Practice Test

Q1) Maximum contribution to the total milk production of our country comes from: Show Answer

Q2) Murrah is a breed of: Show Answer

Q3) Lac is a: Show Answer

Q4) Aquaculture includes: Show Answer

Q5) Which of the following species is specially domesticated and reared for high economic importance? Show Answer

Q6) Cryopreservation is useful for: Show Answer

Q7) Infertility of local breeds of cattle can be overcome by use of: Show Answer

Q8) Surrogate mother is: Show Answer

Q9) Artificial insemination is better than natural insemination in cattle because: Show Answer

Q10) A milch breed of cow is: Show Answer

Q11) Gestation period for buffalo is: Show Answer

Q12) Cows and buffaloes remain in heat for: Show Answer

Q13) Ship of desert is: Show Answer

Q14) The animal most useful on difficult terrains is: Show Answer

Q15) Bactrian camel is characteristic Show Answer

Q16) A beast of burden which needs little care is: Show Answer

Q17) The largest land animal is: Show Answer

Q18) Elephants are sought after for: Show Answer

Q19) Earliest animal to be domesticated was: Show Answer

Q20) The most used domesticated animal by Eskimos is: Show Answer

Q21) Best source for dietary protein for a vegetarian is: Show Answer

Q22) Spawning in fishes can be induced by: Show Answer

Q23) Percentage of proteins in the fish meal is: Show Answer

Q24) Rearing and breeding of fish in ponds, tanks and artificial reservoirs is called: Show Answer

Q25) Composite fish farming is called: Show Answer

Q26) Piscisculture has bright future in India due to: Show Answer

Q27) Silk, honey and lac are: Show Answer

Q28) The draught breeds of cattle include: Show Answer

Q29) The method maximum used in cattle breeding is: Show Answer

Q30) Rinderpest is the disease of: Show Answer

Q31) Which of the following countries has minimum average annual milk yield per cow? Show Answer

Q32) Ranikhet or New Castle Disease of poultry is caused by: Show Answer

Q33) The animal close to human beings which is cloned by an American scientist Dr. Don Wolf 1996 is: Show Answer

Q34) Ambergris is the secretion from the intestine of used in the manufacture of perfumes and other cosmetics: Show Answer

Q35) Passive, non-locomotory and non-feeding stage in life history of Silk moth is: Show Answer

Q36) Nosemia sp. a protozoan produces diseases in: Show Answer

Q37) Silk glands of silkworm are modified: Show Answer

Q38) Hinny is a cross breed between: Show Answer

Q39) Poultry includes: Show Answer

Q40) The percentage of proteins in the egg white is: Show Answer

Q41) Main protein type found in egg white is: Show Answer

Q42) Percentage of proteins is found maximally in: Show Answer

Q43) Which of the following has been recently used for increasing productivity of super milk cows: Show Answer

Q44) The name of the sheep which was cloned for the first time is Show Answer

Q45) Inland fisheries is referred to: Show Answer

Q46) Pearl oyster belongs to class: Show Answer

Q47) Lac is produced as: Show Answer

Q48) Which one is the best silk? Show Answer

Q49) Lac is produced from: Show Answer

Q50) Silkworm spins its cocoon: Show Answer

Q51) The three major carps. -Cattla, Labeo, and Cirhinus grown in the same pond are due to: Show Answer

Q52) Lac is: Show Answer

Q53) It is now possible to breed plants and animals with desired characters through: Show Answer

Q54) The honey bees exhibit a type of dance to communicate the location of food. This is known as: Show Answer

Q55) Arrhenotoky is a type of: Show Answer

Q56) Which among the following is the real product of honey bee? Show Answer

Q57) Which one of the following is the source of silk? Show Answer

Q58) Main composition of lac is: Show Answer

Q59) Main product of poultry is: Show Answer

Q60) The insect that is not found in the wild state is: Show Answer

Q61) The scientific name of lac insect is: Show Answer

Q62) The milch breeds of cattle are? Show Answer

Q63) The Indian carp is: Show Answer

Q64) Gambusia is a: Show Answer

Q65) Silk glands are modified: Show Answer

Q66) Largest silk producing state of India is: Show Answer

Q67) The world's highly prized wool yielding 'Pashmlna breed' is: Show Answer

Q68) Which of the following is the sequence of cultivation of fish? Show Answer

Q69) The amount of protein per 100 g (without water, approximately 2 eggs) is: Show Answer

