Flora Flashcards
1
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- What is the term used for the leafy parts of the tree along with the branches, that together give shade below?
A) Under-storey
B) Middle-storey
C) Canopy D) Litter
A
C
2
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2. What is the term used for dead leaves lying on the forest floor, that will slowly become a nourishing source and food for the growing plants? A) Soil B) Waste C) Litter D) Garbage
A
C
3
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3. Which wood burns quickly – dry wood or wet wood? A) Dry wood B) Wet wood C) Both burn equally well D) Depends on the species of tree
A
A
4
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4. This is one of the most diverse group of plants, with more than 28,000 species across the world. They are unique in their extremely beautiful flowers that bloom very rarely. They are epiphytes usually, and grow in wet foggy areas on trees covered in moss. For most of the year, they simply have few or no leaves. They are in huge demand by people buying them illegally, and many are at the risk of getting extinct. Which group of plants? A) Orchids B) Sunflowers C) Primulas D) Jasmines
A
A
5
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5. What is the colour of the banyan tree’s fruit when they are ripe? A) Blue B) Red C) Purple D) Blue-green
A
B
6
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- Dates are very rich in sugar and grow in a certain kind of tree in Africa and west Asia. Which kind?
A) Palm
B) Gulmohur
C) Acacia D) Banyan
A
A
7
Q
- James and the Giant ____________ is a novel by Roald Dahl about some insects that make their home in a very big fruit, that then rolls around the world. What fruit, that is soft, pale in colour and popular in other parts of the world and available nowadays in India?
A) Litchi B) Peach C) Apple D) Pear
A
B
8
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- Grapes are grown in many parts of India, but one place in Maharashtra is very famous for grapes being grown for wine. Which district/town?
A) Mumbai
B) Pune
C) Nagpur D) Nashik
A
D
9
Q
- Which of these is the world’s oldest tree, found in California. They are quite close to the place where the world’s largest trees are found. They are so old that they were already big trees when the Egyptian pharaohs were ruling!
A) Giant Redwood
B) Bristlecone pine C) Whistling pine D) Oak
A
B
10
Q
- Gujarat has refused to shift one kind of wildlife from their state to any other state, because it is not found in any other state. Which animal is it? A) Great Indian Bustard
B) Tiger
C) Leopard
D) Asiatic Lion
A
D
11
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- Which of these is NOT a variety of Mangoes?
A) Alphonso B) Mallika C) Dashehri D) Nendran
A
D
12
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12. Browsers are herbivores that prefer to eat young leaves from woody plants rather than grass or vegetation at low levels. Which of these are browsers? A) Sambar deer B) Barasingha C) Chinkara D) All of the above
A
D
13
Q
- Acorns are a common thing one sees on TV and sometime eat. They are usually fed upon by squirrels in North America, and when they forget where they hid the seeds, they germinate into trees. Which tree gives acorns?
A) Fir
B) Birch C) Holly D) Oak
A
D
14
Q
- Caribou is the local name for a species of deer that migrates huge distances across the Arctic. Primarily it is the grass availability that determines their movement. Interestingly, they are also running away from one insect. What?
A) Locusts
B) Mosquitoes C) Leeches
D) Beetles
A
B
15
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15. Acacia is a common name given to thorny plants with small leaflets that can tolerate really dry areas, and found across Africa and Asia. In Africa, two very big mammals eat them, and sometimes ants in trees protect the trees by biting these mammals. Which animals eat acacia? A) Elephant and Hippopotamus B) Giraffe and Hippopotamus C) Giraffe and Elephant D) Giraffe, Elephant and Hippopotamus
A
C
16
Q
- Which of the following was first declared to be a National Park in India?
A) Ranthambhore National Park B) Sanjay Gandhi National Park C) Corbett National Park
D) Kanha National Park
A
C
17
Q
- Which of the following plants is an insectivorous plant?
A) Pitcher Plant B) Neem Plant C) Coconut Plant D) Adulsa Plant
A
A
18
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18. The Pitcher Plant, an insectivorous plant, feeds on insects and other small animals. In which of the following Indian states would you find this unique plant? A) Kerala B) Orissa C) Meghalaya D) Himachal Pradesh
A
C
19
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19. This plant should be kept inside the house in a bowl for good luck according to Feng Shui. What type of a plant is this? A) Money Plant B) Bottle palm C) Bamboo D) Sandalwood
A
C
20
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- Plants use various methods to allow their seeds to travel to new places. Which of the following is not such a method?
A) Floating seeds moving across seas
B) Seeds with wing-like attachments which move with the wind
C) Seeds with leg-like parts which can actually crawl
D) Seeds with hooks which get attached to the fur of animals and move to new locations
A
C
21
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- Which is the last refuge of the Asiatic Lion in the wild?
A) Periyar National Park
B) Madhav National Park C) Kaziranga National Park D) Gir National Park
A
D
22
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- Which of the following is the largest rainforest in the world?
A) Western Ghats, India
B) Amazon Rainforest, South America C) Congo River Basin Rainforest, Africa D) Rainforests of Southeast Asia
A
B
23
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- Where can you find tropical rainforests?
A) Near the ocean
B) Near the equator
C) In the northern hemisphere D) In the southern hemisphere
A
B
24
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- Which of these is not a level in the rainforest?
A) Ceiling
B) Canopy
C) Under-storey D) Forest floor
A
A
25
Q
- In which of the following states in India you will find evergreen forests?
A) Jammu & Kashmir B) Kerala
C) Karnataka
D) Both B & C
A
D
26
Q
- Which is the tallest tree in the world?
A) Coast Redwood B) Giant Sequoia
C) Indian Coral Tree D) Rafflesia
A
B
27
Q
- With which of the following types of forests would
tropical and subtropical coastlines be covered? A) Temperate
B) Mangrove
C) Deciduous
D) Coral
A
B
28
Q
- The Embryonic Root of a plant is termed as____________.
A) Plumule B) Embryo C) Radicle D) Root
A
C
29
Q
- Lack of which of the following would slow down the process of photosynthesis in plants?
A) Carbon dioxide
B) Water
C) Seeds D) Flowers
A
B
30
Q
- Which of the following pigments makes the plants appear green?
A) Chlorophyll
B) Plasmids
C) Chloroplast D) None of these
A
A
