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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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PART-B
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.

ARS Main Descriptive Previous Questions - Biochemistry (Plant Science)

ARS Main Descriptive Previous Questions - Biochemistry (Plant Science)

         1. Discuss the structural features of nitrogenase complex.

           What is the mechanism by which it reduces atmospheric nitrogen?

How is this biologically fixed nitrogen assimilated by diazotrophs?

        2. Illustrate

     a)Antisense RNA technology has been used for crop improvement

     b)Heterologous gene transfer has been used to confer: resistance to insects

    3. a)Describe the mechanism of action of enzymes with particular reference to chymotrypsin.

b) How do the allosteric enzymes count their regulatory action?

     4. a) What is immune system? How is a causative organism resisted by this system? b)State the conclusion that can be drawn from the antigen-antibody interaction.

       5. Why is photo-respiration said to be a seemingly wasteful process?

How is this circumvented by Sugarcane and Maize plants?

  Why do these plants possess higher productivity, water –use efficiency and N-use efficiency.

        6. a) Outline the biosynthetic pathway of any two of the essential amino acids.

        b) How is the Urea cycle linked to the TCA cycle?

        c) “Plants can be grown on accelate or other compounds that yield acetyl Co A”-How?

        7. What are Cytokinins?

Discuss their biosynthesis, physiological role and mechanism of their action in plants

        8. Briefly describe capping and splicing of mRNA

        9. Write short notes on :

              a) Western blotting

              b) ELISA

              c) Immuno –fluorescence techniques?

       10. What are the basic principles of electrophoresis? Discuss briefly the various electrophoretic methods applicable in biochemical analysis.

ARS – Main: Descriptive-Previous Questions - Agricultural Biotechnology (2011)

 

ARS – Main: Descriptive-Previous Questions - Agricultural Biotechnology (2011)

 

Question number 1 is compulsory.
1. Answer the following questions briefly

i) What advantage RILs have over DHs in genetic mapping
ii) How an F2 population can be immortalized for dissecting both additive and dominance variation
iii) How MgCl2 concentration affect the efficiency of PCR
iv) What is stuttering and why it happened?
v) During DNA isolation , the temperature of extraction buffer is
maintained at 650C. Why?
vi) Why do we need larger population size for fine mapping of a gene?
vii) What will happen to PCR, if the template DNA concentration is >200 ng.
viii) While constructing a cDNA library, why do we need to isolate RNA from different plant parts and under different stimuli?
ix) Why the nucleotide sequence of 3’ end of forward and reverse primers should not be complementary
x) What will happen if the nutrient medium used for the tissue culture is not supplemented with glycine?
xi) Why is it necessary to culture embryos invitro in intergeneric crosses?
xii) Will there be any limitation for releasing glyphosate (herbicide) resistant transgenic rice in Eastern India?

                  2. What is T-DNA? Differentiate between T-DNA of Ti and Ri plasmids. 
                        Discuss the mechanism of T-DNA transfer to plant cells. 

3. What is genetic code? Is genetic code universal? Discuss it with suitable examples?

4. Enlist various approaches used for cloning of genes in eukaryotes. Describe the procedure for map based cloning? What limitation he map based cloning approach has over other methods. Name any five genes that have been cloned in crop plants using map based cloning approach.

5. What is antisense RNA technology? How is it useful in plant improvement? Discuss it with suitable examples?

6. What is binary vector? Discuss the structure and function of binary vector? How it is useful in plant improvement?

7. What are haploids? Discuss various approaches used for the production of haploids in crop plants? What limitations each of these methods have? What uses haploids have in basic genetic studies and in crop improvement?

8. a) What are transgenic crops? Discuss two major approaches used for production of transgenics. What advantages and limitation each of these approaches have over each other?

b) Area under commercial transgenic crops has increased continuously since the year 2000. Still a large number of NGOs are opposing commercialization of transgenics. What are the major concerns for the opposition? Give your view point for or against each of these concerns?

9. What do you understand by nif genes? Now that the genomes of both nitrogen fixing bacteria (Rhizhobium) and legumes (soybean, Pigeon pea) are sequenced, how do you see the possibility of converting the non nitrogen fixing cereals like rice and wheat into nitrogen fixing system?

