NEET Biology Multiple Choice Questions – Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production

by

Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1. Babesia bigemina causes

  1. Rhinderpest
  2. Tick fever
  3. Anthrax
  4. Diarrhea

Answer. 2. Tick fever

Question 2. A viral disease of poultry is

  1. Coryza
  2. New castle disease
  3. Pasteurellosis
  4. Salmonellosis

Answer. 2. New castle disease

Question 3. Bull semen for artificial insemination is stored in

  1. Ice
  2. Liquid carbon dioxide
  3. Liquid oxygen
  4. Liquid nitrogen

Answer. 4. Liquid nitrogen

Question 4. Zebu is

  1. Bos indicus
  2. Gallus gallus
  3. Bubalus bubalus
  4. Bombyx mori

Answer. 1. Bos indicus

Question 5. A disease of poultry is

  1. Anthrax
  2. Ranikhet
  3. Foot and mouth disease
  4. Pébrine

Answer. 2. Ranikhet

Question 6. One of the earliest animals to be domesticated was

  1. Cow
  2. Sheep
  3. Dog
  4. Elephant

Answer. 3. Dog

Question 7. The approximate number of cattle breeds in India is

  1. 6
  2. 16
  3. 12
  4. 26

Answer. 4. 26

Question 8. Jaffrabadi is a breed of

  1. Sheep
  2. Cattle
  3. Horse
  4. Buffalo

Answer. 4. Buffalo

Question 9. Lactation in sterile cows is induced by

  1. Gonadotropin
  2. Folic acid
  3. Oxytocin
  4. Stilbesterol

Answer. 4. Stilbesterol

Question 10. A draught breed of cattle is

  1. Gir
  2. Malvi
  3. Deoni
  4. Kankrej

Answer. 2. Malvi

Question 11. Surrogate mother is used for

  1. Future mother with transplanted embryo
  2. Artificial insemination
  3. Induction of lactation
  4. Artificially inseminated female

Answer. 1. Future mother with transplanted embryo

Question 12. National Dairy Research Institute is situated in

  1. Lucknow
  2. Patna
  3. Karnal
  4. Ludhiana

Answer. 3. Karnal

Question 13. Which of the following country is the lowest in milk yield per cow?

  1. India
  2. UK
  3. Switzerland
  4. Netherlands

Answer. 1. India

Question 14. Draught breeds produce

  1. Good milk producing cows
  2. Good working bullocks
  3. Both (1) and (2)
  4. General utility cattle

Answer. 2. Good working bullocks

Question 15. Super ovulation and embryo transplantation are meant for improving

  1. Poultry
  2. Human race
  3. Livestock
  4. Plants

Answer. 3. Livestock

Question 16. High milk-yielding varieties of cows are obtained by

  1. Artificial insemination
  2. Super ovulation
  3. Use of surrogate mothers
  4. All of these

Answer. 4. All of these

Question 17. MOET is a method of

  1. Fish cultivation
  2. Cloning in sheep
  3. Hybridization in cattles
  4. Birth control in humans

Answer. 3. Hybridization in cattles

Question 18. Gestation period for buffalo is

  1. 9 months
  2. 14 months
  3. 10 months
  4. 21-22 months

Answer. 3. 10 months

Question 19. The best milk breed in the world is

  1. Sahiwal
  2. Deani
  3. Holstein Friesian
  4. Sindhi

Answer. 3. Holstein Friesian

Question 20. The disease rinderpest is also called

  1. Blue tongue
  2. Cattle plague
  3. Ring worm
  4. Both (1) and (3)

Answer. 2. Cattle plague

Question 21. Which of the following breed of buffaloes is mostly demanded?

  1. Surti
  2. Murrah
  3. Jaffrabadi
  4. Bhadawari

Answer. 2. Murrah

Question 22. To increase the milk yield, Indian cows are cross-bred with European breeds which are

  1. Holstein
  2. Brown Swiss
  3. Red Dane
  4. All of these

Answer. 4. All of these

Question 23. Lohi is a breed of

  1. Goat
  2. Sheep
  3. Horse
  4. Buffalo

Answer. 2. Sheep

Question 24. Which of the following statement is correct for honey bees?

  1. Queen is sterile haploid female.
  2. Workers are diploid males and females.
  3. Bee hive has four types of bees.
  4. Drones are haploid fertile males.

Answer. 4. Drones are haploid fertile males.

