Protein content in barely is higher than____________________?

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

Shull and East (1908) proposed over dominance hypothesis of hetrosis

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

ICARDA is located at___________________?

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

The concept of disruptive was given by____________________?

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

Germplasm gene banks for different crop plants in world are

about_____________________?
0

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

Global gene pool rice is maintained at_________________?

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

In the long term storage, germplasm can be stored upto____________________?

0

A. 20 years
B. 15 years
C. 10 years
D. 125 years

Global gene bank of Potato is located at_____________________?

0

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

Conservation of germplasm under natural condion is called_________________?

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

Gene pool consist of____________________?

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A. Modern cultivars
B. Advanced breeding materials
C. Land race
D. All the above
Germplasm collected within the country is known as____________________?

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

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

System of mating were given by_________________?

A. Sewell Wright (1921)

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

Allogamy leads to___________________?

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

The term mitosis was coined by________________?

A. Flemming (1882)
B. De Vries and correns (1908)
C. Bruce and Keeble (1908)
D. Non of these

Artificial vegetative reproduction is done by_________________?

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A. Grafting
B. Budding
C. Layering
D. All the above

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

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

Allogamy is promoted by____________________?

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

Mating between distantly related individuals is known as________________?

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

The term self incompatibility was coined by________________?

A. Koelreuter (1763)
B. Gerstel (1950)
C. East (1940)
D. None of the above

Self incompatibility in which the genes express in the style is known as__________________?

A. Styler SL
B. Ovarian SL
C. Polyallelic SL
D. Diallelic SL

Self incompatibility which is controlled by two genes is found in___________________?

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A. Gramineae
B. Solanaceae
C. Cruciferae
D. None of the above

Plants having monoecious flowers are found in____________________?

A. Maize
B. Caster
C. Colocasia
D. All the above

Anthesis starts in Allium cepa at___________________?

A. 7.0 am
B. 10.0 am
C. 3.0 pm
D. 5.0 pm

Amphimixis refers to_______________________?

A. Asexual reproduction
B. Sexual reproduction
C. Apomixes
D. None of the above

Cytoplasmic sterility is govemed by________________________?

A. Nuclear genes
B. Plasma genes
C. Monoalleleic genes
D. None of the above

Herkogamy is found in___________________?

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A. Barley
B. Berseen
C. Lucrene
D. Alfalfa

Somatic hybrid “Pomato” was produced by fusion between potato and tomato
by__________________?

A. Glebe and Hoffmann (1979)

B. Melchers et al (1978)
C. Sam Norum (1976)
D. Guha and Maheshwari (1974)

RELP’s, RAPD are helpful in________________?

A. Gene sequencing
B. Gene mapping
C. Identify new genes
D. All the above

The process of producing several indentical copies of a gene sequence referred to

as__________________?

A. Gene sequencing
B. Gene cloning
C. Gene splicing
D. Micro cloning

The concept of multi line varieties was developed by_________________?

A. Falconer (1960)
B. Goulden (1939)
C. Jensen (1952)
D. Johannsen (1903)

A heterogeneous population include_______________?

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A. Composites
B. Multi lines
C. Synthetic
D. All the above

Mass pedigree method was developed by__________________?

A. Harrington (1973)
B. Falconer (1960)
C. Vilomorin (1980)
D. Allard (91400

The most effective method for the transfer of oligogenic characters________________?

A. Bulk
B. Backcross
C. Disruptive
D. Pedigree

Genetic selection was proposed by_________________?

A. Richy (1927)
B. Stadler (1944)
C. Hull (1945)
D. East (1920)

The term recurrent selection was coined by_________________?

A. Hull (1945)
B. Hull (1950)
C. Hays (1919)
D. Garber (1955)

Plasmids are discovered by___________________?

A. Watson & Crick

B. Iscki & Sakai
C. Beadle & Tatum
D. None of the above

Concept of generation means analysis was developed by_______________________?

A. Hayman (1958)
B. Griffing (1965)
C. Jink (1950)
D. Kempthome (1957)

Difference between mean phenotypic value of the progeny of selected plants and the parental
population is known as__________________?

A. Genetic gain
B. Genetic advance
C. Heritability
D. Coheritability

Concept of path coefficient analysis was given by_________________?

A. Mather (1949)
B. Wright (1921)
C. Fisher (1918)
D. Smith (1936)

The term poly genes was coined by___________________?

A. Yates (1947)
B. Hazel (1943)
C. Mather (1943)
D. Griffing (1956)

The term homeostasis was coined by_____________________?

A. Lemer (1954)
B. Jinks (1968)
C. Warner (1952)
D. Freeman (1971)
Analysis of covanance permits estimation of_____________________?

A. Environmental covanance
B. Phenotypic covanance
C. Genotypic convanance
D. All the above

Specific combining ability is primarily a function of___________________?

A. Dominance variance
B. Additive x dominance epistasis
C. Dominance x dominance epistasis
D. All the above

Ratio of additive variance to phenotypic variance is called___________________?

A. Heritability (broad sense)

B. Heritability (narrow sense)
C. Co-heritability
D. Genetic gain

In line x tester cross each male is crossed with____________________?

A. Different sets of females

B. Few females in a set
C. Same sets of females
D. All the above

Biometrics for the study of quantitative genetics was provided by ___________________?

A. Fisher
B. Falconer
C. Mather
D. Hayman

Various crosses made using a common tester are__________________?

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A. Top crosses
B. Biparental cross
C. Double cross
D. Test cross

Low magnitude of genotype x environmental interaction indicates__________________?

A. High buffering capacity

B. Stability
C. Low buffering capacity
D. Adaptability

Split gene was first reported in___________________?

A. Drosoplulla
B. Pea
C. Cluckens
D. All the above

In lucern, toxic substance is found in_____________________?

A. Saponin
B. Coumarin
C. Neurotoxin
D. All the above

The first ever inter generic crossed has been successfully performed between bamboo and sugarcane
by_______________________?

A. T.S. Venkatraman
B. R.S. Paroda
C. R.B. Singh
D. T.S. Verma

The first artificial hybridization in fruit crops was done by____________________?

A. Knight
B. Morgan
C. Fischer
D. Muller

Law of parallele variation was given by___________________?

A. Wilkins
B. Jacob
C. Vavilov
D. None of the above

International institute for Tropical Agriculture is located at______________________?

A. Mexico
B. Nigeria
C. Syria
D. Columbia

Tea, coffee and mango seeds can not be converted in seed banks because they drastic loss in viability
with decrease in moisture content below.___________________?

A. 12%
B. 20%
C. 15%
D. 18%

germplasm which is meant for short term storage (3 to 5 years) is known as___________________?

A. Exotic collection
B. Working collection
C. Indigenous collection
D. None of the above

Global gene bank of sorghum is located at_______________________?

A. ICRISAT
B. ICARDA
C. CIP Peru
D. None of the above
Global gene bank of barley is located at__________________?

A. ICARDA
B. Florida
C. CIP
D. ICRISAT

Seeds which dried at low moisture content and stored at low temperature without losing their
viability are__________________?

A. Recalcitrant seeds
B. Active seeds
C. Orthodox seeds
D. Certified seeds
The variety of genes and genotypes found in a particular crop special are_____________________?

A. Genetic diversity
B. Genetic erosion
C. Gene sanctuaries
D. Field gene banks

Primitive cultivars which are selected and cultivated by farmers for many years
are___________________?

