ఇల్లెందు: పురుడు పోసుకోవడానికి ఓ మహిళ అష్టకష్టాలు పడింది. భద్రాద్రి కొత్తగూడెం జిల్లా ఇల్లెందు పట్టణంలోని 21 ఏరియాకు చెందిన పూనెం శిరీష పురిటి నొప్పులతో గురువారం తెల్లారుజామున ఇల్లెందు ప్రభుత్వ ఆస్పత్రికి వచ్చింది. అప్పటికే కడుపులోని పాప కాళ్లు బయటకొచ్చాయి. వైద్యులు డెలివరీ కోసం ప్రయత్నించకుండా ఖమ్మం రిఫర్‌ చేసి చేతులు దులుపుకున్నారు. దీంతో శిరీషను ఆటోలో ఖమ్మం తరలిస్తుండగా మధ్యలోనే ప్రసవించింది. కానీ సకాలంలో వైద్యం అందక పాప మృతి చెందింది. దీంతో తిరిగి ఇల్లెందు వైద్యశాలకు తీసుకురాగానే మరో పాపకు జన్మనిచ్చింది. రెండో అమ్మాయి ఆరోగ్యంగానే ఉన్నప్పటికీ ఏడు నెలలకే డెలివరీ కావడంతో ఇన్‌క్యుబేటర్‌ బాక్స్‌లో పెట్టాలని వైద్యులు సూచించారు.


  
 b.rajendra
 senior Faculty,Hyderabad
  
 With new syllabus being introduced for the first time in EAMCET question papers it is the long term students rather than regular students face difficulty in last hour preparation and revision for the exam.
  
  
  For the convenience of the student for a better preparation and revision, at this hour of examination time, in Botany subject the entire subject can be divided into parts. As the topics of the Botany are not properly arranged for better understanding of the subject it is difficult for a comprehensive division into parts
  
  . The first year syllabus is divided here into three parts viz Units-I & II; Units- III & IV; Units-V, VI & VII. Similarly second year topics also divided into Unit-I; Units-II & VI ; Units- III, IV & V . A student can club first and second year topics for preparation according to his convenience.
      
  In the Unit- I of first year basic features of different plants groups are discussed with much ambiguity. This unit very important for the exam point of view. Unit-II is comparatively much easier and questions are also straight with no difficulty.
  
 Eamcet
 Botany
  
  
  Some model questions from
  
  Unit- I & II of First year
  
  1.    Nuclear membrane is absent in
      I.    Mycoplasma
      II.    Actinomycetes
      III.    Diniflagellates    IV. Euglenoids
      1) A & B    2) B & C
      3) C & D    4) A, B, C & D
  
  2.    Yeast is unicellular, eukaryote. It is included in
      1) Mycetae    2) Monera
      3) Protista    4) Mycobacteria
  
  3.    Chitin is cell wall component of
      1) Spirogyra    2) Ustilago
      3) Cuscuta     4) Riccia
  
  4.    True statement regarding Monera is
      1)    All are uninucleate
      2)    Nucleus is absent in most
      3)    Some of them are photosynthetic
      4)    Sexual reproduction is common
  
  5.    Assertion(A): Chlorella cannot be included in plant kingdom
      Reason(R): Chlorella is unicellular.
      1)    Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
      2)    Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
      3)    A is true, R is false
      4)    A is false, R is true.
  
  6.    Bracket fungi belongs to
      1) Phycomycetes    2)Ascomycetes
      3) Basidiomycetes
      4) Deuteromycetes
  
  7.    In six kingdom classification which group of five kingdom is replaced
      1) Protista    2) Monera
      3) Fungi    4) Plantae
  
  8.    The basis for evolutionary sequence of groups in six kingdom classification is
      1) Nucleus    2) Cellwall
      3) Flagella    4) RNA
  
  9.    One of the groups which has no mention in the Whittaker classification is
      A. Yeast    B. Lichens
      C. Viruses    D. Mycorrhiza
      1) A & B    2) B & C
      3) B, C & D    4) D & A
  
  10.    Viruses were described as venom by
      1) Pasteur    2) Carl Woese
      3) Diener    4) Jenner
  
  11.    Assertion(A): Viruses can be crystallized
      Reason (R): Viruses are chemical by nature
      1)    Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
      2)    Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A.
      3)    A is true, R is false
      4)    A is false, R is true.
  
  12.    'Scrapie disease' is caused by
      1) Monera    2) Protista
      3) Fungi    4) Proteins
  
  13.    True statement regarding protista
      1) Cell wall is well developed
      2) Nuclear membrane is absent
      3) Nutrition is heterotrophic
      4) All the above
  
  14.     Ficus belongs to family
      1) Bromeliaceae    2) Moraceae
      3) Annonaceae    4)Anacardiaceae
  
  15.    The primary root is
      1)    The prominent root in the dicot plant
      2)    The root that grows into soil
      3)    The root that bears secondary and tertiary roots
      4)    Root transformed from radical
  
  16.    Stilt roots are found in
      1) Maiz    2) Corms
      3) Asparagus    4) Casuariana
  
  17.    Photosynthetic stems are seen in
      1) Opuntia    2) Euphorbia
      3) Casuarina    4) All the above
  
  18.    Parietal placentation with two chambers are observed in
      1) Datura    2) Mustard
      3) Cucumber     4) Tomato
  