Question 25. Apis dorsata refers to

  1. Little bee
  2. Indian bee
  3. Rock bee
  4. European bee

Answer. 3. Rock bee

Question 26. A queen honey bee lays eggs of

  1. One type from which all castes develop
  2. Two types, one forming queen and workers and second forming drones
  3. Three types forming queen, drones, and workers
  4. Unfertilized eggs die while fertilized ones form all castes

Answer. 2. Two types, one forming queen and workers and second forming drones

Question 27. Who amongst the following got a noble prize for decoding the language of “bee dances”?

  1. Trembley
  2. Wilson
  3. Karl Von Frish
  4. Morgan

Answer. 3. Karl Von Frish

Question 28. Honey bees exhibit a dance to communicate the location of food. It is

  1. Break-dance
  2. Wagging dance
  3. Top dance
  4. Round and wagging dance

Answer. 4. Round and wagging dance

Question 29. A colony of honey bee consists of

  1. One queen and a few drones
  2. One queen, 10-100 drones, and 20,000-60,000 workers
  3. Two queens, 5-10 drones, and 20,000 workers
  4. No queen, 10-20 drones, and 60,000 workers

Answer. 2. One queen, 10-100 drones, and 20,000-60,000 workers

Question 30. Honey is

  1. Alkaline
  2. Acidic
  3. Almost neutral
  4. Basic after some days

Answer. 3. Almost neutral

Question 31. Which among the following is the real product of honey bee?

  1. Honey
  2. Pollen
  3. Bee wax
  4. Propolis

Answer. 3. Bee wax

Question 32. Worker bees are

  1. Fertile males
  2. Fertile females
  3. Sterile females
  4. Sterile males

Answer. 3. Sterile females

Question 33. Rearing of bees is

  1. Horticulture
  2. Apiary
  3. Apiculture
  4. Poultry

Answer. 3. Apiary

Question 34. Honey mainly consists of

  1. Monosaccharides
  2. Disaccharides
  3. Polysaccharides
  4. Fats

Answer. 1. Monosaccharides

Question 35. Wax gland occurs in which honey bee?

  1. Queen
  2. Drones
  3. Workers
  4. Queen and workers

Answer. 3. Workers

Question 36. What is wrong about bee colony?

  1. Sex determination is based on haplodiploidy.
  2. Female dominated society.
  3. Domesticated species are A. indica and A. mellifera.
  4. Fertilized eggs develop into sterile females only.

Answer. 4. Fertilized eggs develop into sterile females only.

Question 37. The young chickens raised specifically for meat are called

  1. Broilers
  2. Cockerels
  3. Pellets
  4. Hen

Answer. 1. Broilers

Question 38. Ranikhet disease is connected with

  1. Honey bee
  2. Hens
  3. Fishes
  4. Pigs

Answer. 2. Hens

Question 39. Induced breeding is carried out in case of

  1. Pisciculture
  2. Apiculture
  3. Sericulture
  4. Lacculture

Answer. 1. Pisciculture

Question 40. The most common species of Indian jungle fowl is

  1. Gallus lafayetti
  2. Gallus sonneratti
  3. Gallus gallus
  4. Plymouth rock

Answer. 3. Gallus gallus

Question 41. Some improved cross-breed strains of poultry birds are

  1. HH-260
  2. IBL-80
  3. B-77
  4. All of these

Answer. 4. All of these

Question 42. Which amongst the following indigenous fowls is used in cock fighting and is called as Indian game?

  1. Aseel
  2. Busra
  3. Chittagong
  4. Ghagus

Answer. 1. Aseel

Question 43. Exotic breeds popularly used in our country are

  1. White Leghorn and Rhode Island Red
  2. Rhode Island Red and Andalusian
  3. Plymouth Rock and Andalusian
  4. White Leghom and Andalusian

Answer. 1. White Leghorn and Rhode Island Red

Question 44. Three carp fishes, Catla, Labeo, and Cirrhina, can be grown together in the same pond more economically as they have

  1. Positive interactions
  2. Commensalism
  3. Symbiosis
  4. No competition for food

Answer. 4. No competition for food

Question 45. The best aquarium is located at

  1. Vishakhapatnam
  2. Chennai
  3. Tarapur, Mumbai
  4. ZSI, Kolkata

Answer. 3. Tarapur, Mumbai

Question 46. Inland fisheries are

  1. Deep sea fishing
  2. Capturing fishes from sea coast
  3. Raising and capturing fishes in fresh water
  4. Oil extraction from fish

