plant breeding and genetics Mcqs
201. The digestive vacuole in the animal cell are____________________?
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A. Ribosomes

B. Dictysomes

C. Lysozymes

D. Lysosomes
202. One of the following is not a technique in hybridization_________________?
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A. Bagging

B. Inter over crossing

C. Inosculation

D. Intraspecific crossing

203. A cross of unlike organisms is termed as____________________?
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A. Hybrid

B. Backcross

C. Heterosis

D. None of the above

204. Under drought conditions, there is an increase in__________________?
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A. Abscisic acid

B. All the above

C. Pro line level

D. Ethylene level

205. The crossing of a yomozygous tall plant and a homozygous dwarf plant would yield plants in the ratio of_________________?
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A. All the heterozygous tall

B. 2 tall: 2 dwarf

C. One homozygous tall, one homozygous dwarf, two heterozygous tall

D. All homozygous dwarf

210. Name chromosome was coined by ___________________?
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A. T. Boveri

B. Aluman

C. Walleye

D. Van Beneden

211. In primary trisomic the extra chromosome is__________________?
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A. Traits located chromosome

B. None of the above

C. Normal chromosome

D. Isochromosome

213. The reason why mutations which are harmful do not eliminated from gene pool is that___________________?
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A. They have future survival value

B. Genetic drift occurs because of a small population in to offsprings

C. They are recessive and carried by heterozygous individuals

D. Making possible reproduction in all types of environments

214. When an albino plant of maize (female) is crossed with normal green plant (male) all plants in the progeny are albino because___________________?
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A. Green plastids of male parent become nitrated

B. Crossing over results in structural changes in green plastids

C. Plastids are inherited through maternal parents

D. Albinism is dominant over green characters

216. Linkage of hereditary units was discounted by__________________?
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A. T.B. Morgan and G. Mendel

B. W.S. Sutton and K. R. Porter

C. C.B. Bridges and G.H. Shull

D. W. Batson and B.C Pun net
217. Polytene chromosomes were first observed by___________________?
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A. Allard (1910)

B. Baranetzky (1910)

C. Balbiani (1881)

D. Mendel (1810)

218. RNA contains__________________?
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A. Cystine

B. Argenine

C. Uracil

D. Thymine

219. As a general rule interbreeding is possible between______________________?
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A. Any two members of an order

B. Any two members of a Family

C. Any two members of a Species

D. Any two members of a Genus

224. Edible part of pomegranate is____________________?
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A. juicy epicure

B. juicy test

C. Monocarp

D. juicy hairs

226. DNA is genetic material was first discovered by____________________?
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A. Attmann (1889)

B. Sressler (1968)

C. Crick (1953)

D. Avery et al (1944)
227. The protoplasm is________________?
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A. Solution

B. Semi-solid

C. Crysto colloidal solution

D. Colloidal solution

230. The organic evolution look place about__________________?
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A. Still occurring

B. 200,000,000 ears

C. 100,000,000 years

D. 300,000,000 years

231. Who coin the term genetic load _____________?
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A. Hardy (1908)

B. Ford (1940)

C. Muller (1950)

D. Satisbury (1940)

232. Selenium unigram is used as__________________?
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A. In lowering blood pressure

B. Cardio vascular stimulant

C. All the above

D. In breaking down of cholesterol

233. Chemically DNA differs from RNA by __________________?
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A. Thymine present in DNA and Uralic in RNA

B. Deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA

C. Deoxyribose and thymine is present in DNA and ribose and Ural in RNA

D. Ribose and thymine in DNA and deoxyribose and uracil in RNA

235. In a population gene frequencies remain constant when there is_________________?
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A. Selective mating

B. Random mating

C. Iubreeding

D. Out breeding

236. Which of the following is not a fruit____________________?
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A. Potato

B. Muskmelon

C. Bitter gourd

D. Tomato

237. Srought is indicated by__________________?
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A. Increase in proline level

B. leaf rolling

C. all the above

D. Increase in ethylene level

238. Heterosis can be fixed by___________________?
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A. Asexual reproduction

B. Apomixis

C. Polyploidy

D. All the above
240. The name Suicide bag is given to___________________?
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A. Lysosmes

B. Centrosomes

C. Ribosomes

D. Microsomes

241. The membrane which surrounds the___________________?
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A. Cutoplasm

B. Chloroplast

C. Vacuole

D. Nucleus

242. An exce4ption of Mendels law is______________________?
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A. Purity of gametes

B. Independent assortment

C. Dominance

D. Liukage
243. Single celled plants are called__________________?
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A. B. Protest

B. Protophyta

C. Protozoa

D. Prokaryotes

245. The ATP formed in__________________?
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A. Mitochondna

B. Chloroplast

C. RNA

D. Golgi bodies

248. The centre of origin of sunflower is__________?
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A. West Africa

B. South America

C. East Asia

D. North America
250. One of the following is not an advantage of genetic engineering___________________?
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A. Improvement of crop can take place

B. The gene pool is maintained

C. Microbes act as biological factories

D. Genetic error can be rectified