MINERAL

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01. Which of the following ions of heavy metals participate in process
of photosynthesis in higher plants?
a) Pb, Fe, Ni, Co
b) Mg, Zn, Cu, Hg
c) Mg, Mn, Co, Fe
d) Mg, Cu, Mn, Fe
02. Necrosis means
a) Yellow spots on the leaves
b) Death of tissue and decomposition
c) Darkening of green colour in leaves
d) None of the above
03. Which of the following is not caused by deficiency of mineral
nutrition?
a) Necrosis
b) Chlorosis
c) Etiolation
d) Shortening internode
04. The given figure shows a
a) set-up for nutrient solution culture
b) plant grown in water free medium
c) biomagnification of toxins
d) none of these
05. Plants requiring two metallic compounds (minerals) for chlorophyll
synthesis are
a) Fe and Ca
b) Fe and Mg
c) Cu and Ca
d) Ca and K
06. Which of the following is essential mineral element and is not a
constituent of any enzyme but stimulate the activity of many enzymes?
a) Zn
b) Mg
c) Mn
d) K
07. Chlorosis occurs when plants are grown in
a) Dark
b) Shade
c) Strong light
d) Fe & Mg free medium
08. K, N, Ca, Mg deficiency causes
a) Chlorosis
b) Leaf curl
c) Exanthema
d) Little leaf
09. The possible resource of phosphorus ions and nitrogen ions in soil
generally get depleted because they are usually found as
a) Positively charged ions
b) Negatively charged ions
c) A disproportionate mixture of negatively charged ions
d) Particles carrying no charge
10. The given figure indicates
a) Roots of the plant are continuously
bathed in aerated nutrient solution
b) hydroponic plant production
c) plants grown in a tube or trough
placed on a slight incline
d) All of these
11. In nature, organic compounds invariably contain
a) Carbon
b) Phosphorus
c) Sulphur
d) Magnesium
12. Necrosis, or death of tissue particularly leaf tissue, is due to the
deficiency of
a) N, K, S
b) N, K, Mg and Fe
c) Mn, Zn and Mo
d) Ca, Mg, Cu and K
13. Which of the following is not an essential macro-element for the
growth of plants?
a) N
b) Zn
c) Ca
d) K
14. Which of the following element is very essential for uptake and
utilization of Ca²⁺ and membrane function?
a) Phosphorus
b) Molybdenum
c) Manganese
d) Boron
15. In plants sulphur is found as
a) Fast moving
b) Moving
c) About non-moving
d) None of the above
16. Which one is not related with plant ash?
a) Trace elements
b) Essential elements
c) Nitrogen
d) Mineral elements
17. Premature leaf fall is caused due to the deficiency of
a) Molybdenum
b) Sulphur
c) Sodium
d) Phosphorus
18. Which of the following is considered to be the elements between
macro-nutrients and micronutrients?
a) Iron
b) Nitrogen
c) Phosphorus
d) Manganese
19. Rapid deterioration of root and shoot tip occurs due to the
deficiency of
a) Calcium
b) Phosphorus
c) Nitrogen
d) Carbon
20. Choose the option which gives correct set of words for all the
three blanks A, B and C?
a) A - Funnel for adding water and nutrients,
B - Aerating tube, C - Water
b) A - Funnel for adding nutrients only, A
B
B – Aerating tube, C - Nutrient solution
c) A - Funnel for adding water only,
B – Aerating tube C - Nutrient solution
C
d) A - Funnel for adding water and nutrients,
B - Aerating tube, C - Nutrient solution
21. About 98% of the mass of every living organism is composed of
just these elements including carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and
a) Phosphorus and sulphur
b) Sulphur and Mangnese
c) Magnesium and sodium
d) Calcium and Copper
22. Presence of phosphorus in a plant
a) Brings about healthy root growth
b) Retards fruit ripening
c) Retards protein formation
d) None of the above
23. Which one of the following is not an essential mineral element for
plants while the remaining three are?
