Consider the given two statements:

I: Removal of shoot tips is widely applied in hedge making and tea plantations.
II: Removal of shoot tips usually results in the growth of lateral buds.


1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I
3. I is correct but II is incorrect
4. I is incorrect but II is correct

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Auxins:

I: promote flowering in pineapples
II: induce parthenocarpy in tomatoes
III: like 2,4-D kill monocot weeds
IV: control xylem differentiation

1. Only I and II are correct
2. Only III is incorrect
3. I, II, III and IV are correct
4. Only I and IV are incorrect

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Consider the given two statements:
I: Spraying sugarcane crop with gibberellins increases the yield by as much as 20 tonnes per acre.
II: Sugarcane stores carbohydrates as sugar in their stems and spraying sugarcane crop with gibberellins increases the length of the stem.

1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I
3. I is correct but II is incorrect
4. I is incorrect but II is correct
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How many of the following can be characterized as action of gibberellins on plants?
I: They can be used to increase the length of grape stalks.
II: They can elongate and improve the shape of apple.
III: They speed up malting process in brewing industry.
IV: They hasten the maturity period of juvenile conifers.
V: They promote bolting in many plants with rosette habit.
 
1. 2 2. 3
3. 4 4. 5
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All the following statements regarding cytokinins are true except:
1. They were discovered as kinetin, a modified form of adenine.
2. Zeatin was isolated from corn-kernels and coconut milk.
3. Kinetin occurs widely in almost all plants.
4. Natural cytokinins are synthesized in region where rapid cell division occurs.
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Cytokinins:
I: Help produce new leaves, chloroplasts in leaves, lateral shoot growth and adventitious root formation.
II: Help overcome the apical dominance.
III: Promote nutrient mobilisation, which helps in the delay of leaf senescence.
 
1. Only I and II 2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III 4. I, II and III
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Which gaseous PGR is synthesised in large amounts by tissues undergoing senescence and ripening fruits
 
1. ABA 2. IAA
3. Ethylene 4. GA
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Which of the following is not a function of the PGR ethylene?
1. Vertical growth of seedlings
2. Swelling of axis of dicot seedlings
3. Apical hook formation in dicot seedlings
4. Fruit ripening
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Consider the given two statements:
I: The most widely used compound as source of ethylene is ethephon.
II: Ethephon in an aqueous solution is readily absorbed and transported within the plant and releases ethylene slowly.

1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I
3. I is correct but II is incorrect
4. I is incorrect but II is correct
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Ethylene does not:
1. induce flowering in mango
2. hasten fruit ripening in tomatoes and apples
3. retard abscission of flowers and fruits in cotton cherry and walnut
4. promote female flowers in cucumbers
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