A. teriary gene pool

B. Obsolete cultivars
C. Land races
D. Modern cultivars

Gradual reduction on genetic variability due to elimination of various () is

called_______________________?

A. Centers of diversity
B. Land races
C. Genetic erosion
D. Genetic diversity

Allogamy is the common form of________________________?

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

Which generate variability_________________?

A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis
C. Peleiotropy
D. None of the above

The term mitosis was coined by__________________?

5

A. Rimpu (1890)
B. Nilson (1900)
C. De Vilmorin (1856)
D. Flemming (1882)

Development of embryo from egg cell without fertilization is known as___________________?

A. Apogamy
B. Parthenogenesis
C. Apospory
D. Autogamy

Self pollination is associated with__________________?

A. Herkogamy
B. Dichogamy
C. Chasmogamy
D. Homogamy

Mating system in which each female gamete () with every male gamete is known
as____________________?

A. Genetic assortative mating

B. Genetic disassortative mating
C. Random mating
D. None of the above

Male sterility in flowering plants was first reported is__________________?

A. Bateman (1952)
B. Stout (1917)
C. Koelreuter (1763)
D. Braw baker (1958)
Pollen sterility which is controlled by both cytoplasmic and nuclear genes is known
as___________________?

A. GMS
B. CMS
C. CGMS
D. all the above

Self incompatibility which is controlled by single gene found in some species of__________________?

A. Cruciferae
B. Solanaceae
C. Leguminosae
D. All the above

Diocious plant is____________________?

A. Papaya
B. Datepalm
C. Hemp
D. All the above

Rice flowers have___________________?

A. Six stamens
B. Eight stamens
C. Four stamens
D. None of the above

Anthesis starts in wheat at__________________?

A. 10.0 am
B. 5.2 pm
C. 1.15 pm
D. 7.0 am
Genetic male sterility is controlled by_________________?

A. Allelic genes
B. Non alleleic genes
C. nuclear genes
D. All the above

Cytoplasmic genetic male sterility was first discovered by___________________?

A. Jones and Davies (1944)

B. Devaries and Correns (1900)
C. Bruce and Keeble (1908)
D. Nilson (1900)

Protoandry is found in____________________?

A. Wheat
B. Sorghum
C. Maize
D. Barley

RELP’s, RAPD are helpful in___________________?

A. Gene sequencing
B. Gene mapping
C. Identify new gene
D. All the above

Prepotency increase with increase in_______________?

A. Hetrozygosity
B. Homozygosity
C. Homogeneity
D. All the above
Concept of disruptive selection was first developed by__________________?

A. Grafius (1965)
B. Mather (9153)
C. Thoday (1960)
D. Falconer (1960)

Homozygous population include_________________?

A. Inbreed lines
B. Multi lines
C. Pure lines
D. All the above

Single seed descent method was first suggested by_________________?

A. Goulden (1939)
B. Simmonds (1979)
C. Giber (1953)
D. Brim (1966)

The concept of diallel selective mating was developed by____________________?

A. brim (1966)
B. Jensen (1952)
C. Jensen (1970)
D. Russel (1978)

Convergent improvement was proposed by________________?

A. Jones (1920)
B. Richy (1920)
C. Hays (1919)
D. East (1920)

Reciprocal recurrent selection was proposed by___________________?

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A. Hays and limner (1950)
B. Constock et al (1949)
C. Allard (1955)
D. Hull (1935)

In wheat, Hessian fly pest is genetically controlled by__________________?

A. Cytoplasm
B. 5D + 5d
C. 2D
D. 1D

Genetic correlation between two variables may be due to___________________?

A. Gene interaction
B. Peliotropy
C. Dominance
D. Selection differential

Concept of biparental mating was developed by__________________?

A. Perkins (1968)
B. Jinks and Jones (1958)
C. Hayman (1958)
D. Comstock and Robinson (1948)

Concept of triple test cross of analysis was developed by____________________?

A. Kearsey and Jinks (1960)

B. Mather (1949)
C. Anderson (1957)
D. Fisher (1960)

The term micro and macro environment was given by___________________?

A. Robinson (1948)
B. Lemer (1954)
C. Perkins (1971)
D. Comstock and Moll (1963)

Discriminant function of plant selection was suggested by____________________?

A. Smith (1936)
B. Yates (1947)
C. Griffing (1956)
D. Kempt Horne (1957)

Pure line theory was developed by_______________?

A. Thoday (1960)
B. Mather (1951)
C. Allard (1957)
D. Johannsen (1903)

High values of genetic advance are indicative of____________________?

A. Dominance gene action

B. Additive gene action
C. non-additive gene action
D. Partial dominance gene action

Who coined the term genetic flexibility and phenotypic flexibility___________________?

A. Hardy (1908)
B. Thoday (1953)
C. Salisbury (1940)
D. Muller (1950)

Concept of combining ability as measure of gene action was first proposed by___________________?

A. Sprague and Tatum (1942)

B. Cavalli (1952)
C. Mather (1956)
D. Wright (1951)
In half diallel, total crosses among parents are equal to___________________?

A. P (P-1)/2
B. P (P-1)
C. P (P+1)/2
D. P2

Estimation of correlation form error variances and covariance’s is________________?

A. Genotypic correlation
B. Phenotypic correlation
C. Simple correlation
D. Environmental correlation

Ratio of genotypic covariance to the phenotypic covariance is____________________?

A. Heritability (b.s)
B. Genetic gain
C. Co-heritability
D. Genetic advance

Jumping gene was first discovered in______________________?

A. Maize
B. Barley
C. Oenothera
D. Sorghum

Erucic acid is found is_____________________?

A. Safflower
B. Til
C. Soybean
D. Mustard

Neurotoxin is found in___________________?

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A. Pearl millet
B. Berseem
C. Lucem
D. Sorghum

Nutritional quality breeding deals with genetic improvement in__________________?

A. Oil
B. Protein
C. Vitamin
D. All the above

In pulses, limiting amino acids include__________________?

A. Lysine
B. Threamine
C. Tryptophan
D. Methionine

In green vegetables, the limiting amino acids is__________________?

A. Methionine
B. Arginine
C. Lysine
D. Trytophan

Soybean contains___________________?

A. Typsin inhibitor
B. Goiterogens
C. Both A & B
D. Neither

Dominance hypothesis of heterosis was first proposed by__________________?

A. Davenport (1908)
B. Shull (1914)
C. Bruce (1910)
D. Davis (1927)

The term heterosis was coined by____________________?

A. Hull (1945)
B. Bruce (1910)
C. East (1908)
D. Shull (1914)

In allogamous species, a true breeding line obtained by continuous inbreeding

is__________________?

A. Hybrid
B. Top cross
C. Poly cross
D. Inbred

Heterobeltiosis is estimated over the___________________?

A. Better parent
B. Mid parent
C. Standard parent
D. Popular variety

Haploid plants have been produced by another culture in tomato by_________________?

A. Greshof and Doy (1972)

B. Tyagi and Prasad (1965)
C. Mehta and Upadhya (1960)
D. Singh (1960)

Increased flower size has made tetraploidy important for___________________?

A. Plant breeder
B. Agronomist
C. Horticulturist
D. Pathologist
An individual lacking only one chromosome from the diploid set is referred as_________________?

A. Nullisomic
B. Monosomic
C. Trisomic
D. Tetrasomic

Blackeselee reported the first case of monoploid in__________________?

