OP bot 1 Flashcards
1.The book ‘Genera Plantarum’ was written by (A) Linnaeus (B) Bentham and Hooker (C) Engler and Prantle (D) Hutchinson
(A) (SSC CGL 2014) Exp: ‘Genera Plantarum’ is a collection of brief description of the 935 plant genera, this book was written by Swedish Naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
2.Where is the Botanical Survey of India Headquartered? (A) Lucknow (B) Darjeeling (C) Kolkata (D) Oottaccamund
(C) (SSC CGL 2002) Exp: Botanical survey of India is the apex research organisation under Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt of India for carrying out taxonomic and floristic studies of wild plant resourced of country. Its headquarter situated in Kolkata.
3.Plants differ from animals in having-(A) Locomotion (B) Metabolism (C) Localised growth (D) Catabolism
(C) (SSC Matric Level Exam 2008) Exp: Plants and Animals are Eukaryotic Cells both are living organisms. They are differ to each other on the basis chloroplast, cell wall, localised growth. Localised growth depend on change in pH of the particular area.
4.The age of trees is determined by its: (A) Birth (B) Height (C) Growth rings (D) General appearance
(C) (SSC CGL 1999) Exp: Trees are living organisms they grow on the basis of nutrient and environment conditions. Age of trees is determined by growth rings. The study of plant age by growth ring called as Dendrochronology.
5.The presence of what distinguishes a plant cell from an animal cells?(A) Chloroplasts (B) Cell wall (C) Cell membrance (D) Nucleus
(A) (SSC CGL 2003) Exp: Plant cell distinguished from Animal cell on the basis of chloroplast. Animal do not have chlroplasts but plants have. Chloroplasts are organelles found in plant cell and that conduct photosynthesis and other chemical reactions. Chloroplast capture the sun’s light energy and store it in the energy storage molecules. as ATP and NADPH used in process of photosynthesis.
6.What is a sponge?(A) A fossil (B) A plant (C) An animal (D) A fungus
(C) (SSC (10+2) Data Entry Operator & LDC 2012) Exp: A sponge is an aquatic animal of the phylum porifera with porous bag like body structure and a rigid or elastic internal skeleton. Sponges do not have nervous, digestive or circulatory system.
7.Flowerless plants are termed as:(A) Phanerogams (B) Bryophytes (C) Thallophytes (D) Cryptogams
(D) (SSC (10+2) Level Date Entry Operator 2012) Exp: Flowerless plant are called as Cryptogams. They reproduce by spores without flowers or non-seed bearing plant. eg Fern, Moss, Brown algae, Fungus etc.
8.Bryophytes are often called as amphibian plant because they-
(A) Appear like frog (B) Are found both in water and on land (C) Do not have habitat preference (D) Can eat insects (B) (SSC MTS 2013) Exp: Bryophytes are a group of small, simple, green land dwelling plants in which few are aquatic comprising of Hornworts and some are terrestrial.
9.Taxonomy is a science that deals with (A)Morphology (B)Anatomy (C) Classification (D) Economic uses
(C) (SSC Sec. Officer 2001) Exp: Taxonomy is the branch of science which deals with the description, identification and classification of organisms.
10.Stamens are fused with each other by their anthers and also with petals in: (A) Leguminosae (B) Liliaceae (C) Compositae (D) Euphorbiaceae
(D) (SSC CGL Tier-I 2014) Exp: Stamens are the male sex organ of plants. When anthers are fused with each other, this condition is described as Syngenesious this type of character occur in family Euphorbiaceae and this fusion is called as Cohesion. When there is fusion of stamens with petals, they are called as epipetalous e.g. Gamopetale.
11.Pulses are obtained from the family.(A) Liiacese (B) Leguminosae (C) Cycadaceae (D) Fungi
(B) (SSC CGL Tier-I 2015) Exp: Pulses are more protenious crop in the agriculture. These are the members of family Fabaceae (Leguminaceae). They have high protein contents. They also have key role in Nitrogen fixation.
