1. Match the following.
| (I) 19th Century | (A) Taxonomy |
| (II) 18th Century | (B) Cytology |
| (III) 20th Century | (C) Tissue Culture |
| (IV) 17th Century | (D) Genetics |
The correct matching is
A: I II III IV
D A C B
2. Match the following.
| (I) Chinese plant cultivation | (A) 1300 B.C. |
| (II) Adharvana veda | (B) 340 B.C. |
| (III) First Book on agriculture | (C) 2500 B.C. |
| (IV) de Historia Plantarum | (D) 2000 B.C. |
The correct matching is
A: I II III IV
C D A B
3. Arrange the following scientists in ascending order.
A) Anton van Leeuwenhoek B) Gaspard Bauhin
C) Robert Hooke D) Camerarius
E) Nehemiah Grew and Marcello Malpighi
A: BCAED
4. Medicinal plants were first described in
A: Adharvana veda
5. Internal characters of plants were first described by
A: Theophrastus
6. Match the following.
| (I) Hieroglyphics | (A) Camerarius |
| (II) Herbals | (B) Linnaeus |
| (III) Sexual reproduction | (C) Egyptians |
| (IV) Sexual system of classification | (D) Renaissance period |
The correct matching is
A: I II III IV
C D A B
7. Match the following 2 lists belonging to the same century.
| (I) Introduction of binomial nomenclature | (A) Conduction of water through xylem |
| (II) Popularisation of binomial nomenclature | (B) Discovery of Zymase |
| (III) Anatomical study of plant tissues | (C) Micrographia |
| (IV) Laws of inheritance | (D) Sexual reproduction in plants |
The correct matching is
A: I II III IV
C A D B
8. The term Botany has the root word from
A: Greek
9. Arrange the following words in a sequence.
A) Bouskein B) Botany C) Bous D) Botane
A: C A D B
10. Recorded information related to crop plants and fruit trees in the form of pictures is called
A: Hieroglyphics
11. Internal characters of plants were first mentioned in
A: de Historia Plantarum
12. Match the following lists.
| (I) Weeds | (A) Adharvana veda |
| (II) Forests | (B) de Historia Plantarum |
| (III) Medicinal plants | (C) Krishiparasharam |
| (IV) External & Internal characters of 500 plants | (D) Vrikshayurveda |
A: I II III IV
C D A B
13. Books of Medicinal plants are called
A: Herbals
14. Taxonomy and Physiology were established in 17th Century by
A: Linnaeus & Priestley
15. Match the following.
| (I) First discovery of cell | (A) Nehemiah Grew, Malpighi |
| (II) First discovery of living plant cell | (B) Robert Hooke |
| (III) Anatomical studies | (C) Stephen Hales |
| (IV) First Physiological studies | (D) Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
A: I II III IV
B D A C
16. Match the following.
| (I) Linnaeus | (A) Indian |
| (II) GJ Mendel | (B) Greek |
| (III) V.S. Ram Das | (C) Swedish |
| (IV) Aristotle | (D) Czekhoslovakia |
| (E) American |
A: I II III IV
C D A B
17. Rapid Development was apparent in different disciplines of Botany, in Particular Cell Biology during which century
A: 20
18. Find out mis-match.
1) Role of chromosomes in heredity - Sutton & Boveri
2) Genetic nature of RNA - Frankel Conrat
3) Genetic nature of DNA - Watson & Crick
4) Artificial Synthesis of Gene - H.G. Khorana
A: 3(Genetic nature of DNA - Watson & Crick)
19. The following scientists are not concerned with Tissue Culture
1) Hanning, Nietzsche 2) Shimakura, Maheshwari
3) White, Skoog 4) Went, Maheshwari
A: 4(Went, Maheshwari)
20. The scientists concerned with C3, C4 respectively are
A: Calvin, Slack
21. Urease was crystallised by
A: Sumner
22. One of the following is not concerned with light reaction
1) Ruben & Kamen 2) Hill 3) Arnon 4) Priestle
A: 4(Priestley)
23. Electron microscope was discovered by
A: Knoll & Rusko
24. TCA Cyle was discovered by
A: H.A. Krebs
25. Identify the taxonomist belonging to 19th century
A: Endlicher
26. Select the correct pair of plants as the source of SCP
1) Arnica, Aloe 2) Digitalis, Spirulina
3) Chlorella, Spirulina 4) Arnica, Chlorella
A: 3(Chlorella, Spirulina)
27. Biodiesel is produced from
A: Pongamia, Jatropa
28. Assertion (A): Jatropa and Pongamia are petro plants.
Reason (R): They are rich in hydrocarbons.
A: A & R are correct. R explains A.
29. One of the following is not a Palynologist.
1) Maheshwari 2) P.K.K. Nair
3) C.G.K. Ramanujam 4) Wodehouse
A: 1( Maheshwari )
30. A SCP used by Astronauts
A: Chlorella
31. One of the following is a biofertiliser but not micro oranism
1) Azolla 2) Nostoc 3) Anabaena 4) Rhizobium
A: 1(Azolla )
32. Match the following.
| (I) Soil erosion | (A) Saprophytes |
| (II) Soil pollution | (B) Biofertilisers |
| (III) Green house effect | (C) Bio-remediation |
| (IV) Recycling of nutrients | (D) Intensive tree plantation |
| (V) Soil pollution & Water pollution | (E) Sand binding plants |
The correct matching is
A: I II III IV V
E C D A B
33. It is a fundamental requisite for classification of plants
A: Morphology
34. Anatomy is a branch of
A: Internal Morphology
35. The study of microspores of fruit yielding plants is called
A: Palynology
36. The following branch of Botany is built on the basis of information obtained from different fields of Botany
1) Physiology 2) Phytogeography 3) Systematic Botany 4) Embryology
A: 3(Systematic Botany)
37. Match the following lists.
| (I) Autotrophic thallophytes | (A) Pteridology |
| (II) Heterotrophic thallophytes | (B) Phycology |
| (III) Amphibians of plant kingdom | (C) Mycology |
| (IV) First Vascular plants | (D) Bryology |
A: I II III IV
B C D A
38. The branch of Botany that deals with the study of the geographic distribution of the plants in the past and present is
A: Phytogeography
39. The study of fossils is called
A: Paleo Botany
