Semester II Botany Importance Questions

Botany – Semester II - Paper II _Important Questions

Important questions

UNIT-I

Short Answer type Questions

1. Gymnosperms general characters

2. Distribution of Gymnosperms in India

3. Write the affinities of Gnetum with Angiosperms

4. Economic importance of gymnosperms

5. Fossilisation

6. Importance of Fossils

7. Significance of Paleobotany

8. Pinus male come

9. Pinus female cone

10.  pinus ovule L.S

11.  Gnetum leaf T.S

12.  Gnetum male cone

13.  Gnetum female cone

14.  Anatomical feature of Gnetum stem

15.  Gnetum ovule L.S

16.  Significance of fossils

17.  Impressions

18.  Moulds

19.  Cast fossils

20.  Compressions

21.  Petrifed fossil

22.  Petrifactions

23.  Paleozoic era

24.  Mesozoic era

25.  Coenozoic era

Essay Questions: Unit-I

1. Primary stem anatomy of Pinus

2. Internal structure of Pinus leaf or Needle

3. Pinus male gametophyte

4. Pinus Female gametophyte

5. Explain female cone of Pinus with labelled diagrams

6. Root anatomy of Gnetum

7. Pinus needle T.S, and Xerophytic Characters

8. Internal Structure of Gnetum leaf

9. Pinus stem secondary growth

10.  Structure of Gnetum Ovule

11.  What are fossils? Different types of fossils and significance of fossils

12.  Anatomy of stem ( Gnetum stem anomalous secondary growth)

13.  Gnetum Development of male gametophyte

14.  Gnetum Development of female gametophyte

15.  Geological time scale

 

 

 

Unit-II

Short Answer type Questions

1. Types of classifications

2. Chemotaxonomy

3. Cytotaxonomy

4. Binomial nomenclature

5. Write the principles of ICN

6. Typification

7. Merits & Demerits of Natural system of classification

8. Merits & Demerits of Artificial system of classification

9. Herbarium techniques and applications

Essay Questions: Unit-II

1. Give the brief account on Bentham &Hooker classification. Write merits and Demerits of classification

2. Give the brief account on Englar & Prantls. Write merits and Demerits of classification

3. Compare the Bentham and Hookers system of classification with Englar & Prantls classification.

4. Give an account of Shenzen code

5. Role of Embryology in Taxonomy. Explain in detail.

6. Write the salient features of APG system of classification.

7. Write an account on Numerical taxonomy

 

 

Unit-III-short Questions

1. Describe the floral characters of Annonaceae

2. Primitive features of Annonaceae

3. Inflorescence in Asteraceae

4. Write about Papilionaceous corolla

5. pollination mechanism in Asclepiadaceae

6. Economical Importance of Zingiberaceae

7. Explain the Caesalpiniaceae

8. Discuss the floral characters of Apiaceae

9. Describe the floral characters of family Lamiaceae

10.  Describe the floral characters of family Orchidaceae

11.  Write the economic importance of Poaceae

12.  Economic importance Fabaceae

13.  Rutaceae

 

 

Essay Questions-Unit-III

1. Describe the vegetative,floral and pollination mechanism in the Asteraceae family

2. Describe the vegetative, floral and pollination mechanism along with economic importance of the family Asclepiadaceae

3. Describe the floral characters and economic importance of Fabaceae.

4. Describe the floral characters and economic importance of Apiaceae.

5. Describe thevegetative and floral  and economic importance of Poaceae.

6. Describe the floral characters, economic importance and advanced characters of Orchidaceae.

7. Describe the vegetative and floral characters of Zingiberaceae. Explain the economic importance of the family

8. Describe the floral characters, economic importance and pollination mechanism of Lamiaceae..

 

UNIT-IV -Ecology

Short Question

1. Biotic and Abiotic factors

2. Food Chain and Food Web

3. Kinds of succession

4. Trophic levels

5. Ecological adaptations of Hydrophytes or Morphological adaptation of hydrophytes

6. Ecological adaptations of xerophytes

7. Energy flow in Ecosystem.

Essay Questions

1. Write on abiotic and biotic components of Environment.

2. Explain the Process of Succession

3. What is ecosystem. Explain the energy flow through a pond ecosystem you have studied.

4. Write a brief essay on Ecological pyramid

5. Define Ecological Adaptations? Explain the adaptations of Hydrophytes

6. Define Ecological Adaptations? Explain the adaptations of Xerophytes

7. Explain the process of climax with reference to Xerosere

or   What is ecologic succession? Explant Xerosere

8. Explain the process of climax with reference to Hydrosere

Or  What is Ecologic succession? Explant Hydrosere.