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1. Seed drill is used to

a.remove the weeds

b.sow the seeds

c.mix manure in the soil.

d.remove the pest

2. Which Mango variety is suitable for high density planting?

a.Amrapali

b.Sindhu

c.Mallika

d.Ambika

3. Seed drill is used for

a.sowing

b.cleaning the seed

c.harvesting

d.weeding

4. The fruit of banana is botanically a/an

a.Pepo

b.Drupe

c.Berry

d.Pome

5. Barometer is used to measure:

a.Air flow

b.Wind pressure

c.Rainfall

d.Atmospheric pressure

6. Which of the following is an antifungal and an antibiotic

a.Pimarcin

b.Nisin

c.Subtilin

d.Zeatin

7. Soil replacement can be done by

a.Legumes growth

b.Vermicomposting

c.Crop rotation

d.All

8. Which type of farming is known as Slash and Burn to farm?

a.Commerical

b.Primitive subsistence

c.Intensive subsistence

d.Plantation

9. What is in the semen tank to preserve the semen?

a.salt

b.liquid nitrogen

c.Hydrogen

d.xenon

10. Initiation of milk secretion is called–

a.Galactogenesis

b.Lactogenesis

c.Galactopiosis

d.None

11. Mating of the related individual with 4-6 generation is known as–

a.Inbreeding

b.Linebreeding

c.Outcrossing

d.Close breeding

12. Maltose is a__

a.Non-reducing sugar.

b.Reducing sugar.

c.None of the above.

d.Either a or b.

13. Who gave the double-helical structure of DNA?

a.Watson and Francis Crick

b.Mendel

c.Frederick Sanger

d.Anton van Leeuwenhoek

14. Genetically modified crops include:

a.Bt- brinjal

b.Golden rice

c.Bt- cotton

d.All

15. What lubricant is used in artificial insemination?

a.Vaseline

b.Bag Balm

c.K-Y jelly or Vet Lube

d.Saliva

16. Separating grains from chaff is called:

a.harvesting.

b.fallow

c.threshing

d.winnowing

17. Which is an acceptable method to thaw the semen?

a.In the air

b.in a warm water bath

c.Microwave

d.on the sidewalk

18. A bacterial nucleus is always __________

a.Triploid.

b.Haploid.

c.Diploid

d.Tetraploid.

19. Prokaryotic cells are more resistant to osmotic shock than eukaryotic cells because

a.They block water molecules from entering the cell

b.Their cell wall is composed of peptidoglycan

c.They contain Osmo regulating porins

d.They are selectively permeable

20. “Pusa Nanha” dwarf variety of Papaya is developed through _________

a.Mutation

b.Heterosi

c.Selection

d.Hybridization

21. The plant roots containing nitrogen fixing bacteria are:

a.maize

b.Onion

c.potato

d.pea

22. Pollination in Mango is mainly

a.House fly

b.Wind

c.Honey bees

d.Weevil

23. Heavy rain cloud is called:

a.Cirrostratus

b.Cirrus

c.Nimbostratus

d.Altostratus

24. Angle formed by attached of a branch to the trunk

a.Corona

b.Conn

c.Crotch

d.Crown

25. High Water Use Efficiency (WUE)

a.All of the above

b.Drip

c.Sprinkler

d.Flood irrigation

26. The soil matter formed by decayed organic matter is called

a.fertilizer

b.humus

c.pesticide

d.Biocide

27. HQ of International Society for Horticulture Science (ISHS) is at ________

a.France

b.USA

c.Brazil

d.Belgium

28. Who is the father of agricultural biochemistry?

a.Paul Berg

b.Emil Fischer

c.Liebig

d.Roger D. Kornberg

29. If a person is having cattle artificially inseminated, they are doing what?

a.Giving good nutrition

b.Having the cow bred

c.Dehorning

d.Healing an illness

30. Which one of the following is structural protein?

a.Myoglobin

b.Elastin

c.Insulin

d.Collagen

31. Kharif crops are sowed in the

a.Rainy

b.Autum

c.Summer

d.Winter

32. Which of the following is a gram-positive eubacterium?

a.Clostridium

b.Actinomyces

c.Rhizobium

d.Clostridium, Actinomyces

33. Polyploidy variety of Mango

a.Kurukkan

b.Olour

c.All of the above

d.Vellaicollamban

34. “Queen of Nuts” is called ________

a.Almond

b.Walnut

c.Date palm

d.Peanut

35. Who is the discoverer of nucleic acid?

a.F. Miescher

b.Chargaff

c.F. Jones

d.Marshall

36. Plantation is known ___ type of farming

a.Commercial

b.Mixed

c.Extensive

d.Intensive

37. Lipids are essential for absorption of.

a.Both a and b

b.Vitamin C

c.Vitamin A

d.Vitamin D

38. Cattle plague another name for–

a.Cowpox

b.FMD

c.Rinderpest

d.Anthrax

39. The reactions of monosaccharides are due to the presence of.

a.Keto (C=O) groups

b.All of the above

c.Free aldehyde (-CHO)

d.Hydroxyl (-OH)