Q70) MOET is method of: Show Answer

Q71) When cross is made between two species of the same genus, then the cross is known as: Show Answer

Q72) Mating between two individuals differeing in genotype to produce genetic variation is called: Show Answer

Q73) Which of the following organisms is useful for us? Show Answer

Q74) Compared to a bull a bullock is docile because of: Show Answer

Q75) Which of the following diseases is/are poultry disease?
A. aspergillosis
B. ranikhet disease
C. gill rot
D. black rot Show Answer

Q76) A breed of cow is mated with closely related breed for five generations. It was found that production of milk has reduced subsequently and the animals are not keeping good health. Which of the following methods of animal breeding can overcome this problem? Show Answer

Q77) Which of the following points should be kept into consideration for successful bee keeping?
A. selection of suitable location for keeping the beehives
B. light management according to the habits of honey bees
C. knowledge of the behavior of honey bees
D. handling and collection of honey and beewax was. Show Answer

Q78) Which of the following methods of breeding increases the change of homozygosity? Show Answer

Q79) Multiple ovulation embryo transfer technology (MOET) induces which of the following in cow? Show Answer

Q80) Mule is produced by a cross between Show Answer

Q81) One of the following is an improved variety of chicken Show Answer

Q82) MOET is a programme that is used to increase Show Answer

Q83) Honeybee species reared most widely in India is Show Answer

Q84) Which of the following is a domesticated insect? Show Answer

Q85) Which pairing is correct? Show Answer

Q86) The wax gland in honeybee is found in Show Answer

Q87) Which is/are common fresh water fishes? Show Answer

Q88) Which is/are common marine fishes? Show Answer

Q89) Which one is also included in animal husbandry?
A. Poultry farming
B. Fish farming
C. Organic farming
D. Molecular farming Show Answer

Q90) Exotic breeds are -
A. used for cross breeding
B. hardy
C. to be provided specific environment
D. resistant to local pests and pathogens Show Answer

Q91) Which statement is correct?
A. The maintenance of hives of honeybees for the production is called apiculture.
B. A group of animals related by descent and similar in most characters are called a breed.
C. The agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock is called animal husbandry.
D. The ability of plant cells to regenerate into complete plant is called somaclonal variation. Show Answer

Q92) Given below are four statements (A to D) each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in the statements.
Statements :
A. Use of chemicals or radiation in inducing _____ to develop improved varieties of plants is called _____.
B. _____ deals with the Culturing and rearing of freshwater organisms and the production of fishes is called ____.
C. An organism or its karyotype having more than two genomes is called _____.
D. _____ is a larvivorous fish which eat larva of mosquito. Show Answer

Q93) The animal husbandry deals with the care, breeding and management of Show Answer

Q94) India and China have more than 70% of world live stock population and produce following percentage of world farm produce Show Answer

Q95) The rearing of domesticated fowl is called Show Answer

Q96) The following process of breeding increases homozygosity Show Answer

Q97) MOET stands for Show Answer

Q98) Hisardale is a new breed of sheep developed in Punjab by crossing Show Answer

Q99) In live stock breeding experiments, the following stage is transferred to surrogate mothers Show Answer

Q100) 'Lean meat' is considered to be of high quality since it has Show Answer

Q101) The fishery does not include the rearing, catching and processing of Show Answer

Q102) The 'Mule' is the result of Show Answer

Q103) The development and flourishment of fishery industry has lead to Show Answer

Q104) Read the following four statements (A-D).
A. Colostrum is recommended for the new born because it is rich in antigens.
B. Chikengunya is caused by a Gram negative bacterium.
C. Tissue culture has proved useful in obtaining virus-free plants.
D. Beer is manufactured by distillation of fermented grape juice.
How many of the above statements are wrong? Show Answer

Q105) Which one of the following species of bees is used for the commercial production of honey? Show Answer

Q106) Which one of the following is a breed of cattle? Show Answer

Q107) Colchicine brings about: Show Answer

Q108) Triticale has been developed through intergeneric hybridisation between: Show Answer

