Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below:
Column I | Column II | ||
I. | Low-calorie sweetener | 1. | Brassica napus |
II. | Hirudin | 2. | Pentadiplandra |
III. | Single-cell protein | 3. | Bt |
IV. | Bioinsecticide | 4. | Spirulina |
Codes:
I | II | III | IV | |
1. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
2. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
3. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below.
Column I | Column II | ||
I. | Pusa Swarnim | 1. | Cauliflower |
II. | Pusa Shubhra | 2. | Brassica |
III. | Pusa Komal | 3. | Okra |
IV. | Pusa Sawani | 4. | Cowpea |
Codes:
I | II | III | IV | |
1. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
2. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
3. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
4. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Which one of the following is not a fungal disease?
1. | Rust of wheat | 2. | Smut of Bajra |
3. | Black rot of crucifers | 4. | Red rot of sugarcane |
In virus-infected plants, the meristematic tissues in both apical and axillary buds are free of the virus because:
1. | the dividing cells are virus resistant. |
2. | meristems have anti-viral compounds. |
3. | the cell division of meristems is faster than the rate of viral multiplication. |
4. | Viruses cannot multiply within meristem cell(s). |
Fungicides and antibiotics are chemicals that:
1. | enhance yield and disease resistance. |
2. | kill pathogenic fungi and bacteria, respectively. |
3. | kill all pathogenic microbes. |
4. | kill pathogenic bacteria and fungi, respectively. |
Lysine and tryptophan are:
1. proteins
2. non-essential amino acids
3. essential amino acids
4. aromatic amino acids.
To isolate protoplast, one needs:
1. pectinase
2. cellulase
3. both pectinase and cellulase
4. chitinase.
The sobriquet ‘Father of Green Revolution’ is used for:
1. | Norman Borlaug | 2. | M. S. Swaminathan |
3. | Gordon Conway | 4. | Elvin Stakman |
Plant tissue culture is based on:
1. | cellular totipotency | 2. | indeterminate growth |
3. | phenotypic plasticity | 4. | secondary growth |
Consider the given two statements:
I: | Somatic hybridization and cybridization have great potential for plant improvement. |
II: | Somatic hybridization through protoplast fusion provides the ability to combine parent genes in higher plants to overcome sexual incompatibility among plant species or genera. |
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