BOTANY- PAGE 6
1. Haplontic type of alternation of generation is found in
1) Chara
2) Ectocarpus
3) Enteromorpha
4) Ulva
Answer: 1
2. Which of the following algae have nonflagellate coenobia ?
1) Eudorina
2) Pandorina
3) Pediastrum
4) Volvox
Answer: 3
3. Algae that contain chlorophyll a and c are commonly known as :
1) Chromophyta
2) Euglenophyta
3) Dinophyta
4) Glaucophyta
Answer: 1
4. Which of the following is a procaryotic alga which possesses chlorophyll a and b ?
1) Noctiluca
2) Nereocystis
3) Prochloron
4) Protoctista
Answer: 3
5. Which of the following alga is a good source of bromine ?
1) Digenia
2) Gymnodinium
3) Laminaria
4) Rhodomela
Answer: 4
6. Formation of statospores is a characteristic feature of
1) Chlorophyta Division
2) Chrysophyta Division
3) Phaeophyta Division
4) Pyrrophyta Division
Answer: 2
7. Outer layer of cell wall is made up of algin in
1) Corallina
2) Gelidium
3) Macrocystis
4) Porphyra
Answer: 3
8. Which of the following genera of Rhodophyta has unicellular thallus ?
1) Chondrus
2) Corallina
3) Porphyridium
4) Rhodymenia
Answer: 3
9. Total absence of flagella is the characteristic feature of :
1) Chlorophyta and Cyanophyta
2) Chrysophyta and Chlorophyta
3) Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta
4) Rhodophyta and Cyanophyta
Answer: 4
10. The most important alga used as food in Japan is
1) Furcellaria fastiagata
2) Gleopeltis furcata
3) Microcystis aeruginosa
4) Porphyra tenera
Answer: 4
11. Which of the following fungal group belongs to phylum Straminopila ?
1) Ascomycota
2) Basidiomycota
3) Zygomycota
4) Oomycota
Answer: 4
12. Identify a fungal genus from the following representing isomorphic alteration of generation :
1) Euallomyces
2) Coelomomyces
3) Blastocladiella
4) Monoblepharis
Answer: 1
13. Which of the following fungal genera has monoplanetic zoospores ?
1) Saprolegnia
2) Albugo
3) Phytophthora
4) Albugo and Phtyophthora
Answer: 4
14. Which of the following fungal genera is a biotroph ?
1) Peronospora
2) Puccinia
3) Erysiphe
4) All of these
Answer: 4
15 The type of association formed by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi with plants is known as :
1) Mutualism
2) Obligate Symbiosis
3) Symbiosis
4) Commensalism
Answer: 2
16 Which of the following characters of " Slime Molds " places them in fungi ?
1) Cell wall of Chitin
2) Sporulation
3) Absorptive Nutrition
4) All of these
Answer: 2
17 Unicellular stalked teleutospores with papillar thickening is a characteristic feature of the following rust genera ?
1) Uromyces
2) Puccinia
3) Phragmidium
4) Ravenelia
Answer: 1
18 The extended dikaryophase in Ascomycetes is represented by
1) Ascogenous hyphae
2) Somatic mycelium
3) Ascus mother cell
4) Ascogenous hyphae and Ascus mother cell
Answer: 4
19 Which of the following zoosporic fungi has nuclear cap in its zoospores ?
1) Blastocladiella emersonii
2) Apodachlya brachynema
3) Plasmodiophora brassicae
4) Phytophthora infestans
Answer: 1
20 Which of the following fungal genera is formed as an anaerobe in the gut of herbivorous animals?
1) Olpidium
2) Caulochytrium
3) Neocallimastix
4) Lynomyces
Answer: 3
21 The clampconnections in Basidiomycetes are meant for :
1) Fast growth of mycelium
2) Cross communication with adjacent cell
3) Transfer of metabolites
4) Maintenance of dikaryophase in growing mycelium
Answer: 4
22 Dipicolinic acid is as important and major component of
1) Endosporic gram positive bacteria
2) All gram negative bacteria
3) All gram positive bacteria
4) Actinomycetes
Answer: 1
23 The enzyme lysozyme attacks which part of the bacterial cell wall ?
1) Bonds connecting NAM & NAG Sugar
2) Pentaglycine bridge
3) Both NAM & NAG bonds and Pentaglycine bridge
4) Amino acid chain
Answer: 1
24 Cyanobacteria are known to possess which of the following pigment molecules different from normal chlorophyll ?
1) Pheophytin
2) Phycobilins
3) Xantophylls
4) All of these
Answer: 2
25 Archaea are different from other bacteria in which of the following characters ?
1) Size and shape
2) Flagellar function
3) Membrane structure
4) Prokaryotic nature
Answer: 3
26:-The First Botanical Garden in India is situated in
A:-Raipur
B:-Kolkata
C:-Chennai
D:-Itanagar
Ans: B
27:-Which of the following is not a cropping pattern useful in increasing food production?
