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The inorganic essential elements which are obtained from the soil are called as 

  1. Mineral elements

  2. Non-mineral elements

  3. Non- essential elements

  4. Both (b) and (c)


Correct Option: A

The character of an ecosystem is determined by the environmental factor, which is shortest in supply, this is called as

  1. Law of minimum

  2. Law of diminishing returns

  3. Law of limiting factors

  4. Law of supply and demand


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Law of minimum is popularly known as Leibig's law of minimum. 

According to this law the growth is controlled not by the total amount of resources available, but by the scarcest resource (called as limiting factor). 
It has wide ranging applications and one application is ecology. In ecological studies the character of an ecosystem is determined by the environmental factor, which is shortest in supply. For example, type of forest will be decided not by light or soil but by water availability. If water is present in less amount, no matter how abundant is the supply of other resources, only thorny or scrub forests will develop.

Oxygen $(O _2)$ is utilised by an organism to?

  1. Perform formation of nutritive molecules

  2. Breakdown the nutrient molecules

  3. Obtain nourishment from the food

  4. Burn the organic compounds directly


Correct Option: A

The Hydroponics is most closely related to which among the following?

  1. Grafting of Plants

  2. Water conservation

  3. Study of Vegetable

  4. Soilless culture of Plants


Correct Option: D

Mycorrhizal fungi mobilize nutrients from soils to roots of plants. The nutrient in question is?

  1. Organic acid

  2. Phosphorus

  3. Manganese

  4. Potassium


Correct Option: A

Regarding the mineral nutrition of plants, which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. The availability of iron to plants decrease with the increase of acidity of the soil

  2. The presence of $CO _2$ dissolved in the soil water reduces the solubility of carbonates of lime in it

  3. Molybdenum is a constituent of nitrate reductase system

  4. Sulphur is a constituent of phenylalanine


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is popularly associated with the name of Justus Liebig?

  1. Law of the Minimum

  2. Law of Tolerance

  3. Ecological Niche

  4. Speciation


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following statements correctly fines the term hydroponics?

  1. Growing plants in soil less culture

  2. Culture of fishes by varying the water supply

  3. Growing planktons on the surface of water

  4. Growing plants in sterilized soil


Correct Option: A

Match List-I(mode of nutrition in bacteria) with List-II(examples of bacteria) and select the correct answer.

List-I List-II
a. Photoautotroph $1$. Escherichia coli
b. Chemoautotroph $2$. Rhodospirillum rubrum
c. Photocheterotroph $3$. Chlorobium sp.
d. Chemoheterotroph $4$. Nitrosomonas sp.
  1. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  2. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$1$, D-$2$

  3. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  4. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$1$, D-$2$


Correct Option: A

Match List I (nutrient) with List II(deficiency symptom in leaf) and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists.

List-I List-II
a. Phosphorus $1$. Lower leaves yellow between veins; purplish color of petiole
b. Potassium $2$. Discoloration of leaf, starting from margins and extending towards mid-rib
c. Manganese $3$. Dead tissues around the margins and in between the veins of the leaves
d. Calcium $4$. Development of chlorosis in patches in dicots and in stripes in monocots
  1. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$4$

  2. A-$2$, B-$1$, C-$3$, D-$4$

  3. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$4$, D-$3$

  4. A-$2$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$3$


Correct Option: A