Botany

Multiple choice questions on medical entrance

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A plant parasite that cannot complete its life cycle without a host is called

  1. facultative parasite
  2. obligate parasite
  3. commensal
  4. haustoria
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Dodder is an example of

  1. root holoparasite
  2. stem hemiparasite
  3. root hemiparasite
  4. stem holoparasite
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

An example of root holoparasite is

  1. mistletoe
  2. dodder
  3. hydnora
  4. rafflesia
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Amphivasal vascular bundle is that in which

  1. phloem is surrounded by xylem
  2. xylem is surrounded by phloem
  3. phloem is on both the sides of xylem
  4. phloem and xylem lie in different radii
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The ability of a single cell to divide and produce all differentiated cells of a plant is called

  1. oligopotency
  2. unipotency
  3. multipotency
  4. totipotency
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Stele in the stem typically consists of

  1. vascular tissue and cortex
  2. vascular tissue and ground tisue
  3. vascular tissue, ground tissue and pericycle
  4. ground tissue, pericycle and cortex
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The study of pollen is called

  1. paleontology
  2. palynology
  3. paleoecology
  4. carpology
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Lenticels originate in the

  1. cortex of the stem
  2. periderm of the stem
  3. pericycle of the stem
  4. vascular cambium
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The plant hormone which inhibits seed germination is

  1. auxin
  2. cytokinin
  3. abscisic acid
  4. gibberellin
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In monocots the structure which supplies food materials to growing embryo is

  1. cotyledons
  2. endosperm
  3. scutellum
  4. coleorhiza
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The edible part of lychee fruit is

  1. pericarp
  2. endocarp
  3. aril
  4. seed coat
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Lateral roots in plants are produced by

  1. root cap
  2. endodermis
  3. pericycle
  4. root hairs
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Peroxisomes were discovered by

  1. Christian De Duve
  2. Robert Hooke
  3. Carl Benda
  4. George Palade
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The instrument used to measure the rate of water uptake by a leafy shoot is called

  1. potometer
  2. crescograph
  3. pyrometer
  4. manometer
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The primary cell wall in plants is made of

  1. cellulose and pectin
  2. cellulose and glycan
  3. cellulose microfibrils and lignin
  4. cellulose, pectin and glycan
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The 80s ribosomes are composed of

  1. 30s and 50s sub-units
  2. 40s and 60s sub-units
  3. 60s and 20s sub-units
  4. 30s and 60s sub-units
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Triticale is a hybrid of

  1. rice and wheat
  2. wheat and ragi
  3. barley and ragi
  4. wheat and rye
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Chiropterophily refers to

  1. pollination of flowers by bats
  2. pollination of flowers by birds
  3. pollination of flowers by insects
  4. pollination of flowers by wind
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Polyploidy in plants are introduced using

  1. tryptophan
  2. colchicine
  3. chymosin
  4. gibberellins
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the hexaploid form of wheat?

  1. Triticum durum
  2. Triticum monococcum
  3. Triticum aestivum
  4. Triticum turgidum
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The botanical name of red bread mould used in genetical studies is

  1. stachybotris chartarum
  2. pisum sativum
  3. penicillium roqueforti
  4. neurospora crassa
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Exine and intine are the

  1. outer and inner layers of seed coat
  2. outer and inner layers of leaf epidermis
  3. outer and inner layers of pollen grain wall
  4. outer and inner layers of a fruit
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sheath which encloses the apical meristem in a monocot embryo is

  1. coleoptile
  2. scutellum
  3. coleorhiza
  4. endosperm
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Helical arrangement of chloroplasts is seen in

  1. chara
  2. ulothrix
  3. kelps
  4. spirogyra
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A pollen grain is composed of

  1. a vegetative cell only
  2. a generative cell only
  3. both vegetative and generative cells
  4. layers of sterile cells only