A. Datura
B. Rye
C. Brassica
D. Oat

A gene which exhibits higher mutation rate than others is referred as___________________?

A. Mutator gene
B. Antimutalor gene
C. Mutable gene
D. Hot spot

Mutation was first discovered by________________?

A. deVries (1900)
B. Morgan (1910)
C. Stadler (1928)
D. Wright (1791)

Maximum mutants varieties are evolved in_________________?

A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Barley
D. Maize

Vertical resistance is also known as_________________?

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A. Race specific
B. Oligogenic
C. Qualitative
D. All the above

In rice, brown plant hopper has no preference for___________________?

A. Purple stigma
B. Low aspergine
C. Red pericarp
D. All the above

Disease and insect resistance is governed by________________?

A. Plasma genes
B. Polygenes
C. Oligogenes
D. All the above

In barley, resistance to cereal leaf beetle is associated with_________________?

A. High aspartic acid

B. Waxiness of leaves
C. High silica content
D. High benzol alcohol

Drought resistance is associated with___________________?

A. Biochemical factors
B. Physiological factors
C. Morphological factors
D. all the above

Drought tolerance is associated with ____________________?

A. Deep root system

B. Small waxy and thick leaves
C. Sunken, small and less stomata
D. All of the above

Concept of ideotype___________________?

A. Model plant type

B. Good plant model
C. Ideal plant type
D. All the above

Concept of ideotype was coined by__________________?

A. Oat
B. Sorghum
C. Wheat
D. Rice

In forage, crops, ideal plant type consists of ______________________?

A. Tall, leafy, high leaf/stem ratio

B. Dwarf stature
C. Late resistance to disease
D. Dwarf, late green

Heat, cold and frost resistance ideotype have been developed in_____________________?

A. Cereals
B. Pulses
C. Millet
D. None of the above

The experimental design which controls fertility variation in two directions in known
as_________________?

A. RBD
B. SPD
C. AD
D. LSD
Gamatophytic system of self incompatibility was first discovered by____________________?

A. Frankel (1977)
B. Bresbaker (1958)
C. Hughes and Babceek
D. East and Mangelsdref (1925)

The value of regression and correlation is the same when the correlation between two variables
is________________?

A. Imperfect
B. Perfect
C. Positive
D. Negative

Plant breeder right are operating in____________________?

A. Geneva
B. 5 meters
C. 20 meters
D. 3 meters

Citification is not required for_____________________?

A. Nucleus seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Foundation seed
D. Certified seed

In sunflower, production of foundation seed requires as isolation___________________?

A. 40 meters
B. 80 meters
C. 20 meters
D. 10 meters

Cuscuta is an object ional weed of_____________________?

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A. Cowpeas
B. Berseem
C. Sorghum
D. Luceru

Parthenocarpy is the production of____________________?

A. Fruit without pollination

B. Seed without fertilization
C. fruit without fertilization
D. Only seed and no fruit

The smell in onion bulb is due to________________?

A. Bad odour of soil

B. Much sugar
C. Sulphur compounds
D. Freshy leaves

Fertilization in a flower occurs within the____________________?

A. Pollen tube
B. Anther
C. Style
D. Ovule

Dispersal of seeds by parachute mechanism is present in__________________?

A. Onion
B. Tomato
C. Cotton
D. Sorghum

Which one is C3 crop plant__________________?

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A. Gram
B. Tomato
C. Onion
D. all the above

The food in onion is stored in_________________?

A. Root
B. Stem
C. leaves
D. Scale leaves

Edible part of orange is__________________?

A. Unexcelled endocarp hair

B. Unicelled placenta hairs
C. Multicelled endocarpic hair
D. Multicelled placental hairs

Rum is distilled from____________________?

A. Unmalted potatoes
B. Fermented fruit juice
C. Unmalted cereals
D. Unrefined products of sugarcane

A healthy plant not selling seed may be due to____________________?

A. Self incompatibility
B. Male sterility
C. Female sterility
D. All the above

Red flower pea plant is crossed with the white flowered pea plant, F1 is red; with flower color is
______________________?

A. Dominant
B. Recessive
C. Non-genetic
D. Unexpressive

Where would you look for active cell division in a plant _____________________?

A. Pith cells
B. Cortex cells
C. Internodes regions
D. Tips of stem & roots

The parry of Cauliflower which is eaten is__________________?

A. Flower
B. Fruit
C. Bud
D. Inflorescence

Ribosome’s are the centers of_____________________?

A. Fat synthesis
B. Starch synthesis
C. Protein synthesis
D. Anaerobic respiration

Meiosis is significant because___________________?

A. Produces identical cells

B. Restores original number of chromosomes
C. Occurs only in somatic
D. Doubling of DNA content in the cell

How many times mitotic divisions must occur in a cell of the root tip to form 256
cels___________________?

A. 8
B. 32
C. 64
D. 120
When a cell with 4 chromosomes undergoes meiosis each of the four resulting cells
has_____________________?

A. 1 chromosomes
B. 2 chromosomes
C. 4 chromosomes

If diploid chromo me number in flowering plant is 8 then 4 chromosomes will be present

in_________________?

A. Endosperm cell
B. Leaf cells
C. Cotyledonary cell
D. Synergids

Triticuin aestivuin is_________________?

A. Triploid
B. Teuaplioid
C. Hexaploid
D. Oetaploid

All organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the monoploid or
basic number is known as___________________?

A. Allopolyploid
B. Autopolyploid
C. Aneuploid
D. Euploid

The geometrical device that helps in visnalizing all the possible combinations of male and female
gametes known as____________________?

A. Punneu square
B. Morgan square
C. Mendel square
D. Bateson square
Year 190 was significant for geneticists due to__________________?

A. Discovery of gene
B. Principles of linkage
C. heredity theory
D. Rediscovery of Mendel’s

Liposome’s originated from____________________?

A. Plastids
B. Ribosomes
C. Mitochondria
D. Leucoplasts

The cell theory was propounded by____________________?

A. Watson and Crick

B. Scheiiden and Schwann
C. Sarwin and Wallace
D. Morgan

Common and easily available source of energy does not contain RNA__________________?

A. DNA
B. RNA
C. ATP
D. DNA/RNA

Which one of the following does not contain both DNA and RNA__________________?

A. Bacterium
B. Virus
C. Fungus
D. Algae

A mutation is a change in_________________?

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A. Chromosome number
B. RNA
C. DNA
D. Chromosome structure

RNA contains__________________?

A. Thymine
B. Argenine
C. Cystine
D. Uracil

Strands of DNA are bounded by___________________?

A. Icygen
B. Carbon
C. Hybrogen
D. Nitrogen

The name “Suicide bag” is given to___________________?

A. Ribosomes
B. Centrosomes
C. Microsomes
D. Lysosmes

The ATP formed in__________________?

A. Chloroplast
B. Mitochondna
C. Golgi bodies
D. RNA

Amount of DNA is the diploid cells____________________?

A. Varies with the age

B. Coustant for all organismes
C. Constant for particular organism
D. None of the above

Which are the necessary conditions for the hardy Weinberg principle for applying to genetic
population________________?

A. Low mutation population

B. High mutation ratio and small population
C. Selective mating and small population
D. No migration and large population

Gene responsible for the synthesis of repressor is called__________________?

A. Operator gene
B. Structural gene
C. Regulator gene
D. Promotor gene

The small unit of DNA capable of undergoing crossing over and recommbination is________________?

