Question Bank No: 1

1. Correct sequence in development is

 a)FertilizationZygotecleavageMorulaBlastulaGastrula
 b)FertilizationZygoteBlastulaMorulacleavageGastrula
 c)FertilizationCleavageMorulaZygoteBlastulaGastrula
 d)CleavageZygoteFertilizationMorulaBlastulaGastrula

2. Type of cleavage in an egg is determined by

 a)Amount and distribution of york
 b)Number of egg membranes
 c)Size and location of nucleus
 d)shape and size of sperm

3. At the end of first meiotie division, male germ cell differentiates into

 a)Secondary spermatocyte
 b)Primary spermatocyte
 c)Spermatogonium
 d)Spermatid

4. Breaking of acrosome membrane is

 a)Agglutination
 b)Activation
 c)Cavitation
 d)Capacitation

5. Yellow corpus luteum occurs in a mammal in

 a)Heart to initiate heart beat
 b)Skin to function as pain receptor
 c)Brain and connects cerebral hemispheres
 d)Ovary for secretion of progesterone

6. Seminiferous tubules occur in

 a)Liver
 b)Kidney
 c)Ovary
 d)Testis

7. Site of fertilization in a mammal is

 a)Ovary
 b)Uterus
 c)Vagina
 d)Fallopian tube

8. Cells of Leydig occur in

 a)Liver
 b)Ovary
 c)Testis
 d)spleen

9. Sertoli cells are found in

 a)seminiferous tubules
 b)Germinal epithelium
 c)Cauda epididymis
 d)Caput epididymis

10. Cryptorchidism is a condition of testes

 a)unable to descend in scrotal sacs
 b)unable to produce sperms
 c)having been surgically removed
 d)having remained undeveloped

11. Clitoris in mammals is

 a)Homologous to penis
 b)Analogous to penis
 c)Functional penis in female
 d)Non-functional

12. In mammals, failure of testis to descend into the scrotum is known as

 a)Paedogenesis
 b)Castration
 c)Cryptorchidism
 d)Impotency

13. Insect egg is

 a)Homolecithal
 b)Telolecithal
 c)Centrolecithal
 d)Alecithal

14. Meroblastic cleavage is division

 a)Horizontal
 b)Partial/parictal
 c)Total
 d)Spiral

15. Freshly released human egg has

 a)one y-chromosome
 b)one x-chromosome
 c)two x-chromosome
 d)one x-chromosome and one y-chromosome

16. Gaseous growth hormone is

 a)IAA
 b)GA
 c)Kinetin
 d)Ethylene

17. Plant hormone controlling fruit ripening is

 a)IAA
 b)GA
 c)Ethylene
 d)Kinetin

18. Which one can absorb red and far-red light?

 a)Carotene
 b)Xanthophyll
 c)Chlorophyll
 d)Phytochrome

19. Auxin synthesis occurs in

 a)Root/shoot tips
 b)Cortex
 c)Xylem
 d)Phloem cells

20. Removal of apical bud results in

 a)Formation of new apical bud
 b)Elongation of main stem
 c)death of plant
 d)formation of lateral branching

21. Foolish seedling disease/bakane of rice helped in discovery of hormone

 a)Gibberellin
 b)IAA
 c)Ethylene
 d)Cytokinin

22. Which one induces flowering in short day plants

 a)Auxin
 b)Cytokinin
 c)Gibberellin
 d)Propylene

23. Cut or excised leaves remain green for long if induced to root or dipped in

 a)Gibberellins
 b)Cytokinins
 c)Auxins
 d)Ethylene

24. Which of the following hormones can replace vernalisation?

 a)Auxin
 b)Cytokinin
 c)Gibberellins
 d)Ethylene

25. In short day plants, flowering is induced by

 a)Photoperiod less than 12 hours
 b)Photoperiod below a critical length and uninterrupted long night
 c)long night
 d)short photoperiod and interrupted long night

