Assertion: Somatic hybridisation is a process where protoplasts of two desired plants can be fused to develop improved plants.

Reason: Cross breeding can also induce variability

• If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• If assertion is true but reason is false.

• If both assertion and reason are false.

Match Column - I with Column -II and select the correct option from given codes.

   Column-I                 Column- II

A. Brassica                (i) Himgiri

B. Okra                     (ii) Pusa Komal

C. Wheat                  (iii) Pusa Gaurav

D. Cowpea                (iv) Pusa Sawani

• A- (iii), B- (iv), C-(1), D- (ii)

• A-(i), B- (iii), C - (ii), D- (iv)

• A- (iv), B- (iii), C- (i), D- (ii)

• A- (ii), B - (iv), C- (i), D - (iii)

Golden rice is a transgenic crop of the future with the following improved trait

• high lysine (essential amino acid) content

• insect resistance

• high protein content

• high vitamin A content

Which one is not produced by aquaculture?

• oyster

• silkworm

• singhara

• frog

Which is social foresting species

• Leucaena leucocephala

• Tectona grandis

• Mangifera indica

• Rosa indica

Which one has the largest species variety in India

• Wheat

• Maize

• Rice

• Potato

Assertion: Neurospora is commonly called water mould.

Reason: It belongs to basidiomycetes fungi.

• If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• If assertion is true but reason is false.

• If both assertion and reason are false.

Why is vivipary an undesirable character for annual crop plants ?

• It reduces the vigour of plant

• The seeds cannot be stored under normal conditions for the next season

• The seeds exhibit long dormancy

• It adversely affects the fertility of the plant

Match column I with column II and select the correct option from codes given below.

• A - (iii), B - (iv), C- (i), D- (ii)

• A - (i), B - (iii), C - (ii), D - (iv)

• A - (iv), B - (iii), C - (i), D - (ii)

• A - (ii), B - (iv), C - (i), D - (iii)

Assertion: Inbreeding increases homozygosity, thus exposes harmful recessive genes, which are eliminated by selection.

Reason: Continued inbreeding reduces fertility and productivity.

• If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• If assertion is true but reason is false.

• If both assertion and reason are false