Q109) Best method to increase crop yield is (e. g. wheat) Show Answer

Q110) Crosses involving plants of the same variety are: Show Answer

Q111) An old breeding technique is: Show Answer

Q112) Aim of plant breeding is to: Show Answer

Q113) Pure line breeds refer to: Show Answer

Q114) Quarantine regulation is meant for: Show Answer

Q115) Androgenic haploids were produced from anther culture for the first time by: Show Answer

Q116) Emasculation is removal of: Show Answer

Q117) Selection is method of: Show Answer

Q118) Continued self pollination results in: Show Answer

Q119) Genetic diversity of agricultural crops is threatened by: Show Answer

Q120) Haploid plants are preferred over diploid plants for study of mutation because in haploids: Show Answer

Q121) Crop plants grown in monoculture are: Show Answer

Q122) Embryo culture is employed in: Show Answer

Q123) In tissue culture, single germinating pollen grain will form a plant. Show Answer

Q124) Somaclonal variations are obtained through: Show Answer

Q125) For producing protoplasts from plant cells, which of the following are required? Show Answer

Q126) Improved varieties of wheat suitable for Indian climates have been developed by: Show Answer

Q127) Which of the following yield an aromatic essential oil used as antiseptic, as fly repellent and modifier in hair lotion? Show Answer

Q128) Teak is obtained from plant: Show Answer

Q129) A milk-like preparation can be made from the seeds of: Show Answer

Q130) Vegetables are chief source of: Show Answer

Q131) The cheapest high energy crop of India is: Show Answer

Q132) Quinine is obtained from bark of: Show Answer

Q133) The green revolution in India was possible due to: Show Answer

Q134) New varieties of plants can be produced by: Show Answer

Q135) Which of the following is insect pest resistance? Show Answer

Q136) Which of the following is resistance to leaf and stripe rust: Show Answer

Q137) Indian Agriculture Research Institute is situated at: Show Answer

Q138) The botanical name of sweet flag, commonly used as antispasmodic, expectorant and remedies for asthma and chronic diarrhoea is: Show Answer

Q139) Two temperate cereals, sometimes cultivated at high altitude in the tropics, are: Show Answer

Q140) Rice, maize, sorghum and millets are the principal cereals of the: Show Answer

Q141) The part of the grain in cereals, where much of the protein lies is the: Show Answer

Q142) The hexaploid wheat species from which modern types of wheat have been developed: Show Answer

Q143) Pulses belong to the family: Show Answer

Q144) The largest wheat producing country is: Show Answer

Q145) The scientific name of maize is: Show Answer

Q146) Taichung native-the dwarf rice variety in India is a native of: Show Answer

Q147) Pathogen free plants are obtained from: Show Answer

Q148) High yielding variety of rice is: Show Answer

Q149) Maize has less protein content than: Show Answer

Q150) Maize grain is deficient in: Show Answer

Q151) The term Plantain refers to: Show Answer

Q152) The species which yield commercial cotton belongs to the genus: Show Answer

Q153) Anatomically, cotton fibres are: Show Answer

Q154) Which of the following is not a root vegetable? Show Answer

Q155) The cotton fibre from the cotton plant is obtained from: Show Answer

Q156) The commercial jute fibres are: Show Answer

Q157) Paddy is suitable for cultivation in: Show Answer

Q158) Fibre yielding plant is: Show Answer

Q159) Which one of the following is not an important Indian millet? Show Answer

Q160) The scientific name of Jowar is: Show Answer

Q161) The scientific name of Bajra is: Show Answer

Q162) The composition of cotton fibre is: Show Answer

Q163) The fibre crop occupying the largest area in India is as under: Show Answer

Q164) Fibres are made of: Show Answer

Q165) Which is the most important source of food and fodder? Show Answer

Q166) Gram belongs to family: Show Answer

Q167) Quite often pulse-crops are not manured with nitrogenous fertilisers. It is so because: Show Answer

Q168) Sugar is extracted besides sugarcane from: Show Answer

Q169) Indian rubber tree belongs to: Show Answer

Q170) The botanical name for groundnut is: Show Answer

Q171) Safflower oil is obtained from the seeds of: Show Answer

Q172) Potato and tomato are native of: Show Answer

Q173) The plant from which chewing gum is made: Show Answer

Q174) Which of the following is not an oil seed? Show Answer

Q175) The largest groundnut producing country is: Show Answer

Q176) The oil used for the treatment of toothache is: Show Answer

Q177) The principal source of sugar is/are: Show Answer

Q178) Sugar obtained from sugarcane is: Show Answer

Q179) The dry fibrous residue left after the extraction of sugarcane juice is known as: Show Answer

