SRI GOSALITIES NEET CRASH COURSE ASSIGNMENT

NEET CRASH COURSE PROGRAM-2021

Sub :BOTANY Day : 13 Date : 07-06-2021
Topic : MINERAL NUTRITION

EXERCISE-I excess of 10 mmolekg-1 of dry matter are

FILL IN THE BLANKS :
1. Mineral nutrition is also knows as
________.
2. Julius von Sachs, a prominent ___________
botanist.
3. In 1860 _____________ demonstrated for
the first time that plants could be grown to
maturity in a defined nutrient solution in
complete absence of soil.
4. The technique of growing plants in a
nutrient solution is known as ____________.
5. By _____________ method essential
elements were identified and their deficiency
symptoms discovered.
6. Hydroponics has been successfully
employed as a technique for the commercial
production of vegetables such as tomato,
seedless cucumber and _____________.
7. Most of the minerals present in the soil can
enter plants through _____________.
8. Out of 105 elements discovered so far _____
are found in different plants.
9. There are techniques that are able to detect
the minerals even at a low concentration of
_____________.
10. Essential elements are divided into two
broad categories such as macro and
micronutrients based on their ___________.
11. The essential elements present generally in
plant tissues in large amounts that is in
called _____________.
12. Among macronutrients, C, H and O are
mainly obtained from CO2 and _________.
13. Micronutrients are also known as ________.
14. The number of beneficial elements are ____.
15. Beneficial elements are required by _______
plants.
16. The number of essential elements are _____.
17. Example of energy related chemical
compounds in plants are ATP and _______.
18. _____________ is an activator for both
RuBisCO and PEPase.
19. Zn2+ is an activator of _____________.
20. Activator of nitrogenase is _____________.
21. _____________ element play an important
role in opening and closing of stomata.
22. Essential element required by plants in
greatest amount is _____________.
23. Nitrogen is absorbed mainly as _________.
24. _____________ is one of the major
constituents of proteins, nucleic acids,
vitamins and hormones.
25. _____________ is required for all
phosphorylation reactions.
26. The element involved in protein synthesis is
_____________.
27. _____________ element helps to maintain
anion-cation balance in cells.
28. During cell division ____________ nutrient
element is used in the synthesis of cell wall
particularly as calcium pectate in the middle
lamella.

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29. _____________ accumulates in older leaves.
30. The constituent of the ring structure of
chlorophyll is _____________.
31. _____________ element helps to maintain
the ribosome structure.
32. Sulphur is present in two amino acids such
as cysteine and ____________.
33. _______ is the main constituent of thiamine,
biotin, coenzyme A and ferredoxin.
34. Plants obtain iron in the form of ________
ions.
35. _____________ element is required in larger
amounts in comparison to other
micronutrients.
36. Iron is a constituent of proteins involved in
the transfer of electrons like ferredoxin and
_____________.
37. Iron activates _____________ enzyme.
38. Along with Mg, ____________ is also
essential for the formation of chlorophyll.
39. The best defined function of manganese is
_____________.
40. Manganese activates many enzymes
involved in photosynthesis, respiration and
_____________.
41. Activator for carboxylases is ___________.
42. Zinc is needed for the synthesis of
photohormone _____________.
43. Copper is absorbed as _____________ ions.
44. _____________ nutrient is essential for the
overall metabolism in plants.
45. Essential micronutrients associated with
certain enzymes involved in redox reactions
are Fe and _____________.
46. Boron is absorbed as BO 33 (or) _________.
47. _____________ is required for uptake and
utilization of Ca 2 .
48. _____________ is needed for pollen
germination and carbohydrate translocation.
49. _____________ is a component of
nitrogenase and nitrate reductase.
50. Both nitrogenase and nitrate reductase
participate in _____________.
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51. Along with Na+, K+ and _____________
helps in determining the solute concentration
and the anion-cation balance in cells.
