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Subject: Horticulture
Memory Based Questions (ARS/NET 2012)
1. The oil cakes used for animal feed should be rich in Protein content.
2. Root knot nematodes are Endoparasite.
3. The total root parasite is Orobanche.
4. The seed act enacted during 1966.
5. The headquater of ISTA (International Seed Testing Association) located at
Basserdorf, Switzerland.
6. The largest and second largest fruit and vegetable producing countries are China and
India.
7. Convection of biodiversity during 1993.
8. Biodiversity act 2002.
9. National Bio-diversity Authority located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
10. National Remote Sensing Agency is located at Hyderabad.
11. The final committee for approval of GM crops in India is GEAC.
12. The number of species in Indian biodiversity is 15000.
13. Chairman of planning commission is always Prime Minister.
14. First secretary of DARE and DG of ICAR is B. P. Pal.
15. The “fenny” is product prepared from Cashew.
16. If repeated seed produced from certified seed, what is tag colour
17. The queen for genetics studies is Fruit fly (Drosophila).
18. Caryopsis type of fruit found in Poaceae family.
19. Rice grain is deficient in Lysine.
20.
Quality protein maize enriched by Lysine and
Tryptophan
was
developed
by
Dr. Surinder Vasal and Dr. Evangelina Villegas.
21. ICARDA is located at Aleppo, Syria.
22. Isoproturon is used as herbicide.
23. Directorate of plant protection is located at Faridabad.
24. Reclamation of acidic soil is done by Lime.
25. The vegetable containing compound act against cancer is Broccoli.
26. The edible part of Jackfruit is Perianths.
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27. The test for goodness of fit is Chi-square test.
28. If the treatments are 8 and replications are 4, treatment degrees of freedom will be 7.
29. In CGMS the hybrid seeds are harvested from Line A.
30. IBPGR is now renamed as Biodiversity International.
31. Protection of new plant varieties comes under UPOV.
32. Royal commission on agriculture submitted report on seed production during 1928.
33. Methane is how much 21 times harmful compare carbon dioxide.
34. Which one of the following is not correctly matched: CPCRI-Shimla; NBPGR-New Delhi; IIVR- Varanasi; IIHR- Bangalore.
35. IIPR is located at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
36. Barley is highly drought tolerant crop.
37. Bones are rich in phosphorus.
38. The artificial chimeras are discovered by
39. DNA is absent in Golgi bodies.
40. Germplasm theory was proposed by Weismann.
41. The Sodium is not essential for plant growth.
42. The highest wheat producing state in 2010-11 is Uttar Pradesh.
43. If 30g of zinc sulphate is dissolved in 1 litre the solution will be of 30,000 ppm.
44. The department which gives license for importing seed material for research purpose is
45. Soyabean is widely grown GM crop globally compare to other crops.
46. Which soil type is not suitable for crop cultivation (II/III/IV/V).
47. World environment day is on 5th June.
48. Crop plant mostly uses Nitrate (NO3) form of nitrogen.
49. ARS started in year 1975.
50. India is largest producer of Mango.
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51. The disease resistance in vegetable is incorporated by Backcross breeding.
52. The single seeded cucurbit is Chow-chow.
53. The single seeded perennial cucurbit is Chow-chow.
54. Arka Manik variety of water melon is resistant to Powdery Mildew.
55. The seed act enforced during 1966.
56. Heterostyly is observed in Brinjal.
57. The “AmA1” gene from amaranths is transferred for enrichment of potato.
58. The long day conditions required by chrysanthemum for optimum vegetative growth.
59. Golden Rod belongs to family Asteraceae (Compositae).
60. “Gulmhendi” is common name of Balsam.
61. Travellers tree/Palm is scientifically known as Ravenala madagascariensis
62. The rose variety developed in India but patented by USA is Mohini.
63. Medicinal plant used to control of dysentery
64. Isolation distance for breeder seed production in cauliflower is 1600 m.
65. Arka Lalima and Arka Kirtiman are hybrid varieties of Onion.
66. Golden cyst nematode of potato is confined to Nilgiri region.
67. “Parimullai” is a variety of Jasminum auriculatum.
