Multiple Choice Questions

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Lichen is the pioneer vegetation on which succession?

  • Hydrosere

  • Lithosere

  • Psammosere

  • Xerosere


B.

Lithosere

Lithosere is a type of xerosere originating on bare rock surfaces. The original substratum is deficient in water and lacks any organic matter having only minerals in disintegrated state. The pioneer vegetaion is therfore, lichens.

Hydrosere originates in a pond with the colonization of some phytoplanktons which form the pioneer plant community.


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In Pinus, male cone bears a large number of

  • ligules

  • anthers

  • micro- sporophylls

  • mega- sporophylls


Which is always present in photochemical smog?

  • O3

  • CO2

  • SO2

  • CH4


Cleavage polyembryony occurs in

  • Pinus

  • Mini Cycas

  • Cycas

  • Ephedra


Initiation codon is

  • UUU

  • UGA

  • AUG

  • UAG


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DNA element with ability to change position is called

  • cistron

  • transposon

  • intron

  • recon


The soil which is transported by wind is known as

  • colluvial

  • eolian

  • aluvial

  • glacial soil


Streptomycin is obtained from

  • Streptomyces griseus

  • S. aureofaciens

  • S. venezuelae

  • S. ramosus


Decomposers are

  • autotrophs

  • autoheterotrophs

  • organotrophs

  • heterotrophs


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DNA mutiplication is called

  • translation

  • replication

  • transduction

  • transcription