10. a) What are SSR markers? Enumerate the procedure for how SSR markers are being developed? What advantage SSR markers over RFLP markers?

b) Enlist any four approaches used for labelling? Describe the procedure for ‘hexamer primer’ labelling of nucleic acids?

11. What are cDNA libraries? Describe the procedure to develop cDNA libraries. What advantage cDNA libraries would have over genomic DNA libraries?

12. What are QTLs? Write down the procedure to map a QTL? How NILs are used for mapping / fine mapping of a QTL. Name any five economically important QTLs so far cloned from crop plants?

13. What is marker assisted selection and how its differs from markers assisted back crossing? If you have the responsibility of pyramiding four genes from four different source into one elite line, which approach will you follow and why?

14. a)Write different steps and enzyme involved in citric acid cycle.

b) How do enzymes catalyze chemical reaction with in a cell? What is Km and how can an enzyme be characterized by this parameter?

15. Promoters are organ specific and extremely important for regulating the expression if a gene. You are given the responsibility of cloning tapetum specific promoter(s) from rice. Write down the procedure in detail?

ARS Main Descriptive Previous Questions - Plant Pathology (2006)

ARS Main Descriptive Previous Questions - Plant Pathology (2006)

1.    Define disease .How these are classified?

Classify diseases on the basis of spread and severity of infection, giving suitable examples.

2.    Name the scientist who introduced Plant Pathology in India.

Mention his important contributions

3.    How does crop disease forecasting help to control diseases?

Enlist the epiphytotics which occurred in the past.

4.    What is Plant quarantine?

How it operates in controlling plant diseases?

Name the plant diseases which have been introduced before and after the enforcement of plant quarantine in India.

5.    What is biological control of plant pathogens?

Give some suitable examples where it has been successfully used to control diseases.

6.    Define fungicide. Classify fungicide as per their mode of action and use

OR

Which are immune identification techniques?

Describe ELISA protocol.

7.    How will you purify the fungal isolates from bacterial contaminants?

OR

Describe in detail occurrence, symptoms, etiology, epidemiology and schedule of control of bacterial blight of Cotton or Rice

8.    Give a detailed account of rust of wheat, with respect to perpetuation, races, resistance and chemical management

OR

Write short notes on

a)     Nematodes

b)     Satellite viruses

c)     Orobanche

d)     Polyetic epidemic

e)     Apple scab

f)      Sheath blight of Rice

g) Marker Assisted Selections for disease resistance

9. Explain the systems, etiology, epidemiology and management of ‘Sigatoka’ or ‘Bunchy top’ of Banana.

OR

Explain the symptoms, etiology and integrated management of Rhizome rot of Ginger.

10.Enlist major contributions of following scientist:

a)     Anton de Bary

b)    E.F. Smith

c)    P.A. Saccardo

d)    M.J. Thirumalachar

e)    P.A. Micheli

f)     C.D. Mayee

OR

a) Enlist various phanerogamic parasites of crop plants.

Describe in detail the management of Cuscuta sp. in crop plants.

ARS Main Descriptive-Previous Questions - Agricultural Microbiology (2011)

ARS – Main: Descriptive-Previous Questions - Agricultural Microbiology (2011)

Question number 1 is compulsory

1. Louis Pasteur is known as “father of microbiology”. Justify 

2. Give six distinctive characters of prokaryotes, eukaryotes and archaebacteria.

3.What are bacteriophages and plasmids? Discuss their role in recombinant DNA technology? (Refer: Cloning Vector, Plasmid as cloning vector)

4. What do you meant by “nitrification” and “denitrification”? Explain their ecological significance in nature?

5. What is fermented milk? Name the various kinds of fermented milk and the steps involved in cheese manufacture.

6. a) What are bio insecticide and why Bacillus thuringiensis has proved to be most effective bioinsecticide? b)What strategies may be followed to improve its efficiency as bio-insecticide?

