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Nutrients and nutrition - class-XII

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Minerals which maintain cation-anion balance in cells are 

  1. Cl and K

  2. K and Fe

  3. Cl and Mg

  4. Ca and Mg


Correct Option: A

Mineral ion concentration in tissues that reduces, the dry weight of tissues by about 10% is considered as 

  1. Critical concentration

  2. Toxic concentration

  3. Optimum concentration

  4. Beneficial concentration


Correct Option: B

The technique of hydroponics was first demonstrated by 

  1. M. Calvin (1961)

  2. Julius Von Sachs (1860)

  3. Arnon (1940)

  4. Hoagland (1940)


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In 1860 Julius von Sachs, Professor of Botany at the University of Wurzburg, published the first standard formula for a nutrient solution that could be dissolved in water and in which plants could be successfully grown. The technique was termed “nutriculture”.  Now it is called Hydroponics.
Answer is B.

The first acceptor of electrons from an excited chlorophyll molecule of photosystem II is:-

  1. Quinone

  2. Cytochrome

  3. Iron-sulphur protein

  4. Ferredoxin


Correct Option: A

Criteria of essentiality of nutrients in plants were given by.

  1. Stahl $(1923)$

  2. Benedict $(1927)$

  3. Arnon $(1938)$

  4. Sachs $(1860)$


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not a role played by Potassium in plant growth?

  1. Translocation of carbohydrates

  2. Maintaining anion-cation balance

  3. Opening and closing of stomata

  4. Synthesis of proteins

  5. Maintaining turgidity of cells


Correct Option: A

Minerals that activate respiratory enzymes

  1. N and P

  2. Mg and Mn

  3. K and Ca

  4. S and Fe

  5. Cu and Bo


Correct Option: B

Select the correct statement(s) regarding the solution culture techniques.

  1. Successful hydroponic culture requires a large volume of nutrient solution or frequent adjustment of the nutrient solution to prevent roots from producing radical changes in nutrient concentrations and pH of the medium.

  2. In nutrient film growth system, plant roots lie on the surface of a trough, and nutrient solutions flow in a thin layer along the trough over the roots.

  3. In aeroponics technique, plants are grown with their roots suspended in air while being sprayed continuously with a nutrient solution.

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D

Enzyme pepsin acts upon food at a pH of about

  1. 3 to split proteins

  2. 2 to split carbohydrate

  3. 7 to change protein into peptones

  4. 2 to change protein in amino acids


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pepsin enzymes are the enzymes that help in degradation of the proteins into various components like peptones. These enzymes are mostly found in stomach which has acidic pH.

Hence, the correct answer is '3 to split proteins'.

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
In plants a common symptom caused by deficiencies of Ca, K, Mg and P is the:

  1. appearance of a dead necrotic area

  2. poor development of vasculature

  3. bending of the leaf tip

  4. formation of carotenes in plenty


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Deficiency symptoms of Ca, K, Mg and P appear initially as localized tissue necrosis leading to stunted plant growth, necrotic leaf margins on young leaves or curling of the leaves, and eventual death of terminal buds and root tips.

So the correct answer is "appearance of a dead necrotic area".

The inorganic essential elements which are obtained from the soil are called as 

  1. Mineral elements

  2. Non-mineral elements

  3. Non- essential elements

  4. Both (b) and (c)


Correct Option: A

The character of an ecosystem is determined by the environmental factor, which is shortest in supply, this is called as

  1. Law of minimum

  2. Law of diminishing returns

  3. Law of limiting factors

  4. Law of supply and demand


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Law of minimum is popularly known as Leibig's law of minimum. 

According to this law the growth is controlled not by the total amount of resources available, but by the scarcest resource (called as limiting factor). 
It has wide ranging applications and one application is ecology. In ecological studies the character of an ecosystem is determined by the environmental factor, which is shortest in supply. For example, type of forest will be decided not by light or soil but by water availability. If water is present in less amount, no matter how abundant is the supply of other resources, only thorny or scrub forests will develop.

Oxygen $(O _2)$ is utilised by an organism to?

  1. Perform formation of nutritive molecules

  2. Breakdown the nutrient molecules

  3. Obtain nourishment from the food

  4. Burn the organic compounds directly


Correct Option: A

The Hydroponics is most closely related to which among the following?

  1. Grafting of Plants

  2. Water conservation

  3. Study of Vegetable

  4. Soilless culture of Plants


Correct Option: D

Mycorrhizal fungi mobilize nutrients from soils to roots of plants. The nutrient in question is?

  1. Organic acid

  2. Phosphorus

  3. Manganese

  4. Potassium


Correct Option: A

Regarding the mineral nutrition of plants, which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. The availability of iron to plants decrease with the increase of acidity of the soil

  2. The presence of $CO _2$ dissolved in the soil water reduces the solubility of carbonates of lime in it

  3. Molybdenum is a constituent of nitrate reductase system

  4. Sulphur is a constituent of phenylalanine


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is popularly associated with the name of Justus Liebig?

  1. Law of the Minimum

  2. Law of Tolerance

  3. Ecological Niche

  4. Speciation


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following statements correctly fines the term hydroponics?

  1. Growing plants in soil less culture

  2. Culture of fishes by varying the water supply

  3. Growing planktons on the surface of water

  4. Growing plants in sterilized soil


Correct Option: A

Match List-I(mode of nutrition in bacteria) with List-II(examples of bacteria) and select the correct answer.