12.Which word is common in the botanical names of trees like Ashoka,Tamarind or coral?.(A) Terminalia (B) Salix (C) Indica (D) Acacia
(C) (SSC CPO 2016) Exp: Terminalia tree (Terminalia Indica), Ashoka tree (Saraca indica), Indian coral tree (Erythrina indica) have Indica is common in their botanical name in taxonomy.
13.What do you call the study of fungi? (A) Mycology (B) Parasitology (C) Bacteriology (D) Ecology
(A) (SSC CPO SI, ASI 2016) Exp: Fungus are a cryptogamous plant, they are saprophytes. Study of fungus is called as Mycology.
14.’Agronomy’ is the practice of raising___________.(A) Plants and Animals (B) Crop plants (C) Agriculture (D) Fruit plants only
(B) (SSC CGL Tier-I 2016) Exp: Agronomy is a latin word which mean ‘agros’. - agriculture and ‘nomos’ means rule here we study all agriculture practices in agronomy.
15.What is a Pepper plant?(A) Bush (B) Shrub (C) Vine (D) Tree
(C) (SSC CHSL 2016) Exp: Pepper plants are perennial woody vine plants. They are long duration crops plant, eg Black pepper.
16.Ferns belong to which division of plants? (A) Gymnosperms (B) Angiosperms (C) Thallophyta (D) Pteridophyta
(D) (SSC CHSL 2016) Exp: Ferns are small Pteridophytic plant. They are seedless, non flowering vascular plants.
17.Which of the following is not true about Pteridophyta? (A) Dominant phase is saprophytes (B) Main plant body is diploid (C) Seeds are present (D) Flowers are absent
(C) Exp: Pteridophyta have seedlees plants. They form spore for germination in sporangia. eq Fern, Azolla.
18.Which of the following is not true about Bryophyta? (A) Dominant phase is gametophytes (B) Main plant body is haploid (C) Spores are homospores (D) Flowers are present
(D) Exp: Bryophyta is a cryptogamous plants, they are also known as non-flowering plants.
19.For the aquatic organisms, the source of food is (A) Phytoplankton (B) Sea Weed (C) Aqua plankton (D) Zooplankton
(A) Exp: Aquatic organisms are those organism which lives in aqueous environment as pond, river and lakes. They are also called as phytoplankton.
20.Who among the following is known as ‘Father of Biology’? (A) Darwin (B) Aristotle (C) Heckle (D) Edward Jenner
(B) (SSC CPO 2017) Exp: Aristotle is known as ‘Father of Biology’.
21.Bamboo is a type of _____.(A) Herb (B) Tree (C) Shrub (D) Grass
(D) (SSC CPO 2017) Exp: Bamboo is a type of grass and belongs to family poaceae. Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plant and flowers only once in 12 years.
22.Who proposed five kingdom classification? (A) Ernst Mayr (B) R. H. Whittaker (C) M. W. Beijerinck (D) D. I. Ivanovsky
(B) (SSC CGL 2017) Exp: R.H. Whittaker in 1969, gave the five kingdom classification. Whittaker classified the organisms on the basis of their cell structure, division of labour and mode of nutrition. Whittaker classified the organism into Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.
23.Potato, tomato and brinjal are three different species but all belong to which genus? (A) Solanum (B) Panthera (C) Felis (D) Tigris
(A) (SSC CGL 2017) Exp: Patoato, tomato and brinjal are three different species belong to genus Solanum family- Solanaceae. These species are annual, prenneials, subshrubs, shrubs and trees.
24.In the names Mangifera indica (mango), Solanum tuberosum (potato) and Panthera leo (lion), what does the three names, indica, tuberosum and leo, represent?(A) Binomial Nomenclature(B) Taxonomic Hierarchy (C) Identification (D) Specific Epithet
(A)Exp: Binomial nomenclature is the system of classification given by Carolus Linnaeus. In Binomial nomenclature the naming is done on the basis of the genus and species. The first name is genus and the other is species epithet.