Leghaemoglobin helps in
imparting colour to floral petals
protecting nitrogenase from O2
destroying bacteria
transport of food in plants
Composite fruit develops from
single ovary
inflorescence
apocaropous ovary
pericarp
B.
inflorescence
Composite fruits are those fruits which develop from the entire inflorescence rather than from single flower. These are basically of two types: Sorosis and Syconus.
Spike, spadix and catkin type of inflorescence gives rise to Sorosis type of fruit. eg, Ananas.
Syconus develops from a hypanthodium inflorescence. eg Ficus.
Cocoa is the plant from which chocolate is made. Which part is used to extract it?
Flower
Fruits
Seeds
Bark
Assertion : Astigmatism is due to uneven curvature of lens.
Reason : It is treated with cylindrical lenses.
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Assertion : Blood coagulate in uninjured blood vessels.
Reason : Uninjured blood vessels release an anticoagulant heparin.
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Assertion : Smaller the organism higher is the rate of metabolism per gram weight.
Reason : The heart rate of a six month old baby is much lower than that of an old person.
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Assertion : Torison can be seen in ctenidium.
Reason : Ctenidium acts as the respiratory organ.
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Assertion : Secreting hypotonic urine is effective in reducing urinary loss of water.
Reason : Hypotonic urine is more concentrated and higher in osmotic pressure than the blood.
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Assertion : Aldosterone is a steroid hormone and is important in the control of sodium and potassium ion concentration in mammals.
Reason : It upgrades sodium ion concentration in the ECF by promoting reabsorption of sodium ions from renal tubules and excretion of potassium ions in urine.
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