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When pea seeds and wheat grains are soaked in water, pea seeds showed more swelling than the wheat. The reason is

Cell membrane of pea seeds is more permeable
Presence of less hydrophilic colloids in the wheat grains
Imbibition capacity of proteins is more than that of starch
Cell walls of wheat grains are less permeable
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A soil sample is found to have 25% of its volume occupied by soil water. Of this, 10% is hygroscopic water and .the remaining is capillary water. What is the field capacity of this soil?

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When the concentration of the soil solutes is low, the absorption of water is

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Which one of the followings establishes the barrier to the apoplastic movement of solutes into the vascular cylinder?

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The direction of water in the leaflets of Cycas from midrib is

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Study the following lists and choose the correct option.

 List - I List - II
A.Water potential of 10% salt solutionI.Positive
B.Pressure potential in a normal cellII.Negative
C.Pressure potential in a plasmolysed cellIII.Positive
C.Metric potential on the surface of the woodIV.Negative
V.Zero

The correct match is :

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Two cells A and B are contiguous. Cell A has osmotic pressure 10 atm, turgor pressure 7 atm and diffusion pressure deficit 3 atm. Cell B has osmotic pressure 8 atm, turgor pressure 3 atm and diffusion pressure deficit 5 atm. The result will be:

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Munch hypothesis is based on

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The translocation of organic solutes in sieve tube members is supported by

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Column I lists some principles, pertaining to physiology of plants. Column II lists the names of scientists who proposed the idea. Match the two columns. Identify the correct choice from those given

Column - IColumn - II
A.Mass flow hypothesisp.J. C. Bose
B.Relay pump theoryq.Strasburger
C.Transpiration pull theoryr.Munch
D.Pulsatile movement theorys.Godlewski
t.Dixon and Jolly

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Opening and closing of stomata is due to the:

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