a) Cadmium
b) Phosphorus
c) Iron
d) Manganese
24. In plant nutrition elements are classified as major or minor
depending on
a) Their availability in the soil
b) Their relative production in the ash obtained after burning
c) The relative amounts required by the plants
d) The relative importance in plant growth
25. Inorganic nutrients are present in the soil in the form of
a) Molecules
b) Atoms
c) Electrically charged ions
d) Parasite
26. An essential element is one
a) Improve plant growth
b) Present in plant ash
c) Is indispensable for growth and is irreplaceable
d) Available in soil
27. Hydroponics is
a) Growing of aquatic plants
b) Growing of floating aquatic plants
c) Growing of plants in sand
d) Growing of plants in aqueous balanced nutrient
28. Essential elements for plants are
a) Necessary for metabolism
b) Irreplaceable
c) Life cycle incomplete without them
d) All of the above
29. In hydrophytic plants, water and salts are absorbed by
a) Roots
b) Leaves
c) Stem
d) Outer layer of plants
30. The number of essential elements required for normal growth of
plant is
a) 10
b) 17
c) 20
d) 25
31. Which group of element is not essential for a normal plant?
a) Potassium, calcium, magnesium
b) Iron, zinc, manganese, boron
c) Lead, nickel, iodine, sodium, barium
d) Magnesium, iron, molybdenum
32. Technique of growing plants without soil in nutrient solutions is
called
a) Parthenogenesis
b) Hydroponics
c) Aquaculture
d) Tissue culture
33. Which element forms part of structure of chlorophyll molecule?
a) Fe
b) Mg
c) K
d) Mn
34. Deficiency symptoms of nitrogen and potassium are visible first in
a) Roots
b) Buds
c) Senescent leaves
d) Young leaves
35. Which of the following does N, P, K critical elements denote?
a) Nitrogen, potassium, kinetin
b) Nitrogen, protein, kinetin
c) Nitrogen, protein, potassium
d) Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium
36. Which element is required for the germination of pollen grain?
a) Boron
b) Calcium
c) Chlorine
d) Potassium
37. The most abundant element present in plants is
a) Manganese
b) Iron
c) Carbon
d) Nitrogen
38. Study the cycle shown below and select the option which gives
correct words for all the four blanks A, B, C and D.
Atmospheric N₂ A B C D
a) Nitrification Ammonification Animals Plants
A b) Denitrification Ammonification Plants Animals
c) Nitrification Denitrification Animals Plants
d) Denitrification Nitrification Plants Animals

B Uptake

Decaying biomass C