7. Explain the role of shunt in Hexose Monophospahte Pathway. Discuss in detail HMP pathway in bacterial system.

8. Discuss various immunological methods used in the detection of microorganisms in food?

9. List different methods to measure microbial growth. Discuss any two methods in detail with merits and demerits?

10. Phosphorus is abundant but remains mostly fixed in soil. What are the conditions that favour phosphorus availability and how microbes help in the process?

11. What are antibiotics? Explain various method of their mode of action.

12. What is composting? What are the benefits and risks involved in the use of composts?

13. Differentiate between BOD and COD. Why significant reduction in BOD is essential in waste water treatment?

14. Write short notes on any four

a. Bioflim

b. Biofuel

c. Biosensors

d. Bioremediation

e. Bioaccumulation of pesticides

15. Why do some bacteria prefer Entner Deudroff Pathway? Give a detailed account of ED pathway with key enzymes and reactions involved.

icar 2013 jrf old question paper HORTICULTURE

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1. Horticulture today contributes around of agril. GDP.            (a) 30          (b) 24           (c) 20    (d) 18

2. The CII in India is                       (a) 160                 (b)               145 (c)              140                  (d) 130

3…. is the selective herbicide for broad leaved plants              (a) Paraquat          (b) Diquat         (c) 2, 4-0   (d) None

4. Silver shoot symptoms in rice is due to…. (a) Gall midge (b) GLH (c) BPH  (d) Powdery mildew

5. ICAR was established on the recommendation of Commission (a) Mehta (b) Lold Linlithgow(c) B. Vishwanath (d) None

6. Tetrad formation occur during  (a) Leptotene (b) Pachytene (c) Zygotene (d) Diakinasis

7. Photolysis of water occur during          (a) Respiration (b) Dark reaction          (c) Cyclic photophosphorylation                               

                                                                  (d) Non cyclic photophosphorylation

8. Vernalization treatment is necessary for (a) Flowering  (b) Vegetative growth (c) Fruiting (d)Germination

9. Grassy shoot of sugarcane is caused by (a) Mycoplasma (b) Virus (c) Fungus (d) MLO

10. Prokaryotes has --- ribosome unit (a) 80 S (b) 70 S (c) Both (d) None

11. Mean, Median & Mode are same in the distribution (a) Standard (b) Binomial (c) Normal (d)Poisson

12. The total food grain production during 2002-03 (a) 190MT (b) 195 MT (c)212MT  (d) 182 MT

13. Marthandam project was started by (a) F.L. Brayne (b) Spencer Hatch (c) Co\. Shitole (d)S.D. Dey

14. ----- is called as stress hormone (a) Auxin (b) Gibberllins (c) Cytokinin (d) ABA

15. Net capital ratio is Total assets Total current assets (a) Total liabilities (b) Total current liabilities Current assets (c) Owner's equity (d) None

Yengo

16……. is the migratory pest (a) Catterpillars             (b) Nematodes           (c) Locusts       (d)Mites

17. Certification of GM crops is done by ' Genetic Engg. Approval committee (a) JARJ (b)GEAC (c) GAEC (d) Govt. of India

18…… crop/crops is fare suitable for greenhouse cultivation (a) Sweet pepper b) Cucumber (c)Tomato (d) All

19. is the father of rose breeding           (a) Dr. B.P. Pal            (b) Mukherjee          (c)Bhattachaterji            (d) None

20. Which of the following is total root parasite            (a) Cuscuta        (b) Orabanche           (c)Striga    (d) Loranthus

21. Growing of crops in between kharif & Rabi seasons is (a) Relay cropping (b) Catch crop (c)Zaid cropping (d) None

22. The Brix reading of sugarcane should be before harvest      (a) 16-18%          (b) 18-22%         (c) 22-24%   (d) 24-26%

23.Bitterness in groundnut is due to    (a) Alkaloid         ( b) Tannin             (c) Chemical spraying    (d) Aflatoxin

24. …… discovered the animal cell first         (a) Swan         (c) Robert Hook         (b) Schleiden   d) Robert Brown

