Department of Botany UG, PG And PhD

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Question Bank-B.Sc.I

Q.1 Choose correct alternative and rewrite the sentences.

1) Meaning of term Virion is ___________.

        a) Spice                  b) Salt                      c) Poison             d) Sugar

2. Study of viruses is known as ___________

a) Virology            b) Bacteriology   c) Phycology           d) Mycology

3) _____________ isolated Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) from tobacco plant

a) Martinus Beijrinck         b) Adolf Mayer       c) Stanley         d) Erwin Popper

 4) ----------------- shows first time presence of virus in Tobacco plant.

a) Adolf Mayer        b) Iwanowski     c) Martinus Beijrinck        d) Walter Reed

5) Viruses are _____________

a) Autotrops        b) Saprophytes          c) Obligate parasites       d) Facultative parasites

6) Capsule of virus is made up of ___________

a) Carbohydrates           b) Protein          c) Lipid      d) Starch

7). Icosahedral symmetry have __________ equivalent triangular facets

a) 20          b) 25            c) 30            d) 40

8) The term bacterium is given by ____________

a) Ehrenberg          b) R. H. Whittekar          c) Ronald Ross         d) Louis Pasteur

9) The bacterial cell wall is made up of ____________Substance

a) Polysaccharide             b) Lipid            c) Peptidoglycan            d) Lipid

10) Flagella of bacteria helps in ____________

a) Locomotion           b) Reproduction              c) Fixation            d) Digestion

11) All the bacteria fix nitrogen except______________

a) Rhizobium b) E. coli               c) Azatobactor               d) Cyanobacteria

 12 Bacterial cytoplasmic contains ___________ type of ribosomes.

a) 30 S              b) 40 S               c) 70 S          d) 90 S

13) __________ bacteria are used to leach out minerals in Biomining.

a) Pseudomonas                 b) Thiobacillus              c) Bacillus           d) Staphylococcus

 14) ____________ is asexual reproduction type in bacteria

a) Transduction              b) Transformation               c) Conjugation          d) Binary fission

15) According to G. M. Smith algae classified into __________ classes

a) 5             b) 6           c) 7             d) 8

 

16) Study of algae known as _________________

a) Phycology                b) Cytology                 c) Physiology             d) Mycology

17) _____________ used as biofertilizer

a) Ulothrix             b) Microsystis           c) Nostoc             d) Volvox

18) Chlorella yields ____________ antibiotics

a) Chlorellin            b) Ampicillin              c) Penicillin            d) Carragoenin

19) ____________ is unicellular green alga used in space flights as a source of food

a) Volvox             b) Voucheria                   c) Ulothrix             d) Chlorella

20) Term Cyano related to __________ pigments

a) Red           b) Yellow               c) Yellow green              d) Blue green

21) _____________ fresh water alga

a) Sargassum            b) Ulva             c) Nosctoc                 d) Gracillaria

22) ________ shows larvicidal properties.

a) Ulva                     b) Nostoc                       c) Chara               d) Fucus

23) Biofertilizers are active strains of -----------------

a)Microbes               b)Virus          c)Bryophytes           d)Pteridophytes

24) Trihoderma fungicide is useful against -------------pathogenic fungi.

a) Plyporus spp.      b) Fusarium spp.  c) Colletotrichum spp.   d) Mucor spp.

25) BGA can fix atmospheric nitrogen in -------------crop in India.

a) Wheat             b) Rice         c) Jowar              d)Maize

26) -------------- species is symbiotic nitrogen fixer.

a)  Rhizobium       b) Alternaria   c)TMV     d)Bacillus

27) Phosphate solubilizing bacteria hydrolyses ------------ compound.

a) Nitrogenous   b) Carbohydrates c) Phosphate         d) Lipids

29) Azolla removes ---------------- from polluted water.

a)Heavy pesticides     b) Heavy metals   c) Heavy phosphorus  d) Heavy carbon

30) ----------------is a member of Blue-green algae.

a) Chara            b) Oedogonium            c) Nostoc               d) Diatoms

 

Q. 2.Long questions (Each for 10 Marks)

1. What are types of viruses? Explain DNA virus structure

2. Economic importance of viruses

3. Describe sexual reproduction in bacteria

4. Explain in brief cell structure of bacteria

5. Classification of Algae according to G. M. Smith

6. Describe in detail modes of sexual reproduction in Spirogyra

7. Give an account of economic importance of algae

8. Describe in detail procedure for preparation of biofertilizers.

9. Define biofertilizer? Explain the role of blue green algae as biofertilizers.

10. Describe in brief biofertilizers with respect to characters , association and uses of Rhizobium.

Q. 3 Short Notes (Each for 5 Marks)

1. General characters of viruses

2. Structure of viruses

3. RNA Virus / TMV

4. Symmetry of viruses

5. Bacteriophage

6. Bacterial discovery

7. Gram positive and gram negative bacteria

8. Binary fission in bacteria

9. Harmful activity of Bacteria

10. Gram positive and gram negative bacteria

11. General characters of algae

12. Heterocyst of Nostoc

13. Cell structure of Spirogyra

14. Importance of biofertilizers in agriculture

15. Practical application of biofertilizers

16. Azolla as a biofertilizers

17. Trihoderma as a biofertilizers

 

Question Bank-B.Sc.II

Q.1.Choose correct alternative and rewrite the sentences.

