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Auxin Discovery and Functions Quiz

This document contains a daily practice sheet on plant growth and development with 10 multiple choice questions. It tests knowledge about the historical experiments that led to the discovery of the plant hormone auxin by Went and Darwin. Auxin is defined as IAA, NAA, 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T. The questions cover auxin's role in phototropism, apical dominance, root initiation, fruit development and leaf abscission. The practice sheet is from Biomentors classes on plant physiology.

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Auxin Discovery and Functions Quiz

This document contains a daily practice sheet on plant growth and development with 10 multiple choice questions. It tests knowledge about the historical experiments that led to the discovery of the plant hormone auxin by Went and Darwin. Auxin is defined as IAA, NAA, 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T. The questions cover auxin's role in phototropism, apical dominance, root initiation, fruit development and leaf abscission. The practice sheet is from Biomentors classes on plant physiology.

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DAILY PRACTICE SHEET – 309

BIOMENTORS CLASSES ONLINE (MUMBAI)


PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Plant Growth And Development 11/03/2019

1. The historical experiment on canary grasses coleoptile as a first step in the discovery of auxin was conducted by –
(a) Darwin
(b) Went
(c) Kogl
(d) Kurosawa
2. Who isolated auxin from coleoptile seeding for the first time –
(a) Darwin
(b) Miller
(c) Skoog
(d) F. W. Went
3. The term “auxin” is used for –
(a) IAA
(b) NAA
(c) 2, 4-D and 2, 4, 5-T
(d) All
4. Plant growth substances generally -
(a) Have a single role
(b) Are species – specific
(c) Are produced in many parts of plant
(d) Affect mainly the cells that produce them
5. The hormone responsible for phototropism is –
(a) Auxin
(b) C2H4
(c) ABA
(d) GA
6. The discovery of auxin is traced back to the work of Charles and Francis Darwin. In their experiments, they
studied
(a) Photonastic movement
(b) Photoperiodism
(c) Phototropism

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(d) Photosynthesis
7. Which process is not directly affected by auxin?
(a) Apical dominance and root initiation
(b) Parthenocarpy
(c) Synthesis of α-amylase by barley seeds
(d) Leaf abscission
8. Which of the following plant hormones can cause the base of a shoot to form new root, prevents fruit and leaf
drop at early stage, to be used as herbicide / weedicide, also controls xylem differentiation and helps in cell
division –
(a) GA
(b) Cytokinin
(c) Auxin
(d) ABA
9. Go through the following statements –
I. Promotes flowering in pineapple
II. Used to prepare weed free lawn
III. Promotes the abscission of older mature leaves and fruits
The above functions are carried out by
(a) GA
(b) C2H4
(c) ABA
(d) Auxin
10. Removal of shoot tips (decapitation) means loss of apical dominance and it is widely applied in –
(a) Tea plantation
(b) Hedge –making
(c) Both
(d) Bolting

ANSWERS

1. Ans.(a) Darwin
2. Ans.(d) F. W. Went
3. Ans.(d) All
4. Ans.(c) Are produced in many parts of plant
5. Ans.(a) Auxin
6. Ans.(c) Phototropism
7. Ans.(c) Synthesis of α-amylase by barley seeds
8. Ans.(c) Auxin
9. Ans.(d) Auxin

10. Ans.(c) Both

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