Classical plant breeding involves:

1. Hybridisation of pure lines

2. Domestication

3. Tissue culture

4. Using molecular genetic tools

Resistance to yellow mosaic virus in Abelmoschus esculentus was transferred from a wild species and a new variety was produced, which is called:

1. Pusa sawani

2. Pusa A-4

3. Parbhani kranti

4. Himgiri

High aspartic acid, low nitrogen and sugar content in maize lead to resistance in maize against:

1. Aphids

2. Stem borers

3. Jassids

4. Stem sawfly

Select the incorrect statement with respect to Atlas 66:

1. A wheat variety having high protein content

2. Used as a donor for improving cultivated wheat

3. Is a variety of mexican dwarf wheat

4. Has been used for biofortification

Find the mis-match:

1. Explant - Plant part used for tissue culture

2. Somaclones - Variations produced during micropropagation

3. Callus - Undifferentiated mass of cells

4. Totipotency- Capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell

To induce follicular maturation and super-ovulation, a cow is administered a hormone with activity like:

1. FSH

2. LH

3. Estrogen

4. Progesterone

Which of the following is a freshwater edible fish?

1. Hilsa

2. Mackerel

3. Pomfret

4. Common carp

The reduced biological fitness in a given population as a result of breeding of related individuals is called as:

1.Heterosis

2.Heterozygote advantage

3 Inbreeding depression

4.Saltation

In MOET, the fertilized eggs at 8 – 32 cells stage is transferred to the surrogate rather than the genetic mother because:

1 The surrogate chosen is of a different breed from the genetic mother

2.The surrogate mother is of a younger age

3.The genetic mother is available for another round of super ovulation

4.The genetic mother is of an inferior breed

Germplasm collection is in the form of

1. Seeds

2. Whole plant

3. Tissue

4. All of these