A:-Mixed cropping
B:-Hybridization
C:-Inter cropping
D:-Crop rotation
Ans: B
28. Transpiration through leaves is called
(A) Foliar transpiration
(B) Cuticular transpiration
(C) Lenticular transpiration
(D) Cauline transpiration
Ans: A
1) Chara
2) Ectocarpus
3) Enteromorpha
4) Ulva
Answer: 1
2. Which of the following algae have nonflagellate coenobia ?
1) Eudorina
2) Pandorina
3) Pediastrum
4) Volvox
Answer: 3
3. Algae that contain chlorophyll a and c are commonly known as :
1) Chromophyta
2) Euglenophyta
3) Dinophyta
4) Glaucophyta
Answer: 1
4. Which of the following is a procaryotic alga which possesses chlorophyll a and b ?
1) Noctiluca
2) Nereocystis
3) Prochloron
4) Protoctista
Answer: 3
5. Which of the following alga is a good source of bromine ?
1) Digenia
2) Gymnodinium
3) Laminaria
4) Rhodomela
Answer: 4
6. Formation of statospores is a characteristic feature of
1) Chlorophyta Division
2) Chrysophyta Division
3) Phaeophyta Division
4) Pyrrophyta Division
Answer: 2
7. Outer layer of cell wall is made up of algin in
1) Corallina
2) Gelidium
3) Macrocystis
4) Porphyra
Answer: 3
8. Which of the following genera of Rhodophyta has unicellular thallus ?
1) Chondrus
2) Corallina
3) Porphyridium
4) Rhodymenia
Answer: 3
9. Total absence of flagella is the characteristic feature of :
1) Chlorophyta and Cyanophyta
2) Chrysophyta and Chlorophyta
3) Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta
4) Rhodophyta and Cyanophyta
Answer: 4
10. The most important alga used as food in Japan is
1) Furcellaria fastiagata
2) Gleopeltis furcata
3) Microcystis aeruginosa
4) Porphyra tenera
Answer: 4
11. Which of the following fungal group belongs to phylum Straminopila ?
1) Ascomycota
2) Basidiomycota
3) Zygomycota
4) Oomycota
Answer: 4
12. Identify a fungal genus from the following representing isomorphic alteration of generation :
1) Euallomyces
2) Coelomomyces
3) Blastocladiella
4) Monoblepharis
Answer: 1
13. Which of the following fungal genera has monoplanetic zoospores ?
1) Saprolegnia
2) Albugo
3) Phytophthora
4) Albugo and Phtyophthora
Answer: 4
14. Which of the following fungal genera is a biotroph ?
1) Peronospora
2) Puccinia
3) Erysiphe
4) All of these
Answer: 4
15 The type of association formed by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi with plants is known as :
1) Mutualism
2) Obligate Symbiosis
3) Symbiosis
4) Commensalism
Answer: 2
16 Which of the following characters of " Slime Molds " places them in fungi ?
1) Cell wall of Chitin
2) Sporulation
3) Absorptive Nutrition
4) All of these
Answer: 2
17 Unicellular stalked teleutospores with papillar thickening is a characteristic feature of the following rust genera ?
1) Uromyces
2) Puccinia
3) Phragmidium
4) Ravenelia
Answer: 1
18 The extended dikaryophase in Ascomycetes is represented by
1) Ascogenous hyphae
2) Somatic mycelium
3) Ascus mother cell
4) Ascogenous hyphae and Ascus mother cell
Answer: 4
19 Which of the following zoosporic fungi has nuclear cap in its zoospores ?
1) Blastocladiella emersonii
2) Apodachlya brachynema
3) Plasmodiophora brassicae
4) Phytophthora infestans
Answer: 1
20 Which of the following fungal genera is formed as an anaerobe in the gut of herbivorous animals?
1) Olpidium
2) Caulochytrium
3) Neocallimastix
4) Lynomyces
Answer: 3
21 The clampconnections in Basidiomycetes are meant for :
1) Fast growth of mycelium
2) Cross communication with adjacent cell
3) Transfer of metabolites
4) Maintenance of dikaryophase in growing mycelium
Answer: 4
22 Dipicolinic acid is as important and major component of
1) Endosporic gram positive bacteria
2) All gram negative bacteria
3) All gram positive bacteria
4) Actinomycetes
Answer: 1
23 The enzyme lysozyme attacks which part of the bacterial cell wall ?
1) Bonds connecting NAM & NAG Sugar
2) Pentaglycine bridge
3) Both NAM & NAG bonds and Pentaglycine bridge
4) Amino acid chain
Answer: 1
24 Cyanobacteria are known to possess which of the following pigment molecules different from normal chlorophyll ?
1) Pheophytin
2) Phycobilins
3) Xantophylls
4) All of these
Answer: 2
25 Archaea are different from other bacteria in which of the following characters ?
1) Size and shape
2) Flagellar function
3) Membrane structure
4) Prokaryotic nature
Answer: 3
26:-The First Botanical Garden in India is situated in
A:-Raipur
B:-Kolkata
C:-Chennai
D:-Itanagar
Ans: B
27:-Which of the following is not a cropping pattern useful in increasing food production?
