Daily Botany Quiz for Police SI : 21/05/2019

1) Match List – I with List – II and select your answer using the codes given below:

List – I List – II

A)Brinjal 1) Legume

B)Apple 2) Berry

C)Pea 3) Septicidal capsule

D)Lady’s finger 4) Pome

Codes

*a) 2 4 1 3

b) 4 1 3 2

c) 3 1 2 4

d) 1 2 3 4

2) Green manures can be obtained from which of the following?

a)cowdung and plant wastage

*b)sun – hemp and cluster bean

c)sun – hemp and cowdung

d)cowdung and animal wastage

3) Name the gas which is evolved during photosynthesis

a)carbondioxide

b) nitrogen

c)hydrogen

*d) oxygen

4) Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Insectivorous plants digest proteins of insect body)

Reason (R) : Insectivorous plants grown in Nitrogen (N2) deficient soil

Select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :

a)(A) is true, but (R) does not explain (A)

*b)Both (A) and (R) are true, (R)

c)(A) is true, but (R) is flase

d)Both (A) and (R) are false

5) What is the study of Algae called?

a)physiology

*b) phycology

c)mycology

d) pomology

6) Which one of the following phenomenon means “ the formation of fertile botanic seed without any fusion of male and female gametes”?

*a)apomixis

b) apospory

c)diplospory

d) amphimixis

7) Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer from the options given below :

I)Flowers of wild banana and cacti open at night and are pale in colour

II)Squirrels pollinate wild banana and cacti

III)wild banana and cacti are pollinated by bats

a)(II) is correct answer for (I)

b)(II) and (III) are correct and (I) is wrong

c)(III) and (II) are correct answer for (I)

*d)(I) and (III) are correct and (II) is wrong

8) Match the following

List – I List – II

A)Respiration 1) Chloroplast

B)Protein synthesis 2) Mitochondrion

C)Photosynthesis 3) Dictyosome

D)Secretion 4) Ribosome

Codes

a) 1 3 2 4

b) 4 2 3 1

c) 3 1 4 2

*d) 2 4 1 3

9) To get a high yield, which gene from Bacteria can be introduced to non-leguminous crops?

a)T2 gene

b) B2 gene

*c)Nif gene

d) Antisense gene

10) Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The maximum amount of protein, carbohydrate, fat, ash and water content in the matured anther occur in the following ratio:

Protein <-> Carbohydrate <-> Fat <-> Ash <-> Water

a)Protein>Carbohydrate>Fat>Ash>Water

*b)Protein<Carbohydrate>Fat>Ash<Water

c)Protein>Carbohydrate<Fat>Ash>Water

d)Protein<Carbohydrate<Fat>Ash>Water