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Plant diseases - class-X

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Pusa Swarnim a variety of Brassica is resistant to

  1. Bacterial blight

  2. White rust

  3. Curl and black rot

  4. Mosaic virus.


Correct Option: B

Plants protect themselves from fungi by producing.

  1. Protoxins

  2. Phytoalexins

  3. Prolectins

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Protoxins-precursor of toxins.

Phytoalexins-a substance produced by plant tissues in response to contact with parasite.
Prolectins-precursor of plant lectins.
All the above can be used by plants for protection from fungi.
Correct answer-D

Which of the following is a bacterial plant disease

  1. Tikka disease of Groundnut

  2. Downy mildew of Grapes

  3. Ring rot of Potato

  4. Red rot of Sugarcane.


Correct Option: C

Symptoms of red rot disease appear over :

  1. Leaf tip

  2. Whole leaf

  3. Mid rib

  4. Leaf margin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
The red rot of sugar cane is caused by a fungus glomurella tucumensis. Infected canes, either singly or in clumps, show a sudden orange to yellow discoloration and later the leaves gradually dry. Symptoms include Brown or reddish brown stripes appear externally at nodal region, minute red spots on the upper surface of the midrib in both the directions.

So, the correct answer is 'Mid rib'.

Match List I (Disease) with List II (Causal Organism) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

List I List II
A. Blast disease of rice 1. Ustilago nuda
B. Loose smut of wheat 2. Xanthomonas malvacearum 
C. Black arm of cotton 3. Ustilago scitaminae
D. Whip smut of sugarcane 4. Pyricularia oryzae
  1. A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3

  2. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2

  3. A-4, B-2, C-1. D-3

  4. A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2


Correct Option: A

Pusa Komal variety of Cow Pea Is resistant to disease

  1. White rust

  2. Leaf curl

  3. Bacterial blight

  4. Hill bunt.


Correct Option: C

Plants can be made disease resistant through

  1. Colchicine treatment

  2. X-ray treatment

  3. Breeding with wild relatives

  4. Hormone treatment.


Correct Option: C

On the basis of symptoms of chlorosis in leaves a student inferred that this was due to deficiency of nitrogen. This inference could be correct only if we assume that yellowing of leaves appeared first in.

  1. Old leaves

  2. Young leaves

  3. Young leaves followed by mature leaves

  4. Mature leaves followed by young leaves


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

  • On the basis of the symptoms of chlorosis in the leaves, a student inferred that this was due to the deficiency of nitrogen. 
  • This may be correct inference only if yellowing of leaves appeared first in young leaves then in old leaves. But Chlorosis is the main symptom of nitrogen deficiency. 
  • Therefore, the leaves gradually become pale or yellow. These will first appear in old leaves and then in young leaves.
  • The correct option is A.

An Albugo caused disease in which pustules on the surface of leaves, stem inflorescence and floral parts along with various type of deformities of which, hypertrophy is most pronounced, are the characteristic symptoms of ___________________.

  1. Yellow stripe rust of wheat

  2. White rust of mustard

  3. Yellow ear rot and ear cockle of wheat

  4. Udbatta disease of rice


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. The bunt of rice is found only in southern India

  2. The pathogen of the stem rot of rice belongs to Deuteromycetes.

  3. The blast disease of rice affects the crop in all stages

  4. In the brown spot disease of rice all parts of the plant are infected exept roots.


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following types of organisms causes the disease Potato Witches broom?

  1. Virus

  2. Mycoplasma

  3. Fungus

  4. Bacteria


Correct Option: A

The foul fishy smell of a volatile chemical trimethylamine in the disease infested wheat field is an indicator of ____________.

  1. Rust

  2. Smut

  3. Blast

  4. Bunt


Correct Option: A

With reference to the introduction of plant disease into India from other countries, consider the following pairs.
a. Bunchy top of banana- Ceylon(Sri Lanka)
b. Potato tuber moth- Italy
c. Flag sumut of wheat- Fiji
Which of the pairs is/are correctly matched?

  1. $1$ and $2$ only

  2. $2$ only

  3. $1$ and $3$ only

  4. $1, 2$ and $3$


Correct Option: A

Leaf hopper which acts as a vector in. The transmission of Tungro virus disease of rice is?

