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Q1. The fruit in a Ravenala is a ..................
Correct answer : 3
Q2. .............is the botanical name of Dwarf Banana.
Correct answer : 1
Q3. Abaca cloth is obtained from the fibres of which of the following plants?
Correct answer : 2
Q4. ..................is the botanical name of "Bird of Paradise".
Correct answer : 3
Q5. The term "meristem" denotes
Correct answer : 1
Q6. ..........makes up the cell wall of meristem.
Correct answer : 4
Q7. .....................is not a zone of apical meristem.
Correct answer : 1
Q8. .................is the other name for Cork Cambium.
Correct answer : 1
Q9. ....................constitutes the ground tissue in a plant.
Correct answer : 2
Q10. ....................is the parenchyma which helps the plant to float in water.
Correct answer : 1
Q11. .............is the dead tissue in simple permanent tissue.
Correct answer : 4
Q12. The cell wall is unevenly thickened and is confined to the corners of the cell in..............
Correct answer : 3
Q13. The pulp of pyrus contain........
Correct answer : 2
Q14. Xylos is a Greek word meaning:
Correct answer : 2
Q15. The secondary xylem is derived from......
Correct answer : 4
Q16. The conduction of water and mineral salts in tracheids takes place through...
Correct answer : 1
Q17. .....................is absent in Gymnosperms and pteridophytes.
Correct answer : 2
Q18. Guard cells are bounded by.........
Correct answer : 2
Q19. ....................condition is the characteristic of roots.
Correct answer : 2
Q20. .............belongs to the fundamental tissue.
Correct answer : 3
Q21. The living cells that pass lelucoplasts are ..........
Correct answer : 3
Q22. Exarch and polyarch xylem is the characteristic feature of which of the following?
Correct answer : 2
Q23. Pholem fibre is a dead tissue because........
Correct answer : 4
Q24. Pericycle is absent in which of the following?
Correct answer : 4
Q25. In a monocot stem the vascular bundles are......
Correct answer : 2
Q26. Leaf showing differentiation in mesophyll is known as ......
Correct answer : 4
Q27. The palisade parenchyma in the mesophyll region is on ......... side.
Correct answer : 1
Q28. The pith is also called as ..........
Correct answer : 2
Q29. Wedge shaped vascular bundles are found in which of the following?
Correct answer : 4
Q30. The Central part of the stem inner to the endodermis is called as.....
Correct answer : 1
Q31. Bicollateral vascular bundles are most typically seen in.......
Correct answer : 4
Q32. ..................is not true of Vanda.
Correct answer : 3
Q33. The disc shaped granal lamellae are known as ......
Correct answer : 2
Q34. Chloroplasts measure about........
Correct answer : 1
Q35. Evolution of oxygen during photosynthesis is linked to.........
Correct answer : 1
Q36. Condition/s necessary for photorespiration is/are............
Correct answer : 4
Q37. ...................postulated "Law of Limiting Factor" in........... .
Correct answer : 3
Q38. Drosera catches insects to get enough .......................
Correct answer : 3
Q39. The plants convert light energy into ..................
Correct answer : 3
Q40. From among the following which is the actual site of photosynthesis?
Correct answer : 2
Q41. The shape of the Chloroplast of higher plants is...........
Correct answer : 1
Q42. The matrix of the chloroplast is known as.........
Correct answer : 2
Q43. Photosynthetic pigments are found concentrated in.........
Correct answer : 1
Q44. What is the universal pigment present in the plants?
Correct answer : 4
Q45. Among the following which one is generally called primary pigment.
Correct answer : 3
Q46. Carotenoids, xanthophyll and phycobilins are regarded as .......pigments.
Correct answer : 4
Q47. Photosystem PS I and PS II are associated with which of the following?
Correct answer : 1
Q48. In the Chlorophyll, the electrons give away the excess energy as......
Correct answer : 4
Q49. Cytochrome is a group of ........
Correct answer : 3
Q50. Which of the following is a partial parasite?