Sardar Krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural Uiversity 2010 B.Sc Agriculture for Competitive : Plant Breeding -university exam paper

MULTIPLE option ques.
B.Sc Agriculture (Plant Breeding)
(For Competitive Examination)


Self pollinated species are also known as____________ species or inbreeders.
A Allogamous B Cleistogamy C Chasmogamy D Autogamous

__________ has produced successful hybrids through artificial crosses.
A Camerarius B Fairchild C Koelreuter D Jhonson

____________ is a progeny of single self-pollinated homozygous plant.
A Female parent B Pureline C Inbred D Hybrid

Plant breeding is a science and art and technology which deal with ____________improvement of crop plants in relation to their economic use for mankind.
A Yield B Production C Genetic D Good

_______________ method of breeding is not improper for cross pollinated crops.
A Mass Selection B Back cross method C Heterosis breeding D Pure line selection

_____________ is an ancient method of crop improvement.
A Selection B Introduction C Hybridization D Mutagenesis

___________is the oldest selection methods for crop improvement
A Mass selection B Pure line selection C Pedigree selection D Recurrent selection

____________ is a not a general breeding method
A Introduction B Selection C Distant hybridization D Hybridization

_____________ Pollinated crops have homozygous balance and are tolerent to inbreeding.
A Self B Cross C Often cross D Non of all

Variety developed by mass selection method is mixture of homozygous and heterozygous plants and population is heterogeneous in __________________pollinated crop
A Self B Cross C Often cross D None of these

_______breeding refers to selection procedure in which the segregating population of self pollinated species is grown without selections.
A Hybridization B Pedigree C Bulk D Back cross

The self progeny of F1 and the following generations are termed as _______________generations.
A F2 B segregating C Advance D Selfed

_________ breeding method is generally used to improve specific character of a well adapted variety
A Backcross B Pedigree C Bulk D Hybridization

Cross ranging from 2 genetically various homozygote plants is __________

A Progeny B Variety C Back cross D hybrid or F1

___________method does not give opportunity to practice selection for superior plant till F5 generations.
A Single seed descent method B Back cross method C Heterosis breeding D Pure line selection

_____________method provides info about the mode of inheritance of different qualitative characters which is not possible by other breeding methods.
A Back cross B Pedigree C Hybridization D Mutagenesis

___________ is not a useful method for handling segregating populations
A Pedigree breeding B Bulk breeding C Back cross breeding D Hybridization

____________ Parent is used only once in back cross breeding method
A Recurrent B Female C Male D Donor

__________ method is most useful for study competitive ability of genotypes in population.
A Mass Selection B Back Cross breeding C Hybridization D Non of all

In pedigree breeding after F8 , homozygous plants are known as __________
A Varieties B Strains C Genotypes D Segregants

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