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Botany - 5 (B.Sc. Agriculture)

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Which of the following plant diseases is caused by fungi?

  1. Mosaic

  2. Leaf curl

  3. Yellow vein

  4. Late blight


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Late blight of potato is a fungal disease. 

Which of the following fungi secretes the poisonous fluid called aflatoxin that causes contamination of food?

  1. Rhizopus stelonifer

  2. Penicillium camemberti

  3. Macrophomina phaseoli

  4. Aspergillus flavus

  5. Mucor musedo


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Aspergillus flavus is a pathogenic fungus with cosmopolitan distribution  which secretes a poisonous fluid called aflatoxin that causes contamination of food.

Edible mushrooms can be cultivated in beds made of

  1. kitchen waste

  2. straw waste

  3. animal dung

  4. cotton waste


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Shredded straw bed when mixed with low levels of additional nutrients serves as an excellent base for mushroom cultivation.

Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Pineapple : Ananas comosus

  2. Coriander : Coriandrum sativum

  3. Coconut : Cocos nucifera

  4. Lotus : Citrus reticulata

  5. Tomato : Lycopersicus


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The botanical name of lotus is Nelumbo nucifera. Citrus reticulata is the botanical name of orange. The botanical name of tomato is Lycopersicus. 

Which of the following is the causative agent of citrus canker?

  1. Fungi

  2. Virus

  3. Bacteria

  4. Protozoa

  5. Amoeba


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Citrus canker is caused by bacterium.

Mycorrhiza is the term applied to indicate the association of

  1. bacteria with the roots

  2. bacteria with the stem

  3. fungus with the roots

  4. fungus with the stem


Correct Option: C

Rayon is a fibre which falls in the category of

  1. man-made fibres

  2. vegetable fibres

  3. nylon

  4. animal fibres


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?

  1. Rainfall

  2. Fog

  3. Snowfall

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

How do cyclones affect the fertility of soil?

  1. They donot affect the fertility of the soil.

  2. The fertility of soil is reduced.

  3. The fertility of soil is increased.

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The fertility of soil is reduced.

Withering is a process to

  1. reduce the moisture content in tea leaves

  2. steam the tea leaves

  3. oxidise the tea leaves

  4. boil the tea leaves


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

It reduces the moisture content in tea leaves.

In dicot seed, the outer layer is called testa and the inner layer is known as

  1. torrent

  2. cotyle

  3. tegma

  4. raphe


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In dicot seed, the outer layer is called testa and the inner layer is known as tegma.

Minamata and itai-itai are caused by the pollution of

  1. mercury and lead, respectively

  2. mercury and cadmium, respectively

  3. lead and tin, respectively

  4. lead and strontium, respectively


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A crippling deforming caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the in habitants of Mina Mata bay, Japan and resulted from their eating first contaminated with mercury industrial waste. Itai Itai Water contaminated with cadmium can cause itai itai disease, lung & liver cancer itai itai also known as over disease (a painful decrease of bones & joints) caused by water contamination by cad mium.

For how many years is a land left fallow after the crop is harvested in swidden agriculture?

  1. 1 to 3 years

  2. 5 to 10 years

  3. 12 to 18 years

  4. 20 to 24 years


Correct Option: C

Hereditary material in TMV is

  1. dsDNA

  2. ssDNA

  3. ssRNA

  4. dsRNA


Correct Option: C

Regular use of _____________ increases the acidity of soil.

  1. super phosphate of lime

  2. ammonium sulphate

  3. potassium nitrate

  4. urea


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ammonium sulphate reacts with water and forms ammonia and H2SO4 which increase the acidity of soil.

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