MCQ ON SEED TECHNOLOGY PART-1

MCQ ON SEED TECHNOLOGY PART-1

1. Which of the following method is used to check varietal purity?
A. Germination test
B. Grow out test
C. Viability test
D. Vigour test

2. A seed consists of?
A. Intact embryo
B. Food materials
C. Seed coat
D. All of the above

See… SEED MEANING- FUNCTION & IMPORTANCE

3. Which of the following is not an endospermic seed?
A. Gram
B. Rice
C. Maize
D. Castor

4. Nucleus seed is produced by?
A. Breeder seeds
B. Foundation seed
C. Plant breeders
D. Nucleus seeds

5. Nucleus seed is the source of?
A. Breeder seed
B. Foundation seed
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above

6. Foundation seed is the progeny of?
A. Foundation seed
B. Nucleus seed
C. Breeder seed
D. None of the above

7. Which of the following seed class has golden Yellow tag?
A. Nucleus seeds
B. Golden seeds
C. Breeder seeds
D. All of the above

Read… SEED CLASSES- TYPE AND FEATURES

8. National Seed Corporation was founded in?
A. 1950
B. 1953
C. 1960
D. 1963

9. Physical purity for certification of soyabean is?
A. 93%
B. 94%
C. 99%
D. 97%

10. Headquarter of National Seed Corporation?
A. New Delhi
B. Mumbai
C. Bangalore
D. Kolkata

11. Difference between seed and grain is?
A. Seed quality
B. Seed processing
C. Genetic purity
D. Seed coat

12. National Seed Corporation produces?
A. Breeder seed
B. Foundation seed
C. Nucleus seed
D. None of the above

13. Foundation seed has which of the following certified tag colour?
A. White
B. Blue
C. Golden brown
D. Green

14. Registered seed is also known as?
A. Certified seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Both A and B
D. Foundation seed

15. Which is the progeny of registered seed?
A. Certified seed
B. Foundation seed
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above

16. What is the colour tag of certified seed?
A. White
B. Azure blue
C. Golden brown
D. None of the above

17. Ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm is called?
A. Embryo
B. Seed
C. Pollen
D. Ovary

18. In monocots, protective covering around the root is called?
A. Coleoptile
B. Epicotyl
C. Hypocotyl
D. Coleorhiza

19. Dry, indehiscent fruit developed from one carpel is called?
A. Millets
B. Legume
C. Cereal
D. Grain

20. Which of the following may or may not be capable of germination?
A. Grains
B. Seed
C. Legume
D. Millet

21. Fruit of two fused carpels is known as?
A. Siliqua
B. Funicle
C. Panicle
D. Pedicle

22. Which of the following is an example of epigeal germination?
A. Beans
B. Papaya
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above

Read… SEED GERMINATION-PROCESS & FACTORS OF GERMINATION

23. Which of the following is an example of hypogeal germination?
A. Peas
B. Gram
C. Groundnut
D. All of the above

24. What is the objective of Grow out Test?
A. To determine the genetic purity of any cultivar
B. To determine the genetic purity of any hybrid cultivar
C. To determine the genetic purity of a notified/hybrid cultivar
D. All of the above

25. Seed act in India was enacted in?
A. 1964
B. 1966
C. 1967
D. 1956

26. There is a pre-requisite for seed certification of hybrids of?
A. Cotton
B. Musk memon
C. Brinjal
D. All of the above

27. Scar on seed coat is?
A. Siliqua
B. Hilum
C. Microspore
D. Ovule

28. Connection between ovary and ovule is called?
A. Funicle
B. Pedicle
C. Radicle
D. panicle

29. Sample size for grow out test for jute is?
A. 100 g.
B. 250 g.
C. 500 g.
D. 150 gm

30. Dockage is the?
A. Impurity percentage of seed
B. Purity percentage of seed
C. Either a or b
D. Both a & b

31. What will be real value of seed?
If Purity % of seed = 99.97
Germination % = 91.66
A. 92.78
B. 95.80
C. 91.63
D. 94.66

32. The capacity of germination of a seed depends on?
A. Seed vigour
B. Seed viability
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above

