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Nutrition in Plants question types

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Nutrition in Plants questions

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Q 1MCQ (1 Marks)1 Mark
What additional nutrients is likely to be produced by plants, when the soil contains abundant nitrogen-fixing bacteria during photosynthesis?
  • A
    Minerals
  • Proteins
  • C
    Vitamins
  • D
    Water

Answer: B.

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Q 2MCQ (1 Marks)1 Mark
Which of the following option has all the components of food?
  • Carbohydrate, fats, vitamins, protein and mineral
  • B
    Carbohydrate, oxygen, vitamins, protein and mineral
  • C
    Fats, water, carbon dioxide, protein and mineral
  • D
    Oxygen, water, fat, protein and mineral

Answer: A.

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Q 3MCQ (1 Marks)1 Mark
The table provides information on the traits of an insectivorous plant.
A. It is green in colour.
B. The body of the plant consists of a lid and pitcher.
C. It traps the insects and digests them by secreting digestive juices.
Based on these characteristics, what could be the probable mode of nutrition of this plant?
  • A
    Autotrophic
  • Autotrophic and heterotrophic
  • C
    Both autotrophic and saprotrophic
  • D
    Both heterotrophic and saprotrophic

Answer: B.

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Q 4MCQ (1 Marks)1 Mark
Listed below are some of the traits exhibited by saprophytes and symbionts.
A. They absorb nutrients from dead and decay.
B. They depend on plants and animals for nutrition.
C. They live together with other organisms to share space and food.
Which option correctly classifies these characteristics?
ABC
(a) SymbiontsBoth saprophytes and symbiontsSaprophytes
(b) SaprophytesBoth saprophytes and symbiontsSymbionts
(c) Both saprophytes and symbiontsSaprophytesSymbionts
(d) SymbiontsSaprophytesBoth saprophytes and symbionts
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Q 5MCQ (1 Marks)1 Mark
A teacher instructs the student to outline the reasons about the importance of nutrition in living organisms. The table exhibits the list prepared by the students.
A. It supports the normal growth and development.
B. It allows each organism to prepare its own food.
C. It promotes overall health of the organism.
D. It allows organism to reduce its body weight
Based on the table, which statements are correct?
  • A and C
  • B
    B and D
  • C
    A and B
  • D
    C and D

Answer: A.

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Assertion (A) Pitcher plant is an insectivorous plant.
Reason (R) It derives its nutrition from another plant
  • A
    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B
    Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • A is true, but R is false
  • D
    A is false, but R is true

Answer: C.

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Assertion (A) The leaves of cactus plant are reduced to spines.
Reason (R) It is an adaptation in cactus plant to increase the rate of photosynthesis.
  • A
    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B
    Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • A is true, but R is false
  • D
    A is false, but R is true

Answer: C.

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Assertion (A) The green pigment present in the leaves is called stomata.
Reason (R) It plays an important role in the process of photosynthesis in plants.
  • A
    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B
    Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • C
    A is true, but R is false
  • A is false, but R is true

Answer: D.

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Assertion (A) Green plants can make their own food.
Reason (R) They have chlorophyll pigment stored in chloroplast.
  • Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B
    Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • C
    A is true, but R is false
  • D
    A is false, but R is true

Answer: A.

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Assertion (A) Cuscuta obtains readymade food from the plant on which it is climbing.
Reason (R) It shows autotrophic mode of nutrition.
  • A
    Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
  • B
    Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • A is true, but R is false
  • D
    A is false, but R is true

Answer: C.

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Boojho wants to know how these organisms acquire nutrients? They do not have mouths like animals do. They are not like green plants as they lack chlorophyll and cannot make food by photosynthesis.
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Column IColumn II
A. Vessels1. Food factory of plant
B. Leaf2. Stomata
C. Tiny pores present on leaf3. Raw material
D. CO2 and water4. Saprophyte
 5. Water and mineral
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