52. Along with Mn _____________ is essential
for the water splitting reaction in
photosynthesis, a reaction that leads to
oxygen evolution.
53. The concentration of the essential element
below which plant growth is retarded is
termed as _____________.
54. The element is said to be deficient when
present below the _____________.
55. In the absence of any particular element
plants show certain morphological changes
which are indicative of certain element
deficiencies and are called _____________.
56. For elements that are actively mobilized
within the plants and exported to young
developing tissues, the deficiency symptoms
tend to first appear in _____________.
57. The deficiency symptoms of N, K and Mg
are visible first in the _____________.
58. The deficiency symptoms tend to appear
first in the young leaves whenever the
elements are relatively _____________.
59. Example of immobile elements are S and
_____________.
60. The loss of chlorophyll leading to yellowing
in leaves is called _____________.
61. Deficiency of N, K, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Zn and
Mo causes _____________.
62. Deficiency of Ca, Mg, Cu and K causes
_____________.
63. Inhibition of cell division is caused due to
lack or low level of N, K, S and _________.
64. Deficiency of N, S and Mo causes delay
_____________.
65. Moderate decrease of micronutrients causes
deficiency symptoms and a moderate
increase causes _____________.
66. Any mineral ion concentration in tissues that
reduces the dry weight of tissues by about 10
percent is considered _____________.
67. The appearance of brown spots surrounded
by chlorotic veins is the prominent toxicity
symptom of _____________.
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68. Manganese competes with iron and
magnesium for uptake and with __________
for binding with enzymes.
69. ____________ inhibit calcium translocation
in shoot apex.
70. Excess of manganese may infact induce
deficiencies of Fe, Mg and _____________.
71. The symptoms of Mn toxicity may actually
be the deficiency symptoms of Fe, ________
and Ca.
72. In the first phase, an initial rapid uptake of
ions into the free space or outer space of
cells the apoplast is _____________.
73. The entry or exit of ions to and from the
symplast required the expenditure of
metabolic energy, which is an ___________
process.
74. The movement of ions is usually called
_____________.
75. The inward movement into the cells is
_____________ and outward movement is
_____________.
76. Mineral salts are translocated through xylem
along with ascending stream of water which
is pulled up through the plant by _________.
77. Use of _____________ of mineral elements
are substantiate the view that they are
transported through the xylem.
78. Majority of nutrients that are essential for
plants become available to the roots due to
_____________ and breakdown of rocks.
79. Both macronutrients and _____________
form components of fertilizers.
80. Plants compete with _____________ for the
limited nitrogen that is available in soil.
81. Nitrogen is a limiting nutrient for both
____________ and __________ ecosystems.
82. The process of conversion of N2 to NH3 is
termed as _____________.
83. In nature ___________ and ____________
provide enough energy to convert nitrogen
to nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2, N2O).
84. Decomposition of organic nitrogen of dead
plants and animals into ammonia is called
_____________.
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85. The process of conversion of ammonia into
nitrate is called _____________.
86. Nitrosomonas and/or Nitrococcus oxidize
ammonia to _____________.
87. Nitrite is oxidized to nitrate with the help of
bacterium called ____________.
88. The process of conversion of nitrate into
nitrogen (N2) is called _____________.
89. Denitrification is carried by bacteria
Pseudomonas and _____________.
90. By industrial N2 fixation, atmospheric N2 is
converted into _____________.
91. Atmospheric N2 is converted into NO3 by
_____________.
92. Reduction of N2 to NH3 by living organisms
is called _____________.
93. The enzyme, nitrogenase which is capable of
nitrogen reduction is present exclusively, in
_____________.
94. Example of free-living, aerobic N2-fixing
microbes ____________ and ___________.
95. Example of free-living, anaerobic N2-fixing
microbe is ____________.
96. Nostoc and Anabaena are free-living
nitrogen fixing _____________.
97. Shape of Rhizobia species is ___________.
98. Bacteria which form symbiotic relationship
with roots of several legumes such as alfalfa,
sweet clover, sweet pea, lentils, garden pea,
broad bean, clover bean etc is __________.
