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Which one is the real product of honey bee?
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Correct option: A
Bee wax
Option A (Bee wax) is the real product of the honey bee because it is a substance secreted by the bee to build the honeycomb, which is essential for the colony's structure and function.
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More than 70% of livestock population is found in
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Correct option: D
Both (2) and (3)
Option D (Both (2) and (3)) is correct because India and China together account for more than 70% of the world's livestock population.
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Honey
I. is a natural valuable tonic for human body
II. contains various substances of high medicinal value, including important enzymes, vitamins and disaccharide sugars mainly glucose and fructose
III. a number of ayurvedic medicines are taken with honey
Which of the statement given above are correct?
I. is a natural valuable tonic for human body
II. contains various substances of high medicinal value, including important enzymes, vitamins and disaccharide sugars mainly glucose and fructose
III. a number of ayurvedic medicines are taken with honey
Which of the statement given above are correct?
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Correct option: D
I, II and III
Option D (I, II and III) is correct because honey is a natural tonic, contains medicinal substances, and is used in Ayurvedic medicine.
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Choose the odd one w.r.t marine edible fishes
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Rohu
Option A (Rohu) is correct because Rohu is a freshwater fish, while the others are marine edible fishes.
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The technique of regeneration of whole plant from any part of a plant by growing it on a suitable culture under aseptic/sterile conditions is called
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Tissue culture
Option A (Tissue culture) is correct because tissue culture is the technique of growing plant cells or tissues in a sterile environment to regenerate a whole plant.
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Gossypium hirsutum is
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New world tetraploid
Option A (New world tetraploid) is correct because Gossypium hirsutum is a species of cotton that originated in the New World and has a tetraploid genome.
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Animal husbandry and plant breeding programmes are the examples of
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Correct option: B
Artificial selection
Option B (Artificial selection) is correct because animal husbandry and plant breeding involve humans selecting and breeding organisms with desirable traits.
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Science of cultivation, breeding, marketing and arrangement of flower is called
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Floriculture
Option B (Floriculture) is correct because floriculture specifically deals with the cultivation, breeding, marketing, and arrangement of flowers.
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The deficiency of essential micronutrients specially iron, iodine, zinc and vitamin-A in food
I. increases risk for disease
II. reduces mental ability
III. reduces life span
Choose the correct option
I. increases risk for disease
II. reduces mental ability
III. reduces life span
Choose the correct option
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Correct option: A
I, II and III
Option A (I, II and III) is correct because deficiencies in essential micronutrients like iron, iodine, zinc, and vitamin A can increase disease risk, reduce mental ability, and shorten lifespan.
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The mating of more closely related individuals within the same breed for 4-6 generations is known as
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Inbreeding
Option B (Inbreeding) is correct because it involves mating closely related individuals within the same breed for several generations to increase homozygosity and develop desired traits.
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The practices concerned with the improvement in animals husbandry include
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Correct option: C
Both (1) and (2)
Option C (Both (1) and (2)) is correct because animal husbandry improvement includes both management of farm animals and animal breeding techniques.
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The primary aim of animal breeding is to breed such animals which are able to produce
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Correct option: D
Both (a) and (b)
Option D (Both (a) and (b)) is correct because the primary aim of animal breeding is to improve both the quality and quantity of the animal products.
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More than 70% of the live stock population is in
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India and China
Option A (India and China) is correct because these two countries have the largest livestock populations in the world, accounting for more than 70%.
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GDP stands for
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Gross Domestic Product
Option A (Gross Domestic Product) is correct because GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product, which is a measure of the total value of goods and services produced within a country's borders.
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Cereals and millets are mainly deficient in which type of amino acids
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Correct option: B
Tryptophan
Option D (Lysine) is correct because cereals and millets are known to be deficient in the essential amino acid lysine.
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The way in which biotechnology is contributed to sustainable agriculture is
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Correct option: B
Single cell protein (SCP)
Option C (Disease and insect resistant varieties) is correct because biotechnology contributes to sustainable agriculture by developing disease and insect-resistant crop varieties, reducing the need for pesticides.
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Which one of the following is not a fungal disease?
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Black rot of crucifers
Option C (Black rot of crucifers) is correct because it is caused by a bacterium (Xanthomonas campestris), whereas the other options are fungal diseases.
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Differentiation of organs and tissues in a developing organism is associated with
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Differential expression of genes
Option B (Differential expression of genes) is correct because the differentiation of cells and tissues during development is primarily controlled by which genes are expressed in each cell type.
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Classical plant breeding involves
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Hybridisation and selection
Option C (Hybridisation and selection) is correct because classical plant breeding primarily involves crossing plants (hybridization) and choosing desirable offspring (selection).
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Somaclonal variation appears in plants
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Raised in tissue culture
Option C (Raised in tissue culture) is correct because somaclonal variation is the genetic variation that arises in plants during tissue culture.
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To obtain a pathogen free plant from a diseased plant through tissue culture, the best technique is
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Meristem culture
Option B (Meristem culture) is correct because meristematic tissues are often free from pathogens, making it the best technique for obtaining pathogen-free plants.
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Read the following statements.
(A) Properties of tissues are not present in the constituent cells but arise as a result of interaction among the constituent cells.
(B) Interaction result in emergent properties at higher level of organization.
Select the correct option.
(A) Properties of tissues are not present in the constituent cells but arise as a result of interaction among the constituent cells.
(B) Interaction result in emergent properties at higher level of organization.
Select the correct option.
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Correct option: C
Both (A) and (B) are correct
Option C (Both (A) and (B) are correct) is correct because tissues exhibit emergent properties due to interactions between their constituent cells, leading to higher-level organization.
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The embryo which develops from somatic cell is called
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Somatic embryo
Option A (Somatic embryo) is correct because an embryo developed from a somatic cell is, by definition, a somatic embryo.
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Plant breeding for improved food quality can perform
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Enhancement of nutritional quality
Option D (Enhancement of nutritional quality) is correct because plant breeding aims to improve the nutritional content of food crops.
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In honey bee, the drones are
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Fertile male
Option B (Fertile male) is correct because drones are male honeybees whose primary function is to mate with the queen.
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In …… male and female animals of two different related species are mated
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Interspecific hybridisation
Option D (Interspecific hybridisation) is correct because interspecific hybridization involves mating male and female animals of two different related species.
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The part of the plant taken for tissue culture is called
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Explant
Option B (Explant) is correct because an explant is the plant tissue taken for tissue culture.
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Autotrophic microbes which can fix atmospheric nitrogen are all. except
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Correct option: D
Spirulina
Option D (Spirulina) is correct because Spirulina, while being an autotrophic cyanobacterium, does not fix atmospheric nitrogen; Anabaena, Nostoc, and Oscillatoria do.
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Hisardale is a new breed of sheep developed in Punjab by crossing
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Bikaneri ewes and Marino rams
Option A (Bikaneri ewes and Marino rams) is correct because Hisardale was developed by crossing Bikaneri ewes (females) with Marino rams (males).
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In plant A, 2n = 12 and in plant B, 2n = 16. Then the ploidy number of cross breeding plant is
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Correct option: C
14
Option C (14) is correct because in cross-breeding, the ploidy number is the sum of the haploid numbers of the parent plants (6 + 8 = 14).
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