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1

Which one of the following is wrong statement?

  1. Anabaena and Nostoc are capable of fixing nitrogen in free-living state also.
  2. Root nodule forming nitrogen fixers live as aerobes under free-living conditions.
  3. Phosphorus is a constituent of cell membranes, certain nucleic acids and all proteins.
  4. Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter are chemo-autotrophs.

Answer

(3) Phosphorus is a constituent of cell membranes, certain nucleic acids and all proteins.

Solution

⇒ Anabaena and Nostoc are free-living cyanobacteria that fix nitrogen; correct.

⇒ As per NCERT, Rhizobium (root nodule former) lives as an aerobe under free-living conditions; correct.

⇒ Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter get energy by oxidising ammonia / nitrite, so they are chemoautotrophs; correct.

∵ As per NCERT, phosphorus is a constituent of cell membranes, certain proteins, all nucleic acids and nucleotides.

∴ Statement (3), which says “certain nucleic acids and all proteins”, is wrong.

Answer: (3)

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2

Best defined function of manganese in green plants is

  1. photolysis of water
  2. Calvin cycle
  3. nitrogen fixation
  4. water absorption
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3

Which one of the following is correctly matched?

  1. Passive transport of nutrients – ATP
  2. Apoplast – Plasmodesmata
  3. Potassium – Readily immobilisation
  4. Bakane of rice seedlings – F. Skoog
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4

Which one of the following is essential for photolysis of water?

  1. Copper
  2. Manganese
  3. Boron
  4. Zinc
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5

Which one of the following is not an essential mineral element for plants while the remaining three are?

  1. Iron
  2. Manganese
  3. Cadmium
  4. Phosphorus
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6

Which one of the following elements in plants is not remobilised?

  1. Phosphorus
  2. Calcium
  3. Potassium
  4. Sulphur
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7

Nitrifying bacteria

  1. oxidize ammonia to nitrates
  2. convert free nitrogen to nitrogen compounds
  3. convert proteins into ammonia
  4. reduce nitrates to free nitrogen
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8

The function of leghaemoglobin in the root nodules of legumes is

  1. inhibition of nitrogenase activity
  2. oxygen removal
  3. nodule differentiation
  4. expression of nif gene
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9

Leguminous plants are able to fix atmospheric nitrogen through the process of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Which one of the following statements is not correct during this process of nitrogen fixation?

  1. Leghaemoglobin scavenges oxygen and is pinkish in colour.
  2. Nodules act as sites for nitrogen fixation.
  3. The enzyme nitrogenase catalyses the conversion of atmospheric N2 to NH3.
  4. Nitrogenase is insensitive to oxygen.
Out of syllabusAIPMT 2010 (Mains)
10

Study the cycle shown below and select the option which gives correct words for all the four blanks A, B, C and D. [figure]

  1. array|l|l|l|l| A & B & C & D \ Nitrification & Ammonification & Animals & Plants \ array
  2. array|l|l|l|l| A & B & C & D \ Denitrification & Ammonification & Plants & Animals \ array
  3. array|l|l|l|l| A & B & C & D \ Nitrification & Denitrification & Animals & Plants \ array
  4. array|l|l|l|l| A & B & C & D \ Denitrification & Nitrification & Plants & Animals \ array
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11

One of the free-living, anaerobic nitrogen-fixer is

  1. Beijerinckia
  2. Rhodospirillum
  3. Rhizobium
  4. Azotobacter
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