99. _____________ microbe form nitrogen
fixing nodules on the roots of non-
leguminous plants (e.g. Alnus).
100. The red or pink colour of root nodules is due
to the presence of _____________ pigment.
101. The enzyme nitrogenase is a ____________.
102. The enzyme nitrogenase catalyses the
conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to
_____________.
103. _____________ is the first stable product of
nitrogen fixation.
104. In soyabean, division and growth of
____________ and ____________ cells lead
to nodule formation.
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105. The enzyme nitrogenase is highly sensitive
to the _____________.
106. The enzyme nitrogenase requires _________
conditions.
107. To protect nitrogenase enzyme, the nodule
contains _____________ called leg
haemoglobin.
108. Rhizobia and Frankia both live as aerobes
under free living conditions but during N2-
fixing events, they becomes ____________.
109. Ammonia synthesis by nitrogenase requires
a very high _____________ (8 ATP for each
NH3 produced).
110. The energy required for ammonia synthesis
is obtained from the _____________ of the
host cells.
111. At _____________ pH, the ammonia is
protonated to form NH4 (ammonium) ion.
112. The process in which ammonia reacts with
 –ketoglutaric acid and forms glutamic
acid is called _____________.
113. Enzyme that catalyses the conversion of  –
ketoglutaric acid to glutamate is
_____________.
114. The process in which the transfer of an
amino group from one amino acid to the
keto group of a keto acid is called ________.
115. _____________ is the main amino acid from
which the transfer of amino group takes
place and other amino acids are formed
through transamination.
116. The enzyme _____________ catalyses
transamination.
117. Asparagine and glutamine are __________.
118. The two most important amides asparagine
and glutamine found in plants are a
structural part of _____________.
119. The amides, asparagine and glutamine
formed respectively from _____________
and _____________ amino acids by addition
of another amino group to each.
120. Since amides contain more nitrogen than the
amino acids, they are transported to other
parts of the plant via _____________.
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121. The nodules of some plants like soyabean
export the fixed nitrogen as _____________.
122. Ureides have a particularly high _________.
123. Plants obtain their inorganic nutrients from
air, water and _____________.
124. Plants absorb minerals through roots by
either _________ or __________ processes.
125. Nitrogen fixation requires a strong reducing
agent and energy in the form of _________.
126. N2 fixation is accomplished with the help of
nitrogen fixing microbes, mainly ________.
127. Most of the process of N2-fixation takes
place in _____________ environment.
128. N 2  8e  8H   16ATP 

2NH3  ___________  16ADP 16Pi .
129. During root nodule formation, the bacteria
gets modified into _____________ shaped
bacteroids.
130. _____________ fix nitrogen both by free-
living and symbiotic methods.
131. Nitrifying bacteria are _____________.
EXERCISE-II
1. Julius von Sachs was a
1) British zoologist
2) German botanist
3) Australian physiologist
4) American biochemist
2. Who demonstrated for the first time that
plants could be grown to maturity in a
defined nutrient solution in complete
absence of soil ?
1) Aristotle 2) John Woodward
3) Stephen Hales 4) J.V. Sachs
3. Hydroponics has been successfully
employed as a technique for commercial
production of which of the following
vegetables ?
1) Lettuce
2) Seedless cucumber
3) Tomato
4) All the above
4. Now-a-days there are techniques that are
able to detect minerals even at a very low
concentration of
1) 108 g / mL 2) 108 mg / mL
3) 108 g / L 4) 108 mg / L
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5. Which of the following is not a criteria for 15. ___________ is a constituent of the ring
essentiality ? structure of chlorophyll ?
1) The element must be directly involved in 1) Manganese 2) Calcium
metabolism of the plant 3) Magnesium 4) Molybdenum
2) The element is not needed for supporting 16. Which of the following amino acid
normal growth and reproduction contains sulphur ?
