MPSC Rajyaseva 2013 GS Paper 1 — Question 34
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वनस्पतीपासून मिळविलेल्या सजीवांमध्ये सक्रीय असणाऱ्या संयुगाची यादी : (a) निकोटीन - तंबाखू वनस्पतीपासून (b) निबीडाईन - कडू लिंबापासून (c) रोटीनोनी - डेरिस झुलिप्टापासून (d) पायरीथ्रम - क्रायसॅथमम सिनक्रैफोलीअमपासून अदिम लोकांनी वनस्पतीचे सार काढून, सजीवांमध्ये सक्रीय असणारे संयुग मिळविले व त्याचा वापर मासे स्तभीत करण्यासाठी केला? यासाठी वरीलपैकी कोणता पर्याय बरोबर आहे? List of bioactive compounds obtained from plants : (a) Nicotine - from tobacco plant (b) Nibidine - from neem plant (c) Rotenone - from derris elliptica (d) Pyrethrum - from chrysanthemum cincrariefolium The bioactive compound extracted from plant was used by primitive people for paralysing the fish. Which of the above options was resorted to by them?
Rotenone, extracted from the roots of Derris elliptica, is a natural bioactive compound historically used by indigenous peoples as a piscicide to stun or paralyze fish for easy catching.
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