NEET
Botany

Growth Hormones Auxin

Low Priority
Consistency: 25%
Weightage: 5 / 20 Yrs

High-Yield Trend

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2024
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2020
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2015
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2010
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2009

Questions
6 MCQs

01
PYQ 2009
easy
botany ID: neet-200

One of the synthetic auxin is:

1. NAA

2. IAA

3. GA

4. IBA

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02
PYQ 2010
easy
botany ID: neet-201

Phototropic curvature is the result of uneven distribution of:

1. gibberellin

2. phytochrome

3. cytokinins

4. auxin

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03
PYQ 2015
easy
botany ID: neet-201

Auxin can be bioassayed by?

1. Avena coleoptiles curvature
2. Hydroponics
3. Ptometer
4. Lettuce hypocotyl elongation

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04
PYQ 2020
easy
botany ID: neet-202

Who coined the term 'Kinetin'?

1. Skoog and Miller 2. Darwin
3. Went 4. Kurosawa
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05
PYQ 2020
easy
botany ID: neet-202

Match the following concerning the activity/function and the phytohormone involved:

Column-I Column-II
(a) Fruit ripener (i) Abscisic acid
(b) Herbicide (ii) GA 3
(c) Bolting agent (iii) 2, 4-D
(d) Stress hormone (iv) Ethephon

Select the correct option from following:

Options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (ii) (iii) (iv) (i)
2. (iii) (iv) (ii) (i)
3. (iv) (iii) (ii) (i)
4. (iv) (ii) (i) (iii)
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06
PYQ 2024
easy
botany ID: neet-202
Auxin is used by gardeners to prepare weed-free lawns. But no damage is caused to grass as auxin
1. promotes abscission of mature leaves only.
2. does not affect mature monocotyledonous plants.
3. can help in cell division in grasses, to produce growth.
4. promotes apical dominance
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