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BOOKS - A2Z BIOLOGY (HINGLISH)
PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Section A Topicwise Questions Topic 1 Growth

Phases Of Growth Rates And Conditions Of
Growth
1. All cells of a plant are descendents of the

A. Zygote
B. Apical meristem
C. Lateral meristem
D. Both B and C
Answer: A
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2. Which of the following is correct about
growth?
A. Growth is regarded as one of most
fundamental and conspicuous
characteristics of living being.
B. Growth can be defined as an irreversible
permanent increase in size of an organ
or its parts or even of an individual cell.
C. Generally growth is accompanied by
metabolic processes (both anabolic and
catabolic), that occur at the expense of
energy
D. All of the above
Answer: D
3. The form of growth wherein new cells are
always being added to the plant body by the
activity of the meristem is called
A. Open form of growth
B. Closed form of growth

C. Determine of growth
D. Both A and C
Answer: A
4. Recoginise the figure and find the correct
labelling
A. a-vascular cambium, b-shoot apical
meristem, called the o-root apical
meristem
B. b--vascular cambium, e-shoot apical
meristem, (A) Open form of growth a-
root apical meristem (B) Closed form of
growth
C. c-vascular cambium, a-shoot apical
meristem, (C) Determinate growth b-root
apical meristem
D. c-vascular cambium, b-shoot apical
meristem, a-root apical meristem
Answer: C
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5. Root apical meristem and shoot apical
meristem are responsible for the growth of
plants and principally contribute to the
elongation of the plants along their axis. This
growth is called
A. Primary growth
B. Indeterminate growth
C. Secondary growth
D. Both B and C
Answer: A
6. In dicotyledonous plants and
gymnosperms, the lateral meristems-vascular
cambium and cork cambiumappear later in life.

They are the meristems that cause increase in
the gowrth of the organs in which they are
active. This is known as
A. Primary growth
B. Secondary growth
C. Indeterminate growth
D. Both B and C
Answer: B

7. The following figure shows
A. Growth of the pollen tube in terms of
surface area
B. Detection of zone of elongation by the
parallel line technique
C. Detection of zone of maturation by
parallel line technique
D. Detection of zone of meristematic
activity by the parallel line technique

Answer: B
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8. Characteristic found in the cells of the
meristematic zone is/are
A. The cells of this region are rich in
protoplasm, possess small
inconspicuous nuclei.
B. Their cell walls are primary in nature,
thin and cellulosic with abundant
plasmodesmatal connections.
C. Both A and B.
D. None of the above.
Answer: B

9. Cells attaining their maximum size in terms
of wall thickening and protoplasmic
modifications belong to
A. Meristematic phase
B. Phase of elongation
C. Phase of maturation
D. Both B and C
Answer: A

10. Increased vacuolation, cell enlargement
and new cell wall deposition are the
characteristics of cells in_____phase of growth.
A. Meristematic phase
B. Phase of elongation
C. Phase of maturation
D. Both B and C
Answer: B

11. Recognise the figure and fmd out the
correct labelling:
A. a and c-arithmetic, b and d-geometric
B. a and c-geometric, b and d-arithmetic
C. a and d-geometric, b and o-arithmetic
D. a and d-arithmetic, b and o-geometric
Answer: D
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12. The increased growth per unit time is
termed as
A. Efficiency index
B. Relative growth rate
C. Growth rate
D. Intrinsic rate of natural increase
Answer: C

13. A sigmoid or S-curve is a characteristic of
A. Living organism growing in a natural
enviromnent
B. ypically all cells, tissues and organs of a
plant
C. Root elongation at a constant rate
D. Both A and B
Answer: D

14. Recognise the figure and find out the
correct labelling:
A. a-linear curve in geometric growth, b-
sigmoid or
B. Measurement and the comparison of
total growth S-curve in arithmetic
growth per unit time is called the ....a....
growth rate.
C. a-sigmoid or S-curve in geometric
growth, b-linear curve in arthetic growth.
D. a-sigmoid or S-curve in arithmetic
growth, blinear curve in geometric
growth
Answer: B
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15. Fill in the blanks
1. . In ....a.... growth, both the progeny cells
following 19 mitotic cell division retain the
ability to divide and continue to do so.
2.In ......b growth, following mitotic cell division,
only one daughter cell continues to divide
while the other differentiates and matures.
3.Anthmetlc growth is mathemancally
expressed as ….c...
4.The exponential growth can be expressed
as….d…
A. a-arithmetic, b-geometric, c=W 1
= W0 e
rt
,d-Lt
= L0 + rt
B. a-arithmetic, b-geometric, d=
W1 = W0 e
rt
,c-L
t
= L0 + rt
C. b-arithmetic, a-geometric, c=W 1

= W0 e
rt
,d-Lt
= L0 + rt
D. b-arithmetic, c-geometric, d=
W1 = W0 e
rt
,d-L t
= L0 + rt
Answer: D

16. Recognise the figure and fnd out the
correct
A. a--epicotyl, b-hypocotyl, c-cotyledon
B. c-epicotyl, a--hypocotyl, b-cotyledon
C. b-epicotyl, o-hypocotyl, a-coty1edon
D. b-epicotyl, a-hypocotyl, c-cotyledon
Answer: C
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17. The measure of the abillty of the plant to
produce new plant material is referred to as
A. Relative growth rate
B. Absolute growth rate
C. Efficiency index
D. Both A and C
Answer: C

18. Fill in the blanks
Qualitative comparisons between the growth
of the living system can be in two ways:
(i) Measurement and the comparison of total
growth per unit time is called the ..a…grwoth
rate.
(ii) The growth of the given system per unit
time expressed on a common basis, eg. per
unit iniitial parameter is called...b.... growth
rate
A. a-absolute,b-releative
B. a-relative,b-absolute
C. a-arithmetic,b-geometeric
D. a-geometric,b-arithmetic
Answer: A
19. The simplest expression of arithmetic of
arithmetic growth is exemplfied buy

A. Living organism growing in a natural
enviornment
B. Typically all cells, tissuses and organs of
a plant
C. Root enlongation at a constant rate
D. Both A and B
Answer: C

20. Two leaves A and B are of different sizes
but shows absolute increases in area in the
unit time to give leaves A

1
and B
1
. Find out
the absolute growth and releatives growth
rate of both the leaves.
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21. Which of the following is necessary for
growth
A. Water
B. Oxygen
C. Nutrients
D. All of the above
Answer: D
22. Auxanometer is required for
A. Studying rate of transpiration

B. Measuring rate of respiration
C. Finding out rate of photosynthese
D. Calculating rate of growth
Answer: D
23. Shock movements of leaves of Sensitive
Plant, Mimosa pudica, are
A. Thermonasty
B. Seismonasty
C. Hydrotropism
D. Chemonasty
Answer: B
24. Movement of plant part in response to
touch is
A. Seismonasty
B. Thigmonasty
C. Nutation
D. None of the above
Answer: B
25. Clinostat is employed in the study of
A. Osmosis
B. Growth movements
C. Photosynthesis
D. Resipiration
Answer: B
26. Recognise the figure and fin out the
correct labelling
A. a-log phase, b-log phase, c-stationary
phase
B. a-log phase, b-log phase, c-stationary
phase
C. a-log phase, b-exponential phase, c-
stationary phase
D. Both A and C
Answer: D
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27. Clinostat is the apparatus used to
A. Measure the rate of growth in plant
B. Measure the quantity of auxin in plant
C. Measure the effect of light on plant
D. Eliminate the effect of gravity or
geotropism on plant
Answer: D

Section A Topicwise Questions Topic 2
Differentiation Dedifferentiation
Redifferentation And
1. Development the sum of two processes
A. Diffferentiation and dedifferentiation
B. Growth and cell division
C. Growth and differentiation
D. dedifferentiation and redifferentiation
Answer: C

