Q. No.Consider the following two statements:
I:
An effective germplasm collection is the prerequisite of any successful plant breeding programme.
II:
Genetic variability is the root of any breeding programme.
1. Both I and II are true and II explains I.
2. Both I and II are true but II does not explain I.
3. I is true but II is false.
4. I is false but II is true.
2. Both I and II are true but II does not explain I.
3. I is true but II is false.
4. I is false but II is true.
Before releasing new cultivars in plant breeding programs, their testing includes all the following except:
| 1. | growing these in the research fields and recording their performance under ideal fertiliser application, irrigation, and other crop management practices. |
| 2. | testing the materials in farmers’ fields, for one growing season at selected locations in the country |
| 3. | comparison to the best available local crop cultivar – a check or reference cultivar |
| 4. | taking care of all patent and legal issues |
Identify the option where the Crop [Column I], Variety [Column II], and Resistance to diseases [Column III] are not correctly matched:
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CROP |
VARIETY |
RESISTANCE TO |
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1. |
Wheat |
Himgiri |
Leaf and stripe rust |
|
2. |
Brassica |
Karan rai |
White rust |
|
3. |
Cowpea |
PusaShubhra |
Bacterial blight |
|
4. |
Chilli |
PusaSadabahar |
Mosaic virus |
Identify incorrectly matched pair:
|
Crop |
Variety |
|
|
1. |
Brassica |
Pusa Swarnim |
|
2. |
Okra |
Pusa Gaurav |
|
3. |
Chilli |
Pusa Sadabahar |
|
4. |
Cauliflower |
Pusa Shubhra |
The Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, has released several vegetable crops that are rich in vitamins and minerals. Identify the incorrectly matched:
| 1. | vitamin A enriched: carrots, spinach, pumpkin; |
| 2. | vitamin C enriched: bitter gourd, bathua, mustard, tomato; |
| 3. | iron and calcium enriched: spinach and bathua; |
| 4. | Omega fatty acids enriched: beans - broad, lablab, French and garden peas. |
The plantlets produced during plant tissue culture are called somaclones because:
| 1. | They can be produced in a very short span of time |
| 2. | They are the result of the somatic hybridization of two cells |
| 3. | The gametes develop parthenogenetically to produce genetically identical plantlets |
| 4. | They are genetically identical to the original plant from which they were grown |
Consider the following statements regarding bird flu:
| I: | Viruses causing bird flu belong to Influenza virus A strain |
| II: | The most pathogenic strain of this virus causing bird flu is H1N1 |
| III: | Culling and vaccinating livestock is a short term strategy to prevent flu pandemic. |
| IV: | A human vaccine is available to control the spread of disease in human populations. |
Of the above statements, the correct are:
| 1. | I and III only | 2. | II and IV only |
| 3. | I, III and IV only | 4. | I, II, III and IV |
Hisardale is a new breed of:
| 1. | Sheep developed by crossing Bikaneri ewes and Marino rams. |
| 2. | Sheep developed by crossing Bikaneri rams and Marino ewes. |
| 3. | Goat developed by crossing Bikaneri ewes and Marino rams. |
| 4. | Goat developed by crossing Bikaneri rams and Marino ewes. |
Which of the following is not correctly matched?
| 1. | Green revolution - A significant increase in agricultural productivity resulting from the introduction of high-yield varieties of grains, the use of pesticides, and improved management techniques. |
| 2. | White revolution – Also called as Operation Flood, it refers to a significant increase in milk production which made India the largest milk producer in the world. |
| 3. | Blue revolution - Management of water resources that can steer humanity to achieve drinking water and crop irrigation security. |
| 4. | Pisciculture - The farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, and even plants. |
Arrange the following steps of a plant breeding program in a correct chronological manner:
| I. | Selection and testing of superior recombinants |
| II. | Collection of variability |
| III. | Cross hybridisation among the selected parents |
| IV. | Evaluation and selection of parents |
| V. | Testing, release, and commercialisation of new cultivars |
| 1. | II, IV, I, III, V | 2. | IV, I, II, III, V |
| 3. | II, IV, III, I, V | 4. | IV, III, II, I, V |
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