The World Food Prize is an international award recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world.
I. The prize was created by Norman Borlaug
II. The first prize was given to M. S. Swaminathan
1. Only I is correct
2. Only II is correct
3. Both I and II are correct
4. Both I and II are incorrect
 

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Consider the given two statements:
I. Mutation breeding uses the spontaneous mutations.
II. Spontaneous mutations occur at a very high rate in the gene pool of an organism.
1. Both I and II are correct and II explains I
2. Both I and II are correct but II does not explain I
3. I is correct but II is incorrect
4. Both I and II are incorrect
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Identify the incorrectly matched row:
Variety Crop Resistant to
1. Himgiri Wheat Leaf and stripe rust
2. Pusa sadabahar Chilli Chilli mosaic virus
3. Pusa Komal Flat bean Bacterial blight
4. Pusa sawani Okra Shoot and fruit borer

 
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It is possible to obtain virus-free plants from virus-infected plants using the technique of:
1. Embryo rescue
2. Meristem culture
3. Biofortification
4. Phytoremediation
 
Subtopic:  Plant Tissue Culture |
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Identify the correct statements:
 
I: Kalyan sona and Sonalika are semi-dwarf varieties of wheat.
II: aya and Ratna are varieties of rice developed in India.
III: Saccharum barberi had thicker stems and higher sugar content and did not grow well in North India
 
1. Only II
2. Only I and II
3. Only II and III
4. Only I and III
Subtopic:  Plant Breeding & Its Steps (OLD NCERT) |
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Somaclonal variation is the variation seen in plants that have been produced by:
1. Classical hybridization 2. Mutation breeding
3. Plant tissue culture 4. Genetic engineering
Subtopic:  Plant Tissue Culture |
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Arrange the steps of somatic hybridization in correct chronological order:
I. Protoplast fusion using electric shock (electrofusion) or chemical treatment.
II. The removal of the cell wall of one cell of each type of plant using cellulase enzyme to produce a somatic cell called a protoplast
III. The formation of the cell wall induced using hormones
IV. The cells are then grown into calluses which then are further grown to plantlets and finally to a full plant, known as a somatic hybrid.
1. I → II → III → IV
2. I → II → IV → III
3. II → I → III → IV
4. II → I → IV → III
 
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Mutation breeding has been used to create:
I. Mung bean variety resistant to yellow mosaic virus
II. Abelmoschus variety resistant to yellow mosaic virus
1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II
Subtopic:  Breeding for Disease Resistance (OLD NCERT) |
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Quality protein maize (QPM) is a family of maize varieties. QPM grain contains nearly twice as much amino acids that are limiting amino acids in grains. These amino acids are:
1. Lysine and tryptophan
2. Methionine and cysteine
3. Glutamic acid and aspartic acid
4. Threonine and tyrosine
 
Subtopic:  Insect & Pest Resistance (OLD NCERT) | Plant Breeding for Quality (OLD NCERT) |
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Identify the scientist, popularly known as Father of Wheat Revolution, and who was instrumental in developing ‘PV 18’ in 1966 and the most popular amber grained wheat variety ‘Kalyansona’ in 1967?
1. Gurdev Khush
2. M. S. Swaminathan
3. Dilbagh Singh Athwal
4. Chidambaram Subramaniam
 
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