Match each item in COLUMN I with one in COLUMN II and select the correct match from the codes given:
COLUMN I COLUMN II
A IR- 8 P Rive variety from Taiwan
B Taichung Native 1 Q Hybrid variety of garden peas in India
C P 1542 R Rive variety developed at IRRI Philippines
D Ratna S Semi dwarf variety of rice developed in India
 
Codes:
A B C D
1. R P Q S
2. R P S Q
3. P R Q S
4. P R S Q

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Tissue culture technique can produce an infinite number of new plants from a small parental tissue. The economic importance of the technique is in raising:
1. genetically uniform population identical to the original parent
2. homozygous diploid plants
3. development of new species
4. variants through picking up somaclonal variations
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Which of the following statements is not true about somatic embryogenesis?
 
1. The pattern of development of a somatic embryo is comparable to that of a zygotic embryo
2. Somatic embryos can develop from microspores
3. Somatic embryo is induced usually by an auxin such as 2, 4–D
4. A somatic embryo develops from a somatic cell

 
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Assertion (A): Inbreeding increases homozygosity.
Reason (R): Inbreeding exposes harmful recessive genes that are eliminated by selection
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
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Assertion (A): A cow is administered hormone with FSH –like activity under the programme called MOET for herd improvement.
Reason (R): FSH suppresses follicular maturation and super ovulation
1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
3. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
4. Both (A) and (R) are false.
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All the following diseases in plants are caused by a fungal pathogen except:
1. Rust of wheat
2. Smut of bajra
3. Black rot of crucifers
4. Red rot of sugarcane
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In mung bean, mutations were used to induce resistance to:
I: yellow mosaic virus
II: powdery mildew
1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II
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Marine fishes that are eaten include all the following except:
1. Common carp
2. Sardines
3. Mackerel
4. Pomfrets
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Inbreeding is important in animal husbandry because it:
1. increases vigour
2. improves the breed
3. increases heterozygosity
4. increases homozygosity
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What are the desirable traits in sugarcane for a farmer?

1. Thin stem, long internodes, high sugar content and disease resistant
2. Thick stem, long internodes, high sugar content and disease resistant
3. Thick stem, short internodes, high sugar content, disease resistant
4. Thick stem, low sugar content and disease susceptible
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