This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Crop Physiology > Research > Crop Physiology – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Crop Physiology Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Emerson's enhancement and red drop have been instrumental in the discovery of A) Photophosphorylation and non-cyclic electron transport. B) Two photosystems operating simultaneously. C) Photophosphorylation and cyclic electron transport. D) Oxidative phosphorylation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two photosystems operating simultaneously. 2. Protects the young buds of the flower A) Pedicel. B) Ovary. C) Receptacle. D) Stalk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receptacle. 3. Emerson's enhancement effect and Red drophave been instrumental in the discovery of? A) Two photosystems operating simultaneously. B) Photophosphorylation and cyclic electron transport. C) Oxidative photophosphorylation. D) Photophosphorylation and non-cyclic electron transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two photosystems operating simultaneously. 4. In a chloroplast the highest number of protons are found in; A) Lumen of thylakoids. B) Inter membrane space. C) Stroma. D) Antennae complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lumen of thylakoids. 5. Hydrotropism is the movement of a plant due to? A) Physical contact. B) Chemicals. C) Water. D) Light. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Water. 6. Bolting is induced by ..... hormone. A) IAA. B) GA2. C) GA3. D) IPA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) GA3. 7. Photosynthesis is carried out in the ..... A) Phloem. B) Xylem. C) Palisade cells. D) Stoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palisade cells. 8. It takes a very long time for pineapple plants to produce flowers. Which combination of hormones can be applied to artificially induce flowering in pineapple plants through the year to increase yield? A) Gibberellin and Abscisic acid. B) Cytokinin and Abscisic acid. C) Auxin and Ethylene. D) Gibberellin and Cytokinin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auxin and Ethylene. 9. During biological nitrogen fixation, inactivation of nitrogenase by oxygen poisoning is prevented by? A) Cytochrome. B) Carotene. C) Xanthophyll. D) Leghaemoglobin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leghaemoglobin. 10. What is the most common specialized stem used for food? A) Hairy. B) Tuber. C) Branch. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuber. 11. Which tropism is a response to light? A) Lighttropism. B) Thigmotropism. C) Hydrotropism. D) Phototropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Phototropism. 12. Instead of-CH3 group at the third C of the side group of Chl a, Chl b has A) -CHO group. B) -OH group. C) -CO group. D) -COOH group. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -CHO group. 13. What is a plant's response to a hard object? A) Thigmotropism. B) Gravitropism. C) Geotropism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thigmotropism. 14. Which of the following biomolecules is common to respiration-mediated breakdown of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins? A) Glucose 6-phosphate. B) Pyruvic acid. C) Acetyl CoA. D) Fructose 1-6 bisphosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acetyl CoA. 15. A water soluble gas that moves through the plant. A) Cytokinin. B) Gibberellin. C) Auxin. D) Ethylene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethylene. 16. Rate of photosynthesis does not depend upon A) Duration of light. B) Intensity of Light. C) Quality of Light. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duration of light. 17. Which statement is wrong about Kreb's cycle? A) There is one point in the cycle where FAD+ is reduced to FADH2. B) During conversion of succinyl CoA to succinic acid, a molecule of GTP is synthesised. C) There are three points in the cycle where NAD+ is reduced to NADH + H+. D) The cycle starts with condensation of acetyl group (acetyl CoA) with pyruvic acid to yield citric acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cycle starts with condensation of acetyl group (acetyl CoA) with pyruvic acid to yield citric acid. 18. Which tropism is a response to gravitational forces? A) Gravitiytropsim. B) Soiltropism. C) Hydrotropism. D) Geotropism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Geotropism. 19. Which of the following is a chlorophyll molecule lacking central Mg2+ ion? A) Chl a. B) Bacteriochlorophyll. C) Pheophytin. D) Chl c. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pheophytin. 20. What is another name for glucose? A) Sugar. B) Chlorophyll. C) Chloroplasts. D) Stomata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sugar. 21. What pigment absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis? A) Grana. B) Chloroplast. C) Chlorophyll. D) Thylakoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chlorophyll. 22. A student did the experiment about the effect of light to plant growth. She put one plant in dark place and the other in the light place. After 4 days, she found that the plant in the dark place grow taller than in the light one. What the name of this phenomenon and which plant hormone involved? A) Etiolation and auxin. B) Etiolation and abscisic acid. C) Epiolation and auxin. D) Epiolation and abscisic acid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Etiolation and auxin. 23. A plant in your garden avoids photorespiratory losses, has improved water use efficiency, shows high rate of photosynthesis at high temperatures and has improved efficiency of nitrogen utilisation. In which of the following physiological groups would you assign this plant? A) CAM. B) Nitrogen fixer. C) C3. D) C4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C4. 24. This plant loves the warm season A) Pansy. B) Broccoli. C) Spinach. D) Poinsettia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poinsettia. 25. #7 is made up of ..... A) Filament and anther. B) Style and stigma. C) Style and anther. D) Filament and stigma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filament and anther. 26. World Ozone Day is celebrated on ; A) 22nd April. B) 21st April. C) 5th June. D) 16th September. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16th September. 27. The first stable product of fixation of atmospheric nitrogen in leguminous plants is? A) Glutamate. B) Ammonia. C) NO2-. D) NO3-. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ammonia. 28. Fruit and leaf drop at early stages can be prevented by the application of; A) Ethylene. B) Gibberellic acid. C) Cytokinins. D) Auxins. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Auxins. 29. Plants grown in low light or darkness develop a severe case of stretching known as: A) Tropism. B) Etiolation. C) Geo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Etiolation. 30. Conversion of glucose into starch and other chemicals A) Phosphorylation. B) Polymerization. C) Photosynthesis. D) Photolysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Polymerization. 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