A:-Mixed cropping
B:-Hybridization
C:-Inter cropping
D:-Crop rotation
Ans: B
28. Transpiration through leaves is called
(A) Foliar transpiration
(B) Cuticular transpiration
(C) Lenticular transpiration
(D) Cauline transpiration
Ans: A
29. FAA among the following which is the stain obtained from an organism
A) Fast green B) Sudan Red C) Carmine D) Safranin O
Ans: C
30. The mounting media ‘Canada balsam’ is obtained from the plant
A) Pinus roxburghii B) Abies balsamea
C) Cedrus deodara D) Larix sibirica
Ans: B
31. Monosporic 8 nucleated female gametophyte is found in
A) Adoxa B) Polygonum
C) Onion D) Fritliiaria
Ans: B
32. ‘‘Genera Plantarum’’ was published by
A) Theophrastus B) C. Linnaeus
C) Jerome Bock D) Bentham and Hooker
Ans: D
33. The weak region in the exine of a pollen grain is known as
A) Stomium B) Slit C) Colpae D) Sporeoderm
Ans: C
34. Pod is a characteristic fruit of the family
A) Malvaceae B) Commelinaceae
C) Cucurbitaceae D) Leguminosae
Ans: D
35. Tricarpellary Syncarpous ovary is the characteristic feature of the family
A) Papilionaceae B) Euphorbiaceae
C) Poaceae D) Asteraceae
Ans: B
36. Among the following which plant belong to family Myrtaceae
A) Syzygium jambos B) Leucas biflora
C) Mitragyna parvifolia D) Tridax procumbens
Ans: A
37. The characteristic fruit of Poaceae
A) Pod B) Berry C) Nut D) Caryopis
Ans: D
38. Among the following which is not a oil yielding plant
A) Brassica campestris B) Arachis hypogeal
C) Corchorus capsularis D) Linum usitatissimun
Ans: C
39. What is the botanical name of Mung ?
A) Phaseolus radiates B) Cicer arietinum
C) Pisum Sativum D) Cajanus Cajan
Ans: A
40. Use and Disuse theory was
A) Charles Darwin B) Francesco Redi
C) Jean-Baptiste Lamark D) Greoger Mendel
Ans: C
41. Phylloclade is the modification of
A) Root B) Stem C) Leaf D) Flower
Ans: B
42. The pioneer community in a Xeroscere
A) Phytoplankton B) Curstose lichen
C) Peat Moss D) Floating hydrophytes
Ans: B
43. Vital index of a population is the ratio of
A) Birth × Death × 100
B) Birth – Death × 100
C) Birth/ Death × 100
D) Birth + Death × 100
Ans: C
44. Of the following which is not a word to describe different growth forms of a community
A) Phanerophytes B) Saprophytes
C) Therophytes D) Chamaeophytes
Ans: B
45. Among the following which is a positive interaction between two population
A) Competition B) Antibiosis
C) Commensalism D) Predation
Ans: C
46. The First Global Conference on the depletion of ozone layer was held in
A) London B) Montreal
C) Helsinki D) Vienna
Ans: D
47. Minamata epidemic disease happened in Japan and Sweden was due to consumption of fish contaminated by
A) Mercury B) Lead C) Phosphorous D) Cyanides
Ans: A
48. Among the following which is a physical pollutant
A) Radioactive substance B) SPM
C) Pesticides D) PCBs
Ans: A
49. Knock-knee syndrome is due to
A) Lead pollution B) Mercury pollution
C) Fluoride pollution D) Solid waste pollution
Ans: C
50. What is the safe noise level of city fixed by WHO ?