3) The deficiency of any one element cannot 1) Methionine 2) Tryptophan
be met by supplying some other element 3) Cysteine 4) Both (1) and (3)
4) In the absence of the element, the plants 17. Iron is an activator for
donot complete their life cycle 1) Nitrogenase 2) Carboxylases
6. How many macronutrients are absorbed 3) Catalase 4) IAA oxidase
from the soil as mineral nutrition ? 18. The best defined function of manganese is
1) 6 2) 8 1) CO2 fixation
3) 14 4) 3 2) Maintenance of osmotic balance
7. Sodium, silicon, cobalt and selenium are 3) Formation of chlorophyll
1) Essential elements 4) Splitting of water to liberate oxygen in
2) Essential macronutrients photosynthesis
3) Beneficial elements 19. Element required for synthesis of auxin is
4) Trace elements 1) Boron 2) Copper
8. For its activity, nitrogenase requires 3) Iron 4) Zinc
1) Zn 2 2) Mg 2 20. Which element is needed for uptake and
3) Mo 4) Mn utilization of Ca 2 ?
9. Mg 2 is an activator for 1) Mo 2) Cu 3) Fe 4) B
21. Molybdenum is a component of
1) Alcohol dehydrogenase
1) Nitrate reductase 2) Catalase
2) RuBisCO
3) Nitrogenase 4) Both (1) and (3)
3) PEP case
22. Which of the following helps in
4) Both (2) and (3)
determining the solute concentration and
10. Plants absorb nitrogen mainly as
the anion-cation balance in cells ?
1) NO3 2) NH4
1) K  2) Na 
3) NO2 4) All the above
3) Cl 4) All the above
11. Phosphorus is not a component of 23. The deficiency symptoms of which of the
1) All nucleotides 2) All proteins following elements appear first in the
3) All nucleic acids 4) Cell membranes senescent leaves ?
12. All the following are macronutrients 1) Potassium 2) Nitrogen
except 3) Magnesium 4) All of these
1) Ca 2) Mg 3) Mo 4) P 24. The deficiency symptoms of sulphur and
13. Potassium is not associated with calcium visible first in
1) Maintenance of turgidity of cells 1) Older tissues 2) Young tissues
2) Opening and closing of stomata 3) Mature leaves 4) Senescent leaves
3) Synthesis of cell wall 25. Necrosis or death of tissue particularly
4) Maintenance of anion-cation balance leaf tissue is due to the deficiency of
14. Which of the following element 1) Ca, Mg, Cu, K
accumulates in older leaves ? 2) N, S, Mo
1) Ca 2) Mg 3) N, K, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, Zn, Mo
4) N, K, S, Mo
3) K 4) N
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26. Lack or low level of N, K, S and Mo 35. Nitrosomonas, Nitrococcus and
causes Nitrobacter are
1) Inhibition of cell division 1) Nitrifying bacteria
2) Chlorosis 2) Nitrogen fixing bacteria
3) Delay flowering 3) Ammonifying bacteria
4) Necrosis 4) Denitrifying bacteria
27. Any mineral ion concentration in tissues 36. Which of the following bacteria reduce
that reduces the dry weight of tissues by nitrate present in the soil to nitrogen ?
about _________ percent is considered as 1) Nitrococcus 2) Thiobacillus
toxic. 3) Pseudomonas 4) Both (2) and (3)
1) 10 2) 20 37. Which is a free-living, nitrogen fixing
3) 30 4) 40 anaerobic microbe ?
28. Appearance of brown spots surrounded 1) Rhodospirillum 2) Beijernickia
by chlorotic veins is the prominent 3) Azotobacter 4) Both (2) and (3)
toxicity symptom of 38. Frankia produce nitrogen fixing nodules
1) Magnesium 2) Manganese on the roots of
3) Calcium 4) Iron 1) Alfalfa 2) Sweet clover
29. The symptoms of manganese toxicity may 3) Alnus 4) Lentils
actually be the deficiency symptoms of 39. The enzyme nitrogenase is a
1) Calcium 2) Iron 1) Mn – Fe protein 2) Mo – Fe protein
3) Magnesium 4) All the above 3) Mg – Fe protein 4) Ca – Fe protein
30. In the initial phase, uptake of ions 40. Which is the first stable product of
1) Is slow nitrogen fixation ?
