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Students get through AP Inter 1st Year Botany Important Questions<\/a> 3rd Lesson Science of Plants \u2013 Botany which are most likely to be asked in the exam.<\/p>\n

AP Inter 1st Year Botany Important Questions 3rd Lesson Science of Plants \u2013 Botany<\/h2>\n

Very Short Answer Questions<\/span><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nExplain how the term Botany has emerged. [AP M -19]
\nAnswer:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The term Botany is derived from the Greek word Bouskein, which means cattle feed.<\/li>\n
  2. In course of time Bouskein gave rise to Botane and hence the term Botany is derived.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Question 2.
    \nName the books written by Parasara and mention the important aspects discussed in those books. [AP M-17, 20]
    \nAnswer:
    \nThe books written by Parasara are: “Krishi Parasaram” and “Vrikshayurveda”.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Krishiparsaram deals with agriculture and weeds.<\/li>\n
    2. Vrikshayurvedam deals with the types of forests and characters of plants including medicinal plants.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      \nQuestion 3.
      \nWho is popularly known as father of Botany? What was the book written by him?
      \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Theophrastus is popularly known as Father of Botany. [AP &TS M-16]<\/li>\n
      2. The book written by him is deHistoria Plantarum.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Question 4.
        \nWho are Herbalists? What are the books written by them?
        \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. The scientists who identified and described the Medicinal plants technically are called the Herbalists.<\/li>\n
        2. The books written by them are called Herbals.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Question 5.
          \nWhat was the contribution of Carolus Von Linnaeus for the development of plant taxonomy?
          \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. “Carolus Von Linnaeus” popularised the “Binomial Nomenclature system”.<\/li>\n
          2. He proposed “Sexual system” of classification.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Question 6.
            \nWhy is Mendel considered as the father of Genetics? [TS M-17]
            \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Mendel conducted hybridisation experiments on pea plants and also introduced the laws of inheritance in 1866.<\/li>\n
            2. After this a considerable progress was seen in Botany. So, he is declared as Father of Genetics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Question 7.
              \nWho discovered the cell and what was the book written by him? [TS May-17,22] [IPE-Mar-14]
              \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Robert Hooke discovered the cell.<\/li>\n
              2. The book written by him is Micro graphia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Question 8.
                \nWhat is Palaeobotany? What is its use? [AP M-17, 22] [TS M- 15,17,20]
                \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Palaeobotany is the study of fossil plants.<\/li>\n
                2. It helps in understanding the course of evolution in plants.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Question 9.
                  \nName the branches of Botany which deal with the chlorophyllous autotrophic thallophytes and non-chlorophyllous heterotrophic thallophytes.
                  \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

                    \n
                  1. Phycology deals with the study of chlorophyllous autotrophic thallophytes (Algae)<\/li>\n
                  2. Mycology deals with the study of non-chlorophyllous heterotrophic thallophytes (fungi)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Question 10.
                    \nWhat are the groups of plants that live as symbionts in lichens? Name the study of lichens.
                    \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

                      \n
                    1. The plants that live as symbionts in lichens are algae and fungi.<\/li>\n
                    2. The study of lichens is called Lichenology.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Question 11.
                      \nWhich group of plants is called vascular cryptogams? Name the branch of Botany which deals with them? [TSM-19][AP May-19]
                      \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

                        \n
                      1. Pteridophytes are called Vascular cryptogams.<\/li>\n
                      2. Pteridology is the branch that deals with pteridophytes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        \"AP<\/p>\n

                        Question 12.
                        \nWhich group of plants is called amphibians of plant kingdom? Name the branch of Botany which deals with them. [TS M-22]
                        \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

                          \n
                        1. Bryophytes are called amphibians of plant kingdom<\/li>\n
                        2. The branch of botany that deals with bryophytes is Bryology.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          Short Answer Questions<\/span><\/p>\n

                          Question 1.
                          \nExplain the brief the scope of Botany in relation to agriculture, horticulture and medicine.
                          \nAnswer:
                          \nI) Botany in relation to agriculture, and horticulture:<\/p>\n

