Palaeobotany Amal Kumar Mondal & Sanjukta Mondal Parui

CURIOSITY CORNER Palaeobotany Amal Kumar Mondal & Sanjukta Mondal Parui

1. Who is the father of Paleobotany? 4. The only Institute in India where the research a) Kaspar Maria von Sternberg work is mainly based on fossils b) Birbal Sahni a) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore c) Chester A. Arnold b) National Institute of Fossil Research New Delhi d) Stewart and Rathwells c) National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow e) None of the above d) Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany (Palaeosciences), Lucknow e) None of the above

2. Who is the father of Paleobotany in India? 5. All of the following are considered to be fossils a) Savitri Sahni b) Birbal Sahni except: c) S.K. Ray d) None of the above a) A mineralized bone b) An insect embedded in amber c) A cast of an ancient animal d) A stone tool e) None of the above

6. The investigation of injuries and diseases in 3. The study of the processes that affect an organism prehistoric populations is the field of: after death is called a) Taphonomy b) Paleopathology a) Taphonomy b) Palaeontology c) Palynology d) Palaeontology c) Palynology d) Paleopathology e) None of the above e) None of the above

60 | Science Reporter | Decemebr 2018 7. The most important fossil flora of India 10. The Gymnosperm known as a) Gangetic Flora b) Deccan Flora living fossil and represented c) Gondwana Flora d) Himalayan Flora worldwide distribution in e) None of the above Jurassic is a) Ginkgo b) Ephedra c) Willamsonia d) Lyginopteris e) None of the above

11. Except Ginkgo biloba another gymnosperm known as living fossil and representing worldwide distribution in Jurassic is a) Ginkgo b) Ephedra c) Willamsonia d) Metasiquoia e) None of the above

8. Baragwanathia, a fossil pteridophyte was discovered from a) Rajmahal hills of Bihar (India) b) Silurian beds of Victoria (Australia) c) Rhynie chert beds (Scotland) d) Mudstones near Gllboa (New York) e) None of the above

12. The place of occurrence of recent types of fossil from India is a) Chitrakoot b) Topoban c) Rajmahal d) Jharia e) None of the above

9. Which of the following Gymnosperm of Bennettiales (Cyacadeodales) was recovered from Rajmahal hills by Prof. Birbal Sahani a) Sahnia b) Willamsonia c) Pentoxylon Answers: d) Heterangium 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. c 5. d 6. b 7. c e) None of the above 8. b 9. b 10. a 11. d 12. a. Contributed by Prof. Amal Kumar Mondal is Professor of Botany, Department of Botany & Forestry, Plant Taxonomy, Biosystematics and Molecular Taxonomy Laboratory, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore-721102, West Bengal; Email: [email protected] and akmondal@mail. vidyasagar.ac.in Dr. Sanjukta Mondal Parui is Associate Professor of Zoology (Biochemistry), Department of Zoology, Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata-700016, West Bengal; Email: [email protected]

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