A) 20 dB B) 90 dB C) 150 dB D) 45 dB
Ans: D
51. The headquarters of IUCN
A) Switzerland B) USA C) Germany D) France
Ans: A
52. Which among the following is not a character of Plasma membrane ?
A) Elastic B) Selectively permeable
C) Made up of cellulose D) Living
Ans: C
53. What are autosomes ?
A) Sex chromosomes B) Non-sex chromosomes
C) DNA D) Haploid chromosome
Ans: B
54. Which is not a structural part chromosome ?
A) Centromere B) Telomere
C) Nucleolar oraganizer D) Spindle
Ans: D
55. In which stage of prophase I of meiotic cell division, terminalisation of Chiasmata occur ?
A) Leptotene B) Pachytene C) Diakinesis D) Diplotene
Ans: C
56. Who first discovered the Nucleus in plant cell ?
A) W. Flemming B) Barbara McClintock
C) Robert Brown D) Strasburger
Ans: C
57. Replication of DNA is
A) Conservative B) Semi-conservative
C) Non-conservative D) None of the above
Ans: B
58. Which among the following plasmid vectors used for cloning ?
A) pBR 322 B) pUC 19 C) Ti D) All of the above
Ans: D
59. The location of respiratory enzymes in plant cell is
A) Cristae B) Mitochondrial matrix
C) Perimitochondrial space D) Cytoplasm
Ans: A
60. Which of the following helps in ascent of sap ?
A) Transpiration B) Root pressure
C) Both A) and B) D) None of the above
Ans: D
61. Who invented Mass Spectrometer ?
A) Goldstein B) J. J. Thompson
C) Nikola Tesla D) Aston
Ans: B
62. Among the following which is a oligosaccharide
A) Glucose B) Glycogen
C) Lactose D) Galactose
Ans: C
63. The enzyme catalyses the breakdown of carbohydrate is
A) Protease B) Amylase
C) Lipase D) Gelatinase
Ans: B
64. Which is the radioactive isotope used in the location of Brain tumours ?
A) Iodin-131 B) Cobalt-60 C) Carbon-11 D) Carbon-14
Ans: A
65. The lateral roots in Dicots are originated from Xylem and Phloem are not in same radius
A) Epidermis B) Pith C) Cortex D) Pericycle
Ans: D
66. Of the following which a killing and fixing fluid
A) FAA B) DPX C) PDA D) Xylen
Ans: A
67. Western blotting is used for the detection of
A) Specific glycolipid in a sample
B) Specific protein in a sample
C) Specific DNA in a sample
D) Specific RNA in a sample
Ans: B
68. Hormone pair required for callus initiation are
A) Auxin and Ethylene
B) Auxin and Absiccic acid
C) Cytokinins and Gibberellin
D) Auxin and Cytokinin
Ans: D
69. Which of the following is a protein sequence database ?
A) EMBL B) PIR
C) DDBJ D) GenBank
Ans: B
70. Among the following which is not a sequence alignment tool
A) FASTA B) BLAST
C) Rasmol D) Clustal W
Ans: C
71. It is not a disease of Coconut.
A) Bud rot B) Grey leaf spot
C) Stem bleeding D) Abnormal leaf fall
Ans: D
72. Systemic fungicides are chemicals acting on
A) External pathogens B) Internal pathogens
C) Soil pathogens D) None of the above
Ans: B
73. In a collateral vascular bundle
A) Xylem and Phloem are in different radius
B) Xylem and Phloem are in same radius
C) Xylem surrounds phloem
D) Only xylem is present
Ans: B
