Exam Details

Subject PLANT DIVERSITY-II
Paper
Exam / Course BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.Sc.)
Department School of Sciences (SOS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

Mention the morphology of the plant part from which the following products are obtained:

Saffron

Litchi (Edible part)

Cane-sugar

Charas

Potato

Give the botanical name of one plant each that:

yields cork

yields turmeric

contains nicotine

yields quinine

is a man-made cereal

Parthenocarpy

Explain the following in one or two sentences:

Replum

Gynobasic Style

Pollinia

Caruncle

2. Draw labelled diagram of any two of the following:

T.S. Coralloid root of Cycas

T.S. mericarp ofCoriandrum sativum

L.S. Wheat grain

T.S. Monocot root

Describe with the help of diagrams the diagnostic floral features of Cucurbitaceael Solanaceae.

Comment on the statement "Angiosperms are the most dominant group of plants on the Earth." Write any five points in support of your answer.

Describe the botany of wheat plant. How has the hexaploid wheat originated?

Describe the diagnostic features of the family MusaceaeJPoaceae.

5. Distinguish between any two of the following:

Vegetable oils and Essential oils

Xylem and Phloem

Collenchyma and Sclerenchyma

Describe the characteristics of stem and wood of Gnetum.

Discuss the male and female strobilus of Ephedra.

Expand the following abbreviations: 3 ICAR, CRRI, FRI.

Describe the processing of black tea.

What are parasitic plants Describe the mode of nutrition In any one parasitic plant.

Write an account of the importance of vegetables in human diet. Write the botany and uses of potato.

9. Write notes on any two of the following:

Birds as pollinators

Citrus fruits

Lenticels

10. Explain the tapping and processing of rubber.


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Subjects

  • PLANT DIVERSITY-II