  19.    Fruit in Custard apple
      1) Schizocarp    2) Multiple fruit
      3) Aggregate fruit    4) False fruit
  
  20.    In a discoid inflorescence with acropetal succession of flowers the youngest flower is located at
      1) Distal    2) Proximal
      3) Central    4) Peripheral
  
  21.    True statement regarding Nepenthes
      I.    Leaves perform three different functions
      II.    It is a parasitic plant
      III.    It is not a flowering plant
      IV.    Leaves are secretary
      1) I & II    2) II & III
      3) III & IV    4) IV & I
  
  22.    Assertion (A): Root perform photosynthesis in Taeniophyllum.
      Reason (R): Root are aerial in Taeniophyllum,
      1)    Both A, R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
      2)    Both A, R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
      3)    A is true but R is false
      4)    A is false but R is true
  
  23.    Swollen petiole helps in buoyancy in
      1) Pistia    2) Eichornia
      3) Paddy    4) Legume plants
  
  24.    Isogametes or gametes of similar size are seen in
      A. Chlamydomonas    B.Spirogyra    C. Volvox    D. Chladophora
      1) A & B    2) B & C
      3) A, B & D    4) B, C & D
  
  25.     Assertion (A): the most common asexual spores in algae are zoospores
      Reason (R): Algae are largely aquatic
      1)    Both A, R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
      2)    Both A, R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
      3)    A is true but R is false
      4)    A is false but R is true
  
 
  26.    Algae used as food supplements by space travelers
      1) Porpyra & Laminaria
      2) Gelidium & Gracilaria
      3) Chlorella & Spirulina
      4) Dictyota & Fucus.
  
  27.    Multicellular sex organs and monoecious thallus is seen in
      A. Chara    B. Marchantia
      C. Funaria    D. Sphagnum
      1) A & B    2) B & C
      3) A,C& D    4) A, B, C & D
  
 
  28.    Flagella or motile structures are totally absent in the life cycle of
      1) Cyanophyceae
      2) Rhodophyceae
      3) Angiosperms    4) All the above
  
 
  29.     The plant body of Pheophyceae is distinguished into
      1) Hold fast, stipe & frond
      2) Rhizoids, stipe & frond
      3) Root, stem & leaf
      4) Rhizoid, phylloid & cauloid.
  
 
  30.    Chlorophyll a & d is present in
      1) Chlorophyceae
      2) Chrysophyceae
      3) Pheophyceae    4) Rhodophyceae
  
 
  31.    False statement regarding Bryophytes
      I.    All Bryophytes are homosporous
      II.    Haploid stage is dominant
      III.    Sporophyte is partially parasitic in all Bryophytes
      IV.    Sporophyte is distinguished into foot, seta and capsule
      1) I & II     2) III
      3) I & IV    4) III & IV
  
 
  32.    Sterile structure helping in the dispersal of spores
      1) Paraphyses    2) Elaters
      3) Indusial hairs    4) Ramenta
  
  33.    Match the following
      List-I
      A. Hair cup moss
      B. Bracket fungi
      C. Club moss    D. Golden algae
      List-II
      I. Pteridophyta    II. Bryophyta
      III. Pheophyceae
      IV. Basidiomycotina
      V. Chrysophyta
          A    B    C    D
      1)     I     III     II    V
      2)     II    IV    I    V
      3)     II    IV    I    III
      4)     IV    I    II    V
 
  34.    The earliest information on medicinal plants and uses are recorded in
      1) Vrikshayurveda
      2) Krishiparasaram
      3) Atharvanaveda
      4) de Historia Plantarum
 
 35.     True statement regarding 'Krishiparasaram'.
      I.    It is the oldest book on agriculture
      II.    Information regarding the weeds is mentioned in this book
      III.    External and internal characters of medicinal plants is described
      IV.    Different types of forests were described
      1) I & II    2) II & III
      3) III & IV    4) IV & I
 
  36.    Sexual reproduction in plants is discovered by
      1) Strausberger    2) Camerarius
      3) Maheshwari    4) Stephen Hales
  
 37.     Match the following Scientist
      A. H.G.Khorana    B. White
      C. J.B.Sumner    D. Rama das
      
 Field of study
      I.    Plant tissue culture
      II.    C4 photosynthesis
      III.    Synthesis of artificial gene
      IV.    Crystallization of enzyme urease
      V.    Light reactions of photosynthesis
          A    B    C    D
      1)     III    I    IV    II
      2)     III    I    IV    V
      3)     IV    V    III    II
      4)     IV    III    I    V
 
  38.    Swollen petiole is found in
      1) Leguminous plants
      2) Eichornia    3) Opuntia
      4) Citrus
  
 39.    The sheath like leaf base is seen in
      A. Grass    B. Neem
      C. Musa    D. Cocus
      1) A & B    2) B & C
      3) C & D    4) A, C & D
 
  40.    Alstonia is an example for
      1)    Underground stem modification
      2)    Insectivorous leaf
      3)    Tendrillar leaf
      4)    More than two leaves arising from a node
  
 
  Key
 
  1) 4    2) 1    3) 2    4) 3    5) 1
  6) 3     7) 2    8) 4    9) 3    10) 1
  11) 1    12) 4    13) 4    14) 2    15) 4
  16) 1    17) 4    18) 2    19) 3    20) 3
  21) 4    22) 2    23) 2    24) 3    25) 1
  26) 3    27) 3    28) 2    29) 1    30) 4
  31) 2    32) 2    33) 2    34) 3    35) 1
  36) 2    37) 1    38) 2    39) 4    40) 4