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Food Production and Breeding (AIPVT)

Food Production and Breeding (AIPVT)

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Cooking oil can be extracted from which of the following?

  1. Rice
  2. Black gram
  3. Soybean
  4. Pea
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Why was the Green Revolution program started?

  1. To increase the forest land
  2. To increase the pastures
  3. To increase the food production
  4. To propagate vegetarianism
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The increase in food production from 54-92 to 150-47 million tonnes in 1985-86 was due to

  1. increased agricultural area
  2. use of fertilisers and management of means of irrigation
  3. use of improved varieties
  4. All of the above
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How should the seeds be treated before sowing?

  1. They should be properly dried.
  2. They should be properly moistened.
  3. They should be germinated in vitro.
  4. They should be soaked in water for three days.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The plants belonging to the family Liliaceae are generally grown by

  1. seed sowing
  2. grafting
  3. tissue culture
  4. scaling
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is an elite plant?

  1. Best hybrid plant
  2. Mother plant
  3. Most beautiful plant
  4. A plant which bears flowers of both the sexes
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

During which of the following methods are Bulbils produced?

  1. Seed sowing
  2. Tissue culture
  3. Vegetative propagation
  4. Scaling
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the cultivation medium required for tissue culture called?

  1. Nutrient Broth
  2. Basal medium
  3. Potato dextrose broth (PDB)
  4. Sabrauds agar
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

At which stage of tissue culture technique does callus development start taking place?

  1. Differentiation stage
  2. Multiplication stage
  3. Initiation stage
  4. Selection stage
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The condition which favours growth of callus is

  1. 25+/-2oC dark
  2. 25+/-2oC light
  3. 45+/-2oC dark
  4. 45+/-2oC light
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Chlorine water acts as a __________ in tissue culture.

  1. sterilising agent
  2. disinfectant
  3. sterilising agent and disinfectant
  4. mordant
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The plant hormones which can induce differentiation in callus are

  1. auxin + gibberellin
  2. auxin + cytokinin
  3. cytokinin + gibberellin
  4. auxin + ABA
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the light requirement for tissue culturing when the plants become capable of photosynthesis?

  1. 2000-3000 lux
  2. 3000-5000 lux
  3. 5000-7000 lux
  4. Dark
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Tissue culture medium is sterilised by

  1. UV-radiation
  2. filter sterilisation
  3. autoclaving
  4. dry heat
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A major salt which is present only in MS basal medium is

  1. KH2PO4
  2. (NH4)2SO4
  3. NH4H2PO4
  4. CaCl2.2H2O
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