2. Living differentiated cells which have
otherwise lost the capacity to divide, can
region the power of division under certain
conditions. This phenomenon is termed as
A. Differentiation
B. Dedifferentiation
C. Redifferemiation
D. Heterophylly
Answer: B
3. The cells derived from root apical and Shoot
apical a meristems and cambium diiferentiate
and mature to perform specific funcitons. This
act leading to mature is termed as
A. Differentiation
B. De-Differentiation
C. Redifferentiation
D. hetrophily
Answer: A
4. lnterfaeciculnr cambium and cork cambium
are able to divide and produce cells that once
again lose the capacity to divide but mature to
perform speciftc function. This phenomenon is
called
A. Differentiation
B. Dedifferentiation
C. Redifferentiation
D. Heterophylly
Answer: C
correct labelling
A. a-elongntion. c-diffrentiation, b-
plasmatic growth, d-senescence, e-
maturation
B. b-elongation, e-differentiation, a-
plasmatic growth, c-senescence, d-
maturation
C. a-elongation, d-differentiation, b-
plasmatic growth, e-senescence, c-
maturation
D. b-elongation, c-differentiation, a-
plasmatic growth, e-senescence, d-
maturation
Answer: D
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6. Which of the following is an example of
differentiation?
A. The formation of tracheaIy elements
(xylem trachcids and xylem vessels)
B. Formation of meristem like
interfascicular cambium from fully
differentiated parenchyma cells
C. Formation of meristem like cork
cambium from fully differentiated
parenchyma cells
D. Both B and C
Answer: A
the dedifferentiation?
A. The formation of tracheary elements
(xylem tracheids and xylem vessels)
B. Formaation of meristem like
interfascicular cambium from fully
differentiated parenchyma cells

C. Formation of meristem like cork
cambium from fully differentiated
parenchyma cells
D. Both B and C
Answer: D
8. Read the following statements and lind out
the incorrect statement
(a) In plants, growth and differentiation both

are open, i.e it can be indeterminate or
determinate.
(b) The final structure at maturity of a cell or
tissue is also determined by the location of
the cell within.
(c ) Cells positioned away from root apical
meristems mature as epidermis, while those
pushed to the peripheijy differentiate as root
cap cells.
(d) Environmental signals such as light,
temperature and gravity also effect certain
phases or stages of growth.

A. b and d
B. c and a
C. a and c
D. c and d
Answer: D
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A. Heterophylly in larkspur
B. Heterophylly in buttercup
C. Heterophylly in cotton and coriander
D. Heterophylly in cotton, coriander and
larkspur
Answer: A
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10. Plants follow different pathways in
response to environment or phases of life to
form different kind of structures. This ability is
called
A. Development
B. Differentiation
C. Plasticity
D. Photoperiodism
Answer: C
11. _________includes all the changes that an
organism undergoes during its life cycle, from
seed germination to senescence.
A. Development
B. Differentiation
C. Plasticity
D. Photoperiodism
Answer: A
plasticity?
A. Heterophylly in cotton, coriander and
larkspur
C. Bolting in beet and cabbage
D. Both A and B
Answer: D
13. In some plants, the leaves of the juvenile
plant are different in shape from those in
mature plants. This is the heterophylly due to
phases of life and seen in
A. Cotton, coriander and buttercup
B. Buttercup and larkspur
C. Buttercup only
D. Cotton, coriander and larkspur

Answer: D
A. Heterophylly in larkspur
C. Heterophylly in cotton and coriander

D. Heterophylly in cotton, coriander and
larkspur.
Answer: B
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15. In some plants, the shapes of leaves
produced in air is different from those
produced in water. This the heterophyllous
development as seen in
A. Cotton, coriander and buttercup
B. Buttercup and larkspur
C. Buttercup only
D. Cotton, coriander and larkspur
Answer: C
16. Growth plotted against time gives a
A. Parabolic curve
B. Sigmoid curve
C. Upright line
D. Horizontal line
Answer: B
Section A Topicwise Questions Topic 3 Plant

Growth Regulators Characteristics And The
Discovery
1. Kinetin is chemically
A. lndole-3-acetic acid
B. Terpenes
C. N furfurylamino purine
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D. Carotenoid
Answer: C

2. Callus is:
A. Differentiated mass of cells
B. Undifferentiated mass of cells
C. Deditfercntiated mass of cells
D. Redifferentiated mass of cells
Answer: B

3. Which is correctly matched?
A. Passive transpon-ATP
B. Apoplast-Plasmodesmata
C. Potassium-Readily mobilisation
D. Bakane of Rice seedling-F. Skoog
Answer: C

4. The PGRs can be broadly divided into two
groups based on their functions in living plant
body. One group of PGRs are involved in
growth promoting activities, such as cell
division, cell enlargement, pattern formation,
tropic growth, flowering, fruiting and seed
formation These are also called
A. Plant growth regulators
B. Plant growth promoters
C. Plant growth inhibitors

D. Plant growth supporters
Answer: B
5. Which of the following PGRs are categorised
as plant growth promoters?
A. Auxin, GA and cytokinin
B. Ethylene and ABA
C. Ethylene, auxin, GA and cytokinin

D. Auxin, GA, ABA and cytokinin
Answer: A
6. The PGRs which play an important role in
plant responses to wound and stresses of
biotic and abiotic origin and also involved in
various growth inhibiting activities such as
dormancy and abscission, is/are
A. ABA
B. Ethylene
C. Auxin, cytokinin and GA
D. ABA and ethylene
Answer: D
7. The PGR, ethylene, could fit either the
groups-plant growth promoters and inhibitors
but it is largely an
A. Promoter of growth activities
B. Inhibitor of growth activities
C. Supporter of growth activities
D. Inducer of growth activities
Answer: B
8. The following experiment demonstrate that
the
A. Tip of coleoptile is the source of auxin
B. Tip of coleoptile is the site of
transmittable influence that caused the
bending of entire coleoptile
C. Both A and B
D. Tip of coleoptile is the source of
cytokinin
Answer: C
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9. The discovery of each of the five major
groups of PGRs (auxin, GA, cytokinin, ABA and
ethylene) have been accidental. All this started
with the observation of
A. F.W. Went
B. E. Kurosawa
C. Skoog and Miller
D. Charles Darwin and his son Francis
Darwin
Answer: D
10. Who confirmed the release of a volatile
substance from ripening oranges that
hastened the ripening of stored unripened
bananas?
A. Skoog and Miller
B. E. Kurosawa
C. Cousins
D. F.W.Went
Answer: C
11. Who observed that the coleoptiles of
canary grass responded to unilateral
illumination by growing towards the light
(phototropism)?
A. F.W. Went
B. B. Kurosawa
C. Skoog and Miller

Darwin
Answer: D
12. Auxin was isolated from tips of coleoptiles
of
A. Canary grass by Charles Darwin and
Francis Darwin
B. Canary grass by F.W. Went
C. Oat seedlings by Charles Darwin and
Francis Darwin
D. Oat seedlings by F.W. Went
Answer: D
13. Who reported the appearance of symptoms
of the Bakane disease in uninfected rice

seedlings when they were treated with sterile
filtrates of the fungus?
A. Skoog and Miller
B. E. Kurosawa
C. Cousins
D. F. W. Went
Answer: B

14. In the above observation, the active
substances were later identified as
A. Abscisic acid
B. Gibberellic acid
C. Indole acetic acid
D. N -furfurylamino purine
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Answer: B
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15. Cytokinesis promoting active substance is
called kinetin which is identified, crystallised
and termed by
A. F.W. Went
B. E. Kurosawa
C. Skoog and Miller
Darwin
Answer: C

16. Who observed that from the internodal
segments of tobacco stems the callus
proliferated only if, in addition to auxins the
nutn'ents medium was supplemented with one
of the following: extracts of vascular tissues,
yeast extract, coconut milk or DNA?
A. F. Skoog and co-workers
B. Cousins
C. E. Kurosawa
D. F.W.Went
Answer: A
17. During mid-l960s, three independent
researchers reported the purification and
chemical characterization of three different
kinds of inhibitors: inhibitor-B, abscission II
and dormin. Later all the three were proved to
be chemically identical. It was named
A. Indole acetic acid

