Prepare for NEET with Botany-specific practice questions. Covering all major Botany chapters, this is perfect for your NEET Biology needs.
Which of the following taxonomical aids provides information about the habitat, distribution, and external features of a plant species?
Museum
Botanical garden
Herbarium
Key
A taxonomical aid that contains actual preserved specimens of plants and animals is:
Herbarium
Key
Flora
Museum
Which of the following information is NOT typically included on a herbarium sheet label?
Scientific name
Date of collection
Location of collection
Economic importance
A student is preparing a herbarium sheet. All of the following details are mentioned on the label EXCEPT:
Date and place of collection
Collector's name
Local name of the plant
Height of the plant
Which piece of information is LEAST likely to be found on a herbarium sheet label?
Family name of the plant
Flowering season
Name of the collector
Locality of collection
A herbarium label serves as a permanent record of a plant specimen. Which of these is NOT a core element of this record?
Scientific name of the plant
Date and place of collection
Description of the ecosystem
Name of the collector
…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
Where was the first herbarium set up?
London in Great Britain
Pisa in Italy
New York in USA
Tokyo in Japan
By which chemical specimen for herbaria are treated to prevent fungal attack
0.1% mercuric chloride
0.1% mercurous chloride
Carbon disulphide
Acetic acid
