| 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 |
| I: | Mules are mostly infertile. |
| II: | Mule is the hybrid of a male donkey and a female horse. |
| 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 |
| 1. | Brown rust of wheat | Fungus |
| 2. | Black rot of crucifers | Bacterium |
| 3. | Tobacco mosaic | Virus |
| 4. | Root knot of tobacco | Annelid |
| COLUMN I | COLUMN II | ||
| A | Golden rice | P | High protein wheat |
| B | Atlas 66 | Q | Vitamin A enriched |
| C | Pusa Komal | R | Resistant to Bacterial Blight |
| D | Pusa Gaurav | S | Resistant to Aphids |
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1. | Q | P | S | R |
| 2. | Q | P | R | S |
| 3. | P | Q | R | S |
| 4. | P | Q | S | R |
| Assertion: | Apiculture has been an age-old cottage industry |
| Reason: | It is an activity that can be carried on in people's homes |
| 1. | Both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion |
| 2. | Both assertion and reason are true but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion |
| 3. | Assertion is true but reason is false |
| 4. | Both assertion and reason are false |
| Assertion (A): | Selection of good breeds is the most important task when setting up a dairy farm for cattle. |
| Reason (R): | Milk yield is primarily dependent on the quality of breeds in the farm. |
| 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. |
| 1. | Mung bean | Resistance to powdery mildew transferred from a wild species |
| 2. | Atlas 66 | Protein enriched wheat |
| 3. | Golden rice | Vitamin A enriched rice |
| 4. | Pusa sadabahar | Chilli variety resistant to chilli mosaic virus |
| 1. | Golden rice | Vitamin A enriched |
| 2. | Parbhani kranti | Resitance to yellow mosaic virus transferred from a wild species |
| 3. | Jaya and Ratna | Semi-dwarf rice varieties |
| 4. | Sonalika and kalyan Sona | Varieties of sugarcane grown in south India |
Which scientist, given in Column I, is not correctly matched with the contribution given in Column II?
| Column I | Column II | |
| 1. | Norman Borlaug | Blue revolution |
| 2. | Florey and Chain | Established penicillin for commercial use |
| 3. | Cohen and Boyer | Recombinant DNA technology |
| 4. | Fred Sanger | Human genome sequencing |