Q. No.
Match the following concerning the activity/function and the phytohormone involved:
| Column-I | Column-II | ||
| (a) | Fruit ripener | (i) | Abscisic acid |
| (b) | Herbicide | (ii) | GA 3 |
| (c) | Bolting agent | (iii) | 2, 4-D |
| (d) | Stress hormone | (iv) | Ethephon |
Select the correct option from following:
| Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
| 1. | (ii) | (iii) | (iv) | (i) |
| 2. | (iii) | (iv) | (ii) | (i) |
| 3. | (iv) | (iii) | (ii) | (i) |
| 4. | (iv) | (ii) | (i) | (iii) |
Plants follow different pathways in response to environment or phases of life to form different kinds of structures. This ability is called:
| 1. | Plasticity | 2. | Maturity |
| 3. | Elasticity | 4. | Flexibility |
The site of perception of light in plants during photoperiodism is:
1. Axillary bud
2. Leaf
3. Shoot apex
4. Stem
Name the plant growth regulator which upon spraying on sugarcane crop, increases the length of stem, thus increasing the yield of sugarcane crop.
1. Gibberellin
2. Ethylene
3. Abscisic acid
4. Cytokinin
1. Maize
2. Cotton
3. Coriander
4. Buttercup
| 1. | kill dicotyledonous weeds in the fields |
| 2. | speed up the malting process |
| 3. | promote root growth and root hair formation to increase the absorption surface |
| 4. | help overcome apical dominance |
Production of cucumber has increased manifold in recent years. Application of which of the following phytohormones has resulted in this increased yield as the hormone is known to produce female flowers in plants?
| 1. | Cytokinin | 2. | ABA |
| 3. | Gibberellin | 4. | Ethylene |
The living differentiated cells, that lost the capacity to divide anymore, can regain the capacity of division under certain conditions. This phenomenon is termed as:
| 1. | Redifferentiation | 2. | Maturation |
| 3. | Differentiation | 4. | Dedifferentiation |
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