This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Plant > Breeding > Plant Breeding – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Plant Breeding Quiz 2 (24 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A pureline is the progeny of a single self fertilised A) C. heterozygous plant. B) B. homozygous plant. C) A. heterozygous line. D) D. homozygous line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. homozygous plant. 2. Concept of gene for gene hypothesis proposed by A) Nelson. B) Flor. C) Vander plank. D) Robinsion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flor. 3. Breeding for disease resistance requires A) A good source of resistance. B) Planned hybridisation. C) Diseases test. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 4. A technique of micropropagation is A) Multiple root production. B) Somatic embryogenesis. C) Growth of micro organisms on culture medium. D) Multiple shoot production and embryo rescue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Somatic embryogenesis. 5. In 700B.C. Assyrians and Babylonians hand pollinated A) Coconut. B) Wheat. C) Date palms. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Date palms. 6. Nobel prize for green revolution was given to A) Borlaug. B) Thomson. C) Johannesberg. D) .M.S. Swaminathan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Borlaug. 7. The entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called A) Collection of variability. B) Germplasm collection. C) Plant collection. D) Protoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germplasm collection. 8. The botanical name of Sugarcane is: A) Pisum Sativum. B) Oryza sativum. C) Saccharum barberi. D) Triticum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Saccharum barberi. 9. What does GDP stands for? A) Gross Domestic Product. B) Good Domestic Price. C) General Disorder of Pancreas. D) Goods Delay Price. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gross Domestic Product. 10. The centre of origin for Maize is A) B. Abyssinian. B) D. China. C) A. Hindusthan. D) C. Mexican. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. Mexican. 11. The centre of origin for Coffee and Sesame is A) A. Hindusthan. B) B. Abyssinian. C) D. China. D) C. Mexican. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Abyssinian. 12. Who is the father of Green Revolution in India? A) Satyendra Nath Bose. B) Srinivasa Ramanujan. C) M.S. Swaminathan. D) Vikram Sarabhai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M.S. Swaminathan. 13. The quickest method of plant breeding is A) Hybridisation. B) Selection. C) Introduction. D) Mutation Breeding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mutation Breeding. 14. Identify the bacterial disease from the following A) Black rot of crucifers. B) Turnip Mosaic disease. C) Red rot of sugar cane. D) Rusts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black rot of crucifers. 15. Law of homologous series of variation states that character found in one species also occur in other A) C. related genus. B) D. unrelated genus. C) A. Unrelated species. D) B. related species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. related species. 16. Which of the following is example for Often cross pollinated crop? A) Banana. B) Cherry. C) Almond. D) Sorghum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sorghum. 17. Mechanisms that promote cross pollination in maize is A) C. Protogyny. B) D. Cleistogamy. C) B. Monoecious. D) A. Dioecious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. Monoecious. 18. A scientist wants to study the viral effects on plants. Which of the following part of the plant should be excluded? A) Shoot apex. B) Phloem. C) Pith. D) Cortex. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shoot apex. 19. The noble-laureate that successfully crossed and produced the semi dwarf wheat hybrid is : A) M.S. Swaminathan. B) Kalyan Sona. C) Norman E Borulag. D) Jaya Ratna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Norman E Borulag. 20. 'Fairchild' is the first artificial hybrid of A) Carnations and Sweet William. B) Daisy and Rose. C) Sunflower and Rose. D) Rose and Chrysanthemum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carnations and Sweet William. 21. Himgiri is a hybrid variety of A) Wheat. B) Cowpea. C) Cauliflower. D) Chilli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat. 22. The term geitonogamy refers to ------ A) A. Pollination within same flower of same plant. B) B. Pollination with different flower of same plant. C) C. Pollination with different flower of different plant. D) D. None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. Pollination with different flower of same plant. 23. Pada suatu pertanaman jagung seluas 1 ha dilakukan seleksi terhadap 100 individu jagung yang bulirnya berukuran relatif lebih besar. Ukuran bulir populasi setelah seleksi menjadi 2, 5 mm lebih baik dari sebelumnya. Variasi nilai tetap ada dengan simpangan dari rerata populasi sekitar 1, 5 mm. Diketahui jagung ditanam dengan jarak 75 cm $\times$ 75 cm.Intensitas seleksi yang dipilih pemulia yaitu ..... A) 0, 256%. B) 0, 525%. C) 0.463%. D) 0, 563%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0, 563%. 24. Johanssen pureline theory was on the basis of studies on A) D. Vigna mungo. B) A. Phaseolus vulgaris. C) C. Lablab purpureus. D) B. Pisum sativum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. Phaseolus vulgaris. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesPlant QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesPlant Breeding Quiz 1 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books