Q180) Cassava is a: Show Answer

Q181) The leaf juice of which one of the following plants is used for removal of opacity of cornea of the eye? Show Answer

Q182) Castor oil is obtained from: Show Answer

Q183) Which of the following plants is an oil as well as fibre yielding crop? Show Answer

Q184) Essential oils are made of: Show Answer

Q185) Macaroni is obtained from: Show Answer

Q186) The major souce of sugar in India is: Show Answer

Q187) Which of the following groups of plant genera produces fibres of economic importance? Show Answer

Q188) The plant whose seeds yield safflower oil and the petals an orange dye is: Show Answer

Q189) The drug "Belladona" is obtained from: Show Answer

Q190) International rice research institute is at: Show Answer

Q191) The chief groundnut producing state of India is: Show Answer

Q192) Commercial latex is obtained from: Show Answer

Q193) Largest producer of sugarcane is: Show Answer

Q194) One of the recently introduced new crops of oil seed in the deserts of India is jojoba. Select the correct botanical name of this plant. Show Answer

Q195) Leucaena-a fast growing tree, has been selected as a feed yielding tree under the social forestry programme in rural area of our country. What is the common name of this tree? Show Answer

Q196) Mark the odd one with regard to the source of following edible oils: Show Answer

Q197) Vanilla is obtained from: Show Answer

Q198) Which of the following statement is correct with respect to plant species and its uses? Show Answer

Q199) Of the world's top five crops in terms of annual production: Show Answer

Q200) Which of the following is an Indian medicinal plant? Show Answer

Q201) Most of the soft wood comes from: Show Answer

Q202) Botanical name of Sanjeevani or Hasnpari is: Show Answer

Q203) Cotton fibres are obtained from: Show Answer

Q204) Cash crops are the crops which are grown: Show Answer

Q205) Heavea braziliensis is a source of: Show Answer

Q206) Cereals are major sources of: Show Answer

Q207) Which one of the following is a source of textile fibre: Show Answer

Q208) Timber or wood is: Show Answer

Q209) Jute is derived from: Show Answer

Q210) The economic importance of Diospyros ebenum is for: Show Answer

Q211) Groundnut oil is obtained from the plant: Show Answer

Q212) Axillary buds are used to raise crop of: Show Answer

Q213) Jute is obtained from a plant which belongs to the family: Show Answer

Q214) Which one of the following plants yields Sun-hemp? Show Answer

Q215) The drug plant Aconitum napellus belongs to the family: Show Answer

Q216) Which one of the following countries is the centre of origin of rice? Show Answer

Q217) Long fibres of cotton seed are known as: Show Answer

Q218) Triticale is obtained by crossing wheat with: Show Answer

Q219) Before the European invader which vegetable was absent in India? Show Answer

Q220) Which of the following is the pair of biofertilizers? Show Answer

Q221) Which statement is correct about centre of origin of plant? Show Answer

Q222) A collection of plants and seeds having diverse alleles of all the genes of a crop is called: Show Answer

Q223) "Jaya" and "Ratna" developed for green revolution in India are the varieties of: Show Answer

Q224) Himgiri' developed by hybridisation and selection for disease resistance against rust pathogens is a variety of: Show Answer

Q225) Which of the following methods is/are used in recovery of healthy plants from diseased plants? Show Answer

Q226) In shoot and root culture, excess of auxin in the medium will promote Show Answer

Q227) The colour of high yielding Mexican wheats were not liked by the Indians. It was originally red grained. Their cultivation was adopted in India on large scale only when exposure to gamma radiations converted them to amber grained. Which of the following methods of plant-breeding has been put into practice in the given case? Show Answer

Q228) Which of the following is the conventional method of plant breeding for disease resistance? Show Answer

Q229) Which of the following is/are the advantage(s) of micropropagation? Show Answer

Q230) Improved rice variety IR-8 has been introduced in India from Show Answer

Q231) Tissue culture technique can produce indefinite number of new plants from a small parental tissue. The economic importance of the technique is in raising Show Answer

