A system of rotating crops with legume or grass pasture to improve soil structure and

fertility is called

1. contour farming

2. strip farming

3. shifting agriculture

4. ley farming

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A technique of micropropagation is

1. Somatic hybridisation

2. Somatic embryogenesis

3. Protoplast fusion

4. Embryo rescue

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Which of the following enhances or induces fusion of protoplasts?

1. Sodium chloride and potassium chloride

2. Polyethylene glycol and sodium nitrate

3. IAA and kinetin

4. IAA and gibberellins

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In vitro clonal propogation in plants characterised by

1. PCR and RAPD

2. Northen blotting

3. Electrophoresis and HPLC

4. Microscopy

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To obtain virus-free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, which

part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken?

1. Apical meristem only

2. Palisade parenchyma

3. Both apical and axillary meristems

4. Epidermis only

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In plant breeding programmes, the entire collection (of plants/seeds) having all the diverse alleles for all genes in a given crop is called

1. selection of superior recombinations

2. cross-hybridisation among the selected parents

3. evaluation and selection of parents

4. germplasm collection

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Which part would be most suitable for raising virus-free plants for micropropagation?

1. Bark 2. Vascular tissue
3. Meristem 4. Node
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'Jaya', and 'Ratna', developed for green revolution in India are the varieties of

1. rice

2. wheat 

3. bajra

4. maize

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'Himgiri' developed by hybridisation and selection for disease resistance against rust pathogens is a variety of

1. maize

2. sugarcane

3. wheat

4. chilli

Subtopic:  Breeding for Disease Resistance (OLD NCERT) |
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When two unrelated individuals or lines are crossed, the performance of F1 hybrid is often

superior to both its parents. This phenomenon is called

1. transformation

2. splicing

3. metamorphosis

4. heterosis

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