DAILY PRACTICE SHEET – 307

BIOMENTORS CLASSES ONLINE (MUMBAI)

PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Plant Growth And Development 08/03/2019

1. Characteristic of plant growth includes which of the following –

(a) It is localized and generally determinate
(b) It is localized and generally indeterminate
(c) It is non-measurable
(d) It is diffused, determinate and non measurable
2. The form of growth wherein new cells are always being added to the plant body by the activity of meristem is
called –
(a) Open form of growth
(b) Close form of growth
(c) Diffused form of growth
(d) Discontinuous form of growth
3. Select the incorrect option –
(a) Primary growth is the increase in girth of axis due to activity of Apical meristem
(b) Secondary growth is the increase in girth due to activity of lateral meristem (vascular cambium & cork
cambium)
(c) Elongation of plant is the primary growth
(d) b and c
4. Growth at cellular level, is principally a consequence in the amount of –
(a) Protoplasm
(b) Apoplast
(c) Cell wall
(d) Apoplasm
5. Which one(s) is more or less proportional to increase in protoplasm?
(a) Increase in fresh / dry weight
(b) Increase in length, area, volume
(c) Increase in cell number
(d) All
6.
I. One maize root cell can give rise to more than 17,500 cells
II. A cell in water melon can increase in size upto 350000 times

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 III. The growth of pollen tube is measured in length
IV. The growth of the leaf is measured in term of volume
(a) I, II are correct
(b) III and IV are correct
(c) I and III are correct
(d) I, II and III are correct
7. The period of growth is generally divided into –
(a) 3 phases
(b) 2 phases
(c) 4 phases
(d) 6 phases
8. Maximal size in terms of wall thickening and protoplasmic modification are achieved by –
(a) Cells of divisional phase
(b) Cells of maturation phase
(c) Cells of elongation phase
(d) Cells of meristematic tissue
9. Increased vacuolation, cell enlargement and new cell wall deposition are the characteristics of cell in –
(a) Divisional phase
(b) Enlongation phase
(c) Maturation phase
(d) Differentiation phase
10. Arithmetic growth includes all except –
(a) Constant growth rate
(b) It is found in root and shoot cells
(c) It is expressed as Lt = Lo + rt
(d) Its characteristic graph is sigmoid
11. Which one is the correct graph of arithmetic growth?

12. Exponential growth cannot sustain for long. The possible cause is –
(a) Limited nutrient available
(b) Limited space
(c) Accumulation of toxic materials

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 (d) All
13. The rate of growth is highest in –
(a) Lag phase
(b) Log phase
(c) Steady phase
(d) None
14. A sigmoid growth curve is characteristic of –
(a) Bacteria growing in culture medium
(b) Organisms growing in natural habitat
(c) All cells, tissue and organs
(d) All
15. The exponential growth can be expressed as W1 = W0ert. “r” is –
(a) Relative growth rate and depends on final size
(b) It is initial size
(c) Relative growth and also referred to as efficiency index
(d) None of the above
16. Water is needed for –
(a) Cell-enlargement
(b) Providing aqueous medium for enzymatic reactions
(c) Both
(d) Oxidizing glucose to provide energy
17. Under certain conditions regaining the lost capacity of division by living cells is called –
(a) Dedifferentiation
(b) Redifferentiation
(c) Differentiation
(d) Efficiency index
18. Which one is the example of dedifferentiated cells?
(a) Procambium + Vascular cambium
(b) Vascular cambium + Interfascicular cambium
(c) Phellogen + Procambium
(d) Cork cambium + Interfascicular cambium
19. Which one(s) is /are redifferentiated cell(s)?
(a) Cork
(b) Secondary cortex
(c) Both
(d) None

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20. Growth in plants is –
(a) Only determinate
(b) Only indeterminate
(c) Mostly determinate
(d) Open (both determinate and indeterminate)
21. Differentiation in plant is open because cells / tissues arising out of the same meristem –
(a) Have same structure at maturity
(b) Have different structures at maturity
(c) Have capacity to disappear their cell walls
(d) Have same fate
22. The ability of plant to follow different pathways and produce different structures in response to environment and
phases of life is termed as –
(a) Elasticity
(b) Growth efficiency
(c) Plasticity
(d) Heterophylly
23. The example of plasticity in plant Ranuncullus is –
(a) Homophylly
(b) Isophylly
(c) Megaphylly
(d) Heterophylly
24. Environmental heterophylly is seen in –
(a) Ranunculus (Buttercup)
(b) Cotton
(c) Coriander
(d) Mango
25. Intrinsic factors affecting development include -
(a) Intracellular (genetic) factors
(b) Intracellular factors like light
(c) Intracellular factors like PGRs
(d) a and c
26. Extrinsic factors affecting the development include all except –
(a) O2, light temperature
(b) CO2 and nutrients
(c) Water
(d) PGRs and genetic factors

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27. Which one includes growth promoters?
(a) Auxin, Cytokinin, ABA
(b) GA, Cytokinin, C2H4
(c) C2H4, ABA
(d) Auxin, Cytokinin, GA
28. Which one include growth inhibitors?
(a) ABA, Cytokinin
(b) GA, IAA
(c) ABA, C2H4
(d) None
29. PGRs include –
(a) Only growth promoters
(b) Only growth inhibitors
(c) Both growth promoters and growth inhibitors
(d) Only solid hormones, not gaseous hormones
30. Which of the following growth regulators can fit either of the groups (promoter and inhibitor)
(a) C2H4
(b) ABA
(c) GA
(d) IAA

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 ANSWERS

1. Ans.(b) It is localized and generally indeterminate

2. Ans.(a) Open form of growth
3. Ans.(a) Primary growth is the increase in girth of axis due to activity of Apical meristem
4. Ans.(a) Protoplasm
5. Ans.(d) All
6. Ans.(d) I, II and III are correct
7. Ans.(a) 3 phases
8. Ans.(b) Cells of maturation phase
9. Ans.(b) Enlongation phase
10. Ans.(d) Its characteristic graph is sigmoid
11. Ans.(a)
12. Ans.(d) All
13. Ans.(b) Log phase
14. Ans.(d) All
15. Ans.(c) Relative growth and also referred to as efficiency index
16. Ans.(c) Both
17. Ans.(a) Dedifferentiation
18. Ans.(d) Cork cambium + Interfascicular cambium
19. Ans.(c) Both
20. Ans.(d) Open (both determinate and indeterminate)
21. Ans.(b) Have different structures at maturity
22. Ans.(c) Plasticity
23. Ans.(d) Heterophylly
24. Ans.(a) Ranunculus (Buttercup)
25. Ans.(d) a and c
26. Ans.(d) PGRs and genetic factors
27. Ans.(d) Auxin, Cytokinin, GA
28. Ans.(c) ABA, C2H4
29. Ans.(c) Both growth promoters and growth inhibitors
30. Ans.(a) C2H4