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1. The term auxin was coined by
Skoog
Miescher
Haberlandt
F.W. Went
2. Precursor of Indole acetic acid (natural auxin) is
Glycine
Methionine
Isopentynyl pyrophosphate
Tryptophan
3. All the following hormones are growth inhibitors except
IAA
ethylene
dormin
Absiccic acid
4. Which of the following is a gaseous hormone
Abscicic acid
IBA
Ethylene
NAA
5. Which of the following is widely used as a rooting hormone
2,4, D
NAA
cytokinnin
2,4,5-T
6. Agent orange the leaf defoliator used by USA in Vietnam war was
2,4,5-T, NAA and ethylene
2,4,-D and NAA
2,4,-D and 2,4,5-T
ethylene
7. All the following inhibits auxin transport (anti-auxins) except
ethylene
2,3,5-tri iodo benzoic acid
α naphthyl thalamic acid
Cytokinnin
8. Which of the following auxin is widely used as a selective weedicide
NAA
IBA
2,4,-D
2,4,5-T
9. All are synthetic auxins except
2,4,5-T
2,4,-D
IAA
NAA
10. Auxin transport is
polar
non-polar
apoplast
symplast
11. Which of the following bioassays are used to detect the presence of auxin
Split pea stem curvature test and tobacco pith culture
Avena curvature test and tobacco pith culture
Avena curvature test and Split pea stem curvature test
tobacco pith culture only
12. Which of the following is not a function of auxin
inducing callus formation
maintaining apical dominance
enhancing cell division
inducing dormancy
13. Nodule formation is induced by
IAA
IBA
NAA
Both (A) and (C)
14. All are natural auxins except
Phenoxy acetic acid
Indole-3-acetic acid
NAA
IAA
15. Which of the following is an auxin receptor
ETR1
CBP1
ABP1
GRE
16. Cytokinins are
adenine derivatives
Guanine derivatives
Uracil derivatives
Thymine derivatives
17. Which of the following is a natural cytokinin
isopentanyl adenine
zeatin
6-amino purine
6-isopentanyl aenine
18. The first kinetin isolated by Miller was from
maize grains
coconut endosperm
wheat grains
herring sperm DNA
19. The first natural cytokinin isolated from liquid endosperm was
zeatin
isopentanyl adenine
6-amino purine
6-isopentanyl aenine
20. Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmids t-DNA has genes for
Auxin and giberrellins
cytokinins and ethylene
Auxin and cytokinins
cytokinins and giberrellins
21. Plant hormone which is responsible for saving the crops from falling
Cytokinin
Ethylene
Gybberellin
Auxin
22. The plant hormone which is found in gaseous form
Florigens
Gybberellin
Cytokinin
Ethylene
23. Plant hormone which is responsible for the ripening of fruits
Florigens
Ethylene
Abscisic Acid
Gybberellin
24. Name the plant hormone which is helpful in making RNA and protein?
Cytokinins
Traumatic
Auxin and cytokinins
Auxin only
25. Which of the following statement is incorrect ?
Auxins are produced at the region of elongation
Auxins are the most important plant hormone
Auxins are also important in regulating the fall of leaves and fruits
IAA is a principal auxin
26. Name the plant hormone which is help in breaking the dormancy of plant?
Auxin
Auxin and Gibberellin
Gibberellin
None
27. The plant hormone which is formed in leaves and helps in the blooming of the flowers
Auxin
gibberelin
Cytokinin
Florigens
28. Name the plant hormone which is formed in injured cells for healing of damage part ?
Auxin
Gibberelin
Cytokinin
None of the above
29. Plant hormone which is help in the cell division and development in the presence of auxins
Auxin
cytokinins and ethylene
Gibberellin
Cytokinnin only
30. Which of the plant hormone increases the activity of cambium in the wooden plants?
Florigens
Gibberellins
Cytokinins
Auxin and Gibberelin
31. Coconut milk factor is
Cytokinin
Auxin
Auxin and cytokinins
Gibberelin
32. Synthetic auxin is
NAA
GA
IBA
Both A and C
33. The enzyme which is stimulate germination of barley seeds is
Lipase
Protease
Invertase
α-amylase
34. Seed dormancy is due to the
Abscisic acid
Auxin
Gibberelin
None
35. Importance of day length in flowering of plants was first shown in
Tobacco
Petunia
Letting
None
36. Phototropic curvature is the result of uneven distribution of
Auxin and giberrellins
Auxin
Gibberellin
Cytokinins
37. Coiling of garden pea tendrils around any support is an example of
Thigmotropism
Thermotaxis
Thigmotaxis
Thigmonasty
38. Natural cytokinins are synthesized in tissues that are
Senescent
Storing food material
Dividing rapidly
Differentiating
39. Gaseous plant hormone is
Gibberellin
IAA
Abscisic acid
Ethylene
40. Differentiation of shoot is controlled by
High cytokinin : auxin ratio
High auxin : cytokinin ratio
High gibberellin : auxin ratio
High gibberellin : cytokinin ratio
41. Opening of floral buds into flowers, is a type of
Autonomic movement of growth
Autonomic movement of variation
Autonomic movement of locomotion
None
42. The annular and spirally thickened conducting elements generally developed in the protoxylem when the root or stem is
Maturing
Differentiating
Widening
Elongating
43. Acids which is a derivative of carotenoids
IBA
Abscisic acid
IAA
Gibberellic aciD
44. Cell elongation in internodal regions of the green plants takes place due to
Gibberellin
Cytokinins
IAA
IBA
45. Which one of the following pairs, is correctly matched
IAA – Cell wall elongation
Abscisic acid – Stomatal closure
Cytokinin – Cell division
All
46. Plant hormone which is responsible for environmental stress and dormancy is
Abscisic acid
Auxin
Cytokines
IBA
47. Auxin is produced in
Growing root tips
Old roots
Growing shoot tips
Both A and C
48. Stem elongation is controlled through
Auxin
Gibberellins
Auxin and cytokinins
None
49. Amyloplasts are
Tonoplast
Chloroplasts
Large starch grains
None
50. Gibberellins are produced commercially from
Virus culture
Plant culture
Bacterial culture
Fungal culture
51. Antagonistic to gibberellins, flowering is promoted in short day plants by
Abscisic acid
Methane
Auxin
Gibberelin
52. Gibberelins sometimes substitute for
blue light
red light
green light
yellow light
53. Weed killing is done by
IAA
IBA
2,4 D
None
54. Bud initiation in shoots in promoted by
Auxin
Gibberelin
Auxin and cytokinins
None
55. Bolting of some rosette plants is promoted by
giberellins
Auxin
ethane
None
56. IAA is
indole acetic acid
Iodine acetic acid
initiator acetic acid
None
57. Sprouting of potatoes is inhibited by
2,4 D
IAA
IBA
Cytokinin
58. Gibberellins was named after a fungus known as
Gibberella fujikuroi
Gibberella gaditijirrii
Gibberella africana
Gibberella acuminata
59. The most studied gibberellin is
GA1
GA3
GA5
GA7
60. All are anti giberrellins except
phosphon D
acetosyringone
maleic hydrazide
None
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