Nutrition in Plants

Covers modes of nutrition in plants including photosynthesis, parasitic, saprophytic, insectivorous, and symbiotic nutrition

19 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The green patches on stagnant water bodies or ponds depict(s) which of the following organisms?

  1. Fungi
  2. Bacteria
  3. Algae
  4. Protozoans
  5. All of the above
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the chief component of algae?

  1. Chlorophyll
  2. Protein
  3. Calcium
  4. Vitamin
  5. Phosphorus
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nitrogen fixing bacteria are present in the root nodules of __________.

  1. wheat plants
  2. leguminous plants
  3. rice plants
  4. maize plants
  5. jute plants
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following cannot be taken up by the plants directly from the atmosphere?

  1. Nitrogen
  2. Oxygen
  3. Sunlight
  4. Carbon-dioxide
  5. Water
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following groups mainly constitute for the saprophytes?

  1. Algae
  2. Fungi
  3. Bacteria
  4. Viruses
  5. Protozoans
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What happens in the process of photosynthesis?

  1. Solar energy is converted into heat energy.
  2. Chemical energy is converted into solar energy.
  3. Solar energy is converted into electrical energy.
  4. Solar energy is converted into chemical energy.
  5. Solar energy is converted into mechanical energy.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fungi take their food in the form of ___________.

  1. solution
  2. water
  3. solid
  4. gas
  5. any of the above
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an example of saprophytes?

  1. Mushroom
  2. Yeast
  3. Mould
  4. None of these
  5. Options 1, 2, 3
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a type of heterotrophic mode of nutrition?

  1. Saprophytic
  2. Sporophytic
  3. Parasitic
  4. Symbiotic
  5. Insectivorous
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fungi basically grow in _____.

  1. very hot weather
  2. very cold weather
  3. hot and humid weather
  4. desert region
  5. water
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From where does penicillin come?

  1. Algae
  2. Fungus
  3. Protozoan
  4. Virus
  5. Bacteria
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cuscuta is a _____________.

  1. parasitic plant
  2. parasitic animal
  3. saprophytic plant
  4. saprophytic animal
  5. none of the above
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Lichens are made up of which of the following organisms?

  1. Algae and fungi
  2. Algae and protozoan
  3. Protozoan and fungi
  4. Algae and bacteria
  5. Bacteria and fungi
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Lichen is an example of ________.

  1. parasites
  2. saprophytes
  3. symbiotic relationship
  4. insectivorous plants
  5. none of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Haustoria are the ________ of cuscuta plant.

  1. parasitic stem
  2. parasitic leaf
  3. parasitic fruit
  4. parasitic flower
  5. parasitic root
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Pitcher plant is a common example of which of the following types of plants?

  1. Saprophytic plant
  2. Insectivorous plant
  3. Symbiotic plant
  4. Parasitic plant
  5. None of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rhizobium lives in a symbiotic relationship with ___________.

  1. root nodules of leguminous plants
  2. flowers of the pitcher plant
  3. lichens
  4. stems of the mistletoe
  5. flowers of the Venus fly-trap
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Insectivorous plants grow in places which are deficient in:

  1. Oxygen
  2. Nitrogen
  3. Hydrogen
  4. Carbon dioxide
  5. Sunlight
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an example of insectivorous plant?

  1. Sundew
  2. Bladderwort
  3. Butterwort
  4. Venus fly-trap
  5. Mistletoe