done 11th Biology Mineral Nutrition

• question_answer1)
  All elements that are present in a plant need not be essential to its survival'. Comment. 
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• question_answer2)
  Why is purification of water and nutrient salts so important in studies involving mineral nutrition using hydroponics. 
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• question_answer3)
  Explain with examples macronutrients, micronutrients, beneficial nutrients, toxic elements and essential elements. 
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• question_answer4)
  Name at least five different deficiency symptoms in plants. Describe them and correlate with the concerned mineral deficiency. 
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• question_answer5)
  If a plant shows a symptom which could develop due to deficiency of more than one nutrient, how would you find out experimentally, the real deficient mineral element? 
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• question_answer6)
  Why is that in certain plants deficiency symptoms appear first in younger parts of the plant, while in others they do so in mature organs? 
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• question_answer7)
  How are the minerals absorbed by the plants? 
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• question_answer8)
  What are the conditions necessary for fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by Rhizobium. What is their role in Nitrogen-fixation? 
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• question_answer9)
  What are the steps involved in formation of a root nodule? 
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• question_answer10)
  Which of the following statements are true? If false, correct them (i) Boron deficiency leads to stout axis. (ii) Every mineral element that is present in a cell is needed by the cell. (iii) Nitrogen as a nutrient element, is highly immobile in the plants. (iv) It is very easy to establish the essentiality of micronutrients because they are required only in trace quantities.
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• question_answer11) Which one of the following roles is not characteristic of an essential element? (a) being a component of biomolecules (b) changing the chemistry of soil (c) being a structural component of energy related chemical (d) activation or inhibition of enzymes  

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• question_answer12) Which one of the following statements can best explain the term critical concentration of an essential element? (a) essential element concentration below which plant growth is retarded (b) essential element concentration below which plant growth becomes enhanced (c) essential element concentration below which plant remains in the vegetative phase (d) None of the above  

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• question_answer13) Deficiency symptoms of an element tend to appear first in young leaves. It indicates that the element is relatively immobile. Which one of the following elemental deficiency would show such symptoms? (a) Sulphur                          (b) Magnesium                 (c) Nitrogen                         (d) Potassium  

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• question_answer14) Which one of the following symptoms is not due to manganese toxicity in plants? (a) Calcium translocation in shoot opex is inhibit (b) Deficiency in both iron and zitrogen induced (c) Appearance of brown spot surrounded by chlorotic veins (d) None of the above           

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• question_answer15) Reaction carried out by  fixing microbes include (a)            ?(i) (b)                                             ?(ii) Which of the following statements about these equations is not true? (a) Step (i) is carried out by Nitrosomonas or Nitrococcus (b) Step (ii) is carried out by Nitrobacter (c) Both steps (i) and (ii) can be called nitrification (d) Bacteria carrying out these steps are usually photoautotrophs  

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• question_answer16) With regard to the biological nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium in association with soyabean, which one of the following statement/ statements does not hold true. (a) Nitrogenase may require oxygen for its functioning. (b) Nitrogenase is Mo-Fe protein (c) Leg-haemoglobin is a pink coloured pigment. (d) Nitrogenase helps to convert  gas into two molecules of ammonia,  

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• question_answer17) Match the element with its associated functions/roles and choose the correct option among given below

  A. Born	1.   Splitting of  to liberate  during photosynthesis
  B. Manganese	2.   Needed for synthesis of auxins
  C. Molybdenum	3.  Component of nitrogenase
  D. Zinc	4.   Pollen germination
  E.  Iron	5.  Component of ferredoxin

       Codes. (a) 1,2/3, 4, ,5                  (b) 4,1,3,1, 5                         (c) 3, 2, 4, 5,1                      (d) 2,3,5, 1,4  

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• question_answer18) Plants can be grown in (Tick the incorrect option) (a) soil with essential nutrients. (b) water with essential nutrients. (c) either water or soil with essential nutrients. (d) water or soil without essential nutrients.  

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• question_answer19) Name a plant, which accumulate silicon.  

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• question_answer20) Mycorrhiza is a mutualistic association. How do the organisms involved in this association gain from each other?  

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• question_answer21) Nitrogen fixation is shown by prokaryotes and not eukaryotes. Comment.  

