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6101.

Which of the following is the non-polar part of chlorophyll

A. Phytol
B. Porphyrin
C. Pyrrol
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Porphyrin
6102.

ATP formation in photosynthesis is known as [DPMT 1977; CPMT 1986, 98; NCERT 1986; MP PMT 1993]

A. Phosphorylation
B. Photophosphorylation
C. Oxidative phosphorylation
D. None of the above
Answer» C. Oxidative phosphorylation
6103.

Hill reaction occurs in [AIIMS 2003]

A. High altitude plants
B. Total darkness
C. Absence of water
D. Presence of ferredoxin
Answer» E.
6104.

Phytol chain is present in [Wardha 2005]

A. Carotenoids
B. Haemoglobin
C. Chlorophyll
D. Phycocyanin
Answer» D. Phycocyanin
6105.

The light absorbed by the chlorophyll is at the  wave length of [MP PMT 2002]

A. 400 nm
B. 500 nm
C. 600 nm
D. 660 nm
Answer» E.
6106.

Number of chlorophyll arranged per reaction centre in the light harvesting complex are [Orissa JEE 2005]

A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 400
Answer» D. 400
6107.

Photosystem I and Photosystem II are found in  [MP PMT 2001]

A. Stroma of chloroplast
B. Grana of chloroplast
C. Matrix of mitochondria
D. Inner membrane of mitochondria
Answer» C. Matrix of mitochondria
6108.

Which fractions of the visible spectrum of solar radiations are primarily absorbed by carotenoids of the higher plants  [CBSE PMT 1999]

A. Violet and blue
B. Blue and green
C. Green and red
D. Red and violet
Answer» B. Blue and green
6109.

Which one of the following concerns photophosphorylation [CBSE PMT 1999]

A. \[\text{AMP}+\text{Inorganic}\,P{{O}_{\text{4}}}\xrightarrow{\text{Light}\,\text{energy}}\text{ATP}\]
B. \[\text{ADP}+\text{AMP}\xrightarrow{\text{Light}\,\,\text{energy}}\text{ATP}\]
C. \[\text{ADP}+\text{Inorganic}\,\,P{{O}_{4}}\xrightarrow{\text{Light}\,\text{energy}}\text{ATP}\]
D. \[\text{ADP}+\text{Inorganic}\,\,P{{O}_{\text{4}}}\to \text{ATP}\]
Answer» D. \[\text{ADP}+\text{Inorganic}\,\,P{{O}_{\text{4}}}\to \text{ATP}\]
6110.

In light reaction which is formed [RPMT 1999]

A. ATP
B. NADPH
C. \[{{O}_{2}}\]
D. All of these
Answer» E.
6111.

Which of the following pigment is yellow in colour

A. Chlorophyll 'a'
B. Chlorophyll 'b'
C. Carotene
D. Xanthophyll
Answer» E.
6112.

Chlorophyll molecules has the structure like

A. Monopyruvic
B. Dipyruvic
C. Tripyruvic
D. Tetrapyruvic
Answer» E.
6113.

Why bacteria can be considered fission fungi

A. They show budding
B. They show fission
C. Show fission and fungal characters
D. Show fission and algal characters
Answer» D. Show fission and algal characters
6114.

Why the food can be kept for a longer time in cold house than in normal conditions [CPMT 1971]

A. Insect can not enter
B. Bacterial multiplication stops
C. Bacterial multiplication is reduced
D. There is plasmolysis at low temperature
Answer» D. There is plasmolysis at low temperature
6115.

