Botany Quiz – Part 2

1. The plants that reproduce by means of spores instead of flowers or seeds are called?

A.

Angiosperms


B.

Gymnosperms


C.

Cryptogams


D.

Phanerogams


Answer:

Option C: Cryptogams



2. Which one of the following spices is a flower bud?

A.

Cinnamon


B.

Clove


C.

Turmeric


D.

Cardamom


Answer:

Option B: Clove



3. The leaf that does not have a petiole and is directly attached to the plant stem is called?

A.

Sessile leaf


B.

Petiolate leaf


C.

Subsessile leaf


D.

Compound leaf


Answer:

Option A: Sessile leaf



4. Which is the first part of a seedling to emerge from the seed during the process of germination?

A.

Hypocotyl


B.

Plumule


C.

Leaf


D.

Radicle


Answer:

Option D: Radicle



5. Which is the tallest tree on earth?

A.

Sugar Pine


B.

Coast Redwood


C.

Rainbow Eucalyptus


D.

Giant Sequoia


Answer:

Option B: Coast Redwood



6. Where does the Krebs cycle take place in the cell?

A.

Endoplasmic Reticulum


B.

Ribosome


C.

Mitochondrion


D.

Nucleus


Answer:

Option C: Mitochondrion



7. Which one of the below is also known as Indian gooseberry?

A.

Jamun


B.

Java apple


C.

Brinjal


D.

Amla


Answer:

Option D: Amla



8. The plants which grow in aquatic environments are called?

A.

Xerophytes


B.

Epiphytes


C.

Sciophytes


D.

Hydrophytes


Answer:

Option D: Hydrophytes



9. Musa paradisiaca is the botanical name of which one of the following plants?

A.

Papaya


B.

Banana


C.

Coconut


D.

Rice


Answer:

Option B: Banana



10. The plant that obtains all or part of its nutritional requirement from another living plant is called?

A.

Insectivorous plant


B.

Epiphyte


C.

Parasitic plant


D.

Lithophyte


Answer:

Option C: Parasitic plant



11. Which tissue transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves?

A.

Xylem


B.

Phloem


C.

Lenticel


D.

Cambium


Answer:

Option A: Xylem



12. Which one of the below is an example of dicot seed?

A.

Banana


B.

Pineapple


C.

Mango


D.

Ginger


Answer:

Option C: Mango



13. Botany is also known as?

A.

Phenology


B.

Palynology


C.

Photology


D.

Phytology


Answer:

Option D: Phytology



14. Which one of the following is not a monoecious plant?

A.

Corn


B.

Willow


C.

Oak


D.

Walnut


Answer:

Option B: Willow



15. The tiny pores present on the epidermis of leaves that controls the rate of gas exchange are called?

A.

Chlorophylls


B.

Cuticles


C.

Stomata


D.

Venules


Answer:

Option C: Stomata



16. Wheat leaf rust is caused by?

A.

Fungus


B.

Bacterium


C.

Virus


D.

Lichen


Answer:

Option A: Fungus



17. The stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem is called?

A.

Lamina


B.

Midrib


C.

Margin


D.

Petiole


Answer:

Option D: Petiole



18. The nutritive tissue that surrounds the embryo inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants is called?

A.

Epicotyl


B.

Endosperm


C.

Radicle


D.

Cotyledon


Answer:

Option B: Endosperm



19. The process of planting trees in the destroyed forest areas is called

A.

Reforestation


B.

Deforestation


C.

Afforestation


D.

Proforestation


Answer:

Option A: Reforestation



20. Which one of the below is an epiphyte?

A.

Drosera


B.

Rafflesia


C.

Orchid


D.

Cuscuta


Answer:

Option C: Orchid



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