Botany KP PMS Paper I 2010

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Public Service Commission, Peshawar
Subject: Competitive Examination for the posts of Provincial Management Service (BPS-17) – 2010

Botany Paper I

Time Allowed: 03 Hours
Max Marks: 100

Note: Attempt any five questions.

I Give detailed life cycle of a heteroecious rust with suitable diagram. Write down its control measures. 20

II Give economic importance of major groups of algae. 20

III What are the evolutionary tendencies present in sporophytes of Anthoceros to form sporophytes of land plants? 20

IV What is speciation? Write down the rules of nomenclature. 20

V Give generalised life cycle of gymnosperms. Describe the advance features in order Gnetales? 20

VI Describe the principals of disease control and management. 20

VII Describe stellar system. Enumerate its kinds with suitable examples. 20

VIII What is meant by anomalous secondary growth? Describe its effects on plants. 20