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Botany — Model Syllabus Roadmap

22 Official 2024 Lecturer Disciplines — Syllabus Directory · Subjects 1–11

Useful for: SSB Lecturer (Degree Colleges)

Overview

Postgraduate botany covers plant diversity, anatomy, physiology, genetics, ecology and plant biotechnology.

Key points

Diversity: algae, fungi, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms.
Anatomy: meristems, tissues, secondary growth.
Physiology: photosynthesis (C3, C4, CAM), respiration, plant hormones.
Genetics: Mendelian and molecular genetics, plant breeding.
Ecology: populations, communities, ecosystems, biodiversity.
Biotechnology: tissue culture, transgenic plants.

Explanation

C4 plants such as maize show Kranz anatomy.
The Calvin cycle occurs in the stroma.
Auxins promote cell elongation; abscisic acid closes stomata.
Taxonomy uses systems such as Bentham and Hooker.

Step by step

Place the question in its unit of the syllabus.
Recall the theory, thinker, law or work involved.
Eliminate options from other schools, periods or units.

Examples

Kranz anatomy → C4 plants (maize).
Calvin cycle site → stroma.
Hormone closing stomata in drought → abscisic acid.

Traps and advanced points

Trap: Mixing C3 and C4.
Trap: Wrong hormone roles.
Trap: Ignoring biotechnology.

Quick revision

Diversity, anatomy, physiology.
C3/C4/CAM.
Tissue culture.

Practice MCQs

Photosynthesis takes place in the
1. nucleus
2. mitochondria
3. chloroplast
4. ribosome
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Answer: (c) chloroplast. Chlorophyll in chloroplasts captures light.
The binomial system of naming organisms was introduced by
1. Carl Linnaeus
2. Charles Darwin
3. Gregor Mendel
4. Robert Hooke
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Answer: (a) Carl Linnaeus. For example, Mangifera indica.
Water is carried from roots to leaves through the
1. epidermis
2. phloem
3. cortex
4. xylem
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Answer: (d) xylem. Phloem carries food.
Gregor Mendel carried out his experiments on heredity using
1. garden pea
2. maize
3. fruit fly
4. wheat
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Answer: (a) garden pea. He published his work in 1866.
Who is called the father of Indian botany?
1. Birbal Sahni
2. J. C. Bose
3. William Roxburgh
4. P. Maheshwari
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Answer: (c) William Roxburgh. He worked at the Calcutta Botanic Garden.

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