Q232) Amino acids present in improved varieties of maize are Show Answer

Q233) The most common sources of single cell protein are Show Answer

Q234) Which of the following shows the correct sequence of steps involved in breeding a new genetic variety of a crop?
I. Selection and testing of superior recombinants.
II. Germplasm collection.
III. Cross hybridization among the selected parents.
IV. Evaluation and selection.
V. Testing, release and commercialization of new cultivars. Show Answer

Q235) The semi dwarf wheat which was instrumental in increasing wheat production was developed by Show Answer

Q236) The plant part which is used to culture is called Show Answer

Q237) Triticale is the first man made cereal crop. The combination of parents involve its production is Triticum and Show Answer

Q238) Which one of the following characters was most important for selection of present day maize plants? Show Answer

Q239) One of the following species of wheat was most primitive and wild Show Answer

Q240) What is the common name of Triticum monococcum? Show Answer

Q241) Which one of the following is the common hexaploid bread wheat? Show Answer

Q242) Which one of the following is called macaroni wheat which is mainly used for preparing pasta and noodles? Show Answer

Q243) What was the colour of high yielding Mexican wheat? Show Answer

Q244) Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? Show Answer

Q245) Desired improved varieties of economically useful crops are raised by Show Answer

Q246) The indica variety of rice is crossed with japonica variety of rice because the later are Show Answer

Q247) In high yielding hybrid crop varieties, to exploit hybrid vigour, the farmers need to purchase fresh hybrid seed every year because Show Answer

Q248) Pomato Show Answer

Q249) Aims of plant breeding are to produce Show Answer

Q250) In which crops is the method of mass selection applied Show Answer

Q251) Both the environment and the genotype are important in the development of Show Answer

Q252) The reason why vegetatively reproducing crop plants are best suited for maintaining Hybrid vigour is that Show Answer

Q253) Hybrid vigour is mostly due to Show Answer

Q254) A crop-produce should provide the optimum nutrition and must not contain an Show Answer

Q255) Sterilization means Show Answer

Q256) An unorganised mass of cells is called Show Answer

Q257) The ability of plant cell to give rise to an entire new plant is called Show Answer

Q258) Culturing of isolated plant organs is called Show Answer

Q259) Mature embryos are mostly Show Answer

Q260) Select the correct statement(s) -
I. IARI has released a mustard variety rich in vitamin C.
II. Pusa Sawani variety of Okra is resistant to aphids.
III. Hairiness of leaves provides resistance to insect pests.
IV. Agriculture accounts for approximately 33% of India's GDP and employs nearly 62% of the population. Show Answer

Q261) In hybridization, the haploids combine the advantages of Show Answer

Q262) In order to obtain disease-free plants through tissue culture techniques, the best method is Show Answer

Q263) In tissue culture medium, the embryoids formed from pollen grains is due to Show Answer

Q264) Haploid plantlets can be produced by Show Answer

Q265) The technique of obtaining large number of plantlets by tissue culture method is called Show Answer

Q266) Selection of homozygous plant is Show Answer

Q267) Triticum aestivum, the common bread wheat is Show Answer

Q268) Scientists are trying to get hybridization between tomato and potato. The most accurate name would be Show Answer

Q269) Which of the following is not HYV of paddy? Show Answer

Q270) Which part of the plant is best suited for making virus free plants? Show Answer

Q271) Apiculture is associated with the maintenance of Show Answer

Q272) Inbreeding increases Show Answer

Q273) Which of the following is the consequence of plant diseases? Show Answer

Q274) Fill up the blanks - Saccharum barberi was originally grown in north India, but had ___A___ sugar content and yield. Tropical canes grown in south India Saccharum officinarum has ____B___ stems and ____C___ sugar content but did not grow well in north India. These two species were successfully crossed to get sugar cane varieties combining the desirable qualities of high yield, ___D___ stems, ___E___ sugar and ability to grow in the sugar cane areas of ___F___ India. Show Answer

