Multiple Choice Questions

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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


A.

the viroids were discovered by D.J. Ivanowski

All statements are correct except the statement (a), which can be corrected as Viroids were discovered by TO Diener in 1971 as a new infectious agent that was smaller than virus.

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Auxin can be bioassayed by

  • Avena coleoptile curvature

  • Hydroponics

  • Potometer

  • Potometer

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

  • Lichens

  • Conifers

  • Algae

  • Algae

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

  • puberty

  • fertilization

  • uterine implantation

  • uterine implantation

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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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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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