B. Indole butyric acid
C. Naphthalene acetic acid
D. Abscisic acid
Answer: D
18. Bending of stem/coleoptile towards light
or shoot of potted plant placed near a window
is due to
A. Greater oxygen availability to the tip
B. More auxin content on the shaded side
C. Greater light availability to tip
D. Availability of necessary warmth to the
tip
Answer: B

19. Who first suggested presence of growth
regulatory chemicals in plants ?
A. Went
B. Sachs
C. Darwin
D. Cousins
Answer: A

20. Plant grwoth hormones extracted from a
fungus and a fish are respectively
A. Gibberellin and zeatin
B. Ethylene and cytokinin
C. Auxin and 2, 4-D
D. Gibberellin and kinetin
Answer: D

21. Which one of the following is a natural
growth inhibitor ?
A. NAA
B. ABA/Ethylene
C. 1AA
D. GA
Answer: B

22. Bakane disease of Rice is due to
A. NAA
B. 2, 4-D
C. IAA
D. GA
Answer: D

23. Bakane disease leads to the discovery of
which phytohormone (PGR)
A. ABA
B. LAA
C. GA
D. IBA
Answer: C

24. Some early experiments on phototropic
curvature in grasses led to discovery of
A. Auxins
B. Gibberellins
C. Cytokinins
Answer: A

25. Hormone discovered through tissue
culture technique is
A. Auxin
B. Cytoklnln
C. Gibberellin
D. Abscisic acid
Answer: B

26. Gibberellin was first isolated from
A. A bacterium
B. A fungus
C. An alga
D. A virus
Answer: B
27. Kinetin is
A. indole butyric acid
B. Indole acetic acid
C. Butyric acid
D. N -furfuryl amino-purine`
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Answer: D

Physiological Effects Of Plant Growth Regulators
Auxins
1. Which one of the PGRs would you use if you
are asked
(a) Induce growth in axillary buds
(b) ‘Bolt’ a rosette plant
(c) Induce immediate stomatal closure in
leaves
A. a-cytokinin, GA, c-ABA
B. a-auxin, b-GA, e-ABA
C. a-auxin, b-ethylene, c-GA .
D. a -cytokinin, b ethylene, c ABA

Answer: A
2. What would be expected to happen if you
forget to add cytokinin to the culture
medium?
A. There will be no differentiation of root
B. There will be no ditferentiation of shoot
C. A callus will be produced
D. Nothing would happen

Answer: B
3. What would be happen if a rotten fruit gets
mixed with unripe fruits?
A. Hastens the ripening of unripe fruits
B. Retards the ripening of unripe fruits
C. Nothing would happen

D. Unripe fruit is now not healthier for
consumption
Answer: A
4. What would be expected to happen if a
dividing cell stop differentiating?
A. Dedifferentiation takes place
B. Reditferentiation takes place

C. Callus is formed
D. Bolting takes place
Answer: C
5. What would be happen if GA is applied to

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rice seedlings?
A. Plant show extra elongation
B. Length of the plant decreases

C. Bolting takes place
D. Both A and C
Answer: A
6. Which one of the PGRs would be used by
farmers if they are asked to?
(a) Induce parthenocarpy in tomatoes
(b) Hastens fruit ripening in tomatoes and
apples
(c ) Induces howering in mango
(d) Elongation and improvement in shape of
apple
A. a-auxins, b-ethephon, c-ethylene, d-GA, e-
cytokinin
B. a-ethylene, b-GA, c-auxin, d ethephon, e-
cytokinin
C. a-auxin, b-ethephon, c-cytokinin, d-
ethylene, e-GA
D. a-cytokinin, b-auxin, c-GA, d-ethephon, e-
ethylene
Answer: A
7. Which accelerates the abscission in liower
and fruit like thinning of cotton, cherry and
walnut?
A. Auxin
B. ABA
C. GA3
D. Ethephon
Answer: D
8. Read the following statements and find out
the incorrect statement.

A. Auxins initiates flowering in pineapples
and ethylene promotes flowering in
pineapples.
B. 2, 4-D is used to prepare weed-free lawns
by gardeners.
C. There are more than 100 gibberellins
reported from widely different
organisms such as fungi and higher
plants. A11 GAs are acidic.

D. The ability of GAS to cause an increase
length of axis used to increase the
length of grapes stalks
Answer: A
9. The most widely used compound as source
of ethylene is
A. Kinetin
B. Zeatin
C. Ethephon
D. Lunaric acid
Answer: C
10. ABA acts antagonistic to
A. NAA
B. IBA
C. IAA
D. GA
Answer: D
correct matching.
A. a-plant showing apical dominance, b-
decapitated plant showing growth of
lateral buds.
B. a-plant with apical bud removed, bplant
with apical bud intact
C. a-plant with apical bud intact, b-plant
with apical bud removed
D. Both A and C
Answer: D
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12. The hormone which promotes rapid
intemodc or petiole elongation in deep water
rice plants, also
A. Initiates germination in peanut seeds
and sprouting of potato tubers
B. Breaks seed and bud dormancy
C. Inhibits seed germination
D. Both A and B
Answer: D
13. Fill in the blanks:
1. Spraying sugarcane crop with ....a.... increases
in the length of the stem, thus increasing the
yield by as much as .....b.. tonnes per acre.
2. ........c does not occur naturally in plants.
3. Search for natural substances with cytokinin
like activities led to the isolation of ...d... from
corn kernels and coconut milk.

A. a-auxins, b-lO, o-NA A, d-zeatin (
B. a-gibberellins, b-20, c-zeatin, d-kinetin
C. a-gibberellins, b-lO, c-zeatin, d-kinetin
D. a--gibberellins, b---20, c-kinetin, d-zeatin
Answer: D
14. Which one of the PGRs would you use if
you are asked to?
(a) Induce rooting in a twig

(b) Quickly ripen a fruit
(c ) Delay leaf senescence
A. a-auxin, b-ethylene, c-GA
B. a-cytokinin, b-ethylene, c-GA
C. a-auxin, b-ethylene, c-cytokinin
D. a-cytokinin, b-GA, c-auxin
Answer: C

15. Ageing of leaves and shoots is called
A. Chlorosis
B. Wilting
C. Senescence
D. Necrosis
Answer: C

16. Which of the following hormones is used in
root formation on stem cutting?
A. Kinetin
B. GA3
C. ABA
D. IBA/IAA
Answer: D

17. Match the columns
A. 1-b, 2-e,3-a,4-c,5-d
B. 1-b,2-c,3-d-4-e,5-a
C. 1-a,2-e,3-b,4-d,5-c
D. 1-e,2-d,3-c,4-b,5-a
Answer: A
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18. The natural plant hormone isolated from
cormn kernels and coconut milk is
A. Florigen
B. GA 3
C. Free auxins
D. Zeatin
Answer: D

19. How does pruning help in making the
hedge dense
A. It releases wound hormones
B. Apical shoot grows faster after pruning
C. It frees axillary buds from apical
dominance
D. It induces differentiation of new shoots
from rootstock
Answer: C

20. α-amylase synthesis is promoted by
A. IAA
B. GA
C. Cytokinin
D. NAA
Answer: B

21. Richmond-Lang effect is due to
A. Gibberellins
B. Auxin
C. Ethylene
D. Kinetin
Answer: D
22. Which is not a function of cytokinin ?