2) Into the inner space 1) Nitrite 2) Nitrate
3) Is passive 4) Is active 3) Ammonia
31. Mineral elements are transported through 4) Molecular nitrogen
1) Phloem 2) Sieve tubes 41. In electrical N2 fixation, atmospheric N2 is
3) Xylem 4) Companion cells converted into
32. Fertilizers contain 1) NO3 2) NO2 3) NO 4) NH3
1) Macronutrients only 42. In soyabean which of the following cells
2) Micronutrients only divide during nodule formation ?
3) Both micro and macronutrients 1) Pericycle cells 2) Inner cortical cells
4) All elements 3) Both (1) and (2) 4) cells of medulla
33. In nature which of the following provide 43. Leghaemoglobin act as a
enough energy to convert nitrogen into 1) Hydrogen scavenger
nitrogen oxides (NO, NO2, N2O) 2) Oxygen scavenger
1) Industrial combustions 3) Catalyst for conversion of N2 into NH3
2) Lightning and ultraviolet radiation 4) Stimulant for division of cells in the
3) Automobile exhausts cortex
4) Forest fires 44. How many ATP are required for fixation
34. The process of decomposition of organic of each molecule of nitrogen by
nitrogen of dead plants and animals into nitrogenase ?
ammonia is called 1) 8 2) 16
1) Nitrogen fixation 2) Ammonification 3) 4 4) 32
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45. The energy required for ammonia EXERCISE-III
synthesis by nitrogenase comes from 1. Select incorrect statement w.r.t
1) Respiration of bacterial cell hydroponics
2) Respiration of host cells 1) In this method plants can be grown in a
3) Oxidation of bacterial cells soil free, defined mineral solution
4) Reduction of host cells 2) It helps in identification of essential
46. Most of the plants can assimilate both elements for plants
nitrate and ammonium ions but 3) It is useful for the determination of
accumulation of which of the following is toxicity levels of micronutrients
quite toxic to plants ? 4) It helps in knowing the deficiency
1) Ammonium ions symptoms of essential elements
2) Nitrate 2. Which of the following is not correctly
3) Both ammonium and nitrate matched ?
4) Nitrite 1) Number of essential elements – 17
47. In reductive amination 2) Number of trace elements – 8
1) Ammonia reacts with  –ketoglutaric 3) Number of mineral macro elements – 3
acid and forms gutamic acid 4) Number of essential mineral elements –
2) Ammonia reacts with glutamic acid and 14
forms  –ketoglutaric acid 3. Which of the following are a group of
3)  –ketoglutaric acid reacts with glutamic macro elements for plants ?
acid and forms ammonia 1) K, Zn, Mo, N, O 2) S, Ca, Mg, K, P
4) Glutamate is converted into  – 3) H, N, P, Mn, K 4) Mg, K, Fe, S, N
ketoglutaric acid 4. Select mismatch
48. Which of the following enzyme is involved 1) Potassium – Protein synthesis
in transamination ? 2) Calcium – Normal functioning of cell
1) Dehydrogenase 2) Transaminase membrane
3) Carboxylase 4) Ketolase 3) Phosphorus – Formation of mitotic
49. Which of the following is an amide ? spindle
1) Glutamate 2) Glutamic acid 4) Magnesium – Nucleic acid synthesis
3) Glutamine 4) Arginine 5. Match the following columns.