26. Apical dominance is due to

 a)Photoperiodism
 b)Hormones
 c)Enzymes
 d)light demand

27. Which is employed for artificial ripening of banana fruits?

 a)Auxin
 b)Coumarin
 c)Ethylene
 d)Cytokinin

28. Effect of day length duration on plant development /flowering is

 a)Chemotropism
 b)Phototropism
 c)Photoperiodism
 d)Photonasty

29. Apical dominance is

 a)suppression of growth of apical bud by nearby lateral axillary buds
 b)stimulation of growth of apical bud by removal of nearby axillary buds
 c)suppression of growth of latera; axillary buds by removal of apical bud
 d)suppression of growth of nearby lateral axillary buds by apical bud

30. IAA precursor is

 a)Tryptophan
 b)Leucine
 c)Tyrosine
 d)Phenylalanine

31. Photoperiodism was discovered by

 a)Van overbeek
 b)Lysenko
 c)Garner and Allard
 d)Boysen-Jensen and Paal

32. Leaf fall occurs when content of

 a)Abscisic acid decreases
 b)Auxin decreases
 c)Auxin increases
 d)Gibberellin decreases

33. Vernalisation is

 a)Growth curve related to light
 b)Effect of photoperiods on plant growth
 c)speeding up ability to flower by low temperature treatment
 d)Diurnal photoperiodicity

34. Gibberellins bring about

 a)Yellowing of leaves
 b)Promotion of rooting
 c)Elongation of genetically dwarf plants
 d)Dwarfing of genetically tall plants

35. Growth plotted against time gives a

 a)Parabolic curve
 b)Sigmoid curve
 c)Upright line
 d)Horizontal line

36. Which one shows red far-red interconversions?

 a)carotenoids
 b)Cytochromes
 c)Chlorophylls
 d)Phytochrome

37. A chemical beleived to be involved in flowering is

 a)Gibberellin
 b)Kinetin
 c)Florigen
 d)IBA

38. Naturally occurring auxin is

 a)NAA
 b)2,4-D
 c)MH
 d)IAA

39. Auxanometer is required for

 a)studying rate of transpiration
 b)measuring rate of respiration
 c)finding out rate of Photosynthesis
 d)calculating rate of growth

40. Gibberellins cause

 a)Elongation of internodes
 b)Curvature of coleoptile
 c)cell division
 d)Initiation of lateral roots

41. A long day plant is

 a)wheat/spinach
 b)soybean
 c)Tobacco
 d)Xanthium

42. Avena curvature test was first of all done by

 a)J.C. Bose
 b)F.W.Went
 c)Thimann
 d)Skoog

43. When the dark period of short day plants is interrupted by a brief exposure of light the plant

 a)will not flower at all
 b)flowers immediately
 c)gives more flowers
 d)turns into a long day plant

44. Hormone involved in phototropism is

 a)IAA
 b)Gibberellin
 c)Kinetin
 d)2,4-D

45. Evergreen trees remain green throughout the year on account of

 a)Absence of leaf fall
 b)leaves falling in small number at intervals
 c)supply of moisture throughout the year
 d)cold climate

46. Cytokinin

 a)Is a hormone whose main function is the induction of cell division
 b)Is the process of cell division
 c)Refers to cell movements
 d)causes dormancy

47. Which of the following stimulates growth or cell enlargement?

 a)Gibberellin
 b)Auxin
 c)Cytokinin
 d)Etiolation

48. Which of the following physiological effects is caused in plants by gibberellic acid

 a)shortening of genetically tall plants
 b)Elongation of genetically dwarf plants
 c)Rooting in stem cuttings
 d)Yellowing of young leaves

49. Sprouting of potato can be prevented in storage by

 a)Maleic hydrazide
 b)Gibberellins
 c)Indole acetic acid
 d)Cytokinins

50. Bending of stem towards light is

 a)Photoperiodism
 b)Heliotropism
 c)Photonasty
 d)Hydrotropism