40. Rabi crop is harvested in

a.October

b.September

c.March

d.January

41. Which is the polymer of glucose?

a.Cellulose

b.Both a and b

c.Protein

d.Amino acid

42. Which one is the carbohydrate that can’t be hydrolyzed further

a.Oligosaccharides.

b.All of the above.

c.Monosaccharides.

d.Polysaccharides.

43. Most cultivated crop of India is:

a.Wheat

b.Pulses

c.Rice

d.Jowar

44. Journal “Indian Horticulture” is published by _________

a.ICAR

b.IIHR

c.IARI

d.IGKV

45. Most abundant and basic Auxin is _________

a.IAA

b.2-4 D

c.1BA

d.NAA

46. Disease free plants in micro propagation can be obtained through _________

a.Cell culture

b.Meristem culture

c.Embryo culture

d.Another culture

47. Which of the following are disadvantages of artificial insemination.

a.crossbreeding

b.improved management

c.genetic improvement

d.estrus detection

48. Which of these is part of an insemination rod?

a.Slycobut

b.Elastrator

c.Pipette

d.Delaval

49. How soon can a cow be rebred if the semen does not stick?

a.30 days

b.90 days

c.10 days

d.21 days

50. Protray are related to _________

a.Nursery

b.Transport

c.Post-harvest

d.Processing

51. Example of monocotyledons:

a.Groundnut

b.Rose

c.Corn

d.Sunflower

52. Which one of the enlisted is not a cash crop

a.Jute

b.Jowar

c.Groundnut

d.Sugarcane

53. The main basis for separation of mycoplasmas from true bacteria is ________

a.Presence of cell.

b.Absence of true cell wall.

c.Presence of a true cell wall.

d.Absence of cell.

54. Which of the following is true about phosphodiester linkage?

a.5’-phosphate group of one nucleotide unit is joined to the 3’-hydroxyl group of the next nucleotide

b.3’-phosphate group of one nucleotide unit is joined to the 5’-hydroxyl group of the next nucleotide

c.5’-phosphate group of one nucleotide unit is joined to the 5’-hydroxyl group of the next nucleotide

d.3’-phosphate group of one nucleotide unit is joined to the 3’-hydroxyl group of the next nucleotide

55. Which of these bacterial components is least likely to contain useful antigens?

a.Cell wall

b.Flagella

c.Capsule

d.Ribosomes

56. The agricultural instrument used for removal of weed is

a.seed drill

b.sickle

c.khurpi

d.Plough

57. Which is a saturated fatty acid.

a.Lauric acid

b.Linoleic acid

c.Oleic acid

d.None of the above

58. Father of green revolution in India

a.Norman Borlaug

b.M.S. Swaminathan

c.G Paul

d.Van Neil

59. Making an incision below a bud to retard its growth

a.Nicking

b.Thinning

c.Notching

d.Ringing

60. “King of Arid Fruits” is called ________

a.Ber

b.Phalsa

c.Aonla

d.Pomegranate

61. Chromosome number of Mangosteen

a.2x = 24

b.2x = 34

c.2x = 14

d.2x = 40

62. The shape of prokaryotic cells is governed by

a.The chemical composition of cell walls.

b.of the above.

c.The presence of a cell wall.

d.Absence of cell wall.

63. “King of Fruits” is called _________

a.Mango

b.Guava

c.Citrus

d.Apple

64. “King of Temperate Fruits” is called _________

a.Kiwi Fruit

b.Pear

c.Apple

d.Peach

65. Which is known as golden fiber?

a.Jute

b.Wool

c.Silk

d.Cotton

66. Winnowing is a method of separating:

a.none of these

b.soil from grain

c.soil from chaff

d.grain from chaff

67. Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?