                            \n
                          1. Experiments in hybridization, genetic engineering and techniques of plant breeding are useful to develop high-yielding varieties of crops like rice, wheat, mary gold etc in the field of Agriculture and Horticulture.<\/li>\n
                          2. Knowledge of plant physiology like the study of role of plant hormones in plant growth helps to improve agriculture and horticulture.<\/li>\n
                          3. Knowledge of plant pathology helps to control and prevent several plant diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            II)Botanyin relation to medicine:<\/p>\n

                              \n
                            1. Study of plants like Neem, Arnica, Belladona, Cinchona, Datura, Rauwolfia, Ocimum having medicinal value are important to explore them for human health care. These lead to the development of Ayurvedic & Homoeopathic pharmacies.<\/li>\n
                            2. Production of antibiotics like Penicillin, bioinsecticides is made possible through study of product yielding plants.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                              Question 2.
                              \nExplain the scope of Botany taking plant physiology as example,
                              \nAnswer:<\/p>\n

                                \n
                              1. Plant physiology helps to known the role of minerals in plant nutrition.<\/li>\n
                              2. Plant physiology helps in the rational usage of chemical fertilizers and control ofmineral deficiencies.<\/li>\n
                              3. Role of plant hormones in plant growth and development can be understood.<\/li>\n
                              4. Herbicidal control of weeds, breaking seed dormancy is dealt in plant physiology.<\/li>\n
                              5. The other benefits of plant physiology are rooting of stem cuttings for vegetative propagation, artificial ripening of fruits like apple, banana and water melons, enhancement of shelf period of leafy vegetables like spinach.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                Question 3.
                                \nWhat are the different branches of Botany that deal with morphology of plants? Give their salient features.
                                \nAnswer:
                                \n1) Morphology deals with the study and description of different organisms of a plant.<\/p>\n

                                2) It is the fundamental requisite for classification of plants. It can be divided into two parts.<\/p>\n

                                  \n
                                • External Morphology: It is the study and description of external characters of plant organs like roots, stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed.<\/li>\n
                                • Internal Morphology: It is the study of internal structure of different plant organs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                                  It has two branches.<\/p>\n

                                    \n
                                  1. Histology is the study of different tissues present in the plant body.<\/li>\n
                                  2. Anatomy deals with the study of gross internal details of plant organs like root, stem, leaf, flower etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                    Long Answer Questions<\/span><\/p>\n

                                    Question 1.
                                    \nGive a comprehensive account on the scope of Botany in different fields giving an example for each.
                                    \nAnswer:
                                    \n1) Scope of Botany in Agriculture:<\/p>\n

                                      \n
                                    1. Enhancement of crop yield through Green revolution solves the problem of ‘decreasing re\u00acsources and increasing population’.<\/li>\n
                                    2. New techniques of plant breeding are useful to develop hybrid varieties in crop plants like rice, wheat, maize, sugarcane etc.<\/li>\n
                                    3. Soil and water pollution caused by chemical fertilizers can be avoided by using biofertilizers.<\/li>\n
                                    4. Crop cultivation refers to the origin of human civilization.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                      2) Scope of Botany in Horticulture:<\/p>\n

                                        \n
                                      1. Progress in horticulture is possible through experiments in hybridization and genetic engineering.<\/li>\n
                                      2. Experiments in tissue and organ culture made it possible to produce large number of plants in the laboratory (micro propagation) with in a short duration of time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                        3) Scope of Botany in Medicine:<\/p>\n

                                          \n
                                        1. Study on plants like Arnica, Cinchona, Neem, Datura, Ocimum, Rauwolfla, Aloe, Withania having medicinal value are important to explore for human health care.<\/li>\n
                                        2. Production of antibiotics like Penicillin, bioinsecticides, single cell proteins made possible through the study of product yielding plants.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                          4) Scope of Botany in Plant physiology:<\/p>\n

                                            \n
                                          1. Hybridization and Genetic Engineering experiments improve applied fields like Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and Floriculture.<\/li>\n
                                          2. Hybrid varieties in crop plants like Rice, Wheat, Maize is possible through plant breeding.<\/li>\n
                                          3. Knowledge of plant physiology is useful in rational usage of chemical fertilizers.<\/li>\n
                                          4. Plant pathology is helpful in the prevention and eradication of several plant diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                            5) Scope of Botany in Industries:<\/p>\n

