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Free download in PDF Strategies for Enhancement of Food Production Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Answers for competitive exams. These short objective type questions with answers are very important for Board exams as well as competitive exams like NEET, AIIMS, JIPMER etc. These short solved questions or quizzes are provided by Gkseries./p>
(1)
_________ was given to cows for increasing the milk yield before being banned in 1979
[A]
Diethylstilbestrol
[B]
Estrogen
[C]
Progesterone
[D]
Destrol
Answer: Diethylstilbestrol
(2)
Feedstock for biodiesel can primarily be obtained from
[A]
Jatropha
[B]
Oryza
[C]
Nymphaea
[D]
None of the above
(3)
__________ is an instrument that helps to achieve specific temperature and pressure for scientific/medical and industrial applications.
[A]
Sterilizers
[B]
Autoclave
[C]
Electrosurgical unit
[D]
None of the above
(4)
Which of the following are classified as a benthopelagic fish?
[A]
Stargazer
[B]
Tuna
[C]
Great white shark
[D]
None of the above
(5)
Crossing between different breeds is called ________
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) Out-crossing
[A]
Inbreeding
[B]
Consanguinity
[C]
Out-crossing
[D]
Alleles
(6)
____________ is an example of an American breed of poultry
[A]
Leghorn
[B]
Sulmtaler
[C]
Augsburger
[D]
Manx Rumpy
(7)
Creation of Superior F1 hybrids is known as __________
[A]
Tylosis
[B]
Xerosis
[C]
Heterosis
[D]
Atherosis
(8)
Zoological name of Indian buffalo is:
[A]
Bubalus bubalus
[B]
Bos indicus
[C]
Bos taurus
[D]
Gallusgallus
(9)
The best milk breed in the world is:
[A]
Chittgong
[B]
Deoni
[C]
Holstein-Friesian
[D]
Sindhi
Answer: Holstein-Friesian
(10)
There crops that contribute maximum to global food grain production are :
[A]
Wheat, rice and maize
[B]
Wheat rice and barley
[C]
Wheat, maize and sorghum
[D]
Rice, maize and sorghum
Answer: Wheat, rice and maize
(11)
The world’s highly prized wool yielding ‘Pashmina’ breed is :
[A]
Sheep
[B]
Goat
[C]
Goat-sheep cross
[D]
Mashmir sheep-Afghan sheep cross
(12)
Both in callus and suspension culture commonly used auxin is:
[A]
NAA
[B]
IEA
[C]
2-4D
[D]
Abscisic acid
(13)
Somatic hybridization can be done by:
[A]
By Protoplast fusion
[B]
By Haploid anther
[C]
By Cell culture
[D]
By Totipotency
Answer: By Protoplast fusion
(14)
India’s w heat yield revolution in the 1986s was possible primarily due to:
[A]
Mutations resulting in the plant height reduction
[B]
Quantitative trait mutations
[C]
Hybrid seeds
[D]
Increased chlorophyll content
(15)
One of the following is a disease of poultry:
[A]
Anthrax
[B]
Pebrine disease
[C]
Ranikhet disease
[D]
Foot and mouth disease
(16)
Choose the cat fish from the following:
[A]
Katla Katla
[B]
Wallage attu
[C]
Labeo rohita
[D]
Cirrhinus mrigaja
(17)
The technique of obtaining large number of plantlets by tissue culture method is called :
[A]
Organ culture
[B]
Micro-propagation
[C]
Macro-propagation
[D]
Plantlet culture
Answer: Micro-propagation
(18)
Most cultivated plants are:
[A]
Autopolyploid
[B]
Allopolyploid
[C]
Aneuploids
[D]
Haploids
(19)
Triticale first main-made corral crop has been obtained by crossing wheat with
[A]
Rye
[B]
Pearl mille
[C]
Sugarcane
[D]
Barley
(20)
Most nutritious among the following is:
[A]
What
[B]
Maize
[C]
Pearley
[D]
Rice
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