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Movement and Locomotion - 1 (Class IX)

Movement and Locomotion - 1

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The direction of nastic movement is not determined by the direction in which the stimulus is applied.
b. Nastic movements are generally exhibited by the flat organs of plants like leaves or petals of flowers.
c. Nastic movements are not growth movements.

  1. a, b and c
  2. a and b
  3. a and c
  4. b and c
  5. only a
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Movement in earthworms is facilitated by

  1. tube feet
  2. setae
  3. flagella
  4. pseudopodia
  5. tentacles
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following classes of organisms possesses pseudopodia as a locomotory organ?

  1. Sarcodina
  2. Mastigophora
  3. Sporozoa
  4. Ciliata
  5. Suctoria
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are not related with earthworms?

  1. Bristles
  2. Hollow bones
  3. Slimy secretion
  4. Peristalsis
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The muscles which help a cockroach in flying are

  1. breast muscles
  2. flight muscles
  3. back muscles
  4. strong muscles
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not caused by growth movement?

  1. Bending of the shoot of a plant in response to light
  2. Closing up of leaves of a sensitive plant on touching with an object
  3. Climbing up of a plant on an object by using tendrils
  4. Movement of the root of a plant towards a source of water
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following combinations of organisms and their locomotory organs is/are incorrectly matched?

(1) Amoeba - Pseudopodia
(2) Hydra - Flagella
(3) Paramecium - Cilia

  1. Only (1)
  2. Only (2)
  3. Only (3)
  4. Only (1) and (2)
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The drooping or folding of legume leaves in the dark is called

  1. temporary wilting
  2. nyctinasty
  3. seismonasty
  4. permanent wilting
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following pairs are incorrectly matched?

a. Growth of roots towards the earth - Positive hydrotropism
b. Bending of roots towards water - Positive hydrotropism
c. Growth of pollen towards the ovule - Positive phototropism
d. Winding of tendrills towards the support - Negative thigmotropism

  1. Only a and b
  2. Only a and c
  3. Only b and c
  4. Only c and d
  5. Only b and d
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is/are the example(s) of thigmonasty?

a. Tendrils of a grapevine growing around a bamboo stick
b. Folding of leaves of Mimosa pudica plant on touching
c. Opening of the petals of dandelion flower in the morning

  1. Only a
  2. Both a and b
  3. Only b
  4. Both b and c
  5. Only c
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which type of movement is not shown by a cockroach?

  1. Climbing
  2. Walking
  3. Flying
  4. Creeping
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many pairs of legs does a cockroach have?

  1. Four
  2. Two
  3. Three
  4. Five
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why does a plant appear to bend towards light?

  1. Due to the diffusion of auxins towards the shady side of the shoot
  2. Due to the diffusion of gibberellins towards the bright side of the shoot
  3. Due to the diffusion of cytokinins towards the shady region of the shoot
  4. Due to the diffusion of gibberellins towards the shady region of the shoot
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of movement is shown by tendrils in response to touch?

  1. Phototropism
  2. Thigmotropism
  3. Thermotropism
  4. Geotropism
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The growth of pollen tube towards ovule is an example of

  1. phototropism
  2. hydrotropism
  3. chemotropism
  4. geotropism
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