GENERAL INTRODUCTION
TOP 10 MCQ
1. The following classification of herbal drugs gives better understanding of biosynthetic pathway in the drugs [GPAT-2021]
(a) Botanical
(b) Chemotaxonomical
(c) Taxonomical
(d) Chemical
2. Which one of the following is unorganized drug [GPAT-2021]
(a) Rauwolfia Root
(b) Acacia Gum
(c) Senna Leaves
(d) Cinchona Bark
3. Plants which are not differentiated into root, stem and leaves are [GPAT-2020]
(a) Plant agnales
(b) Principes
(c) Thallophyta
(d) Bromeliales
4. All members of this order are trees or shrubs; mostly evergreen with needle-like leaves, monoecious or dioecious – sporophylls usually in cones. Resin ducts occur in all parts [GPAT-2019]
(a) Cycadales
(b) Ginkgoales
(c) Taxales
(d) Coniferae
5. The CCN code indicating the botanical drugs is [GPAT-2018]
(a) 2211
(b) 1122
(c) 1211
(d) 1311
6. Animal cells do not contain [GPAT-2016]
(a) Chloroplast
(b) Cytoplasm
(c) Nucleus
(d) Cell membrane
7. Meristematic tissues have following characteristics EXCEPT [GPAT-2014]
(a) They do not have any capacity for multiplication
(b) The cells are small and isodiametric in nature
(c) The cells are thin walled with prominent nucleus
(d) The cells are compactly arranged without any intercellular spaces
8. Identify the mismatched pair [GPAT-2013]
(a) Hydathodes – Piper betel
(b) Arillode – Cardamom
(c) Caruncle – Belladonna
(d) Strophiole – Colchicum
9. Identify the wrong statement regarding mucilage [GPAT-2013]
(a) They are normally sulphuric acid esters
(b) They are the normal products of the cell
(c) They are produced by injury to plant
(d) The ester group is a complex polysaccharide
10. Arillode is [GATE-2007]
(a) Warty out-growth from micropylar, e.g., castor
(b) Succulent growth from hilum covering the entire seed, e.g., nutmeg
(c) Outgrowth originating from micropyle and covering the seeds, e.g., cardamom
(d) Enlarged funicle, e.g., colchicum seed
ANSWER KEY
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