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1. Cellular respiration is essentially a/an _________ process.
Oxidation
Reduction.
Redox.
None of the above.
2. Breaking of terminal phosphate of ATP releases about _____ Kcal of energy.
6.1
6.3
7.1
7.3
3. Final acceptor of electrons in respiratory chain is
NADH
Cytochrome a3
Water
Oxygen
4. There are _______ types of nutrients needed by plants besides light to carry out photosynthesis
Two
Three
Four
Five
5. The site/s where most of the uptake of water and minerals take place is/are
Root hairs
Root cells
Underground stem
All of these
6. The uptake of water in plants involves
Active transport
Passive transport
Both of these
None of these
7. The membrane of vacuoles is known as
Vacuoloplast
Tonoplast
Tanoplast
All of these
8. The diffusion of ions along with water also takes place by mass flow system along the ______ path
Tonoplast
Apoplast
Symplast
Vacuolar
9. Active transport is dependent on
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Photophosporylation
Photophosporylation
10. In the root cells _______ pathway becomes discontinuous in the endodermis due to the presence of casparian strip.
Tonoplast
Apoplast
Symplast
Vacuolar
11. Cytoplasmic strands that extend through pores in adjacent cell walls are known as
Pseudopods
Symplasts
Plasmodesmata
Pili
12. In plants, water potential is determined by major factors.
Three
Four
Two
Five
13. The pressure generated when water enters & inflates plant cells is called ______ potential
Water
Osmotic
Pressure
Solute
14. The movement of water molecules from a region of higher water potential to a region of lower water potential (through membrane)
Deffusion
Osmosis
Active transport
None of these
15. _______ potential is the measure of the change in water potential of a system due to the presence of solute molecules.
Osmotic
Pressure
Both of these
None of these
16. Solute potential is always
plus ve
? ve
plus ve or ? ve
Zero
17. _______ component of cell wall has grreat affinity with water.
Lignin
Cellulose
Pectin
All of these
18. Commonly in other plants than tall ones the speed of upward movement of water is
8mh-1
1 mh-1
7 mh-1
4 mh-1
19. Exceptionally the positive hydrostatic pressure generated by root pressure is about
600 Kpa
800 Kpa
1000 Kpa
900 Kpa
20. Cuticular transpiration is ______ of total transpiration
6-8%
5-7%
7-9%
4-6%
21. All plants do not possess
Lenticels
Cuticle
Stomata
All of these
22. Lenticular transpiration is _________ of total transpiration
2-3%
1-3%
1-4%
1-2%
23. Aerating openings formed in the bark through which exchange of gases takes place and water is lost in the form of vapours are
Hydathods
Stomata
Lenticels
None of these
24. Lenticels look like
A big pore
Stoma
Sponge
Cars or small protusions
25. Stomatal transpiration is _____ of total transpiration
90%
91%
93%
95%
26. They function as multisensory hydraulic valve
Lenticels
Guard cells
Hydathods
All of these
27. There are _______ hypothesis which may explain opening and closing of stomata
One
Two
Three
Four
28. Stomata open due to _____ of K+ into the guard cells from the surrounding epidermis
Diffusion
Active transport
Osmosis
All of these
29. Low level of CO2 favours _____ of the stomata
Opening
Closure
Both of these
None of these
30. The opening and closing of stomata is directly controlled by the
Temperature
pH
Light
None of these
31. Symbionts which help plants in uptake of phosphorous and trace metals such as zinc and copper.
Bacteria
Viruses
Fungi
Cyanobacteria
32. Transport of minerals from soil to epidermal cells of roots via carrier protein molcules along their concentration gradient is called:
Diffusion
Facilitated diffusion.
Passive transport.
Active transport.
33. Pulling upward of water and dissolved minerals towards the leaves through the xylem tissue is called
Transpiration pull
Root pressure
Ascent of sap.
All of these
34. Pressure flow theory was proposed by
H-Van Mohl
Dixon
Vander wall.
Earnst Munch
35. A pressure created by active secretion of salts and other solutes from other cells into xylem sap is called
Transpiration pull
Root pressure
Osmotic pressure.
None of these
36. Open circulatory system can contain
Red Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
Haemoglobin
All of these
37. Which of the following is true about hearts of earthworm?
There are 5-7 pairs of heart.
They are present between 1-7th segments.
They are present lateral to the oesophagus.
They pump blood from ventral to dorsal vessel.
38. Single circuit heart is found in
Fishes
Amphibians
Reptiles
Mammals
39. It has been estimated that in a normal person plasma constitutes about ____ by vulume of blood.
35%
45%
55%
75%
40. 95% of the cytoplasm ofred blood cells is the
Antibodies
Haemoglobin
Enzymes
Proteins
41. _______ give rise to macrophages, which destroy larger particles by phagocytosis.
Nautrophils
Basophila
Monocyte
Lymphocyte
42. Which of the following are proteins in nature?
Antibodies
Interferons
Antitoxins
All of these
43. Tricuspid valve is present
Between right atrium and right ventricle
Between left atrium and left ventricle
At base of pulmonary artery
At base of aorta
44. QRS complex represents
Atrial systole
Ventricular systole
Atrial diastole
Ventricular diastole
45. Which of the following have thickest walls?
Arteries
Veins
Capillaries
None of these
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