A. Recon
B. Muton
C. Cistron
D. Complan

In a population gene frequencies remain constant when there is_________________?

A. Iubreeding
B. Out breeding
C. Random mating
D. Selective mating

DNA is genetic material was first discovered by____________________?

A. Attmann (1889)
B. Crick (1953)
C. Sressler (1968)
D. Avery et al (1944)
Ieucaena lencocephala is a popular tree for______________________?

A. Beautification
B. Seasonal fruit
C. Medicinal plant
D. Nutritive forage

Maximum vegetable crops belong to the family____________________?

A. Solanaceae
B. Cruciferae
C. Cucurbitaceae
D. Legumunaceae

The term vertical resistance and horizontal resistance were first used by________________________?

A. Van der plank (1963)

B. Karpechenko (1927)
C. Hull (1945)
D. Correns (1900)

A gene which enhances the natural mutations rate of another gene in the same genome is kanown
as___________________?

A. Mutable gene
B. Mutator gene
C. Recepror gene
D. Articulator gene

Gametophytic self incompatibility was first reported in___________________?

A. Lena sativa
B. Nicotine sandarac
C. Set aria sphacelata
D. Scale cereals

Seed germination in typhoin walermelon can successfully be obtained by____________________?

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A. Scarification
B. Seed risking
C. Seed cot removal
D. All the above

Prescribed germination percentage of foundation seed of groundnut____________________?

A. 70
B. 20
C. 90
D. 95

In oat an site-specific cross between Ivena sativa and A busantus_____________________?

A. Incompatible
B. Partially fertile
C. Sterile
D. Fully fertile

Reciprocal recurrent selection is effective with___________________?

A. Incomplete
B. Complete dominance
C. Over dominance
D. All the above

In case of incomplete dominance in the f2 generation_______________________?

A. Ratio of phenotypes is 3:1

B. Ratio of genotypes is 3:1
C. Phenotypic ratio corresponds to the genotypic ratio
D. None of the above
Who arrang the following associated with genetic engineering___________________?

A. Watson
B. Crick
C. Koruna
D. Morgan

Who gave the principle that man tends to multiply faster than food supply________________?

A. Mathis
B. Mendel
C. Darwin
D. Haldane

Epitasis implies_____________________?

A. One gene pair enhances phenotype expression of another gene pair

B. Many gene together control a parucular phenotype
C. One pair of gene can completely mask the expression of another gene pair
D. One gene pair independently controls a phenotype

After self pollination of red flowered plants out of 4 plants of progeny were white flowered. this
indicates that the plants are__________________?

A. Heterogeneous
B. Heterozygous
C. Homogenous
D. Homozygous

haploids are better for mutation studies because in them all the mutations whether recessive or
dominant are expressed as_______________?

A. There are many alleles of each gene in each call

B. There are two alleles of each gene in each cell
C. There is only one alleles of each gene present in each cell
D. Non3e4 of the above
Red (RR) is crossed with white (ww). All the (Rw) offsprings are pink this is an indication that the R
gene is_________________?

A. Recessive
B. Incomplete dominant
C. Mutant
D. Dominant

Hereditary variations in plants have been produced by the use of________________?

A. DDT
B. X-rays
C. Gibberrellic acid
D. Auxins

Which of the following had great influence on Drawing during during formulation of his theory of
natural selection_________________?

A. Lamark’s idea on inheritance of acquired character’s

B. Mathis’s essay on population
C. Mendes’s experiment on pea
D. De Vries theory of mutation

The organic evolution look place about__________________?

A. 100,000,00 years
B. 200,000,00 ears
C. 300,000,00 years
D. Still occurring

In a monohybrid cross, 2 heterozygous individuals were crossed, phenotypic ratio came to be (2:1), it
is due to__________________?

A. Dominant lethal genes in heterozygous individuals

B. Dominant lethal genes in homozygous individuals
C. Dominant epistasis
D. None of the above
If the haploid number of chromosomes in a plant is 12, then the number of chromosomes in
monosmic is_________________?

A. 12
B. 24
C. 22
D. 23

Presence of slight differences in identical twins support the hypothesis that___________________?

A. Single gene may produce multiple effects

B. Dominance may be incomplete
C. The environment effects the expression of genetic character
D. Genetic trails are influence by many genes

Superiority of heterozygote in respect to one or more traits in comparison to corresponding

homozygote is known as____________________?

A. Heterocyst
B. Hetropyenosis
C. Hypostasis
D. Epistastasis

Mutant allele that has little or no effect on the expression of a tart is known
as_____________________?

A. Atavism
B. Auxotroph
C. Axoneme
D. Armor

A useful process for determining whether an individual is homozygous or heterozygous

is_____________________?

A. Cross breeding
B. Back crossing
C. Self fertilization
D. Inbreeding
Episodes may be factor in____________________?

A. Dominance
B. Cytoplasm inheritance
C. Incomplete dominance
D. Chromosomal inheritance

Evolution may be described as___________________?

A. History of development of larger biological units

B. Cntinuous genetic variation
C. Inheritance of acquired characters
D. Discontinuous genetic variation

Organism arise from existing forms by genetic variations is called_________________?

A. Mutation
B. Genetics
C. Genetics
D. Hybridization

Mendel was lucky to use pea plants for genetical experiments because__________________?

A. They showed one type of flowers

B. they belong to the family leguminous
C. The seven characters he studied were on different chromosomes
D. They have round seeds with lot of proteins

The most recent evolved plant group is ____________________?

A. Confers
B. Mosses
C. grasses
D. Gymnosperm

If a pure tall plant is crossed with a pure dwarf one, the ratio of tall pure dwarf in the F 2 generation
after selling F1 plant will be___________________?
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A. 1:1
B. 1:2
C. 2:1
D. 3:1

Polyploidy is most likely to result from ____________________?

A. Occurrence of crossing over

B. The crossing over between non homologous chromosomes
C. Occurrence of karyokinesis
D. The failure of homologous chromosomes to separate during meiosis

Apheliotropic gene is one which___________________?

A. Affects more than five characters

B. Affects more than ten characters
C. Affects only one character
D. Affects more than one character

A genetic element which can exist in more than one of the two alternative forms is known
as__________________?

A. Episome
B. Disome
C. Mecrosome
D. Peroxisome

The smallest unit of recombination in the chromosome is called___________________?

A. Gene
B. Chromosome
C. Citron
D. Recon

The functional unit of mutation is___________________?

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A. Gaston
B. Recon
C. Gene
D. Mouton

The genetic constitution of an orgarusm is denoted by____________________?

A. Phenotype
B. Genotype
C. Allele
D. Genome

A cross of hybrid with one of its parents is termed as____________________?

A. Hybridization
B. Backcross
C. Test cross
D. Biohybrid

Reproduction from an unfertilized egg or reproduction without fertilization may be defined

as___________________?

A. Calistoga
B. Chimera
C. Clone
D. Inbreeding

In the F2 generation, genotypic and phenotypic ratios are identical in cases of___________________?

A. Mendel lan monohybrids

B. Mendelian dihybrids
C. Incomplete dominance
D. None of the above
As a result of linkage and crossingover _____________________?

A. Chromatids become chromosomes

B. Nuclear division come to close
C. Chromosomes become half in number
D. Exchange of chromosomal material

A dihybrid ratio is____________________?

A. 9:3:3:1
B. 1:1:1:1
C. 3:1
D. 27:9:9:3:3:3:1

The chromosome number of human race is__________________?

