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GROWTH & REPRODUCTION IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS MCQs

Plant Growth And Development, Reproduction In Animals, Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Total Questions : 111 | Page 9 of 12 pages
Question 81. Coiling of garden pea tendrils around any support is an example of
  1.    Thigmotaxis
  2.    Thigmonasty
  3.    Thigmotropism
  4.    Thermotaxis
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Answer: Option C. -> Thigmotropism
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C
Thigmotropism is the movement due to contact with a foreign body. In twinners and lianas, there is less growth on the side of contact and more growth on the branch away from the contact. Coiling of garden pea tendrils around any support is an example of thigmotropism.
Question 82. In __ growth, following mitotic cell division only one daughter cell continues to divide, while the other differentiates and matures.
 Discuss Question

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The increase in growth per unit time is called growth rate. In arithmetic growth after mitotic cell division, one daughter cell continue to divide and the other cell differentiates and matures.
Question 83. Coconut milk factor is a/an ______.
  1.    Auxin
  2.    Gibberellin
  3.    Abscisic acid
  4.    Cytokinin
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Cytokinin
:
D
Coconut milk factor is a cytokinin.Kinetin does not occur naturally in plants. Search for natural substances with cytokinin-like activities led to the isolation of zeatin from corn-kernels and coconut milk.
Question 84. In plants, the primary growth is due to the activity of ________.
  1.    Intercalary meristem
  2.    Lateral meristem
  3.    Apical meristem
  4.    Cambium
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Answer: Option C. -> Apical meristem
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C
Primary growth in plants is due to apical meristems (root and shoot apical meristems)
Question 85. Number of mitotic divisions required to produce 100 cells by arithmetic growth from single cell is
  1.    100
  2.    101
  3.    99
  4.    200
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 99
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C
In arithmetic growth, following mitotic cell division, only one daughter cell continues to divide while the other differentiates and matures.
N =100, N = n+1
100 = n+1
n =99
Question 86. Genetic dwarfness in some plants may be solved by treatment with: 
  1.    Ethylene
  2.    Gibberellins
  3.    Auxins
  4.    Anti gibberellins
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Answer: Option B. -> Gibberellins
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B
Genetic dwarfism is solved by the usage of gibberellins. Ethylene is a gaseous hormone, which induces ripening in unripe fruits. ABA cause ageing and abscission of leaves.
Question 87.  Cork Cambium is 
  1.    Primary and apical meristem
  2.    Secondary and apical meristem
  3.    Primary and lateral meristem
  4.    Secondary and lateral meristem
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Answer: Option D. -> Secondary and lateral meristem
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D
Cork cambium (phellogen) is a secondary and lateral meristem.
Question 88.  Cork Cambium is 
  1.    Primary and apical meristem
  2.    Secondary and apical meristem
  3.    Primary and lateral meristem
  4.    Secondary and lateral meristem
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Answer: Option D. -> Secondary and lateral meristem
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D
Cork cambium (phellogen) is a secondary and lateral meristem.
Question 89. Physiological effects of gibberellins are _______.
1. Removal of genetic dwarfism
2. Inhibition of seed germination
3. Promoting bolting and flowering
4. Formation of more male flowers in cucurbita
  1.    2 alone is incorrect
  2.    2 and 4 are correct
  3.    3 and 4 are correct
  4.    1, 3 and 4 are correct
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 3 and 4 are correct
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D
Genetically dwarf maize and pea plants can be made tall by gibberellins. They also promote bolting and flowering . In cucurbita and cannabis more male flowers than female flowers are formed by their action. Gibberellins are known for inducing seed germination as they mobilize reserve food material hence are widely used for malting process in brewing industry.
Question 90. Avena curvature test is a bioassay for examining the activity of
  1.    Auxins                 
  2.    Gibberellins
  3.    Ethylene
  4.    Cytokinins
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Auxins                 
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A
Avena curvature test is a bioassay for examining the activity of auxin. In 1928, Went developed a method of quantifying auxin. His results suggested that the curvatures of stems were proportional to the amount of auxin in the agar (Went, 1928). This test was called the avena curvature test. Much of our current knowledge of auxin was obtained from its applications.

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