SR+LT BIPC PROG-1 DAY-5 DAILY PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT: BOTANY

CHAPTER: ECOSYSTEM AND GENETICS

1. Natural reserviour of phosphorus is

1) Fossils 2) Sea water 3) Animal bones 4) Rocks
Ans :4

2. The term ecosystem was coined by

1) Warning 2) Odum 3) Tansly 4) Haeckel
Ans : 3

3. Which ecosystem has the maximum biomass

1)Forest ecosystem 2) Grass land ecosystem 3) Pond ecosystem 4) Lake ecosystem
Ans :1

4. Which of the following statement about decomposition is incorrect

1) Decomposers breakdown complex organic matter into inorganic substances
2) Water insoluble organic nutrients go down into the soil horizon during the process of leaching
3) In fragmentation detrivores breakdown detritus into smaller particles
4) Saprophytic bacteria and fungi secrete digestive enzymes over the fragmented detritus
Ans :2

5. Mark the odd one w.r.t humus

1) Slightly acidic 2) Colloidal in nature
3) Undergoes decomposition at very fast rate 4) Serves as a reservoir of nutrients
Ans :3

6. Phosphorus is major component of

1) Biological membranes 2) Nucleic acids
3) Cellular energy transfer sysem 4) All of these
Ans :4
7. Which of the following represents largest man made ecosystem?
1) Zoo 2) Garden 3) Aquarium 4) Agroecosystem
Ans :4
8. Humification results in the formation of ______ substance
1) Colloidal, Basic 2) Acidic, Dark coloured
3) Amorphous, light coloured 4) light coloured, colloidal
Ans :2

9. Statement – 1: The amount of minerals present in the soil is called standing crop
Statement – 2: The growth of plants depends upon the amount of minerals available only from soil
1) Both Statement – 1 and statement – 2 are correct
2) Statement -1 is correct, statement – 2 is incorrect
3) Statement – 1 is incorrect, statement -2 is correct
 4) Both statement – 1 and statement -2 are incorrect
Ans :4

10. Choose odd one out w.r.t functional aspects of ecosystem

1) Energy flow 2) Decomposition 3) Species composition 4) Nutrient cycling
Ans :3
11. Minerialisation is performed by
1) Small carnivores 2) Detrivores
3) Saprophytic bacteria and fungi 4) Earthworm, termites
Ans :3
12. Which of the following are called as key industry animals ?
1) Auto trophs 2) Decomposers 3) Herbivores 4) Top carnivores
Ans :3

13. Which is not true for humus ?

1) Dark coloured a morphous substances 2) Highly resistant to microbial action
3) Act as reservoir of nutrients and increases water holding capacity of soil
4) They are degradation product of protein and fats and fats and are produced by the process of
mineralization
Ans :4

14. The primary producers of the deep sea hydrothermal vent ecosystem are
1) Green algae 2) Chemosynthetic bacteria
3) Blue – green algae 4) Coral reefs
Ans :2
15. Which of the following processes during decomposition is correctly described ?
1) Humification – leads to the accumulation of a dark coloured substances humus which undergoes
microbal action at a very fast rate
2) Catabolism – last step in the decomposition under fully anaerobic condition

3)Leaching – water soluble inorganic nutrients rise to the top layers of soil
4) Fragmentation – Carried out by organisms such as earth worm
Ans :4
16. Bamboo plant is growing in a fir forest then what will be the trophic level of it ?
1) First trophic level 2) Second trophic level
3) Third trophic level 4) Fourth trophic level
Ans :1
17. Which of the following is the most stable ecosystem?
1) mountain 2) ocean 3) Forest 4) Desert
Ans :4

18. ‘Ongole’ bull in Andhra Pradesh are produced by

1) Sexual hybridisation 2) Artificial selection
3) Demystification 4) All
Ans :4
Sol: ‘Ongole’ bull in Andhra Pradesh is produced by artificial selection and domestication
19. Dominant traits studied by Mendel in Pisum are
1) Round seed shape, green seed colour and axial flower position
2) Terminal flower position, green pod colour and inflated pod shape
3) Violet flower colour , green pod colour, round seed shape
4) Wrinkled seed shape, yellow pod colour, and axial flower position
Ans :3
Sol: Based on NCERT text book
20. The frequency of recombination between gene pairs on the same chromosome as a measure of
distance between genes was considered by
1) Morgan 2) Boveri 3) Sturtevant 4) Mendel
Ans :3
Sol: Alfred Sturtevant prepare chromosomal maps for linked genes by taking distance between the
genes on the same chromosome into account
21. Match the following lists
A) Dog flower 1) Lens culinaris
B) Lentil 2) gene mapping
C) Garden pea 3) 1:2:1
D) Fruit fly 4) Pleiotropy
1) A-4,B-1,C-3,D-2 2) A-3,B-1,C-4,D-2 3) A-3,B-4,C-1,D-2 4) A-2,B-3,C-4,D-1
Ans :2
22. Which of the following is not related to Mendel first law of inheritance of monohybrid cross
1. Segregation of genes is a universal phenomenon in all organisms reproducing by normal sexual
method
2. Characters are controlled by discrete factors
3. Factors which control characters occur in pairs
4. In a dissimilar pair of factors pertaining to a character one member of the pair dominates the
other.
Ans :1
Sol: law of segregation is 2nd law.
23. Law of dominance is used to explain
A) The expression of only one parental character in a monohybrid cross in the F1
B) The expression of both the parantal characters in a monohybrid cross in F2
C) Segregation of one pair of characters independent of the other pair of characters in a dihybrid
cross
D) The proportion of 3 : 1 obtained at the F2 of a monohybrid cross
1) A & B only 2) C & D only 3) A, B & D only 4) ABC&D
Ans :3
Sol: Law of dominance says that 1) Characters are controlled by discrete factors.2) Factors which
control characters occur in pairs .3)In a dissimilar pair of factors pertaining to a character one
member of the pair dominates the other. Based on the above law A,B,D are correct .