  1. Sagatella orizicola

  2. Inazuma dorsalis

  3. Nilaparvata lugans

  4. Nephotettix impicticeps


Correct Option: A

Match List I(Name of plant disease) with List II(Name of Pathogen) and select the correct answer.

List-I List-II
a. Angular leaf spot of cotton $1$. Phytophora infestans
b. Late blight of potato $2$. Colletotrichum falcatum
c. Red rot of sugarcane $3$. Cercospora personata
d. Tikka leaf spot of groundnut $4$. Xanthornonas malvacearum
  1. A-$3$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$2$

  2. A-$4$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$3$

  3. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  4. A-$4$, B-$2$, C-$1$, D-$3$


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following complexes is responsible for the cause of Tundu disease in wheat?

  1. Fungus-nematode

  2. Nematode-bacterium

  3. Fungus-bacterium

  4. Virus-fungus


Correct Option: A

The disease little leaf of fruit trees is caused by the deficiency of ______________.

  1. Copper

  2. Zinc

  3. Manganese

  4. Cobalt


Correct Option: A

Consider the following:
1. Bacillus subtilis                 2. Trichadiama viride
3. erysiphe graminis             4. Septoria glycines
Which of the above antagonistic orgaanisms is /are capable of suppressing plant disease?

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 2, 3 and 4

  4. 1 only


Correct Option: A

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists.

List-I(Disease) List-II(Pathogen)
a. Bacterial blight of paddy $1$. Pseudomonas
b. Brown rot of potato $2$. Corynebacterium
c. Tundu disease of wheat $3$. Erwinia
d. Fire blight of apples $4$. Xanthomonas
  1. A-$1$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$4$

  2. A-$4$, B-$1$, C-$2$, D-$3$

  3. A-$3$, B-$2$, C-$1$, D-$4$

  4. A-$2$, B-$3$, C-$4$, D-$1$


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is a disease caused by zinc deficiency?

  1. Die back of rice

  2. Khaira disease of rice

  3. Black heart of potato

  4. Brown spot of rice


Correct Option: A

Which of the following pairs are correctly matched? Disease Causal organism.
a. Kamal bunt of wheat - Fungus
b. Khaira disease of rice- Bacterium
c. Fiji disease of sugarcane- Virus
d. Purple top of potato-Mycoplasma
Select the correct answer from the codes given.

  1. $1, 2$ and $4$

  2. $2, 3$ and $4$

  3. $1, 3$ and $4$

  4. $1, 2$ and $3$


Correct Option: A

The toxic substance produced by the pathogen causing Brown leaf spot of rice, harming seedlings reducing respiration of the host is?

  1. Piricularian

  2. A-Picolinic acid

  3. Cochliobolin

  4. Ferulic acid


Correct Option: A

Consider the following diseases of plants.
a. Root knot of sugar-cane.
b. Root rot of wheat.
c. Wilt of cotton.
d. Angular leaf spot of cotton.
Which of these diseases is/are caused by fungi?

  1. $1$ and $4$ only

  2. $2$ only

  3. $2$ and $3$

  4. $1, 3$ and $4$


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Flag smut of wheat - Ustilago nude tritici

  2. Karnal bunt of wheat- Tilletia barclayana

  3. Brown rust of wheat- Puccinia recondite

  4. Powdery mildew of wheat- Erysiphe graminis


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following diseases of rice is not caused by microbe?

  1. Tip burn of paddy

  2. Stem rot of paddy

  3. False smut of paddy

  4. Blast disease of rise


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

  1. Tikka disease of groundnut-Cercospora personata

  2. Blast of rice-Ephelis oryzae

  3. Red rot of sugar-cane-Collectotrichum falcatum

  4. Early blight of potato-Alternaria Solani


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following pairs of plant diseases and symptoms is correctly matched?

  1. Rice infected with Helminthosporium Oryzae- Blight

  2. Jute infected with Macrphoming Phaseolina- Club root

  3. Crucifer infected with Plasmodiophora Brassicae- Rot

  4. Potato infected with Synchytrium- Endobioticum wart


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is a copper fungicide?