25. Yellow revolution is related to      (a) Fisthery  (b) Agroindustry         (c) Onion             d) Oilseed

26. is awarded as 'Bharatratna' for Green revolution (a) M.S. Swaminathan (b) K. Subramanyam(c) Dr. B.P. Pal (d) None

27. Hortscience is published by           (a) ICAR             (b) Hortil. Soc. of India         (c) ASHS         (d) Govt. of India

28. The is done to obtain virus free plants (a) Pollen culture (b) Cell culture (c) Embryo culture (d) Meristem culture

29.……is the siteof beta oxidation in the cell. (a) Chloroplast b) Vacuole (c) Mitochondria (d) Ribosomes

30. The present DG of ICAR is (a) Dr. R.S. Paroda (b) Dr. K.L. Chandha (c) Dr. Mangala Rai (d) Dr. G. Kaloo

31. India stands 1st in the production of                    (a) Tomato              b) Cabbage         (c)Onion         (d) Okra

32. NBRI is situated at          (a) New Delhi                 (b) Calcutta                 (c) Lucknow        (d) Kanpur

33. Indian cardamon export is set back by __ country            (a) Malaysia         (b) Indonesia     (c) Guatemala (d) China

34. India ranks in natural rubber production              (a) 1^st                  (b) 2^nd                  (c)3rd            (d) 4th

35.___ is called a paddy straw mushroom           (a) Volvariella                (b) Shitake               (c)Button     (d) Oyster

36. country has highest productivity of Grape                (a) India            (b) Italy            (c)Bulgaria      (d) USA

37.The productivity of vegetable in India is         (a) 11.2%                (b) 14.4%               (c) 12.8%         (d) 15%

38. Which of the following is 'Nobel' winner for peace    

                (a) Dr. V. Kurian (b) Dr. Narman Bor1aug (c) M.K. Gandhi (d) Rabindranath Tagore for Literature

39. var. was introduced for improvement of skin colour in mango (a) Sensation (b) Tommy atkins(c) Carabao (d) Combodian

40.Bitterness in cucumber is due to  (a) Glucosides (b) Acids (c) Alka1oides  (d) Metaxenia

41. The 2n no. of Apple is                (a) 32             (c) 24               (b) 34      (d) 40

42. Origin of Papaya is              (a) Tropical America                 (b) South America       (c) South Africa       (d) Asia

43. The storage temperature of Banana is            (a) 10°C (b) 13°C (c) 14-15°C (d) 8-9°C

44. Mutant var. of Mango is (a) Himsagar (b) Carabao (c) Rosica (d) Creeping

45. The wilt resistant rootstock of Guava is (a) P. guajava (c) P. friedrichthalinum (b) P. benjamina (d) None

46. is the cheapest for inducing artificial ripening of Banana (a) Ethrel (c) Calcium carbide (b) 2, 4-0 (d) Acetylene

47. Which of the following crop show protandry (a) Carrot (b) Tomato (c) Chilli (d) Brinjal

48. ------ onion var. are suitable for coloured dehydration             (a) Red               b) Yellow         (c) White      (d) All

49…… is the seedrate for pole variety of French bean    (a) 60 kg/ha            (c) 40-45 kg/ha    (b)80 kg/ha (d) 25-30 kg/ha

50.___ is the sexually sterile diploid                (a) Chekurmanis                (c) Garlic  (b) Rhubarb(d) Beet

51. var of cabbage is resistant to black leg                 (a) Pusa Mukta (b) Pusa drum head (c)Golden acre (d) None

52. Fruit of crop is called 'Heap'             (a) Rose (b) Jasmine (c) Chrysanthemum (d) Orchids

53. Seeds of …….. are devoid of endosperm.    (a) Orchids (c) Rose  (b) Anthurium (d)Carnation

54. Male sterile line in onion is isolated by….  (a) Pusa Red (c) Pusa Madhavi (b) Pusa Ratnar(d) Arka Bindu

55.____ element is necessary for root growth                      (b) P (d) Zn (a) N (c) K

56. Pineapple requires __ as N fertilizer        (a) CAN (b) Urea (c) Ammonium sulphate (d) Amm. Phosphate

57.___ crop is devoid of root hairs  (a) Mangosteen (c) Durian  (b) Kiwi (d) Persimmon

