Question

Herbarium is a _______

(a) store house of all animal specimens

(b) place where fresh plants are kept to attract visitors

(c) sheets in which different dried plant specimens pressed against the papers are stored for taxonomical study

(d) a devotional place where people offer their prayers for the sacred trees

This question was posed to me in a job interview.

The doubt is from Living World in division The Living World of Biology – Class 11

Answer 1

The correct choice is (c) sheets in which different dried plant specimens pressed against the papers are stored for taxonomical study

Easiest explanation: Herbarium sheets are used to preserve dried plant specimens that are pressed against the sheets and are helpful in taxonomical study. Also these are one of the most familiar taxonomical aids used by taxonomists.