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1. Specific combining ability of the parents should be high in order to develop:
Hybrids
Composites
Varieties
Synthetics
2. Spikelets are characteristic of the family:
Umbelliferae
Gramineae
Malvaceae
Leguminoceae
3. Sporogenesis means:
Formation of zygote
Formation of embryo
Germination of seed
Development and formation of spores
4. Stems often bear:
Unicellular hairs
Multicellular hairs
Both (a) & (b)
None of above
5. Sterility is most pronounced in the F1 generation following:
Intervarietal hybridization
Intravarietal hybridization
Intraspecific hybridization
Interspecific hybridization
6. Sterility incompatibility of distant crosses can e overcome to produce hybrids by:
Pollen culture
Anther culture
Explants culture
Embryo culture
7. Stilt roots are produced from:
Maint root
Secondary roots
Stem and branches
None of above
8. Sudden and sharp change in individual and is directly inherited by the offspring is called:
Mutation
Adaptation
Heredity
Continuous variation
9. Sunflower is:
Annual herb
Biennial herb
Perennial herb
None of the above
10. Superiority of heterozygote leads to:
Fixation of recessive allele
Fixation of dominant allele
Maintenance of both the alleles
Depression of inbreeding
11. System of classification proposed by Hutchinson is:
Natural
Artificial
Phylogenetic
Numerical
12. Tetraploid potato has 48 chromosomes whereas ordinary piploid species have _______ chromosomes:
34
24
14
10
13. Which of the following material makes the protein chain?
Carbohydrates
Sugars
Fatty acids
Aminoacids
14. Which of the following leads to the cross-pollination?
Unisexuality
Dichogamy
Heterostyly
All the above
15. The application of principles of genetics for the improvement of mankind is:
Herdity
Linkage
Population genetics
Eugenics
16. The attraction between two dissimilar molecules is:
Cohesion
Adhesion
Surface tension
None of the above
17. Which of the following is sub-aerial modification of stem?
Corm
Stolon
Thorn
Bulb
18. The basis on which evolution works is:
Simplicity
Complexity
Variations
Adaptation
19. The best-known artificial system of classification is that promulgated by:
Sir Julian Huxley
Bentham and Hooker
Linnaeus
A.P. Candolle
20. The best method to break the unfavourable linkage is:
Single seed descent method
Diallel selective mating
Pedigree method
Bulk method
21. The best method to carry forward the maximum number of genotypes/genes to the advanced generations against the force of natural selection is:
Pedigree method
Bulk method
Single seed descent method
Back cross method
22. The botanical name of the onion is:
Allium sativum
Allum cepa
Pisum sativium
Tagetes erecta
23. The branch of genetics concerned with the study of frequencies of mating populations is:
Quantitative genetics
Behavioural genetics
Population genetics
Eugenetics
24. The cell sap of cell A has an osmotic potential of -14 bars and turgor pressure of 4 bars. Cell B has a water potential of -16 bars and osmotic potential of -24 bars. The water movement will be:
From A to B
From B to A
No movement
None of the above
25. The chromosomal aberrations include:
Duplication or deficiency
Translocations or inversions
Multiplication or polyploidy
All of these
26. The chromosomes are attached to the spindle fibre by means of:
Pellicle
Telomere
Satellite body
Centromere
27. The commonest form of the ovule is:
Orthotropous
Anatropous
Amphilotropous
Campylotropous
28. The components of synthetic population would have already been tested for:
SCA
Genetic advance
CGA
Both GCA & SCA
29. Which of the following is ploidy level of common wheat?
Tetraploid
Hexaploid
Diploid
Octaploid
30. The condition in which the anthers and stigmas of a bisexual flower mature at the same time is known as:
Cleistogamy
Heterogamy
Syngamy
Homogamy
31. The condition in which the pollen of a flower has no fertilizing effect on the stigma of the same flower is called:
Herkogamy
Dichogamy
Dicliny
Self-sterility
32. The definitive nucleus on fertilization gives:
Secondary
Zygote
Oospore
Primary endospermic nucleus
33. The diffusion of water through a differentially permeable membrane is called:
Osmosis
Imbibition
Diffusion
Water movement
34. The DNA is made up of the following four bases:
A.T.G.E.
A.T.G.C.
A.T.U.C.
A.G.U.C.