68. Triangular system of planting also referred as Isolateral triangle.
69. Hexagonal system of planting accommodates 15% more plants compare to square.
70. Every 3 plant in every 3 row should be Pollinizer in deciduous crops.
71. The following is not principle of garden (Colour/Harmony/Balance/Rhythm).
72. Arka Keshar and Arka Dheeraj are varieties of Gladiolus.
73. KAU developed, Pineapple variety "Amritha", this hybrid is a derivative of the cross between Kew and Ripley Queen. (First hybrid pineapple developed in India.)
74. Thompson seedless variety is developed by
75. Black colour varieties of grapes are rich in Anti-oxidants.
76. Ascorbic acid act as
77. High TSS always indicates High sweetness.
78. Scooping is done in cauliflower.
79. Cabbage yellow is due Fusarium wilt.
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80. DSH-1 and DSH-2 varieties developed from cross between Kallipatti x Cricket ball.
81. Phyllanthody in Aonla means
82. Brown core is storage disorder of Pome fruits.
83. Eriobotrya japonica is scientific name of Loquat.
84. Removing of branches, stem and canes from base are called Bulk Pruning.
85. The Ficus elastica plant propagated by air-layering.
86. Lord Buddha believed to born under Ashoka (Saraca indica).
87. Soft aril in pomegranate is due to Soft testa.
88. The cracking mostly occurs in Aril fruit crops.
89. Amygladin is present Almond.
90. The cucurbit having white colour flower is Bottle gourd.
91. Vivipary is found in Coconut.
92. YVMV in okra is transmitted by White fly.
93. Gamboge is a disorder of Mangosteen.
94. Rasthali cultivar of banana belongs to genome AAB.
95. The vegetable requirement by adult is 300g/day.
96. Pungency in garlic is due to Diallyl Disulphide.
97. Apple contains Mallic acid.
98. Carrot belongs to family Umbellifereae.
99. The scientific name of celery is Apium graveolens.
100. Cassava contains Hydrogen cyanide.
101. The higher export earning vegetable is Onion.
102. In beet root pollination is by Wind.
103. In pea whole pod is edible because Lack of parchment in pods.
104. Grating between peach and plum is called as Inter-specific grafting.
105. Little leaf and rossetted appearance is mainly due to deficiency of Zinc.
106. Colchicine is mainly used for Polyploidy breeding.
107. Cracking in tomato is due Heavy irrigation after dry period.
108. Stone garden does not come under Japanese style of gardening.
109. If the character is govern by 2 genes then the F2 segregating ratio will be 9:3:3:1
110. Alleles are producing independent effect in heterozygous condition are Co-dominant.
111. The flower crop having nutraceutical value and used for poultry feed is Marigold.
112. Cassava variety resistant to Cercospora leaf spot is Shree Prakash (S-856).
113. Whiptail in cauliflower is due to deficiency of Molybdenum.
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114. Forking is radish is due to use of undecomposed cow dung.