Answer. 3. Raising and capturing fishes in fresh water

Question 47. Pisciculture is the rearing and production of

  1. Fishes
  2. Birds
  3. Reptiles
  4. Wool yielding animals

Answer. 1. Fishes

Question 48. Crustacean fishery is connected with the exploitation of

  1. Oysters and crabs
  2. Mussels and squids
  3. Shells and cuttle fish
  4. Lobster and prawn

Answer. 4. Lobster and prawn

Question 49. Ponds are used for rearing

  1. Spawns
  2. Fingerlings
  3. Frils
  4. Juveniles

Answer. 2. Fingerlings

Question 50. VHS (viral hemorrhagic septicemia) is a well known infectious disease of

  1. Honey bees
  2. Silk worm
  3. Fishes
  4. Poultry birds

Answer. 3. Fishes

Question 51. Tick mark the incorrect match with respect to infectious diseases:

  1. Coryza-Poultry birds
  2. Pébrine-Silk worm
  3. IPN (infectious pancreatic necrosis)-Fishes
  4. Muscardine-Honey bees

Answer. 4. Muscardine-Honey bees

Question 52. Fish meat is better than the meat of other animals because it contains more

  1. Water
  2. Fat
  3. Oil
  4. Proteins

Answer. 4. Proteins

Question 53. The latest technique to produce the child is GIFT. The full form is

  1. Gametic internal fertilization and transfer
  2. Gametic intra fallopian transfer
  3. Gametic internal fallopian transfer
  4. General internal fallopian transfer

Answer. 2. Gametic intra fallopian transfer

Question 54. Which one is a fungal disease in silkworm?

  1. Flacherie
  2. Maggot disease
  3. Muscardine
  4. None of these

Answer. 3. Muscardine

Question 55. Hybrid breed of cattle is

  1. Sunandini
  2. Holstein
  3. Brown Swiss
  4. Kankrej

Answer. 1. Sunandini

Question 56. Livestock refers to

  1. Pet animals
  2. Poultry and pet animals
  3. Domestic animals which are kept for use or profit
  4. Sheep and goat only

Answer. 3. Domestic animals which are kept for use or profit

Question 57. Cattle breeds in India are classified into

  1. Milch and draught breeds
  2. Draught and general utility breed
  3. Milch, draught, and general utility breeds
  4. General utility and milch breeds

Answer. 3. Milch, draught, and general utility breeds

Question 58. Tick mark the incorrect match:

  1. Gir, Red Sindhi, and Deoni-Milch breeds
  2. Malvi, Nagari, and Halliker-Draught breeds
  3. Haryana, Ongole, and Kankrej-Draught breeds
  4. Tharparkar, Kankraj, and Ongole-General utility breeds

Answer. 3. Haryana, Ongole, and Kankrej-Draught breeds

Question 59. An improved variety of cattle produced by controlled breeding in our country is

  1. Jersey
  2. Ayrshire
  3. Brown Swiss-Sahiwal
  4. Red Dane

Answer. 3. Brown Swiss-Sahiwal

Question 60. Which of the following is a disease-resistant high-yielding breed of poultry developed in Karnataka?

  1. Aseel
  2. White leghorn
  3. Giriraja
  4. Plymouth rock

Answer. 1. Aseel

Question 61. The scientific name of zebu is

  1. Bos indicus
  2. Bombyx mori
  3. Bubalus bubalus
  4. Gallus gallus

Answer. 1. Bos indicus

Question 62. Fish introduced in India by foreigners is

  1. Labeo rohita
  2. Pomphret
  3. Clarius
  4. Mystus singhala

Answer. 2. Pomphret

Question 63. New strains of bird flu virus originate in the Far East because

  1. They are overpopulated areas
  2. They lack adequate sanitation
  3. The various hosts (birds, pigs, and ducks) live in close proximity of man
  4. They arise due to mutation

Answer. 3. The various hosts (birds, pigs, and ducks) live in close proximity of man

Question 64. Avian pneumonia is also called

  1. Bird flu
  2. Newcastle’s disease (Ranikhet disease)
  3. Pullorum
  4. Coccidiosis

Answer. 2. Newcastle’s disease (Ranikhet disease)

Question 65. Babesia species causes tick fever in which of the following?

A. Cattle (cow and buffalo)

B. Dogs

C.Birds

D. Man

  1. (A) only
  2. (A) and (B)
  3. (A), (B), and (C)
  4. (A), (B), (C), and (D)

Answer. 4. (A), (B), (C), and (D)

Question 66. Which of the following animal diseases is caused by a virus?