a.Millets

b.Sesamum

c.Jowar

d.Pulses

68. In area of high population pressure on land, what type of farming can be performed

a.Extensive subsistence farming

b.Commercial farming

c.Intensive subsistence framing

d.Primitive subsistence farming

69. Which of the following is the reason for liquid state of water at room temperature:

a.Vander Waals forces of attraction

b.Hydrogen bonds between water molecules

c.Covalent bond

d.Noncovalent interactions

70. “King of Nuts” is called _________

a.Walnut

b.Date palm

c.Peanut

d.Almond

71. Pusa Majestic is a variety of ________

a.Citrus

b.Mango

c.Guava

d.Papaya

72. Production of _____ pressure is the cause of monsoon in Indian continent:

a.Medium

b.Low

c.High

d.All of the above

73. What is parthenocarpy?

a.None of the above

b.Fruits develop after fertilization

c.Fruit remains underdeveloped

d.Fruits develop without fertilization

74. Which of the following is diagnosed by serologic means?

a.Pulmonary tuberculosis

b.Q-fever

c.Actinomycosis

d.Gonorrhea

75. BHC (Benzene hexachloride) is a

a.weedicide

b.fungicide

c.pesticides

d.fertilizer

76. Rhizobium bacteria fix atmospheric

a.carbon dioxide

b.oxygen

c.nitrogen

d.hydrogen

77. Monosaccharides may also be

a.reducing.

b.all are reducing.

c.None of the above.

d.non-reducing.

78. “Fruit of the 21st century” is called _________

a.Bael

b.Jamun

c.Aonla

d.Ber

79. Germination of seed while it still remains attached with the parent source

a.Apomixis

b.Ovipary

c.Asepsis

d.Vivipary

80. The net reaction in the transformation of glucose to pyruvate is

a.Glucose + 2 Pi + 2ADP + 2 NAD+ → 3 pyruvate + 2 ATP + 2 NADH + 2 H+ + H↓2O.

b.Glucose + 2 Pi + 2ADP + 2 NAD+ → 2 pyruvate + 2 ATP + 2 NADH + 4 H+ + H↓2O.

c.Glucose + 4 Pi + 2ADP + 2 NAD+ → 2 pyruvate + 2 ATP + 2 NADH + 2 H+ + H↓2O

d.Glucose + 2 Pi + 2ADP + 2 NAD+ → 2 pyruvate + 2 ATP + 2 NADH + 2 H+ + H↓2O.

81. Nucleoside is.

a.It is Deoxyribose sugar

b.None of the above

c.It is a nitrogenous base

d.Both a and b

82. Detrimental effect of host plant on the biology of insect is known as _________

a.Tolerance

b.Non preference

c.Antibiosis

d.Resistance

83. The association of endotoxin in gram-negative bacteria is due to the presence of

a.Peptidoglycan

b.Steroids

c.Polypeptide

d.Lipopolysaccharides

84. ‘On the Origin of Species’ is written by….

a.Jeon Bakker

b.Meindent Boon

c.Mendel

d.Charles Darwin

85. The process of loosening of the soil is called

a.tilling

b.weeding

c.harvesting

d.spraying

86. Which test is used for testing the significance of mean differences?

a.t-test

b.k2-test

c.z-test

d.f-test

87. The most plant pathogenic members in fluorescents group belong to

a.Pseudomonas syringae.

b.Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

c.Pseudomonas flavescens.

d.Pseudomonas citronellolis.

88. “Queen of Fruits” is called __________

a.Mango

b.Ber

c.Mangosteen

d.Avocado

89. Which of the following chemical is used for polyploidy breeding

a.Colchicine

b.MH

c.CCC

d.NAA

90. Example of highly hygroscopic fertilizer is:

a.Sodium nitrate

b.Ammonium sulfate

c.Calcium ammonium nitrate

d.Urea

91. What is albedo:

a.Some parts are absorbed and some are reflected

b.Energy received by the Earth from Sun and absorbed

c.It is received by the Earth from Sun and reflected back to space

d.None of the above

92. Colostrum feeding necessary for–

a.All

b.Disease resistance

c.Increasing protein

d.Easy to digest

93. India is known as home of _________

a.Spices and Medicinal

b.Flowers

c.Fruits

d.Vegetables

94. Chromosome number of Mango

a.4x = 40

b.x = 40

c.2x = 40

d.3x = 40

95. Polyploid plants can emerge immediately in nature by:

a.Fusion of unreduced gametes

b.Meiotic failure

c.All of the above

d.Mitotic failure

96. The variability among bacteria may be caused by genetic changes as a result of the ________

a.Transduction.

b.All of the above.

c.Transformation.

d.Conjugation.

97. Aberdeen Black Angus is a breed of ___________ cattle?

a.4H

b.dairy

c.dual purpose

d.beef

98. IMD stands for:

a.Indian Meteorology Department.

b.India’s Meteorological Department.

c.Indian’s Meteorology Department

d.India Meteorological Department.

99. Which chemical is used for de-greening of fruit?

a.Cytokinin

b.IBA

c.Ethylene

d.Gibberellic Acid

100. How are controlled breeding experiments carried out?

a.Inbreeding

b.Artificial insemination

c.Interspecific hybridisation

d.Out-crossing

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