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Plant Growth and Development · Question 18

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1

Which one of the following plants does not show plasticity?

  1. Cotton
  2. Coriander
  3. Buttercup
  4. Maize

Answer

(4) Maize

Solution

Plasticity – the ability of plants to follow different pathways and form different kinds of structures in response to environment or phases of life.

As per NCERT, heterophylly is an example: in cotton, coriander and larkspur the leaves of the juvenile plant differ in shape from those of mature plants (developmental), and in buttercup the leaves in water differ from those in air (environmental).

∴ Maize does not show heterophylly / plasticity.

Answer: (4)

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2

The gaseous plant growth regulator is used in plants to:

  1. speed up the malting process
  2. promote root growth and root hair formation to increase the absorption surface
  3. help overcome apical dominance
  4. kill dicotyledonous weeds in the fields
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3

Production of Cucumber has increased manifold in recent years. Application of which of the following phytohormones has resulted in this increased yield as the hormone is known to produce female flowers in the plants:

  1. ABA
  2. Gibberellin
  3. Ethylene
  4. Cytokinin
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4

The ability of plants to follow different pathways in response to environment leading to formation of different kinds of structures is called

  1. Differentiation
  2. Redifferentiation
  3. Development
  4. Plasticity
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5

Which of the following growth regulators is an adenine derivative?

  1. Abscisic acid
  2. Auxin
  3. Cytokinin
  4. Ethylene
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6

The phenomenon by which the undividing parenchyma cells start to divide mitotically during plant tissue culture is called as

  1. Secondary growth
  2. Differentiation
  3. Dedifferentiation
  4. Redifferentiation
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7

Plants follow different pathways in response to environment or phases of life to form different kinds of structures. This ability is called

  1. Maturity
  2. Elasticity
  3. Flexibility
  4. Plasticity
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8

The site of perception of light in plants during photoperiodism is

  1. Leaf
  2. Shoot apex
  3. Stem
  4. Axillary bud
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9

The plant hormone used to destroy weeds in a field

  1. IBA
  2. IAA
  3. NAA
  4. 2, 4-D
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10

Which of the following is not an inhibitory substance governing seed dormancy?

  1. Para-ascorbic acid
  2. Abscisic acid
  3. Gibberellic acid
  4. Phenolic acid
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11

Name the plant growth regulator which upon spraying on sugarcane crop, increases the length of stem, thus increasing the yield of sugarcane crop

  1. Abscisic acid
  2. Cytokinin
  3. Gibberellin
  4. Ethylene
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