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Q.1 Aquaculture does not include
- prawns
- fishes
- silkworms
- shell fishery
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Q.2 Which of the following is correctly matched ?
- Sericulture – Fish
- Aquaculture – Mosquito
- Apiculture – Honeybee
- Pisciculture – Silkmoth
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Q.3 Germplasm collection is the collection of
- germ cells
- semens
- plants/seeds with all the diverse alleles for all genes
- egg cells
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Q.4 Major percentage of India’s Gross Domestic Product is constituted by
- industry
- agriculture
- export
- small scale cottage industry
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Q.5 The Noble Laureate, who developed semi-dwarf wheat varieties in Mexioc was
- norman E. Borlaug
- herbert Boyer
- William Harvey
- Typhoid Mary
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Q.6 Jaya and Ratna are the semi-dwarf varieties of
- wheat
- rice
- cowpea
- mustard
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Q.7 The term “inbreeding depression” is related to
- increased fertility and productivity
- increased milk production
- reduced fertility & productivity
- reduced milk production
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Q.8 Continued inbreeding, especially close inbreeding generally results in
- inbreeding depression
- inbreeding stimulation
- inbreeding hybridisation
- inbreeding mutation
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Q.9 The breeding carried out between animals of different breeds is called
- out-crossing
- cross-breeding
- inbreeding
- both (a) and (b)
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Q.10 Which of the following is an example of a cross-breed ?
- Mule
- Hilsa
- Hisardale
- Sahiwal
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Q.11 Hisardale is a new breed of sheep developed in Punjab by crossing
- Merino ram and Bikaneri ewe
- Assel ram and White leghorn ewe
- Rhode Island ram and White leghorn ewe
- Cochin ram and Ghagus ewe
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Q.12 Crossing of individuals of two different species to produce a hybrid is called
- interspecific hybridisation
- intervarietal hybridisation
- intergeneric hybridisation
- intravarietal hybrididisation
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Q.13 Artificial insemination involves
- super ovulation
- semen collection
- egg collection
- embryo collection
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Q.14 Artificial breeding of cattle is brough about by
- artiticial insemination
- super ovulation and embryo transplantation
- MOET
- all of these
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Q.15 MOET stands for
- Multiple Ovulation and Egg transfer Technology
- Multiple Ovary and Embryo Transfer Technology
- Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer Technology
- Method of Egg Transfer Technology
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Q.16 Multiple ovulation embryo transfer technology is related to
- transfer of super embryo
- transfer of super eggs
- super ovulation and embryo transfer
- both (a) and (b)
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Q.17 Lean meat’ is cosidered to be of high quality because it has
- lesser but easily digestible protein
- lesser lipid content
- more fat that makes the meqt softer
- longer table life due to lesser chances of infection
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Q.18 In livestock breeding experiments, which of the following stages is transferred to surrogate mothers ?
- Unfertilised eggs
- Fertilised eggs
- 8 to 32 celled embryo
- Frozen semen
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Q.19 The term ‘apiculture’ refers to
- tissue culture
- pisciculture
- bee-keeping
- animal-keeping
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Q.20 Which of the following plays a role in indigenous system of medicine ?
- Plant breeding
- Fisheries
- Apiculture
- MOET
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Q.21 In honey, the main constituent is
- calcium
- sugar
- protein
- water
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Q.22 Turnip mosaic disease is caused by
- bacteria
- viruses
- nematodes
- fungi
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Q.23 Which of the following is incorrectly matched ?
- Black rot of crucifers Bacteria
- Brown rust of wheat Fungi
- Late blight of potato Virus
- Red rot of sugarcane Fungi
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Q.24 Which of the following dieases is caused by bacteria ?
- Tobacco mosaic
- Black rot of crucifers
- Red rot of sugarcane
- Late blight of potato
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Q.25 Black rust of wheat is caused by
- Puccinia
- Albugo
- Ustilago
- Cystopus
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