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14201.

Question : Name the hormone involved in the daily cycle or circadian rhythm of the body. From which gland is this hormone released ?

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SOLUTION :MELATONIN. From PINEAL GLAND
14202.

Question : Name the hardest substance present in the body.

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SOLUTION :ENAMEL of TEETH.
14203.

Question : Name the gymnosperms that are exception with regard to vascular tissue.

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Solution :All the gymnosperms POSSESS tracheids as conducting TISSUES WHEREAS gymnosperms like Gnetum & Ephedra possess VESSELS as their conducting tissues.
14204.

Question : Name the growth hormone associated with cell elongation especially shoot tip.

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ANSWER :AUXINS.
14205.

Question : Name the groups of hormones released from adrenal cortex

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SOLUTION :MINERALOCORTICOIDS , Glucocorticois and Gonadocorticoids.
14206.

Question : Name the group that have eukaryotic, saprophytic organisms having chitinous cell walls.

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SOLUTION :KINGDOM FUNGI
14207.

Question : Name the group that contains prokaryotic organisms.

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SOLUTION :KINGDOM MONERA
14208.

Question : Name the group of plants that include mosses and liverworts.

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SOLUTION :BRYOPHYTA.
14209.

Question : Name the group of the plant which is diploid and welladapted to extreme conditions. It grows bearing sporophylls in compact structures called cones.

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SOLUTION :GYMNOSPERMS
14210.

Question : Name the group of plants in which a dominant, independent, photosyntheticphase is represented by gametophytic generation and a short-lived, multicellular, sporophyte remains totally or partially dependent on the gametophyte.

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Solution :All bryophytes have a DOMINANT and INDEPENDENT photosyntheticgametophyte and a short-lived, MULTICELLULAR sporophyte that remains dependent on GAMETOPHYTE.
14211.

Question : Name the group of plants in which seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.

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SOLUTION :GYMNOSPERMAE.
14212.

Question : Name the group of animals that show diploblastic organization.

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SOLUTION :COELENTERATES (CNIDARIA).
14213.

Question : Name the group and animal acting as connecting link between non-chordates and chordates.

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SOLUTION :HEMICHORDATA, BALANOGLOSSUS.
14214.

Question : Name the green algae used as biofuel.

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SOLUTION :Botryococcus braunii.
14215.

Question : Name the grooves present in dinoflagellates.

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SOLUTION :LONGITUDINAL sulcus and CIRCULAR CINGULUM (girdle, annulus)
14216.

Question : Name the green house gas produced in rice fields.

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SOLUTION :METHANE `(CH_4)`
14217.

Question : Name the granulocytes present in blood .

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SOLUTION :EOSINOPHILS, BASOPHILS and NEUTROPHILS.
14218.

Question : Name the genus which is commonly called maiden hair fern.

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SOLUTION :ADIANTUM
14219.

Question : Name the genus that produces high quality pearls.

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SOLUTION :PINCTADA
14220.

Question : Name the fungus which causes disease in wheat smut

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SOLUTION :USTILAGO
14221.

Question : Name the fungus which causes disease in wheat rust

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SOLUTION :PUCCINIA
14222.

Question : Name the fungus that causes foolish seedling disease.

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ANSWER :Gibberella fujikuroi
14223.

Question : Name the fungus responsible for late blight of potato.

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SOLUTION :PHYTOPHTHORA infestans.
14224.

Question :Name the fungus on rolling orange as green blue mould.

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SOLUTION : PENICILLIUM digitatum, P. italicum.
14225.

Question : Name the fruiting body of ascomycetes.

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SclerotiumApothecium
Perithecium

Solution :ASCOCARP.
14226.

Question : Name the four types of lysosomes.

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SOLUTION :PRIMARY, SECONDARY, reisdual bodies and AUTOPHAGIC vacuoles.
14227.

Question : Name the four steps of oxidation in Krebs' cycle. (TCA)

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SOLUTION :In TCA cycle, there are four steps of oxidation. COENZYMES used are NAD or FAD. These steps are catalysed by dehydrogenases. Coenzymes are REDUCED to NADH and FADH. They transfer the electrons to ETC for oxidation.
14228.

Question : Name the four types of ascocarps produced by ascomycetes

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SOLUTION :CLEISTOTHECIUM, PERITHECIUM, APOTHECIUM and Pseudothecium.
14229.

Question : Name of the four phases of mitotic cell division

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SOLUTION :PROPHASE, METAPHASE, ANAPHASE, TELOPHASE.
14230.

Question : Name the four main categories of zoos.

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SOLUTION :LARGE, MEDIUM, SMALL and MINI.
14231.

Question : Name the four major types of tissues

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SOLUTION :EPITHELIAL, CONNECTIVE, MUSCULAR, and NEURAL.
14232.

Question : Name the forms of water in which itexists in the soil.

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SOLUTION :Gravitational WATER, HYGROSCOPIC WATERAND capillary water.
14233.

Question : Name the following tissues Connect bone to bone

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SOLUTION :LIGAMENT
14234.

Question : Name the following:(i) Tissue through which ascent of sap occurs.(ii) Universal solvent.

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SOLUTION :(i) XYLEM(II) WATER.
14235.

Question : Name the following: The pressure exerted by cellcontents on plant cell wall.

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SOLUTION :TURGOR PRESSURE.
14236.

Question : Name the following : The pressure which is responsible for the movement of water molecules across the cortical cells of the root.

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SOLUTION :OSMOTIC PRESSURE.
14237.

Question : Name the following Phylum in which flatworms are included

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SOLUTION :PHYLUM -PLATYHELMINTHES
14238.

Question : Name the following Largest phylum

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SOLUTION :Phylum-Chordata
14239.

Question : Name the following: Japanese from of floral arrangment

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ANSWER :IKEBANA
14240.

Question : Name the following Excretory organs of annelids

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SOLUTION :NEPHRIDIA
14241.

Question : Name the following: Example of Scorpioid cyme

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ANSWER :Heliotropium
14242.

Question : Name the following : Bacteria which converts ammonia into nitrite.

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SOLUTION :NITRIFYING Bacteria-Nitrosomonas.
14243.

Question : Name the following Cortical portions projecting between the medullary pyramids in the human kidney.

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SOLUTION :RENAL COLUMN (COLUMNS of BERTINI)
14244.

Question : Name the following diagrams.

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SOLUTION :(a) Transfer RNA (tRNA)
(b) Ribosomal RNA (RRNA)
14245.

Question : Name the following Chordate animal having flame cells as the excretory organ.

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SOLUTION :AMPHIOXUS
14246.

Question : Name the following : Bacteria which oxidises nitrite into nitrate.

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SOLUTION :NITRIFYING Bacteria-Nitrobacter.
14247.

Question : Name the following: b. Cortical portions projecting between the medullary pyramids in the human kidney. c. A loop of capillary running parallel to the Henle's loop.

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SOLUTION :B. COLUMNS of Bertini
C. VASA rectae
14248.

Question : Name the following An oviparous mammal

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SOLUTION :PLATYPUS
14249.

Question : Name the following An egg laying mammal

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SOLUTION :PLATYPUS
14250.

Question : Name the following Achordate animal having flame cells as excretory structures

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SOLUTION :AMPHIOXUS