Monday, 26 November 2012

agriculture notes for competitive exams-TNPSC Agriculture Officers Exam 2012-Part 1


TNPSC Exam-AGRICULTURE Officers Exam held on 28.10. 2012
(Degree Standard

1.      Which of the following is a monoecious plant?
A)    Coconut
B)    Maize
C)    Castor
D)    All of the above



Answer: D



2.      The suitability of a variety for general cultivation over a wide range of environmental conditions is known as
A)    Comparability
B)    Compatibility
C)    Heritability
D)    Stability



Answer: D



3.      Wind Pollination is called as
A)    Entanophily
B)    Zoophily
C)    Anemophily
D)    Hydrophily



Answer: C



4.      (A X B) X C is
A)    Single cross
B)    Double cross
C)    Three way cross
D)    Top cross




Answer: C



5.      Cotton is a
A)    Self pollinated crop
B)    Cross pollinated crop
C)    Often cross pollinated crop
D)    Often self pollinated crop



Answer: C



6.      Ranjit is the name of the hybrid variety of
A)    Rice
B)    Maize
C)    Cotton
D)    Sugarcane



Answer: B



7.      Fertilised matured ovule is
A)    Ovary
B)    Fruit
C)    Seed
D)    Seedling



Answer: C



8.      A method of breeding most commonly used when the desired variation is required to be induced in a vegetatively propagated crop is
A)    Polyploidy
B)    Pedigree method of breeding
C)    Mutation breeding
D)    Back cross method of breeding



Answer: C



9.      Plants produced from asexual methods are
A)    vigorous
B)    true-to-type
C)    susceptible
D)    having long juvenile period



Answer: B



10.    Genetic male sterility is controlled by
A)    Single recessive gene (ms)
B)    Multiple genes
C)    Single dominant gene (MS)
D)    None of the above



Answer: A



11.    When a F1 is crossed with the recessive homozygotic parents, the cross is known as
A)    Back cross
B)    Crossing over
C)    Test cross
D)    All the above



Answer: C



12.    The most effective method for the transfer of oligogenic character is
A)    Pedigree breeding
B)    Bulk breeding
C)    Back cross breeding
D)    Disruptive breeding



Answer: C



13.    A collection of plasmid clones, or phages lysates containing recombinant DNA is known as
A)    Gene transfer
B)    Genomic library
C)    Gene Cloning
D)    None of the above



Answer: B



14.    Cells that acquire the ability to multiply indefinitely in-vitro especially in plant cell tissues is known as
A)    Cell line
B)    Cell fusion
C)    Chemostat
D)    Coagulation



Answer: A



15.    Bt cotton tolerates
A)    Beetles
B)    Bugs
C)    Caterpillars
D)    Flies



Answer: C



16.    In which of the following crops, transgenic varieties are most popular?
i.  Brinjal
ii.Cotton
iii.    Groundnut
iv.     Tomato
A)    i and ii of the above
B)    ii and iii of the above
C)    ii and iv of the above
D)    iii and iv of the above



Answer: C



17.    Biological fixation of nitrogen is helped by
A)    Zinc
B)    Copper
C)    Boron
D)    Molybdenum



Answer: D



18.    Which one of the following is a C4 Plant?
A)    Sunflower
B)    Maize
C)    Rice
D)    Pulses



Answer: B



19.    Seedlessness in grapes is due to
A)    Embryo abortion
B)    Gibberellins
C)    Excess nitrogen
D)    None of the above



Answer: A



20.    Edible banana is
A)    Diploid
B)    Triploid
C)    Tetraploid
D)    None of the above



Answer: B



21.    Importance of fruits and vegetable is human diet is primarily because they are good source of
A)    Vitamins
B)    Proteins
C)    Vitamins and minerals
D)    None of the above



Answer: C



22.    Adjustment of individual to their environment by means of special structures or of function is called as
A)    Variation
B)    Heredity
C)    Adaptation
D)    Mutation



Answer: C



23.    The amino acid associated with water stress
A)    Hydroxy Proline
B)    Lysine
C)    Proline
D)    None of the above



Answer: C



24.    Plant growth regulator used for ripening is
A)    Gibberellic acid
B)    Cytokinine
C)    Butyric acid
D)    Ethylene



Answer: D




25.    Whiptail in cauliflower is due to the deficiency of
A)    Manganese
B)    Magnesium
C)    Molybdenum
D)    Sulphur



Answer: C

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