Q & A Section

Plant Breeding MCQ for Competitive Exam

Q. Protein content in barely is higher than____________________?

A. maize
B. rice
C. wheat
D. None of the above

Q. Shull and East (1908) proposed over dominance hypothesis of hetrosis in_________________?

A. Barley
B. wheat
C. Maize
D. None of the above

Q. ICARDA is located at___________________?

A. Columbia
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Syria
D. None of the above

Q. The concept of disruptive was given by____________________?

A. Morgan
B. Shull and East
C. Mather
D. None of the above

Q. Germplasm gene banks for different crop plants in world are about_____________________?

A. 980
B. 1080
C. 1200
D. 1100

Q. Global gene pool rice is maintained at_________________?

A. China
B. IRRI Philippines
C. Mexico
D. None of the above

Q. In the long term storage, germplasm can be stored upto ____________?

A. 200 years
B. 150 years
C. 100 years
D. 1250 years

Q. Global gene bank of Potato is located at_____________________?

A. Columbia
B. Florida
C. CIP Peru
D. None of the above

Q. Conservation of germplasm under natural condion is called__________?

A. In-situ conservation
B. Gene bank
C. Ex-situ conservation
D. Obsolute cultivars

Q. Gene pool consist of____________________?

A. Modern cultivars
B. Advanced breeding materials
C. Land race
D. All the above

Q. Germplasm collected within the country is known as__________________?

A. Active collection
B. Working collection
C. Indigenous collection
D. Exotic collection

Q. A place or area where maximum variability of crop plants is observed_________?

A. Genetic diversity
B. Micro centers
C. Gene sanctuaries
D. Centers of diversity
Q. System of mating were given by_________________?
A. Sewell Wright (1921)

B. Mather (1953)
C. Bruce and Keebel (1908)
D. Shall and East (1920)

Q. Allogamy leads to___________________?
A. Homozy gosity

B. Heterozy gosity
C. Segregation
D. none of the above

Q. The term mitosis was coined by________________?
A. Flemming (1882)
B. De Vries and correns (1908)
C. Bruce and Keeble (1908)
D. Non of these
Q. Artificial vegetative reproduction is done by_________________?
A. Grafting

B. Budding
C. Layering
D. All the above

Q. When pollination and fertilization occur in unopened flower bud it is known as__________________?

A. Hamogamy
B. Cleistogamy
C. Chasmogamy
D. All the above

Q. Allogamy is promoted by____________________?

A. Male sterility
B. Dichiny
C. Herkogamy
D. All the above

Q. Mating between distantly related individuals is known as________________?

A. Inbreeding
B. Out breeding
C. Amphimixis
D. All the above

Related Posts

General Agriculture One-liner For Agriculture Competitive Exam- 40

General Agriculture One-liner For Agriculture Competitive Exam- 39

Wheat and Rice MCQ for Competitive Eaxm

Leave a Reply