74. The cambium present in the primary vascular bundle is known as
A) Secondary cambium B) Inter-fascicular cambium
C) Fascicular cambium D) None
Ans: C
A) Fast green B) Sudan Red C) Carmine D) Safranin O
Ans: C
30. The mounting media ‘Canada balsam’ is obtained from the plant
A) Pinus roxburghii B) Abies balsamea
C) Cedrus deodara D) Larix sibirica
Ans: B
31. Monosporic 8 nucleated female gametophyte is found in
A) Adoxa B) Polygonum
C) Onion D) Fritliiaria
Ans: B
32. ‘‘Genera Plantarum’’ was published by
A) Theophrastus B) C. Linnaeus
C) Jerome Bock D) Bentham and Hooker
Ans: D
33. The weak region in the exine of a pollen grain is known as
A) Stomium B) Slit C) Colpae D) Sporeoderm
Ans: C
34. Pod is a characteristic fruit of the family
A) Malvaceae B) Commelinaceae
C) Cucurbitaceae D) Leguminosae
Ans: D
35. Tricarpellary Syncarpous ovary is the characteristic feature of the family
A) Papilionaceae B) Euphorbiaceae
C) Poaceae D) Asteraceae
Ans: B
36. Among the following which plant belong to family Myrtaceae
A) Syzygium jambos B) Leucas biflora
C) Mitragyna parvifolia D) Tridax procumbens
Ans: A
37. The characteristic fruit of Poaceae
A) Pod B) Berry C) Nut D) Caryopis
Ans: D
38. Among the following which is not a oil yielding plant
A) Brassica campestris B) Arachis hypogeal
C) Corchorus capsularis D) Linum usitatissimun
Ans: C
39. What is the botanical name of Mung ?
A) Phaseolus radiates B) Cicer arietinum
C) Pisum Sativum D) Cajanus Cajan
Ans: A
40. Use and Disuse theory was
A) Charles Darwin B) Francesco Redi
C) Jean-Baptiste Lamark D) Greoger Mendel
Ans: C
41. Phylloclade is the modification of
A) Root B) Stem C) Leaf D) Flower
Ans: B
42. The pioneer community in a Xeroscere
A) Phytoplankton B) Curstose lichen
C) Peat Moss D) Floating hydrophytes
Ans: B
43. Vital index of a population is the ratio of
A) Birth × Death × 100
B) Birth – Death × 100
C) Birth/ Death × 100
D) Birth + Death × 100
Ans: C
44. Of the following which is not a word to describe different growth forms of a community
A) Phanerophytes B) Saprophytes
C) Therophytes D) Chamaeophytes
Ans: B
45. Among the following which is a positive interaction between two population
A) Competition B) Antibiosis
C) Commensalism D) Predation
Ans: C
46. The First Global Conference on the depletion of ozone layer was held in
A) London B) Montreal
C) Helsinki D) Vienna
Ans: D
47. Minamata epidemic disease happened in Japan and Sweden was due to consumption of fish contaminated by
A) Mercury B) Lead C) Phosphorous D) Cyanides
Ans: A
48. Among the following which is a physical pollutant
A) Radioactive substance B) SPM
C) Pesticides D) PCBs
Ans: A
49. Knock-knee syndrome is due to
A) Lead pollution B) Mercury pollution
C) Fluoride pollution D) Solid waste pollution
Ans: C
50. What is the safe noise level of city fixed by WHO ?
A) 20 dB B) 90 dB C) 150 dB D) 45 dB
Ans: D
51. The headquarters of IUCN
A) Switzerland B) USA C) Germany D) France
Ans: A
