Assertion: Etiolation is an energy conserving strategy in plants.
Reason: It helps plants growing in the dark reach the light before they die.

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false

The most important colors in regulating photomorhogenesis in plants are:
1. Violet and Yellow
2. White and Black
3. Green and Orange
4. Red and Blue

The biologically active form of the phytochrome is:
1.${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{r}}$
2. ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{fr}}$
3. Both
4. None

When lettuce seeds illuminated by red light are then exposed to far red light:

1. ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{r}}$ is converted to ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{fr}}$ and germination is inhibited
2. ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{r}}$ is converted to ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{fr}}$ and germination is initiated
3. ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{fr}}$ is converted to ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{r}}$ and germination is inhibited
4. ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{fr}}$ is converted to ${\mathrm{P}}_{\mathrm{r}}$ and germination is initiated

Etiolated seedlings become normal when exposed to:
1. Blue light
2. Green light
3. Red light
4. Far red light

An incandescent light bulb has a high output of red light. Which of the following plant process will be least promoted by it:
1. photosynthesis.
2. seed germination.
3. phototropism.
4. flowering.

Assertion: Auxin, produced predominantly in shoot tips, is transported from cell to cell down the stem and this is called as polar transport.
Reason: The polar transport is due to the gravitational forces.

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false

Assertion: If leaves removed from a plant are dipped in a cytokinin solution, they stay green much longer than otherwise:
Reason: Cytokinins have an anti-aging effect of certain plant organs like leaves.

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false

Assertion: The levels of ABA may increase 100-fold during seed maturation.
Reason: The high levels of ABA in maturing seeds inhibit germination.

1. Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
2. Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
3. Assertion is true but reason is false.
4. Both assertion and reason are false

What is incorrect regarding the results of experiments conducted on coleoptiles of canary grass and oats by Charles Darwin and Francis Darwin on phototropism?
1. Both plants grow toward the light source.
2. The tips of coleoptiles were covered with a metal foil and the coleoptiles did not grow toward light.
3. When the metal foil was removed they still not grew toward the light.
4. The growing region of the coleoptiles rather than their tips was covered and the coleoptiles grew toward the light.