Plant Breeding & Genetics Mcqs - Set 9

1)   A mutation is a change in_________________?

a. Chromosome number
b. RNA
c. DNA
d. Chromosome structure
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chromosome number

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2)   RNA contains__________________?

a. Thymine
b. Argenine
c. Cystine
d. Uracil
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Uracil

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3)   Strands of DNA are bounded by___________________?

a. Icygen
b. Carbon
c. Hybrogen
d. Nitrogen
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hybrogen

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4)   The name “Suicide bag” is given to___________________?

a. Ribosomes
b. Centrosomes
c. Microsomes
d. Lysosmes
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lysosmes

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5)   The ATP formed in__________________?

a. Chloroplast
b. Mitochondna
c. Golgi bodies
d. RNA
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mitochondna

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6)   Amount of DNA is the diploid cells____________________?

a. Varies with the age
b. Coustant for all organismes
c. Constant for particular organism
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Coustant for all organismes

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7)   Which are the necessary conditions for the hardy Weinberg principle for applying to genetic population________________?

a. Low mutation population
b. High mutation ratio and small population
c. Selective mating and small population
d. No migration and large population
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: High mutation ratio and small population

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8)   Gene responsible for the synthesis of repressor is called__________________?

a. Operator gene
b. Structural gene
c. Regulator gene
d. Promotor gene
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Regulator gene

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9)   The small unit of DNA capable of undergoing crossing over and recommbination is________________?

a. Recon
b. Muton
c. Cistron
d. Complan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Recon

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10)   In a population gene frequencies remain constant when there is_________________?

a. Iubreeding
b. Out breeding
c. Random mating
d. Selective mating
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Random mating

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11)   DNA is genetic material was first discovered by____________________?

a. Attmann (1889)
b. Crick (1953)
c. Sressler (1968)
d. Avery et al (1944)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Avery et al (1944)

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12)   Ieucaena lencocephala is a popular tree for______________________?

a. Beautification
b. Seasonal fruit
c. Medicinal plant
d. Nutritive forage
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nutritive forage

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13)   Maximum vegetable crops belong to the family____________________?

a. Solanaceae
b. Cruciferae
c. Cucurbitaceae
d. Legumunaceae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cucurbitaceae

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14)   The term vertical resistance and horizontal resistance were first used by________________________?

a. Van der plank (1963)
b. Karpechenko (1927)
c. Hull (1945)
d. Correns (1900)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Van der plank (1963)

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15)   A gene which enhances the natural mutations rate of another gene in the same genome is kanown as___________________?

a. Mutable gene
b. Mutator gene
c. Recepror gene
d. Articulator gene
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mutable gene

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16)   Gametophytic self incompatibility was first reported in___________________?

a. Lena sativa
b. Nicotine sandarac
c. Set aria sphacelata
d. Scale cereals
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nicotine sandarac

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17)   Seed germination in typhoin walermelon can successfully be obtained by____________________?

a. Scarification
b. Seed risking
c. Seed cot removal
d. All the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Scarification

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18)   Prescribed germination percentage of foundation seed of groundnut____________________?

a. 70
b. 20
c. 90
d. 95
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 70

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19)   In oat an site-specific cross between Ivena sativa and A busantus_____________________?

a. Incompatible
b. Partially fertile
c. Sterile
d. Fully fertile
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fully fertile

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20)   Reciprocal recurrent selection is effective with___________________?

a. Incomplete
b. Complete dominance
c. Over dominance
d. All the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All the above

Explanation:
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