251. The pathway of water from soil upto the secondary xylem

A Soil → root hair → cortex → endodermis → percycle → protoxylem → Metaxylem
B Metxylem → protoxylem → pericycle → cortex → endodermis → soil → root hair
C Cortex → root hair → endodermis → pericycle → protoxylem → metaxylem
D Pericycle → soil → root hair → cortex → endodermis → protoxylem → metaxylem
Answer :   Soil → root hair → cortex → endodermis → percycle → protoxylem → Metaxylem
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252. What will happen if plant cells are placed in hypertonic solution

A Tyrgud
B Plasmolysed
C Deplasmolysed
D Lysed
Answer :   Plasmolysed
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253. Carbohydrates are commonly found as starch in plant storage organs. Which of the following five properties of starch (A-E) make it useful as a storage material?
(A) Easily translocated
(B) Chemically non-reactive
(C) Easily digested by animals
(D) Osmotically inactive
(E) Synthesized during photosynthesis
The useful properties are

A (B) and (C)
B (B) and (D)
C (A), (C) and (E)
D (A) and (E)
Answer :   (B) and (D)
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254. Leaves which appear wilted in the day time recover at night because

A Light is essential for photo synthesis
B The stomata close down , temperature decrease, transpiration is reduced and the plant is able to absorb more form the soil
C Respiration and translocation of organic substance both increases
D The plant is sleeping because of dark conditions
Answer :   The stomata close down , temperature decrease, transpiration is reduced and the plant is able to absorb more form the soil
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255. The following percentage of water absorbed by herbaceous plants is lost in transpiration

A 80%
B 60%
C 40%
D 99%
Answer :   99%
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256. Hydathodes open during

A Height hours
B Day hours
C Noon hours
D Always open
Answer :   Always open
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257. A root hair cell under ordinary conditions have a water potential in the range of

A -1 to -4 atm
B -1 to +4 atm
C -1 to 2 atm
D -1 to 2 atm
Answer :   -1 to -4 atm
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258. For chlorophyll formation a plant needs

A Fe, Ca & light
B Fe, Mg& Light
C A, K & light
D Mn & Cu
Answer :   Fe, Mg& Light
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259. Which of the following plants economises transpiration loss off water

A C3- plants
B C4- plants
C Both equally
D C2-plants
Answer :   C4- plants
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260. Under natural conditions the osmotic pressure is

A More than turgor pressure
B Less than turgor pressure
C Equal to turgor pressure
D Zero
Answer :   More than turgor pressure
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