List of top Plant Sciences Questions

Match List I with List II to identify the correct programme and its primary objective:

List I (Programme)
I. National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)
II. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP)
III. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Grameen (PMAY-G)
IV. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)

List II (Objective/Description)
A. Improving land productivity
B. Housing to BPL households
C. Providing wage employment
D. Self-employment and skill development

Which of the following Geographical Indication is not matched correctly?

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A : Inbreeding depression is the reduced survival and fertility of offspring of related individuals.
Reason R : Inbreeding increases heterozygosity exposing harmful recessive alleles in homozygotes.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Potato belongs to the family

The gene-for-gene relationship between a host and its pathogen was originally proposed by H. H. Flor on the basis of work done on-

Late blight of potato is caused by

Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Traditionally Indian soils are divided into four major groups.
Statement II: The Indian land surface is predominantly covered with red soils followed by black soils.

In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following are two cultivated species of cotton used for spinnable fibre?
A. Gossypium hirsutum
B. Gossypium raimondii
C. Gossypium barbadense
D. Gossypium thurberi

Which of the following crops can be inter-cropped with chickpea
A. Linseed
B. Wheat
C. Rice
D. Mustard
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List I with List II
List I (Physical/biochemical traits of crop):
A. Hairy leaves
B. Saposin content
C. Sinigrin content
D. Solid stem
List II (Insect pests):
I. Cabbage aphid
II. Jassids
III. Stem sawfly
IV. Spotted alfalfa aphid
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List I with List II
List I (Crop):
A. Rice
B. Lucerne
C. Wheat
D. Rapeseed and Mustard
List II (Objectionable weeds):
I. Wild morning glory
II. Mexican prickly poppy
III. Wild rice
IV. Dodder
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: Atavism refers to the reappearance of a trait after it remains hidden for several generations.
Reason R: The chance combination of genes allows long-suppressed hidden traits to reappear and express.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

'Normal or substandard seeds' must satisfy the following requirements to be considered as certified seeds
A. Genetic purity
B. Physical purity
C. Germination test
D. Freedom from weeds and diseases
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

In some of the following crops, the viability of the seeds is very poor, and hence minimum germination of seeds required for certification is 70% only. The crops are-
A. Rice
B. Hybrid maize
C. Soybean
D. Groundnut
E. Sunflower
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The steps involved in the utilization of hybrid vigor in maize include-
A. Production of suitable inbred lines
B. Crossing of the selected inbreds in suitable combinations to produce highly productive single cross hybrids
C. Mixing of different single cross hybrid seeds to produce productive double cross hybrids
D. Crossing of the single cross hybrids in suitable combinations to produce highly productive double cross hybrids
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Match List I with List II
List I (Crop):
A. Rice
B. Maize
C. Safflower
D. Sugarcane
List II (Inflorescence):
I. Head or Capitulate
II. Panicle
III. Arrow
IV. Tassel
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

For notification of variety, the essentially required information are-
A. Identification of the candidate entry by respective coordinated project workshop.
B. Evaluation of the candidate entry in an appropriate coordinated project.
C. Release of the candidate entry by a variety release committee.
D. Distribution of the candidate entry through KVKs.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: For moisture estimation by air oven method, fine/coarse grinding of seeds, instead of using whole seeds, is obligatory in some species
Reason R: Bigger-sized seeds fail to completely expel all the moisture from the inner tissues during drying, hence grinding become necessary.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

It is said that 'a clone is immortal'. It means-

For the production of certified seeds of hybrid maize, which single cross hybrid seeds will be given to the growers?

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A: Minimum germination standard (%) for the seeds of maize inbred lines is 80%.
Reason R: Maize hybrid seed should have a minimum of 90% germination.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:

In pea, the maximum permissible size of a seed lot is -

Bengal gram is considered as an inseparable other crop plant in the seed production field of the

For determining the seed moisture content in the pigeon pea seeds, the seed sample is dried in an oven at a temperature and for a duration of -

For a crop having a maximum permissible limit for off-types 0.2%, the minimum number of plants required for conducting the GOT is-