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Questions Related to economic importance of plants and animals

Wool is obtained from the fleece of __________________

  1. Goat

  2. Sheep

  3. Horse

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Sheep is an animal that has a rich layer of wool over it. It is used for economic purposes. Many blankets, sweaters, jackets, etc are obtained from sheep wool.

So the correct option is B.

Management and care of farm animals is known as________________

  1. Dairy technology

  2. Caring

  3. Animal husbandry

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Animal husbandry can be defined as the management and care of farm animals by humans for profit, in which genetic qualities and behavior, considered to be advantageous to humans, are further developed. It can also be considered as the practice of selectively breeding and raising livestock to promote desirable traits in animals for utility, sport, pleasure, or research. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option C.

During egg laying period, they need enough ______ which increases the fertility.

  1. Space and light

  2. Dark and space

  3. Space and temperature

  4. Temperature and pressure


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The correct answer is 'space and light'

Egg laying like any other process is dependent on environmental cues to progress like sunlight which needs to be adequate during this period. Also to be able to lay healthy eggs that dont get infected with microbes or break there needs to be enough space for laying them.

A cultivated plant whose seed epidermis produces abundant cellulosic hairs used in textile industry and manufacture of fine quality paper is

  1. Cannabis sativa

  2. Linum usitatissimum

  3. Gossypium herbaceum

  4. Salmalia malabarica


Correct Option: C

The expansion of CIMAP is

  1. Central Indigenous Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

  2. Central Institute of Medicinal and Semi-arid crop Plants

  3. Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants is a research institute of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research with its headquarter in Lucknow. It is engaged in the field of science and business of medicinal and aromatic plants. So the correct option is A. (Central Indigenous Medicinal and Aromatic Plants )

Bamboo grows in

  1. Temperate evergreen forests

  2. Tropical rain forests

  3. Deciduous forests

  4. Dry deciduous forests


Correct Option: B

Stamen of an angiospermic plant is equivalent to?

  1. Microsporangia

  2. Microspore

  3. Megasporophyll

  4. Microsporophyll


Correct Option: A

Which state in India is the largest producer of cotton

  1. Uttar Pradesh

  2. Madras

  3. Rajasthan

  4. Gujarat


Correct Option: D

Matunga, Bombay has one of the following institutes

  1. Industrial Toxicology Research Laboratory

  2. Cotton Technology Research Laboratory

  3. National Institute of Oceanography

  4. Llyod Botanical Garden


Correct Option: B