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A cultivated plant whose seed epidermis produces abundant cellulosic hairs used in textile industry and manufacture of fine quality paper is

  1. Cannabis sativa

  2. Linum usitatissimum

  3. Gossypium herbaceum

  4. Salmalia malabarica


Correct Option: C

The expansion of CIMAP is

  1. Central Indigenous Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

  2. Central Institute of Medicinal and Semi-arid crop Plants

  3. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is a research institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research with its headquarter in Lucknow. It is engaged in the field of science and business of medicinal and aromatic plants. So the correct option is A. (Central Indigenous Medicinal and Aromatic Plants )

Bamboo grows in

  1. Temperate evergreen forests

  2. Tropical rain forests

  3. Deciduous forests

  4. Dry deciduous forests


Correct Option: B

Stamen of an angiospermic plant is equivalent to?

  1. Microsporangia

  2. Microspore

  3. Megasporophyll

  4. Microsporophyll


Correct Option: A

Which state in India is the largest producer of cotton

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Madras

  3. Rajasthan

  4. Gujarat


Correct Option: D

Matunga, Bombay has one of the following institutes

  1. Industrial Toxicology Research Laboratory

  2. Cotton Technology Research Laboratory

  3. National Institute of Oceanography

  4. Llyod Botanical Garden


Correct Option: B

Following arrangement is correct from the point of view of decreasing biodiversity in angiosperms (N), fungi (F), pteridophytes (P) and algae (A).

  1. N $>$ F $>$ P $>$ A

  2. N $>$ F $>$ A $>$ P

  3. F $>$ N $>$ P $>$ A

  4. F $>$ N $>$ A $>$ P


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Biodiversity means the diversity of species of genetic variation within one species and of ecosystem angiosperms have the ability to live animals into transporting their pollen and seeds. Fungi, unlike plants and pteridophytes, are vascular plants that produce neither flowers nor seeds. Algae cannot synthesize their food and need an external source of nutrients. The order of decreasing biodiversity is N>F >A>P. Hence, the correct answer is option B,  N>F >A>P.

Function of embryonal suspensor in angiosperms is to?

  1. Serve as channel for $H _2O$

  2. Push embryo deeper into endosperm

  3. Release growth hormone's

  4. Transfer nutrients from parent sporophyte to young embryo


Correct Option: A

Wax is obtained from

  1. Jojoba

  2. Guayle

  3. Leucaena

  4. Subabul


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jojoba is a plant that is grown commercially to produce jojoba oil. It is a liquid wax ester that is extracted from its seed.

So the correct option is A.