sorosis

  • syconus

  • syconus

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Cyclic-photophosphorylation results in the formation of 

  • NADPH

  • ATP and NADPH

  • ATP, NADPH and O2

  • ATP, NADPH and O2

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Reduction is vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of 

  • xerophytes

  • mesophytes

  • epiphytes

  • epiphytes

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Which of the following is a symbiotic nitrogen fixer?

  • Glomus

  • Azotobacter

  • Frankia

  • Frankia

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An example of axile placentation is 

  • Argemone 

  • Dianthus

  • Lemon

  • Lemon

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Which one of the following is considered important in the development of seed habit?

  • Dependent sporophyte

  • Heterospory

  • Haplontic life cycle

  • Haplontic life cycle

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The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis is widely used in contemporary biology as a/an

  • Indicator of water pollution

  • insecticide

  • agent for the production of dairy products

  • agent for the production of dairy products

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Peripatus is a connecting link between

  • Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes

  • Mollusca and Echinodermata

  • Annelida and Arthropoda

  • Annelida and Arthropoda

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Globulins contained in human blood plasma are primarily involved in 

  • defence mechanisms of the body 

  • the osmotic balance of body fluids

  • oxygen transport in the blood

  • oxygen transport in the blood

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