A. Delay in senescence
B. Breaking seed dormancy
C. Promoting bud dormancy
D. Promoting stomatal opening
Answer: C
23. Which statements are correct ?
a - Cytokinins suppress the synthesis of
chlorophyll
b - Auxins control apical dominance
c - Gibberellins promote shoot elongation
d - Abscisic acid enables seeds to with-stand
desiccation.
A. c and b only
B. b and c only
C. a and c only
D. b, c and (1 only
Answer: D

24. Ethylene is connected with
A. Aerobic respiration
B. Climacteric respiration
C. Anaerobic respiration
D. Fermentation
Answer: B

25. Parthenocarpic fruits cannot be produced
by application of
A. IAA
B. 2, 4-D
C. ABA
D. IBA
Answer: C

26. Which is used as a weedicide ?
B. Napthalene acetic acid (NAA)
C. Indole butyric acid (IBA)
D. 2, 4-D
Answer: D
27. Internodal elongation is stimulated by

A. Auxin
B. Phenol
C. Cytokinin
D. Gibberellin
Answer: D
28. Size of grapes increases in application of
A. Gibberellin
B. Auxm
C. Cytokinin
D. All of the above Cytokinins .
Answer: A
29. Cytokinins
A. Cause leaf abscissnon
B. Delay leaf abscission

C. Promote stomatal closing
D. Promote seed dormancy
Answer: B
30. Synthetic auxins are employed for
A. Ripening of fruits
B. Increasing size of fruits
C. Killing weeds
D. Preventing elongation of intemode
Answer: C
31. Auxin synthesis occurs in
A. Root/shoot tips
B. Cortex
C. Xylem
D. Phloem
Answer: A
32. Bud dormancy is induced by
A. IAA
B. GA
C. ABA
D. Ethylene
Answer: C
33. Common inhibitor of germination is
A. GA
B. ABA
C. Pantothenic acid
D. Tartaric
Answer: B

34. Which one prevents premature fall of fruit
A. NAA
B. Ethylene
C. GA 3
D. Zeatin
Answer: A

35. Cytokinin synthesis is maximum in
A. Roots
B. Leaves
C. Shoot tip
D. Fruit
Answer: A

36. High concentration of auxin is present in
A. Rootapex
B. Shootapex
C. Petiole
D. Node
Answer: B

37. Growth substance that stimulates nodule
formation in leguminous plants is
A. NAA
B. IAA
C. IBA
D. ABA
Answer: B

38. Hormone found in liquid endosperm of
Coconut/Coconut milk factor is
A. Gibberellin
B. Auxin
C. Ethylene
D. Cytokinin
Answer: D

39. Fruit drop is prevented by spraying
A. Auxin
B. Ethylene
C. Ethylene
D. Cytokinins
Answer: A

40. Which of the following physiological
effects is caused in plants by gibberellic acid ?
A. Shortening of genetically tall plants
B. Elongation of genetically dwarf plants
C. Rooting in stem cuttings
D. Yellowing of young leaves
Answer: B

41. 2 : 4-D causes
A. Delay in senescence
B. Bolting
C. Increase in branehes
D. Increased growth of all pants
Answer: D
42. The name zeatin was coined by

A. Skoog
B. Miller
C. Latham
D. Melvin
Answer: C
43. IAA was first isolated from
A. Corn germ oil

B. Human urine
C. Gibberella
D. Rhizopus
Answer: C
44. Movement of auxin is
A. Centripetal
B. Basipetal
C. Acropetal
D. Both B and C
Answer: B
45. What is a stress hormone ? Or The
hormone produced during adverse
environmental conditions is
A. Benzyl aminopurine
B. Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid
C. Ethylene
D. Abscisic acid
Answer: D
46. The regulator which retards
ageing/senescence of plant parts is
A. Cytokinin
B. Auxin
C. Gibberellin
D. Abscisic acid
Answer: A
47. Bananas can be prevented from
overripening by
A. Maintaining them at room temperature

B. Refrigeration
C. Dipping in ascorbic acid solution
D. Storing in a freezer
Answer: C
48. Apical dominance is caused by
A. Abscisic acid in lateral bud
B. Cytokinin in leaftip
C. Gibberellin in lateral buds
D. Auxin in shoot tip
Answer: D
49. Which one is the test for gibberellin ?
A. Bolting in Cabbage
B. Morphogenesis in tobacco callus
C. Rapid division in Carrot cells

D. Elongation of Oat coleoptile
Answer: A
50. Abscisic acid causes
A. Stomatal closure
B. Stem elongation
C. Leaf expansion
D. Root elongation
Answer: A
51. Abscisic acid controls
A. Cell division
B. Leaf fall and dormancy
C. Shoot elongation
D. Cell elongation and wall formation
Answer: B
52. Parthenocarpy can be achieved by
A. Zeatin
B. ABA
C. Auxin
D. Kinetin
Answer: C

53. Highest auxin concentration occurs
A. In growing tips
B. In leaves
C. At base of plant organs
D. In xylem and phloem
Answer: A

54. Auxin suppresses growth of
A. Lateral axillary buds
B. Apical buds
C. Roots on stem cuttings
D. All of the above
Answer: A

Photoperiodism And Vernalisation
1. Would a defoliated plant respond to
photoperiodic cycle?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Can’t say
D. Any condition is possible
Answer: B
2. Read the following statements and iind out
the incorrect statements.
(a) Both a short day plant and a long day plant
can hower simultaneously in a given place.
(b) Sugar beet, cabbage and carrot are
common biennials.
(c) Some important food plants, wheat, barley
and rye has three kinds of varieties, winter,
summer and spring varieties.
(d) Vemalisation promotes precocious

reproductive development late in the growing
season, and enables the plant to have
sumcient time to reach matun'ty
(e) Many of the extrinsic factors such as
temperature and light, control plant growth
and development via
A. a and b
B. b and c
C. c and b
D. d and c
Answer: C
View Text Solution
3. Plants which require the exposure to light
for a period exceeding a well defined critical
duration for howering are called
A. Short day plants
B. Long day plants
C. Day neutral plants
D. Short long day plants
Answer: B
4. Plants which must be exposed to light for a
period less than the critical duration before
the howering is initiated in then are called
A. Short day plants
B. Long day plants
Answer: A
5. Plants in which there is no such correlation
between exposure to light duration and
induction of howen'ng response are called
A. Short day plants
B. Long day plants
Answer: C
correct labelling.
A. a-long day plant, b-short day plant, c-day
neutral plan
B. b-long day plant, a-short day plant, c-day
neutral plant
C. c-long day plant, b-Short day plant, a-day
neutral plant
D. a-long day plant, c-short day plant, b-day
neutral plant
Answer: A
View Text Solution
7. Fill in the blanks:
(1) Wheat, barley end rye have two kinds of
varieties: wmter and spring varieties. The

‘spring’ variety are normally plented in ....a....
and come to flower and produce gram before
the end of growing season.
(2) 'Winter varieties, however if planned in ..b...
would normally fail to flower or produce
mature grain within a span of flowering
season.
(3) hence ‘winter’ varieties are planted in ..c.... .
They germinate, and over ........d come out as
harvested usually around mid-summer.
A. a-spring, b-winter, c-spring, d-winter,
espring
B. a-winter, b-spring, c-winter, d-spring,
ewinter
C. a--spring, b-spn'ng, c-autumn, d-winter,
espring
D. a-spring, b-winter, c-autumn, d-spring, e-
Answer: C

8. Certain plants need to be exposed to low
temperature ' so as to hasten liowering later
in life. This treatment is known as
A. Stratification
B. Scarification
C. Vemalisation
D. Photoperiodism
Answer: C

9. Seeds of winter varieties are benefitted by
technique
A. Senescence
B. Photoperiodism
C. Vernalisation
D. Abscission
Answer: C

10. Biennials get changed into annuals by
A. Hormones
B. Photoperiodism
C. Grafting
D. Vernalisation
Answer: D
11. Which ones are long day plants

A. Wheat, Poppy, Soyabean
B. Wheat, Poppy, Beet
C. Wheat, Oat, Soyabean
D. Wheat,Xanthium, Paddy
Answer: B
12. Which of the following is a short day plant
A. Wheat
B. Barley
C. Larkspur
D. Dahlia
Answer: D
13. One set of plants exposed to 12 hr day and
12 hr night llowered. The other set with similar
exposure to daynight period but with dark

period interrupted by Hash of light did not
come to flower. The plant is
A. Long day
B. Day neutral
C. Indeterminate
D. Short day.
Answer: D

14. Physiologically active form of phytochrome
is
A. P 730
/ Pfr
B. P 660
/ Pr
C. P 700
D. P 680
Answer: A

15. When the dark period of short day plants is
intrrupted by a brief exposure of light, then
the plant
A. Will not tlower at all
B. Flowers immediately
C. Gives more flowers
D. Turns into a long day plant
Answer: A

16. Phytochrome was isolated by
A. Butler et al
B. W. Went
C. R. Hill
D. Borthwick et al
Answer: A
17. Vemalisation is
A. Growth curve related to light
B. Effect of photoperiods on plant growth
C. Speeding up ability to flower by low
temperature treatment
D. Diurnal photoperiodicity
Answer: C
18. What is true about phytochrome ?