52. Which among the following is not a character of Plasma membrane ?
A) Elastic B) Selectively permeable
C) Made up of cellulose D) Living
Ans: C
53. What are autosomes ?
A) Sex chromosomes B) Non-sex chromosomes
C) DNA D) Haploid chromosome
Ans: B
54. Which is not a structural part chromosome ?
A) Centromere B) Telomere
C) Nucleolar oraganizer D) Spindle
Ans: D
55. In which stage of prophase I of meiotic cell division, terminalisation of Chiasmata occur ?
A) Leptotene B) Pachytene C) Diakinesis D) Diplotene
Ans: C
56. Who first discovered the Nucleus in plant cell ?
A) W. Flemming B) Barbara McClintock
C) Robert Brown D) Strasburger
Ans: C
57. Replication of DNA is
A) Conservative B) Semi-conservative
C) Non-conservative D) None of the above
Ans: B
58. Which among the following plasmid vectors used for cloning ?
A) pBR 322 B) pUC 19 C) Ti D) All of the above
Ans: D
59. The location of respiratory enzymes in plant cell is
A) Cristae B) Mitochondrial matrix
C) Perimitochondrial space D) Cytoplasm
Ans: A
60. Which of the following helps in ascent of sap ?
A) Transpiration B) Root pressure
C) Both A) and B) D) None of the above
Ans: D
61. Who invented Mass Spectrometer ?
A) Goldstein B) J. J. Thompson
C) Nikola Tesla D) Aston
Ans: B
62. Among the following which is a oligosaccharide
A) Glucose B) Glycogen
C) Lactose D) Galactose
Ans: C
63. The enzyme catalyses the breakdown of carbohydrate is
A) Protease B) Amylase
C) Lipase D) Gelatinase
Ans: B
64. Which is the radioactive isotope used in the location of Brain tumours ?
A) Iodin-131 B) Cobalt-60 C) Carbon-11 D) Carbon-14
Ans: A
65. The lateral roots in Dicots are originated from Xylem and Phloem are not in same radius
A) Epidermis B) Pith C) Cortex D) Pericycle
Ans: D
66. Of the following which a killing and fixing fluid
A) FAA B) DPX C) PDA D) Xylen
Ans: A
67. Western blotting is used for the detection of
A) Specific glycolipid in a sample
B) Specific protein in a sample
C) Specific DNA in a sample
D) Specific RNA in a sample
Ans: B
68. Hormone pair required for callus initiation are
A) Auxin and Ethylene
B) Auxin and Absiccic acid
C) Cytokinins and Gibberellin
D) Auxin and Cytokinin
Ans: D
69. Which of the following is a protein sequence database ?
A) EMBL B) PIR
C) DDBJ D) GenBank
Ans: B
70. Among the following which is not a sequence alignment tool
A) FASTA B) BLAST
C) Rasmol D) Clustal W
Ans: C
71. It is not a disease of Coconut.
A) Bud rot B) Grey leaf spot
C) Stem bleeding D) Abnormal leaf fall
Ans: D
72. Systemic fungicides are chemicals acting on
A) External pathogens B) Internal pathogens
C) Soil pathogens D) None of the above
Ans: B
73. In a collateral vascular bundle
A) Xylem and Phloem are in different radius
B) Xylem and Phloem are in same radius
C) Xylem surrounds phloem
D) Only xylem is present
Ans: B
74. The cambium present in the primary vascular bundle is known as
A) Secondary cambium B) Inter-fascicular cambium
C) Fascicular cambium D) None
Ans: C