50. Which of the following mineral nutrients Column I Column II
can activate enzymes involved in A. Sulphur I. Carbohydrate translocation
respiration ? B. Iron II. Constituent of biotin
1) Manganese and Magnesium C. Boron III. Activation of
2) Iron and Sulphur carboxylases
3) Calcium and Molybdenum D. Copper IV. Overall metabolism in
4) Nitrogen and Potassium plant
51. Which one of the following is a function of V. Chlorophyll formation
both manganese and chlorine ?
1) Maintenance of anion – cation balance A B C D
2) Activation of many enzymes involved in 1) II V I IV
photosynthesis 2) II V IV I
3) Photolysis of water and liberation of 3) I IV III II
oxygen during photosynthesis 4) IV I II III
4) Association with certain enzymes
involved in redox reactions
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6. Choose incorrect statement from the 11. Match the following columns.
following Column I Column II
1) Nitrogen is absorbed in both cationic and A. N, K, S, Mo I. Necrosis
anionic forms B. N, K, Mg, S, Fe, II. Delay flowering
2) Sulphur is an important component of Mn, Zn, Mo
both cytochromes and ferredoxin C. N, S, Mo III. Chlorosis
3) Both iron and copper are associated with D. Ca, mg, Cu, K IV. Inhibition of
certain enzymes involved in redox reactions cell division
4) Chlorine and manganese both are A B C D
involved in splitting of water and liberation 1) II IV III I
of oxygen in photosynthesis 2) IV I II III
7. One mineral is a constituent of coenzyme 3) IV III II I
A and other is needed in the synthesis of 4) I III IV II
IAA. These minerals respectively are 12. Find out wrong statement.
1) Zinc and Sulphur
1) Moderate increase of micronutrients
2) Magnesium and Iron
3) Sulphur and Zinc causes toxicity
4) Iron and Manganese 2) Magnesium inhibit calcium translocation
8. Match the following columns. in shoot apex
Column I Column II 3) Many a times, excess of an element may
A. Component of I. Calcium inhibit uptake of another element
nitrogenase 4) Moderate decrease of micronutrients
B. Maintain ribosome II. Boron
causes deficiency symptoms
structure
C. Synthesis of middle III. Molybdenum 13. Select incorrect statement
lamella 1) The outward movement of ions in efflux
D. Pollen germination IV. Manganese 2) The movement of ions is called flux
V. Magnesium 3) The inward movement of ions is influx
A B C D 4) Mineral salts are translocated through
1) II I IV V food conducting tissue
2) IV II I III
3) III I V II 14. Select the correct match
4) III V I II I. Thiobacillus – Denitrification
9. Statement – I : Boron is needed for cell II. Nitrococcus – Nitrite to nitrate
elongation and cell differentiation. III. Beijernickia – Anaerobic N2 - fixer
Statement – II : Boron deficiency leads to IV. Anabaena – Free-living N2-fixer
stout axis. 1) I and II 2) II and III
1) Both S-I and S-II are correct
3) III and IV 4) I and IV
2) Both S-I and S-II are incorrect
3) S-I is correct but S-II is incorrect 15. Identify correct set of chemoautotrophs
4) S-I is incorrect but S-II is correct 1) Nitrococcus, Nitrobacter, Nitrosomonas
10. Identify correct statement. 2) Nitrobacter, Nitrococcus, Bacillus
1) Every mineral element that is present in a 3) Nostoc, Nitrosomonas, Azotobacter
cell is needed by the cell 4) Nitrosomonas, Anabaena, Rhodospirillum
2) Magnesium as a nutrient element, is 16. Nitrifying bacteria
highly immobile in plants
3) It is very easy to establish the essentiality 1) Oxidise NH3 to NO3
of micronutrients because they are required 2) Reduce NO3 to N 2
only in trace elements
4) Calcium as a nutrient element is non- 3) Converts N 2 to NH3
mobile in plants 4) Oxidise NH3 to NH 4
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17. Statement – I : Plants cannot use
atmospheric nitrogen directly.
Statement – II : Nitrogen is a limiting
nutrient for both natural and agricultural
ecosystems.
