Consider the following statements and choose the right option.
i) Cereals are members of grass family.
ii) Most of the food grains come from monocotyledon.

(a)

(i) is correct and (ii) is wrong

(b)

Both (i) and (ii) are correct

(c)

(i) is wrong and (ii) is correct

(d)

Both (i) and (ii) are wrong

New world species of cotton _____.

(a)

Gossypium arboretum

(b)

G. herbaceum

(c)

Both a and b

(d)

Gossypium barbadense

Find out the correctly matched pair.

(a)

Rubber-Shorea robusta

(b)

Dye-Lawsonia inermis

(c)

Timber-Cyperus papyrus

(d)

Pulp-Hevea brasiliensis

Observe the following statements and pick out the right option from the following:
Statement I: The drug sources of Siddha include plants, animal parts, ores and minerals.
Statement II: Minerals are used for preparing drugs with long shelf-life.

(a)

Statement I is correct

(b)

Statement II is correct

(c)

Both statements are correct

(d)

Both statements are wrong

Which one of the following matches is correct?

(a)

Palmyra - Native of Brazil

(b)

Saccharum - Abundant in Kanyakumari

(c)

Steveoside - Natural sweetener

(d)

Palmyra sap - Fermented to give ethanol

Paddy, Wheat and Sorghum, etc., comes under the category of cereals. All the members of cereals belong to which of the following family?

(a)

 Fabaceae

(b)

 Poaceae

(c)

 Leguminoneae

(d)

Caesalpinaeceae

Given below are the plant species and their parts used. Which is the incorrect pair(s)?
(i) Cajanus cajan : Seeds
(ii) Anacardium occidentale: nuts
(iii) Borassus flabellifer: Endosperm
(iv) Capsicum annum: leaves

(a)

 i and ii  

(b)

 ii and iii

(c)

iii only

(d)

 iv only

Pigeon pea is the common name for _______

(a)

 Vigna radiata  

(b)

Vigna mungo

(c)

 Cajanus cajan  

(d)

Sorghum vulgare

Statement 1: Chinese discovered the paper.
Statement 2: Eucalyptus and Casuarina are the widely used tree species for making paper pulp.

(a)

Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is also correct

(b)

Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect

(c)

Statement 1 is incorrect and Statement 2 is correct

(d)

Both the Statements are incorrect

Statement 1: Aloevera belongs to the family Asphodelaceae.
Statement 2: Jasminum grandiflorum belongs to the family of Oleaceae.

(a)

Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is also correct

(b)

Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect

(c)

Statement 1 is incorrect and Statement 2 is correct

(d)

Both the Statements are incorrect