BOTANY- PAGE 15
1. The idea of center of diversity of crop plants was given by-
1) Trofim Lysenko
2) Jack R. Harlan
3) Harry Harlan
4) G.L. Stebbins
Ans: 2
2. Center of origin/diversity of Potato-
1) North-western South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru)
2) Mexico
3) North America
4) Russia
Ans: 1
3. Cotton is major fiber crop of the world. Find out wrong statement regarding it:
1) Gossypium herbaceum is diploid and old world cotton
2) Gossypium arboreum is tetraploid and old world cotton
3) Gossypium hirsutum is tetraploid
4) Gossypium barbadense is tetraploid
Ans: 2
4. Select odd member-
1) Utricularia vulgaris
2) Dionaea muscipula
3) Nepenthes khasiana
4) Calotropis procera
Ans: 4
5. Select odd member-
1) Striga hermonthica
2) Orobanche aegyptiaca
3) Cuscuta chinensis
4) Leptadenia reticulata
Ans: 4
6. Select incorrect statement-
1) Triticum sphaerococcum popularly known as Indian wheat (now disappeared) is hexaploid
2) The common bread/chhapati wheat is Triticum aestivum and it is hexaploid
3) Triticum durum or the Macaroni wheat is hexaploid
4) Kharchia wheat of Rajasthan is Triticum aestivum and it is hexaploid
Ans: 3
7. Rice is cultivated throughout the word. The Asian Rice is Oryza sativa and the African Rice is-
1) Oryza glaberrima
2) Oryza brachyantha
3) Oryza rufipogon
4) Oryza longistaminata
Ans: 1
8. Indigo dye is obtained from-
1) Indigofera tinctoria
2) Indigofera cordifolia
3) Indigofera hochstetteri
4) Indigofera linifolia
Ans: 1
9. Double coconut/ love nut is-
1) Lodoicea maldivica
2) Oenocarpus circumtextus
3) Livistona drudei
4) Cocos nucifera
Ans: 1
10. Center of origin /diversity for Ground nut (Arachis hypogaea) is-
1) South America
2) Africa
3) North America
4) India
Ans: 1
11. A major event occurred in the eukaryotic line that excluded animals and fungi. This involved development of chloroplast by endosymbiosis. The theory of endosymbiosis was proposed by-
1) R.H.Whittaker
2) Carl Woese
3) Cavalier-Smith
4) Lynn Margulis
Ans: 4
12. Select incorrect statement.Basic principles of systematics.
1) Identification, description and nomenclature of plants
2) Phylogeny of plants is determined
3) Classification of plants is done
4) Study of exploitation and utilization of plants is essential
Ans: 4
13. Select incorrect statement-
1) Taxon( plural taxa) refers to a taxonomic group belonging to any trank
2) The generic (genus) name is a uninominal singular word treated as a noun
3) The name of a species is a binomial: consisting of two words, generic name followed by a specific epithet
4) A specific epithet is named after a person or a place only
Ans: 4
14. Select incorrect statement-
1) Cyathium is complex type of inflorescence in the genus Euphorbia
2) Thyrse is inflorescence of Amaranthaceae
3) Verticillaster is characteristic inflorescence of family lamiaceae
4) Hypanthodium is typical inflorescence of figs
Ans: 2
15. Select correct statement-
1) Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is Pome fruit
2) Tomato and brinjal are drupe fruits
3) Pepo is fruit of cucurbits formed from inferior ovary
4) Syconium/Syconus is fruit of Jackfruit Katahal ( Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Ans: 3
16. The largest number of plant specimens are in herbarium of-
1) Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, Surrey, UK
2) Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
3) New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA
4) Komarov botanic Institute, St Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
Ans:2
17. Select incorrect statement-
1) Carolus Linnaeus established the fact of sexuality in flowering plants
2) Carolus Linnaeus published Species Plantarum in 1753
3) Linnaeus established the binomial system of nomenclature
4) Linnaeus did aim at natural classification of plants
Ans:1
18. Classification of seed plants presented by Bentham and Hooker is considered the most well developed natural system. This was published in a three-volume work Genera Plantarum (1862-83). One major demerit of this classification system is-
1) Seed plants are categories in three classes
2) Dicotyledons of Class-1 are placed in three subclasses
3) Monocotyledons are placed in Class-3
4) Gymnosperms are placed between Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons in Class-2
Ans: 4
19. Select incorrect statement-
1) Wood represent secondary xylem constituting the bulk of trees and shrubs formed through the activity of vascular cambium
2) Wood consists of tracheids and vessels
3) Angiosperm woods are never vessel-less
4) Angiosperm ancestors were probably vessel-less
Ans:3
20. Select incorrect statement-
1) The lowest number of chromosomes (n=2)in plants is recorded in Haplopappus gracilis
2) The record of the highest chromosome number (n=630) is found in Ophioglossum reticulatum
3) The alga Spirogyra cylindrica also contains n=2 chromosomes
4) Bread wheat has n=14 chromosomes.