  1. Anthrax
  2. Rinderpest
  3. Tick fever
  4. Coccidiosis

Answer. 2. Rinderpest

Question 67. Following are the steps in the MOET program for herd improvement, in which a cow has been administered hormones with FSH-like activity. What is the correct sequence of steps from A to D?

A. Instead of one egg which it normally produces per cycle, the female cow with hormones injected in it produces 6 to 8 eggs.

B. Transferred to surrogate mother.

C. It is either mated with elite bull or is artificially inseminated.

D. Fertilized eggs at 8-32 celled stage are recovered non-surgically.

  1. (A), (C), (D), (B)
  2. (C), (A), (B), (D)
  3. (C), (A), (D), (B)
  4. (A), (C), (B), (D)

Answer. 1. (A), (C), (D), (B)

Question 68. In which part of the body honey bee keeps the nectar for some time?

  1. Crop
  2. Mouth
  3. Gizzard
  4. Pollen basket

Answer. 1. Crop

Question 69. Honey has a high content of

  1. Levulose
  2. Glucose
  3. Sucrose
  4. Fructose

Answer. 1. Levulose

Question 70. The term “livestock” means

  1. Domestic animals
  2. Poultry animals
  3. Pet animals
  4. Both (2) and (3)

Answer. 1. Domestic animals

Question 71. Worker honey bee lives for

  1. One week
  2. Five weeks
  3. Ten weeks
  4. Fifteen days

Answer. 2. Five weeks

Question 72. The study of fishes is called

  1. Ornithology
  2. Herpetology
  3. Ichthyology
  4. Conchology

Answer. 3. Ichthyology

Question 73. Fish culture is called

  1. Pisciculture
  2. Aquaculture
  3. Apiculture
  4. Inland fisheries

Answer. 1. Pisciculture

Question 74. Which of the following is a freshwater edible fish?

  1. Ele
  2. Rohu
  3. Hilsa
  4. Sardine

Answer. 2. Rohu

Question 75. Inland fisheries means the culturing of fishes in

  1. Sea
  2. Space
  3. Fresh water
  4. Marine water

Answer. 3. Fresh water

Question 76. Which of the following is a marine fish?

  1. Eel
  2. Catla
  3. Rohu
  4. Magur

Answer. 1. Eel

Question 77. If a honey bee is conveying an information by round dance, then the distance of source will be about

  1. 1000 m
  2. 50 m
  3. 2000 m
  4. 150 m

Answer. 2. 50 m

Question 78. Fish rohu widely used for high biological values is rich in

  1. Thymine, creatine, and tryosine
  2. Lecithin and cholesterol
  3. Vitamins B, C, D, and E
  4. All of the above

Answer. 4. All of the above

Question 79. Honey bee is of the greatest use to man due to which reason?

  1. We get honey from it.
  2. Helps in cross-pollination.
  3. Because of medicinal value.
  4. Entertains.

Answer. 2. Helps in cross-pollination.

Question 80. Inland fisheries is

  1. Deep sea fishing
  2. Capturing fishes from sea coast
  3. Raising and capturing fishes in fresh water
  4. Oil extraction from fish

Answer. 3. Raising and capturing fishes in fresh water

Question 81. In poultry, “broiler finish mash” is fed to the chicks from _________ weeks.

  1. 1 to 6
  2. 7 to 10
  3. 10 to 15
  4. 15 to 20

Answer. 1. 1 to 6

Question 82. Milk yield of cattle in India is low due to

  1. Inadequate food
  2. Inferior breed
  3. Both of these
  4. None of these

Answer. 3. Both of these

Question 83. Whose milk is nutritionally superior?

  1. Cow
  2. Camel
  3. Goat
  4. Buffalo

Answer. 4. Buffalo

Question 84. Fish meat is considered to be good because

  1. It has more proteins
  2. It has more fats
  3. It has lesser carbohydrates
  4. None of the above

Answer. 1. It has more proteins

Question 85. Frieswal is a cross-breed of

  1. Brown Swiss and Sahiwal
  2. Tharparkar and Holstein-Friesian
  3. Holstein-Friesian x Sahiwal
  4. Jersey Sahiwal

Answer. 3. Holstein-Friesian x Sahiwal

Question 86. In poultry, coccidiosis is caused by

  1. Virus
  2. Fungus
  3. Helminth parasite
  4. Protozoan

Answer. 4. Protozoan

Question 87. Animal husbandry is

  1. Agricultural practice of breeding and raising the livestock
  2. Dealing with care and breeding of livestock such as buffaloes, cows, pigs, horses, sheep, and goat.
  3. A vital skill for farmers and is as much science as it is an art
  4. All of these

