Sahyadri Classes

Biology
Time : 1.00 hr XII Marks : 53

Plant Growth and Mineral Nutrition

1) Dwarfness can be controlled by treating the plant 6) Gibberellin is

with
A) sugar B) sterol C) vitamin D) acidic
A) cytokinin B) gibberellic acid
7) Auxin synthesis occurs in
C) auxin D) antigibberellin
A) meristematic regions of plant
2) Which of the following is NOT true for gibberellins?
B) vascular tissues
A) GA3 is the most common and biologically active
form of gibberellin. C) root system

B) Its application causes stem elongation of D) any part of plant

genetically dwarf maize plants.
8)
C) It prevents bolting in plants with rosette habit.
D) It promotes seed germination in cereals like
barley and wheat.
The gibberellins are plant growth hormones. They
cause elongation of stems. Gibberellin was first
isolated by Japanese workers from
A) endosperm of barley

3) Bakane disease of rice is due to B) sporophyte of moss

A) NAA B) 2, 4 - D C) a parasitic fungus

C) IAA D) GA D) scutellum of rice

4) Auxins are used in tissue culture because 9) Highest concentration of auxin exist

A) it causes growth of lateral buds A) at the base of various plant organs

B) it causes apical dominance B) in growing tip of plants

C) it induces multiplication of cells C) in leaves

D) it replaces sugar source used in tissue culture D) in xylem and phloem cells only
media
10) Find out the INCORRECT statement.
5) Which of the following plant functions is NOT
controlled by auxins?

A) Apical dominance

B) Parthenocarpy in oranges, lemon, etc.

C) Causing epinasty

D) Breaking seed dormancy

 A) Application of gibberellin overcomes the A) Auxins B) Ethylene
requirement of vernalization.
C) Gibberellins D) Cytokinins
B) Gibberellins break dormancy of seed and
hastens germination. 17) Hormone capable of replacing the requirement of
long photoperiods for flowering is
C) Gibberellins prevents flowering in long day
plants. A) ethylene B) auxin

D) Gibberellins cause parthenocarpy in tomato, C) gibberellin D) cytokininv

apple, pear, etc.
18) Gibberellins can promote seed germination because
11) Read the given statements and select the correct of their influence on
option. i. A low ratio of cytokinin to auxin induces
shoot development. ii. A high ratio of cytokinin to A) rate of cell division
auxin causes buds and root development. iii. A high
concentration auxin induces shoot development. B) production of hydrolyzing enzymes
The correct statement/s is/are
C) synthesis of abscisic acid
A) ii and iii B) only iii
D) absorption of water through hard seed coat
C) only iii D) i and ii
19) Among the following, natural auxin is
12) Farmer wants to induce flowering in litchi and
pineapple plants. Which of the following hormone A) NAA B) 2,4-D C) IBA D) IAA
he should use?
20) At the onset of seed germination, the digestive
A) NAA B) ABA enzyme amylase is produced by the action of

C) Ethylene D) Kinetin A) Auxins B) Gibberellins

13) Elongation of intemode is caused by C) Cytokinins D) Ethylene

A) ethylene B) gibberellin 21) Parthenocarpy can be achieved by

C) abscisic acid D) cytokinin A) zeatin B) ABA C) auxins D) kinetin

14) _______is the precursor of IAA. 22) Which one of the following is a dicot weedicide?

A) Kinetin B) Ethephon A) 2 ,4-D B) NAA C) IBA D) IAA

23) Which of the following is growth inhibitor?

C) Tryptophan D) Amino purine

15) Which hormone is sprayed to increase the length of A) Auxin B) Cytokinin

stem in sugarcane crop?
C) Gibberellin D) Abscisic acid
A) Ethylene B) Cytokinin
24) The phenomenon called Apical dominance in plants
is due to a phytohormone
C) Gibberellin D) ABA

16) Select an appropriate plant hormone responsible for A) Cytokinins B) Auxins

apical dominance from the following.
C) ABA D) Gibberellins

25) Seedless grapes are produced by

 A) growing grape plant in mineral solution A) coleoptile tip of oat

B) supplying radioactive compounds B) coleoptile tip of maize

C) spraying auxin hormones on flowers C) coleorhiza tip of oat

D) propagating grape plants from cuttings D) coleorhiza tip of maize

26) Auxin can be bioassayed by 31) Intemodal elongation is stimulated by

A) Lettuce hypocotyl elongation A) auxin B) phenol

B) Avena coleoptile curvature C) cytokinin D) gibberellin

32) Avena curvature test was done by

C) Hydroponics

A) Paal B) F. W. Went
D) Potometer

27) During seed germination, its stored food is C) Boysen-Jensen D) Darwin

mobilized by
33) The aleurone synthesizes and secretes digestive
enzymes that hydrolyze nutrients stored in the
A) Ethylene B) Cytokinin
endosperm, in presence of