58. The acid present in kokum……..   (a) Citric (c) Acetic (b) Malic (d) Hydroxy citric

59. Seedlesness in sindhu is due to __ parthenocarpy  (a) Vegetative (b) Stenospermocarpy (c)Induced (d) None

60. Papaya shows sigmoidal curve                (a) Single              (c) Triple          (b) Double  (d)None

61. Banglore blue x Anab-e-shahi is a cross of var (a) Arka Hans (c) Arka kanchan (b) Arkavati(d) Arka shyam

62.Strawberry is resistant to …… deficiency              (a) Mo       (c) Zn         (b) Mg   (d) Mn

63. …… is used for flowering in plants     (a) NAA (c) Ethrel (b) 2, 4-0 (d)All

64 Jelly seed is a disorder of               (a) Banana               (c) Mango               (b) Papaya  (d)Guava

65. reported Black tip disease in Mango         (a) Santaram        (b) Woodhouse      (c) G.S. Cheema     (d) Burn & Prayag

66 Banana streak virus is transmitted through… (a) Aphids            (c) Mealy bugs      (b) Thrips   (d) Nematodes

67. NA-5 (Krishna) is a chance seedling of  (a) Banarasi (c) Francis (b) Chakaiya (d) NA

68.Guava wilt is most common is ….. soils.               (a) Acidic           (b) Alkali              (d) Sodic           (c) Neutral

69. Edible part of litchi is         (a) Seed                (c) Mesocasp                (b) Freshy aril         (d) Kernel

70. Arka sahan is a cross between  (a) A. squamosa x A. atemoya (b) A. atemoya x A. glabra(c) A. atemoya x A squamosa

                                                          (d) None

71.Pecanut belongs to family              (a) Rosaceae            (c) Juglandaceae        (b)Actinidiaceae  (d) Anacardiaceae

72. Santa rasa is popular hybrid of                       (a) Apple            (b) Pear         (c) Peach      (d) Plum

73. Edible part of strawberry is              (a) Mesocarp             (b) Fleshy thalamus              (c)Pericarp       (d) None

74. is the recommended pollenizers in apple    (a) Golden delicious (b) Royal delicious (c) Red delicious (d) Ambri

75. Kiwi fruit is propagated by              a) Stem cLltting             (b) Grafting                 (c) T-budding  (d) Patch budding

76. Tea require months from plantation to reach plucking         (a) 18-20           (b) 22-24           (c) 36-40  (d) 30-34

77. Fruit of coffee is                  (a) Pome                 (b) Drupe                (c) Berry             (d) Aggregate

78. Coconut water is rich source of               (a) Vit B,       (c) Vit B6            (b) Vit B2       (d) Vit C + Cynocobalamin

78.___ var. of coconut is used for tender water purpose  (a) Banawali (c) Laksha ganga (b)Pratap (d) Gangabondam

79.___ is imp disorder of Rubber               (a) Bleeding             (c) Brown blast        (b) Pink disease           d) None

80.Chinease potato             (b) Canna indica               (d) WI Arrowroot         (a) Coleus            (c)Giant taro

82. Fufu is imp. product made from             (a) Bottlegourd               (b) Muskmelon              (c) Calocasia     (d) Yam

83. Sree harsha is a variety of               (a) Yam               (c) Calocasia              (b) Cassava       (d) Sweet Potato

84…. Is also called as four angled bean             a)Broad bean      (c) Winged bean       (b) French bean  (d) Indian bean

85. Dry matter yield is increased with the appln of __ fertilizers        (a) N          (c) K        (b) P    (d) Micronutrient

86. Disc florets of aster are             (a) Staminate                  (b) Pistilate          (c)Hermaphrodite        (d) All

87.__ has origin in India            (a) Balsam             (c) Gaillardia           (b) Amaranthus          (d)Sun flower

88. Shalimar garden was made by           (a) Akbar            (b) Jahangir              (c) Shah Jahan         (d) Humayun

89……highest recovery of oil        (a) Rose          (c) J. grandiflorum          (b) J. auriculatum        (d) J. sambac

