ECONOMIC BOTANY | MCQ

1. Which of the following is called “Dhaan ka Katora”

(a)   Gwalior                                  (b)   Indore

(c)   Chhattisgarh                        (d)   Rewa

2. Trigonella foenum graecum belongs to family

(a)   Solanaceae                           (b)   Apocyanaceae

(c)   Papilionaceae                      (d)   None of the above

3. Mud-ball technique for rice cultivation has been proposed by

(a)   IARI, New Delhi                   (b)   IRRI, Philippines

(c)   CRRI, Cuttuck                       (d)   CSIR, New Delhi

4. Nux vomica tree belongs to genus

(a)   Emblica                                  (b)   Ferula

(c)   Strychnos                              (d)   None of the above

5. Bark and leaves of which of the following plants are used to store the cloths

(a)   Euphorbia hirta                   (b)   Euphorbia thymifolia

(c)   Eclipta alba                          (d)   Azadirachta indica

6. Term ‘ethnobotany‘ was proposed by

(a)   Harshberger                         (b)   Cornberg

(c)   Neuberg                                 (d)   None of the above

7. The plant which has also been known in India as ‘Pagal ki dava’

(a)   Sarpagandha                        (b)   Mulathi

(c)   Indrayan                                (d)   Harjori

8. Asparagus is a native of

(a)   Europe and Western Asia  (b)   India

(c)   China                                      (d)   USA

9. Fibrous cells are

(a)   Living

(b)   Dead

(c)   In some plants they are living

(d)   None of the above

10. Which of the following occupy the first position in cotton production

(a)   America                                 (b)   China

(c)   England                                 (d)   Africa

11. Which of the oil is used in microscopic work

(a)   Khas oil                                  (b)   Lavender oil

(c)   Clove oil                                 (d)   All the above

12. Saffron is produced from

[AFMC 1983; AIIMS 1984; DPMT 1984; BHU 1981, 89; CPMT 1995]

(a)   Roots

(b)   Petals

(c)   Stamens

(d)   Style stigma of carpels of crocus plant

13. Mysore has one of the following institute [BHU 1985]

(a)   National agricultural research institute

(b)   Rice research institute

(c)   Forest research institute

(d)   Central food technology research institute

14. Central institute of toxicology is at

[BHU 1985; JIPMER 1986]

(a)   Lucknow                               (b)   Madras

(c)   Bombay                                 (d)   Delhi

15. Which of the raw material is used in paper industry

[BHU 1986]

(a)   Agave                                     (b)   Ficus

(c)   Bambusa                               (d)   Corchorus

16. Cinchona quinine was first discovered at [BHU 1986]

(a)   Portugal                                 (b)   Peru

(c)   Poland                                    (d)   Central Asia

17. Among the following which harms the sugarcane crop

[AMU 1987]

(a)   Pyrilla                                     (b)   Termites

(c)   Locusts                                  (d)   Piricularia

18. The branch of science that deals with the development of forest and utilization of forest product is [MP PMT 1990]

(a)   Horticulture                         (b)   Sericulture

(c)   Silviculture                           (d)   Pharmocognosy

19. Approximately one hundred diseases and pests are reported on

[MP PMT 1994]

(a)   Wheat                                    (b)   Gram

(c)   Ground nut                           (d)   Rice

20. One of the following is a social foresting species with multiple utility [EAMCET 1995; Pb. PMT 1999; BHU 2001]

(a)   Mangifera indica (Mango)

(b)   Leucaena leucocephala (Subabul)

(c)   Borassus flabelliformis (Palmyrah palm)

(d)   Rosa grandiflora (Rose)

21. Cinchona plant is also known as [RPMT 1997]

(a)   Prickly bark                          (b)   Turmeric bark

(c)   Peruvian bark                      (d)   Devil’s dung bark

22. In South East Asia, the basis of early agriculture was the planting of          [Pb. PMT 2000]

(a)   Millets                                    (b)   Legumes

(c)   Some cereals                        (d)   Underground parts

23. Which of the following is most important source of food

[MP PMT 2000]

(a)   Lichen                                    (b)   Angiosperms

(c)   Algae                                      (d)   Fungi

24. The study of the action of drugs is known as [MP PMT 2001]

(a)   Pharmacognosy

(b)   Pharmacology

(c)   Physiology

(d)   Pharmaceutical chemistry

25. Institute of Palaeobotany is situated at [BHU 2002]

(a)   Delhi                                       (b)   Lucknow

(c)   Allahabad                              (d)   Aurangabad

1	c	2	c	3	b	4	c	5	d
6	a	7	a	8	a	9	b	10	a
11	c	12	d	13	d	14	a	15	c
16	b	17	a	18	c	19	a	20	b
21	c	22	d	23	b	24	b	25	b

1. (c) Chhattisgarh is named Dhan ka katora because their much cultivation of Dhan or Rice crop.
2. (c) Trigonella foenum belongs papilionaceae it has nodulated root for the nitrogen synthesis.
3. (b) Mud-ball technique is a mode of application of fertilizer. Rice cultivation is carried out under water-logging condition. Urea and other nitrogenous fertilizers if applied without treated, then they get wasted due to leaching and vapourization. To check this loss, slow releasing fertilizers are used. In mud-ball technique, urea granules are covered by mud-ball.
4. (c) Nux vomica belongs Loganiaceae/Strychnaceae. Medicinal use part of nux – vomica is seed.
5. (d) Azadirachta Indica (Margosa or neem) belongs meliaceae family. It’s parts uses in medicine root, stem, leves flower’s, seed and barks.
6. (a) Sarpagandha is known as pagal ki dava because it has “serpentine, reserpine” are acts on CNS.
7. (b) Fibre’s cell are dead because they made by sclerenchyma, which have lignin thickning.
8. (c) Ancient Indians used bark of Betula utilis family Betulaceae as paper. At that time paper prepared by Bamboos (family – Bomboocaceae) which is rich cellulose.
9. (b) Quinine obtained from cinchona officinalis, C. calisaya bark. Which was first discovered at ‘Peru’.
10. (b) Leucaena leucocephala (Subabul) is quick growing small leguminous plant, are includes in social forestration.
11. (c) Cinchona plant is called peruvian bark because discovered in peru.
12. (b) Angiosperms are seeded plants and main source of food seed.
13. (b) Pharmacology is the branch of the study of drug action, in which considers the site of action of drug, toxicity, side effects plasma half life concentration, excretory by products, etc.
14. (b) Palaeobotany = study of plant fossiles. The institute of palaeobotany in Lucknow.

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