Plants can be grown in (Select the incorrect option)
1. Soil with essential nutrients
2. Water with essential nutrients
3. Either water or soil with essential nutrients
4. Water or soil without essential nutrients

Subtopic:  Introduction | Hydroponics & Aeroponics |
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Identify the incorrectly matched co-factor in Column I with enzymes in Column II:

COLUMN I

COLUMN II

1.

Zinc

Alcohol dehydrogenase

2.

Magnesium

Cytochrome oxidase

3.

Molybdenum

Nitrate reductase

4.

Iron

Nitrogenase

Subtopic:  Mineral Function |
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The process of protein synthesis will be adversely affected by the deficiency of which of the following elements in plants despite adequate availability of nitrogen?
1. Potassium
2. Boron
3. Chlorine
4. Copper

Subtopic:  Mineral Function |
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Identify the incorrectly matched essential mineral nutrient in plants [Column I] with function [Column II]:

COLUMN I

COLUMN II

1.

Zinc

Synthesis of auxin

2.

Copper

Activation of enzymes of respiration

3.

Boron

Carbohydrate translocation

4.

Chlorine

Ionic balance

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A symptom common to the deficiency of Ca, Mg, Cu and K in plants is:
1. Chlorosis
2. Inhibition of cell division
3. Necrosis
4. Delay in flowering

Subtopic:  Mineral Deficiency & Toxicity |
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Majority of the nutrients that are essential for the growth and development of plants become available to the roots due to:
1. Microbial actions in the soil
2. Wet deposition from the atmosphere
3. Addition of fertilizers
4. Weathering and breakdown of rocks

Subtopic:  Introduction | Classification of Nutrients |
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All the following regarding bacteroid form of Rhizobium are true except:
1. It is a differentiated symbiotic form of nitrogen fixing Rhizobium
2. It is non-motile and non-reproductive
3. It has a more freely permeable membrane than free living Rhizobium
4. It is larger in size than the free living Rhizobium and spherical in shape

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Rhizobium:

1. lives as aerobe under free-living conditions with an operational
nitrogenase that does not fix nitrogen
2. lives as anaerobe under free-living conditions with a
non operational nitrogenase
3. lives as aerobe during nitrogen-fixing conditions with
an operational nitrogenase
4. lives as anaerobe during nitrogen-fixing conditions with
an operational nitrogenase
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

Mineral

Function

1.

Nitrogen

component of nucleic acids, proteins, hormones, coenzymes

2.

Magnesium

component of chlorophyll; activates many enzymes

3.

Phosphorus

component of nucleic acids, phospholipids, ATP, several coenzymes

4.

Sulfur

component of DNA; activates some enzymes

Subtopic:  Mineral Function |
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Essential micronutrients in plants:
I. are required in relatively small amounts.
II. are required for a plant to grow from a seed and complete its life cycle.
III. generally help in catalytic functions in the plant.
IV. are of small size and molecular weight.
1. Only I, II and III are correct
2. Only I, II and IV are correct
3. Only II, III and IV are correct
4. All are correct

Subtopic:  Criteria for Essentiality of Elements |
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