Multiple Choice Questions

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Farmers in a particular region were concerned that pre-mature yellowing of leaves of a pulse crop might cause decrease in the yield. Which treatment could be most beneficial to obtain maximum seed yield?

  • Frequent irrigation of the crop

  • Treatment of the plants with cytokinins alongwith a small dose of nitrogenous fertilizer

  • Removal of all yellow leaves and spraying the remaining green leaves with 2,4,5- trichlorophenoxy acetic acid

  • Removal of all yellow leaves and spraying the remaining green leaves with 2,4,5- trichlorophenoxy acetic acid


D.

Removal of all yellow leaves and spraying the remaining green leaves with 2,4,5- trichlorophenoxy acetic acid

If a pulse crop possesses premature yellowing of leaves and decrease in yield and application of magnesium and iron to promote synthesis of chlorophyll may become most beneficial to overcome the problem and to obtain maximum seed yield.
Magnesium is an important part of ring structure of chlorophyll molecule and its deficiency causes chlorosis and premature leaf abscission.
In iron deficiency also, the leaves become chlorotic because iron is required for the synthesis of some of the chlorophyll protein complexes in the chloroplast.

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Triticale, the first man-made cereal crop, has been obtained by crossing wheat with

  • rye

  • pearl millet

  • sugarcane

  • sugarcane

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Female cone of Pinus is a

  • Modified needles

  • Modified long shoot

  • Modified dwarf shoot

  • Modified scale


Genes for cytoplasmic male sterility in plants are generally located in

  • mitochondrial genome

  • cytosol

  • chloroplast genome

  • nuclear genome


One gene- one enzyme hypothesis of Beadle and Tatum was experimentally proved on

  • Saccharomyces 

  • Neurospora crassa

  • Lathyrus odoratus

  • Claviceps


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Microbes found to be very useful in genetic engineering are

  • Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens

  • Vibrio cholerae and a tailed bacteriophage

  • Diplococcus sp. and Pseudomonas sp

  • Diplococcus sp. and Pseudomonas sp

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Which one of the following proved effective for biological control of nematodal diseases in plants?

  • Pisolithus tinctorius

  • Pseudomonas cepacin

  • Gliocladium virens

  • Gliocladium virens

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Some of the characteristics of Bt cotton are 

  • long fibre and resistance of aphids

  • medium yield, long fibre and resistance to beetle pests

  • high yield and production of toxic protein crystals which kill dipteran pests

  • high yield and production of toxic protein crystals which kill dipteran pests

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 Which of the following is not true for a species?

  • Members of a species can interbreed

  • Variations occur among members of species

  • Each species is reproductively isolated from every other species

  • Gene flow does not occur between the populations of a species


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Which statement is correct for bacterial transduction?

  • Transfer of some genes from one bacteria to another bacteria through virus

  • Transfer of genes from one bacteria to another bacteria by conjugation.

  • Bacteria obtain DNA directly

  • Bacteria obtain DNA from other external sources


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