1) S-I is correct but S-II is incorrect
2) S-I is incorrect but S-II is correct
3) Both S-I and S-II are correct
4) Both S-I and S-II are incorrect
18. Which one of the following is a wrong
statement ?
1) The enzyme nitrogenase is present
exclusively in eukaryotes
2) Alnus is a non-legume plant
3) Frankia cannot fix nitrogen in free living
state
4) The pink or red colour of root nodules is
due to presence of leg-haemoglobin
19. The product of reaction catalysed by
nitrogenase in root nodules of leguminous
plants is
1) Ammonia and hydrogen
2) Ammonia alone
3) Ammonia and oxygen
4) Nitrate alone
20. Identify the correct sequence of events
that take place during the formation of
root nodule in leguminous plant.
I. Formation of infection thread
II. Establishment of vascular connection
with the host
III. Multiplication of bacteria and its
attachment to epidermal and root hair
cells
IV. Root nodule formation in the cortex
V. Curling of root hair and bacteria
invade root hair
1) III, V, I, IV, II 2) I, III, II, V, IV
3) III, V, IV, I, II 4) III, IV, I, V, II
21. Consider the following statements.
(A) : Nitrogenase is highly sensitive to the
molecular oxygen
(B) : Leghaemoglobin protect nitrogenase
from oxygen
1) A is true but B is false
2) Both A and B are true
3) Both A and B are false
4) A is false but B is true
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22. Nitrogen fixing microbes such as Rhizobia
1) Live as aerobes under both free living and
nitrogen fixing conditions
2) Live as anaerobes under both free-living
and nitrogen fixing conditions
3) Live as aerobes under free living
conditions but as anaerobes under nitrogen
fixing conditions
4) Live as anaerobes under free living
conditions but as aerobes under nitrogen
fixing conditions
23. The number of e , H and ATP required
for synthesis of one molecule of ammonia
by nitrogenase is
1) 4e , 4H  & 8 ATP
2) 8e ,8H  & 16 ATP
3) 8e , 4H  & 16 ATP
4) 4e , 4H & 16 ATP
24. Select wrong statement
1) Most of the plants can assimilate nitrate
and also ammonium ions
2) Accumilation of NH4 ions is toxic to
plants
3) Accumilation of nitrate is non-toxic
4) Most of the plants cannot assimilate both
nitrate and also ammonium ions
25. Choose the correct option
1) Boron is absorbed as B4O 72 only
2) Molybdenum obtain by plants in the form
of MoO 22
3) Plants obtain sulphur in the form of SO24
4) Plants obtain iron in the form of Fe 2
26. Which of the following statements is not
correct ?
1) In reductive amination process, ammonia
reacts with  –ketoglutaric acid and forms
glutamic acid
2) Glutamate dehydrogenase enzyme is
involved reductive amination
3) In reductive amination NADP is reduced
to NADPH
4) Reductive amination is a process by
which amino acids are formed in plants
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27. Select correct statement
1) Glutamine is an amino acid
2) Glutamate is an amide
3) Asparagine is an amide
4) Aspartic acid is an organic acid
28. Which of the following statement is
correct?
1) Nodules of some plants such as soyabean
export the fixed nitrogen as ureides
2) Ureids have high nitrogen to carbon ratio
3) Amides contain more nitrogen than amino
acids
4) All the above
29. How many ATP molecules are required to
produce 10 molecules of NH3 during
symbiotic N2 fixation by Rhizobium in the
root nodule ?
