Multiple Choice Questions

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Which of the following plants are used as green manure in crop fields and in sandy soils?

  • Saccharum munja and Lantana camara

  • Dichanthium annulatum and Azolla nilotica

  • Crotalaria juncea and Alhagi camelorum

  • Calotropis procera and Phyllanthus niruri


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Crotalaria juncea and Alhagi camelorum

Crotalaria juncea (Sunnhemp) and Alhagi camelorum are among the plants which are used as green manures in India. These green manures help the soil through increasement of area and water holding capacity and fertility.


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Select the wrongly matched pair

  • Fibre - Sunhemp

  • Spice - Belladonna

  • Edible oil - Groundnut

  • Fodder - Trifolium

  • Fodder - Trifolium


Jumping genes in maize were discovered by

  • Hugo de Vries

  • Barbara McClintock

  • TH Morgan

  • Mendel


Foolish seedling disease of rice in Japan was caused by
  • the deficiency of nitrogen

  • a bacterium

  • a fungus

  • a virus


In honey bee, royal jelly is secreted from :

  • corp gland

  • wax gland

  • pharyngeal gland

  • salivary gland


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Triticum vulgare has been found to be presently evolved as

  • diploid

  • tetraploid

  • pentaploid

  • hexaploid


Late blight of potato is caused by

  • Cystopus

  • Phytophthora

  • Alternaria

  • Ustilago


The semi dwarf wheat which was instrumental in increasing
wheat production was developed by

  • Alexander von Humboldt

  • Paul Ehrlich

  • Dr. Kurien

  • Edward Jenner

  • Edward Jenner


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