24. Study the following list

List I List II
A. Gg GG I. Monohybrid test cross
B. Gg Gg II. Dihybrid test cross
C. Gg gg III. Monohybrid back cross
D. GG gg IV. Selfing of F1 hybrid
V. Monohybrid parental cross
The correct match is
1)A-III:B-V:C-I:D-II 2)A-III:B-V:C-II:D-IV 3) A-III:B-I:C-V:D-II 4) A-
III:B-IV:C-I:D-V
Ans :4
Sol: A.Gg  GG (F1 with its dominate parent)
B.Gg  Gg ( selfing of F1)
C.Gg  gg (F1 with its recessive parent)
D.Gg  gg (monohybrid parental cross)
25. A phenotypically round, yellow pea plant is crossed with rryy plant, in the obtained progeny the
ratio of round yellow and round green is 1 : 1, then the genotype of the plant tested is
1) RR yy 2) Rr Yy 3) RRYy 4) RrYY
 Ans :3
Sol: The round yellow plant which is crossed with rryy is with RRYy genotype this plant produces
2 typers of gemets one with Ry and another with Ry
26. Checker board can be used
1) To identify various phenotypes & genotypes of progeny
2) To identify different types of gametes formed by parents
3) To identify the fusion of various types of gametes 4) All the above
Ans :4
Sol: Reginald C Punnet was a british geneticist developed checker board.
27. Read the following statements.
Statement I: Test cross is used to determine an unknown genotype within one generation.
Statement II: Test cross is a cross between F1 hybrid and dominant parent.
1) Both statement I and II are correct 2) Statements I and II are correct
3) Statement I is correct and statement II is incorrect
4) Both statements I and II are incorrect
Ans :3
Sol: Test cross is used to know the genotype of a plant with know phenotype and unknown
genotype in test cross generally F1is crossed with its recessive parent.
28. How many genetically different types of gametes will be produced by a heterozygous plant having
the genotype AABbCc? (If genes are not linked)
1) Six 2) Nine 3) Two 4) Four
Ans :4
Sol: In AABbCc genotype hetero zygotic condition is present in two genes .Hence it is a dihybrid, it
can produce 4 types of gametes
29. Identify the correct statement from the following
I) de Vries, Correns and von Tschermak together rediscovered Mendels laws of inheritance
II) Mendel was lucky to work on pea plants for his experiments because the selected 14 pairs of
contrasting traits were located on different chromosomes
III) Mendel was successful in discovering the principles of inheritance as he did not encounter
linkage between the genes for the characters he considered
IV) Mendels principle of segregation meAns the germ cells receive one of the paired alleles
1) III & IV 2)I & II 3)II III & IV 4)I II III & IV
Ans :1
Sol: I) Devries, correns and von Tschermak independently rediscoverd Mendel’s laws
II) Mendal was selected 7 pairs of contrasting traits for his experiments
30. The phenotypic and genotypic ratios in F2 progeny are 1 : 2: 1 in
1)Incomplete dominance 2) Codominance
3) Test cross 4) both 1 and 2
Ans :4
Sol: In both incomplete dominance and codominance phenotypic and genotypic ratios are 1:2:1,
both are examples for deviation of “law of dominance”
31. Cross Phenotypic ratio, phenotypes
A. YyRr x yyrr I. 9 : 3 : 3 : 1 yellow round, yellow wrinkled, green round, green wrinkled
B. YYRR x yyrr II. All are yellow round (with YYRR, YYRr, yYRR, YyRr)
C. YyRr x YyRr III. 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 (yellow round, yellow wrinkled, green round, green wrinkled)
D. YyRr x YYRR IV. All are yellow round (YyRr genotype)
The correct match is
A B C D A B C D
1) II I III IV 2) IV III I II
3) III IV I II 4) III IV II I
Ans :3
Sol:
32. Percentage of any one recombinant phenotype in the F2 of Mendelian typical dihybrid cross is
 1. 6.25% 2. 18.75% 3. 37.50% 4. 56.25%
Ans :2
Sol: In mondetian dihybrid cross F2 generation produces
1) Round yellow – 56.25% (parent type)
2) Round green – 18.75% (recombinant)
3) Wrinkle yellow – 18.75% (recombinant)
4) Wrinkle green – 6.25% (parent type)
33. In a dihybrid cross the ratio of pure double dominants and pure double recessive individuals in
F 2 generation
1) 9:7 2) 1:9 3) 4:16 4) 1:1
Ans :4
Sol: In mendels dihybrid cross F2 generator shows
1) Double dominant genotype 1/16
2) Double recessive genotypw 1/16
Ratio between this two is 1:1
34. Percentage of double homozygous individuals in F 2 generation of Mendels dihybrid cross is
1)50% 2) 12.5% 3) 25% 4) 37.5%
Ans :3
Sol: In F2 generation of Mendels dihybrid cross
1) Double homozygous out comes are 4/16
Hence the % of this out come is 25%.
35. In maize coloured endosperm (C) is dominant over colour less (c) and full endosperm (R) is
dominant over shrunken (r). When a dihybrid F1 was test crossed, it produced four phenotypes in
the following percentage coloured full 48%
Coloured shrunken 5%
Colourless full 7%
Colourless shrunken 48%
What will be the distance between the two non allelic genes
1) 48 units 2) 5 units 3) 7 units 4) 12 units
Ans :4
Sol: Percentage of recombinates is equal to distance between the genes in map units