Dark reaction of photosynthesis takes place in
A. Grana
B. ER
C. Cristae
D. Stroma
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Plant breeds manipulate sterility and floral morphology to take advantage of hybrid vigour.
Which of the basic methods listed below are utilised for this purpose?
1. Genetic male sterility
2. Self-incompatibility
3. Hybridization
4. Induced mutation
5. Cytoplasmic male sterility
Select the correct answer:
A. 1, 2 and 4
B. 1, 2 and 5
C. 3, 4 and 5
D. All of these
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The condition in which a gene in a homozygous recessive condition (aa) masks the effect of one or both members (BB or bb) of another gene pair is known as
A. Duplicate recessive epistasis
B. Recessive epistasis
C. Dominant epistasis
D. Both B and C
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Continous selfing in a plant increases
A. Homozygosity
B. Heterozygosity
C. Hemizygosity
D. Homogenecity
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Staggered sowing is followed to make uniform
A. Harvesting
B. Maturity
C. Flowering
D. Vegetative growth
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The combination of male and female features in the body of an individual is known as
A. Sex mosaic
B. Sex chromatin
C. Autosomes
D. None of these
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Ribozyme is an
A. RNA molecule functions as an enzyme
B. Enzymes that add the 5' cap and poly A tail to m RNA
C. Protein causes RNA splicing
D. All of the above
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ICRISAT deals with
A. Maize
B. Mustard
C. Cotton
D. Sorghum
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Seed Act was implemented in India on
A. 29th October 1967
B. 29th October 1966
C. 2nd October 1976
D. 2nd October 1966
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What is the plausible reason for availability of most of the tomato varieties in the market to be almost uniformly oval shaped and firm
A. Expansion in genetic diversity
B. Reduction in genetic diversity
C. Cloning
D. Floral abnormality
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For transferring the disease resistance gene from wild variety to the most suitable agronomically desirable variety the suitable method is
A. Pedigreemethod
B. Back cross
C. Test cross
D. Sib mating
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The growth regulator that retards ageing of plant organ is
A. Abscisic acid
B. Auxin
C. Cytokinin
D. Gibberellin
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Consider the following statements?
The back cross method of breeding can be used for
1. Intervarietal transfer of simple inherited characters.
2. Intergeneric transfer of highly heritable characters.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. 1 and 2
D. None of the above
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In cotton, example of durable resistance includes resistance to
A. Bacterial blight
B. Leaf curl
C. Jassids
D. All of these
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The primary acceptor of CO2 - in C3 -plants is
A. PEP
B. Pyruvic acid
C. RuBP
D. ATP
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In maize, resistance to European corn borer is associated with
A. Waxiness of leaves
B. High DIMBOA in leaves
C. High benzyl alcohol
D. None of the above
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Fruit type of mustard is
A. Capsule
B. Nut
C. Siliqua
D. Follicle
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The Azure blue tag is given for
A. Nuclear seed
B. Foudation seed
C. Certified seed
D. Breeder seeds
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The male sterile line is represented as
A. R-line
B. A-line
C. B-line
D. C-line
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Flowers having both androecium and gynoecium are
A. Bisexual
B. Monoecious
C. Hermaphrodite
D. Staminate
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