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Economic Botany

Study of economically important plants including food crops, medicinal plants, fibers, and agricultural varieties

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The food cannot be derived from

  1. fruits
  2. stem
  3. leaf
  4. roots
  5. none of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the chief source of sugar in the world?

  1. Beta vulgaris
  2. Abelmoschus moschatus
  3. Zea mays
  4. Manihot utilissima
  5. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The styles and stigmas of which of the following are used in medicines as well as spices?

  1. Crocus
  2. Daikon
  3. Delphinium
  4. Delonix
  5. None of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Reserpine meant for curing mental disorders and reducing blood pressure is obtained from the roots of

  1. rauwolfia
  2. digitalis
  3. aconitum
  4. atropa
  5. none of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Coir fibre is obtained from

  1. epicarp
  2. endocarp
  3. mesocarp
  4. seed coat
  5. none of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following crops is famous as the first man-made hybrid?

  1. Brassica juncea
  2. Bunium persicum
  3. Datura
  4. Triticale
  5. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following plants has been recommended as raw material for biogas production in India?

  1. Hydrilla
  2. Sagittaria
  3. Eicchornia
  4. Typha
  5. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A commercial fibre of epidermal origin is

  1. hemp
  2. flax
  3. cotton
  4. sun-hemp
  5. none of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Morphine is extracted from the capsule of

  1. gossypium
  2. papaver somniferum
  3. sesamum
  4. datura strumarium
  5. none of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of these is not an example of hybrid rice cultivated in India?

  1. Taichung 65
  2. Poorva
  3. Jaya
  4. IR - 8
  5. Taichung Native 1
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A monocot, which yields commercially important fibre is

  1. corchorus
  2. clematis
  3. crotalaria
  4. cocos
  5. none of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Edible part of cauliflower is

  1. immature stem
  2. flower bud
  3. inflorescence
  4. stem
  5. none of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A drug for dilating the pupil of the eye is obtained from

  1. papaver somniferum
  2. atropa belladona
  3. aconitum napellum
  4. acacia catechu
  5. none of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a good cardiac drug?

  1. Aconite
  2. Digitalin
  3. LSD
  4. Ipecac
  5. Colchicum
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Major crops of food value belong to the family of

  1. compositae
  2. leguminosae
  3. solanaceae
  4. graminae
  5. none of these
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