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Questions Related to indian botanical gardens and herbarium

The famous botanical garden of Kew is located in 

  1. India

  2. England

  3. Germany

  4. France


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Royal Botanical Garden is located in Kew, England.

It is an important institution for education and botanical research. The collections at Kew include over 28,000 taxa of living plants, 8.3 million plant, and fungal herbarium specimens
So, the correct answer is 'England'

Arboretum is

  1. A forest patch

  2. A piece of social forestry

  3. Botanical garden with trees

  4. Botanical garden with cacti and herbs


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • An arboretum is a botanical garden with trees. 
  • Commonly a modern arboretum is a botanical garden containing living collections of woody plants and is intended for scientific study.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Botanical garden with trees'

National Botanical Institute is located in

  1. Mumbai

  2. Kolkata

  3. Lucknow

  4. Chennai


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nation Botanical Institute is located in Lucknow. It is engaged in the field of taxonomy and modern biology. Initially engaged in research work in the classical botanical disciplines, the National Botanical Institute went on laying an increasing emphasis in keeping with the national needs and priorities in the field of plant sciences, on its applied and developmental research activities. 

So, the correct option is 'Lucknow'.

Where can a rare plant be taken care of outside its natural habitat?

  1. Botanical garden or green house

  2. Coastal areas

  3. Laboratory

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • Botanical gardens or greenhouses are the place where rare plants can be taken care of outside its natural habitat. Botanical gardens play important role in plant conservation and protection. These are the center for ex situ conservation. 

Thus, the correct answer is 'Botanical garden or green house.'

Botanical garden of the forest research institute was established in

  1. Darjeeling

  2. Dehradun

  3. Bangalore

  4. Lucknow


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Botanical garden of the forest research institute was established in 1906 at Dehradun. It is a premier institution in the field of forestry research in India.Here, botanical research is carried out under disciplines Systematic Botany, Plant Physiology and Wood Anatomy.


So, the correct option is 'Dehradun'.

National botanical research Institute is located at

  1. Howrah

  2. Delhi

  3. Hyderabad

  4. Lucknow


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Originally conceptualized and set up as the National Botanic Gardens (NBG) by Professor Kailas Nath Kaul on behalf of the State Government of Uttar Pradesh, it was taken over by the CSIR in 1953. Dr. Triloki Nath Khoshoo joined in 1964 as the Assistant Director, shortly afterward becoming the Director. Initially engaged in research work in the classical botanical disciplines, the NBG went on laying an increasing emphasis in keeping with the national needs and priorities in the field of plant sciences, on its applied and developmental research activities. Due to the untiring efforts of Dr. Khoshoo, the institute rose to the stature of being the National Botanical Research Institute in 1978, reflecting the correct nature and extent of its aims and objectives, functions and R & D activities. Sikandar Bagh is a famous and historic pleasure garden, located in the grounds of the Institute. The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) is a research institute of CSIR in Lucknow. It is engaged in the field of taxonomy and modern biology.

So the correct option is 'Lucknow'.

Largest botanical garden of world and Asia are respectively located at :-

  1. Kew (England) & Padua (Italy)

  2. Howarh (India) & Kew (England)

  3. Kew (England) & Lucknow (India)

  4. Kew (England ) & Howarh (India)


Correct Option: A

ICBN was first revised in

  1. 1961

  2. 1964

  3. 1975

  4. 1753


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

ICBN, "International Code of Botanical Nomenclature”, is the collection of rules of scientific nomenclature of plants and was first proposed by Sprague, Hitchcock, Green (1930) but was accepted in 1961. During 12$^{th}$ International congress, Leningrade 1975, ICBN was revised. The revised form was republished in 1978. Thus, ICBN was first revised in 1975. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

The places where rare and threatened species of plants are reared and conserved are called as

  1. Botanical garden

  2. National park

  3. Sanctuary

  4. Aviary


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The botanical garden is an area where cultivation of a wide variety of plants is done for the purpose of research and education. The rare and endangered plant species can also be conserved in this areas. The plants in the botanical gardens can be cultured for educational as well as research purposes. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A. 

The National botanical garden is located at

  1. Kolkata

  2. Dehradun

  3. Lucknow

  4. Ootacamund


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

There are various kinds of tourist attractions in Lucknow. They have museums, monuments, tombs and many other attractive sites to visit. But the one that provides most refreshing and enriching experience on Lucknow Tour are the well laid out gardens in Lucknow. However among all the gardens, the Botanical Gardens in Lucknow draw huge attention.