Environment Quiz - Green Olympiad Practice Questions 13

Environment Quiz - Green Olympiad Practice Questions 13

Plants Quiz

This set of questions are mainly about Plant Kingdom.

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1.The cut flower trade began in the Netherlanda in the 1600s. Name the flower with which this trade started.

Tulip
Bong mai
Yellow chrysanthemum
Narcissus

2.What is the scientific study of the relationships that exist between people and plants called?

Ecology
Phytology
Ethnobotany
Anthropology

3.The chemical compounds that occur naturally in plants are called

Herbicides
Phytochemicals
Chloroplasts
Carotenoids

4. Name the American President who authorised the start of Operation Ranch Hand, the U.S. Air Force's herbicide program in Vietnam

George W Bush
John F Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon

5.The herbicides used by US during the Vietnam war is collectively known as

Agent Green
Agent Orange
Operation Ranch Hand
Rainbow herbicides

6.Alstonia scholaris (commonly called blackboard tree, devil tree) is the state tree of which Indian state?

Haryana
Nagaland
West Bengal
Odisha

7.Do you which among the following is the state tree of Madhya Pradesh?

Banyan
Mango
Alder
Alstonia

8.The city owes its name to the names of two Ganges tributaries forming the city's borders. Can you name the city?

Varanasi
Delhi
Patna
Ghazipur

9.The ancient name of the city was "Vadapadraka" and it means Banyan tree leaf. What is the present name of this city?

Vadodara
Vidisha
Vrindavan
Varanasi

10.Nilgiri Hills, which literally means the blue mountains, got their name from the purplish blue flowers of this plant that blossoms gregariously only once in 12 years. Name the plant

Neelakurunji
Bellflower
Blue popy
Blue hibiscus

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