Answer. 4. All of these

Question 88. Hisardale, a new breed of sheep developed in Punjab by crossing Bikaneri ewes and Marino rams, is an example of

  1. Outcrossing
  2. Cross-breeding
  3. Interspecific hybridization
  4. Outbreeding

Answer. 2. Cross-breeding

Question 89. Inbreeding depression can be overcome by

  1. Mating of animals of same breed, but having no common ancestors on either side of their pedigree upto 4-6 generations
  2. Mating males of one breed with superior females of another breed
  3. Interspecific hybridization
  4. All of these

Answer. 1. Mating of animals of same breed, but having no common ancestors on either side of their pedigree upto 4-6 generations

Question 90. The most common species of honey bee reared in hives is

  1. Apis florea
  2. Apis dorsata
  3. Apis indica
  4. Apis mellifera

Answer. 3. Apis indica

Question 91. Which of the following industry is devoted to the catching, processing, or selling of fish, shellfish, or other aquatic animals?

  1. Aquaculture
  2. Inland fishery
  3. Fishery
  4. Pisciculture

Answer. 3. Fishery

Question 92. Which of the following are edible marine water fishes?

  1. Catla, Rohu, Clarias
  2. Hilsa, Mackerels, Pompfrets
  3. Heteropneustes, Wallago, Catla
  4. Labeo, Calbasu, Singhi

Answer. 2. Hilsa, Mackerels, Pompfrets

Question 93. Which of the following points are important for successful bee-keeping?

  1. Knowledge of the nature and habits of bees
  2. Catching and hiving swarms
  3. Management of bee-hives during different seasons
  4. All of these

Answer. 4. All of these

Question 94. Isinglass in used for

  1. Production of insulin
  2. Feeding cattle, pig, and poultry
  3. Preparation of paints and varnishes
  4. Clarification of vinegar, wines, and beer

Answer. 4. Clarification of vinegar, wines, and beer

Question 95. Cod liver oil is rich in

  1. Vitamin 8
  2. Vitamin K
  3. Vitamins A and D
  4. Vitamin C

Answer. 3. Vitamins A and D

Question 96. Smoking is used as a techniques of

  1. Fish preservation
  2. Mushroom cultivation
  3. Crystallization of sugar
  4. Crop harvesting

Answer. 1. Fish preservation

Question 97. The term aquaculture means

  1. Inland fisheries
  2. Aspergillosis
  3. Marine fisheries
  4. Both (1) and (3)

Answer. 4. Both (1) and (3)

Question 98. Which of the following is not true?

  1. Fish meal is rich source of protein for cattle and poultry.
  2. Fish meal is produced from the non-edible parts of fishes.
  3. Silver revolution is increase in fish production.
  4. Shagreen is the skin of shark.

Answer. 3. Silver revolution is increase in fish production.

Question 99. Fish flour is rich in

  1. Fat
  2. Proteins
  3. Vitamins
  4. Minerals

Answer. 2. Proteins

Question 100. An improved variety is

  1. Always superior to the other existing varieties
  2. Always inferior to the other existing varieties
  3. May be superior to the other existing varieties
  4. More than one answer is correct

Answer. 1. Always superior to the other existing varieties

Question 101. A pure line is obtained through

  1. Mass selection
  2. Clonal selection
  3. Domestication
  4. Inbreeding

Answer. 4. Inbreeding

Question 102. Pure line variety of wheat is

  1. Sonara 63
  2. Sonara 64
  3. HUW 468
  4. All of these

Answer. 3. HUW 468

Question 103. Wheat variety which was earlier resistant to leaf rust disease but now has become susceptible to the same is known as

  1. Kalyan Sona
  2. Lerma Rojo
  3. Sonara 64
  4. Sarbati

Answer. 1. Kalyan Sona

Question 104. Picking up cross-pollinating plants with superior phenotype for further propagation is

  1. Mass selection
  2. Pure line selection
  3. Hybrid vigor
  4. Introduction

Answer. 1. Mass selection

Question 105. Emasculation (removal of anthem) is required for

  1. Pure lines
  2. Selective hybridization
  3. Self-pollination
  4. Inbreeding

Answer. 2. Selective hybridization

Question 106. Which was first Indian dwarf amber grained variety of wheat made from Sonora 64 by rays?

