Which type of plant has a thorny stem branching out near the base?
(a) Shrubs
(b) Herbs
(c) Trees
Which of the following is a polygamous plant?
(a) Mango
(b) Pink flower
(c) Rose
(d) Gossypium
What is unique about the “Curtain Fig Tree” in Queensland, Australia?
(a) It produces bioluminescent fruit.
(b) Its aerial roots form a curtain-like structure.
(c) It changes color with the seasons.
(d) It is the most miniature Banyan tree in the world.
The country that accounts for nearly one-third of the total teak production in the world is –
(a) Myanmar
(b) Vietnam
(c) China
(d) Malaysia
Pampas is temperate grassland in:
(a) Argentina
(b) Hungary
(c) USA
(d) Eurasia
When the bark of a tree is removed circularly all around its base, it gradually dries up and dies because
(a) Water from soil cannot rise to aerial parts
(b) Roots are starved of energy
(c) Soil microbes infect trees
(d) Roots do not receive oxygen for respiration
A prune is the dried fruit of which tree?
(a) Pear
(b) Plum
(c) Date
(d) Apple
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Plants adapted to open, sunny habitats are
(a) Sciophytes
(b) Heliophytes
(c) Mesophytes
(d) Epiphytes
How many categories are most plants generally classified into?
(a) One
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Seven
Extensive planting of trees to increase forest cover is called:
(a) Afforestation
(b) Agroforestry
(c) Deforestation
(d) Social forestry
What is the percentage coverage of tropical forests on Earth’s land mass?
(a) 7
(b) 12
(c) 17
(d) 25
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A plant can be disease-resistant due to
(a) Pesticides
(b) Virus
(c) Fungi
(d) Bacteria
The tropical grassland is called
(a) Pampas
(b) Lianas
(c) Savanah
(d) Veld
Plants growing under shade are
(a) Epipytes
(b) Semi-epiphytes
(c) Mesophytes
(d) Sciophytes
Sandal Wood trees are primarily found in __
(a) Tropical Evergreen Forests
(b) Tropical most Decidous
(c) Alpine forests
(d) Tropical Thorn Forests
__ is needed for energy transfer and storage in plants
(a) Phosphorous
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Oxygen
(d) Carbon dioxide
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What is the broad, green part of the leaf called?
(a) Base
(b) Top
(c) Petiole
(d) Lamina
Which plant has branches in the upper part of the stem, much above the ground?
(a) Shrubs
(b) Trees
(c) Herbs
Plants with green and tender stems are called as
(a) Herbs
(b) Shrubs
(c) Trees
Which of the following is a parasitic plant?
(a) Marchantia
(b) Kelp
(c) Mushroom
(d) Pteris
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China grass is :
(a) an alga
(b) a fungus
(c) a small plant
(d) a type of grass
Plants get their nitrogen from __
(a) rain
(b) the soil
(c) the air
(d) the bedrock
Which of the following is not an insectivorous plant?
(a) Drosera
(b) Nepenthes
(c) Dionea
(d) Hibiscus