90.Mudigree is a var. of              (a) B. Pepper                (b) Cardamom                (c) Cinnamon         (d) Clove

91. …. Has anti oxidant property                  (a) Black pepper           (c) Kokum n         (b)Cardamom  (d) Turmeric

92.Tea is propagated by          (a) Stem cutting        c) Single node cutting         (b) Leaf cutting  (d) Seed

93._ seedling bears tuber above roots              (a) Coconut               (c) Cocoa           (b)Arecanut       (d) None

94……. has anti-malarial property        (a) Cinchona     (b) Poppy              (c) Rouvolfia          (d) Asparagus

95.Pyrethrum belongs to family      (a) Rosaeceae            (c) Caryophyllaceae  (b) Compositae (d) Orchidaceae

96, is a semi aquatic pel'ennial herb                (a) Davana              (b) Ipecac               (c) Sweet flag  (d) Agave

97.The following fruit is not a monocotyledonous          (a) Pineapple       (c) Banana         (b)Papaya  (d) Date

98. gardens are also called as nature in miniature    (a) Japanese         (c) Italian      (b) Mughal  (d) English

99. Flower colour of Antigonon leptopus is       (a) Blue          (b) Pink        (c) Yellow         (d) Dark red

100.--- is/are used as             (a) Khirni         (c) Sapota seedlings rootstock for Sapota          (b)Mahua       (d) All

101, Calyx splitting is a disorder of             a) Rose           (b) Carnation           (c) Gerbera         (d) All

102. is used for p reparation of dry flowers   (a) Althea rosea           (b) Acroclinum roseum         (c) Centurea      (d) All

103. is called as 'food of God'              (a)Tea                 (c) Cashew            (b) Coffee        (d)Cacoa

104. ------ state production            (a) Karnataka              (c) Tamilnadu               (b) Kerala           (d)AP

105.Water use efficiency is highest in      (a) Pineapple         (c) Pea          (b) Sorghum       (d)Banana

106. Sreedhara is avariety of                 (a) Sweet Potato             (c) Coleus             (b) Cassava     (d) None

107.Hybrid RS-841  is a rootstock for        (a) Pointed gourd      (c) Muskmelon      (b)Watermelon      (d) Cucumber

108.India ranks in milk production                  (a) 1^st              (b) 2^nd                 (c) 3^rd              (d) 4th

109. Paradox is a variety of                   (a) Almond (c) Pecannut (b) Walnut (d) Peach

110. Sunscald is a disorder of                (a) Mango          (c) Papaya            (b) Banana                (d) Pineapple

111. Artificial tetraploid of Banana is        (a) BodIes Altafort         (b) Klue teparod     (c) Pisanglin      (d) Gros Michel

112. var. of Banana is used for making baby food          (a) Virupakshi           (c) Kunnan      (b)Nendran     (d) Monthan

113.Beetalians is pigment of             (a) Beet            (c) Cactus fruits        (b) Bougainvillea             (d) All

114. the maximum limit of coaltar dye              (a) 0.02%                (b) 0.2%              (c) 0.25%        (d) 0.28%

115. _______ reagent is used for determination of chlorophyll  (a) Acetic acid (b) Ethanol (c) Petroleum ether (d) Acetone

116. Syruping is done in case of       (a) Vegetables            (b) Fruits          (c) Both       (d) None

117: The ideal weight of sword sucker of Banana is            (a) 500 gm         (b) 750 gm              (c) I kg         (d) 1.5 kg

118. Gandevi selection is a selection from           a) Gross Michel      (c) Lalkela     (b) Dwarf Cavendish    (d) Poovan

119. The triploid species is       (a) C. reticulate               (c) C. sinensis               (b) C. latifolia         (d) C. grandis

120.The productivity region                  (a) East coast               (c) S. India                (b) West coast        (d) All

121. __ is the better pollen parent for coconut       (a) Pratap             (b) COO         (c) CGO          d) BGR

122. var. of Pineapple is triploid               (a) Kew             (b) Queen               (c) Mauritius        (d) Cayenne

