JAC Board Important Questions For Botany - Unit 3
JAC Board Important Questions For Botany - Unit 3
JAC Board Important Questions For Botany - Unit 3
UNIT – III
Botany
(Biology in Human welfare)
1 Morphine is obtained from which plant ?
a) Caca
b) Cannabis 1
c) Poppy
d) Datua
2 Semi dwarf variety of wheat that played a significant role in Green
revolution was imported from which county ?
a) Russia 1
b) China
c) Germany
d) Mexico
3 In plant breeding programmes, the most common method to generate
genetic variation, conventionally is called-
a) Hybridization 1
b) Heat treatment
c) Somaclonal variation
d) Genetic recombination.
4 Spirullina is a microbe that has been found to be a rich source of –
a) Carbohydrate
b) Protein 1
c) Fats
d) Vitamins
5 Brown rust of wheat, Red not of sugarcane and late blight of potato are
caused by-
a) Bacteria 1
b) Fungi
c) Virus
d) Protozoa
6 Which of the following is a Nitrogen fixing bacteria –
a) Salmonella
b) Lactobacillus 1
c) Phizobium
d) E. Coli
7 Which of the microbe is associated with the commercial production of
ethanol/ethyl alcohol –
a) Bacillus 1
b) Yeast
c) Plasmodium
d) Blue green algae
8 Symbiotic association of fungi with the roofs of higher plants is known as-
a) Lichen
b) Moss 1
c) Anabaena
d) Mycorrhiza
9 World’s first Antibiotic penicillin was isolated from which group of
microbes ?
a) Bacteria 1
b) Fungi
c) Protoza
d) Virus
AglaSem Schools
1 Name any two plants and the drugs we obtain from them. 2
2 Describe two methods of breading for disease resistance. 2
3 What is hallucination. Name a plant that yields drug. With hallucinogenic 2
property.
4 What is SCP ? Give two examples. 2
5 What is Micropropagation ? 2
6 What is bio fortification ? Give example of two bio fortified crop released
2
by IARI
7 How the somatic hybrids are formed ? 2
8 What is ‘LAB’ ? Why curd is considered better than Milk. 2
9 What is the cause of large holes in “Swiss-Cheese” ? 2
10 What is BOD ? How it is related to water pollution ? 2
11 What are the major constituents of Biogas ? Name the bacteria which 2
produce biogas.
12 What do you mean by bio control ? Give an example of a popular microbial
2
bio control agent.
13 What is organic farming ? How it differs from the traditional farming ? 2
14 What is Mycorrhiza ? How it is useful in nature ? 2
15 Name the source of following acids :
a) Citric Acid 2
b) Acetic Acid
8 What are antibiotics ? Name two antibiotics, you have once used. Who 3
discovered the first antibiotic ?
9 Who initiated Ganga & Yamuna Action plan ? What is the purpose behind 3
these projects ?
10 What is plant breeding technique ? Mention 3 major purposed for which 3
breeding is done ?