BBYET-143 ECONOMIC BOTANY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY in English Solved Question Paper December 2022

BBYET-143 ECONOMIC BOTANY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY in English Solved Question Paper December 2022

ECONOMIC BOTANY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Course Code: BBYET-143

1. (a) Write botanical names of the following
plants :
(i) Wheat
(ii) Soybean
(iii) Tea
(iv) Coconut
(b) Fill in the blanks :
(i) Majority of the legumes belong to the
family ________.
(ii) Chillies are a good source of ________.
(iii) The term ‘biotechnology’ was coined
by ________ ________.
(iv) ________, an antibiotic was discovered
by Alexander Fleming in 1929.
(c) Write the full form of the following
abbreviations : 21=2
(i) RAPD
(ii) LEA
2. (a) Discuss the health benefits of legumes. 5
(b) Name any four crops of legumes in India.
Describe any one of them with reference to
its morphology and uses. 1+2+2
3. Write the botanical names of any four medicinal
plants. Describe the chemical composition and
uses of any one. 4+3+3=10
4. Describe the steps involved in the preparation of
black tea. 10
5. Discuss the major practical applications of plant
biotechnology. 10
6. Explain various steps involved in molecular
cloning with the help of proper labelled diagram. 10
7. Explain CRISPR-Cas9 technology. Enumerate its
working and applications. 10
8. Write short notes on any four of the
following :
(a) Totipotency
(b) Flavr Savr tomato
(c) Genomic Library
(d) Properties of an ideal vector
(e) Northern blotting technique