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Mineral Nutrition

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Ques. 1AIPMT 2004

If by radiation all nitrogenase enzymes are inactivated, then there will be no

  1. fixation of nitrogen in legumes
  2. fixation of atmospheric nitrogen
  3. conversion from nitrate to nitrite in legumes
  4. conversion from ammonium to nitrate in soil.

Answer

(1) fixation of nitrogen in legumes

Solution

As per NCERT, the enzyme nitrogenase is present exclusively in prokaryotes; it catalyses the conversion of atmospheric N2 to NH3:

N N Nitrogenase NH3

∵ In legumes, N2 is fixed by Rhizobium inside the root nodules with the help of nitrogenase (protected by leg-haemoglobin).

⇒ If all nitrogenase is inactivated, nitrogen fixation in the root nodules of legumes stops.

∵ Nitrate → nitrite (nitrate reductase) and ammonium → nitrate (nitrification by Nitrosomonas / Nitrobacter) do not need nitrogenase, they continue.

∴ There will be no fixation of nitrogen in legumes.

Answer: (1)

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Ques. 2AIPMT 2003

Plants deficient of element zinc, show its effect on the biosynthesis of plant growth hormone

  1. auxin
  2. cytokinin
  3. ethylene
  4. abscisic acid.
Ques. 3AIPMT 2003

Gray spots of oat are caused by deficiency of

  1. Cu
  2. Zn
  3. Mn
  4. Fe
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Ques. 4AIPMT 2003

Boron in green plants assists in

  1. activation of enzymes
  2. acting as enzyme co-factor
  3. photosynthesis
  4. sugar transport
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Ques. 5AIPMT 2001

Enzyme first used for nitrogen fixation

  1. nitrogenase
  2. nitroreductase
  3. transferase
  4. transaminase
Ques. 6AIPMT 2001

Passive absorption of minerals depends on

  1. temperature
  2. temperature and metabolic inhibitor
  3. metabolic inhibitor
  4. humidity
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Ques. 7AIPMT 2001

Roots of which plant contain a red pigment which has affinity for oxygen?

  1. Carrot
  2. Soybean
  3. Mustard
  4. Radish
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Ques. 8AIPMT 2000

Mg is a component of

  1. chlorophyll
  2. cytochrome
  3. haemoglobin
  4. haemocyanin
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Ques. 9AIPMT 2000

Plants take zinc in the form of

  1. ZnSO4
  2. Zn2+
  3. ZnO
  4. Zn
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Ques. 10AIPMT 2000

When the plants are grown in magnesium deficient but urea rich soil, the symptoms expressed are

  1. yellowish leaves
  2. colourless petiole
  3. dark green leaves
  4. shoot apex dies
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