A. Pr absorbs red light and becomes Pf,
B. Pr absorbs yellow light and becomes Pf,
C. Pf, absorbs yellow light and becomes P,
D. Pf, absorbs red light and becomes Pr.
Answer: A
19. Flowering in short day plants is induced by
A. Short days and interrupted long nights

B. Short days and uninterrupted long
nights
C. Short nights
D. Long day with interrupted night
Answer: B
20. Photoperiodic stimulus is picked up by
A. Phytohormones
B. Stomata
C. Phytochrome
D. Enzymes
Answer: A
21. A long day plant flowers only when it is
exposed to
A. Red light
B. Light more than critical day length
C. Light equal to critical day length
D. Light less than critical day length
Answer: A
22. Pick up the correct explanation
A. Xanthium-Long day plant
B. Sunflower-Short day plant

C. Wheat-Shon day plant
D. Tomato-Day neutral plant
Answer: C
23. The term phytochrome was introduced by
A. Borthwick and Hendricks
B. Borthwick
C. Moore
D. Garner and Allard
Answer: D
24. A long day plant is
A. Wheat/Spinach
B. Soyabean
C. Tobacco
D. Xanthium
Answer: D
25. In short day plants, flowering is inhibited
by
A. Interruption of dark by white or red
light
B. Dark interruption by far red light

C. Dark interruption by red light followed
by far red light
D. Not possible
Answer: A
26. The piament involved in red - far red light
interconversion is
Or
The pigm,ent involved in photomorphogenetic

movements is
Or
Pigment involved in photo - perception in
flowering is
A. Carotene
B. Phytochrome
C. Cytochrome
D. Lycopene
Answer: B

27. Seasonality of plants is due to
A. Phototropism
B. Photosynthesis
C. Photopenodism
D. Photolysis
Answer: C

28. Which of the following induces flowering in
short day plant
A. Ailxin
B. Cytokinin
C. Gibberellln
D. Propylene
Answer: B

29. In a plant subjected to continuous red
light, phytochrome will show
A. Increased synthesis
B. Decreased level
C. Destruction
D. Destruction and synthesis remain in
balance
Answer: D

30. Cytokinin
A. Is a hormone whose main function is the
induction of cell division
B. is the process of cell division
C. Refers to cell movements
D. Causes dormancy
Answer: A

31. F lorigen is produced in the region of
A. Leaves
B. Fruit
C. Root
D. Trunk
Answer: A
32. Which one is short day plant ?

A. Brassica campestris
B. Raphanus sativus
C. Glycine max
D. Papaver sommférum
Answer: C
33. Which one can absorb red and far-red light
?
A. Carotene
B. Xanthophyll
C. Chlorophyll
D. Phytochrome
Answer: D
34. Who discovered Photoperiodism?
A. Darwin
B. Lysenko
C. Amon
D. Garner and Allard
Answer: D
35. Which is not a phytohorrnone?
A. Phytochrome
B. Florigen
C. GA
D. IAA
Answer: A
36. Gibberellic acid induces flowering
A. Some plants only
B. Long day plants under short day
conditions
C. Short day plants under long day
conditions
D. Day neutral plants
Answer: B
37. Photoperiodism is probably due to
synthesis of
A. Cytokinins
B. Gibberellins
C. Auxm
D. Florigen
Answer: D
38. A chemical believed to be involved in
flowering is
A. Gibberellin
B. Kinetin
C. Florigen
D. IBA
Answer: C
39. Which one shows red - far-red inter
conversions?
A. Carotenoids
B. Cytochromes
C. Chlorophylls
D. Phytochrome
Answer: D
40. Which of the following plant hormone
substtutes for long photoperiods in flowering
plants
A. Ethylene
B. Auxin
C. Gibberellin
D. Cytokinin
Answer: C
Section B Assertion Reasoning Questions

1. Assertion: Plant growth is unique because
plants retain the capacity for unlimited
growth throughout their life.
Reason: Plants have different type of
meristems at certain locations in their body
that have capacity to divide and self-
perpetuate.
A. If both assertion and reason are true
and the reason is the correct
explanation of the assertion.

B. If both assertion and reason are true but
reason is not the correct explanation of
the assertion.
C. If assertion is true but reason is false.
D. If both assertion and reason are false.
Answer: A

2. Assertion: During differentiation, cells
undergo few to major structural changes both
in their cell walls and protoplasm.
To form a tracheary element, the cells would
lose their protoplasm. They also develop a very
strong, elastic, Ignocellulosw secondary cell
walls, to carry water to long distances even
under extreme tension.

the assertion.
Answer: A

3. Assertion: In plants differentiation is open.
Reason: Cells or tissues ansmg out of the
same meristem have different structures at
maturity.
the assertion.
Answer: A
4. Assertion: Growth, differentiation and
development are very closely related events in
the life of a plant.
Reason: Development in plants (i.e, both

growth and differentiation) is under the
control of intrinsic and extrinsic facotrs.
the assertion.

Answer: B
5. Assertion: Both natural and synthetic auxins
have been used extensively in agricultural and
horticultural practices.
Reason: Auxin is widely applied in tea
plantations and hedge-making.

the assertion.
Answer: C

6. Assertion: GAS leads to early seed
production in conifers.
Reason: Spraying juvenile conifers with GAs
hastens the maturity period.
the assertion.
Answer: A
7. Assertion: Ethylene helping the plants to
increase their absorption surface.
Reason: Ethylene promotes root growth and
root hair formation.

the assertion.
Answer: A

8. Assertion : Abscisic acid (ABA) is also
called stress hormone.
Reason : ABA increases the tolerance of plants
to various kinds of stresses.

the assertion.
Answer: A
Section D Chapter End Test
1. Falling of floral parts, leaves and fruits from
the mother plant is called

A. Senescence
B. Abscission
C. Photoperiodism
D.
Answer: B
2. Exponential growth occur in
A. Yeast
B. Bacteria
C. Asexual reproduction
D. All of the above
Answer: D
3. A green plant will turn yellow if planed in
the dark. This is called
A. Phototropism
B. Dormancy
C. Chlorosis
D. Etiolation
Answer: D
4. Cut or excised leaves remain green for long
if induced to root of dipped in
A. Gibberellins
B. Auxins
C. Abscission
D. Vemalisation
Answer: B
5. At the onset of speed germination ,the
digestive enzymes amylase are produced by
the action of
Or
The activity of α amylase in the endosperm of
barley geminating seed is induced is induced
by
A. Cytokinin
B. Gibberellins
C. Ethylene
D. Auxin
Answer: B

6. Drooping of Tamarind leaves after sunset is
A. Phototropism
B. Phototaxis
C. Photonasty
D. Chemotaxis
Answer: C
7. Beta vulgaris is
A. SDP
B. LDP
C. DNP
D. SLDP
Answer: B
8. The pineapple which under natural
condition is difficult to blossom has been

made to produce fruits throughout the year
by application of
A. 1AA, IBA
B. NAA 2, 4-D
C. Phenyl acetic acid
D. Cytokinins
Answer: B

9. Pruning of plants promotes branchin
becaues the axillary buds get sensitized to
A. 1AA
B. Ethylene
C. Gibberellin
D. Cytokinin
Answer: A

