Match the following :
| A. | IAA | i. | Herring sperm DNA |
| B. | ABA | ii. | Bolting |
| C. | Ethylene | iii. | Stomatal closure |
| D. | GA | iv. | Weed-free lawns |
| E. | Cytokinins | v. | Ripening of fruits |
Options:
| A | B | C | D | E | |
| 1. | iv | iii | v | ii | i |
| 2. | v | iii | iv | ii | i |
| 3. | iv | i | v | iii | ii |
| 4. | v | iii | ii | i | iv |
| 1. | Vertical growth of seedlings |
| 2. | Swelling of axis of dicot seedlings |
| 3. | Apical hook formation in dicot seedlings |
| 4. | Fruit ripening |
| 1. | Auxins | 2. | Gibberellins |
| 3. | Cytokinin | 4. | Ethylene |
| 1. | ABA | 2. | Ethylene |
| 3. | Auxins | 4. | Cytokinins |
| Assertion (A): | The most widely used compound as source of ethylene is ethephon. |
| Reason (R): | Ethephon in an aqueous solution is readily absorbed and transported within the plant and releases ethylene slowly. |
| 1. | Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A). |
| 2. | Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A). |
| 3. | (A) is True; (R) is False. |
| 4. | (A) is False; (R) is True. |
| Statement I: | Ethylene helps leaves/upper parts of the shoot of deep water rice plants to remain above water. |
| Statement II: | Ethylene promotes rapid internode/petiole elongation in deep water rice plants. |
| 1. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is correct |
| 2. | Statement I is correct; Statement II is incorrect |
| 3. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is correct |
| 4. | Statement I is incorrect; Statement II is incorrect |
| I: | initiate flowering and for synchronising fruit-set in pineapples. |
| II: | induce flowering in mango. |
| 1. | Only I is correct |
| 2. | Only II is correct |
| 3. | Both I and II are correct |
| 4. | Both I and II are incorrect |