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Botany

Ozone hole' refers to:

A. Reduction in thickness of ozone layer in troposphere
B. Reduction in thickness of ozone layer in stratosphere
C. Hole in ozone layer
D. Increased concentration of ozone

The lentic ecosystem includes:

A. Gravitational water
B. Standing water
C. Rain water
D. Running water

Halophytes are peculiar in having:

A. Pneumatophoric stems
B. Velamen tissue
C. Vivipary
D. Saline soils

Halophytes groom on physiologically dry soil due to presence of:

A. Excessive salt in water
B. Excessive salt in plants
C. Excessive humidity outside
D. Dry soil

Most common ovule having funiculus lying cloe to the micropyle is called:

A. Anatropous
B. Campylotropous
C. Amphitropous
D. Circinotropous

A bisexual flower which always remains closed is called:

A. Cleistogamous
B. Chasmogamous
C. Geitonogamous
D. Dichogamous

The occurrence of more than one type of leaves on the same plant is know as:

A. Anisophylly
B. Heterophylly
C. Dimorphism
D. All of these

Without fertilization, the development of an embryo from an egg is called:

A. Parthenocarpy
B. Parthenogenesis
C. Apogamy
D. Allogamy

An example of pseudocarp is:

A. Pear
B. Pineapple
C. Mango
D. Banana

A fruit in which the part other than that of usual fruit is also edible is:

A. Achene
B. Sorosis
C. Drupe
D. Samara

The plant that produces spores, has vascular tissues and bear seeds without fruits:

A. Bryophyte
B. Pteridophyte
C. Gymnosperm
D. Angiosperm

Lignin is the important constituent in the cell wall of:

A. Xylem
B. Phloem
C. Cambium
D. Parenchyma

Tyloses are seen in:

A. Ray parenchyma and xylem cells
B. Ray parenchyma only
C. Phloem Cells
D. Collenchyma cells

Secondary growth in thickness makes distinct annual rings in plants growing in:

A. Tropical regions
B. Arctic regions
C. Regions with seasonal variations
D. Any region

Tunica-Corpus theory was proposed by:

A. Hanstein
B. Eamed
C. Schmidt
D. Haberlandt

Which of the followings can utilize molecular nitrogen (Nā‚‚) as nutrient for growth?

A. Mucar
B. Spirogyra
C. Rhizobium
D. Methanococcus

The cells of the bacterium Streptococcus remain arranged in the form of:

A. Chain
B. Irregular cluster
C. Cube
D. Plate

In bacterial cell, the respiratory enzymes are located in:

A. Mitochondria
B. Mesosome
C. Centrosome
D. All of these

The useful activities of several bacteria are:

A. Nitrogen fixation
B. Nitrification
C. Biogeochemical cycles
D. All of these

Bacterial transformation was discovered by:

A. Freed Griffith
B. Robert Brown
C. Beadle and Tatum
D. Avery, McCload, and McCarty

The useful shape of growth curve is:

A. Linear
B. Inverted bell-shaped
C. Sigmoid
D. Zig-zag

Leaf photosynthates are transported to roots through the cells of:

A. Xylem
B. Phloem
C. Pith
D. Endodermis

The wavelength of light most absorbed during photosynthesis is:

A. 450 nm
B. 550 nm
C. 660 nm
D. 700 nm

Oxidative phosphorylation occurs during photosynthesis is:

A. Photosynthesis
B. Respiration
C. Photorespiration
D. Protein synthesis

The chemical link between Glycolysis and krebs cycle is:

A. Acetyl CoA
B. Pyruvic acid
C. Oxaloacetic acid
D. Citric acid