Q275) Select the correct statements Show Answer

Q276) Select the correct statements Show Answer

Q277) The flowers of which plant are not pollinated by bee? Show Answer

Q278) Bees are important for Show Answer

Q279) IPGRI is abbreviation of Show Answer

Q280) Shoot develops in tissue culture when there is Show Answer

Q281) Norman Borlaug is associated with Show Answer

Q282) Borlaug developed new varieties of Show Answer

Q283) Haploids of Datura were obtained through Show Answer

Q284) Fill in the blanks - Semi-dwarf rice varieties were derived from ____A____, (developed at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines) and Taichung Native-1 (from ____B____). The derivatives were introduced in ____C____. Later better-yielding semidwarf varieties Jaya and Ratna were developed in ____D___. Show Answer

Q285) An improved variety is Show Answer

Q286) An important germplasm storing center in India is Show Answer

Q287) Pure line variety of wheat is Show Answer

Q288) Evaluation of new variety in India is done by Show Answer

Q289) Gene responsible for dwarfing in wheat is Show Answer

Q290) Scented basmati rice is the contribution of Show Answer

Q291) Which of the following is an example of inter-generic hybridization? Show Answer

Q292) The dwarf wheat varieties brought from Mexico into India were Show Answer

Q293) Antinutritional factor, neurotoxic cyanoalanine is found in Show Answer

Q294) Cereals and millets are mainly deficient in which amino acids? Show Answer

Q295) The objectives of breeding improved nutritional quality of crops are to increase Show Answer

Q296) Select the correct statement(s) Show Answer

Q297) Which statement(s) is correct? Show Answer

Q298) Which of the following has been developed by India? Show Answer

Q299) The conventional method of breeding for resistance includes which of the following steps? Show Answer

Q300) Which one is correct about Atlas 66? Show Answer

Q301) High yielding, semi dwarf varieties of rice are Show Answer

Q302) Select the false statement(s) Show Answer

Q303) Which is/are false? Show Answer

Q304) Which of the following matching is correct? Show Answer

Q305) Cryopreservation is -
A. preservation at ultra low temperature
B. preservation in liquid nitrogen
C. preservation through exposure to gamma rays
D. preservation of semen Show Answer

Q306) Which one is a source of single cell protein?
A. Nostoc
B. Spirulina
C. Chlorella
D. Scenedesmus Show Answer

Q307) Which of the following is a source of single cell protein?
A. Saccharomyces
B. Torulopsis
C. Candida
D. Fusarium Show Answer

Q308) Which one is a chemical mutagen?
A. Ethylmethane sulphonate
B. Sodium azide
C. Gamma rays
D. 2, 4-D Show Answer

Q309) Which of the following is a variety of rice?
A. Bala
B. Kalyan sona
C. Jaya
D. Sonars 64 Show Answer

Q310) Which one is a rich source of vitamin A?
A. Carrot
B. Spinach
C. Lemon
D. Beans Show Answer

Q311) Which factors are responsible for development of disease in a plant?
A. Susceptible host
B. Aggressive pathogen
C. Conducive environment
D. Excess of fertilizer Show Answer

Q312) Given below are five statements (A to E) each with one or two blanks. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in the statements.
Statements :
A. When a hybrid is produced by _____ of somatic cells of two varieties or species, it is known as _____.
B. _____ is the
tissue culture technique used for rapid vegetative multiplication of ornamental plants and fruit trees by using small sized emplants.
C. _____ is the sum total of all the alleles of the genes present in a crop and its related species.
D. A _____ is a hybrid of male donkey and a female horse.
E. The hybrid between the female donkey and male horse is called ____. Show Answer

Q313) Given below are the statements (A to E) each with one blank. Select the option which correctly fills up the blanks in the statements.
Statements :
A. For the process of hybridization, selfing of parents is done, to reduce the _____.
B. Performance of a crop or an animal depends mainly on its genotype and the _____ in which it is grown.
C. An ____ is excised from its original location and used for initiating a culture.
D. The scientific name of Indian cattle is ____.
E. MOET (multiple ovulation embryo transfer) is a method of _____. Show Answer

Q314) Identify the false statements -
I. One of the objectives of plant breeding is to develop disease, insect and pest resistant varieties.
II. Plant breeding is both art and science.
III. Catla and Rohu are the most eaten marine fishes in our country.
IV. South Indian sugarcane variety Saccharum officinarum has thiner stem and lower sugar content than the North Indian one. Show Answer

Q315) Green revolution in India occurred during Show Answer