A. 48
B. 41
C. 44
D. 46

Mendel studied contrasting characters for his breeding cxperiments with peas which of the following
character he did not study_______________?

A. Pod color
B. Pod shape
C. Plant height
D. Leaf shape

The new crop critical has been evolved by intervener hybridization

between________________________?

A. Wheat & rice

B. Rye & Wheat
C. Wheat & Anglos
D. Rice & maize
The crossing of a yomozygous tall plant and a homozygous dwarf plant would yield plants in the ratio
of_________________?

A. 2 tall: 2 dwarf
B. All homozygous dwarf
C. All the heterozygous tall
D. One homozygous tall, one homozygous dwarf, two heterozygous tall

In crop improvement programmed haploids are of great importance because

they__________________?

A. Are useful in studies on meiosis

B. Give homozygous lines following diplodization
C. Grow better under adverse conditions
D. Require only about half the amount of chemical fertilizers compared to diploids

Among the following the test cross is_________________?

A. TTxTT
B. TTxTt
C. TtxTt
D. Ttxtt

Linkage of hereditary units was discounted by__________________?

A. W. Batson and B.C Pun net

B. T.B. Morgan and G. Mendel
C. W.S. Sutton and K. R. Porter
D. C.B. Bridges and G.H. Shull

Gynandromorphy in Drosophila because of_________________?

A. Loss of X-chromosome
B. Kappa particles
C. inheritance
D. Gain of Y-chromosome

Absence of chlorophyll in a plant is known as__________________?

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A. Acrodsome
B. Albinism
C. A gouri
D. None of the above

The spread of genes from one breeding population to another by migration which may result in
changes in gene frequency is called__________________?

A. Gene flow
B. Genetic drift
C. Gene frequency
D. None of the above

Occurrence of cells in diploid organisms containing multiples of the 2n genomes is known

as____________________?

A. Allopolyploid
B. Amphidiploids
C. End polyploidy
D. Aneupoidy

Pedigree selection is used in____________________?

A. Self pollinated plants

B. Cross pollinated plants
C. Plant difficult to hybridized
D. For crosses at intervener level

An organism or cell having a chromosome number that is higher than the exact nultiple of the basic
number is known as__________________?

A. Hypoploid
B. Hyperploid
C. Allopolyploid
D. Autopolyploid

Bacteria, single celled animals and plants are grouped to gather as_______________________?
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A. Protozoa
B. Prototypal
C. Protista
D. Prokaryotes

The protein synthesizing system is associated with_____________________?

A. Microtubules
B. Ribosome’s
C. Episodes
D. Mitochondria

From a single ear of corn a farmer planted 30 kernels which produced 225 tall and 75 short plants. the
genotype of these offsprings are most likely to be_____________________?

A. TT and Tt only
B. TT and tt only
C. Tt and Tt only
D. TT Tt and tt

If the frequency of a dominant phenotype in a stable population in 75% the frequency of the
dominant allele in that population is____________________?

A. 50%
B. 75%
C. 25%
D. 40$

As a general rule interbreeding is possible between______________________?

A. Any two members of a Genus

B. Any two members of a Species
C. Any two members of a Family
D. Any two members of an order

The term cell was introduced in 1665 by__________________?

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A. Maligned
B. Hook
C. Schneider
D. Schumann

The digestive vacuole in the animal cell are____________________?

A. Ribosomes
B. Lysosomes
C. Lysozymes
D. Dictysomes

The nucleic acids comprise of_________________?

A. DNA
B. RNA
C. DNA & RNA
D. DNQA and protein

Duplication of chromosomes occurs during_________________?

A. Mitosis only
B. Meiosis
C. Mitosis and meiosis
D. None of the above

Who discovered nucleic acid________________?

A. Van Mohl
B. Miescher
C. Benda
D. Schultz

Who gave the model of DNA_________________?

A. Watson and Crick

B. Tatum
C. Koran
D. Dtanele

Cytoplasm fills of the cavity of a cell when if is young. But in nature cells, the
cytoplasm________________?

A. Becomes vacuolated
B. Disappears completely
C. Contracts
D. Disintegrates partially

Who discovered ribosomes__________________?

A. Palade
B. Altmann
C. Cowdry
D. Garner

What is the function of Gorge bodies__________________?

A. Photosynthesis
B. Protein synthesis
C. Segregation of the products of sunthesis
D. RNA synthesis

The smallest cell organelle so far is_____________________?

A. Peroxisome
B. Spherosome
C. Ribosome
D. Lysosome

The maximum magnification possible within electron microscope is____________________?

A. 200 times
B. 400 times
C. 400,00 times
D. 200,00 times
The outer most part of plant cell is____________________?

A. Plasma membrane
B. Epidermis
C. Nuclear membrane
D. Cellulose cell wall

The membrane which surrounds the___________________?

A. Nucleus
B. Chloroplast
C. Vacuole
D. Cutoplasm

In cereals limiting amino acids are________________?

A. Threonine
B. Lysine
C. Methionine
D. a and b

In maize source of high lysine is___________________?

A. Opaque 2
B. Proline
C. Gang as
D. African tall

The term useful heterosis was first used by__________________?

A. Meredith and Bridge (1972)

B. Richey (1914)
C. Jenkins (1935)
D. Hull (1950)

Top cross was first suggested by__________________?

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A. Simmonds (1979)
B. East (1908)
C. Davenport (1908)
D. Davis (1927)

Heterosis can be fully exploited in the form of_____________________?

A. Composites
B. Hybrids
C. Multi lines
D. Synthetics

Heterosis can be fixed by___________________?

A. Apomixis
B. Polyploidy
C. Asexual reproduction
D. All the above

Out breeding leads to reproduction in____________________?

A. Heterozygosity
B. Homozygosity
C. Population mean
D. None of the above

Colchicum () is extracted from__________________?

A. Seed
B. Bulb
C. Fruit
D. Flower

A nullisomic individual is represented by________________?

A. 2n-1
B. 2n+1
C. 2n-2
D. 2n+2

The change in chromosome number which involves the entire set of genome is known
as______________?

A. Anenploidy
B. Euploidy
C. Trisomy
D. all the above

In primary trisomic the extra chromosome is__________________?

A. Isochromosome
B. Traits located chromosome
C. Normal chromosome
D. None of the above

Stadler, first used X-rays for induction of mutation in_________________?

A. Oat
B. Maize
C. Wheat
D. Barley

A mutation which kills 50% of the individual that carry the mutation is known as_________________?

A. Lethal mutation
B. Sub lethal mutation
C. Vital mutation
D. Sub-vital mutation

In Incern, resistance to spotted aphid is associated with__________________?

A. low sinigen in leaves

B. High saponin in leaves
C. High DIMBOA in leaves
D. High silicant content
Concept of gene for gene hypothesis was developed in____________________?

A. Linseed
B. Oat
C. Gram
D. Tomato

In cotton, jassids have non preference for______________________?

A. Fregobract
B. Okra leaves
C. Smoothness leaves
D. Hairiness of leaves

In wheat, example of durable insect resistance includes resistance to___________________?

A. Green bugs
B. Stem saw fly
C. Hessian fly
D. All the above

Drought is measured in terms of________________?

A. Yield performance
B. Photosynthesis
C. Root length of seedings
D. All the above

Under drought conditions, there is an increase in__________________?

