MCQ on Classification of Economic plants Part - 4- Economic botany

 

1. Medicinal value of the drug plant due to presence of:
a) Alkaloids
b) Phenols
c) Glycosides
d) Both a and c
Answer: d) Both a and c

2. Lancing generally done in:
a) Opium
b) Hemp
c) Tobacco
d) Betel
Answer: a) Opium

3. In seeds, protein mainly accumulated in which part?
a) Endosperm
b) Embryo
c) Aleurone layer
d) Scutellum
Answer: c) Aleurone layer

4. Resins are insoluble in:
a) Alcohol
b) Water
c) Ether
d) Any organic solvents
Answer: b) Water

5. The branch of botany dealing with study of past and present interrelationship between human society and their living and non-living environment is called:
a) Ethanoecology
b) Ethanotaxonomy
c) Archeoethanobotany
d) Paleoethanobotany
Answer: d) Paleoethanobotany

6. Which plant contains cyanidine diglucoside anthocyanine pigments?
a) Cutch
b) Shoe flower
c) Tamarind
d) Indigo
Answer: b) Shoe flower

7. Which of the following is considered a fibre crop?
a) Sunflower
b) Lentil
c) Linseed
d) Soybean
Answer: c) Linseed

8. The process of separating lint from seed cotton is called:
a) Bailing
b) Combing
c) Carding
d) Ginning
Answer: d) Ginning

9. Cocoa belongs to the family:
a) Tilliaceae
b) Rubiaceae
c) Theaceae
d) Sterculiaceae
Answer: d) Sterculiaceae

10. The principal producer and exporter country of coir and coir products of coconut is:
a) India
b) Indonesia
c) Malaysia
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: a) India