1. Humus has got --------- colour.

i) Poor       ii) Dark            iii) Moderate        iv)No

2. The term ecology was coined by -------------.   

i) Hackel       ii) Odum       iii) Reiter     iv) Linnaeus

3. Ammonium compounds are converted into nitrates by bacterium ---------.

i) Bacillus    ii) Rhizobium      iii) Notrosomonas  iv) Azospirillum

4. In epiphytes seed dispersal is caused by ------------------ .

i) Wind    ii) Insects    iii) Birds    iv) All of these

5. --------- factor is essential for photosynthesis.

i) Rainfall       ii) Light        iii) Temperature      iv) Soil 

6. Andaman region shows dominant -------------- forest.

i) Pine     ii) Sal      iii) Mangrove     iv) Mango

7. ---------- is agriculturally richest part of India.

i) Malbar         ii) Assam           iii) Andaman          iv) Gangetic plains

8. In xerophytes ------------ system is well developed.

i) Root           ii) Stem         iii) Leaves         iv) All of these 

9. Energy flow is always --------------.

i) Multidirectional ii) Unidirectional     iii) Circular motion   iv) None of these

10. . ---------------- releases or secretes humic acid and carbonic acid when they grow on Rocks.

i) Gymnosperms   ii) Angiosperms     iii) Ferus    iv) Mosses

11. The term ecology was coined from Greek Word ---------.

i) Oikos       ii) Ecos      iii) House    iv) Logous

12. Soil is --------- factor.     

i) Biotic    ii) Climatic      iii) Edaphic     iv) Topographic

13. ---------- is not a state of Water.

 i) Solid    ii) Liquid      iii) Vapour     iv) Plasma

14. All the members of Viscaceae are ---------------.

i) Holoparasites ii) Hemiparasites iii) Obligate parasites iv) All of these

15. The -------- is more useful for plant growth

i)Visible light spectrum      ii)Light spectrum  iii) Cosmic ray light spectrum     iv)Radio rays spectrum 

16.The sciophytes are also called -----------

i) Dark loving plants    ii) Full bright sunlight loving plants iii)Shade loving plants    iv)Night loving plants

17.Hydrilla is an example of ---------- plant.

i) Mesophytic       ii)Hydrophytic     iii) Xerophytic     iv)Epiphytic

18. Bryophyllum is an example of -------- xerophyte.

i) Succulent      ii)Ephemeral     iii) Non-succulent    iv)None of these

19. In hydrophytes ---------- is absent or poorly developed.

i) Sunken stomata        ii) Cuticle        iii) Cortex         iv) Epidermis

20. ------------ proposed theory of tolerance.

i) Thoday       ii) Coins      iii) Roberts        iv) Good

21. Xerophytes show presence of ---------- epidermis.

i) Single layered    ii) Waxy    iii) Multilayered   iv) Steroid

22. A parasitic relationship is opposite to -----------

i) Epiphytic        ii) Mutualistic iii) Commensilism iv)All of these

23. All parasitic plants have modified -------- root.

i) Clinging         ii)Aerial         iii)Haustorial         iv) Pnematophore

24. Ecosystem is structural and ------------- unit of communities.

i) Functional          ii)Reciprocal            iii)Non-functional          iv)All of these

25. The plants are called -------

i) consumers   ii) decomposers           iii)producers        iv)rotifers

26. The pyramid of energy is always -------

i)inverted         ii) upright         iii) circular       iv) quadrangular

27. The mangrove ecosystem is found in ------------

i) Oceans             ii) Lakes         iii) Estuaries       iv)River

28. ---------- defined Phytogeography as a branch of botany.

i) Linnaeus         ii) Roberts       iii) Steward      iv) Good

29.---------- deals with distribution of plants.

i)Biogeography   ii) Phytogeography     iii) Geography   iv)Zoogeography

30. There are -------------- phytogeographic region of India.

i) 10              ii) 9      iii) 8     iv) 12

Q.2.Broad Answer Type Questions. (Each for10 marks)

  1. Explain the scope of ecology in relation to Agriculture and Microbiology?
  2. Define soil and explain soil formation process.
  3. What are xerophytes ?Explain in brief important internal adaptations in them
  4. What are hydrophytes? Explain in brief important internal adaptations in them..
  5. Describe various successional stages of hydrosere.
  6. Describe various successional stages of xerosere.
  7. What are ecological pyramids? Describe in brief different pyramids with suitable example?
  8.  Describe in brief phyto-geographical regions of India.
  9. Explain nature of biogeochemical cycles.
  10.  Explain in brief nitrogen cycle.

Q.3.Short Note Type Questions. . (Each for 05 marks)

  1. Biological  weathering of rock
  2. Soil Humus
  3. Soil Profile
  4. Water cycles 
  5. Rauinkaer's life forms
  6. Physiognomy
  7. Stratification
  8. Characters of community
  9. Hydric adaptations.
  10. Xeric adaptation
  11. Types of ecosystem
  12. Food chains
  13. Food web
  14. Central Himalayas
  15. Gangetic plain
  16. Biotic components of ecosystem
  17. Role of nitrogen to plants
  18. Andaman region
  19. Deccan plateu
  20. Pyramid of biomass

 

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