List-I List-II
a. Photoautotroph $1$. Escherichia coli
b. Chemoautotroph $2$. Rhodospirillum rubrum
c. Photocheterotroph $3$. Chlorobium sp.
d. Chemoheterotroph $4$. Nitrosomonas sp.
  1. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  2. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$1$, D-$2$

  3. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  4. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$1$, D-$2$


Correct Option: A

Match List I (nutrient) with List II(deficiency symptom in leaf) and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists.

List-I List-II
a. Phosphorus $1$. Lower leaves yellow between veins; purplish color of petiole
b. Potassium $2$. Discoloration of leaf, starting from margins and extending towards mid-rib
c. Manganese $3$. Dead tissues around the margins and in between the veins of the leaves
d. Calcium $4$. Development of chlorosis in patches in dicots and in stripes in monocots
  1. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$4$

  2. A-$2$, B-$1$, C-$3$, D-$4$

  3. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$4$, D-$3$

  4. A-$2$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$3$


Correct Option: A

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
The mineral element essential for nitrogen merabolisrn is:

  1. Zn

  2. $Mn^{2+}$

  3. Mo

  4. $Al^{3+}$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Mo is a cofactor for enzyme nitrogenase, which is the most crucial enzyme for nitrogen fixation.

So, the correct option is 'Mo'

The mineral nutrient mainly concerning with apical meristematic activity is _________.

  1. K

  2. Ca

  3. N

  4. S


Correct Option: A

Hydroponics or soilless culture helps in knowing _______________.

  1. Essentiality of an element

  2. Deficiency symptoms caused by an element

  3. Toxicity caused by an element

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hydroponics or soilless culture helps to know the essentiality of mineral elements, deficiency symptoms developed due to non-availability of particular nutrient, toxicity to plant when element is present in excess, possible interaction among different elements present in plants and role of essential element in the metabolism of plant.

The technique of growing plants in a nutrient solution, in complete absence of soil is called as ___________.

  1. Aeroponics

  2. Water culture

  3. Hydroponics

  4. Soil culture


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cultivation of plants by placing the roots in the nutrient solution (in complete absence of soil) is called hydroponics. It is necessary to aerate the solution to provide roots with adequate oxygen supply. The result obtained from soil-less culture may then be used to determine deficiencies under field conditions.

Micronutrients are present in plant tissues in concentrations less than _______ of dry matter.

  1. 1 m mole $Kg^{-1}$

  2. 10 m mole $Kg^{-1}$

  3. 0.1 m mole $Kg^{-1}$

  4. 2 m mole $Kg^{-1}$


Correct Option: B

Role of inorganic nutrients in plant growth and metabolism was first discovered by

  1. Knop

  2. Woodward

  3. De Sassure

  4. Steward


Correct Option: A

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Heart rot of beet root is caused by the deficiency of:

  1. B

  2. Fe

  3. Mg

  4. Zn


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Heart rot in beet root is a deficiency in the minor, nonmobile element Boron, $B$. It shows necrotic cross-hatching inside the leaf petiole. Young leaves turn brown and die, resulting in a rosette of small dead leaves at the top of the beet. In the fleshy root, internal and external black spots of necrotic tissue develop.

So the correct answer is "$B$".

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Phosphorus deficiency in plants causes.

  1. premature leaf fall

  2. purple anthocyanin pigmentation

  3. older leaves exhibit deficiency symptoms first

  4. all of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Phosphorus deficiency is a plant disorder associated with an insufficient supply of phosphorus. Darker green leaves and purplish or red pigment can indicate a deficiency in phosphorus. It is most common in lower leaves that are olderThis condition is associated with the accumulation of sugars in P-deficient plants. Stems are thinner and leave acquire a leathery texture and tend to curl upwards, sometimes shedding prematurely. 

So the correct answer is "all of the above".

Minerals salts which are absorbed by the root from soil are in the form of

  1. Very dilute solution

  2. Dilute solution

  3. Concentrated solution

  4. Very concentrated solution


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Soil solution is very dilute $10^{-3}M$. It is in equilibrium with minerals adsorbed over colloidal particle.

Which statement is wrong

  1. Plant take very little amount of minerals element from soil

  2. Plant absorb one thing at a time either water or minerals salt

  3. Root hair absorb water and minerals together

  4. Minerals absorption primarily takes place by active method


Correct Option: B

Active transport of molecules take place 

  1. Along the concentration gradient

  2. Along the electric gradient

  3. Along the pressure gradient

  4. Against the concentration gradient


Correct Option: A

Enzyme catalysed reactions can be inhibited by

  1. $Mg^{2+}$

  2. $Cu^{2+}$

  3. $Hg^{2+}$

  4. $Zn^{2+}$


Correct Option: C

Plants obtain mineral nutrients from.

  1. Rocks

  2. Breakdown products of rocks

  3. Soil

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D

Match List I(Element) with List II(Process) and select the correct answer.

List I List II
a. Molybdenum $1$. Photosynthesis
b. Manganese $2$. Respiration
c. sulphur $3$. Nitrate reduction
d. Calcium $4$. Cell division
$5$. Protein synthesis
  1. A-$5$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$1$

  2. A-$3$, B-$1$, C-$5$, D-$4$

  3. A-$2$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$5$

  4. A-$3$, B-$2$, C-$4$, D-$5$


Correct Option: A

Mushroom is referred to as a vegetable meat because it _________________.

  1. Contains proteins

  2. Contains vitamins and carbohydrates

  3. Contains folic acid and amino acids

  4. Is rich in proteins and minerals


Correct Option: A

Plants detoxify heavy metals by means of.

  1. Allelopectins

  2. Abscisic acid

  3. Phytolexins

  4. Phytochelatins


Correct Option: D
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