Question

A good green manure in rice fields is

A. Aspergillus
B. Azolla  
C. Salvinia
D. Mucor
Answer :   Azolla
Solution :
Aspergillus is a fungus, Mucor is also a fungus. Azolla harbors blue-green algae Anabaena which fixes $${N_2},$$ increasing fertility.
Notes : Azolla is unique because it is one of the fastest growing plants on the planet – yet it does not need any soil to grow. Unlike almost all other plants, Azolla is able to get its nitrogen fertilizer directly from the atmosphere. Azolla is able to do this because it has a unique mutually beneficial ‘symbiotic relationship’ with a cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) called Anabaena.

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Releted Question 1

Pick up the wrong statement

A. Protista have photosynthetic and heterotrophic modes of nutrition
B. Some fungi are edible
C. Nuclear membrane is present in Monera
D. Cell wall is absent in Animalia
Releted Question 2

Five kingdom system of classification suggested by R.H. Whittaker is not based on:

A. Presence or absence of a well defined nucleus
B. Mode of reproduction
C. Mode of nutrition
D. Complexity of body organisation
Releted Question 3

In the five-kingdom system of classification, which single kingdom out of the following can include blue green algae, nitrogen-fixing bacteria and methanogenic archaebacteria?

A. Fungi
B. Plantae
C. Protista
D. Monera
Releted Question 4

In five kingdom system, the main basis of classification is

A. structure of nucleus
B. mode of nutrition
C. structure of cell wall
D. asexual reproduction

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