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1. Who named the word hormone?
(A) Robert
(B) Aristotle
(C) Bayliss and Starling
(D) Brown Porter
2. Who gave the rule of separation?
(A) Assyrians
(B) Darwin
(C) Mendel
(D) Babylonian
3. Who was the first to use the word ‘biology’?
(A) Lamarck and Trevirens
(B) by von Mall
(C) Purkinje
(D) Aristotle
4. Known as the father of biology?
(A) Lamarck
(B) Darwin
(C) Aristotle
(D) Treviranus
5. Known as the father of botany?
(A) Theophrastus
(B) Darwin
(C) Purkinje
(D) Aristotle
6. The word botany originates from which language word?
(A) Greek
(B) Latin
(C) French
(D) Portuguese
7. What is studied in phycology?
(A) Fungi
(B) Algae
(C) virus
(D) All these
8. Environment is studied under which branch of biology?
(A) Class
(B) Genetics
(C) Functional
(D) Ecology
9. Dendrology is concerned?
(A) From the study of plants
(B) From the study of flowers
(C) From the study of shrubs
(D) From the study of trees
10. What is called the study of flowers?
(A) Agristology
(B) Phenology
(C) Anthology
(D) None of these
11. What is the branch of science related to plant augmentation called?
(A) Olericulture
(B) Horticulture
(C) Agriculture
(D) Floriculture
12. What is studied in spermology?
(A) Pollen
(B) Seed
(C) Fruit
(D) leaf
13. What is studied in agristology?
(A) Of grasses
(B) of fruits
(C) of crops
(D) of oil seeds
14. What is studied in pedology?
(A) of land
(B) of fruits
(C) of rocks
(D) of plants
15. The science that names plants is called?
(A) Naming
(B) Classification
(C) Identification
(D) Classification
16. Which of the following is called the grandfather of classification?
(A) Angler
(B) Linnaeus
(C) Aristotle
(D) Lamarck
17. Do microorganisms meet?
(A) In sandy soils
(B) In salty water
(C) In swampy land
(D) In all these
18. Does the virus grow?
(A) In a living cell
(B) In sugar solution
(C) In dead body
(D) In water
19. Sago is made from what?
(A) Pines
(B) Cedrus
(C) Juniperus
(D) Sycus
20. The study of fruits is called?
(A) Phenology
(B) Pomology
(C) Agristology
(D) Anthology
ANSWER KEY
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| C | C | A | C | A | A | B | D | C | C |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| B | B | A | A | B | B | D | A | D | B |