Pusa Ratna is a new variety of
A. Wheat
B. Soybean
C. Rice
D. Mungbean
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If Mendel had found the linkage genes in his studied traits he could not be able to formulate
A. Law of segregation
B. Laws of independent assortment
C. Laws of purity of gametes
D. Laws of incomplete dominance
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A pure tall plant was grown in nutrient limited soil and became dwarf. If this plant was selfed then the genotype in the F1 generation are
A. All dwarf plant
B. 75% tall and 25% dwarf plants
C. All tall plants
D. 50% tall and 50% dwarf plants
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Inbreeding of cross-pollinated species leads to increase in
A. Heterozygosity
B. Homozygosity
C. Population mean
D. All of these
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Interveinal chlorosis is caused by the deficiency of
A. Nitrogen
B. Calcium
C. Potassium
D. Magnesium
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Plant Variety Act was formulated in
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Consider the following statements
Hybrid seed production process induces
1. production of inbreed lines
2. selection of inbreed lines
3. production of F1 seed.
4. testing of combining ability
Select the correct answer:
A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 2, 1, 4 and 3
C. 1, 2, 4 and 3
D. 1, 4, 2 and 3
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Theory of 'Gemmules' was proposed by
A. Darwin
B. Sutton and Boveri
C. Kolreuter
D. Weisman
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The Pebble mill is used
A. To remove the hooks from seeds
B. To remove the webby hairs from grasses
C. To remove the awns from cereals
D. To shell the kernel
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How many linkage group are present in a plant 2n = 24?
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Which cell organelles are responsible for photosynthesis?
A. Mitochondria
B. Chloroplasts
C. Chromoplasts
D. None of these
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National seed corporation was established in
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The requirement of Meiosis is
A. Increasing chromosome number
B. Growth of the organism
C. Constant number of chromosomes from one generation to the other
D. Increasing the number of cells
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Match the following columns:
Column I (Crop)
Column II (Method of hybrid seed production)
a. Brinjal
1. Genetic male sterility
b. Chilli
2. Self incompatibility
c. Cucumber
3. Functional male sterility
d. Cabbage
4. Gynocracy
A. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
B. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
C. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
D. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
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The direction and the rate of water movement from cell to cell is based on
A. Diffusion pressure deficit
B. Incipient plasmolysis
C. Turgor pressure
D. Wall pressure
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Polyploids in which all the chromosome sets are homologous is termed as
A. Autopolyploid
B. Allopolyploid
C. Aneuploid
D. None of the above
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The development of embryo from the antipodal cells or synergids other than egg cell is known as
A. Apospory
B. Apogamy
C. Apogenesis
D. None of the above
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The process of exposure of plants to low temperature for floral induction is
A. Abscission
B. Placentation
C. Vernalization
D. None of the above
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Initiation codon of Eukaryotes is
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System of mating was proposed by
A. Shall and East
B. Sewell Wright
C. Mather
D. Bruce and Keebel
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