A baby has been born with a small tail. It is the case exhibiting
1.mutation
2.retrogressive evolution
3.metamorphosis
4.atavism
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A gene showing codominance
1.has one allele dominant to the other
2.has both alleles independently expressed in the heterozygote
3.has alleles tightly linked on the same chromosome
4.has alleles expressed at the same time in development
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Algae is a nonvalid taxinomic term that refers to
1.eukaryotic organisms that have chlorophyll a and produce O2
2.well developed cellular structure including a conducting system
3.both a and b
4.none of these
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Antheridia of Funaria are
1.rounded
2.cylindrical
3.club shaped
4.oval
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Autoecology deals with
1.ecology of species
2.ecology of many species
3.ecology of community
4.all of these
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Bioluminescence is a phenomenon associated with
1.pyrrophyta
2.chlorophyta
3.chrysophyta
4.phaeophyta
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Calvin cycle is a light-independent process that plants use to convert _____ into glucose.
1.oxygen
2.carbon dioxide
3.water
4.salt
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Characteristics used to place algae into divisions include all of the following except
1.form of storage material
2.flagella number and location
3.accessory pigments used in photosynthesis
4.all of these
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De Vries gave his mutation theory on organic evolution while working on
1.Oenothera lamarckiana
2.Drosophila melanogaster
3.Pisum sativum
4.Althea rosea
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Development of gametophyte from vegetative cells of a sporophyte is called
1.apogamy
2.apospory
3.parthenogenesis
4.apomixis
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Ecotype is a type of species in which environmentally induced variations are
1.temporary
2.genetically fixed
3.genetically not related
4.none of the above
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Energy flow in ecosystem is
1.unidirectional
2.bidirectional
3.multidirectional
4.none of these
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Experiments demonstrating the importance of nucleus in controlling the growth of cell was performed in
1.starfish
2.acetabularia
3.neurospora
4.planaria
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False indusium is found in
1.dryopteris
2.pteris
3.funaria
4.all of these
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Gymnosperms differ from both extinct and extant ferns because they
1.are woody
2.have macrophylls
3.have pollen
4.have sporophylls
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In a food chain of grassland ecosystem the top consumers are
1.herbivores
2.carnivores
3.bacteria
4.none of these
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In a moss the sporophyte
1.arises from a spore produced from the gametophyte
2.produces gametes that given rise to the gametophyte
3.is partially parasitic on the gametophyte
4.manufactures food for itself, as well as for the gametophyte
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In higher plants the shape of chloroplast is
1.girdle shape
2.discoid
3.ribbon shaped
4.cup shaped
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In mosses the gametophyte is
1.monoecious
2.dioecious
3.both a and b
4.heterothallic
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In terms of alternation of generations, the internal parts of the pollen grains of seed-producing plants are most similar to a
1.fern gametophyte bearing only antheridia
2.hermaphroditic fern gametophyte
3.fern sporophyte
4.moss sporophyte
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In the sporophyll of Selaginella, sporangia are born on
1.abaxial surface
2.lower surface
3.adaxial surface
4.margins
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Indole 3-acetic acid is chemically similar to be amino acid
1.methionine
2.valine
3.proline
4.tryptophan
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Mendel emasculated garden pea plant.Emasculation is the
1.removal of flower buds
2.removal of anthers before dehiscence
3.removal of carpels before dehiscence
4.removal of mature flowers
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One of the important consequences of geographical isolation is
1.random creation of new species
2.no change in the isolated fauna
3.preventing Speciation
4.speciation through reproductive isolation
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Plant cell wall mainly composed of
1.cellulose
2.starch
3.protein
4.lipid
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Presence of trichomes on leaves
1.helps in rapid gaseous exchange
2.prevents guttation
3.increases transpiration
4.reduces transpiration
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Sterile jacket around the sex organs is found in
1.algae
2.fungi
3.bryophytes
4.lichens
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The algae Chlamydomonas demonstrates a complex life cycle that switches between haploid and diploid forms. This life cycle is called
1.the sexual-asexual exchange
2.the transposition cycle
3.an alternation of generations
4.algal transformation
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The bread mold Rhizopus stolonifer belongs to which of the following fungal divisions
1.deuteromycota
2.ascomycota
3.zygomycota
4.oomycota
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The characteristic of C4 plants is
1.first product oxaloacetic acid
2.carboxylating enzyme is RUBISCO
3.Krans anatomy
4.all of these
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The crossing of F1 to any one of the parents is called
1.test cross
2.F1 cross
3.back cross
4.none of these
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The fruiting body of a mushroom is called
1.sorocarps
2.ascocarps
3.basidiocarps
4.deuterocarp
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The genotypic ratio of a monohybrid cross is
1. 3:1
2.1:2:1
3. 2:1:1
4.9:3:3:1
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The membrane around the vacuole
1.tonoplast
2.cytoplast
3.sarcolemma
4.none of these
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The only positive evidence of aquatic ancestry of bryophyte is
1.thread like protonema
2.green colour
3.some forms are still aquatic
4.ciliated sperms
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The recessive character will express in
1.F1
2.F2
3.both a and b
4.F3
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The seed coats most important function is to provide
1.desiccation resistance
2.a nutrient supply for the embryo
3.dormancy
4.the means for dispersal
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The tendency of population to remain in genetic equilibrium may be disturbed by
1.random mating
2.lack of random mating
3.lack of mutations
4.lack of migration
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Trophic levels are formed by
1.only plants
2.only animals
3.only carnivores
4.organisms linked in food chain
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Water molds belong to which division
1.ascomycota
2.basidiomycota
3.deuteromycota
4.oomycota
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What causes a green plant to bend towards light as it grows
1.because green plants are phototropic
2.light stimulates plant cells on the lighted side to grow faster
3.auxins accumulates on shaded side resulting greater cell elongation
4.naturally plant grows towards light
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What is meant by the term Darwin fitness
1.the ability to survive and reproduce
2.high aggressiveness
3.healthy appearance
4.none of these
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Which of the following is an ongoing trend in the evolution of land plants
1.decrease in the size of the leaf
2.elimination of sperm cells or sperm nuclei
3.replacement of roots by rhizoids
4.reduction of the gametophyte phase of the life cycle
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Which of the following is called Walking Fern?
1.dryopteris
2.adiantum
3.aspidium
4.pteris
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Which of the following most closely represents the male gametophyte of seed-bearing plants
1.ovule
2.microspore mother cell
3.embryo sac
4.pollen grain interior
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Which one is the non-membranous organelle
1.endoplasmic reticulum
2.ribosome
3.chloroplast
4.nucleus
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Which spore is on a club and results from the fusion of two nuclei from different strains of the same fungi
1.conidiospore
2.blastospore
3.ascospore
4.basidiospore
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Who suggested that the opening and closing of stomata is connected with the change on pH of guard cells
1.Von Mohl
2.Sayre/Scarth
3.Levitt
4.Lyond
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yathaea and Celeotium are the e.g. of
1.grass
2.tree fern
3.walking fern
4.none of these
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Zooxanthellae are algal symbiont that live within coral reef animals. These algae belong to
1.chlorophyta
2.chrysophyta
3.pyrrophyta
4.rhodophyta
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