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Which of the following are most suitable indicators of SO2 pollution in the environment?

  • Lichens

  • Conifers

  • Algae

  • Algae


A.

Lichens

Lichens are useful bioindicators for air pollution, especially sulphur dioxide pollution, since they derive their water and essential nutrients mainly from the atmosphere rather than from soil. 

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The term "linkage" was coined by

  • T.H. Morgan

  • T. Bover

  • G. Mendel

  • G. Mendel

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A protoplast is a cell

  • without plasma membrane

  • without nucleus

  • undergoing division

  • undergoing division

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The species confined lo a particular Region and not found elsewhere is termed as

  • Keystone

  • Alien

  • Endemic

  • Endemic

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Auxin can be bioassayed by

  • Avena coleoptile curvature

  • Hydroponics

  • Potometer

  • Potometer

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Select the wrong statement:

  • the viroids were discovered by D.J. Ivanowski

  • W.M. Stanley showed that viruses could be crystallized

  • The term 'contagium vivum fluidum' was conined by M.W. Beijerinek

  • The term 'contagium vivum fluidum' was conined by M.W. Beijerinek

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Cellular organelles with membranes are

  • nuclei, ribosomes and mitochondria

  • chromosomes, ribosomes and endoplasmic

  • endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes and nuclei

  • endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes and nuclei

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A gene showing codominance has:

  • One allele dominant on the other

  • alleles tightly linked on the same chromosome

  • alleles that are recessive to each other

  • alleles that are recessive to each other

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Doctors use stethoscope to hear the sounds produced during each cardiac cycle. The second sound is heard when

  • AB valves open up

  • Ventricular walls vibrate due to gushing in of blood from atria

  • Semilunar valves close down after the blood flows into vessels from ventricles

  • Semilunar valves close down after the blood flows into vessels from ventricles

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In human females, meiosis-II is not completed until?

  • puberty

  • fertilization

  • uterine implantation

  • uterine implantation

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