Botany interview questions – page 7

An artificial kidney works on the principle of

1. osmosis
2. diffusion
3. active
4. dialysis

Potatoes are borne on

1. lateral roots
2. stem branches
3. primary roots
4. secondary roots

Embryo is found in

1. Protozoa
2. Flowers
3. Fungi
4. Buds

The study of Dendrology is associated with

1. Shrubs
2. Plants
3. Flowers
4. Trees

The small pox vaccine was discovered by

1. Edward Jenner
2. Louis Pasteur
3. Harvey
4. John

Which component of plants receives stimulates for following?

1. Branches
2. Roots
3. Stems
4. Leaves

Blood is

1. alkaline
2. like a buffer
3. acidic
4. neural

Dialysis is used when a patient has serious trouble with

1. Lungs
2. Kidney
3. Heart
4. Liver

Which of the following is a good source of protein?

1. Soya bean
2. Black Gram
3. Pea
4. Pigeon Pea

The device to measure transpiration in plants is

1. Clinometers
2. Photometer
3. Crescometer
4. Hygrometer

Lichen is a composite combination of two organisms

1. Algae and Fungi
2. Algae and Bryophyta
3. Fungi and Fern
4. Fungi and Bryophyta

Bamboo is classified as

1. Herb
2. Shrub
3. Tree
4. Grass

Which of the following is a physical basis of life?

1. Ribosome
2. Mitochondria
3. Protoplasm
4. Nucleus

The human body is immune to which disease?

1. Diabetes
2. Tuberculosis
3. Jaundice
4. Small pox

Which of the following animals does not have nervous system?

1. Tapeworm
2. Leech
3. Amoeba 
4. Snail

The edible part of the coconut is

1. endosperm
2. blastula
3. completeseed
4. pericarp

Which of the following is not a mosquito borne disease?

1. Malaria
2. Sleeping sickness
3. Filariasis
4. Dengue fever

Which of the following is an insectivorous plant?

1. Hydrilla
2. Marsilea
3. Nepenthes
4. None of these

_______ organelles is known as the ‘Power House’ of the cell.

1. Ribosomes
2. Mitochondria
3. Golgi bodies
4. Cell wall

Nucleus was first discovered by

1. Robert Brown
2. Robert Hooke
3. Palade
4. Porter

Who was the inventor of bacteria?

1. Leeuwenhock
2. Robert Koach
3. Robert Hooke
4. Louis Pasteur

Which one of the following is the largest decomposer of the solar energy?

1. fungi
2. bacteria
3. protozoa
4. green plants

Alexander Fleming discovered

1. Penicillin
2. Telephone
3. Streptomycin
4. X ray

Which of the following types of lights are strongly absorbed by plants?

1. Yellow and violet
2. Violet and orange
3. Indigo and yellow
4. Blue and red

The virus is

1. carbohydrate
2. nucleic acid and protein
3. lipid and carbohydrate
4. protein and lipid

Which of the following is a viral disease?

1. Protozoa
2. Small pox
3. Fungi
4. Malaria

Which of the following is the first hormone produced by genetic engineering?

1. Testosterone
2. Corticol
3. Thyroxine
4. Insulin

The disease athlete foot is caused by

1. Fungi
2. Protozoa
3. Nimatod
4. Bacteria

The biological process accomplished in preparing wine from grapes is very similar to the one involved in the preparation of

1. Penicillin from penicillium
2. Quinine from cinchona
3. Cream from milk
4. Curd from milk

The science dealing with diseases of plants is called as

1. Plant anatomy
2. Plant ecology
3. Plant pathology
4. Plant morphology