1.

    Which breeding method is MOST suitable for improving the protein content of a crop variety that already possesses high yield and disease resistance but suffers from low protein?

    A

    Outcrossing

    B

    Mass selection

    C

    Mutation breeding

    D

    Hybridization followed by backcrossing

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Application
    🎯Difficulty :Hard
    ⚡ Time Required :1.5 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :Plant Breeding, Mutation Breeding, Protein Content

    Related Questions

    1.

    Emasculation is a crucial step in plant breeding. What is its primary purpose?

    A

    To promote cross-pollination

    B

    To prevent self-pollination

    C

    To induce mutations

    D

    To enhance seed germination

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Application
    🎯Difficulty :Medium
    ⚡ Time Required :1 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :Plant Breeding, Emasculation, Pollination

    2.

    Solid stem in wheat exhibits non-preference by

    A

    Jassids

    B

    Fruit borer

    C

    Stem borer

    D

    Stem sawfly

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Remembering
    🎯Difficulty :Hard
    ⚡ Time Required :1 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :plant resistance, insect pest, wheat morphology

    3.

    The new sugar cane varieties had the qualities like

    I. high yield

    II. thick stem

    III. high sugar content

    IV. ability to grow in North India

    Choose the correct option

    A

    I and II

    B

    I, III and IV

    C

    I, II, III and IV

    D

    II and III

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Remembering
    🎯Difficulty :Medium
    ⚡ Time Required :1 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :plant breeding, desirable traits, sugarcane cultivation

    4.

    Cocaine alkaloid is obtained from

    A

    Erythroxylon coca

    B

    Thea chinensis

    C

    Coffea arabica

    D

    Theobroma cacao

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Remembering
    🎯Difficulty :Medium
    ⚡ Time Required :1 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :Botany, Alkaloids, Plant Sources

    5.

    What is the outcome of increased resistance power in crops?

    I. Enhance production

    II. Reduces the dependence on fungicides and bacteriocides

    III. Reduces the dependence on technical agricultural tools

    Choose the correct option

    A

    I and II

    B

    I and III

    C

    II and III

    D

    I, II and III

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Understanding
    🎯Difficulty :Medium
    ⚡ Time Required :2 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :Crop resistance, fungicides, bacteriocides, agricultural tools, crop production

    6.

    Hybrid vigour is mostly due to

    A

    Superiority of all the genes

    B

    Homozygosity of pure characters

    C

    Heterozygosity

    D

    None of the above

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Remembering
    🎯Difficulty :Medium
    ⚡ Time Required :1 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :hybrid vigor, heterozygosity, genetics

    7.

    When the breeders wants to incorporate desired characters into the crop plants, they should

    I. increase yield and improve

    II. increased tolerance to salinity

    III. resistance to pathogen viruses, fungi and bacteria

    IV. increased tolerance to insect pests

    Choose the correct option

    A

    I and II

    B

    I, II and III

    C

    II, III and IV

    D

    All of these

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Understanding
    🎯Difficulty :Medium
    ⚡ Time Required :1 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :Plant breeding, Crop improvement, Desired traits

    8.

    Which one of the following combination would a sugarcane farmer look for in the sugarcane crop?

    A

    Thick stem, long internodes, high sugar content and disease resistant

    B

    Thick stem, high sugar content and profuse flowering

    C

    Thick stem, short internodes, high sugar content, disease resistant

    D

    Thick stem, low sugar content, disease resistant

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Application
    🎯Difficulty :Medium
    ⚡ Time Required :2 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :plant morphology, sugarcane cultivation, desired crop traits

    9.

    High-yielding and disease-resistant wheat varieties are

    I. Sonalkia II. Kalyan Sona

    III. Jaya IV. Ratna

    Choose the correct option

    A

    I and II

    B

    I and III

    C

    II and III

    D

    III and IV

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Remembering
    🎯Difficulty :Hard
    ⚡ Time Required :1 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Wheat Varieties

    10.

    High content of lysine is present in

    A

    Wheat

    B

    Apple

    C

    Maize

    D

    Banana

    Question Tags
    📚 Subject:Zoology
    📑 Chapter:Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
    🎯Topic:Plant Breeding
    🎓 Ncert Level:Remembering
    🎯Difficulty :Medium
    ⚡ Time Required :1 mins
    🔄Ncert Concepts :Nutrition, Amino Acids, Lysine, Food Sources

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