123. Banganpalli x Alphonso is a cross between     (a) A. Aruna (b) A. Anmol             (c) A. Neelkiran    (d) A. Puneet

124. Kaveri is a var. of             (a) Phalsa             (c) Passionfruit               (b) Avocado             (d) Persimmon

125. Large cardamom is widely cultivated in            (a) Kerala          (b) Karnataka    (c)Tamilnadu           (d) Sikkim

126. Black tip of mango is due to gas         (a) S02                           (b) CO            (c) N02                    (d) All

127. Calimyrna is __ type of fig.               (a) Staminate    (b) Pistillate              (c) Parthenocarpic (d) Hermaphrodite

128. Isolation distance of Brinjal for certified seed production is          (a) 200 m           (c) 100 m       (b) 5 m    (d) 50 m

129.Whisky is a fermented product of              (a) Fruit            (c) Grain mash             (b) Malt          (d) Cocoa

130. thermosensitive vitamin              (a) Vito A                (c) Vito C           (b) Vito E                  (d) Vito D

131. FPO was promulgated in the year              (a) 1949                (b) 1955               (c) 1961          (d)1963

132. Fruit of papaya is            (a) Pome                (c) Nut             (b) Drupe         (d) Berry

133. Fruits of bahar are more prone to cracking in pomegranate           (a) Hasta      (b) Mrig        (c) Ambia             (d) All

134. is the genotype for Maleness in papaya             (a) M1m               (b) M2m            (c) mm                (d) None

135. is the coloured seedless var. of Grape     (a) Pusa seedless (b) Muscat (c) Thompson seedless (d) Beauty seedless

136. is the richest source of sugar            (a) Sapota             (b) Karonda           (c) Dates        (d) Mango

137. Kinnow var. of Mandarin was developed by               (a) Solo             (b) Olmo        (c) Frost       (d) Storey

138. Fruits of Ambe-bahar of Guava ripens in the month of   (a) June-July (b) Feb.-March (c)Apr.-May (d) July-Sept.

139. Inflorescence of ber is                       (a) Panicle (c) Raceme (h) Cyme (d) Compound

140. crop show ornithophilly mechanism  (a) Bel             (b) Mango           (c) Citrus  (d) Banana

141. Alkaline soils are reclaimed by addition of    (a) Acids                   (c) Gyspsum         (b) Lime      (d) Organic manures

142. The pH value of jelly at 65% TSS is             (a) 2.8               (b) 3.0             (c) 3.2      (d) 3.4

143. principle used in garden to avoid monotonous views  (a) Contrast (c) Proportion (b) Accent / Emphasis  (d) Rhythm

144. Yellow stone is variety of           (a) Gladiolus             (c) Gerbera         (b) Chrysanthemum  (d) Rose

145.Acid present in Tamarind is                (a) Citric               (c) Acetic         (b) Malic      (d)Tartaric

146. the main constituent of cinnamon bark is(a) Eugenol (c) Eugenyl acetate (b)Cinnamaldehyde (d) Limone

147. is barrier of self pollination in vanilla  (a) Labellum (b) Rostellum (c) Anther cap (d) Column

148. __ is a self blanched var. of cabbage (a) Pllsa shubhra (h) Pllsa sharad (c) Pllsa Him jyoti (d) Pllsa snowball

149. __ var. of tomato sets fruits at low temp. (a) Pllsa Ruby (h) Pant bahar (c) Hissar Arun (d) Pllsa sheetal

150.___ is a veg. of 20th century (a) Clusterbean (c) Winged bean  (b) Broad bean (d) Chekurmanis