10. Which of the following is a long day plant
A. POPPY
B. Xanthium
C. Paddy
D. Soyabean
Answer: A

11. Photoperiodism is associated with the
formation of
A. Auxin
B. Chlorophyll
C. Florigen
D. Gibberellin
Answer: C

12. Common biosynthetic inhibitor of GA is
A. CCC
B. Jasmonic acid
C. Citric acid
D. Lactic acid
Answer: A
13. Movement stimulated by external factor is

A. Spontaneous movement
B. Autonomic movement
C. Physicalmovement
D. Paratonic movement
Answer: D
14. Bending of stem towards light is
A. Photoperiodism
B. Heliotropism
C. Photonasty
D. Hydrotropism
Answer: B
15. Short day plant is
A. Xanthium
B. Pisum
C. Cucumis
D. Avena
Answer: A
16. Ability of Venus Fly Trap to capture insects
is due to
A. Specialised “muscle-like” cells
B. Chemical stimulation by prey

C. Rapid turgor pressure changes
D. Passive process requiring no special
ability on the part of the plant.
Answer: C
17. Gibberellinisa
A. Sterol
B. Vitamin
C. Sugar
D. Protein
Answer: A
18. Which hormone is not translocated?
A. Auxin
B. Gibberellins
C. ABA
D. Cytokinin
Answer: B
19. Essential requirement for seed germination
A. O and light
2
B. H 2
and O(2)
C. H 2
O and high temperature
D. Scarification and vemalisation

Answer: B
20. Banana is seedless because
A. It reproduces asexually
B. It is sprayed by auxin
C. Both A and B
Answer: A
21. Antherozoids are attracted towards
archegonia in fern plant. The phenomenon is
A. Nyctinasty
B. Chemonasty
C. Thigmonasty
D. Seismonasty
Answer: B
22. Herbicides kill plants by inhibiting
A. PSI
B. PS11
C. Translocation
D. Both A and B
Answer: B

23. During drought, plants develop hormone
B. Naphthalene acetic acid
C. Indole butyric acid
D. Abscisic acid
Answer: D

24. Antiauxin used in picking cotton balls is
A. 2, 4-D
B. TIBA
C. NAA
D. Both A and B
Answer: B

25. First natural cytokinin was discovered by
A. Skoog and Miller
B. Latham
C. Benson and Calvin
D. Thimann and Went
Answer: B

26. Storage sprouting of potato can be
prevented by
A. Maleic hydrazide
B. Gibberellins
C. Indole acetic acid
D. Cytokinins
Answer: A

27. Anti gibberellin is
A. Cycocel
B. Plastoquinone
C. 1AA
D. Ubiquinone
Answer: A
28. Growing trees and shrubs in small pots is

A. Bonsai
B. Culture
C. Green gardening
D. Tree culture
Answer: A
29. Which of the following is a cytokinin ?
A. Phytochrome
B. Ethylene
C. Leucine
D. Zeatin
Answer: D
30. Negative phototropism occurs in
A. Root
B. Stem
C. Leaf
D. Flower
Answer: A
31. Movement of Sunflower towards the
direction of Sun in
A. Photonasty
B. Phototropism
C. Nyctinasty
D. Seismonasty
Answer: B
32. Skototropic movements are induced by
A. Night
B. Light
C. Touch
D. Heat
Answer: A
33. Assertion: "Touch" responses in Mimosa is
an example of such movement.
Reason : Nastic movements occur in the
direction of stimulus.
A. Tropic
B. Nastic
C. Tactic
D. All of the above
Answer: D
34. The movement of plant organs in response
to force of gravity is called
A. Phototropism
B. Phototaxis
C. Photolysis
D. Photonasty
Answer: C
35. Agent orange is
A. Weedicide with dioxin
B. Chemical used in luminous paint

C. Biodegradable insecticide
D. Colour used in fluorescent lamp
Answer: A
36. Which one among the following chemical is
wued for causing defoliation of for causing
defoliation of forest trees
A. Phosphon
B. Maleic hydrazide
C. AMO 1618
D. 2,4-D
Answer: D
37. Which combination is used in fruit ripening
A. 80% CH4 + 20% 02

B. 80% C2H4 + 20% CO2
C. 80% C02 + 20% C2H4
D. 80% 0 CH4 + 20% CO2
Answer: C
38. The response of different organisms to
environmental rhythms of light and darkness
is called:
A. Photoperiodism
B. Phototropism
C. Phototaxis
D. Vernalisation
Answer: A
39. Example of positive geotropism is
A. Closing of flowers
B. Upward growth of stem
C. Downward growth of root
D. Lateral growth of root
Answer: C
40. Which one prevents photo-oxidation and
pigment destruction?
A. Cytochrome
B. Phytohormone
C. Phycocyanin
D. Phycoerythrin
Answer: A
41. If a tree flowers thrice in a year (October,
January and july) in nothern india, it is said to
be
A. Photo! and thermo-sensitive
B. Photoand thermo-insensitive
C. Photosensitive but thermo-insensitive
D. Thermosensitive but photo-insensitive
Answer: B
42. Gibberellins induce
A. Cell division
B. Leaf senescence
C. Hydrolysing enzymes in germinating
seeds
D. Flowering
Answer: C
43. Which of the following is not caused by
deficiency of mineral nutrition

A. Chlorosis
B. Internode shortening
C. Necrosis
D. Etiolation
Answer: D
44. Leaf fall occurs when content of
A. Abscisic acid decreases

B. Auxin decreases
C. Auxin increases
D. Gibberellin decreases
Answer: B
45. Interfascicular cambium formation is
induced by
A. Auxin
B. Cytokinin
C. Gibberellin
D. Ethylene
Answer: B
46. Bulliform cells in Grass leaves show
A. Grovyth movement
B. Tropic movements
C. Turgor movements
D.
Answer: D
47. Leaf of Mimosa droops down on touching
because of
A. Water loss from leaflet bases
B. changes in water concentration

C. Loss of water from cells to intercellular
spaces in pulvinus and pulvinules
D. All of the above
Answer: C
48. Phyotron is a device by whiovh
A. Electron are bombarbed
B. Proton are liberated

C. Plants are grown in controlled
environment
D. Mutations are produced in plants
Answer: C
49. Herbicides are chemicals which control
A. Insects
B. Fungi
C. Weeds
D. Nematodas
Answer: C
50. Closure of lid in Pitcher Plant is a
A. Tropic movement
B. Turgor movement
C. Paratonic movement
D. Autonomic movement
Answer: C
Others
1. Phototropism in shoots is attributed to or
phototropic movements are due to
A. Auxin
B. Gibberellins
C. Cytokinin
D. Abscisic acid
Answer: A
2. Phytochrome is found in
A. Algae
B. Fungi
C. Vascular cryptogams
D. Flowering plants
Answer: D
3. Plants requiring exposure to light for less
than the critical photoperiod for flowering are
A. LDP
B. DNP
C. SLDP
D. SDP
Answer: D
4. Which of the following harmones can
replace vernalization
or
Genetic dwarfness can be overcome by
treating with
A. Auxin
B. Cytokinin
C. Gibberellins
D. Ethylene
Answer: C
5. Pr state of phytochrome absorbs light wave-
length of
A. 660 nm
B. 640 mm
C. 620 nm
D. 720 nm
Answer: A
6. Which one is not correctly matched ?
A. Cytokinin-celldivision
B. IAA-cellwallelongation
C. Abscisic acid-stomatal closure
D. Gibberellic acid--1eaf fall
Answer: D
7. Opening of floral buds is
A. Autonomic movement of variation
B. Paratonic movement of growth

C. Autonomic movement of growth
D. Autonomic movement of locomotion
Answer: C
8. Bioassay of IAA is
A. Avena curvature test
B. Callus test
C. Leaf disc test

D. amylase test
Answer: A
9. The phytohormone which induces triple
response is
A. IAA
B. ABA
C. GA
D. C2
H4
Answer: D
10. An example of short day plant is
A. Maize
B. Radish
C. Chrysanthemum
D. Wheat
Answer: C
11. Find the correct statements
1. Causal organism of foolish seedling disease
is source of gibberellin
2. Ascorbic acid is growth promoter
3. Ratio of auxin to cytokinin controls
differentiation
4. Bolting of cabbage can be induced by
treatment with IAA