The bacteria growing on medium and the mass so formed is called

A. Thallus
B. Spores
C. Colony
D. Tissue
Answer» D. Tissue
6116.

Bacteria commonly reproduce vegetatively by [AFMC 1988]

A. Binary fission
B. Budding
C. Conjugation
D. Oidia
Answer» B. Budding
6117.

The process in which viruses are involved in sexual reproduction of bacteria is called   [BHU 1977, 81; AFMC 1982; CPMT 1993, 98, 99, 2001; MP PMT 1996; BHU 2000, 01; JIPMER 2001;         Haryana PMT 2005]

A. Transduction
B. Transcription
C. Transformation
D. Translation
Answer» B. Transcription
6118.

Viral genome incorporated and integrates with bacterial genomes is refer to as [AFMC 2005]

A. Prophages
B. RNA
C. DNA
D. Both (b) and (c)
Answer» B. RNA
6119.

Transformation experiments using Pneumococcus bacteria led to the hypothesis that [CPMT 1988; CBSE PMT 1993, 99]

A. DNA is the genetic material
B. Bacteria have sexual reproduction
C. Chromosomes are made up of DNA
D. RNA is the transfer link
Answer» B. Bacteria have sexual reproduction
6120.

Transformation experiment was performed on which of the following bacteria [CBSE PMT 2002]

A. E. coli
B. Salmonella
C. Pasturella pestis
D. Diplococcus pneumonia
Answer» E.
6121.

Transfer of DNA from one bacteria to another by contact is known as [Kerala CET 2001]

A. Conjugation
B. Transformation
C. Transduction
D. Transcription
Answer» B. Transformation
6122.

Bacteria reproduce sexually by [MP PMT 2000]

A. Endospores
B. Transformation
C. Conidia
D. Exospores
Answer» C. Conidia
6123.

The process of replication in plasmid DNA, other than initiation, is controlled by [RPMT 1999]

A. Plasmid gene
B. Bacterial gene
C. Cytoplasmic gene
D. Mitochondrial gene
Answer» C. Cytoplasmic gene
6124.

Penicillin inhibits bacterial multiplication because [CPMT 1998]

A. It checks spindle formation
B. It destroys chromation
C. It inhibits cell wall formation
D. It checks RNA synthesis
Answer» D. It checks RNA synthesis
6125.

Transformation in bacteria was discovered by [MP PMT 1997, 98, 2000]

A. Lederberg
B. Griffith
C. Avery et al
D. Tatum
Answer» D. Tatum
6126.

How many generations are required for a bacterium to produce 1024 cells by vegetative reproduction

A. 256
B. 10
C. 6
D. 8
Answer» C. 6
6127.

On the basis of which activity of bacteria it has been proved for the first time that DNA is genetic material

A. Conjugation
B. Transformation
C. Transduction
D. Asexual reproduction
Answer» C. Transduction
6128.

Sex factor in bacteria is [CBSE PMT 1996; BHU 1999]

A. F?replicon
B. Chromosomal replicon
C. RNA
D. Sex pilis
Answer» B. Chromosomal replicon
6129.

Under the optimum condition of temperature and nutrition most of the bacteria divide at the interval [MP PMT 1989]

A. 24 hours
B. 20 minutes
C. 60 minutes
D. 5 minutes
Answer» C. 60 minutes
6130.

Conjugation in bacteria was discovered by [MP PMT 2000]

A. Robert Koch
B. Schaudinn and Hoffmann
C. Lederberg and Tatum
D. Leeuwenhoek
Answer» D. Leeuwenhoek
6131.

In bacteria, sexual conjugation is promoted by

A. R?factor
B. col-factor
C. F?factor
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
6132.

Transfer of genetic information from one bacterium to another in the transduction process is through   [CBSE PMT 1998]

A. Physical contact between donor and recipient strains
B. Conjugation between opposite strain bacterium
C. Bacteriophages released from the donor bacterial strain
D. Another bacterium having special organ for conjugation
Answer» D. Another bacterium having special organ for conjugation
6133.

A bacterial cell undergoes binary fission every twenty minutes. Starting with a single bacterium how many bacteria will be produced at the end of 3 hours

A. 128
B. 256
C. 512
D. 1022
Answer» D. 1022
6134.

In the bacterium Bacillus subtilis the cells often become attached from end to end forming long filamentous chains, which are embedded in a mass of mucilage forming a scum layer on substratum. It is called as

A. Palmella stage
B. Torula stage
C. Zoogloea stage
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
6135.

Pili in bacteria represent [BHU 2001]

A. Extra-chromosomal genetic element
B. Protoplasmic outgrowths of donor cells
C. Small flagella
D. Special bacterial cilia
Answer» C. Small flagella
6136.

