Match the following and select the correct answer:
Column I | Column II | ||
(a) | Centriole | (i) | Infoldings in mitochondria |
(b) | Chlorophyll | (ii) | Thylakoids |
(c) | Cristae | (iii) | Nucleic acids |
(d) | Ribozymes | (iv) | Basal body of cilia or flagella |
1. A-iv, B-ii, C-i, D-iii
2. A-i, B-ii, C-iv, D-iii
3. A-i, B-iii, C-ii, D-iv
4. A-iv, B-iii, C-i, D-ii
Dr. F. Went noted that if coleoptile tips were removed and placed on agar for one hour, the agar would produce a bending when placed on one side of freshly - cut coleoptile stumps. What is the significance of this experiment?
1. | It made possible the isolation and exact identification of auxin. |
2. | It is the basis for the quantitative determination of small amounts of growth-promoting substances. |
3. | It supports the hypothesis that IAA is auxin. |
4. | It demonstrates the polar movements of auxins. |
Deficiency symptoms of nitrogen and potassium are visible first in:
1. Senescent leaves
2. Young leaves
3. Roots
4. Buds
In which one of the following processes CO2 is not released?
1. Aerobic respiration in plants
2. Aerobic respiration in animals
3. Alcoholic fermentation
4. Lactate fermentation
Anoxygenic photosynthesis is characteristic of:
1. Rhodospirillum
2. Spirogyra
3. Chlamydomonas
4. Ulva
A few normal seedlings of a tomato were kept in a dark room. After a few days, they were found to have become white-coloured like albinos, Which of the following terms will you use to describe them?
1. Mutated
2. Embolised
3. Etiolated
4. Defoliated
Which one of the following growth regulators is known as the stress hormone?
1. Abscisic acid
2. Ethylene
3. GA3
4. Indole acetic acid
Geitonogamy involves:
1. | Pollination of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant. |
2. | Pollination of a flower by the pollen from another same flower. |
3. | Pollination of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population. |
4. | Pollination of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population. |
Male gametophyte with least number of cells is present in:
1. Pteris
2. Funaria
3. Lilium
4. Pinus
An aggregate fruit is one which develops from:
1. Multicarpellary syncarpous gynoecium
2. Multicarpellary apocarpous gynoecium
3. Complete inflorescence
4. Multicarpellary superior ovary