Match the column-I with column-II

	Column-I		Column-Il
A	Micropropagation	i	To obtain virus free plants
B	Meristem culture	ii	Production of large number of plants
C	Biofortification	iii	Improvement of nutritional quality in crops
d	Somatic hybridization	iv	Protoplast fusion

1. a-ii, b-i, c-iii, d-iv

2. a-i, b-ii, c-iii, d-iv

3. a-iii, b-i, c-ii, d-iv

4. a-iv, b-iii, c-ii, d-i

By which method was a new breed 'Hisardale' of sheep found by using Bikaneri ewes and Marina rams?

1. Mutational breeding

2. Crossbreeding

3. Inbreeding

4. Outcrossing

Which one of the following crop varieties correct matches with its resistance to a disease?

Read the following statements and choose the option that correctly represents the true and false ones

(i) Inbreeding depression can be corrected by outcrossing.

(ii) In MOET fertilized eggs at the 8-32 celled stage are surgically recovered

(iii) More than 70% of the world livestock population is in India and China.

(iv) Poultry birds exclusively grown for meat are called roosters.

    (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

1. T   F    T   F

2. T   T    T   F  

3. T   F    F   T

4. F   F    T   F

An improved breed of cattle is

1. Leghorn

2. Jersey

3. Hisardale

4. Mule

Choose the incorrect statement

1. Continued inbreeding may result in loss of fertility, vigour and productivity

2. Cross breeding allows the desirable qualities of two different breeds to be combined

3. Out breeding may involve out crossing or cross-breeding or interspecific hybridisation

4. Out crossing involves mating of animals of different breeds but having common ancestors for about 4-6 generations

Select the incorrect match

1. Atlas 66 - wheat

2. Himgiri - Resistant to smut

3. Jaya - Rice variety

4. Protina – Maize variety

Cow is administered with hormones having FSH like activity in

1. Hypophysation

2. MOET to cause super ovulation

3. Artificial insemination

4. MOET to inhibit follicular maturation

Choose odd one with respect to crop variety produced through conventional breeding for insect pest resistance

1. Pusa Sawani

2. Pusa Gaurav

3. Pusa Lerma

4. Pusa Sem 2

Read the following statement and select the right choice

a. Semi-dwarf varieties, Jaya and Ratna were developed in IRRI, Philippines.

b. Classical plant breeding involves crossing or hybridisation of pure lines.

c. Saccharum barberi was originally grown in South India.

d. Genetic variability is the root of any breeding programme.

(1) Only a is correct

(2) b & d are correct

(3) a, b & c are correct

(4) c & d are correct