Read the following statements:

a. Growth cannot be taken as a defining property of living organisms

b. Growth occurs due to synthesis of protoplasmic and apoplastic substances

c. In unicelled organisms, reproduction is not synonymous with growth

d. In majority of higher animals and plants, growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive events

1 Only (a) & (b) are correct

2 (b), (c) & (d) are correct

3 Only (c) is incorrect

4 (a), (c) & (d) are correct

 

Select correct match between column l and ll

Column l                                                     Column ll

a. As quick referral system in                        i) Monograph taxonomical studies

b. Collection of preserved plants                    ii) Herbarium and animals

c. Index to the plant species                         iii) Museum found in a particular area

d. Complete information                              iV) Flora of any one taxon

1 a(ii), b(iii), c(iV), d(i)

2 a(ii), b(iii), c(i), d(iV)

3 a(iii), b(ii), c(iV), d(i)

4 a(iV), b(iii), c(ii), d(i)

Select the correct match with respect to column l and column ll:

What is wrong with respect to metabolism?
a. Chemical conversions or metabolic conversions are constantly going on.
b. Metabolic reactions occur simultaneously.
c. The sum total of all the chemical reaction occurring on the surface of our body is metabolism.
d. No non-living objects exhibit metabolism.

In --------- organisms, --------is synonymous with -------.
a. Unicellular, increase in mass and increase in number
b. Multicellular, increase in mass and increase in number
c. Unicellular, Reproduction and growth
d. Multicellular, Reproduction and growth

How many of the following may not or cannot reproduce?
Infertile Humans, Worker bees, Mules, Boulders, Fungi, Protonema of mosses.
a. 4
b. 3
c. 1
d. 5

Reproduction cannot be an all-inclusive defining characteristic of living organism because of
a. Asexual reproduction
b. Non living organisms also replicate
c. Examples of worker bees
d. May occur in all type of living systems instead of living organisms.

Increase in number can be-
a. Growth
b. Reproduction
c. Both a and b
d. Accumulation

Match the following: 

1. (p-2); (q-1); (r-2); (s-2); (t-1); (u-3)
2. (p-3); (q-3); (r-2); (s-1); (t-1); (u-3)
3. (p-3); (q-1); (r-3); (s-2); (t-2); (u-1)
4. (p-2); (q-2); (r-3); (s-3); (t-1); (u-1)

Select the correct combination:
1. Plants: limited cell division
2. Animals: Cell division throughout life span in all type of cells.
3. Unicellular organisms: Growth observation by microscope
4. Living organisms: external growth