8.

What is the Reason Behind Cell Elongation in

1. Who Articulated the ‘Law of Limiting Factor’ Intermodal Regions of Plants?
in Photosynthesis? A. Indole acetic acid.
A. Blackman. B. Cytokinins.
B. Calvin. C. Gibberellins.
C. Ruben. D. Ethylene.
D. Emerson.
9. What is the Purpose of Trichomes on Leaves?
2. Who is Regarded as the Father of Plant A. Prevents guttation.
Physiology? B. Aids in the rapid exchange of gas.
A. Stephen hales. C. Increases transpiration.
B. Funk. D. Reduces transpiration.
C. Fisher.
D. W. Kurtis. 10. Rubisco Content in Chloroplast is ________
A. 16%.
3. Who Discovered the Process of B. 2%.
Photophosphorylation? C. 25%.
A. Warburg. D. 11%.
B. Arnon.
C. Calvin. 11. Among the Following, Indole-3 acetic Acid is
D. Priestley. Similar to Which Amino Acid?
A. Methionine.
4. What is the End Product of the Calvin Cycle? B. Tryptophan.
A. PGA. C. Proline.
B. ADP+NADP. D. Phenylalanine.
C. RuBP.
D. PGAL. 12. Which of the Following is Known as a Hatch-
slack Pathway?
5. Which Metabolic Pathway Produces A. C2.
Carbohydrate? B. C3.
A. Glycolysis. C. C4.
B. Krebs cycle. D. C5.
C. Cyclic electron pathway.
D. Calvin cycle. 13. Among the Following, Which is a C4 Plant?
A. Pineapple.
6. __________________ _ have no Role in B. Soybean.
Photosynthesis. C. Corn.
A. Anthocyanin D. All of the above.
B. Xanthophyll
C. Phycoerythrin 14. Reverse Krebs Cycle can be Found in
D. Phycocyanin ___________

7. What is the Reason Behind a Plant Bending A. Bacteria.

Towards the Light as it Grows? B. Fungus.
A. Since green plants are phototrophic. C. Higher plants.
B. Because auxin gathered on the shaded D. None of these.
side stimulates higher cell elongation.
C. Since plants need light for photosynthesis. 15. ________________ _ is a Cruciferous Type
D. Light stimulates cells on that side to grow Stomata.
faster. A. Diacytic
B. Anisocytic
C. Anomocytic
 D. Actinocytic C. 1.5.
D. 0.
16. Who Gave the Theory of ‘Osmotic Water
Absorption’? 24. Seeds are Treated with ______________ for
A. Calvin. Stratification.
B. Emerson. A. Moist seed in low temperature
C. Atkins and Preistley. B. Just low temperature
D. Thimann and Kramer. C. Warm and moist temperature
D. Normal seeds in low temperature
17. Among the Following, Which is a CAM Plant?
A. Mango. 25. Among the Following: Find the Physiological
B. Coconut. Disorder.
C. Kiwifruit. A. Greening of potato tubers.
D. Pineapple. B. Gall midge rice.
C. Curling of papaya leaves.
18. ___________ _ Cycle is Used by ‘Inducible D. None of these.
CAM Plants’
A. C4. 26. The Hill Reaction Takes Place in
B. C3. ___________.
C. CAM. A. Stroma.
D. All of them. B. Grana of chloroplast.
C. Both a & b.
19. Which Type of Plants Store Malic Acid in D. Only grana.
Vacuoles?
A. CAM. 27. A Dark Reaction Takes Place in
B. C3. ____________ _.
C. C4. A. Grana.
D. C2. B. Stroma.
20. Among the Following, Which is an Example C. The stroma of chloroplast.
of ‘Upright Growth of Stems’? D. Mitochondria.
A. Phototropism.
B. Positive geotropism. 28. ___________ _ is the Form of Carbohydrate
C. Negative geotropism. Transported through a Sieve Tube after
D. Auxin tropism. Synthesizing in the Leaves.
A. Triose sugar
21. Who Gave the ‘Root Pressure’ Theory? B. Glucose
C. Starch
A. J.C. Bose. D. Sucrose
B. Godlewski.
C. Stephan Hales. 29. What is the Function of Phenylmercuric
D. Boehm. Acetate?
A. It reduces the transpiration rate.
22. What is the Rate of Photosynthesis in C4 B. It can kill a plant.
Plants? C. It decreases respiration.
A. Higher. D. None of the above.
B. Moderate.
C. Low. 30. The Amount of Water Retained by Soil after
D. Very low. Drainage is Known as –
A. Soil water.
23. What is the R.Q Value of Succulents? B. Field capacity.
A. 1. C. Mineral water.
B. 0.5. D. Gravitational capacity.
 B. Thigmotropism.
31. Water Available for Plants within the Soil is C. Thigmonasty.
Known as – D. Thigmotaxis.
A. Mineral water.
B. Hygroscopic water. 39. Which of the Following is an Example of
C. Capillary water. Gaseous Plant Hormone?
D. Chemically bound water. A. IAA.
B. Gibberellin.
32. What is the Name of the Process By Which C. Ethylene.
Turgidity of a Cell is Maintained? D. Abscisic acid.
A. Wall pressure.
B. Osmotic pressure. 40. Among the Following, Which Acid is a
C. Diffusion pressure. Derivative of Carotenoids?
D. Turgor pressure. A. Gibberellic acid.
B. Indole butyric acid.
33. Wilting of a Plant is a Result of Excessive – C. Indole-3-acetic acid.
A. Transpiration. D. Abscisic acid.
B. Absorption.
C. Photosynthesis. Answer Key
D. Respiration. 1 – 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10-
a a b c d a b c d a
34. What is the Working Principle of a
Photometer? 11- 12 13- 14 15- 16 17- 18- 19- 20-
A. Root pressure. b -c d -a b -c d d a b
B. Amount of water absorbed is the same as
the amount of water transpired. 21- 22 23- 24 25- 26 27- 28- 29- 30-
C. Osmotic pressure. c -a d -a d -b c d a b
D. None of the above.
31- 32 33- 34 35- 36 37- 38- 39- 40-
35. _____________ _ is an Example of Synthetic c -d a -b c -d a b c d
Auxin.
A. IAA
B. GAA
C. IBA
D. CA

36. What is the Reason for Seed Dormancy?

A. Starch.
B. Glucose.
C. Ethylene.
D. Abscisic acid.

37. Due to the Uneven Distribution of

__________ Phototropic Curvature Occurs.
A. Auxin
B. Cytokinins
C. Phytochrome
D. Gibberellin

38. Coiling of Garden Pea Around any Structure

is an Example of –
A. Thermotaxis.