Ans:4
21. Select incorrect statement-
1) Morphine is produced by Papaver somnifera
2) Atropine is produced by Atropa species
3) Alkalaoids are present in specialized parts/tissues of plants
4) Marijuana/Bhang is product of sunn hemp plant
Ans: 4
22. Select incorrect statement-
1) Apocyanceae and Asclepiadaceae belong to Series- 3, Bicarpellatae of Gamopetalae
2) Rubiaceae and Asteraceae are in Series-1, Inferae of Gamopetalae
3) Primulaceae and Lamiaceae are in Series-2, Heteromerae of Gamopetalae
4) Rutaceae belongs to Series -2,Disciflorae,of polypetalac
Ans: 3
23. Curcuma longa (turmeric/Haldi) belongs to-
1) Zingiberaceae
2) Musaceae
3) Cannaceae
4) Sedge family
Ans:1
24. Khejari (Prosopis cineraria) is member of-
1) Caesalpinioideae
2) Faboideae/Papilionoideae
3) Mimosoideae
4) Myrtle family
Ans:3
25. Select incorrect statement-
1) Genome is sum total of genetic information (DNA/ number of chromosomes) of a species in single haploid cell
2) Biodiversity is richness of species and genes in an environment
3) Domestication is bringing wild germplasm under human management
4) Plastid in green plants have eukaryotic types of genes
Ans: 4
1) Trofim Lysenko
2) Jack R. Harlan
3) Harry Harlan
4) G.L. Stebbins
Ans: 2
2. Center of origin/diversity of Potato-
1) North-western South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru)
2) Mexico
3) North America
4) Russia
Ans: 1
3. Cotton is major fiber crop of the world. Find out wrong statement regarding it:
1) Gossypium herbaceum is diploid and old world cotton
2) Gossypium arboreum is tetraploid and old world cotton
3) Gossypium hirsutum is tetraploid
4) Gossypium barbadense is tetraploid
Ans: 2
4. Select odd member-
1) Utricularia vulgaris
2) Dionaea muscipula
3) Nepenthes khasiana
4) Calotropis procera
Ans: 4
5. Select odd member-
1) Striga hermonthica
2) Orobanche aegyptiaca
3) Cuscuta chinensis
4) Leptadenia reticulata
Ans: 4
6. Select incorrect statement-
1) Triticum sphaerococcum popularly known as Indian wheat (now disappeared) is hexaploid
2) The common bread/chhapati wheat is Triticum aestivum and it is hexaploid
3) Triticum durum or the Macaroni wheat is hexaploid
4) Kharchia wheat of Rajasthan is Triticum aestivum and it is hexaploid
Ans: 3
7. Rice is cultivated throughout the word. The Asian Rice is Oryza sativa and the African Rice is-
1) Oryza glaberrima
2) Oryza brachyantha
3) Oryza rufipogon
4) Oryza longistaminata
Ans: 1
8. Indigo dye is obtained from-
1) Indigofera tinctoria
2) Indigofera cordifolia
3) Indigofera hochstetteri
4) Indigofera linifolia
Ans: 1
9. Double coconut/ love nut is-
1) Lodoicea maldivica
2) Oenocarpus circumtextus
3) Livistona drudei
4) Cocos nucifera
Ans: 1
10. Center of origin /diversity for Ground nut (Arachis hypogaea) is-
1) South America
2) Africa
3) North America
4) India
Ans: 1
11. A major event occurred in the eukaryotic line that excluded animals and fungi. This involved development of chloroplast by endosymbiosis. The theory of endosymbiosis was proposed by-
