Quiz  /  General Science Botany MCQ Quiz Questions and Answers

  • 1. 
    Who is called Father of Genetics?

  • Salk
  • Mendel
  • Linnaeus
  • Hugo de vries

  • 2. 
    Mycology is the study of

  • Virus
  • Hydrilla
  • Rhizobium
  • Fungi

  • 3. 
    Largest number of Eucalyptus species is found in

  • Australia
  • Pakistan
  • Burma
  • New Zealand

  • 4. 
    Fixation of nitrogen in the soil

  • virus
  • fungi
  • bacteria
  • protozoa

  • 5. 
    What is used as biofertilizer?

  • ammonia
  • urea
  • azolla
  • bagasse

  • 6. 
    Who discovered nucleus?

  • Albert
  • Newton
  • Robert Brown
  • Robert Hooke

  • 7. 
    What is the name of the botanical name of paddy?

  • solanum nigrum
  • eleusine coracana
  • oryza sativa
  • none of these

  • 8. 
    Polio is caused by

  • virus
  • bacteria
  • insect
  • fungus

  • 9. 
    A dye is prepared from

  • sida
  • tridax
  • tephrosia
  • indigofera

  • 10. 
    Which disease is caused by the fungi?

  • Polio
  • Malaria
  • Dermatitis
  • Cholera

  • 11. 
    Clove is obtained from

  • root
  • stem
  • leaves
  • flower buds

  • 12. 
    Where is sessile leaves present?

  • nerium
  • mangifera
  • calotropis
  • hibiscus

  • 13. 
    Which one of the following is responsible for converting milk into curd?

  • virus
  • bacteria
  • fungi
  • none of these

  • 14. 
    The deficiency of which one of the following leads to dental caries?

  • zinc
  • copper
  • iron
  • fluorine

  • 15. 
    Healing of wounds is hastened by vitamin

  • A
  • C
  • E
  • K

  • 16. 
    The richest source of vitamin D is

  • milk
  • cheese
  • cod liver oil
  • spinach

  • 17. 
    Oncogene is responsible for

  • cancer
  • aids
  • malaria
  • typhoid

  • 18. 
    Which one of the following is not a mosquito borne disease?

  • Malaria
  • Filariasis
  • Dengue fever
  • sleeping sickness

  • 19. 
    Which among the following is not a true fruit?

  • date
  • plum
  • apple
  • grape

  • 20. 
    Which one of the following plants is used for green manuring in India?

  • rice
  • wheat
  • cotton
  • sunhemp

  • 21. 
    The tallest living tree is

  • palm tree
  • sequoia
  • tree fern
  • eucalyptus

  • 22. 
    Pollination of birds is known as

  • embryophily
  • entomophily
  • hydrophily
  • ornithophily

  • 23. 
    Peristomes are present in

  • chara
  • adiantum
  • pencillius
  • polytrichum

  • 24. 
    Pulses contain large amount of

  • fats
  • water
  • proteins
  • carbo hydrate

  • 25. 
    Another name of the reduction division is

  • mitosis
  • meiosis
  • amitosis
  • none of these

  • 26. 
    Which plant was used by Mendel in his early experiment?

  • orange
  • pea plant
  • banana
  • brinjal

  • 27. 
    Ammonification take place in

  • forest
  • sea
  • leaves
  • ditch

  • 28. 
    Who found Binomial nomenclature?

  • Carl Linnaeus
  • Hooker
  • Tippop
  • Prodi

  • 29. 
    More rate of photosynthesis occurs in

  • red light
  • white light
  • blue light
  • yellow light

  • 30. 
    Plants produces energy during

  • respiration
  • photosynthesis
  • absorption
  • transpiration

  • 31. 
    What is the type of Tomato fruit?

  • pome
  • berry
  • drupe
  • none of the above

  • 32. 
    For which one among the following diseases no vaccine is yet available?

  • measles
  • mumps
  • tetanus
  • malaria

  • 33. 
    Which of the following is least infectious?

  • leprosy
  • hepatitis
  • tuberculosis
  • conjunctivitis

  • 34. 
    Which one of the following diseases is inheritable?

  • hepatitis
  • colour blindness
  • leukaemia
  • malignancy

  • 35. 
    The compound used in anti malarial drug is

  • aspirin
  • chloroquin
  • neoprene
  • isoprene

  • 36. 
    Which one of the following is a skin disease?

  • anaemia
  • rickets
  • pellagra
  • osteomalacia

  • 37. 
    Which acid is produced when milk gets sour?

  • Acetic acid
  • Lactic acid
  • Tartaric acid
  • Butyric acid

  • 38. 
    Which one of the following vitamins is essential for poor bone and teeth formation?

  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin D

  • 39. 
    Which one among the following produces seeds but not flowers?

  • pine
  • coffee
  • groundnut
  • cashew nut

  • 40. 
    Production of which one of the following is a function of the liver?

  • urea
  • mucus
  • lipase
  • hydrochloric acid

  • 41. 
    In which one of the following animals is skin a respiratory organ?

  • frog
  • shark
  • whale
  • cockroach

  • 42. 
    Which one of the following is a vitamin?

  • Citric acid
  • Folic acid
  • Glutamic acid
  • Lonoleic acid

  • 43. 
    Food wrapped in newspaper is likely to get contaminated with

  • iron
  • lead
  • aluminium
  • magnesium

  • 44. 
    The blue green algae are

  • photoautotrophs
  • chemoautotrophs
  • photoheterotrophs
  • chemoheterotrophs

  • 45. 
    Which soil is rich in organic debris?

  • loam soil
  • humus soil
  • saprophyte
  • none of these

  • 46. 
    Azadiracta indica is the botanical name of

  • rice
  • neem
  • sandal
  • turmeric

  • 47. 
    What is the main function of RNA?

  • lipid synthesis
  • carbohydrate synthesis
  • protein synthesis
  • none of these

  • 48. 
    Paddy straw is stiff because of

  • silica
  • stone cells
  • hard fibres
  • collenchyma

  • 49. 
    The major part of solar radiation is harvested by the

  • plants
  • animals
  • human beings
  • none of the above

  • 50. 
    ----- forest is not affected by biological factors.

  • tropical
  • deciduoud
  • evergreen
  • coniferous
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