B.Sc. Botany is an important first step in a student’s college journey, providing the first opportunity to explore Botany as a subject and understand its depth, significance, and applications. Developing a strong foundation in the first semester is essential not only for achieving good marks in university examinations but also for preparing for competitive examinations such as CUET and building a pathway toward higher studies and research. Whether you are a student of the University of Calcutta or preparing for CUET and other undergraduate examinations, understanding the right concepts and practicing important questions from the beginning can make your preparation more effective.
In this article, our team has compiled the most important questions for B.Sc. Botany 1st Semester Botany, prepared with reference to standard botanical literature and educational resources and informed by the knowledge and guidance of experienced scientists, professors, researchers, and educators. These questions are intended to help students strengthen their conceptual understanding, focus on important topics, practice answer writing, and prepare more confidently for their examinations.
Answer the following questions: 2marks.
1. What is mitosporic fungus? Give an example.
2. What is sclerotium?
3. What is disease syndrome?
4. Define systemic fungicide with example.
5. Name two chemical inducer of SAR.
6. What are Endemic and Pandemic disease?
7. What is Apothecium?
8. Mention two economic importance of lichen.
9. What is laminarin? Where is it found?
10. Mention two diagnostic characters of Cyanophyceae.
11. State two characteristics features of Ascomycotina.
12. What is Mycorrhiza?
13. What is Disease Triangle?
14. What are hypoplastic symptoms?
15. What is peristome teeth?
16. What is calyptra?
17. What is cambium? Mention its features.
18. What is secondary growth of plant?
19. Name two cyanobacteria used as biofertilizer.
20. What is raphe? How does it differ from pseudoraphe?
21. Name one potential source of β-carotene. Mention one important use of it.
22. What are the differences between pilli and fimbriae?
23. What is glycocalyx? State one of its important functions.
24. Name one RNA virus.
25. Name one vinegar producing bacteria.
26. Name one gram-positive bacteria.
27. Mention the reserve food materials of Rhodophyceae.
28. Name the accessory pigments of Cyanophyceae.
29. Name one alga which has heterocyst.
30. Name one poisonous fungus.
31. What is 'Symptom'?
32. What is necrotroph?
33. Mention one salient feature of Phycomycotina.
34. Name one dye yielding Lichen.
35. What are the components of disease triangle?
36. What is elater?
37. Name one Indian species of Funaria.
38. What is peristome teeth?
39. Why members of archaebacteria are termed 'extremophiles'?
40. Why prions are important?
41. What is F-factor? How does it differ from F-prime?
42. What is phytoplankton? Cite one example.
43. Name an alga with chlorophyll d.
44. What is heterocyst?
45. Write the names of main pigments of Cyanophyceae and Rhodophyceae.
46. Write two characteristics of Mastigomycotina.
47. What is necrosis?
48. Write one terrestrial and one aquatic character of bryophyte.
49. What is Peristome teeth? Where it is found?
50. Write one hypoplastic and one hyperplastic disease symptoms.
51. What do you mean by disease triangle?
52. What is Plectostele? Where do you find it?
53. What is Anemocytic stomata? Where do you find it?
54. What is 'restorative process' in Bacillariophyceae?
55. What is trichothallic growth? Where is it found?
56. What is mycophage? Give example.
57. What is capsid? Name one virus with icosahedral capsid.
58. Name one nonheterocystous cyanobacterium.
59. Name one archeabacterium.
60. Name a single stranded DNA virus.
61. Name one Bacterium which produces Acetic Acid.
62. Which group of bacteria shows mycelial structure?
63. What is pyrenoid?
64. In which class of Algae the motile gemetes are absent?
65. What is Diatomite?
66. What is Mycobiont?
67. Distinguish between Ascus and Basidia.
68. Mention one important feature of Deuteromycotina.
69. What do you mean by hyperplastic symptom?
70. What is Biotroph?
71. What is disease triangle?
72. Mention the matured product of endothecium in Anthoceros sporophyte.
73. Name one aquatic species of Hepaticopsida.
74. What is operculum?
75. Define Capsid.
76. Name a bacteria producing antibiotic.
77. Name a common bacteria found in human gut.
78. Name the Reserve food material of Rhodophycean algae.
79. Name an alga producing agar-agar.
80. Name an alga used as single cell protein.
81. What is VAM?
82. Name a fungus used in brewary.
83. Name one asexual and one sexual spore produced by fungi.
84. What is inoculum?
85. What are the components of disease triangle?
86. Give an example of a hypoplastic symptom.
87. What is the function of foot in a sporophytic structure?
88. Mention a bryophyte having ecological significance.
89. State the function of Peristome teeth.
90. Define Botany?
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