1) R.H.Whittaker
2) Carl Woese
3) Cavalier-Smith
4) Lynn Margulis
Ans: 4
12. Select incorrect statement.Basic principles of systematics.
1) Identification, description and nomenclature of plants
2) Phylogeny of plants is determined
3) Classification of plants is done
4) Study of exploitation and utilization of plants is essential
Ans: 4
13. Select incorrect statement-
1) Taxon( plural taxa) refers to a taxonomic group belonging to any trank
2) The generic (genus) name is a uninominal singular word treated as a noun
3) The name of a species is a binomial: consisting of two words, generic name followed by a specific epithet
4) A specific epithet is named after a person or a place only
Ans: 4
14. Select incorrect statement-
1) Cyathium is complex type of inflorescence in the genus Euphorbia
2) Thyrse is inflorescence of Amaranthaceae
3) Verticillaster is characteristic inflorescence of family lamiaceae
4) Hypanthodium is typical inflorescence of figs
Ans: 2
15. Select correct statement-
1) Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is Pome fruit
2) Tomato and brinjal are drupe fruits
3) Pepo is fruit of cucurbits formed from inferior ovary
4) Syconium/Syconus is fruit of Jackfruit Katahal ( Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Ans: 3
16. The largest number of plant specimens are in herbarium of-
1) Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, Surrey, UK
2) Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
3) New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA
4) Komarov botanic Institute, St Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia
Ans:2
17. Select incorrect statement-
1) Carolus Linnaeus established the fact of sexuality in flowering plants
2) Carolus Linnaeus published Species Plantarum in 1753
3) Linnaeus established the binomial system of nomenclature
4) Linnaeus did aim at natural classification of plants
Ans:1
18. Classification of seed plants presented by Bentham and Hooker is considered the most well developed natural system. This was published in a three-volume work Genera Plantarum (1862-83). One major demerit of this classification system is-
1) Seed plants are categories in three classes
2) Dicotyledons of Class-1 are placed in three subclasses
3) Monocotyledons are placed in Class-3
4) Gymnosperms are placed between Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons in Class-2
Ans: 4
19. Select incorrect statement-
1) Wood represent secondary xylem constituting the bulk of trees and shrubs formed through the activity of vascular cambium
2) Wood consists of tracheids and vessels
3) Angiosperm woods are never vessel-less
4) Angiosperm ancestors were probably vessel-less
Ans:3
20. Select incorrect statement-
1) The lowest number of chromosomes (n=2)in plants is recorded in Haplopappus gracilis
2) The record of the highest chromosome number (n=630) is found in Ophioglossum reticulatum
3) The alga Spirogyra cylindrica also contains n=2 chromosomes
4) Bread wheat has n=14 chromosomes.
Ans:4
21. Select incorrect statement-
1) Morphine is produced by Papaver somnifera
2) Atropine is produced by Atropa species
3) Alkalaoids are present in specialized parts/tissues of plants
4) Marijuana/Bhang is product of sunn hemp plant
Ans: 4
22. Select incorrect statement-
1) Apocyanceae and Asclepiadaceae belong to Series- 3, Bicarpellatae of Gamopetalae
2) Rubiaceae and Asteraceae are in Series-1, Inferae of Gamopetalae
3) Primulaceae and Lamiaceae are in Series-2, Heteromerae of Gamopetalae
4) Rutaceae belongs to Series -2,Disciflorae,of polypetalac
Ans: 3
23. Curcuma longa (turmeric/Haldi) belongs to-
1) Zingiberaceae
2) Musaceae
3) Cannaceae
4) Sedge family
Ans:1
24. Khejari (Prosopis cineraria) is member of-
1) Caesalpinioideae
2) Faboideae/Papilionoideae
3) Mimosoideae
4) Myrtle family
Ans:3
25. Select incorrect statement-
1) Genome is sum total of genetic information (DNA/ number of chromosomes) of a species in single haploid cell
2) Biodiversity is richness of species and genes in an environment
3) Domestication is bringing wild germplasm under human management
4) Plastid in green plants have eukaryotic types of genes
Ans: 4