                                              \n
                                            1. Industries like Cloth mills, Paper mills, Ayurvedic pharmacies, Sugar mills could be developed due to Botany.<\/li>\n
                                            2. Knowledge of commercially important plant products like timber, fibres, coffee, tea, rubber, gums, aromatic oils is of great importance for their exploitation.<\/li>\n
                                            3. Fuels like petrol, coke, gasoline, petrol are past formed products of fossil plants.<\/li>\n
                                            4. Petroplants like Jatropa, Pongamia produce bio-diesel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                              \"AP<\/p>\n

                                              6) Scope of Botany in Environment:<\/p>\n

                                                \n
                                              1. Intensive tree plantation control green house effect.<\/li>\n
                                              2. Usage of biofertilizers like Azolla, Nostoc and recycling of nutrients by saprophytic organisms avoid soil and water pollution.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                7) Other uses:<\/p>\n

                                                  \n
                                                1. Usage of algae like chlorella as food for astronauts in space research programme and extraction of iodine, agar agar from sea weeds indicate wide scope of Botany for the contemporary world.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                  Multiple Choice Questions<\/span><\/p>\n

                                                  Question 1.
                                                  \nFather of Biology is
                                                  \n1) A. P.de Candolle
                                                  \n2) A. W.Eichler
                                                  \n3) Aristotle
                                                  \n4) Theophrastus
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n3) Aristotle<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 2.
                                                  \nTCA cycle was discovered by
                                                  \n1) Rendel
                                                  \n2) V. Ramdas
                                                  \n3) Bessy
                                                  \n4) Hans Krebs
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n4) Hans Krebs<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 3.
                                                  \nHerbals are
                                                  \n1. Books written by herbalists
                                                  \n2.Collection of herbaceous plants of a particular area
                                                  \n3. Herbarium of various types of plants
                                                  \n4. Flora of a particular region
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n1. Books written by herbalists<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 4.
                                                  \nAnatomy deals with the study of
                                                  \n1. Different tissues in the plant body
                                                  \n2. Gross internal structure of plant organs
                                                  \n3. Formation of gametes
                                                  \n4. Vital activites of plants
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n2. Gross internal structure of plant organs<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 5.
                                                  \nThe branch of botany which deals with multiplication of cells is
                                                  \n1) Phytogeography
                                                  \n2) Bryology
                                                  \n3) Cytology
                                                  \n4) Palynology
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n3) Cytology<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 6.
                                                  \nPtcridology is the study of
                                                  \n1) Phaenerogams
                                                  \n2) Angiosperms
                                                  \n3) Vascular cryptogams
                                                  \n4) Amphibians of plant kingdom
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n3) Vascular cryptogams<\/p>\n

                                                  \"AP<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 7.
                                                  \nVrikshayurveda contains information on
                                                  \n1. Medicinal plants
                                                  \n2. Crop plants
                                                  \n3. Fruit trees
                                                  \n4. Flowenng plants
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n1. Medicinal plants<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 8.
                                                  \nThe book written by Theophrastus is
                                                  \n1. The origin of species
                                                  \n2.Genera plantatrum
                                                  \n3. de Historia plantarum
                                                  \n4. Species plantarum
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n3. de Historia plantarum<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 9.
                                                  \nBionomial nomenclature of plants was first introduced by
                                                  \n1. Gaspard bauhin
                                                  \n2. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
                                                  \n3. Socrates
                                                  \n4. de Candolle
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n1. Gaspard bauhin<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 10.
                                                  \nAgar-agar, an inert polysaccha ride is extracted from
                                                  \n1. Green algae
                                                  \n2. Brown algae
                                                  \n3. YelIow algae
                                                  \n4. Red algae
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n4. Red algae<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 11.
                                                  \nThe study of development of male and female gametophytes \u00a1s
                                                  \n1. Systematic Botony
                                                  \n2. Palaeobotany
                                                  \n3. Palynology
                                                  \n4. Embryology
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n4. Embryology<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 12.
                                                  \nIdentify the correct pair
                                                  \n1. Father of Botony – Aristotle
                                                  \n2. Father of Palaeobotany – Linnaeus
                                                  \n3. Father of Genetics – Mendel
                                                  \n4. Father of Biology – Theophrastus
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n3. Father of Genetics – Mendel<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 13.
                                                  \nThe first descriptions of sexual reproduction in plants wa$ given by
                                                  \n1. Thomas Fair Child
                                                  \n2. Gregor Mendel
                                                  \n3. Camerarius
                                                  \n4. Norman Borlaug
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n3. Camerarius<\/p>\n

