HORTICULTURE MCQS

143.     Splitting of carrot is due to

1. Fresh manure
2. Heavy fertilizer
3. Less fertilizer
4. None of these

144.     High temperature in chillies causes

1. Flower drop
2. Fruit drop
3. Both of the above
4. None of these

145.     Early blight and late blight of potato are

1. Fungal disease
2. Viral disease
3. Bacterial disease
4. Disorders

146.     Potato dormancy can be broken through

1. Chemical treatment
2. Low temperature
3. Both of these
4. None of these

147.     Dormancy period in potato is about

1. 2 Months
2. 1 Month
3. 3 Months
4. Month

148.     Seed rate/acre in potato for autumn crop         is                    

1. 900-1100 Kg
2. 500 Kg
3. 400 Kg
4. 100 Kg

149.     Potato cut tuber are used for planting during

1. Autumn crop
2. Spring crop
3. Both of above
4. None of above

150.     Hollow heart of potato is a

1. Disease
2. Disorder
3. Insect attack
4. Deficiency

151.     Potato tubers become green if

1. Exposed to light
2. Attacked by insect
3. Infected
4. None of these

152.     Virus free seeds of potato are produced in

1. Hilly areas
2. Spring crop
3. In plains
4. Autumn crop

153.     Okra belongs to family

1. Malvaceae
2. Solanaceae
3. Cucurbitacaea
4. Chenopodiaceae

154.     Desiree and Cardinal are varieties of   

1. Carrot
2. Potato
3. Radish
4. Peas

155.     Which of the following vegetable is directly seeded in field:

1. Chillies
2. Tomato
3. Brinjal
4. Peas

156.     Buttoning is a disorder of

1. Cauliflower
2. Peas
3. Potato
4. Tomato

157.     Production of very small sized heads in cauliflower is called

1. Buttoning
2. Belting
3. Both of these
4. None of these

158.     Development of seed stalks earlier in biennial crops is called       

1. Bolting
2. Buttoning
3. Greening
4. None of these

159.     Bolting in biennial crops is due to

1. Low temperature exposure
2. High temperature exposure
3. Both of these
4. None of these

160.     Quality seed carrot is produced through

1. Seed to seed method
2. Toping in situ method
3. Steeklings
4. None of these

161.     Bloosom end rot of tomato is due to

1. Infection/disease
2. Boron/ Ca. deficiency
3. Insect attack
4. Nutritional deficiency

162.     Vegetables belonging to the cross pollinated group is

1. Peas
2. Tomato
3. a & b
4. Cabbage

163.     White brinjals are commonly grown for:

1. Ornamental purpose
2. Salad purpose
3. a + b
4. None of these

164.     Tunnels for vegetable forcing are categorized as

1. High type
2. Low type
3. Walk in type
4. All of these

165.     Storage life of vegetables increased by the use of GA spray at harvesting time

1. 50 ppm
2. 100 ppm
3. 200 ppm
4. None of above

166.     Dormancy of seeds are broken by 

1. G.A.
2. Ethylene
3. Water
4. None of above

167.     Femaleness in cucumber is induced by :

1. GA
2. ABA
3. IBA
4. None of above

168.     Maleness in cucumber is induced by       

1. GA
2. ABA
3. IBA
4. None of above

169.     Plants, protein, RNA, DNA contents are increased by          

1. Auxins
2. Adenine
3. Cytokinins
4. None of above

170.     Most of the cucurbits are:           

1. Salt tolerant
2. Salt sensitive
3. a & b
4. None

171.     Most commonly used growth retardants are

1. Phosphon
2. M. H. 
3. Caumarin
4. None of above

172.     Alar significantly increased fruit.

1. Size
2. Color
3. Weight
4. All of above

173.     In green plants, light favour the formation of

1. Auxin
2. GA
3. ABA
4. IBA

174.     Potato belongs to the family

1. Umbliferae
2. Cucribtacea
3. Solanaceae
4. Alliaceae

175.     Parthenocarpic cucumber develops due             to:

1. After pollination
2. Without pollination
3. None of above
4. a & b

176.     Family solanaceae consist of these crops:

1. Potato, Tomato, eggplant etc
2. Water melon, muskmelon, cucumber, etc
3. Turnip, Raddish, Carrot etc
4. None of above

177.     Which crop is reproduced sexually

1. Ginger
2. Turmeric
3. Onion
4. None of above

178.     Which crop propagated by asexual means:

1. Sweet potato
2. Chillies
3. Cauliflower
4. None of above

179.     Vegetables which grow during summer

1. Turnip, Raddish
2. Cucumber, watermelon
3. Cauliflower, Cabbage
4. None of above

180.     Vegetables which grow during winter

1. Cole crops
2. Cucurbits
3. Root crops
4. a & c

181.     These vegetables are mainly raised through nursery:

1. Tomato, Chillies
2. Cucumber, watermelon
3. Radish, turnip
4. None of above

183.     Viscosity of the cytoplasm increases     when temperature is  (not conform.

1. Low
2. Medium
3. High
4. Very High

182.     Which vegetables is transplanted without earthen ball

1. Cucumber,
2. Watermelon
3. Cauliflower
4. None of above

183.     These vegetables are cross pollinated in nature

1. Cauliflower, cabbage
2. Spinach, Peas
3. Raddish
4. None of above

184.     Which vegetable is self pollinated       

1. Peas
2. Cucumber
3. Watermelon
4. Sponge gourd

185.     The Botanical name of sweet pepper is

1. Capsicum annum
2. Capsicum fruitesence
3. Capsicum groosum
4. None of above

186.     Botanical seed of potato is 

1. Seed potato
2. Potato seed
3. None of above
4. Slips

187.     The origin of the peas is 

1. Africa
2. Asia
3. America
4. Europe

188.     New growth of plant needs _________ water for proper development:

1. Low
2. Medium
3. High
4. Very High

189.     Which vegetables consist of more concentration of Vit. A 

1. Carrot
2. Fenogreek
3. Potato
4. Peas

190.     Which vegetable consists of more Vitamin C contents:

1. Tomato
2. Turnip
3. Radish
4. Cauliflower

191.     Which vegetable having high concentration of fats.

1. Sweet potato, potato
2. Water melon, musk melon
3. Cabbage, Cauliflower
4. None of above

192.     Which of the family is also named as Nightshade family:

1. Alliace
2. Cucurbitaceae
3. Solanaceae
4. None of above

193.     Which one of the following is a bulb crop:

1. Garlic
2. Potato
3. Ginger
4. Arum

194.     Botanical name of water melon is :

1. Citrullus lanatus
2. Citrllus vulgaris
3. Citnullus fistulosis
4. None of above

195.     Auxin antagonists compounds interact with auxins as:

1. Counteract
2. Increase
3. Decrease
4. None of the above

196.     The compounds which inhibit the activity of auxins are known as:

1. Auxin antagonists
2. Antiauxins
3. Epinostic agent
4. All of above

197.     Compounds  possessing hormone like properties which have small molecular weight, are termed as :

1. Auxins
2. Gibberellins
3. Kinins
4. None of these

198.     Many _________ in super optimal concentrations also act as growth inhibitors :

1. Auxins
2. Gibberellins
3. Cytokinins
4. All of above

199.     In plants auxin are mainly present in:

1. Root tips
2. Stem end
3. Shoot tips
4. Leaf margins