D
39. The major portion of the dry weight of plants comprises of
a) Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
b) Nitrogen, Phosphorus and potassium
c) Calcium, magnesium and sulphur
d) Carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen
40. Which of the following elements is used up in phosphorylation?
a) Calcium and sulphur
b) Chlorine and manganese
c) Boron and phosphorous
d) Magnesium and phosphorous
41. Most common free ion in a cell is of
a) P
b) K
c) Fe
d) B
42. Plants absorb phosphates as
a) Insoluble phosphate
b) All phosphate ions
c) Phosphoric acid
d) As element
43. Which of the following is a macronutrient?
a) Mg
b) Mo
c) Mn
d) Zn
44. Which is essential for root hair growth?
a) Zn
b) Ca
c) Mo
d) S
45. Phosphorus is a structural element in
a) Fat
b) Starch
c) Nucleotide
d) Carbohydrate
46. Which of the following is not a macronutrient?
a) Mn
b) Ca
c) Mg
d) P
47. Essential macroelements are
a) Absorbed from soil
b) Manufactured during photosynthesis
c) Produced by enzymes
d) Produced by growth hormones
48. The major role of phosphorus in plant metabolism is
a) To generate metabolic energy
b) To evolve oxygen during photosynthesis
c) To evolve carbon dioxide during respiration
d) To create anaerobic condition
49. In which of the following, all three are macronutrients?
a) Boron, zinc, manganese
b) Iron, copper, molybdenum
c) Molybdenum, magnesium, manganese
d) Nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus
50. A trace element is an element which
a) Is a radioactive and can be traced by Geiger counter
b) Is required in very minute amounts
c) Draws other element out of protoplasm
d) was one of the first to be discovered in protoplasm
51. Micro-nutrients are
a) Less important in nutrition than macro-nutrients
b) As important in nutrients as macro-nutrients
c) May be omitted from culture media without any detrimental effect
on the plant
d) Called micro because they play only minor role in nutrition
52. Which of the following is widely used metal cofactor?
a) Ca²⁺
b) Al³⁺
c) Mn²⁺
d) Mg³⁺
53. Micronutrients are needed in amounts equivalent to
a) 8 mmole/kg of dry matter
b) 18 mmole/kg of dry matter
c) 25 mmole/kg of dry matter
d) 30 mmole/kg of dry matter
54. Boron in green plants assists in
a) Sugar transport
b) Activation of enzymes
c) Acting as enzymes cofactor
d) Photosynthesis
55. Zn, Mo, Fe, Cu are
a) Trace elements
b) Non-essential elements
c) Macronutrients
d) None of these
56. Which one of the following elements plays an important role in
biological nitrogen fixation?
a) Molybdenum
b) Manganese
c) Copper
d) Zinc
57. Which of the following elements is responsible for maintaining
turgor in cells?
a) Magnesium
b) Sodium
c) Potassium
d) Calcium
58. In which of the following forms is iron absorbed by plants?
a) Ferric
b) Ferrous
c) Free
d) Both ferric and ferrous
59. Minerals known to be required in large amounts for plant growth
include
a) potassium, phosphorus, selenium, boron
b) magnesium, sulphur, iron, zinc
c) phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, calcium
d) calcium, magnesium, manganese, copper
60. Which of the following elements is a constituent of biotin?
a) Magnesium
b) Calcium
c) Phosphorus
d) Sulphur
61. For its action, nitrogenase requires
a) high input of energy
b) light
c) Mn²⁺
d) super oxygen radicals
62. Nitrifying bacteria
a) oxidise ammonia to nitrates
b) convert free nitrogen to nitrogen compounds
c) convert proteins into ammonia
d) reduce nitrates to free nitrogen
63. The function of leghaemoglobin in the root nodules of legumes is
a) inhibition of nitrogenase activity
b) oxygen removal
c) nodule differentiation
d) expression of nif gene
64. Leguminous plants are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen through
the process of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Which one of the following
statements is not correct during this process of nitrogen fixation?
a) Leghaemoglobin scavenges oxygen and is pinkish in colour.
b) Nodules act as sites for nitrogen fixation.
c) The enzyme nitrogenase catalyses the conversion of atmospheric
N₂ to NH₃.
d) Nitrogenase is insensitive to oxygen.
65. One of the free-living, anaerobic nitrogen-fixer is
a) Beijerinckia
b) Rhodospirillum
c) Rhizobium
d) Azotobacter
66. If by radiation all nitrogenase enzyme are inactivated, then there
will be no
a) fixation of nitrogen in legumes
b) fixation of atmospheric nitrogen
c) conversion from nitrate to nitrite in legumes
d) conversion from ammonium to nitrate in soil
67. Roots of which plant contains a red pigment which have affinity for
oxygen?
a) Carrot
b) Soybean
c) Mustard
d) Radish
68. Enzyme first used for nitrogen fixation is
a) nitrogenase
b) nitroreductase
c) transferase
d) transaminase
69. Which of the following is free-living aerobic non-photosynthetic
nitrogen-fixing bacterium?
a) Nostoc
b) Azospirillum
c) Rhizobium
d) Azotobacter
70. Plants can be grown in (Tick the incorrect option)
a) soil with essential nutrients
b) water with essential nutrients
c) either water or soil with essential nutrients
d) water or soil without essential nutrients
71. Manganese is required in
a) plant cell wall formation
b) photolysis of water during photosynthesis
c) chlorophyll synthesis
d) nucleic acid synthesis
72. Which one of the following elements is not an essential
micronutrient for plant growth?
a) Zn
b) Cu
c) Ca
d) Mn
73. A non-photosynthetic aerobic nitrogen fixing soil bacterium is
a) Rhizobium
b) Clostridium
c) Azotobacter
d) Klebsiella
74. A plant requires magnesium for
a) protein synthesis
b) chlorophyll synthesis
c) cell wall development
d) holding cells together
75. Farmers in a particular region were concerned that pre-mature
yellowing of leaves of a pulse crop might cause decrease in the yield.