  1. Sonalika
  2. Sharbati Sonora
  3. Kalyan Sona
  4. HUW-468

Answer. 2. Sharbati Sonora

Question 107. The evaluation of a new variety in India is done by

  1. IARI
  2. IVRI
  3. ICAR
  4. RRI

Answer. 3. ICAR

Question 108. Gene responsible for dwarfing in wheat is

  1. Dee-geo-woo-gen
  2. Norin-10
  3. Cry gene
  4. Nod gene

Answer. 2. Norin-10

Question 109. The crop in which hybrid vigor has been utilized the most is

  1. Rice
  2. Maize
  3. Barley
  4. Oat

Answer. 2. Maize

Question 110. Which of the following is a chemical mutagen?

  1. Ethyl methane sulfonate and X rays
  2. Sodium azide and UV rays
  3. Ethyl methane sulfonate and sodium azide
  4. X rays, gamma rays, and UV rays

Answer. 3. Ethyl methane sulfonate and sodium azide

Question 111. Scented basmati rice is the contribution of

  1. Dr. Borlaug
  2. Dr. B.P. Paul
  3. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
  4. Dr. A.K. Singh

Answer. 3. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

Question 112. Which of the following is an example of intergeneric hybridization?

  1. Triticale
  2. Raphanobrassica
  3. Gossypium hirsutum
  4. More than one is correct

Answer. 4. More than one is correct

Question 113. The dwarf wheat varieties brought from Mexico to India were

  1. Sonalika
  2. Sharbati Sonara and Pusa Lerma
  3. Sonara-64 and Lerma Rojo-64
  4. Sonara-64 and Sonalika

Answer. 3. Sonara-64 and Lerma Rojo-64

Question 114. Maize is rich in

  1. Thiamine
  2. Lysine
  3. Tryptophan
  4. Alanine

Answer. 1. Thiamine

Question 115. Bread wheat is

  1. Diploid
  2. Tetraploid
  3. Hexaploid
  4. Triploid

Answer. 3. Hexaploid

Question 116. Antinutritional factor neurotoxic cyanoalanine is found in

  1. Brassica oleracea
  2. Almond
  3. Seeds of khesari
  4. Kidney bean

Answer. 3. Seeds of khesari

Question 117. Atlas 66 variety of wheat was developed for

  1. High protein content
  2. Scented grains
  3. Checking grassy stunt virus
  4. Vitamin C

Answer. 1. High protein content

Question 118. Viruses enter their host through

  1. Wounds made by insect vectors
  2. Natural openings
  3. Direct penetration
  4. Wounds made mechanically or by insect vectors

Answer. 3. Direct penetration

Question 119. Late blight of potato is caused by the fungus

  1. Fusarium udum
  2. Phytophthora infestans
  3. Plasmopara viticola
  4. Alternaria solani

Answer. 2. Phytophthora infestans

Question 120. Red rot of sugarcane is caused by

  1. Anguina tritici
  2. Meloidogyne incognita
  3. Colletotrichum falcatum
  4. Sugarcane mosaic virus

Answer. 3. Colletotrichum falcatum

Question 121. Turnip mosaic and black rot of crucifers are due to

  1. Viruses and bacteria, respectively
  2. Bacteria and viruses, respectively
  3. Bacteria and nematodes, respectively
  4. Virus and nematodes, respectively

Answer. 1. Viruses and bacteria, respectively

Question 122. Cereals and millets are mainly deficient in which amino acid?

  1. Sulfur-containing amino acids-methionine and cysteine
  2. Lysine
  3. Tryptophan
  4. Both (2) and (3)

Answer. 4. Both (2) and (3)

Question 123. The use of colchicines is involved in the production of

  1. Somaclonal variation
  2. Haploids
  3. Polyploids
  4. Hybrids

Answer. 3. Polyploids

Question 124. An important germplasm-storing center in India is

  1. CDRI
  2. FRI
  3. ICRISAT
  4. NEERI

Answer. 3. ICRISAT

Question 125. Clonal selection for crop improvement is done in

  1. Aruna and NP 836
  2. PV-18 and Kalyan Sona
  3. HUW-468 and Atomita-2
  4. Kufri Sated potato and Bombay Navel

Answer. 4. Kufri Sated potato and Bombay Navel

Question 126. The highest yielding grain crop of the world is

  1. Maize
  2. Barley
  3. Wheat
  4. Rice

Answer. 1. Maize

Question 127. Tissue culture is recommended for

  1. Production of virus-free plants
  2. Induction of polyploidy
  3. Phytoremediation
  4. Gene cloning

Answer. 1. Production of virus-free plants

Question 128. Which one of the following is a natural culture media?

