BOTANY - GENERAL QUESTIONS ASKED IN COMPETITIVE EXAMS

1. The disease which has no vaccine yet available ? - MALARIA
2. Who found Binomial nomenclature? - CARL LINNAEUS
3. The deficiency of FLUORINE leads to ? - DENTAL CARIES
4.  Production of UREA is a function of the ? - LIVER
5. What is the name of the botanical name of paddy? - ORYZA SATIVA
6. Paddy straw is stiff because of ? - SILICA
7. Food wrapped in newspaper is likely to get contaminated with ? - LEAD
8. Which one of the following vitamins is essential for poor bone and teeth formation? - VITAMIN D
9. More rate of photosynthesis occurs in ? - WHITE LIGHT
10. Azadirachta indica is the botanical name of ? NEEM
11. Where is sessile leaves present ? - CALOTROPIS
12. The term chromosome was given by ? - W.WALDEYER
13. PELLAGRA is a ? - SKIN DISEASE
14. Polio is caused by ? - VIRUS
15. Fresh foods and fruits contain more of ? - VITAMINS
16. Brain fever is spread to man by ? - MOSQUITOES
17. Which one among the following produces seeds but not flowers ? - GROUNDNUT
18. CHAMBERS are found in which part of Human ? - HUMAN HEART
19. Pulses contain large amount of ? - MEIOSIS
20. What is prepared from INDIGOFERA ? -  DYE
21. Which plant was used by Mendel in his early experiment ? - PEA PLANT
22. The tallest living tree is ? - SEQUOIA
23.  The major part of solar radiation is harvested by ? - PLANTS
24. Healing of wounds is hastened by ? - VITAMIN C
25. What is the main function of RNA? - PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
26. DNA structure was discovered by ? - WATSON & CRICK
27. Which soil is rich in organic debris ? - HUMUS SOIL
28. Who discovered nucleus ? - ROBERT BROWN
29. Which one of the following is responsible for converting milk into curd ? - BACTERIA
30. BERRY fruit is the type of ? - TOMATO FRUIT
31. The richest source of vitamin D is ? COD LIVER OIL
32. Pollination of birds is known as ? - ORNITHOPHILY
33. The compound used in anti malarial drug is ? - CHLOROQUINE
34. Peristomes are present in ? - POLYTRICHUM
35. In which animals , skin a respiratory organ ? - FROG
36. DERMATITIS is caused by ? - FUNGI
37. The forests which are not affected by BIOLOGICAL factors are ? - TROPICAL FORESTS
38. The blue green algae are ? - PHOTOHETEROTROPHS
39. Plants produces energy during ? - PHOTOSYNTHESIS
40. Oncogene is responsible for ? - CANCER
41. PLUM is not a ? - TRUE FRUIT
42. Which one of the following plants is used for green manuring in India ? - SUNHEMP
43.  Clove is obtained from ? - FLOWER BUDS
44. Ammonification take place in ? - DITCH
45.  FOLIC is a ? - VITAMIN
46. COLOUR BLINDNESS is an ? -  INHERITABLE DISEASE
47. The largest organ in our human body is ? - SKIN