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This set of Biology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Transport in Plants Set 1

Q1 | What happens in this figure ?
  • Water from beaker will enter the thistle funnel.
  • Water from thistle funnel will enter in the beaker.
  • Nacl enter from beaker to thistle funnel.
  • Osmosis does not occur.
Q2 | A .......... force exists between the walls of xylem vessels and water.
  • Cohesion
  • Gravitational
  • Adhesive
  • Transpiration pull
Q3 | The process by which water is forcibly pushed beyond endodermis of root is known as ......... .
  • Apoplast pathway
  • Symplast pathway
  • Diffusion
  • Transmembrane transport
Q4 | By which type of transpiration largest amount of water is lost ?
  • Guttation
  • Cuticular
  • Stomata
  • Lenticular
Q5 | The value of osmotic pressure depends on .......... .
  • Concentration of solute
  • Concentration of solvent
  • Concentration of solution
  • Concentration of substrate
Q6 | If the external solution is more dilute than the cytoplasm is known as .......... .
  • Hypertonic
  • Hypotonic
  • Isotonic
  • ‘a’ and ‘b’ both
Q7 | Membrane protein is responsible for transport of
  • Water molecule
  • Transpiration of H2O
  • Active transport
  • Passive transport
Q8 | The +ve value of ? P is called ..........
  • Osmotic pressure
  • Root pressure
  • Turgor pressure
  • Imbibation pressure
Q9 | What happens in this figure ?
  • Exo osmosi
  • Endo osmosis
  • Cell swollen
  • Cell remain in same condition
Q10 | In older dying leaves to younger leaves the mineral ions are assimilated into .......... .
  • In organic compound
  • Organic compound
  • Deposition of Inorganic compound and organic compou
Q11 | Which elements are readily mobilized in plants ?
  • S, N, Mo
  • K, N, Mo
  • P, S, N
  • S, N, B
Q12 | In term of fixing CO2, C4 plants are .......... efficient as C3 plants.
  • Thrice
  • Twice
  • Less
  • Not
Q13 | When a cell is placed in 0.50M concentrated sugar solution, there is no change in it. So the external solution is called .......... .
  • Hypertonic
  • Isotonic
  • Hypotonic
  • Colloidal
Q14 | The pressure that prevails in cell due to number of substances dissolved in cell sap is .......... .
  • Wall pressure
  • Turgor pressure
  • Osmotic pressure
  • Diffusion pressure
Q15 | The plasmolysed cells regain turgidity and assume original volume under infuence of hypotonic solution. The process is called
  • Plasmolysi
  • Deplasmolysis
  • Endo osmosis
  • Exo osmosis
Q16 | An animalcell placed in pure water will
  • Swell up and brust
  • Shrink and die
  • Shrink and undergo plasmolysis
  • Swell up and develop turgidity
Q17 | Passage of water across a selectively permeable membrane is
  • Active transport
  • Pinocytosis
  • Facilitated difusion
  • Osmosis
Q18 | Seeds placed in water imbibe the water becasue of
  • Exosmosi
  • Higher ? W
  • Lower ? W
  • Pressure of vacuoles
Q19 | In thistle funnel experiment, entry of water into thistle funnel stops after some time automatically due to
  • Diffusion of sugar out of thistle funnel.
  • External and internal solutions become isotonic.
  • Development of hydrostatic pressure in the thistle funnel.
  • Development of hydrostatic pressure in the beaker.
Q20 | In plants the process in which loss of water occurs in form of water vapour is
  • Respiration
  • Guttation
  • Transpiration
  • Exosmosis
Q21 | Stomatal aperature is surrounded by guard cells and opens when guard cells are
  • Flaccid
  • Turgid
  • Bean shaped
  • Dumb-bell shaped
Q22 | Stomatal frequency indicates.
  • Number of stomata per unit area
  • Rate of water loss
  • Rate of gaseous exchange
  • Width of stomatal aperature
Q23 | In dorsiventral leaf, the number of stomata per unit area are generally.
  • Same on both the surface
  • More on lower surface (epidermis)
  • More on upper surface (epidermis)
  • Absent on upper surface
Q24 | In isobilateral leaf, the number of stomata per unit area are.
  • More on upper surface
  • More on lower surface
  • Approximately same on both the surfaces
  • Absent on both the surfaces
Q25 | The loss of water in form of water drops is called.
  • Transpiration
  • Respiration
  • Guttation
  • Exosmosis