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Plants

Description: Plants (E)
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Which of the following is a bacterium which lives in the root nodules of leguminous plants like pea and helps in fixing atmospheric nitrogen?

  1. Nitrobacter

  2. Nitrococcus

  3. Nitrosomonas

  4. Rhizobium

  5. Acetobacter


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is a bacterium which lives in the root nodules of leguminous plants like pea and helps in fixing atmospheric nitrogen.

Name the metallic element present in the chloroplast of plants.

  1. Phosphorus

  2. Manganese

  3. Magnesium

  4. Iron

  5. Copper


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Magnesium is the metallic element present in the chloroplast of plants.

After a crop is harvested, the grains are separated from the chaff by

  1. tilling

  2. irrigation

  3. threshing

  4. weeding

  5. manuring


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

After a crop is harvested, the grains are separated from the chaff by a process called threshing.

Which of the following is called 'energy currency of a cell'?

  1. Mitochondrion

  2. Lysosome

  3. DNA

  4. ATP


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

ATP molecules store energy which is used for mechanical work. So, they are called 'energy currency of a cell'.

Which of the following helps in pollination and fruit dispersal?

  1. Leucoplast

  2. Chromoplast

  3. Chlorophyll

  4. Stroma


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chromoplast imparts colour to flower and fruits. So, they help in pollination and fruit dispersal.

To prevent the soil from being blown away after harvesting and before raising the next crop, the farmers should

  1. grow cover crops

  2. build embankments

  3. practice contour farming

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

After harvesting and before raising the next crop, the field lies bare. The wind blows off the top soil at that time. Thus, to prevent the soil from being blown away, the farmers grow cover crops such as grass and creepers.

Which of the folowing parts of the plant attracts insects for pollination?

  1. Petal

  2. Filament

  3. Sepal

  4. Carpel


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Petal attracts insects for pollination.

'Stomata' are useful for

  1. exchange of gases and transpiration

  2. conducting water and dissolved minerals to different parts of the plant

  3. conducting prepared food from green leaves to other parts of the plant

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

The movements that occur in response to touch are known as

  1. geotropism

  2. hydrotropism

  3. plagiotropism

  4. thigmotropism


Correct Option: D

Which of the following methods is commonly used to produce new rose plants?

  1. Grafting

  2. Cutting

  3. Tissue culture

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Eutrophication is a phenomenon observed in

  1. forests

  2. oceans

  3. ponds and wells

  4. hills


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Eutrophication is the process by which a body of water acquires a high concentration of nutrients, especially phosphates and nitrates. Eutrophication is a phenomenon observed in ponds and wells.

Which of the following is the Christmas tree?

  1. Cupressus

  2. Thuja

  3. Araucaria

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Young trees are often grown as houseplants in areas where the winters are too cold for them to grow outside (they will not, for example, survive outdoors in most of the areas of the United States or Europe), and are sometimes used as Christmas trees.

What is the other name of chloroplast?

  1. Control centre of the cell

  2. Powerhouse of the cell

  3. Suicidal bag of the cell

  4. Kitchen of the cell


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Chloroplast is known as the 'kitchen of the cell' because it is responsible for the preparation of food by photosynthesis.

Clove, the commonly used spice, is obtained from the _______.

  1. root

  2. stem

  3. flower bud

  4. fruit


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Clove, the commonly used spice, is obtained from the flower bud.

Which of the following is not a plant growth hormone?

  1. Auxin

  2. Gibberlin

  3. Ascorbic acid

  4. Abscisic acid


Correct Option: C
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