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Botany

Phytochrome was discovered by:

A. F.W. Went
B. Garner and Allard
C. F.F. Blackman
D. F.E. Fritsch

The 'Lock-and-Key model' of an enzyme was proposed by:

A. Robertson
B. Roberts Brown
C. Emil Fischer
D. Daniel Kushland

The enzyme that converts glucose into ethyl alcohol is:

A. Diastase
B. Maitase
C. Zymase
D. Invertase

Stamens found in papilionaceae are:

A. One
B. Ten
C. Twenty
D. Infinite

Heteromorphic alternation of generation is found in:

A. Mucor
B. Spirogyra
C. Rhizopus
D. Selaginella

The enzyme concerned with transfer of electrons from one substance to another is:

A. Desmolase
B. Hydrolase
C. Transaminase
D. Dehydrogenase

Female gametophyte of Angiosperms is mostly:

A. 7 celled
B. 8 celled
C. 11 celled
D. Multicelled

In coralloid roots Cycas has:

A. Anabaena
B. Azotobacter
C. Rhizobium
D. Mycorrhiza

The source of turpentine is:

A. Sunflower
B. Cycas
C. Pinus
D. Glycine

Phytochrome in plants is sensitive to:

A. Blue light
B. Green light
C. Red light
D. Red and far-red light

In CAM plants CO₂ acceptor is:

A. RuBP
B. PEP
C. OAA
D. PGA

Hormone released during stress condition is:

A. Auxin
B. Gibberellin
C. Abscisic acid
D. Ethylene

photophosphorylation was discovered by:

A. Arnon
B. Ruben and Kamen
C. Robin Hill
D. Melvin Calvin

Pigments of photosystem-I are present in:

A. Appressed part of grana
B. Stromal thylakoids
C. Stromal thylakoids and non-appressed part of granal thylakoids
D. None of these

The organelle associated with photorespiration is:

A. Lysosome
B. Mesosome
C. Peroxisome
D. Glyoxysome

Linolenic acid is an unsaturated fatty acid and its content is highest in:

A. Coconut oil
B. Cotton oil
C. Groundnut oil
D. Sunflower oil

Phospholipids are:

A. Amphipathic
B. Amphoteric
C. Amorphous
D. Hydrophobic

Chromosome complement 2n-1 is called:

A. Monosomy
B. Trisomy
C. Nullisomy
D. Tetrasomy

In chromatin, DNA is associated with highly basic proteins called:

A. Histones
B. Non-histones
C. Both 'A' and 'B'
D. None of these

Viruses cannot reproduce on its own because:

A. It cannot reproduce at all
B. It has underdeveloped sex organs
C. It lacks the cellular machinery to use its genetic material
D. None of these

The action of interferon:

A. Lacks specificity
B. Is only on specific virus
C. Is only on malignant cells
D. Is on influenza and polio viruses

Interferons are:

A. Anticancer proteins
B. Antiviral proteins
C. Antibacterial proteins
D. Complex proteins

Viruses are:

A. Unicellular organisms
B. Cellular without cell wall
C. Multicellular organisms
D. Non-cellular organisms

Viruses can multiply in:

A. All living cells
B. Bacteria only
C. Specific living cells
D. Rotten food

Antiviral substance produced by animals (or many vertebrates in response to viral infection for resisting the multiplication of viruses) is known as:

A. Virion
B. Antigen
C. Interferon
D. Repressor protein