BSc Botany Sem IV 2018 19 May 2018-19 BOTANY PAPER III Question Paper - Mumbai University | munotes

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• 2. Figures to the right indicate full marks

1. Q3 Draw neat and labelled diagrams wherever necessary
2. Q1 (A) Choose the correct option from the following and rewrite the sentence. 10 marks
   • i. Cultivation and marketing of vegetables is known as
   • ii. An enclosed area where plants like fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants are intensively cultivated is called
   • iii. A National Park, which is situated in the heart of a metropolitan city of Mumbai, is
   • iv. To carry out aseptic transfer of media or culture, instrument is commonly used
   • v. Haploid plants can be achieved by culture
   • vi. The enzyme used for joining the DNA fragments is
   • vii. When the amount of one variable tends to bear a constant ratio to the amount of the change in second variable, it is called as correlation Coefficient of correlation can range from
   • a) -lto+l b) 0 to +10 c)-10 to +10 d) -2 to +2
   • ix. One of the following Nucleic acid sequence database
   • x. NCBI stands for :
   • a) National Centre for Bioinformatics Institute
   • b) National Centre for Biotechnology Information
   • c) Natural Centre for Biotechnology Information
   • d) National Council for Bioinformatics Information
3. Q1 (B) Answer the following in one or two sentences: 10 marks
   • i. Define horticulture
   • ii. What is totipotency ?
   • iii. What is organogenesis?
   • iv. What do you mean by perfect negative correlation?
   • v. Define Bioinformatics
4. Q2 Answer any_ two of the following: 20 marks
   • i. What is a botanical garden? Discuss its importance
   • ii. Describe water garden and focal point ili. Highlight on the importance of horticulture. Add a note on flower bed
   • iv. Citing suitable botanical names of plants explain in detail avenues, lawn and edges
5. Q3 Answer any two of the following: 20 marks
   • i. Describe the different applications of Plant Tissue Culture
   • ii. Describe the process of root culture. Add a note on it's importance ili. Describe the process of r-DNA technology/ gene cloning
   • iv. What are cloning vectors? Give an account of different vectors used in r-DNA Technology
6. Q4 Answer any two of the following: 20 marks
   • i. In a certain plant, blue colour of flower is dominant to yellow colour. When two heterozygous blue flower coloured plants were crossed, 120 blue flowers and 30 yellow flowers were obtained Calculate to test the hypothesis for Mendelian monohybrid 3:1 ratio (Given: Tabulated at 5% significance = 3.84)
   • ii. The following are the length in cm and breadth in cm of chilli fruits: Calculate the coefficient of correlation and comment on the result
   • iii. Explain BLAST as a retrieval tool of biological data
   • iv. Give an account of bioinformatics programme in India
7. Q5 Write short notes: (Any Four) 20 marks
   • i. Informal garden
   • ii. Hedges
   • iv. Importance of embryo culture
   • v. Steps involved in calculating coefficient of correlation www and its different components

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