A. 1, 2, 3 correct
B. l, 2 correct
C. 2, 4 correct
D. 1, 3 correct
Answer: D
12. Synthetic plant hormone is
A. IAA
B. 2,4-D/NAA
C. GA
D. Zeatin
Answer: B
13. 6- furfuryl ammino purine 2, 4-
dichorophenoxy acetic acid and indole -3 -
acetic acid are examples respectively for

A. Synthetic auxin, kinetin and natural
auxin
B. Gibberellin, natural auxin and kinetin
C. Natural auxin, kinetin and synthetic
auxin
D. Kinetin, synthetic auxin and natural
auxin
Answer: D

14. Ethylene is metabolic product of
A. Valine
B. Serine
C. Methionine
D. Glutamic acid
Answer: C

15. Which one is derivative of a carotenoid
A. IAA
B. ABA
C. IBA
D. GA
Answer: B

16. In signoid growth curve, upper asymptote
represents period of
A. Establishment
B. Negative acceleration
C. Positive acceleration
D. Equilibrium
Answer: D

17. What causes a green plant to bend towards
light as it grows ?
A. Because green plants need light to carry
on photosynthesis.
B. Because green plants are phototropic.
C. Light stimulates plant cells on the
lighted side to grow faster.
D. Auxin accumulates on shaded side
stimulating greater cell elongation.
Answer: D
18. Artificial ripening of fruits/banana is
accomplished by treatment with
A. Sodium chloride
B. IAA
C. Ethylene gas
D. Kinetin
Answer: C
19. Bending of tentacles of Drosera over the
insect is
A. Photonastic
B. Thermonastic
C. Thigmonastic
D. Seismonastic
Answer: C

20. Which locomotory movement is not
correct
A. Cyclosis and rotation of cytoplasm in
Hydrilla.
B. Sucrose induced movement of sperms.
C. Flagellar movement of slime mould.
D. Chlamydomonas moves away from
intense light.
Answer: C
21. Which one demonstrates process
associated with abscission of a leaf
A. In the leaf concentration of both auxin
and ABA decreases.
B. In the leaf concentration of both auxin
and ABA increases.

C. Reduction in ABA concentration and
increase of auxin concentration in the
leaf.
D. Reduction in concentration of auxin and
increase of concentration ofABA in the
leaf.
Answer: D

22. Which one the following plant function is
not generally governed or controlled by auxin
A. Apical dominance
B. Photosynthesis
C. Photoperiodism
D. Growth
Answer: B

23. Response of plants due to reversibole
turgor change in pulvinus as a result of touch
is
A. Photonasty
B. Thermonasty
C. Seismonasty
D. Chemonasty
Answer: C

24. Hormone primarily concern with cell
division is
A. IAA
B. NAA
C. Cytokinin/Zeatin
D. Gibberellic acid
Answer: C

25. Leaf fall can be prvented by
A. Abscisic acid
B. Adenine
C. Florigen
D. Cytokinins
Answer: D

26. Cytokinins which have specific effect in
cytokinesis are modified forms of
A. Cytosine
B. Adenine
C. Guanine
D. Thiamine
Answer: B

27. One of the commonly used plant growth
hormone in tea plantation is
A. Zeatin
B. ABA
C. IAA
D. Ethylene
Answer: C

28. Impotance of day length ( photoperiodism
) in flowering of plants was first shown in
A. Cotton
B. Tobacco
C. Lemna
D. Petunia
Answer: B

29. Growth in length is measured with the help
of
A. Manometer
B. Auxanometer
C. Potometer
D. Clinostat
Answer: B

30. Vemalisation occurs in response to
A. Highlightintensity
B. Low temperature
C. High temperature
D. Lowlightintensity
Answer: B

31. Some flowers (e.g., Oxalis) open in the
morning and close during evening because of
A. Photonasty
B. Phototropism
C. Phototaxy
D. Nyctinasty
Answer: A

32. Parthenocarpic fruits can be produced by
application of auxin
A. IAA
B. IBA
C. NAA
D. All of the above
Answer: D

33. Which wavelengths are the most effective
in photoperiodism ?
A. Green and yellow
B. Blue and red
C. Blue and violet
D. Red and far red.
Answer: D

34. Transport of cytokinin in the plant body is
A. Basipetal
B. Lateral
C. Acropetal
D. On all sides
Answer: C
35. Which one hastens flowering in plants

A. Stratification
B. Scariiication
C. Vemalisation
D. Water deficit
Answer: C
36. Auxanometer is used to measure plant
organ
A. Growth in length
B. Pest population
C. Growth in breadth
D. Both A and B
Answer: A
37. Day neutral plant
A. Lose activity during day time

B. F lower in all possible photoperiods
C. Become overactive during day time
D. Do not iiower in any photoperiod
Answer: B
38. Study of phototropic lead to the discovery
of
A. Cytokinln
B. Ethylene
C. Gibberellin
D. Auxin
Answer: D
39. Vernalisation is seen in
A. Sugar beet
B. Carrot
C. Cabbage
D. All of the above
Answer: D
40. The rosette habit of cabbage can be
changed by applicaton of
A. ABA
B. IAA
C. GA
D. Ethephon
Answer: C
41. Exponential growth in plants can be
expressed as
A. L
1
= L0 + rt
B. L
0
= Le
rt
C. W 1
= W0 e
rt
D. W 0
= W1 e
rt
Answer: C
42. Which is incorrectly matched
A. Adenine derivative-Kinetin
B. Terpenes-IAA
C. Carotenoid derivative-ABA
D. Indole compounds-IBA
Answer: B
43. Natural cytokinins are synthesised in
tissues that are
A. Storing food
B. Differentiating
C. Dividing
D. Senescent
Answer: C
44. Through their effect on plant growth
regiulators, what do the temperature and
light control in the plants
A. Stomatal closure
B. Apical dominance
C. Flowering
D. Fruit development
Answer: C
45. Hormone antagonist to gibberellins is
A. IAA
B. ABA
C. Zeatin
D. Ethylene
Answer: B
46. Vernalization stimulates flowering in
A. Ginger
B. Tunneric
C. Zaminkand
D. Carrot
Answer: D
47. Growth hormone that speeds up malting in
brewery industry is
A. Kinetin
B. Gibberellic acid
C. Auxin
D. Ethylene
Answer: B
48. One harmone is used to speed up the
malting process in barely, another is used to
promote flowering in pineapple, while the
third helps in the delay of leaf senescence.
These are respectively
A. Auxin, Gibberellin and Cytokinin
B. Gibberellin, Cytokinin, Auxin

C. Gibberellin, Auxin, Cytokinin
D. Cytokinin, Auxin, Gibberellin
Answer: C
49. Which of the following is not a
physiological effect/ an influence of auxin
A. Promotes bolting
B. Prevents early fruit and leaf drop

C. Promotes howering
D. Initiates rooting in stem cuttings
Answer: A
50. The phenomenon which shortens
vegetative period and hastens flowering is
A. Etiolation
B. Vemalisation
C. Photoperiodism
D. Parthenocarpy
Answer: B
51. Abscisic acid is called stress hormone as it
A. Induces flowering
B. Breaks seed dormancy
C. Promotes leaf fall

D. Promotes stomatal closure
Answer: D
52. Flowering response to length of day and
night in plants is called
A. Phototropism
B. Photorespiration
C. Photoperiodism
D. Photo-oxidation
Answer: C
53. Hormone that promotes growth of lateral
buds and has nagative effect on apical
dominance is
A. Cytokinin
B. Gibberellin
C. Auxin
D. Both B and C
Answer: A
54. Which one o f the following plant hormone
(phytomone ) Is know as a stress hormone
B. Abscisic acid
C. Ethylene
D. GA 3
Answer: B
55. Dr. F. Went noted that is coleoptile tips
were removed and placed on agar for one
hour , the agar would produce a bending
when placed on one side of freshly cut

coleoptile stumps .Of what sighifcance is this
exeriment
A. It demonstrated polar movement of
auxins.
B. It made possible the isolation and exact
identification of auxin.
C. It is the basis for quantitative
determination of small amounts of
growth~promoting substances.
D. It supports the hypothesis that 1AA is
auxin.
Answer: B
56. Low temperature treatment to speed up
the process of flowering is referred to as
A. Short day length
B. Long day length

