Plant Breeding & Genetics Mcqs - Set 15

1)   Which of the following is not a fruit____________________?

a. Tomato
b. Potato
c. Muskmelon
d. Bitter gourd
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Potato

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2)   Who coin the term genetic load _____________?

a. Hardy (1908)
b. Muller (1950)
c. Ford (1940)
d. Satisbury (1940)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Muller (1950)

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3)   Which one is C4 crop plant_____________________?

a. Sugarcane
b. Sorghum
c. Maize
d. all the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: all the above

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4)   Synopsis occur in___________________?

a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis
c. Amitosis
d. all the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Meiosis

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5)   Edible part of pomegranate is____________________?

a. juicy test
b. juicy epicure
c. juicy hairs
d. Monocarp
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: juicy test

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6)   Parthenogenesis is most commonly seen in___________________?

a. Apple
b. Orange
c. Mango
d. Grape
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Grape

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7)   Whisky is distilled from__________________?

a. Fermented mash of malted or unmalted cereals and potatoes
b. Fermented juices of fruits
c. Raw grains
d. Legume fruits
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fermented mash of malted or unmalted cereals and potatoes

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8)   Mutation breeding is mostly used in____________________?

a. Self pollinated crops
b. Cross pollinated crops
c. Vegetative propagated crops
d. Often cross pollinated crops
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Self pollinated crops

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9)   The policy level of commercially cultivated seedless watermelon is__________________?

a. Monoploid
b. Diploid
c. Triploid
d. Tetraploid
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Triploid

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10)   If the leaf cells have eight chromosomes it is mostly likely that__________________?

a. Gametes will have 8 chromosomes
b. Gametes will have 4 chromosomes
c. Zygote will have 4 chromosomes
d. Zygote will have 16 chromosomes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gametes will have 4 chromosomes

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11)   How many mitouc divisions will take place to produce 512 cells from a single parent cell_________________?

a. 9
b. 256
c. 158
d. 511
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 511

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12)   Three important law of heredity proposed by Mendel relate to___________________?

a. Gene linkage, character se gregation and independent assortment
b. Gene linkage, dominance and segregation
c. Segregation, independent assortment and gene linkage
d. Segregation, independent assortment and dominance recessive ness
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Segregation, independent assortment and dominance recessive ness

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13)   If a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant the proportion of dwarf progerry will be__________________?

a. 25%
b. 50%
c. 75%
d. 100%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 50%

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14)   If a plant heterozygous for tallness is selfed, f2 feneration has both tall and dwarf plants. this proves the principle of__________________?

a. Dominance
b. Segregation
c. Independent assortment
d. Incomplete dominance
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Segregation

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15)   If a haploid chromosome number of a gymnosperm is 12 the chromosome in its endosperm will be__________________?

a. 6
b. 12
c. 24
d. 36
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 12

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16)   When red tall plant is crossed with dwarf white plant all the plants of F, are found to be tall red. which of the following ratio will be available when a test cross is made_________________?

a. 3:1
b. 1:2:3
c. 1:1:1:1
d. 1:2:1
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1:1:1:1

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17)   If the offspring of F, (blue) is crossed with white male parent the result will be______________________?

a. All blue
b. All white
c. All black
d. Half blue and half white
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Half blue and half white

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18)   Seed is___________________?

a. Seveloped ovary after fertilization
b. Developed egg after fertilization
c. Transformcd ovary after fertilization
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Transformcd ovary after fertilization

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19)   The slow process by which new types of organisms arise from existing forms by genetics variation is called_______________________?

a. Genetics
b. Mutation
c. Evolution
d. Polyploidy
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Evolution

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20)   An exce4ption of Mendel’s law is______________________?

a. Dominance
b. Liukage
c. Independent assortment
d. Purity of gametes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Liukage

Explanation:
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