A. Pro line level

B. Ethylene level
C. Abscisic acid
D. All the above

Srought is indicated by__________________?

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A. Increase in proline level
B. Increase in ethylene level
C. leaf rolling
D. all the above

The term ideotype was coined by_____________________?

A. Jennings (1958)
B. Finlay (1968)
C. Rasmesson (1987)
D. Donald (1968)

Norine 1 is the source of dwarfing gene in________________?

A. Wheat
B. Rice
C. Barley
D. Oat

Dee-Geo-Woogen is the source of dwarfing gene in___________________?

A. Wheat
B. Sorghum
C. Maize
D. Rice

The significance of difference among several means is tested with the help of____________________?

A. F-test
B. t-test
C. Z-test
D. x-test

The experimental design which control fertility variation in one direction is known
as____________________?

A. RBD
B. SPD
C. AD
D. LSD

The ratio of treatment variance to error variance is known as______________________?

A. Correction factor
B. F-value
C. Critical difference
D. t-value

Headquarter of union for the protection of new plant varieties is in__________________?

A. Thailand
B. USA
C. Den nark
D. Switzerland

In bhindi, production of foundation seed needs and isolation distance_________________?

A. 10 meters
B. 5 meters
C. 20 meters
D. 3 meters

Argemone mexicana is an objectional wed of__________________?

A. Oat
B. Rapseed/mustard
C. Tomato
D. Barley

The recommended ratio of male the recommended of male rows to female rows in hybrid bajra
production is_________________?

A. 2 to 4
B. 1 to 2
C. 4 to 8
D. 3 to 6
Which one of the following is fruit____________________?

A. Cauliflower
B. Potato
C. Brinjal
D. Ginger

Maturation of stamens and pistils at different times in the same flower is

called___________________?

A. Heterostyle
B. Dichotamy
C. Heterospory
D. Dichogamy

Tomato would not have turned red if__________________?

A. They were kept at the bottom layer of box

B. They were mixed with ripe apples
C. There were no ripe apples in the box
D. Less “hey”had been put in the box

In potato food is stored in__________________?

A. Root
B. Shoot
C. Leaves
D. Flowers

Which of the following is not a fruit____________________?

A. Tomato
B. Potato
C. Muskmelon
D. Bitter gourd

Who coin the term genetic load _____________?

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A. Hardy (1908)
B. Muller (1950)
C. Ford (1940)
D. Satisbury (1940)

Which one is C4 crop plant_____________________?

A. Sugarcane
B. Sorghum
C. Maize
D. all the above

Synopsis occur in___________________?

A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis
C. Amitosis
D. all the above

Edible part of pomegranate is____________________?

A. juicy test
B. juicy epicure
C. juicy hairs
D. Monocarp

Parthenogenesis is most commonly seen in___________________?

A. Apple
B. Orange
C. Mango
D. Grape

Whisky is distilled from__________________?

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A. Fermented mash of malted or unmalted cereals and potatoes
B. Fermented juices of fruits
C. Raw grains
D. Legume fruits

Mutation breeding is mostly used in____________________?

A. Self pollinated crops

B. Cross pollinated crops
C. Vegetative propagated crops
D. Often cross pollinated crops

The policy level of commercially cultivated seedless watermelon is__________________?

A. Monoploid
B. Diploid
C. Triploid
D. Tetraploid

If the leaf cells have eight chromosomes it is mostly likely that__________________?

A. Gametes will have 8 chromosomes

B. Gametes will have 4 chromosomes
C. Zygote will have 4 chromosomes
D. Zygote will have 16 chromosomes

How many mitouc divisions will take place to produce 512 cells from a single parent
cell_________________?

A. 9
B. 256
C. 158
D. 511

Three important law of heredity proposed by Mendel relate to___________________?

A. Gene linkage, character se gregation and independent assortment

B. Gene linkage, dominance and segregation
C. Segregation, independent assortment and gene linkage
D. Segregation, independent assortment and dominance recessive ness

If a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant the proportion of dwarf
progerry will be__________________?

A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100%

If a plant heterozygous for tallness is selfed, f2 feneration has both tall and dwarf plants. this proves
the principle of__________________?

A. Dominance
B. Segregation
C. Independent assortment
D. Incomplete dominance

If a haploid chromosome number of a gymnosperm is 12 the chromosome in its endosperm will

be__________________?

A. 6
B. 12
C. 24
D. 36

When red tall plant is crossed with dwarf white plant all the plants of F, are found to be tall red. which
of the following ratio will be available when a test cross is made_________________?

A. 3:1
B. 1:2:3
C. 1:1:1:1
D. 1:2:1

If the offspring of F, (blue) is crossed with white male parent the result will
be______________________?

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A. All blue
B. All white
C. All black
D. Half blue and half white

Seed is___________________?

A. Seveloped ovary after fertilization

B. Developed egg after fertilization
C. Transformcd ovary after fertilization
D. None of the above

The slow process by which new types of organisms arise from existing forms by genetics variation is
called_______________________?

A. Genetics
B. Mutation
C. Evolution
D. Polyploidy

An exce4ption of Mendel’s law is______________________?

A. Dominance
B. Liukage
C. Independent assortment
D. Purity of gametes

Continuous variation are attrions are attributed to____________________?

A. Crossingover
B. Polyploidy
C. Mutations
D. Linkage

In populations genotypic and phenotypic ratios are identical in cases of___________________?

A. Mendel lan monohybrid

B. Mendelian dihybrid
C. Incomplete dominance
D. None of the above

Self incompatibility is used for hybrid seed production in______________________?

A. Rice
B. Maize
C. Cabbage
D. Tomato

Which one of the following does not contain RNA_______________?

A. Chromosome
B. Ribosomes
C. Nuclcolus
D. Plasmalemma

RNA contains_____________________?

A. 3 carbon sugars
B. 4 carbon sugars
C. 5 carbon sugars
D. 6 carbon sugars

Which one of the following is not found in DNA__________________?

A. Cystine
B. Uracil
C. Thymine
D. Guanine

Kinds of nitrogen containing bases fond in RNA are__________________?

A. Two
B. Four
C. Six
D. Eight
In meiosis homologous chromosomes separate from each other in ______________________?

A. metaphase I
B. Auaphase I
C. Metaphase II
D. Anaphase II

The chief function of the centro mere concerns___________________?

A. Spindle formation
B. Nucleolus formation
C. Chromosome replication
D. Chromosome movement

The protoplasm is________________?

A. Solution
B. Semi-solid
C. Crysto colloidal solution
D. Colloidal solution

How many type of DNA are_________________?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6

Sugar present in DNA is_______________?

A. Pentose
B. Hexose
C. Heptose
D. Triose

Polytene chromosomes were first observed by___________________?

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A. Mendel (1810)
B. Balbiani (1881)
C. Allard (1910)
D. Baranetzky (1910)

In random mating population gene frequencies remain constant generation after generation in the
absence of__________________?

A. Mutation
B. Selection
C. Migration
D. Random drift

A child is born with an extra chromosome in each of it cells, the reason is___________________?

A. Non-disjunction
B. Segregation
C. Hybridization
D. Crossing over

Nobel prize for the discovery of operon model was awarded to__________________?

A. Jacob and monod (1965)

B. Crick (1966)
C. Watson and Crick (1953)
D. Briuen and Davidson (1959)

Winter beats are grown in___________________?

A. Canada
B. Iran
C. Mexico
D. India

Which is the suitable perennial grass for lean periods__________________?