C. Critical daylength
D. Intervening light period
Answer: C
57. Under water stress, the leaves of plants are
found to contain higher concentration of
A. Gibberellic acid
B. Cytokinins
C. Abscisic acid
D. Auxins
Answer: C
58. Boioassary for auxin is
A. Hydroponics
B. Potometer
C. Lettuce hypocotyl elongation

D. Avena coleoptile curvature
Answer: D
59. Which growth regulators is used to
prepare weed-free lawns by the gardeners?
A. Indole-S-acetic acid
B. Indole butyric acid
C. 2, 4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid

D. Naphthalene acetic acid
Answer: C
60. What causes a green plant exposed to the
light on only one side, to bend toward the
source of light as it grows
A. nght stimulates plant cells on the
lighted side to grow faster

B. Auxin accumulates on the shaded side,
stimulating greater cell elongation there
C. Green plants need light to perform
photosynthesis
D. Green plants seek light because they are
phototropic
Answer: B

61. The rate of growth of any organism follows
Or
Typical growth curve in plants is
A. Stair-steps shaped
B. Parabolic
C. Sigmoid
D. Linear
Answer: C

62. Gibberellin facilitates seed germination by
triggering the synthesis of
A. aamylase
B. 3amylase
C. amylase and 3amylase
D. amylase and protease
Answer: D

63. The inhibitory effect of red light on
flowering during critical dark period in short
day plants can be overcome by
A. Blue light
B. Far-redlight
C. Infra-red rays
D. Ultraviolet rays
Answer: B

64. The primary hormone causing abscission
of leaves is
A. IAA
B. Ethylene
C. ABA
D. Cytokinin
Answer: C

65. Avena coleoptilre test detects the presence
of
A. ABA
B. GA 3
C. 1AA
D. Ethylene
Answer: C

66. Which of the following prevents falling of
fruits
OR
Fruit and leaf drop at early stages can be
prevented by the application
A. Ethylene
B. Auxins
C. Gibberellic
D. Cytokinins
Answer: B
67. Induction of cell division activity and delay
in senescence is caused by
A. cytokinins
B. auxins
C. GA
D. CoA
Answer: A

68. Curling of tendrils is due to
A. thigmotropism
B. phototropism
C. chemotropism
D. nyctinasty
Answer: A

69. Bud dormancy is induced by
A. IAA
B. GA
C. ABA
D. ethylene
Answer: C

70. Pruning of plants promotes branchin
becaues the axillary buds get sensitized to
A. ethylene
B. gibberellin
C. cytokinin
D. indole acetic acid
Answer: C

71. Gibberellins can promote seed germination
because of their influence on
A. rate of cell division
B. production of hydrolyzing enzymes
C. synthesis of abscisic acid
D. absorption of water through hard seed
coat
Answer: B

72. Avena curvature test is a bioassay for
examining the activity of
A. auxins
B. gibberellins
C. cytokinins
D. ethylene
Answer: A
73. Bean seeds were planted and put on a
sunny windowsill. As the plants grew, their
stems bent toward the window. This bending
was most likely caused by an
A. unequal distribution of auxin in the
stem
B. unequal distribution of a
neurotransmitter in the stem

C. equal distribution of auxin in the stem
D. equal distribution of a neurotransmitter
in the stem
Answer: A
74. Coconut water is rich in
A. auxins
B. gibberellins
C. abscisic acid
D. cytokinin
Answer: D
B. production of hydrolyzing enzymes

coat
Answer: B
76. Read the given statements and identify the
plant hormones X,Y and Z.
(i) Hormone Y induces flowering in mango and
also promotes rapid internode/petiole

elongation in deep water rice plants and
hence helping leaves or upper part of shoot to
remain above water.
(ii) Hormone X promotes root growth and root
hair formation.
(iii) Hormone Z inhibits the seed germination,
increases the tolerance of plant to various
stresses, play important role in seed
development, maturation and dormancy.
A. Y = ABA, X = Auxin, Z = GA
B. Z = GA, X = Auxin, Y = C2H4
C. Y = Auxin, X = CZH, Z = GA
D. Y , C2H4, X = C2H4, Z = GA
Answer: D
B. production of hydrolysing enzymes

coat
Answer: B
78. Match the column and select the correct
option: (2016)
A. (i)-(III), (ii)-(I), (iii)-(II), (iv)-(IV)

B. (i)-(I), (ii)-(II), (iii)-(III), (iv)-(IV)
C. (i)-(II), (ii)-(I), (iii)-(III), (iv)-(IV)
D. (i)-(III), (iiHI), (iii)-(IV), (iv)-(H)
Answer: A
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79. Which of the following sets contain natural
hormone?
A. 2, 4-D, IBA, Gibberellin

B. Cytokinin, 2,4-D, NAA
C. IAA, Zeatin,ABA
D. Ethylene, PAA,VABA
Answer: C
80. Assertion: Photomodulation of howering is
a phytochrome regulated process.
Reason: Active form of phytochrome (PFR)
directly induces floral induction in shoot buds.

and the reason is a correct explanation
of the assertion.
B. If both assertion and reason are true
but reason is not a correct explanation
of the assertion.
C. If the assertion is true but reason is false
D. If both the assertion and reason are
false
Answer: A
81. Assertion: Vemalization is acceleration of
subsequent llowenng by low temperature
treatment.
Reason: Site of vernalization is apical
meristem.

82. Assertion: Dark period play more important
part in flowering than light period.
Reason : Flowering occurs in short-day plant if
the dark period is interrupted by light break.
83. Assertion.Plant growth regulators are very
important for plant growth and development
Reason. Auxins do not induce flowering in
gymnosperms.
84. Assertion : A correct concentration of
auxin and cytokinin is required for the
development of root and shoot in callus.
Reason: When the ratio of kinetin to auxin is
high only shoot develop but when the ratio is
low only roots develop

85. Assertion : Auxins help to prevent fruits
and leaves droo at early stages.
Reason : Auxins promote the abscission of
older mature leaves and fruits.

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BIOLOGY

BOOKS - A2Z BIOLOGY (HINGLISH)

PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Section A Topicwise Questions Topic 1 Growth

1. All cells of a plant are descendents of the

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2. Which of the following is correct about

fundamental and conspicuous

characteristics of living being.

B. Growth can be defined as an irreversible

permanent increase in size of an organ

or its parts or even of an individual cell.

C. Generally growth is accompanied by

metabolic processes (both anabolic and

catabolic), that occur at the expense of

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3. The form of growth wherein new cells are

always being added to the plant body by the

activity of the meristem is called

A. Open form of growth

B. Closed form of growth

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4. Recoginise the figure and find the correct

meristem, called the o-root apical

B. b--vascular cambium, e-shoot apical

meristem, (A) Open form of growth a-

root apical meristem (B) Closed form of

C. c-vascular cambium, a-shoot apical

meristem, (C) Determinate growth b-root

meristem, a-root apical meristem

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5. Root apical meristem and shoot apical

meristem are responsible for the growth of

plants and principally contribute to the

elongation of the plants along their axis. This

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6. In dicotyledonous plants and

gymnosperms, the lateral meristems-vascular

cambium and cork cambiumappear later in life.

the gowrth of the organs in which they are

active. This is known as

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A. Growth of the pollen tube in terms of

B. Detection of zone of elongation by the

parallel line technique

C. Detection of zone of maturation by

parallel line technique

D. Detection of zone of meristematic

activity by the parallel line technique

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8. Characteristic found in the cells of the

meristematic zone is/are

A. The cells of this region are rich in

protoplasm, possess small

thin and cellulosic with abundant

D. None of the above.

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of wall thickening and protoplasmic