                                                  \"AP<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 14.
                                                  \nWhich one of the following branches deals with fossil plants?
                                                  \n1. Plants ecology
                                                  \n2. Phytogeography
                                                  \n3. Paleobotany
                                                  \n4. Palynology
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n3. Paleobotany<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 15.
                                                  \nIdentify the medicinal plants among the following
                                                  \n1) Arnica, Neem, Datura, Belladona, Aloe
                                                  \n2) Pisum, Neem, Datura, Lathyrus, Agave
                                                  \n3) Hibiscus, Neem, Datura, Agave
                                                  \n4) Euphorbia, Neem, Datura, Bryophyllum
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n1) Arnica, Neem, Datura, Belladona, Aloe<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 16.
                                                  \nSingle cell proteins are
                                                  \n1) Spirullina, Dolichos
                                                  \n2) Spirullina, Chlorella
                                                  \n3) Euphorbia, Lathyrus
                                                  \n4) Hibiscus, Pisum
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n2) Spirullina, Chlorella<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 17.
                                                  \nBotany expanded rapidly and accumulated vast amount of knowledge in various aspects of plant life during ……….centuries.
                                                  \n1) 18th, 16th
                                                  \n2) 19th and 20th
                                                  \n3) 17th and 18th
                                                  \n4) 16th and 17th
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n2) 19th and 20th<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 18.
                                                  \nIdentify the correct statement.
                                                  \n1) Phycology gives information about all Thallophytes
                                                  \n2) Anatomy is the branch of Morphology
                                                  \n3) Taxonomy and Histology are same
                                                  \n4) Palaeobotany helps us in understanding the course of evolution in plants
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n4) Palaeobotany helps us in understanding the course of evolution in plants<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 19.
                                                  \nCyanobacteria are referred as
                                                  \n1) Actinomycetes
                                                  \n2) Blue green algae
                                                  \n3) Bryophytes
                                                  \n4) Mycoplasmas
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n2) Blue green algae<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 20.
                                                  \nIdentify the scientists relating with tissue culture.
                                                  \na) Hanning
                                                  \nb) Robert son
                                                  \nc) Shimakura
                                                  \nd) Hugodevrics
                                                  \ne) Skoog
                                                  \nf) Robert brown
                                                  \ng) Nitsch
                                                  \nh) Rendel
                                                  \n1) f, g
                                                  \n2) b, d, f, h
                                                  \n3) b, e, g
                                                  \n4) a, c, e, g
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n4) a, c, e, g<\/p>\n

                                                  \"AP<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 21.
                                                  \nIdentify biofertilizers among the following.
                                                  \na) Canna
                                                  \nb) Anabaena
                                                  \nc) Azolla
                                                  \nd) Brassica
                                                  \ne) Rhizobium
                                                  \nf) Nostoc
                                                  \n1) d, e, f
                                                  \n2) a, d only
                                                  \n3) a, b, d, e
                                                  \n4) b, c, e, f
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n4) b, c, e, f<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 22.
                                                  \nIdentify the physiological aspects of plants.
                                                  \na) N2 metabolism
                                                  \nb) Photosyntheis
                                                  \nc) Respiration
                                                  \nd) Growth
                                                  \n1) a, c only
                                                  \n2) a, b, c, d
                                                  \n3) b, c only
                                                  \n4) a, c, d only
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n2) a, b, c, d<\/p>\n

                                                  Question 23.
                                                  \nPhycology is the study of the following
                                                  \na) Autotrophic thallophytes
                                                  \nb) Heterotrophic thallophytes
                                                  \nc) Chlorophyllous thallophytes
                                                  \nd) Non – Chlorophyllous thallophytes
                                                  \n1) a, c
                                                  \n2) b, d
                                                  \n3) a, d
                                                  \n4) b, c
                                                  \nAnswer:
                                                  \n1) a, c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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