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Botany MCQS[NEET-2021 to 2022]-Transport and Mineral Nutrition in Plants
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1. The water readily available to plants for absorption by roots is
Gravitational water
Capillary water
Rain water
Hygroscopic water
2. The water potential of pure water at atmospheric pressure is
-2.3 bar
+2.3 bar
Zero bar
One bar
3. Loss of water from the stomata of leaves are known as
Guttation
Exudation
Transpiration
Evaporation
4. During rainy season wooden doors are difficult to open or closure because of
Plasmolysis
Imbibition
Osmosis
Diffusion
5. Plasmolysis occurs due to
Absorption
Osmosis
Endoosmosis
Exosmosis
6. The marine animals that kept in fresh water burst. It shows the process of
Exosmosis
Endoosmosis
Plasmolysis
Deplasmolysis
7. Cooling of plants is caused by
Guttaion
Photorespiration
Transpiration
Assimilation
8. Active uptake of minerals by roots mainly depends on the
Availability of oxygen
Light
Temperature
Availability of CO2
9. The hormone which signals the closure of stomata is
Auxins
Cytokinine
Gibberelline
Abscisic acid
10. Water absorption takes place through
Lateral roots
Root cap
Root hairs
Tap root
11. Which of the following is an anti-transpirant
PMA
PAN
IAA
AUG
12. What is the action spectrum of transpiration?
Orange and red
Green and ultraviolet
Blue and red
None of these
13. Which one of the following is used for measuring the rate of transpiration?
Porometer
Osmometer
Molls experiment
Potometer
14. Transpiration is least in
High atmospheric humidity
high wind velocity
good soil moisture
dry environment
15. Stomata open at night and close during day time in
Mesophytes
Xerophytes
Succulents
Hydrophytes
16. Which of the following is necessary for biological nitrogen fixation?
Zinc
Copper
Manganese
Molybdenum
17. The essential element for the synthesis of auxin is
Zinc
Sulphur
Potassium
Phosphorus
18. The disease die back of shoots is caused due to the deficiency of the following microelements
Chlorine
Copper
Manganese
Molybdenum
19. Little leaf disease is due to the deficiency of
Nitrogen
Zinc
Manganese
Molybdenum
20. Hydroponics is
Growing of aquatic plants
Soilless cultivation of plants
Growing off floating aquatic plants
Growing of plants inside water
21. Molybdenum is involved in plant metabolism in
Translocation of solutes
Tryptophan synthesis
ABA synthesis
Nitrate reduction
22. Plant require Fe and Mg for
Synthesis of chlorophyll
Opening and closing of stomata
Translocation of carbohydrates
None of these
23. Plant absorb the element nitrogen in the form
nitrogen gas
nitrites
nitrates
nitric acid
24. Bacteroid means
dead bacteria
living bacteria
A bacteria like substance
living bacteria but cannot divide
25. Which of the following bacterium brings about denitrification?
Pseudomonas
Rhizobium
Azotobacter
Nitrobacter
26. Ion can be accumulated against concentration gradient due to?
Active uptake
Mass flow
Passive uptake
Donnan equilibrium
27. Which of the following is essential for Nitrogen Fixation by leguminous plants?
Chlorophyll
Leghaemoglobin
Anthocyanin
Phycocyanin
28. First experiments related to the method of hydroponics were done by
Knop
Sachs
Arnon
Hill
29. The most widely accepted theory accepted to explain the translocation of carbohydrates in higher plants
Root pressure theory
Osmotic theory
Imbibition theory
Mass flow theory
30. Which element is required for Nodulation in Legumes?
Fe
Mn
Mo
B
31. Which one of the following theories for ascent of sap was proposed by eminent Indian scientist J. C Bose?
Pulsation theory
Transpiration Pull theory
Root pressure theory
Atmospheric pressure theory
32. Munch hypothesis is based on
Translocation of food due to TP gradient and imbibitions force
Translocation of food due to turgor pressure (TP) gradient
Translocation of food due to imbibitions force
None of the above
33. The first process by which water enters into the seed coat when a seed is placed in a suitable environment for germination is
