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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On plant products
Castor bean plant found at Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Energy in Bangalore.
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Which of the following is a medicinal mushroom?
- White button mushroom
- Maitake Mushroom
- Web cap mushroom
- Death cap mushroom
Maitake Mushroom (Grifola frondose) is a mushroom is one of the commonly prescribed mushrooms shown in clinical trials with mice to have some benefit in cancer treatment.
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Which of the following is true? Mushrooms are members of …
- Plant kingdom
- Animalia
- Fungi
- None of the above
Mushrooms are members of the group Fungi – they appear plantlike, with cell walls and a stem and a cap, but they are not plants.
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Nearly 3,500 years ago, the bark of the willow tree was used to relieve pain. A popular drug is extracted from this plant. Which of the following is it?
- Paracetamol
- Aspirin
- Ibuprofen
- None of the above
Aspirin. John Robert Vane was given a Nobel prize in 1982 for showing how aspirin works.
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Which of the following is a type of natural rubber extracted from plants?
- Latex
- Sintex
- Bibtex
- None of the above
Latex. This is a soft, white substance found beneath the bark of a rubber tree.
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Which of the common plants listed below contains poisonous parts?
- Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)
- Rose (Rosa indica)
- Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)
- None of the above.
The seed is poisonous if the outer shell is broken and chewed.
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