Kalyan Sona has which of the following additional advantage?

(1) High yielding

(2) Disease resistant

(3) Both A and B

(4) Draught resistant

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Semi dwarf varieties of rice were derived

(1) From IR-7

(2) From IR-8

(3) From IR-5

(4) From IR-9

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Which of the following is better yielding Rice varieties?

(1) Jaya and Kalyan sona

(2) Sonalika and Ratna

(3) Jaya and Ratna

(4) All of these

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Semi-dwarf rice varieties were developed at

(1) International Rice Research Institute, Philippines

(2) International Rice Research Institute, Mexico

(3) International Rice Research Institute, Taiwan

(4) International Rice Research institute, India

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The rice variety Taichung Native -1 was also used for semi dwarf variety production and it was from

(1) IR-8

(2) Sonalika

(3) Taiwan

(4) China

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Which of the following belongs to north India?

(1) Sacchaurm barberi

(2) Saccharum officinarum

(3) Saccharum northien

(4) Saccharum esturian

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Saccharum barberi has not

(1) Poor sugar content

(2) Poor yield

(3) Thick stem

(4) Grown in North India

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Saccharum officinarum has not

(1) Grown well in South India

(2) Had thicker stem

(3) Higher sugar content

(4) Grown well in North India

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Which of the following hybrid millet is not grown in India?

(1) Hybrid Maize

(2) Hybrid Jowar

(3) Hybrid Bajra

(4) Hybrid sugarcane

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Which of the following is not correct?

(1) A wide range of fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens affect the yield of cultivated crop species especially in tropical climates

(2) Crop losses can often be significant up to 20-30% or even 100%

(3) Hybrid breeding have led to the development of several high yielding varieties resistant to water stress

(4) The disease resistant varieties increase our dependence on use of fungicides and bacteriocides.

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