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BotanyPlant Growth and DevelopmentGrowthMedium2 minPYQ_2005
BotanyMediumsingle choice

In an experiment freshly hatched larvae of an insect (Khapra beetle) were reared on a basal diet (complete diet without cholesterol) with increasing amounts of cholesterol. Results obtained are shown in the graph given in the table : The graph indicates that

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Answer:
A
Solution:

According to the graph the growth of the insect takes place as the amount of the cholesterol increase and at cholesterol the growth get static. If the growth rate would have been directly proportional to the cholesterol concentration then the graph would have been straight line. (3) is wrong as the optimum level is cholesterol concentration.

Stream:AIIMSSubject:BotanyTopic:Plant Growth and DevelopmentSubtopic:Growth
⏱ 2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2005

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