  1. Agar-agar
  2. Coconut milk
  3. Corn extract
  4. All of these

Answer. 2. Coconut milk

Question 129. An embryoid is

  1. Somatic embryo developed in culture
  2. A microscopic embryo
  3. A monozygotic embryo formed in in vitro culture
  4. Haploid embryo

Answer. 1. Somatic embryo developed in culture

Question 130. Embryo culture is used for

  1. Establishing suspension culture
  2. Recovery of interspecific hybrids
  3. Somatic hybridization
  4. Haploid production

Answer. 2. Recovery of interspecific hybrids

Question 131. Protoplasts of two different cells can be made with the help of

  1. Polyethylene glycol (PEG)
  2. Calcium chloride
  3. Sodium bicarbonate
  4. HCI

Answer. 1. Polyethylene glycol (PEG)

Question 132. Protoplast fusion performs

  1. Rapid growth of offspring
  2. Somatic hybridization
  3. Hybridization
  4. Acclimatization

Answer. 2. Somatic hybridization

Question 133. A technique of androgenic haploid formation was developed by

  1. Carlson et. al.
  2. Guha and Maheshwari
  3. Halperin and Wetherell
  4. Steward et. al.

Answer. 2. Guha and Maheshwari

Question 134. An example of a somaclonal variation is

  1. Bhikohin dye
  2. Short crop duration in sugarcane
  3. Male sterility
  4. White rust resistance in crucifers

Answer. 2. Short crop duration in sugarcane

Question 135. Cybrid is a result of

  1. Fusion of cytoplasm and nuclei of the two somatic cells
  2. Fusion of cytoplasm of two somatic cells but the nuclei remain unfused
  3. Fusion of cytoplasm of two somatic cells, but the nucleus of one cell persists and the nucleus of the second cell degenerates
  4. Fusion of cytoplasm of two somatic cells, but one part of the nucleus of one cell fuses with the entire nucleus of the second cell

Answer. 3. Fusion of cytoplasm of two somatic cells, but the nucleus of one cell persists and the nucleus of the second cell degenerates

Question 136. Perfect homozygous individuals are produced by

  1. Meristem culture
  2. Anther culture
  3. Protoplast culture
  4. Somatic hybridization

Answer. 2. Anther culture

Question 137. Bomato is an example of

  1. Parasexual hybrid
  2. Interspecific hybrid
  3. Sexual hybrid
  4. Intrageneric hybrid

Answer. 1. Parasexual hybrid

Question 138. SOP has to be processed to remove excess of

  1. Proteins
  2. Nucleic acids
  3. Minerals
  4. Carbohydrates

Answer. 2. Nucleic acids

Question 139. Which one of the following is not an improved variety of flat bean?

  1. Pusa Sem 2
  2. Pusa Sem 3
  3. Pusa Sawani
  4. Both (1) and (2)

Answer. 3. Pusa Sawani

Question 140. Nagpuri buffalo is

  1. Milker
  2. Drought cattle
  3. Dual purpose
  4. Grazer

Answer. 1. Milker

Question 141. To increase milk yield, cow is given

  1. Sorbitol
  2. Stilbesterol
  3. Prolactin
  4. Gonadotrophin

Answer. 2. Stilbesterol

Question 142. The term aquaculture means

  1. Inland fisheries
  2. Aspergillosis
  3. Marine fisheries
  4. Both (1) and (3)

Answer. 4. Both (1) and (3)

Question 143. Fishes reared in the cultured fishery in India are

  1. Salmon and Rohu
  2. Salmon and Catla
  3. Catla and Magur
  4. Rohu and Catla

Answer. 4. Rohu and Catla

Question 144. The best milk breed in the world is

  1. Chittagong
  2. Deoni
  3. Holstein-Friesian
  4. Sindhi

Answer. 3. Holstein-Friesian

Question 145. Which one of the following is a disease of poultry?

  1. Anthrax
  2. Pebrine disease
  3. Ranikhet disease
  4. Foot and mouth disease

Answer. 3. Ranikhet disease

Question 146. The yellow-colored milk secreted by cattle soon after the birth of a calf is called

  1. Chyme
  2. Chyle
  3. Cholesterol
  4. Colostrum

Answer. 4. Colostrum

Question 147. Bee keeping is known as

  1. Pearl culture
  2. Pisciculture
  3. Sericulture
  4. Apiculture

Answer. 4. Apiculture

Question 148. The culturable fishes should

  1. Have the ability to feed on natural as well as artificial food diet
  2. Be able to tolerate a sudden change in climatic condition
  3. Be omnivorous in nature
  4. Be slow growing

