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Question 31. In plants, exchange of gases takes place through
  1.    Stomata
  2.    Palisade tissue
  3.    Spongy tissue
  4.    Mid rib
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Answer: Option A. -> Stomata
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the leaf (as well as the loss of water vapour in transpiration) occurs through pores called stomata (singular = stoma). Normally stomata open when the light strikes the leaf in the morning and close during the night.
Question 32. Stomata helps in
  1.    Exchange of gases
  2.    Exchange of lipids
  3.    Exchange of water
  4.    Exchange of proteins
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Answer: Option A. -> Exchange of gases
Stomata helps in exchange of gases.
Question 33. The numerous minute pores in the epidermis of a leaf are called
  1.    Stomata
  2.    Lenticels
  3.    Hydathodes
  4.    Perforation
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Answer: Option A. -> Stomata
The numerous minute pores in the epidermis of a leaf are called stomata.
Question 34. Stomata open at night in
  1.    CAM plants
  2.    C3 plants
  3.    C4 plants
  4.    Succulent plants
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Answer: Option A. -> CAM plants
In CAM plants, stomata are open during the night and closed during day time. This is an adaptation of cutting transpiration loss of water. CAM plants grow in deserts and are exposed to high temperatures.Their stomata are open during the night for carbon dioxide uptake but closed during the day to prevent water loss.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.
Question 35. Release of water from plants as water droplets is known as
  1.    Root pressure
  2.    Transpiration
  3.    Osmotic pressure
  4.    Guttation
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Answer: Option D. -> Guttation
Guttation is the loss of water in the form of water droplets from hydathodes (small pores) on the leaf margin of a small herbacious plant.
Question 36. One day you wake with a sore throat and a runny nose. Your doctor takes a swab from your throat, sends it to a lab, and telephones you the next day to say that antibiotic will not help you get better. Which of the following is the most likely reason for the doctor's statement?
  1.    Having waited a day, it is too late to take an antibiotic
  2.    You need an antiseptic, not an antibiotic
  3.    You need to be vaccinated instead of taking an antibiotic
  4.    You are infected by a virus
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Answer: Option D. -> You are infected by a virus
The most likely reason for the doctor's statement is that the person is infected by a virus.
Question 37. Oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases are all classes of
  1.    hormones
  2.    enzymes
  3.    proteins
  4.    vitamins
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Answer: Option B. -> enzymes
Oxyreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases and ligases are all classes of enzymes.
Question 38. Mutation is
  1.    a factor responsible for plant growth
  2.    a change which affects the offspring of F2 generation only
  3.    a change that is inherited
  4.    a change which affects the parents
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Answer: Option C. -> a change that is inherited
A mutation is a change in a DNA sequence. Mutations can result from DNA copying mistakes made during cell division, exposure to ionizing radiation, exposure to chemicals called mutagens, or infection by viruses.
Question 39. Plants that grow under average temperature and moisture are called:
  1.    halophytes
  2.    hydrophytes
  3.    mesophytes
  4.    xerophytes
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Answer: Option C. -> mesophytes
Plants that grow under average temperature and moisture are called mesophytes.
Question 40. Pollination by wind is called
  1.    anemophily
  2.    hydrophily
  3.    zoophily
  4.    entomophily
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Answer: Option A. -> anemophily
Anemophily is the process when pollen is transported by air currents from one individual plant to another. About 12% of the world's flowering plants are wind-pollinated, including grasses and cereal crops, many trees, and the infamous allergenic ragweeds.

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