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Crop Production and Management - 2

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Diabetes insipidus is due to reduced activity of

  1. anterior lobe of pituitary

  2. posterior lobe of pituitary

  3. intermediate lobe of pituitary

  4. thyroid


Correct Option: B

The disease, which results from the acute deficiency of hormone at a very early stage of infancy, is

  1. gigantic

  2. cretinism

  3. myxoedema

  4. goitre


Correct Option: B

The Bleeder's disease is also known as

  1. Mongolism

  2. Colour blindness

  3. Haemophilia

  4. Down's syndrome


Correct Option: C

Three communicable diseases prevalent in developing countries caused by unsafe drinking water and bad sanitation are

  1. acute diarrhoea, cancer and gout

  2. malaria, acute diarrhea and schistosomiasis

  3. onchocerciasis, leukemia and arthritis

  4. rheumatism, malaria and AIDS


Correct Option: B

Meningitis is a disease, which affects

  1. liver

  2. heart

  3. brain

  4. kidneys


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is an exotic breed of poultry?

  1. Peela

  2. White leghorn

  3. Kajal

  4. Nurie


Correct Option: B

Consider the following statements and select your answers from the choices that follow: I. The patient's nerves are damaged in Polio. II. Tetanus is caused by virus.

  1. Both are correct

  2. I alone is correct

  3. II alone is correct

  4. Both are wrong


Correct Option: B

Malaria and African sleeping sickness are caused respectively by

  1. plasmodium falciparum and trypanosoma gambiense

  2. plasmodium malariae and triatoma rhodinus

  3. anopheles sp. and trypanosoma cruzi

  4. giardia sp. and trypanosoma rhodesiense


Correct Option: A

Which of the following cropping patterns prevents spreading of diseases and pests to all plants belonging to one crop in a field?

  1. Mixed cropping

  2. Crop rotation

  3. Cross rotation

  4. Inter cropping


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is related to yellow revolution?

  1. Wheat

  2. Maize

  3. Mustard seeds

  4. Oil


Correct Option: D

Murrah is an improved race of

  1. high milk yielding cow

  2. high milk yielding buffalo

  3. fast growing chick

  4. high meat yielding goat


Correct Option: B

What is growing wheat and gram simultaneously on the same piece of land in no fixed pattern called?

  1. Crop rotation

  2. Intra cropping

  3. Inter cropping

  4. Mixed cropping


Correct Option: D

The balanced fertiliser for plants is

  1. urea

  2. nitrates

  3. ammonium sulphate

  4. compost


Correct Option: A

Blank-shank of tobacco is caused by which of the following organisms?

  1. Rhizoctonia

  2. Phytophthora nicotianae

  3. Fusarium

  4. Pythium aphanidermatum


Correct Option: B

What do you call the crossing that involves plants of same variety?

  1. Intravarietal hybridization

  2. Interspecific hybridization

  3. Intervarietal hybridization

  4. Intrageneric hybridization


Correct Option: A

What do you call the technique of selecting plants with superior phenotype for further propagation?

  1. Mass selection

  2. Pure line selection

  3. Acclimatisation

  4. Cloning


Correct Option: A

What is the process of incorporating desirable character into a crop called?

  1. Hybridization

  2. Agronomy

  3. Tissue culture

  4. Insemination


Correct Option: A

Urine of diabetic patients contains more than average quantity of which of the following?

  1. Sugar

  2. Urea

  3. Uric acid

  4. Albumin


Correct Option: A

Which of the following diseases is caused by defective genes?

  1. Cancer

  2. Malaria

  3. Ulcer

  4. Haemophilia


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Cancer is caused due to mutations or defects in genes. 

Haemophilia is a hereditary disease carried by

  1. females and expressed by females

  2. females and expressed by males

  3. males and expressed by females

  4. males and expressed by males


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Haemophilia is a hereditary disease carried by females and expressed by males.

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