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Plant Hormones (GATE)

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Tags: Auxins gibberellins cytokinins ethylent Mechanism of Action and Physiological effects of Plant Growth Regulators
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Paclobutrazol is a plant growth retardant which is antagonist against

  1. auxin

  2. gibberellin

  3. jasmonates

  4. ethylene


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Paclobutrazol is  antagonistic to gibberellins.

In yang cycle, which enzyme is responsible for conversion of S-adenosyl L-methionine to 1-amino cyclopropane carboxylate, that on simple oxidation, yields ethylene?

  1. ACC oxidase

  2. ACC synthase

  3. ACC N-malonyl transferase

  4. SAM synthetase


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

1-Aminocyclopropane carboxylate (ACC) synthase converts S-adenosyl L-methionine to 1-amino cyclopropane carboxylate, which on oxidation, leads to production of ethylene.

Ethylene induces flowering in

  1. chrysanthamum

  2. pineapple

  3. submerged plants

  4. petunia


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ethylene induces flowering in pineapple.

Which of the following changes is induced by auxins in roots?

  1. Expansion

  2. Elongation

  3. Swelling

  4. Coleoptile growth


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Auxins induce lateral swelling in roots.

Polyamines are strongly basic hormones with low molecular weight that have been found in all organisms studied so far. What role do they play?

  1. Inhibition of shoot branching

  2. Serve as signal in hormonal and defence responses

  3. Affect the processes of mitosis and meiosis

  4. Stimulate xylem differentiation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Polyamines are essential for plant growth and development and affect the processes of mitosis and meiosis.

Gibberellins signal starch hydrolysis and break seed dormancy. Which enzyme production is induced by gibberellins to initiate this function?

  1. Alpha-amylase

  2. Beta-amylase

  3. Isoamylase

  4. Glucosyl transferase


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gibberellins present in the seed embryo signal starch hydrolysis through inducing the synthesis of the enzyme α-amylase in the aleurone cells. 

Which of the following process is stimulated if auxin concentration is higher then cytokinin concentration?

  1. Cell elongation

  2. Cell division

  3. Rooting

  4. Xylem tissue generation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

When auxin and cytokinin are applied to callus, rooting can be generated if auxin concentration is higher than cytokinin concentration

Which of the following sentences are in accordance with direct inhibition hypothesis?

  1. Auxins from axillary buds travel up to apical buds to stimulate bud growth.

  2. Cytokinins move from roots to shoot signalling lateral bud growth.

  3. Cytokinins move from shoot to root to induce root morphogenesis.

  4. Auxin from apical buds travel down shoots to stimulate auxiliary bud growth.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is true. Cytokinin moves from the roots into the shoots, eventually signalling lateral bud growth.

In the process of seed germination, abscisic acid acts antagonistically to

  1. auxins

  2. gibberellins

  3. cytokinin

  4. brassinosteroids


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In the process of seed germination, abscisic acid acts antagonistically to gibberellins.

Which pathway is used for gibberellin biosynthesis?

  1. Mevalonic acid pathway

  2. MEP (Methyl Erythritol Phosphate) pathway

  3. Yang cycle

  4. Shikimate pathway


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The pathway followed by gibberellin biosynthesis is MEP pathway.

In which hormone's biosynthesis pathway is adenosine phosphate-isopentenyltransferase involved?

  1. Cytokinin

  2. Gibberellin

  3. Auxin

  4. Ethylene


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Adenosine phosphate-isopentenyltransferase (IPT) catalyses the first reaction in the biosynthesis of isoprene cytokinins.  

What is the primary action of brassinosteroids?

  1. Control agents for pollen leaf incompatibility

  2. Seed germination inducers

  3. Plant defence substances

  4. Plant strengthening substances


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Brassinosteroids are a class of polyhydroxysteroids, a group of plant growth regulators. 

Which of the following is not an effect produced by abscisic acid in plants?

  1. Inhibition of fruit ripening

  2. Inhibition of synthesis of kinetin nucleotide

  3. Inhibition of short day induced flower initiation in Pharbitus nil

  4. Action on endodermis to prevent growth of roots when exposed to salty conditions


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Abscisic acid does not inhibit short day induced flower initiation in Pharbitus nil.

Pyrabactin (a pyridyl-containing ABA activator) is a naphthalene sulphonamide hypocotyl cell expansion inhibitor. Which of the following sentences are true with respect to pyrabactin?

  1. It is very sensitive to light.

  2. It is a naturally produced stress hormone.

  3. It is an antagonist of ABA.

  4. It is an agonist of the seed ABA signalling pathway.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is true. Pyrabactin is an agonist of the seed ABA signalling pathway.

Gibberellins were first recognised by Elichi Kurosawa while studying

  1. foolish seedling disease in rice

  2. sheath brown rot

  3. crown sheath rot

  4. leaf smut


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gibberellin was first recognised in 1926 by a Japanese scientist, Eiichi Kurosawa, studying bakanae, the foolish seedling disease in rice.

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