LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600
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B.Sc. DEGREE SEMESTER EXAMINATION – PLANT BIO. & BIO TECH.
APRIL 2007
B 315 Plant Cell Structure
Date & Time :30.04.07 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Part A (10 x 2 = 20)
Write short notes on the following:
- Cell theory
- Ergostic substances
- Middle lamella
- Prokaryotic ribosome
- Heterochromatin
- Introns and exons
- Centrioles
- Crossing over
- Senescence
- Karyotype
Part B (5 x 8 = 40)
Answer any FIVE of the following, not exceeding 350 words each. Draw necessary diagrams.
- Describe the chemical composition of plant cell wall.
- Bring out the biological properties of cytoplasm.
- Explain the structure and types of lysosomes in plants.
- Briefly explain chromosomal variations in numbers.
- Write notes on “one gene one enzyme” hypothesis.
- Describe nucleocytoplasmic interaction with reference to Acetabularia.
- Give the cytological changes caused due to crown gall disease.
- What are the cytological responses of plants to pollutions?
Part – C (2 x 20 = 40)
Answer the following in not more than 1500 words. Draw necessary diagrams.
- (a) Explain the structure and chemical composition of plasma membrane.
Or
(b) Describe ultra structure of chloroplast. Add note on the types of plastids.
- (a) Illustrate and explain the various stages of meiosis.
Or
(b) Write notes on the structure of DNA. Add note on its replications.