Multiple Choice Questions

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Cleavage polyembryony occurs in

  • Pinus

  • Mini Cycas

  • Cycas

  • Ephedra


A.

Pinus

Polyembryony is common in gymnosperms. It is because more than one archegonia are fertilized and more than one zygotes are formed. All develop into embryos but only one of them succeeds in developing complete embryo.


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Streptomycin is obtained from

  • Streptomyces griseus

  • S. aureofaciens

  • S. venezuelae

  • S. ramosus


DNA element with ability to change position is called

  • cistron

  • transposon

  • intron

  • recon


Initiation codon is

  • UUU

  • UGA

  • AUG

  • UAG


DNA mutiplication is called

  • translation

  • replication

  • transduction

  • transcription


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Which is always present in photochemical smog?

  • O3

  • CO2

  • SO2

  • CH4


The soil which is transported by wind is known as

  • colluvial

  • eolian

  • aluvial

  • glacial soil


Lichen is the pioneer vegetation on which succession?

  • Hydrosere

  • Lithosere

  • Psammosere

  • Xerosere


In Pinus, male cone bears a large number of

  • ligules

  • anthers

  • micro- sporophylls

  • mega- sporophylls


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Decomposers are

  • autotrophs

  • autoheterotrophs

  • organotrophs

  • heterotrophs