1) 160 2) 80
3) 40 4) 16
30. Identify incorrect statement
1) Iodine is not an essential element
2) Iron is a component of cytochromes
3) In the first phase of mineral absorption
ions are taken up into inner space of cells
4) Molybdenum is essential for nitrogen
metabolism including the process of
nitrogen fixation

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ANSWERS 33. Sluphur
EXERCISE-I 34. Ferric Fe3 
1. Inorganic nutrition 35. Iron
2. German 36. Cytochromes
3. J.V. Sachs 37. Catalase
4. Hydroponics 38. Iron
5. Hydroponics 39. Splitting of water to liberate oxygen
6. Lettuce 40. Nitrogen metabolism
7. Roots 41. Zinc
8. More than sixty elements 42. Auxins (IAA)
43. Cupric Cu 2 
8
9. 10 g / mL
10. Quantitative requirements
44. Copper
11. Macronutrients
45. Cu
12. H2O
46. B4 O72
13. Trace elements
47. Boron
14. Four
48. Boron
15. Higher
49. Molybdenum
16. 17
50. Nitrogen metabolism
17. Chlorophyll
51. Cl
18. Mg 2
52. Cl
19. Alcohol dehydrogenase
53. Critical concentration
20. Mo
54. Critical concentration
21. Potassium
55. Deficiency symptoms
22. Nitrogen
56. Older tissues
23. NO3
57. Senescent leaves
24. Nitrogen
58. Immobile
25. Phosphorus
59. Ca
26. Potassium
60. Chlorosis
27. Potassium
61. Chlorosis
28. Calcium
62. Necrosis
29. Calcium
63. Mo
30. Magnesium
64. Flowering
31. Magnesium
65. Toxicity
32. Methionine
66. Toxic

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67. Manganese 100. Leghaemoglobin
68. Magnesium 101. Mo – Fe protein
69. Manganese 102. Ammonia
70. Calcium 103. Ammonia
71. Mg 104. Cortical, pericycle
72. Passive 105. Molecular oxygen
73. Active 106. Anaerobic
74. Flux 107. Oxygen scavenger
75. Influx, Efflux 108. Anaerobic
76. Transpirational pull 109. Input of energy
77. Radioisotopes 110. Respiration
78. Weathering 111. Physiological
79. Micronutrients 112. Reductive amination
80. Microbes 113. Glutamate dehydrogenase
81. Natural, agricultural 114. Transamination
82. Nitrogen fixation 115. Glutamic acid
83. Lightning, ultra-violet radiation 116. Transaminase
84. Ammonification 117. Amides
85. Nitrification 118. Proteins
86. Nitrite 119. Aspartic acid, glutamic acid
87. Nitrobacter 120. Xylem vessels
88. Denitrification 121. Ureides
89. Thiobacillus 122. Nitrogen to carbon ratio
90. NH3 123. Soil
91. Electrical N2 fixation 124. Passive, active
92. Biological N2 fixation 125. ATP
93. Prokaryotes 126. Rhizobium
94. Azotobacter, Beijernickia 127. Anaerobic
95. Rhodospirillum 128. H2
96. Cyanobacteria 129. Rod
97. Rod shaped 130. Cyanobacteria
98. Rhizobia 131. Chemoautotrophs
99. Frankia

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EXERCISE-II

1) 2 2) 4 3) 4 4) 1 5) 2 6) 1 7) 3 8) 3 9) 4 10) 1
11) 2 12) 3 13) 3 14) 1 15) 3 16) 4 17) 3 18) 4 19) 4 20) 4
21) 4 22) 4 23) 4 24) 2 25) 1 26) 1 27) 1 28) 2 29) 4 30) 3
31) 3 32) 3 33) 2 34) 2 35) 1 36) 4 37) 1 38) 3 39) 2 40) 3
41) 1 42) 3 43) 2 44) 2 45) 2 46) 1 47) 1 48) 2 49) 3 50) 1
51) 3 52) 53) 54) 55) 56) 57) 58) 59) 60)

EXERCISE-III

1) 3 2) 3 3) 2 4) 3 5) 1 6) 2 7) 3 8) 4 9) 1 10) 4
11) 3 12) 2 13) 4 14) 4 15) 1 16) 1 17) 3 18) 1 19) 1 20) 1
21) 2 22) 3 23) 1 24) 4 25) 3 26) 3 27) 3 28) 4 29) 2 30) 3

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