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• question_answer22) Carnivorous plants like Nepenthes and venus fly trap have nutritional adaptations. Which nutrient do they especially obtain and from where?  

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• question_answer23) Think of a plant which lacks chlorophyll. From where will it obtain nutrition? Give an example of such a type of plant.  

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• question_answer24) Name an insectivorous angiosperm.  

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• question_answer25) A farmer adds Azotobacter culture to soil before sowing maize. Which mineral element is being replenished?  

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• question_answer26) What type of conditions are created by leghaemoglobin in the root nodule of a legume?  

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• question_answer27) What is common to Nepenthes, Utricularia and Drosera with regard to mode of nutrition?  

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• question_answer28) Plants with zinc deficiency show reduced biosynthesis of  

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• question_answer29) Yellowish edges appear in leaves deficient in.  

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• question_answer30) Name the macronutrient which is a component of all organic compounds but it not obtained from soil.  

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• question_answer31) Name one non-symbiotic nitrogen fixing prokaryote.  

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• question_answer32) Rice fields produce an important green house gas. Name it.  

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• question_answer33) Complete the equation for reductive amination ......... . glutamate  

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• question_answer34) Excess of Mn in soil leads to deficiency of Ca, Mg and Fe. Justify.  

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• question_answer35) How is sulphur important for plants? Name the ammo acids in which it is present.  

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• question_answer36) How are organisms like Pseudomonas and Thiobacillus of great significance in nitrogen cycle?  

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• question_answer37) Carefully observed the following figure (a) Name the technique shown in the figure and, the scientist who demonstrated this technique for the first time, (b) Name atleast three plants for which this technique can be employed for their commercial production. (c) What is the significance of aerating tube and feeding funnel in this setup?  

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• question_answer38) Name the most crucial enzyme found in root nodules for -fixation? Does it require a special pink coloured pigment for its functioning? Elaborate.  

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• question_answer39) How are the terms 'critical concentration' and 'deficient' different from each other in terms of concentration of an essential element in plants? Can you find the values of 'critical concentration' and 'deficient' for minerals?Fe and Zn?                 Carnivorous plants exhibit nutritional adaptation. Citing an example explain this fact.  

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• question_answer40) A farmer adds/supplies Na, Ca, Mg and Fe regularly to his field and yet he observes that the plants show deficiency of Ca, Mg and Fe. Give a valid reason and suggest a way to help the farmer improve the growth of plants.  

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• question_answer41)   A farmer adds/supplies Na, Ca, Mg and Fe regularly to his field and yet he observes that the plants show deficiency of Ca, Mg and Fe. Give a valid reason and suggest a way to help the farmer improve the growth of plants.

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• question_answer42)   It is observed that deficiency of a particular element showed its symptoms initially in older leaves and then in younger leaves. (a) Does it indicate that the element is actively mobilised or relatively immobile? (b) Name two elements which are highly mobile and two which are relatively immobile. (c) How is the aspect of mobility of elements important to horticulture and agriculture?  

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• question_answer43) We find that Rhizobium forms nodules on the roots of leguminous plants. Also Frankia another microbe forms nitrogen fixing nodules on the roots of non-leguminous plant Alnus. (a) Can we artificially induce the property of nitrogen-fixation in a plant, leguminous or non-leguminous? (b) What kind of relationship is observed between mycorrhiza and pine trees? (c) Is it necessary for a microbe to be in close association with a plant to provide mineral nutrition? Explain with the help of one example.  

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• question_answer44) What are essential elements for plants? Give the criteria of essentiality? How are minerals classifieds depending upon the amount in which they are needed by the plants?  

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• question_answer45) With the help of examples describe the classification of essential elements based on the function they perform.  

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• question_answer46) We know that plants require nutrients. If we supply these in excess, will it be beneficial to the plants? If yes, how/ if no, why?  

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• question_answer47) Trace the events starting from the coming in contact of Rhizobium to a leguminous root till nodule formation. Add a note on importance of leg haemoglobin.  

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• question_answer48) Give the Biochemical events occurring in the root nodule of a pulse plant. What is the end product? What is its fate?  

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• question_answer49) Hydroponics have been shown to be a successful technique for growing of plants. Yet most of the crops are still grown on land. Why?  

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