Osmosis
Active transport
absorption
Imbibition
34. Which of the following plant material, is an efficient water imbibant?
lignin
agar
pectin
cellulose
35. Which of the following experiment is called physiological demonstration of osmosis?
Thistle funnel- whose mouth is tied with egg membrane
Thistle funnel- whose mouth is tied with parchment paper
bell jar experiment
potometer
36. Water is lost in a liquid state in some plants through hydathodes. These hydathodes
Remain closed at night
Remain closed during day
Remain always open
Do not show any specificity in opening and closing
37. Passive absorption of water by the root system is the result of
Forces created in the cells of the root
Increased respiratory activity in root cells
Tension on the cell sap due to transpiration
Osmotic force in the shoot system
38. Which of the following helps in ascent of sap?
Root pressure
Transpiration
Capillarity
all of above
39. The translocation of organic solutes in sieve tube members is supported by
cytoplasmic streaming
mass flow involving a carrier and ATP
P proteins
root pressure and transpiration pull
40. Potometer works on the principle of
Osmotic pressure
Root pressure
Amount of water absorbed equals the amount transpired
potential difference between the tip of the tube and that of the plant.
41. A nutritionally wild type organism, which does not require any additional growth supplement is known as
Phenotype
Holotype
Prototroph
None
42. Which one of the following is a micronutrient?
Boron
Molybdenum
Zinc
All
43. The function of leghemoglobin in the root nodules of legumes is
Oxygen removal
Inhibition of nitrogenase activity
Expression of nif gene
None
44. Which of the following is a bacterium involved in denitrification
Pseudomonas
Azotobacter
Nitrosomonas
Nitrobacter
45. Which one of the following elements in plants is not remobilized ?
Sulphur
Calcium
Potassium
Phosphorus
46. Which of the following is a rootless aquatic plant in which a portion of the leaf forms a tiny sac for trapping insects ?
Nepenthes
Drosera
Dionaea
Utricularia
47. Which of the following is a flowering plant with nodules containing filamentous nitrogen-fixing microorganism
Cycas revoluta
Casuarina equisetifolia
Crotalaria juncea
Cicer arietinum
48. The minerals involved in water-splitting reaction during photosynthesis are
Manganese and Chlorine
Magnesium Chlorine
Potassium and Manganese
Molybdenum Manganese
49. If by radiation all nitrogenase enzyme are inactivated, then there will be no
Conversion from ammonium to nitrate in soil
Conversion from nitrate to nitrite in legumes
Fixation of nitrogen in legumes
Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen
50. In root nodules of legumes, leg-haemoglobin is important because it
Transports oxygen to the root nodule
Acts as an oxygen scavenge
Provides energy to the nitrogen fixing bacterium
Acts as a catalyst in transamination
51. Which of the following minerals activate the enzymes involved in respiration?
Magnesium and manganese
Nitrogen and phosphorus
Potassium and calcium
Sulphur and iron
52. Which of the following elements is not required by plants for their normal healthy growth
Magnesium
Lead
Iron
Calcium
53. In plant nutrition elements are classified as major or minor depending on
Their relative production in the ash obtained after burning the plants
The relative amounts required by the plants
Their availability in the soil
Their relative importance in plant growth
54. Non-essential element in plant is
Barium
Calcium
Magnesium
Potassium
55. Which element has not been proved to be essential in plants
Calcium
Zinc
Iron
Sodium
56. Plant ash is an indication of
Mineral salts absorbed by the plants
Only mineral salts
Organic matter of the plant
None
57. An essential element is
Improve plant growth
Present in plant ash
Is indispensable for growth and is irreplaceable
Available in soil
58. Hydroponics are
Growing of aquatic plants
Growing of floating aquatic plants
Growing of plants in sand
Growing of plants aqueous balanced nutrient
59. How the mineral contents of the plant known
Calorimetric method
Ash analysis
Titrimetric method
All
60. Necrosis means
Death of tissue and decomposition
Yellow spots on the leaves
Darkening of green colour in leaves
All
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