A. Napier
B. Anjan
C. Para
D. Marvel

From which part of the coconut tem coir is obtained_____________________/

A. Endosperm
B. Per carp of fruit
C. Leaf
D. Inflorescence

First intergeneric hybrid between radish and cabbage was made by__________________?

A. Jones (1917)
B. Muller (1927)
C. Fray (1966)
D. Karechenko (1927)

Cells intercommunicates with neighbouring cells by_________________?

A. Plasmedesmata
B. Plasmalema
C. Trachieds
D. Nessels

Male sterility in flowering plant was first reported by___________________?

A. Stout (1917)
B. Koelreuter (1763)
C. Brewbaker (1810)
D. Gerstel (1900)

Breeder seed is the progeny of__________________?

A. Cenified seed
B. Nucleus seed
C. Foundation
D. Registered seed
Gene for gene hypothesis was proposed by__________________?

A. Nelson (1973)
B. Flor (1956)
C. Robinson (1971)
D. Vander plank (1963)

Heterosis results due to____________________?

A. Dominance
B. Overdominance
C. Epistasis
D. All the above

capsicum is a rich source of___________________?

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin D
D. None of the above

Two allelie genes are located on_______________________?

A. Two homologous chromosomes

B. Two non homologous chromosomes
C. Any two chromosomes with one each
D. Same chromosomes

If a plant is heterozygousand is designated (BbMm)and produces two kinds of gametes either (BM)or
(bm), then the possibility of (bm) gametes fertilizing either (BM) or (bm) is_________________?

A. Half
B. 0/1
C. 1/1
D. 1/4

Diagrammatic representation of the chromosomes of an organism arranged according to their size is

called_____________________?
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A. Ideogram
B. Gene map
C. Karyotype
D. Phenotype

The process of transfer and deletion of several gene is_____________________?

A. Gene mutation
B. Chromosomal mutation
C. Monoploldy
D. Synapsis

Maize has 1 pairs of chromosomes. how many linkage groups will be present if all the genes are
mapped__________________?

A. 10
B. 20
C. 40
D. 15

An individual with two identical members of a part of geneue factors is called__________________?

A. Hybrid
B. Homozygous
C. Heterozygous
D. Dominant

Plants can be made disease resistant by___________________?

A. Colchicines treatment
B. Heat treatment
C. Breeding with the wild variety
D. Hormone spray

The first organisms to appear on the earth were more like plants than animals
because__________________?

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A. Plants can manufacture their own food material
B. There are more plants than animals
C. Plants are similar in structure
D. None of the above

Evolution proceed on account of____________________?

A. Conversion pf organism to change of environment

B. Fossils
C. Adaptations through genervation
D. Struggle for existence

Organic evolution through large discontinuous variations was propound by__________________?

A. Mendel
B. Darwin
C. Huge and Vnes
D. Lamak

One of the persons whose evolutionary ideas were close to that of Laraarcd
was____________________?

A. Lysendo
B. Vavilow
C. Weismann
D. H be vnes

When an albino plant of maize (female) is crossed with normal green plant (male) all plants in the
progeny are albino because___________________?

A. Albinism is dominant over green characters

B. Green plastids of male parent become nitrated
C. Plastids are inherited through maternal parents
D. Crossing over results in structural changes in green plastids

Number of lindage groups of chromosomes____________________?

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A. Diploid number of chromosomes
B. Tetraploid number of chromosomes
C. Haploid number of chromosomes
D. None of the above

One of the following is not an advantage of genetic engineering___________________?

A. Microbes act as biological factories

B. Improvement of crop can take place
C. The gene pool is maintained
D. Genetic error can be rectified

One of the following is not a technique in hybridization_________________?

A. Bagging
B. Inter over crossing
C. Intraspecific crossing
D. Inosculation

A species or type of a plant derived from doubling the chromosome of the F1 hybrid of two known
species is known as__________________?

A. Autodiploid
B. Hexaploid
C. Autopolyploid
D. Amphidiploid

Suppose that out of 100 offspring’s in the generation of a dithered cross, 748 are tall and hairy, 6 are
tall and smooth, 4 are short and hairy and 242 are short and smooth. what is the explanation for this
kind of ratio ?

A. Linkage and crossing over

B. Presence of multiple alleles
C. Presence of lethal genes
D. Sex-linkage

Many groups of insects have developed resistance to DDT and other insecticides as a result
of____________________?

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A. Crossing over
B. Polyploidy
C. Segregation
D. Gene mutation

Linked gene may be separated by the process of_________________?

A. Evolution may be described as

B. History of development of larger biological units
C. Inheritance of acquired characters
D. Discontinuous genetic variation

The offspring of a cross between twp individuals differing in at least one set of characters is
called__________________?

A. Polyploidy
B. Mutant
C. Variant
D. Hybrid

The mechanism ensuring genetic continuity in mitosis is____________________?

A. Formation of two daughter cells with identical DNA

B. Crossing over of the genes
C. Halving of chromosome nuriber between two daughter cells
D. Segregation of maternal and paternal characters

mitosis is the normal process in a living cell but sudden and abnormal mitosis in an organ will some
time result in__________________?

A. Cancer
B. Zygote
C. Gastrula
D. New organ

If two opposite alleles come together, and one of the two finds expression and mask the other in he
body this facts is explained as_________________?

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A. Law of dominance
B. Law of segregation
C. Law of limiting factors
D. Law of inheritance

If the cell of an organism (heterozygous) for two pairs of genes represented by Aa, Bb, undergoes
meiosis then the possible genotype of gametes are________________?

A. AB, ab
B. Ab, ab
C. AB, Ab, aB, ab
D. Data insufficient

An auxotroph is_________________?

A. A mutant organism which has lost its ability to synthesize one or more essential
nutrients
B. A plan that is able to synthesize its own carbohydrates
C. An organism that depends on other organism for meting its nutrient requirements
D. non of these

A polyploidy species with genomes derived from the same original species is an_________________?

A. Allopolyploidy
B. Amphidiploids
C. Annapolis
D. Autopolyploid

All the individuals derived by vegetative propagation from a single individual is known
as___________________?

A. Affects more than five characters

B. Affects more than ten characters
C. Affects only one character
D. Affects more than one character

which of the following probably occur when a diploid cell undergoes normal meiotic
division________________?

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A. All dominant genes will segregate together into daughter cells
B. All homologous chromosome pairs will separate
C. All daughter cells will have different homologous chromosome pairs
D. All linkage group will be disrupted

Abnormal cell with random number of chromosomes is__________________?

A. Annapolis
B. Polyploidy
C. Heterckaryotic
D. Haploid

A cross of unlike organisms is termed as____________________?

A. Hybrid
B. Heterosis
C. Backcross
D. None of the above

The physical appearance of an organism is denoted by____________________?

A. Photocopy
B. Prototype
C. Phenotype
D. Apheliotropic

A cross of hybrid with one of its recessive parent is termed____________________?

A. Test cross
B. Backcross
C. Hybridization
D. Trihybrid

A normal plant suddenly started reproducing parthengentically. the number of chromosomes of the
second generation compared to the parent plant will be____________________?

A. Double
B. One half
C. One fourth
D. Same

Theory of mutation was given by___________________?

A. Mendel
B. De Vries
C. Tschermak
D. Watson

The term gene was coined by__________________?

A. Batson
B. Johnnsen
C. Punned
D. Darlington

Eugenics refers to__________________?