Answer. 2. Be able to tolerate a sudden change in climatic condition

Question 149. Honey that has a high concentration of sugar does not decay because

  1. It contains natural antioxidants that prevent bacterial attack
  2. Bacteria cannot survive in an active state in a solution of high osmotic strength as water is drawn out of honey
  3. In honey, bacteria are totally deprived of oxygen
  4. None of the above

Answer. 1. It contains natural antioxidants that prevent bacterial attack

Question 150. The most commonly maintained species of bee by bee-keepers is

  1. Apis mellifera
  2. Apis dorsata
  3. Apis indica
  4. Apis florea

Answer. 1. Apis mellifera

Question 151. Which statement is correct?

  1. A. indica is the largest wild honey bee.
  2. Wax is the waste material of honey bee.
  3. C.V. Fries discovered the transmission methods in honey bee.
  4. The drone of honey bee is diploid.

Answer. 2. Wax is the waste material of honey bee.

Question 152. Which one of the following is a viral disease of poultry?

  1. Coryza
  2. Newcastle disease
  3. Pasteurellosis
  4. Salmonellosis

Answer. 2. Newcastle disease

Question 153. To yield milk, cow is given

  1. Stilbestrol
  2. Sorbitol
  3. Gonadotropin
  4. Prolactin

Answer. 4. Prolactin

Question 154. Pure line breed refers to

  1. Heterozygosity only
  2. Heterozygosity and linkage
  3. Homozygosity only
  4. Homozygosity and self-assortment

Answer. 3. Homozygosity only

Question 155. Cattle fed with spoilt hay of sweet clover which contains dicumarol

  1. Are healthier due to a good diet
  2. Catch infections easily
  3. May suffer from vitamin K deficiency and prolonged bleeding
  4. May suffer from beriberi due to the deficiency of vitamin B

Answer. 3. May suffer from vitamin K deficiency and prolonged bleeding

Question 156. Drones in a colony of honey bee originate by

  1. Thelotoky
  2. Cyclic parthenogenesis
  3. Arrhenotoky
  4. Diploid parthenogenesis

Answer. 3. Arrhenotoky

Question 157. In poultry industry, the production of hatching eggs is more expensive than the production of market eggs mainly because

  1. The cost of males and their depreciation in value is high
  2. The number of eggs produced by hatchery flock is to be sold only as market eggs
  3. Mortality among females is usually lower when they are mated with males
  4. Some of the eggs produced by hatchery flocks are not acceptable for incubation

Answer. 4. Some of the eggs produced by hatchery flocks are not acceptable for incubation

Question 158. In India, which of the following species of honey bee is reared in artificial hives?

  1. Apis indica
  2. Apis florea
  3. Apis dorsata
  4. None of these

Answer. 1. Apis indica

Question 159. A fungal disease of the poultry is

  1. Coccidioss
  2. Coryza
  3. Moniliasis
  4. Marck’s disease

Answer. 3. Moniliasis

Question 160. In a colony of honey bee family, there are

  1. Lots of workers, one drone, one queen
  2. Lots of workers, few drones, one queen
  3. Few workers, few drones, one queen
  4. Lots of workers, lots of drones, one queen

Answer. 2. Lots of workers, few drones, one queen

Question 161. Coccidiosis in poultry is caused by

  1. Virus
  2. Protozoa
  3. Nematoda
  4. Bacteria

Answer. 2. Protozoa

Question 162. The best milk breed in the world is

  1. Chittagong
  2. Deoni
  3. Holstein-Friesian
  4. Sindhi

Answer. 3. Holstein-Friesian

Question 163. Inland fisheries is

  1. In freshwater
  2. Fishing in island
  3. Fish culture in pond
  4. Fishing inside water

Answer. 1. In freshwater

Question 164. The drug used for de-worming in poultry is

  1. Antihistamine
  2. Antiviral
  3. Antihelminthic
  4. Antibiotic

Answer. 3. Antihelminthic

Question 165. High milk yielding cross-breed, the Frieswal cow, is a product of

  1. Friesian and Sahiwal
  2. Holstein and Tharpaikar
  3. Brown Swiss and Sahiwal
  4. Brown Swiss and Red Sindhi

Answer. 1. Friesian and Sahiwal

Question 166. Choose the minor carp from the following:

  1. Labeo bata
  2. Labeo calbasu
  3. Cyprinus carpio
  4. Ctenopharyngodon idella

Answer. 1. Labeo bata

Leave a Comment