151 I. Fig                                       (a) 2n = 128 2. B. Pepper                          (b) 2n = 42 3. Cashew                             (c) 2n = 50 4. Pineapple                          (d)2n = 26 5. Jackfruit                            (e) 2n = 56	152. 1. COP                                   (a) 1974 2. NYVP                                (b) 1980 3. T & V                                 (c) 1958 4. NARP                                (d) 1966 5. Panchayat Raj                                (e) 1952	153. Crop. Chemical content 1. Adhatoda                         (a)Vasicine 2. Poppy                                (b)Hyoscine 3. Neem                                 (c)Morphine 4. Belladona                         (d) Ajmalicine 5. Sarpagandha                   (e)Azadiractine
154. 1. Horse radish     (a) Runner cutting 2. Black pepper    (b) Tuber 3. Cassava            (c) Root cuttings 4. Potato                                (d) Stem cuttings 5. Chekurmanis   (e) Rhizomes	155. 1. Pusa supriya     (a) Pumkin 2. Pusa Chikni      (b) Cucumber 3. Arka Chandan                 (c)Summer squash 4. Pusa Alankar   (d) Spongegourd 5. Pusa Sanyog    (e) Ridge gourd	156. 1. Gamboge          (a) Pear 2. Jonathan spot (b) Grape 3. Hen & Chicken (c)Persimmon 4. Calyx cavity     (d) Apple 5. Core breakdown  (e)Mangosteen
157. 1. Pomegranate                    (a)Brazil 2. Litchi                 (b) Indo-China 3. Aonla                                 (c)Iraq 4. Date                                   (d) Iran 5. Cashew                             (e)China	158 1. Siris                    (a) Araucaria coki 2. Monkey puzzle (b) Cidrella tonna 3. Indian Mohagoni (c) Salix babylonica 4. Fountain tree    d) Spathodea                                    campanulata 5. Weeping willow  (e) Albizzia lebbek	159. 1. T. Fairchild       (a) Heterosis 2. Shull                    (b) Pureline theory 3. Johannsen        c) Recurrent selection 4. Hull                    (d) Multilines in wheat 5. Borlaug N.E.     (e)Interspecific hybrid
160. 1.Irradiation     (a) Mango fruit fly 2. VHT             b) Mango mealy bug 3. Tillage         (c) Mango stone weevil 4. Bagging         (d) Dacus dorsalis 5. Trapping     (e) Lemon butterfly

Key answers

I. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (b)

11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (d) I5. (a) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (b)

21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (c)

31.(d) 32. (c) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (d) 39. (a) 40. (d)

41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (b) 49. (d) 50. (e)

51. (b) 52. (a) 53. (a) 54. (a) 55. (b)

56. (t) t 57. (e) 58. (d) 59. (b) 60. (b)

61. (a) 62. (d) 63. (a) 64. (a) 65. (b)

66. (e) 67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (b) 70. (c)

71. (e) 72. (d) 73. (b) 74. (a) 75. (a)

76. (a) 77. (b) 78. (a) 79. (e) 80. (e)

81. (a) 82. (d) 83. (b) 84. (e) 85. (d)

86. (d) 87. (a) 88. (e) 89. (b) 90. (b)

91. (e) 92.(a) 93. (e) 94. (a) 95. (b)

96. (e) 97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (d) 100. (d)

101. (b) 102. (b) 103.(d) 104. (b) 105. (b)

106. (c) 107. (b) 108. (a) 109. ( b) 110. (d)

111 (a) 112. (e) 113. (a) 114.(b) 115. (e)

116. (b) 117.(b) 118. (b) 119. (b) 120. (b)

121. (6) 122. (d) 1 23. (a) 1 24. (e) 1 25. (e)

126. (d) 127. (b) 128. (a) 129. (b) 130. (e)

131. (b) 132. (d) 133. (b) 134. (a) 135. (d)

136. (e) 137. (e) 138. (d) 139. (b) 140. (d)

141. (e) 142. (e) 143. (b) 144. (a) ]45.(d)

146. (b) 147. (b) 148. (e) ]49. (d) 150. (c)

151. 1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (e) 5. (d)

1 52. I. (e) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (b). 5. (e)

153. I. (a) 2. (e) 3. (e) 4. (b) 5. (d)

154.1.(e) 2. (a) 3. (e) 4. (b) 5. (d)

155. I. (e) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (e) 5. (b)

156. 1. (e) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (e) 5. (a)

157. I. (d) 2. (e) 3. (b) 4. (e) 5. (a)

158. 1. (e) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (e)

159. I. (e) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (e) 5. (d)

160. I. (d) 2. (e) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (e)