A. Science concerned with improvement of heredity of animals

B. Science concerned with improvement of heredity of human race
C. Experimental alterations in the structure of the genes
D. Genetics of eukaryotes

When two genes are situated very close together in a chromosome_____________________?

A. The percentage of crossing over between them is very

B. Hardly any cross over are detected
C. No crossing ever can ever takes place between them
D. Only double cross over can take place between them

The first attempt to show linkage in plants were done in____________________?

A. Lathers odorous
B. Another Lamarckian
C. Possum sativa
D. Zeal Mays
A transonic individual has chromosome number____________________?

A. 2 n+1
B. 2 n+2
C. 2 n+3
D. 2 n-1

Selenium unigram is used as__________________?

A. Cardio vascular stimulant

B. In lowering blood pressure
C. In breaking down of cholesterol
D. All the above

Which feature is not found in all living beings____________________?

A. Energy storage in high high energy phosphate bonds

B. Protein synthesis in ribosome’s
C. Some triplet code for amino acids
D. Types of protein occurring in the body

The reason why mutations which are harmful do not eliminated from gene pool is
that___________________?

A. They are recessive and carried by heterozygous individuals

B. Genetic drift occurs because of a small population in to offsprings
C. Making possible reproduction in all types of environments
D. They have future survival value

A mutant organism (bacterium) that will not grow on a minimal medium does so on the addition of
some grown factor is known as __________________?

A. Autotrophy
B. Auxotroph
C. Axenema
D. Heterotroph
The spread of genes from one breeding population to another by migration which may result in
changes in gene frequency is called________________?

A. Gene flow
B. Genetic drift
C. Gene frequency
D. None of the above

The role of nucleus in regulating the morphology of the plant was discovered
in___________________?

A. pea
B. Acetabularia
C. Macrospore
D. Maize

The giant chromosomes of Drosophila are found in_____________________?

A. Testes
B. Salivary glands
C. Ovaries
D. Muscles

Organisms that can synthesize all their substances from simple inorganic molecules are termed
as____________________?

A. Audacious
B. Autotrophic
C. Heterotrophic
D. Phototrophic

A rearrangement of a group of genes in a chromosome in such a way that their order in the
chromosomes is reversed is known as _____________________?

A. Inversion
B. Conversion
C. Recessive gene
D. Realignment
Single celled plants are called__________________?

A. B. Protest
B. Protophyta
C. Protozoa
D. Prokaryotes

The enzymes and pigments associated with photosynthesis are located in ___________________?

A. Leucoplast
B. Plastid
C. Chloroplast
D. Protoplast

When a wheat variety with red kernels (homozygous for two non allelic and independent dominant
genes) is crossed with white kenneled wheat (homozygous for two recessive non allelic independent
genes), the phenotypic ratio in the F2 generation would be________________?

A. 9:3:3:1
B. 9:7
C. 9:9:9:3:3:3:1
D. 1:4:6:4:1

The suppression of the action of a gene or genes by a gene or genes not allelomorphic to these
suppressed is known as __________________?

A. Episode
B. Co dominance
C. Epistasis
D. Dominance

The carrier of genetic information is __________________?

A. Protein
B. Ribosome
C. Nucleic acid
D. Carbohydrates
Name chromosome was coined by ___________________?

A. Van Beneden
B. T. Boveri
C. Walleye
D. Aluman

Chemically DNA differs from RNA by __________________?

A. Thymine present in DNA and Uralic in RNA

B. Deoxyribose and thymine is present in DNA and ribose and Ural in RNA
C. Ribose and thymine in DNA and deoxyribose and uracil in RNA
D. Deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA

Electron microscope was invented by _________________?

A. Knoll and Risks

B. Schwaan
C. Sigmund
D. Robert Hook

Ribosomes are important because they help in __________________?

A. Movement
B. Respiration
C. Protein synthesis
D. Growl

Who discovered mitochondria__________________?

A. Palade
B. Altmann
C. Cowdry
D. Garner
Plastids bring about___________________?

A. Secretion
B. Respiration
C. Excretion
D. Conversion of light energy into chemical energy

Which part of cell is important for and synthesis protoplasm ______________________?

A. Mitochondria
B. Nucleus
C. Chloroplast
D. Chromosomes

Carbohydrates synthesis is carried out by ___________________?

A. Ribosomes
B. Golgi bodies
C. Mitochondria
D. Plastid

Which of the cell organelle is considered to be rich in catabolic enzymes_____________________?

A. Golgi bodies
B. Mitochondria
C. Lysosome
D. Endoplasmic reticulum

The diameter of mitochondria is __________________?

A. 2-4 micron
B. 1-4 micron
C. 0.5-2 micron
D. 40-7 micron

The cellular structure which always disappears during mitosis is___________________?

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A. Plastids
B. Protoplasm
C. Membrane
D. Nuclear and membrane

Which statement is true___________________?

A. Etiolation is not a reversible process

B. Etiolation is genetically while albinism is physiological
C. Etiolation is physiological while albinism is genitival
D. Etiolation and albinism are synonyms

Which one of the following is not a cereal crop?

A. Paddy
B. Wheat
C. Sorghum
D. Maize

The oil content in sunflower is________?

A. 25-35%
B. 50-60%
C. 35-40%
D. 45-55%

The ray florets of sunflower is usually?

A. Sterile
B. Pistillate
C. Bisexual
D. Staminate

The disc florets of sunflower is__________?

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A. Pistillate
B. Staminate
C. Bisexual
D. Usually sterile

The seed of sunflower is called_________?

A. Samara
B. Achene
C. Caryopsis
D. Phyxis

The centre of origin of sunflower is__________?

A. East Asia
B. North America
C. West Africa
D. South America

Colour blindness is a________?

A. S*x linked trait

B. S*x influenced trait
C. S*x limited trait
D. None of above

Male sterility is absence of_________?

A. Functional pollen
B. Sterile pollen
C. Sterile anther
D. All of these
Self-incompatibility is controlled by_________?

A. Multiple alleles
B. Polygenes
C. Plasmogenes
D. Both B and C

Earliest method of plant breeding?

A. Introduction
B. Mutation
C. Hybridization
D. Selection

The leaf without petiole is referred as__________?

A. Petiolate
B. Sessile
C. Stipulate
D. Pilose

The template of translation is________?

A. tRNA
B. mRNA
C. rRNA
D. None of these

In line x tester cross mating is done between:

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A. Males & females
B. Among males
C. Among females
D. All of these

Line x tester analysis provides information about:________?

A. GCA & SCA variances

B. GCA & SCA effects
C. D & H components
D. All of these

Auto polyploidy have been successfully exploited in _________?

A. Sugar beat
B. Sugarcane
C. Maize
D. Sunflower

In spermatogenesis, each spermatogonium increases in size to form a __________?

A. Spermatozoa
B. Spermatid
C. Primary oocyte
D. Spermatocyte

Drying capacity of oil depends upon _________?

A. Iodine %
B. Saponification
C. Carbon chain length
D. %age of erusic acid
In spermatogenesis, each spermatogonium increases in size to form a __________?

A. Spermatozoa
B. Spermatid
C. Primary oocyte
D. Spermatocyte

Who said that “sports” are of no significance in evolution?

A. Joseph Kolreuter
B. Vavilov
C. Dobzhansky
D. Darwin

A mature ovule is known as _________?

A. Endosperm
B. Seed
C. Ovary
D. Fruit