33. The seed viability test is also known as?
A. T test
B. Z test
C. Germination test
D. TZ test (Tetrazolium test)

34. Concentration of the DNA of the seed specific pathogen is determined by?
A. Real time PCR
B. Nano drop
C. Agarose gel
D. pH meter

35. Serological method of testing the presence of viruses in the seed is?
A. PCR
B. ELISA
C. Nucleic acid base test
D. None of these

36. Which of the following is a recalcitrant seed?
A. Mango
B. Wheat
C. Rice
D. Both b and c

37. Which of the following is a pseudo cereal?
A. Quinoa
B. Buck wheat
C. Both a and d
D. Non

38. Which of the following have thick seed coat?
A. Coconut
B. Citrus
C. Peanut
D. All of these

39. The rudimentary shoot or stem of an embryonic plant is called?
A. Pedicle
B. Funicle
C. Coleoptile
D. Plumule

40. Which of the following is/are cause of abnormal seedling?
A. Heat damage
B. Insect damage
C. Freeze damage
D. All of these

41. The first step in seed viability test is?
A. Imbibition
B. Staining
C. Evaluation
D. None of the above

42. Given…
Purity of seed is 80%.
Viability of seed is 90%.
Then, what will be pure live seed?
A. 82
B. 72
C. 62
D. 92

43. Physical characteristics of seed includes?
A. Seed colour
B. Seed size
C. Seed uniformity
D. All of these

44. Which of the following information does not contain in seed marketing activities?
A. Customer factors
B. Socio-economic factors
C. Legal factors
D. Distribution factors

45. Isolation distance is necessary to?
A. Avoid cross pollination
B. Avoid self-pollination
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above

46. Isolation distance for rice is?
A. 4 m
B. 5 m
C. 3 m
D. 2 m

47. Test Weight is?
A. Weight of 10 seeds
B. Weight of 1000 seeds
C. Weight of 100 seeds
D. Weight of 10000 seeds

48. The isolation distance for certified maize seed is?
A. 200 m
B. 100 m
C. 250 m
D. 150 m

49. Seed index is?
A. Weight of 10 g seed
B. Weight of 1000 g seed
C. Weight of 10000 g seed
D. Weight of 100 g seed

50. Soil divider is used for sampling?
A. Small seeds
B. Large seeds
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above

51. The random cup method is suitable for sampling?
A. 10 g seeds
B. 15 g seeds
C. 25 g seeds
D. 50 g seeds

52. Physical purity analysis in groundnut requires?
A. 10 g seeds
B. 1000 g seeds
C. 100 g seeds
D. Any of the above

53. The most accurate method of seed moisture determination is?
A. Sun drying
B. Shade drying
C. Oven drying
D. All of the above

54. Test Weight is?
A. Weight of 10 seeds
B. Weight of 1000 seeds
C. Weight of 100 seeds
D. Weight of 10000 seeds

55. In apricot, plum can be propagated through?
A. Ring budding
B. Micro budding
C. Shield budding
D. Flute budding

56. Coleorhiza and coleoptile is absent in seeds of?
A. Rice
B. Pea
C. Maize
D. Wheat

57. Small opening in the surface of an ovule through which sperm enters in embryo sac is called?
A. Plumule
B. Micropyle
C. Spike
D. Hyllum

58. How many type of carbohydrates stored in seeds?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five

59. Aleurone layer is rich in?
A. Pectin
B. Protein
C. Hemicellulose
D. Starch

60. Which of the following enzyme is not involved in starch synthesis?
A. AGPase
B. Isomylase
C. Cellulase
D. Starch synthase

61. In maize seeds, lack of AGPase produces which mutants?
A. Wrinkled
B. Shrunken
C. Waxy
D. All Of These

62. Which group of pathogens is mostly reported from seed during storage?
A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Nematode
D. Virus

63. Which method is preferred For large-scale testing of seed-transmitted viruses?
A. Grow Out Test
B. ELISA
C. Southern blotting
D. Northern blotting

64. In seeds, RNA viruses have been detected by?
A. ELISA
B. PCR
C. RT-PCR
D. None of these

65. The reproductive branches of cotton plants are called?
A. Monopodial
B. Dipodial
C. Sympodial
D. Both a and b

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SEED DORMANCY-TYPES & IMPORTANCE
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