Which treatment could be beneficial to obtain maximum seed yield?
a) Application of Fe and Mg to promote synthesis of chlorophyll
b) Frequent irrigation of the crop
c) Treatment of the plants with cytokinins along with a small dose of
nitrogenous fertilizer
d) Removal of all yellow leaves and spraying the remaining green
leaves with 2, 4, 5-trichlorophenoxy acetic acid
76. The deficiencies of micronutrients, not only affect growth of
plants but also vital functions such as photosynthetic & mitochondrial
electron flow. Among the list given below, which group of three
elements shall affect most, both photosynthetic and mitochondrial
electron transport?
a) Co, Ni, Mo
b) Ca, K, Na
c) Mn, Co, Ca
d) Cu, Mn, Fe
77. Plants take zinc in the form of
a) ZnSO₄
b) Zn²⁺
c) Zn
d) None of these
78. When the plants are grown in magnesium deficient but urea rich
soil, the symptoms expressed are
a) yellowish leaves
b) colourless petiole
c) dark green leaves
d) shoot apex die
79. Which one of the following elements is almost non-essential for
plants?
a) Zn
b) Na
c) Ca
d) Mo
80. Best defined function of manganese in green plants is
a) photolysis of water
b) Calvin cycle
c) nitrogen fixation
d) water absorption
81. Which one of the following elements in plants is not remobilised?
a) Phosphorus
b) Calcium
c) Potassium
d) Sulphur
82. Mineral associated with cytochrome is
a) Cu
b) Mg
c) Cu and Mg
d) Fe
83. Passive absorption of minerals depends on
a) temperature
b) temperature and metabolic inhibitor
c) metabolic inhibitor
d) humidity
84. The product of reaction catalysed by nitrogenase in root nodules
of leguminous plants is
a) ammonia alone
b) nitrate alone
c) ammonia and oxygen
d) ammonia and hydrogen
85. Thiobacillus is a group of bacteria helpful in carrying out
a) denitrification
b) nitrogen fixation
c) chemoautotrophic fixation
d) nitrification
86. Which of the following bacteria reduce nitrate in soil into
nitrogen?
a) Nitrobacter
b) Nitrococcus
c) Thiobacillus
d) Nitrosomonas
87. During biological nitrogen fixation, inactivation of nitrogenase by
oxygen poisoning is prevented by
a) carotene
b) cytochrome
c) leghaemoglobin
d) xanthophyll
88. The first stable product of fixation of atmospheric nitrogen in
leguminous plants is
a) NO₃⁻
b) glutamate
c) NO₂⁻
d) ammonia
89. Which two distinct microbial processes are responsible for the
release of fixed nitrogen as dinitrogen gas to the atmosphere?
a) Aerobic nitrate oxidation and nitrite reduction
b) Decomposition of organic nitrogen and conversion of dinitrogen to
ammonium compounds
c) Enteric fermentation in cattle and nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium in
root nodules of legumes
d) Anaerobic oxidation and denitrification
90. Which one of the following is wrong statement?
a) Anabaena & Nostoc are capable fixing nitrogen in free-living
state also.
b) Root nodule forming nitrogen fixers live as aerobes under
free-living conditions.
c) Phosphorus is a constituent of cell membranes, certain nucleic
acids and all proteins.
d) Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter are chemoautotrophs.
 ANSWERS

01. D 11. A 21. A 31. C 41. B 51. B 61. A 71. B 81. B

02. B 12. D 22. A 32. B 42. B 52. C 62. A 72. C 82. D
03. C 13. B 23. A 33. B 43. A 53. A 63. B 73. C 83. A
04. A 14. D 24. C 34. C 44. B 54. A 64. D 74. B 84. D
05. B 15. C 25. C 35. D 45. C 55. A 65. B 75. A 85. A
06. D 16. C 26. C 36. A 46. A 56. A 66. A 76. D 86. C
07. D 17. D 27. D 37. C 47. A 57. C 67. B 77. B 87. C
08. A 18. A 28. D 38. B 48. A 58. A 68. A 78. A 88. D
09. B 19. A 29. D 39. A 49. D 59. C 69. D 79. B 89. D
10. D 20. D 30. B 40. D 50. B 60. D 70. D 80. A 90. C