PMY 341

Test 1
Time; 1hour 45 mins
Computer number:.
Section A.
Each question has one correct answer and carries one mark. Circle the best answer.

a)
b)
c)
d)

1. Is Known as father of medicine?

Aristotle
Dioscorides
Hippocrates
Galen

a)
b)
c)
d)

2. This drug is not under the class of organized drug :

Leaves
flowers
Fruits
Gums

a)
b)
c)
d)

3. During which period did Hippocrates live?

384-322 B.C.
40-80 A.D.
400-360 B.C.
131-200 A.D.

a)
b)
c)
d)

4. During which period did Discorides live?

384-322 B.C.
40-90 A.D.
400-360 B.C.
131-200 A.D.

a)
b)
c)
d)

5. The example of capsule fruit is:

Cotton
Mustard
Cabbage
Datura

6. Mosses are thought to resemble the primitive plants that first inhabited the land.
Interestingly, these plants lack a vascular system. Therefore, they should lack;
a) mesophyll cells.
b) shoots.

c) phloem.
d) Collenchyma

a)
b)
c)
d)

7. Plant organs form by

cell division in gamete tissue.
cell division in meristematic tissue.
cell migration into the appropriate position in the tissue.
rearranging the genetic material in the precursor cells so that the organ-specific genes are
activated.
8. Which of the following characters is seen in the gymnosperms, but is not seen in other
seeded vascular plants?

a)
b)
c)
d)

alternation of generations
exposed seeds
sporophyte stage
pollen

a)
b)
c)
d)

9. All angiosperms
produce exposed seeds.
are nonvascular.
have flagellated sperm.
have fruit

a)
b)
c)
d)

10. Which of the following is not characteristic of a monocot?

leaves with parallel veins
flower parts usually in threes or multiples of three
lateral meristems occurring rarely
seed with two cotyledons

a)
b)
c)
d)

11. Plants which are not differentiated into roots, stems, leaves are called
Gymnosperms
Thallophytes
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
12. Adventitious root system is found in:

a)
b)
c)
d)

Pteridophytes
Gymnosperm
Bryophyte
All
13. It is a racemose inflorescence in which the main axis is elongated and the flowers are
sessile:

a)
b)
c)
d)

Corymb
Umbel
Capitulum
Spike

14. A branched raceme is called:

a)
b)
c)
d)

Panicle
Capitulum
Umbel
Corymb

15. In taxonomic hierarchy family comes between

a)
b)
c)
d)

Class and Order

Order and Genus
Genus and Species
Division and Class
16. 5-Kingdom classification has given by

a)
b)
c)
d)

Morgan
R. Whittaker
Linnaeus
Haecke

For numbers 17 21 Match items of with solutions given below;

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Ancient Arabic practices

Ancient Egyptian practices
Ancient Babylonian practices
Ancient Greek practices
18th century pharmacognosy
17. Ebbers papyrus
18. Jame-ul-Muffradat
19. Species plantarum
20. Laws of Hamorabi
21. Corpus Hippocraticum

For numbers 22- 25Match with the solutions given below;

a) Cupressaceae
b) Pinaceae
c) Ephedraceae
22. Juniperus communie L.
23. Anies pindrow Royle
24. Ephedra gerardiana
25. Juniperas excelsa M.B.
For numbers 26- 29 Match with the given solutions
a)
b)
c)
d)

Treatment of boils
Augumentation of acetyl cholin transferase
Augumentation of labor
Wound dressing
26. Plagiochila fruticose
27. Marchantia polymorpha
28. Peat moss
29. Polytrichum juniperum
30- 35 Match the picture with the correct given options.

30.

31.

32.

33.

a)
b)
c)
d)

Calendular officinalis
Mentha piperitae
Curcubita pepo
Cassia senna

Section B.

Give short answers. Each question carries 4 marks

1. Mention 4 shapes of bacteria
2. Give 2 medicinal uses of Lichens and 2 of Iceland moss
3. Give the 4 divisions of kingdom plantae
4. 3 divisions of gymnosperms
5. Give the classification of bryophytes
6. Draw and label the parts of a Jack-jack fruit. You must also show the placenta in your
drawing and how the seeds are attached

Section C.
Answer any two.
1. Write briefly on the Approaches to the study of medicinal plants (10 marks)
2. Write briefly on biological active marine compounds used as antivirals (10 marks)

3. Discuss morphological characteristics of the leaf. (10 marks)