Mcqs of economic botany

1. Wood is a ….. tissue:

a) Homogeneous
b) Heterogeneous
c) Both
2. Porous wood is also known as:
a) Soft wood
b) Hardwood
c) None
3. Conduction of water is by tubular cell fusion called:
a) Vessels
b) Xylem
c) Phloem
4. Wood which consists of xylem tissue with wider vessel called:
a) Latewood
b) earlywood
c) None
5. Example of softwood :
a) Angiosperm
b) Gymnosperm
c) Pteridophyte
6. Farms and rural communities have accounted for about … % of
total amount of wood for fuel:
a) 70
b) 80
c) 90
7. Has greater heating power:
 a) Wood
b) Coal
c) Lumber
8. Hard coal are oldest and contain …. % carbon:
a) 95
b) 100
c) 105
9. ….. is still a valuable fuel as it has twice the heating power of
wood and burn without flame:
a) Coal
b) Charcoal
c) Plywood
10. Pakistan forest covers ….. % of total land area:
a) 4.6
b) 4.8
c) 4.9
11. One of the oldest and second largest forest I world is:
a) Daintier
b) Togas nationalforest
c) Juniper forest
12. …. Forests are mostly evergreen natural forest of conifers:
a) Temperate
b) Alpine
c) Dry tropical
13. Coastal forests are also known as:
a) Riverrain forest
b) Mangrove forest
c) Temperate forest
 14. Mangrove forest covers an area of:
a) 205000ha
b) 206000ha
c) 207000ha
15. Alpine forest of Pakistan are found in:
a) Himalaya
b) Hindukush
c) Both
1) Major food crops of the world belongs to the family

a) Leguminosae

b) Solanaceae

c) Cruciferae

d) Gramineae

2. Saffron is produced from

a) roots of Indigofera

b) petals of Rosa

c) stamens of Hibiscus

d) Style and stigma of Crocus

3. One of the following is a plant of great medicinal value:

a) Brassica oleraceae

b) Rauwolfia serpentina
c) Coffea robusta

d) Cryptostegia grandiflora

4. Resrpine, s drug is extracted from

a) Brassica oleraceae

b) Atropa belladonna

c) Rauwolfia serpentina

d) Digitalis purpurea

5. Fibre of great commercial importance derived from epidermis is

a) Flax

b) Hemp

c) Coir

d) Cotton

6. A milk like preparation can be made from the seeds of

a) Gram

b) Grapes

c) Soybean

d) Barley

7. Coir of commerce comes from which part of coconut?

a) Epicarp

b) Mesocarp

c) Seed coat

d) Endocarp

8. One of the following is a source of rubber:

a) Hevea brasilensis

b) Tectona grandis

c) Cedrus depdara

d) Michelia champaca

9. Which of the most important source of food and fodder?

a) Algae

b) Fungi

c) Lichen

d) Cereal

10. A drug which reduces high blood pressure is obtained from

a) Aconitum chasmanthum

b) Centella asiatica

c) Rouwolfia serpentina

d) Solanum nigrum
11. One of the following plants is a rich variety of timber:

a) Cassia fistula

b) Dalbergia sissoo

c) Acacia arabica

d) Morus alba

12. The chicory powder which is mixed with coffee powder is obtained from

a) seeds

b) leaves

c) roots

d) stems

13. Castor oil is obtained from

a) Sesamum indicum

b) Linum spp

c) Brassica campestris

d) Ricinus communis

14. The flax fibres are obtained from

a) Cannabis sativa

b) Crotolaria juncea

c) Cocos nucifera

d) Linum ustistissimum
15. One of the following is an oil seed crop:

a) Marigold

b) Sunflower

c) Roses

d) Crysanthemum

1) Gums are especially common in plants of____.

a)Dry regions

b)wet regions

c) Both a and b

d) None

2) In medicine____ has been used as an emulsifying agent and as a demulcent.

a) Resins

b) Gum Arabic

c) Amber

d) Gums

3)_____ contain only a little of any essential oil.

a)copals

b) Amber

d) Hard resins

d)Lacquer

4) Natural lacquers are also obtained in_____.

a)Taiwan
b) Vietnam

c) None of these

d) Both of these

5)Balsam of peeru has been used in medicine for _____.

a) Healing wounds

b)Skin disease

C) Both a and b

d) none of these

6) The oil may also have some_____.

a) Antiseptic

b) antiseptic and bactericidal value

c) Bactericidal

d)None

7)All the distinctly aromatic plants contain ______.

a) Essential oils

b) non essential oils

c) sand

d) clay

8)The most valuable perfumes are combinations of ___ essential oils.

a) two

b) deifferent

c) several
d) many

9) ____ is valuable oil that is also called attar of roses.

a) Otto of roses

b) Apricot

c)Cassie or accacia

d) Grass oils

10)Lemon grass oil is used in ____.

a) soaps

b) medicine

c) industries

d)Soaps and medicine

11)____ contain high mount of Geraniol.

a) grass oil

b) lemon grass oil

c)palmarosa

d)lavender

12)one of the most popular perfumes is made from___.

a) violet

b) Jasmine

c) rose Mary

d) oak moss

13)A highly esteemed perfume is extracted from____.

a) Violet

b) Jasmine

c)moss

d) rose mary

14) _____ is the still one of the most important scents.

a) oil of ventiver

b) jasmine

c) Violet

d) Lavender.

