Nutrients and nutrition - class-XII
Description: nutrients and nutrition | |
Number of Questions: 36 | |
Created by: Arav Srivastava | |
Tags: mineral nutrition in plants mineral nutrition biology plant biology |
Minerals which maintain cation-anion balance in cells are
Mineral ion concentration in tissues that reduces, the dry weight of tissues by about 10% is considered as
The technique of hydroponics was first demonstrated by
The first acceptor of electrons from an excited chlorophyll molecule of photosystem II is:-
Criteria of essentiality of nutrients in plants were given by.
Which of the following is not a role played by Potassium in plant growth?
Minerals that activate respiratory enzymes
Select the correct statement(s) regarding the solution culture techniques.
Enzyme pepsin acts upon food at a pH of about
Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
In plants a common symptom caused by deficiencies of Ca, K, Mg and P is the:
The inorganic essential elements which are obtained from the soil are called as
The character of an ecosystem is determined by the environmental factor, which is shortest in supply, this is called as
Oxygen $(O _2)$ is utilised by an organism to?
The Hydroponics is most closely related to which among the following?
Mycorrhizal fungi mobilize nutrients from soils to roots of plants. The nutrient in question is?
Regarding the mineral nutrition of plants, which one of the following statements is correct?
Which one of the following is popularly associated with the name of Justus Liebig?
Which one of the following statements correctly fines the term hydroponics?
Match List-I(mode of nutrition in bacteria) with List-II(examples of bacteria) and select the correct answer.
List-I | List-II |
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a. Photoautotroph | $1$. Escherichia coli |
b. Chemoautotroph | $2$. Rhodospirillum rubrum |
c. Photocheterotroph | $3$. Chlorobium sp. |
d. Chemoheterotroph | $4$. Nitrosomonas sp. |
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 |
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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 |
Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
The mineral element essential for nitrogen merabolisrn is:
The mineral nutrient mainly concerning with apical meristematic activity is _________.
Hydroponics or soilless culture helps in knowing _______________.
The technique of growing plants in a nutrient solution, in complete absence of soil is called as ___________.
Micronutrients are present in plant tissues in concentrations less than _______ of dry matter.
Role of inorganic nutrients in plant growth and metabolism was first discovered by
Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Heart rot of beet root is caused by the deficiency of:
Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Phosphorus deficiency in plants causes.
Minerals salts which are absorbed by the root from soil are in the form of
Which statement is wrong
Active transport of molecules take place
Enzyme catalysed reactions can be inhibited by
Plants obtain mineral nutrients from.
Match List I(Element) with List II(Process) and select the correct answer.
List I | List II |
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a. Molybdenum | $1$. Photosynthesis |
b. Manganese | $2$. Respiration |
c. sulphur | $3$. Nitrate reduction |
d. Calcium | $4$. Cell division |
$5$. Protein synthesis |
Mushroom is referred to as a vegetable meat because it _________________.
Plants detoxify heavy metals by means of.