35. The edible part of the apple is:
Mesocarp and endocarp
Endosperm
Only mesocarp
Fleshy thalamus
36. The effect of the genotype of the pollen grain on the phenotype of the seed is termed as:
Apospory
Pollinia
Endopolyploidy
Xenia
37. The embroid (formed by vegetative cell) develops into a plant which in fact grows out of anther as in:
Tobacco
Wheat
Barley
Sorghum
38. The evolutionary history of a species is referred as:
Phylogeny
Progeny
Organic evolution
Natural selection
39. The factor that determine the movement of solutes through a membrane is:
Concentration gradient
Molecular size
Charge and active transport
All the above
40. The fibrous fruit of coconut is dispersed by:
Air
Water Potential
Animals
None of the above
41. The first easily observed sign of a water deficit in a plant is decrease in the tugor of its:
Root hairs
Stem cells
Xylem vessels
Leaf cells
42. The first generation progeny of a hybrid are called:
Pure lines
Segregates
Parents
F1 plants
43. The first inbreeding experiments with maize were those reported by:
Sprengel in 1866
Darwin in 1876
Sprague in 1886
Baird 1896
44. Which of the following is not xerophytic plant?
Aloe
Cacti
Gum tree
Mango
45. The flattened lateral outgrowth of the stem or the branch developing exogenously from a node and having a bud in its axil as known as:
Tendril
Thorn
Leaf
Flower
46. The fleshy edible part of the mango fruit is:
Epicarp
Endocarp
Mesocarp
Pericarp
47. The fleshy food storage tissue lying immediately with in perisperm is called:
Endosperm
Testa
Cruncle
None of the above
48. The following character in human beings can explain the sex linked inheritance:
Baldness
Eye colour
Haemophilia
Pattern of the hair
49. The following organelles also contain DNA:
Endoplasmic reticulum
Centrosomes
Vacuoles
Chloroplast
50. The following part of the chromosome is responsible for the movement of chromosome/chromatid to different poles:
Chromatin
Centromere
Chromomere
Satellite
51. Which of the following ions is involved in the opening and closing of stomata?
Mg2+
Fe2+
K+
Na+
52. The fruit of Acacia is:
Lomentum
Double samara
Regma
Cypsela
53. The fruit of cumin or coriander is known as:
Lomentum
Cremocarp
Regma
Cypsela
54. The fruits of cucurbitaceae is:
Pepo
Pome
Berry
Drupe
55. The fusion of a male gamete with two polar nuclei is often termed:
Fertilization
Syngamy
Triple fusion
Pollination
56. The genes that intensify or diminish the effect of major genes are known as factors:
Modifying
Nullifying
Nullifying
None of these
57. The green expanded part of leaf is called as:
Leaf blade or lamina
Petiole
Petiole
Leaf base
58. The group of plants which bear flowers and seeds are known as:
Crytogams
Phanerogams
Pteridophyta
None of the above
59. The haploid phase in plants is called :
Sporophyte
Gametophyte
Zygote
None of the above
60. The hydrophytes float on water because of the presence of:
Aerenchyma
Aerenchyma
Aerenchyma
Sclerenchyma
61. The inflorescence of banana is known as:
Catkin
Raceme
Spike
Spadix
62. The initial pool of a composite population is composed of:
Inbred lines
Isoline
Pure lines
Single plants derived from crosses and/or germplasm lines
63. The initial gene pool of a synthetic population is composed of:
Plants from an open-pollinated variety
Pure lines
Inbred lines
Isolines
64. The jointed stem with solid nodes and hollow internodes is called:
Caudes
Culm
Scape
None of the above
65. The life first originated in:
Air
Soil
Water
All of above
66. The life-cycle of an angiosperm is consist of:
Sporophytic stage
Gametophytic stage
Both stages
None of the above
67. The main body of ovule is called:
Hilum
Chalaza
Nucellus
Integuments
68. When the pistil has all the carpals united together it is said to be:
Apocarpous
Syncarpous
Simpler types
None of the above
69. The main patterns concerning origin and domestication of cultivated plant species are:
Mendelian variation
Inter-specific hybridization
Polyploidy
All of these
70. The main reason for the classification of plants is:
The difficulties arising in the study of plants because of their large number
Their mechanical separation
The nature of man
The environmental conditions
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