Botany interview questions

Quinine is obtained from which part of the plants?

1. Bark
2. Leaves
3. Roots
4. Stem

Lichens are indicators of

1. Soil pollution
2. Water pollution
3. Air pollution
4. Radiation pollution

Which part of the pear is edible?

1. Endosperm
2. Mesocarp
3. Spores
4. Fleshy thalamus

Azolla is a

1. Aqueous fern
2. Algae
3. Bryophyte
4. Fungi

Which of the following leguminous plant is also a petro plant?

1. Pongamia
2. Gram
3. Pea
4. Pigeon pea

At which region of the electromagnetic spectrum do the plants photosynthesis?

1. Blue and Orange
2. Violet and Orange
3. Green and Yellow
4. Red and Blue

Which one of the following is a useful functional association between fungi and the roots of higher plants?

1. Mycorrhiza
2. Lichen
3. Coralloid root
4. Biofertilizer

Plants which grow on rocks are known as

1. Oxylophytes
2. Sclerophytes
3. Lithophytes
4. Mesophytes

Commercial agar agar is obtained from

1. Volvox
2. Porphyro
3. Gracilaria
4. Chlorella

Which of the following plant hormone is mainly responsible for fruit ripening?

1. Abscissic acid
2. Ethylene
3. Cytokinin
4. None of these

Which of the following vitamins is considered to be a hormone?

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D

Which of the following is adapted to grow in dry places?

1. Xerophytes
2. Hydrophytes
3. Sciophytes
4. Heliophytes

Darwin finches refers to a group of

1. Birds
2. Lizards
3. Amphibians
4. Fishes

The deficiency of which one of the following leads to dental caries?

1. Fluorine
2. Iron
3. Copper
4. Zinc

Malaria affects which part of the body?

1. Kidneys
2. Spleen
3. Heart
4. Lungs

Which one of the following gases is essential for photosynthesis process?

1. CO
2. O2
3. N2
4. CO2

BMD testing is done to diagnose

1. Osteoporosis
2. AIDS
3. Malaria
4. Dengue

Which of the following is the smallest living bird is

1. Humingbird
2. Penguin
3. Kiwi
4. Crow

Sickle cell anaemia is a disease caused due to the abnormally in

1. Thrombocytes
2. Blood plasma composition
3. Red blood cells
4. White blood cells

Which one among the following animal tissues transports hormones and heat and maintains water balance?

1. Blood
2. Nervous tissue
3. Muscular tissue
4. Connective tissue

The first successful heart transplant in India was performed by

1. Dr. Dastur
2. Dr. Caroli
3. Dr. Padmavati
4. Dr. Venugopal

Pregnant women usually becomes deficient in

1. sodium and iron
2. iron and sodium
3. magnesium and iron
4. calcium and iron

From the evolutionary point of view, which one of the following is closer to man?

1. Flying Fish
2. Tortoise
3. Dolphin
4. Shark

Which of the following factor is the most important for the degradation of bio diversity?

1. self sustained inheritance
2. devastation of natural habitat
3. insect control
4. control of parasites

_____ cells helps in storing water and food materials.

1. Parenchyma cell
2. Nematoblast
3. Flame cell
4. None of these

Which of the following groups contains only antibiotics?

1. Chloromycetin, tetramycin, cortisone
2. Sulphanilamide, DNA, penicillin
3. Penicillin, tetramycin, streptomycin
4. Penicillin, streptomycin, ACTH

The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin scale is

1. 280
2. 290
3. 300
4. 310

Antibiotics are drugs used for the cure of

1. Bacterial diseases
2. Nervous disorders
3. Cancer
4. Malaria

Which of the following disease is considered as completely eradicated from India, as no case of the same has been reported in last one year?

1. Asthma
2. Cancer
3. Polio
4. Tuberculosis

Which of the following organ acts as a shock tissue during allergic reactions?

1. Stomach
2. Heart
3. Spleen
4. Lungs