Sugar cane diameter of about-----in

a) 4 b)2 c) 8
2) Sugara are derived from leaves of----plant
a) Agave b) sorghum c) palm
3) fructose also known as----
a) Glucose b) Laevulose c) Maltose
4) Maltose that obtained from----starch has been used in japan
a) Rice b) Wheat c) Maize
5) Honey contain-----percent invert sugar along with protein
a) 65-75 b) 70-75 c) 75-70
6) Starch is stored in----walled cell
a) Thin b) thick c) plump
7) ----starch used in textile industry
a) Soluble b) Insoluble c) Both
8) The oldest commercial sources of starch were form-----
a) Rice b) Wheat c) Potato
9) Potato starch source of-----
a) Glucose b) Dextrin and industrical alcohol c) All of these
10) ------------chemistry is important phase of organic chemistry
a) Starch b) Cellulose c) Sugar
11) First paper was made in --------
a) China b) India c) Germany
12) Wood begin being used in paper industry from about----
a) 1850 b) 1950 c) 1890
13) Spruce has furnished about-----
a) 30 b) 90 c) 60
14) Fiber of paper is very strong
A) Bast b) textile c) Misc
15)cotton fiber have a high felting power and high cellulose
content of about----percent
a) 91 b) 82 c) 90
Fatty oils contain

Malic acid oleic acid. Tartaric acid formic acid.

How many classes of fatty oils are there?

1 2 3 4

Flax seed has been the source of

Drying oils semidrying oils nondrying oils fats

Soybean is native to

Egypt India Africa China

The most important of the semidrying oils is

Cottonseed oil Corn Oil Sunflower Oil Olive Oil

On exposure of oxygen which oil dry into thin elastic films

Drying oils semidrying oils nondrying oils fats

There is about 50 percent oil located in the embryo of maize kernels.

Cottonseed oil Corn Oil Sunflower Oil Olive Oil

The plant is a coarse erect annual herb

Castor sunflower corn cotton

This oil is pale yellow or colorless and is solid below 74 deg. Fahrenheit.

Coconut Oil Palm Oil Castor Oil Sunflower Oil

The fat is also used with cocoa butter in chocolate manufacture.

Peanut butter Nutmeg Butter Shea Butter nut butter

Waxes usually occur on

epidermis endodermis palisade cells pericycle

what serve to prevent water loss through transpiration.

Fats waxes fatty oils lubricants

esters of monohydric alcohols are

Fats waxes fatty oils lubricants

glycerin in combination with a fatty acid is present in

Fats waxes fatty oils lubricants

Which oil stay liquid at room temperature and do not form a film

Drying oils semidrying oils nondrying oils fats

1) Primitive humans in their attempts to obtain the three most important necessities for life
a)food,shelter and clothing b) bowstrings,nets,snares
c)nets,shelter,and food d)nets,clothing
2) ……….are stiff tough fibers including small stems and twigs that are used for making brooms and
brushes
a) filling fibers b)brush fibers
c)textile fibers d)natural fibers
3)……….cotton is extensively used for stuffing purposes.
a)spun b)stuffed
c)unspun d)unstuffed
4)a noteworthy advance in the cotton industry was the utilization of what were formerly
a)useful product b)waste product
c)necessary product d)healthy product
5)The making of ………..requires the use of cellulose present in plant fibers.
a)cotton b)rubber
c)paper d)tannin
6)The artificial fibers in use in the textile industry are ……….in nature.
a)organic b)inorganic
c)synthetic d)artificial
7)soybeans ,corn and peanuts are the main plants sources of
a)carbohydrates b)lipids
c)proteins d)cellulose
8)The term ……..is subject to critisim
a)brush fibers b)cellulose fibers
c)natural fibers d)bast fibers
9)………………are used for stuffing mattresses, cushions and upholstery
a)brush fibers b)filling fibers
c)natural fibers d)none
10)according to economic classification of fibers the fibers are of how many types
a)6 b)9
c)4 d)3

01-Economic botany is commercial application of:

(a)Animals (b)plants (c)both (d)none

02-The species of plants are divided into how many families:

(a)450 (b)460 (c)470 (d)480

03-how many species of plants are present?

(a)220,000 (b)250,000 (c)260,000 (d)270,000

04-An excellent example of botanical versatility is:

(a)Date palm (b) coconut palm (c)apple (d) eucalyptus

05-The earliest place where agriculture and civilisation are believed to have started

(A) Nile (B) Northern plains of India (C) China River valley (D) All the above

06-Cereals belong to family

(A) Cruciferae (B) Leguminosae (C) Solanaceae (D) Gramineae

07-Major crops of the world belong to family

(A) Cruciferae (B) Malvaceae (C) Leguminosae (D) Gramineac

08-Economic botany contributes with:

(a) biology (b)botany (c) anthropology (d)All

09-The use of economic botany is in:

(a)Food (b)medicine (c) textile (d)All

10-Prairies and woodland fires was intentionally set by:

(a)North America (b) Africa (c) south America (d)Asia

1-b 2-b 3-b 4-b 5-d 6-d 7-d 8-d 9-d 10-a