MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Which of the following statements about systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in plants is false?
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    abscisic acid
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    Salicylic acid is the only compound involved in SAR signaling.
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    Hormones can function at very low concentrations.
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    Salicylic acid
Q.2.
After leaf abscission, growth will resume from the _____.
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    FT protein
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    Salicylic acid
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    abscisic acid
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    axillary bud
Q.3.
Which type of mutant would be most likely to produce a bushier phenotype?
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    Hormones can function at very low concentrations.
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    strigolactone underproducer
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    reduction in the rate of transpiration
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    Salicylic acid
Q.4.
Auxin is asymmetrically distributed in shoots because the auxin on the side of the plant facing the source of light is destroyed.
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    True
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    False
Q.5.
Most plants flower when _____.
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    Hypersensitive response
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    red light during the night.
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    steadily all year
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    the nights are the right length
Q.6.
Which of these plant hormones is not typically considered a growth-promoting substance?
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    Salicylic acid
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    apical meristem
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    Salicylic acid is the only compound involved in SAR signaling.
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    abscisic acid
Q.7.
What is the initial localized response of a resistant plant to pathogen invasion?
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    Hormones can function at very low concentrations.
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    apical meristem
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    Hypersensitive response
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    cell elongation
Q.8.
What is the physical basis of the phototropic response?
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    apical meristem
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    cell elongation
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    Hypersensitive response
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    abscisic acid
Q.9.
The Pr form of the phytochrome pigment has maximum absorption in the _____ part of the spectrum
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    red
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    avirulent
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    True
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    carotenoid
Q.10.
The signaling molecule for flowering might be released earlier than usual in a long-day plant exposed to flashes of
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    densely colored cells filled with a waxy layer
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    14 hours light/10 hours dark
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    red light during the night.
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    strigolactone underproducer
Q.11.
Which compound is not used in the localized response to pathogen invasion?
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    strigolactone underproducer
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    abscisic acid
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    Salicylic acid
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    Salicylic acid is the only compound involved in SAR signaling.
Q.12.
Which one of the following is a response in plants to a water deficit?
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    Hormones can function at very low concentrations.
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    Salicylic acid is the only compound involved in SAR signaling.
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    strigolactone underproducer
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    reduction in the rate of transpiration
Q.13.
Which of the following statements about hormones is true?
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    acid-induced denaturation of cell wall proteins.
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    reduction in the rate of transpiration
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    Salicylic acid is the only compound involved in SAR signaling.
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    Hormones can function at very low concentrations.
Q.14.
Evergreen trees lose their leaves _____.
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    abscisic acid
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    steadily all year
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    apical meristem
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    cell elongation
Q.15.
The formation of the abscission layer cuts off transport of substances to and from the leaf. As the concentration of sugar trapped within a leaf increases, _____ pigments are produced.
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    statoliths
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    True
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    abscisic acid
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    anthrocyanin
Q.16.
How does auxin produce gravitropism in a plant that is placed on its side?
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    herbivore
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    The hormone systemin is produced at the site of injury and signals the plant to produce proteinase inhibitors
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    Auxin accumulates on the lower surface of the root and inhibits elongation of cells in that region.
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    Auxin accumulates in cells on the side of the plant opposite the source of light and stimulates their elongation.
Q.17.
How does a plant defend against herbivores?
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    The hormone systemin is produced at the site of injury and signals the plant to produce proteinase inhibitors
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    Hormones can function at very low concentrations.
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    acid-induced denaturation of cell wall proteins.
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    by producing heat-shock proteins, which may protect the plant's proteins from denaturing
Q.18.
How does auxin produce phototropism?
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    by producing heat-shock proteins, which may protect the plant's proteins from denaturing
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    Auxin accumulates in cells on the side of the plant opposite the source of light and stimulates their elongation.
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    apical meristem
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    The hormone systemin is produced at the site of injury and signals the plant to produce proteinase inhibitors
Q.19.
_____ trees lose their leaves in preparation for winter.
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    cell elongation
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    apical meristem
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    axillary bud
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    deciduous
Q.20.
The hormone that helps plants respond to drought is
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    cell elongation
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    Salicylic acid
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    apical meristem
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    abscisic acid
Q.21.
Plant hormones act by directly affecting the activities of _____.
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    light is perceived by the tips of coleoptiles.
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    signal transduction pathway
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    apical meristem
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    strigolactone underproducer
Q.22.
Charles and Francis Darwin discovered that
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    signal transduction pathway
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    light is perceived by the tips of coleoptiles.
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    the nights are the right length
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    Hormones can function at very low concentrations.
Q.23.
The protective layer that forms between the abscission layer and the stem consists of _____.
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    reduction in the rate of transpiration
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    Salicylic acid is the only compound involved in SAR signaling.
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    red light during the night.
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    densely colored cells filled with a waxy layer
Q.24.
The breakdown of chlorophyll reveals the _____ pigments of a leaf.
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    carotenoid
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    anthrocyanin
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    FT protein
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    apical meristem
Q.25.
Thigmotropism is a movement in response to _____.
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    polar
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    herbivore
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    Auxin accumulates on the lower surface of the root and inhibits elongation of cells in that region.
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    touch
Q.26.
Where does the majority of stem growth in a plant occur?
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    Salicylic acid
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    axillary bud
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    cell elongation
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    apical meristem