This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Plant > Breeding > Plant Breeding – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Plant Breeding Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Polyploidy can be induced using A) Harmones. B) GAA. C) IAA. D) Colchicines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Colchicines. 2. Concept of Progeny testing was introduced by A) M.S. Swaminathan. B) Vimorin. C) Thomas Fairchild. D) Van der Plank. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vimorin. 3. Which of the following is NOT a normally self pollinated crop? A) Wheat. B) Ragi. C) Barley. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cotton. 4. Pusa komal is resistant to A) Bacterial blight. B) Black rot and Curl. C) White rust. D) Hill burnt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacterial blight. 5. Triple fusion leads to formation of A) C. Endosperm. B) D. MMC. C) B. PMC. D) A. Embryo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. Endosperm. 6. Backrossing involves crossing A) Parent and parent. B) Hybrid and hybrid. C) Parent and hybrid. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parent and hybrid. 7. Consider the statement (s) related to the green revolution:1) Increasing agricultural production by incorporating modern tools and techniques.2) New high - yielding varieties of wheat were developed by Prof. Norman Borlaug & were adopted by a number of countries.Which of the following is/are correct statement (s)? A) Only 1. B) Only 2. C) Both 1 and 2. D) Neither 1 nor 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both 1 and 2. 8. Plant breeding is the ..... of plants in order to create desired plant types. A) Breeding. B) Manipulation. C) Crossing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manipulation. 9. Thale Cress is an example of A) Inbreeding. B) Hybrid breeding. C) Genetic engineering. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inbreeding. 10. In which of the following states did the Green revolution in India first introduced? A) Uttarakhand. B) Uttar Pradesh. C) Punjab. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab. 11. Who discovered the unit factors of inheritance by doing series of plant hybridisation experiments in 1866? A) Muller. B) Hardy. C) John Hopkins. D) Mendel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mendel. 12. The term centres of origin was coined by A) C. Zhukovosky. B) A. Harlan de wet. C) D. Johanssen. D) B. Vavilov. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. Vavilov. 13. Somatic hybridisation is achieved through A) Conjugation. B) Grafting. C) Recombinant DNA technology. D) Protoplast fusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protoplast fusion. 14. Polyploidy is induced through A) Colchicine. B) Ethylene. C) Irradiation. D) Mutagenic chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colchicine. 15. In ....., resistance to yellow mosaic virus and powdery mildew were induced by mutations A) Cauliflower. B) Wheat. C) Brassica. D) Mung bean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mung bean. 16. Which of the following crop is not part of High - Yielding Varieties Programme? A) Wheat. B) Jowar. C) Pulses. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pulses. 17. Pure line breed refers to A) Heterozygosity only. B) Homozygosity only. C) Homozygosity and self assortment. D) Heterozygosity and linkage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Homozygosity only. 18. In homomorphic system of Self incompatibility, incompatibility due to phenotype of pollen is termed as A) D. Tristyly. B) B. Sporohytic SI. C) A. Gametopyhtic SI. D) C. Distyly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Sporohytic SI. 19. The main nodal agency for plant introduction in India is A) C. NBPGR. B) B. CRRI. C) A. IPGRI. D) D. DRR. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. NBPGR. 20. Why is bagging done? A) To avoid self pollination. B) To prevent contamination from foreign pollen. C) To achieve desired pollination. D) To avoid cross pollination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To prevent contamination from foreign pollen. 21. The region of domestication for Asian rice is ----------river A) A. Balsas. B) C. Niger. C) B. Yangtze. D) D. Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. Yangtze. 22. Who proposed the centres of Origin theory? A) Vilmorin. B) Vavilov. C) Mendel. D) Hopkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vavilov. 23. The new varieties of plants are produced by A) Introduction and mutation. B) Selection and hybridisation. C) Mutation and Selection. D) Selection and Introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selection and hybridisation. 24. Nobilisation of cane refers to A) B. S.indicum. B) A. S. spontaneum. C) C. S. officianarum. D) D. S.barberi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. S. officianarum. 25. Bagging is done to A) Achieve desired pollination. B) Avoid self pollination. C) Avoid cross pollination. D) Prevent contamination from foreign pollen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prevent contamination from foreign pollen. 26. The source of dwarfing gene sd1 in rice is A) D. Peta. B) B. Dee-gee-woo-gen. C) C. ADT 27. D) A. IR 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Dee-gee-woo-gen. 27. Example of often cross pollinated crop is A) A. Maize. B) D. Sorghum. C) B. Rice. D) C. Pearl millet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) D. Sorghum. 28. Agriculture accounts for ..... per cent of India's GDP A) 30. B) 33. C) 62. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 33. 29. Medicago sativa is a A) Normally self pollinated crop. B) Normally Cross pollinated crop. C) Often cross pollinated crop. D) Both a & b. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Normally Cross pollinated crop. 30. Which of the following is not the main step in carrying out plant breeding technique? A) Collection of variability. B) Cross hybridization among the diseased parents. C) Selection and testing of superior recombinants. D) Evaluation and selection of parents. 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