Which taxonomical aid uses contrasting characters to identify an organism?
Manual
Monograph
Catalogue
Key
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Select the incorrect statement.
Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at standard atmospheric pressure.
Water is a non-polar molecule.
Water has a high specific heat capacity.
What size of herbarium sheet and label is recommended generally?
The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information of
date of collection
name of collector
local names
height of the plant
…A… is a collection of pressed, dried and preserved plants …B… labelled arranged systematically for further reference A and B in the above statement refers to
A-Herbarium; B-mounted on thin film
A-herbarium; B-mounted on a paper sheet
A-Museum; B-mounted on a iron sheet
A-Garden; B-mounted on a paper sheet
Which of the following taxonomical aids provides information about the habitat, distribution, and external features of a plant species?
Museum
Botanical garden
Herbarium
Key
Where labelling is done/pasted on herbarium sheet?
Lower RHS
Lower LHS
Upper RHS
Upper LHS
Largest herbarium in India is
Madras Herbarium Coimbatore (TN)
Central, National Herbarium (Indian Botanical Garden) Sibpur, Kolkata (WB)
Herbarium of National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (UP)
Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (UA)
Largest herbarium in the world is
Conservatory and Botanical Garden, Geneva
New York Botanical Garden
Royal Botanical Garden, Kew (London)
British, Museum of Natural History
Select the incorrect statement.
In unicellular organisms growth is synonymous with reproduction
A scientific name has two words in binomial nomenclature
Herbarium contains pressed and preserved plant specimens
Botanical gardens are ‘in situ’ conservation strategies.
The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information on
height of the plant
date of collection
name of collector
local names
