NEET Botany
Growth Hormones Auxin
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Consistency: 25%
Weightage: 5 / 20 Yrs
High-Yield Trend
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2024 2
2020 1
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2010 1
2009 Questions 6 MCQs
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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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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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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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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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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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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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