Plant Growth and Development

50 topics, ranked by how often each is asked.

  • 85 questions
  • 33 papers
  • 2.41% of Biology

Topics

The squares are the last ten exam years: filled means it was asked that year.

Topics

50 topics · 85 questions
  1. 1Plant Growth Regulators - Cytokinins4.7%4 questionsPractise Plant Growth Regulators - Cytokinins
  2. 2Development, Differentiation and PGRs1.2%1 questionPractise Development, Differentiation and PGRs
  3. 3Totipotency1.2%1 questionPractise Totipotency
  4. 4Selective Herbicidal Action of Auxin1.2%1 questionPractise Selective Herbicidal Action of Auxin
  5. 5Plant Growth Regulators and Stem Elongation1.2%1 questionPractise Plant Growth Regulators and Stem Elongation
  6. 6Plant Growth Regulators – Gibberellins5.9%5 questionsPractise Plant Growth Regulators – Gibberellins
  7. 7Differentiation, Dedifferentiation and Redifferentiation2.4%2 questionsPractise Differentiation, Dedifferentiation and Redifferentiation
  8. 8Plant Growth Regulators – Ethylene4.7%4 questionsPractise Plant Growth Regulators – Ethylene
  9. 9Growth – Plasticity and Heterophylly1.2%1 questionPractise Growth – Plasticity and Heterophylly
  10. 10Photoperiodism7.1%6 questionsPractise Photoperiodism
  11. 11Plant Growth Regulators – Auxins3.5%3 questionsPractise Plant Growth Regulators – Auxins
  12. 12Growth – Plasticity1.2%1 questionPractise Growth – Plasticity
  13. 13Seed Dormancy3.5%3 questionsPractise Seed Dormancy
  14. 14Growth – Phases of Growth1.2%1 questionPractise Growth – Phases of Growth
  15. 15Plant Growth Regulators – Auxins and Ethylene1.2%1 questionPractise Plant Growth Regulators – Auxins and Ethylene
  16. 16Phenotypic plasticity1.2%1 questionPractise Phenotypic plasticity
  17. 17Plant growth regulators and their functions1.2%1 questionPractise Plant growth regulators and their functions
  18. 18Functions of plant growth regulators1.2%1 questionPractise Functions of plant growth regulators
  19. 19Discovery of cytokinins - Skoog's experiments1.2%1 questionPractise Discovery of cytokinins - Skoog's experiments
  20. 20Properties and functions of plant hormones1.2%1 questionPractise Properties and functions of plant hormones
  21. 21Seed dormancy and its removal1.2%1 questionPractise Seed dormancy and its removal
  22. 22Functions of phytohormones1.2%1 questionPractise Functions of phytohormones
  23. 23Discovery of plant hormones1.2%1 questionPractise Discovery of plant hormones
  24. 24Discovery of auxin - phototropism experiments1.2%1 questionPractise Discovery of auxin - phototropism experiments
  25. 25Commercial/physiological applications of phytohormones1.2%1 questionPractise Commercial/physiological applications of phytohormones
  26. 26General characteristics of plant growth1.2%1 questionPractise General characteristics of plant growth
  27. 27Plasticity1.2%1 questionPractise Plasticity
  28. 28Auxins - apical dominance1.2%1 questionPractise Auxins - apical dominance
  29. 29Gibberellins1.2%1 questionPractise Gibberellins
  30. 30Auxins - uses1.2%1 questionPractise Auxins - uses
  31. 31Gibberellins - bolting1.2%1 questionPractise Gibberellins - bolting
  32. 32Arithmetic growth1.2%1 questionPractise Arithmetic growth
  33. 33Plant growth regulators – auxin bioassay1.2%1 questionPractise Plant growth regulators – auxin bioassay
  34. 34Auxin–cytokinin ratio in tissue culture1.2%1 questionPractise Auxin–cytokinin ratio in tissue culture
  35. 35Photoperiodism – phytochrome3.5%3 questionsPractise Photoperiodism – phytochrome
  36. 36Auxins7.1%6 questionsPractise Auxins
  37. 37Growth curves1.2%1 questionPractise Growth curves
  38. 38Light and plant growth1.2%1 questionPractise Light and plant growth
  39. 39Plant growth regulators8.2%7 questionsPractise Plant growth regulators
  40. 40Vernalisation1.2%1 questionPractise Vernalisation
  41. 41Photoperiodism and vernalisation1.2%1 questionPractise Photoperiodism and vernalisation
  42. 42Plant movements2.4%2 questionsPractise Plant movements
  43. 43Senescence and Abscission1.2%1 questionPractise Senescence and Abscission
  44. 44Photoperiodism and Phytochrome1.2%1 questionPractise Photoperiodism and Phytochrome
  45. 45Auxins and Apical Dominance1.2%1 questionPractise Auxins and Apical Dominance
  46. 46Gibberellins and Seed Germination1.2%1 questionPractise Gibberellins and Seed Germination
  47. 47Phases and Rate of Growth1.2%1 questionPractise Phases and Rate of Growth
  48. 48Plant Growth Regulators in Tissue Culture1.2%1 questionPractise Plant Growth Regulators in Tissue Culture
  49. 49Plant Growth Regulators: Abscisic Acid2.4%2 questionsPractise Plant Growth Regulators: Abscisic Acid
  50. 50Apical Dominance1.2%1 questionPractise Apical Dominance

Questions per paper

Asked in 15 of the last 16 papers (2017–2026).

  1. 2026: 2 questions
  2. 2026 Re-NEET: 3 questions
  3. 2025: 2 questions
  4. 2024: 3 questions
  5. 2024 Re-NEET: 3 questions
  6. 2023: 3 questions
  7. 2023 Manipur: 3 questions
  8. 2022: 3 questions
  9. 2022 Phase 2: 3 questions
  10. 2021: 3 questions
  11. 2020: 3 questions
  12. 2020 Phase-2: 3 questions
  13. 2019: 2 questions
  14. 2019 Odisha: 2 questions
  15. 2018: not asked
  16. 2017: 1 question

Concepts tested

  • Abscisic acid 2
  • Discovery of photoperiodism 2
  • Phototropism 2
  • plasticity in plants 2
  • site of photoperiodic perception 2
  • 2,4-D as a weedicide
  • ABA induces dormancy
  • ABA promotes senescence
  • Apical dominance
  • Apical dominance and rooting
  • Arithmetic growth
  • auxin-cytokinin-organogenesis
  • auxin-prevents-abscission
  • Auxins - apical dominance
  • Auxins - uses
  • Auxins prevent premature fruit drop
  • Avena curvature bioassay
  • Avena curvature test