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Plants Economic Importance examines the direct and indirect utility of plants to humans, including food, medicine, industrial raw materials, and forestry.
Which of the following substances is obtained from a tree?
Correct Answer:
(A) Asafoetida
Asafoetida (Heeng) is the dried latex (oleo-gum resin), obtained from several species of Ferula which are herbaceous plants of the Umbelliferae family. It is extracted from the rhizome and fleshy tap roots. This spice is used as digestive aid, in food as a condiment, and in pickling.
Ques: 2
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I List-II
(Product) (Source)
Opium 1. Bark
Hing 2. Root
Rubber 3. Fruit
Quinine 4. Stem
Correct Answer:
(B) 3241
The correct matching is as follows –
Opium - Fruit
Hing - Root
Rubber - Stem
Quinine - Bark
Opium is obtained from milky latex of Papaver somniferum. Hing is obtained mainly from the roots of a plant of Ferula species. Rubber is obtained from the liquid stuff turned out from the stem of plant and quinine is obtained from the bark of cinchona tree.
Ques: 3
The drug obtained from the bark of cinchona was used for treating malaria. The synthetic drug which replaced the natural product is:
Correct Answer:
(B) Chloroquine
Quinine occurs naturally from the bark of the cinchona tree and was used in the treatment of malaria but now it is substituted by Chloroquine. It is a synthetic drug used to kill sensitive malaria parasites.