115. Dendrobium is not a Monopodial orchid.
116. Lady slipper orchid is Paphiopedilum.
117. Among Jasminum species high oil recovery is in Jasminum auriculatum.
118. Harvesting of carnation for long distance at Paint brush stage.
119. Highest rose oil producing country is Bulgaria.
120. Kentucky in blue grass and St. Augustine are shade tolerant lawn grasses.
121. Rolling on lawn is done to encourage tillering.
122. Cutting of trees and shrubs in abstract form is known as Topiary.
123. Somatic chromosome number of African marigold is 2n-2x-24.
124. Somatic chromosome number of French marigold is 2n-4x-48.
125. Somatic chromosome number of pea is 2n-2x-14.
126. The flower which is not valued for petal is Anthurium.
127. The leaves of Ficus religiosa is used for skeletonized leaf in dry flower.
128. Maximum share of floriculture commodity in export is of Dry flowers.
129. To inhibit ethylene production during ripening
130. Rambutan is a Tropical crop in climatic requirement.
131. Carbon stored in tree wood in Cellulose form.
132. Bending is done Roses.
133. Rostellum and pollinia are terms related to Orchid.
134. Single seed decent method was developed by C. A. Brim (1966).
135. Ridge gourd is originated in Hindustan centre of origin.
136. Cytokinin is synthesised in Roots of the plant.
137. The bio-fertilizer used in wet and marshy land is Azolla.
138. Scientific name of China aster is Callistephus chinenesis.
139. Genus of lucky bamboo is Dracaena sanderiana.
140. Pinching is practised in Carnation.
141. One cropping cycle of gerbera takes months
142. Intergeneric orchid is
143. True petals are not present in Anthurium.
144. Chrysanthemum is a national flower of Japan.
145. The following is not related to orchids (Kiekies/Pseudobulbs/Symbiosis/Stolon).
146. pH of vase water should be 3.5 (Stabilizes the pigment and colour of the flower).
147. Vegetable used for truck gardening for Distance market.
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148. Alkaloid present in yam is Diosgenin.
149. Edible part of Knol-khol is Knob.
150. Fruit bud differentiation in grapes takes place after 60 days of backward (summer) pruning.
151. If single gene affecting more than one traits is known Plieotrophy.
152. Hormone use to substitute for chilling requirement is GA.
153. Moisture content in seed for vapour proof packing should be 8°C.
154. Soil solarisation is done using transparent polyethylene sheet.
155. Area of vegetable hybrids is 10% in India (2004 Data).
156. Best pollinizer for Sutlej Purple variety of plum in sub-tropical condition
157. End product of coffee processing is Parchment.
158. The temperature counted for chilling requirement is below 7.2°C
159. Lenticels are prominent in Pear.
160. Pathenocarpy in grape is due Stenospermocarpy (only except Black Corianth variety).
161. Organic acid present in apple is Mallic acid.
162. Virus free plants are produced using Meristem tip.
163. Kufri Chipsona is processing variety of potato.
164. Ber fruit escapes summer because it is a Summer deciduous.
165. Pungency in chilli is due to Capsaicin oleoresin.
166. Temperature require for potato tuberization is
167. Sago is prepared from cassava.
168. Broccoli contains a chemical which act against cancer.
169. The flowers of bottle gourd are White in colour.
170. Senescence in vegetables is due to Ethylene.
171. Musk melon is harvest at Half-slip stage for long distance market.
172. Ideal pH for Kinnow in India is
173. Guava is originated in Tropical America.
174. The following flowers are not fragrant.
175. Delonix regia is not suitable for moonlight garden.
176. The flower which changes its colour on second day after opening is
177. Achiote (Bixa orellana) is source of dye.
178. Butter cup is a common name of Ficus krishnae.
179. Quonset is a type of green house.
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180. Leaf cutting propagation is not common in Dracaena.
181. Lancing is related to Poppy.
182. Top most cut flower in international trade is Rose.
183. Hydrangea is pH indicator plant.
184. Vallisneria is not floating aquatic plant.
185. Baradari is a feature of Mughal garden.
186. Flavr savr is a variety of Tomato.
187. Wind breaks will be effective 4 times to that of crop height.
188. Banana extracts more Potassium from soil.
189. Water use efficiency is high in CAM plants.
190. Vegetative propagation suits for Heterozygous population.
191. Plant used for constipation and laxative is Plantago ovata.
192. In guava Seedlessness is due to Triploidy.
193. Flowering is terminal and pure in Mango.
194. CHO supply is blocked girdling in Phloem layer of the plant.
195. Pineapple gives fruiting for 14-16 months.
196. Corm is not a propagating material of Tuberose.
197. The following crop have longest bearing period. (Mango/Mangosteen/Strawberry).
198. Hairs are present on Phalsa fruits.
199. Green chillies are rich in Vitamin C.
200. In double hedge row system the distance between plants is 2m, between rows is 6m and vertical distance is 4m, then what will be the numbers of plants per hectare.
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