Archive for March, 2009

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 13

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

551. Which one of the following is a major green house gas? CO2
552. The flow of genetic information from nucleic acid to protein is called transcription
553. Oxygen in the universe is replenished higher plant photosynthesis
554. Limnophylla haterophylla is an example of Amphibious plant
555. An example for a parasitic algae is cephaleuros
556. Atmospheric nitrogen can be [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 12

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

501. Quinine is made from cinchone bark
502. Phylllanthus nirui is a medicinal herb and it is used to cure jaundice
503. The dark reaction was worked out by an American scientist called Melvin Calvin
504. “Breathing roots” of mangrove plants are also called both (B) and (C)
505. Hydroponics is plant growth in liquid culture medium
506. Red tides [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 11

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

451. Those flowers which have both male and female reproductive parts are called unisexual
452. The other nama of the plant taxonomy is systematic botany
453. Plants takes nitrogen in the form of nitrates
454. Edible fungi are Agaricus
455. One of the following is useful for cheese making penicillium
456. Waterblooms are produced by algae
457. Viruses are all of [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 10

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

401. Soyabean contains a high degrees of proteins
402. The age of a tree can be determined by counting the growth rings of its stem
404. Ground becomes slippery during the rainy season due to green algae
405. Which one of the following is a useful functional association between fungi and the roots of higher plants?mycorrhiza
406. Carbon is [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 9

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

351. one of the following is the simplest land plant Bryophytes
352. Bacteria generally multiply by binary fission
353. Agaar- agar is obtained from gelidium
354. Which of th following grows on wet bread? yeasts
355. Nitrogen fixation is done by blue-green algae
356. Which bacteria produce vinegar in sugar solution? acetobacter aceti
357. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming
358. Yeasts [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 8

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

301. The green leaves performing photosynthesis are know as foliage leaves
302. Mango is an example for tree
303. Mitosis and Meiosis are absent in bacteria
304. Cotton fibres are obtained from cotton fruits
305. Bacteria which are spherical in shape are known as coccus
306. Viruses are in between non-living and living organisms
307. Thallophytes used as food include algae [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 7

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

251. Ganong’s photometer is used in the study of transpiration
252. Coconut is dispersed in nature by water
253. Pillar roots of Banyan help in the support of the branches
254. The organic compounds that contain nitrogen is protein
255. Which one of the following is a climax forest? Thorn forest
256. Red colour of riped tomato is due to [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 6

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

201. An example of a Hesperidium is Citrus
202. Which of these is an antibiotic?
aureomycin
203. The number of dry plants in the herbarin found in the Indian botanical garden at kolkata is about 1 million
204. Mycoses are diseases caused by fungi
205. Which one of the following is not a correct pair in relation to function? Golgi [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 5

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

151. Which one of the following is correctly matched? Polytrichum-Algae
152. Which one of the following tissues conducts food material in plants? phloem
153. Penicillin is a/an antibiotic
154. Polio is caused by virus
155. The energy needed by the living organism is ultimately obtained from
sum
156. In plants, water is conducted by xylem
157. Peristomes are present in
polytrichum
158. The weed [...]

Objective Questions In Botany – General Science Materials For Competitive Examinations Part 3

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

101. The cambium present within a vascular bundle is known interfascicular cambium
102. The outermost layers of rice grain endosperm rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals are known as Aleurone layers
103. Syngenesious anther is an important characteristic feature of
104. Heterospory leading to the establishment of seed habit is observed in selaginella
105. Which of the monocots mentioned [...]