The bacteria grown in the medium containing \[{{S}^{35}}\] as lone source of sulphur show its incorporation into [AIIMS 1994]

A. DNA
B. Protein
C. RNA
D. None of the above
Answer» C. RNA
6137.

There is no alternation of generation in Esche-richia coli because there is no [CBSE PMT 1994]

A. Syngamy
B. Reduction division
C. Conjugation
D. None of these
Answer» C. Conjugation
6138.

How many bacteria are produced in four hours if a bacterium divides once in half an hour [DPMT 1990]

A. 8
B. 64
C. 16
D. 256
Answer» E.
6139.

Bacterial cell divides in every minute it takes one hour to fill up a cup. How much time will be taken to fill half the cup [CPMT 1981, 84; DPMT 1982]

A. 59 minutes
B. 30 minutes
C. 60 minutes
D. 29 minutes
Answer» B. 30 minutes
6140.

Mycorrhizal association occurs in Pinus, Ficus and  [Haryana PMT 2000]

A.               Utricularia                         
B.                    Legumes
C.               Eucalyptus                       
D.                    Azardirachta
Answer» D.                    Azardirachta
6141.

Which statements is wrong about lichens        [CBSE PMT 1996]

A.               Some species are eaten by reindeers
B.                    Lichens are indicators of pollution
C.               They grow rapidly about 2cm per day
D.                    They have symbiotic relationship between alga and fungus
Answer» D.                    They have symbiotic relationship between alga and fungus
6142.

Fungal partner of a lichen is commonly   [BHU 1996]

A.               Ascomycetes                    
B.                    Basidiomycetes
C.                    Phycomycetes                  
D.                    Deuteromycetes
Answer» B.                    Basidiomycetes
6143.

Mycorrhiza works as                                  [CPMT 1998; BHU 2002]

A.               Modified root
B.               An organism for vegetative propagation
C.                    A root hair in adverse condition
D.                    Mechanical tissue for support
Answer» D.                    Mechanical tissue for support
6144.

The symbiotic association of fungi and algae is called                        [BHU 1990; AIIMS 1990; CPMT 1996, 98; AFMC 1998; KCET 2000; Chd. CET 2000; CBSE PMT 2001]

A.               Lichen                               
B.                    Mycorrhiza
C.                    Both (a) and (b)               
D.                    Mycoplasma
Answer» B.                    Mycorrhiza
6145.

Mycorrhiza is a                                                              [CPMT 1994]

A.               Long thin root
B.                    Association of root and fungus
C.                    Root like underground stem
D.                    Parasitic root
Answer» C.                    Root like underground stem
6146.

There exists a close association between the algae and the fungus within a lichen. The fungus [CBSE PMT 2005]

A.                    Fixes the atmospheric nitrogen for the alga
B.               Provides protection, anchorage and absorption for the alga
C.                    Provides food for the alga
D.                    Releases oxygen for the alga
Answer» C.                    Provides food for the alga
6147.

Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched [AIIMS 2003]

A.                    Rhizobium          -       Parasite in the roots of leguminous plants
B.                    Mycorrhizae        -       Mineral uptake from soil
C.                    Yeast                  -       Production of biogas
D.                    Myxomycetes      -       The disease ring worm
Answer» C.                    Yeast                  -       Production of biogas
6148.

Fungus/Lichens which grow on wood is [AFMC 2004]

A.                    Terricolous                       
B.                    Saxicolous
C.                    Lignocolous                     
D.                    Corticolous
Answer» D.                    Corticolous
6149.

Lichens are well known combination of an alga and a fungus where fungus has [CBSE PMT 2004; Pb. PMT 2004; CPMT 2005]

A.                    A parasitic relationship with the alga
B.               A symbiotic relationship with the alga
C.                    A saprophytic relationship with the alga
D.                    An epiphytic relationship with the alga
Answer» C.                    A saprophytic relationship with the alga
6150.

Cladonia rangiferina is a/an                                           [BHU 2004]

A.                    Algae                                 
B.                    Lichen
C.                    Fungus                             
D.                    Angiosperm
Answer» C.                    Fungus