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  • Most of the red, blue and purple colours of plants are due to a pigment called


  • Options
  • A. anthocyanin
  • B. carotene
  • C. chlorophyll
  • D. xanthophylls

  • Correct Answer
  • anthocyanin 

    Explanation
    Anthocyanin - A blue, violet, or red flavonoid pigment found in plants.

  • Biology problems


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    • 1. Plants absorb dissolved nitrates from soil and convert them into

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    • A. free nitrogen
    • B. urea
    • C. ammonia
    • D. proteins
    • Discuss
    • 2. Night blindness is cause by lack of which vitamin?

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    • A. Vitamin A
    • B. Vitamin B
    • C. Vitamin C
    • D. Vitamin D
    • Discuss
    • 3. Phloem is a tissue found in

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    • A. reproductive organs of animals
    • B. plants
    • C. insects
    • D. mammals
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    • 4. Organic Substances which, in very small amounts, control growth and development called

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    • A. vitamins
    • B. hormones
    • C. enzymes
    • D. None of the above
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    • 5. Prokaryotic cells lack

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    • A. nucleolus
    • B. nuclear membrane
    • C. membrane bound by organelles
    • D. All of these
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    • 6. Plant bends towards the source of light on account of the movement of curvature known as

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    • A. geotropism
    • B. thigmotropism
    • C. chemotropism
    • D. phototropism
    • Discuss
    • 7. Other than spreading malaria, anopheles mosquitoes are also vectors of

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    • A. dengue fever
    • B. filariasis
    • C. encephalitis
    • D. yellow fever
    • Discuss
    • 8. Plants absorb most part of water needed by them through their

    • Options
    • A. embryonic zone
    • B. growing point
    • C. root hairs
    • D. zone of elongation
    • Discuss
    • 9. Nitrogen is fixed in ecosystems in ways stated below. Which one of the statements below is false?

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    • A. By cyanobacteria
    • B. By electrical discharges in the atmosphere
    • C. By industrially synthesised fertilizer
    • D. By denitrification
    • Discuss
    • 10. Monocot root differs from dicot root in having

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    • A. open vascular bundles
    • B. scattered vascular bundles
    • C. well developed pith
    • D. radially arranged vascular bundles
    • Discuss


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