Nutrition in Plants

practice questions on plant nutrition

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Nucleus in a cell is surrounded by a jelly-like substance called

  1. chlorophyll
  2. vacuole
  3. cytoplasm
  4. mitochondrion
  5. plastid
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not needed for photosynthesis?

  1. Light
  2. Oxygen
  3. Water
  4. Chlorophyll
  5. Carbon dioxide
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a heterotroph organism?

  1. Human being
  2. Cow
  3. Tiger
  4. Whale
  5. Phytoplankton
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Reserve food materials in plants is stored as

  1. glucose
  2. starch
  3. glycogen
  4. fats
  5. proteins
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is correct for stomata?

  1. Pores on leaf surface
  2. Membrane around the cell
  3. Pigment to help in photosynthesis
  4. Central dark area in a cell
  5. Membrane around the nucleus
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The leaves of _____________ are reduced into spines.

  1. mango tree
  2. pitcher plant
  3. mahogany
  4. cactus
  5. orchids
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not an insectivorous plant?

  1. Sundew
  2. Mango tree
  3. Utricularia
  4. Pitcher plant
  5. Drosera
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

While travelling in a bus, a boy noticed green patches in almost all the ponds and areas with stagnant water. What does this green colour indicate?

  1. Fungi
  2. Parasites
  3. Algae
  4. Tiny animals
  5. Dead and decaying organic matter
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following does not belong to Kingdom 'Fungi'?

  1. Bread mould
  2. Mushroom
  3. Cuscuta
  4. Yeast
  5. Penicillium
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Solar energy is stored in plants by the leaves with the help of

  1. Nucleus
  2. Chlorophyll
  3. Mitochondrion
  4. Ribosome
  5. DNA
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

_________ is a relationship in which both partners are mutually benefitted.

  1. Symbiosis
  2. Parasitism
  3. Ammensalism
  4. Predation
  5. Competition
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The term 'lichen' means

  1. green algae living inside fungi
  2. decomposition of dead matter
  3. absorption of nutrients by roots from the soil
  4. animals living as endo-parasites inside a host
  5. trapping of light energy for photosynthesis
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

'Iodine test' indicates the presence of

  1. Sugar
  2. Fat
  3. Protein
  4. Starch
  5. RNA
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following does not contain chlorophyll?

  1. Rose plant
  2. Orchid
  3. Hibiscus
  4. Potato plant
  5. Amarbel
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A child and his father were doing gardening. When the child accidently pulled out a plant, he noticed that there were some swellings in the roots. He asked his father about it. The father explained that the swelling is called a nodule and some bacteria like ________ live inside it.

  1. Streptococcus
  2. Yeast
  3. Rhizobium
  4. HIV
  5. Lactobacillus