C) ABA D) Gibberellin
A) auxin B) gibberellin
28) Gibberellin was first extracted from
C) cytokinin D) ethylene
A) Gibberella fujikuroi
34) Gibberellin was first discovered by

B) Gelidium
A) Letham B) Went

C) Gracilaria
C) Kurosawa D) Skoog

D) Aspergillus 35) Fruit size and bunch length of grapes are increased
by the application of
29) Apical dominance is
A) gibberellin B) auxin
A) suppression of growth of apical bud by nearby
lateral axillary buds
C) cytokinin D) abscisic acid

B) stimulation of growth of apical bud by removal of 36) Which of the following is NOT a naturally occurring
nearby axillary buds plant hormone?

C) suppression of growth of lateral axillary buds by A) 2 ,4-D B) Ethylene

removal of apical bud
C) Gibberellin D) IAA
D) suppression of growth of nearby lateral .. axillary
buds by apical bud 37) Fruit and leaf drop at early stages can be prevented
by the application of
30) Went isolated auxin from
A) Cytokinins B) Ethylene

C) Auxins D) Gibberellic acid

38) In order to increase the yield of sugarcane crop,
A) synthesis of hydrolysing enzyme amylase in
which of the following plant growth regulators
wheat and barley
should be sprayed?

B) bolting in cabbage
A) Cytokinins B) Ethylene

C) senescence and abscission

C) Auxins D) Gibberellins

39) Dr. F. Went noted that if coleoptile tips were
removed and placed on agar for one hour, the agar
would produce a bendi ng when placed on one side
of freshly cut coleoptile stumps. Of what
significance is this experiment?
D) flowering in long day plants
44) Auxin suppresses the growth of
A) lateral axillary buds

A) It made possible the isolation and exact B) apical buds

identification of auxin.
C) roots on stem cuttings
B) It is the basis for quantitative determination of
small amounts of growth-promoting substances. D) lateral and adventitious roots

C) It supports the hypothesis that IAA is auxin.
D) It demonstrated polar movement of auxins.
40) For rooting on leaves of Bryophyllum, the growth
regulator used is
45) The hormone which was discovered through foolish
seedling (Bakane Disease) disease of rice is
A) Indole−3−acetic acid
B) Ethylene

A) IAA B) ethylene C) Gibberellic acid

C) carotene D) ABA D) Kinetin

41) Some early experiments on phototropic curvature in 46) Premature fruit drop in apples, pear can be
grasses led to the discovery of prevented by spraying

A) auxins B) gibberellins A) auxin B) ethylene

C) cytokinins D) ethylene C) gibberellins D) cytokinin

42) Mixture of two phenoxy herbicides like _______ is 47) IAA stands for
known as agent orange.
A) Indole-3-Acetic Anhydride
A) IAA and 2,4 - D
B) Indole-3-Acetic Acid
B) IAA and NAA
C) Indole-3-Aceto-acetate
C) 2, 4-D and 2,4, 5-T (dioxin)
D) Indole-3-Acetoacetic acid
D) ABA and NAA
48) Specific property attributed to gibberellins is
43) Gibberellin induces all the given below, except
 A) shortening of genetically tall plants

B) elongation of genetically dwarf plants

C) promotion of rooting

D) yellowing of young leaves

49) The Avena curvature is used for bioassay of

A) IAA B) Ethylene

C) ABA D) GA3

50) IBA is a/an

A) Auxin B) Gibberellin

C) Kinetin D) None of the above

51) Which of the following is the first hormone to be

discovered in plants?

A) Auxin B) Cytokinin

C) Zeatin D) Ethylene

52) Gibberellins are synthesized from

A) mevalonic acid B) acetic acid

C) tryptophan D) kinetin

53) Higher concentration of auxin promotes

_______ formation and low concentration
promotes_______ formation

A) root; shoot B) root; flower

C) shoot; root D) flower; fruit

 Answer Sheet
Biology : Plant Growth and Mineral Nutrition
Total Questions : 53 Total Marks : 53

1 B 2 C 3 D 4 C 5 C 6 D 7 A 8 C 9 B 10 C 11 C 12 A

13 B 14 C 15 C 16 A 17 C 18 B 19 D 20 B 21 C 22 A 23 D 24 B
25 C 26 B 27 D 28 A 29 D 30 A 31 D 32 B 33 B 34 C 35 A 36 A
37 C 38 D 39 A 40 A 41 A 42 C 43 C 44 A 45 C 46 A 47 B 48 B
49 A 50 A 51 A 52 A 53 C