ENHANCEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION NEET PYQ
ENHANCEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION NEET PYQ
Enhancement in Food Production NEET PYQ, NCERT BIOLOGY 12
1) In crop Movement Programme, haploids are important because they ( AIPMT 1989 ) –
a) Require one half of nutrients
b) are helpful in study in study of meiosis
c) grow better under adverse conditions
d) form protect homozygous
Solution – in crop movement programme, haploid are important because they form protect homozygous
2) Brimato is Somatic hybrid between ( A.F.M.C – 2013) –
a) Brinjal & Tomato
b) Beet root & potato
c) Bean & tomato
d) Bean & potato
Solution- Brimato is the somatic hybrid between Brinjal & Tomato
it is technology to produce Brinjal and Tomato together in the same plant through the grafting
it was produced in ICAR – Indian institute of Vegetable research institute – Varanasi UP
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3) To Obtain Virus- free healthy plants from a diseased one by Tissue culture Technique, which part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken ( AIPMT 2014) –
a) Apical meristem only
b) Palisade parenchyma
c) Both apical and axillary meristem
d) Epidermis only
Solution – To obtain virus free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, Only Apical meristem is taken
4) Plant Hormone used for inducing Morphogenesis in plant tissue culture is
( J.K.C.E.T. 2013)
a) Gibberellins
b) Ethylene
c) Cytokinins
d) ABA
Solution – Cytokinins Hormone is used for inducing morphogenesis in plant in plant tissue culture
5) Plants can be made disease resistant through ( A.M.U. 2014)
a) Colchicine treatment
b) X- ray treatment
c) Breeding with wild relatives
d) Hormone treatment
Solution – Plants can be made disease resistant through Breeding with Wild relatives
6) The totipotent cell can form a ……
a) Bud
b) Cell membrane
c) Cell organelle
d) Complete new Organism
Solution – The totipotent cells can form a Complete new organism
Totipotency- It is the ability of a single plant cell to divide and differentiate into a entire Organism is known as totipotency
Gottlieb Haberlandt is known as father of totipotency
7) Genetically improved crop varieties can be developed ( W.B. 2014)
a) Somatic Hybridisation
b) Transgenic technology
c) Somaclonal variation
d) Both a & b
Solution – Genetically improved crop varieties can be developed by Somatic hybridisation and Transgenic technology
8) Purposeful manipulation of plant species is called ….. (Uttarakhand 2014)
a) Hybridisation
b) Germplasm collection
c) Plant breeding
d) Conventional plant breeding
Solution – Purposeful manipulation of plant species is known as Plant breeding
9) A new variety of rice was patented by a foreign company though such varieties have been present in India for a long time .This is related to ( NEET 2018)
a) Co -667
b) Sharbati Sonora
c) Lerma Rojo
d) Basmati
Solution – it is related with Basmati
10) In India the Organisation responsible for assessing the safety of introducing genetically modified organism for public use is ( NEET 2018)
a)Indian council of Medical Research ( ICMR)
b) Council for Scientific & Industrial Research ( CSIR)
c) Research Committee on Genetic Manipulation ( RCGM)
D) Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee ( GEAC)
Solution – Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee ( GEAC)
11) A Protoplasm is cell ( A.I.P.M.T. 2015)
a) Undergoing division
b) Without cell wall
c) Without Plasma Membrane
d) Without nucleus
Solution – A Protoplasm is cell without cell wall
12) Sonalika and Kalyan Sona are high yielding varieties of …. ( K.C.E.T. 2015)
a) Maize
b) Wheat
c) Rice
d) Sugarcane
Solution – Sonalika and Kalyan Sona are Varieties of Wheat
13)Pusa Shubhra is variety of ( MH-CET – 2015)
a) Cauliflower
b) chilli
c) Wheat
d) Cabbage
Solution – Pusa Shubhra is a variety of Cauliflower
14) Semidwarf Rice Variety IR-8 was developed in ( MH -CET- 2015)
a) Taiwan
b) Phillipines
c) India
d) China
Solution – Semidwarf rice variety IR 8 was developed in Phillipines
IR -8 – It is one of the high yielding semi dwarf variety of rice developed in 1960s
it was developed by International Rice Research Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Rice_Research_Institute
15) The Secondary Metabolite obtained obtained form Catharanthus roseus ( MH- CET-2015)
a) Vincristine
b) Anthocyanin
c) Menthol
d) Nicotine
Solution – The Secondary Metabolite Obtained from catharanthus roseus is Vincristine