A plant disease not caused by a fungal pathogen will be:

1. Brown rust of wheat 2. Black rot of crucifers
3. Red rot of sugarcane 4. Late blight of potato
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Identify the option where all columns are correctly matched:

 

Crop

Variety

Resistant to

1.

Rapeseed mustard

Pusa Sawani

Shoot and fruit borer

2.

Chilli

Himgiri

Chilli mosaic virus

3.

Cauliflower

Pusa Shubhra

Bacterial blight

4.

Flat bean

Pusa Sem 2

Aphids

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In north India, a sugarcane farmer would be best advised to grow:

1. Saccharum barberi
2. Saccharum officinarum
3. A hybrid of Saccharum barberi and Saccharum officinarum
4. A hybrid of Saccharum officinarum and a grass Aegilops squarrosa
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Methylophilus methylotrophus is a source of:

1. Bioinsecticide 2. Single cell protein
3. Thrombolytic 4. Clotting factors
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Identify the incorrectly matched pair:

Column I Column II
1. Sonalika and Kalyan Sona Improved varieties of wheat
2. Jaya and Ratna Improved varieties of maize
3 Saccharum Barberi Poor sugar content and yield
4. Saccharum officinarum High sugar content and thick stems
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The most important species of honeybee reared in India is:

1. Apis indica 2. Apis mellifera
3. Apis dorsata 4. Apis florea
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Practically all hybrids of poultry and swine are produced by:
1. crossing inbred stocks
2. introduction of exotic breeds
3. crossing genetically similar parents
4. mutation breeding

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Consider the following statements:

I: Self-pollination or selfing is the extreme form of inbreeding.
II: Loss of vigor associated with inbreeding is inbreeding depression.
III: Self-pollinated crops do not usually show the ill effects of inbreeding.

The correct statements are:

1. Only I and II
2. Only I and III
3. Only II and III
4. I, II and III

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In mung bean, resistance to yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew was introduced by:

1. Agrobacterium mediation 2. Somatic hybridization
3. Micropropagation 4. Mutation breeding
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Consider the two statements:

I: Inbreeding is an important strategy in animal breeding experiments.
II: It exposes recessive harmful genes that are eliminated by selection.
 
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. Only I is correct.
4. Both I and II are incorrect.
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