  1. Boredeaux mixture

  2. Carboxin

  3. Chloropicrin

  4. Mercuric chloride


Correct Option: A

The major effect of crown gall pathogen on its hosts is the ______________.

  1. Yellowing of leaves and stem

  2. Stunted growth

  3. Hyperplasia and hypertrophy

  4. Matting or foots with small tubercles


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following antagonists has been commercialized for the biological control of plants diseases?

  1. Peniophora gigantea

  2. Streptomyces rochii

  3. Bacillus subtilis

  4. Aspergillus flavus


Correct Option: A

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer.

List-I List-II
a. Ascobolus $1$. Lignicolous
b. Erysiphe $2$. Bunt disease
c. Polyporous $3$. Ectoparasite
d. Tilletia $4$. Coprophilous
  1. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  2. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  3. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$1$, D-$2$

  4. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$1$, D-$2$


Correct Option: A

The staple crop in Ireland was completely destroyed in $1844-1846$, by a fungal disease resulting in a great famine. The causal organism in this case was _____________.

  1. Puccinia graininis

  2. Ustilago tritici

  3. Phytophthora infestans

  4. Claviceps purpurea


Correct Option: A

Consider the following organisms.
a. Viruses
b. Bacteria
c. Mycoplasmas
d. Fungi
The correct chronological sequence in which they were, recognized as incidents of plant diseases is?

  1. $1, 2, 3, 4$

  2. $4, 2, 1, 3$

  3. $4, 1, 3, 2$

  4. $1, 4, 2, 3$


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

  1. Wart disease - Synchytrium of potato endobioticum

  2. Soft rot of- Phtomonas ricinii of wheat ears

  3. Bacterial rot- Phytomonas ricinii of wheat ears

  4. Late blight- Phytophthora infections of potato


Correct Option: A

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer.

List-I(Common name) List-II(Scientific name)
a. White rust $1$. Puccinia graminis
b. Yellow rust $2$. Puccinia triticina
c. Brown rust $3$. Puccinia glumarum
d. Black rust $4$. Albugo candica
  1. A-$4$, B-$2$, C-$3$, D-$1$

  2. A-$3$, B-$2$, C-$4$, D-$1$

  3. A-$4$, B-$3$, C-$2$, D-$1$

  4. A-$3$, B-$2$, C-$1$, D-$4$


Correct Option: A

Crown gall symptoms are present in ______________.

  1. Peas, apple and sugarcane

  2. Pear, grapes and sugarcane

  3. Apple, grapes and sugarcane

  4. Pear, apple and grapes


Correct Option: A

Consider the following events.
a. Germ tube formation
b. Aspersoria formation
c. Penetration
d. Haustoria's formation.
The correct sequence in which these events take place during plant infection is?

  1. $2, 1, 4, 3$

  2. $2, 3, 1, 4$

  3. $1, 2, 3, 4$

  4. $1, 2, 4, 3$


Correct Option: A

Crown gall disease enhances ________________.

  1. Meristematic activity

  2. Development of chloroplasts

  3. Reduction in leaf size

  4. Alteration in the morphology of flowers


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following diseases is caused by mycoplasma-like organism?

  1. Sugarcane mosaic disease

  2. Wilt disease of sugarcane

  3. Ring spot of sugarcane

  4. Grassy shoot of sugarcane


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not a viral disease of plants?

  1. Red rot of sugarcane

  2. Tobacco mosaic disease

  3. Leaf curl of tomato

  4. Tristeza disease of citrus


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Red decay is the most widely recognized infection of sugarcane, caused by the growth Colletotrichum falcatum Went. 

So, the correct option is 'Red rot of sugarcane'.

In plants, mosaic formation, leaf rolling and curling, yellowing of plant parts, vein clearing, dwarfing and stunted growth, necrosis etc. are the symptoms of

  1. bacterial diseases

  2. mycoplasmal diseases

  3. viral diseases

  4. fungal diseases.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Cucumber mosaic virus causes yellowing and mottling in Gerbera leaves. The CMV disease is described by extreme chlorotic mosaic, greening of veins on leaves, shading breaking in florets achieved with blossom disfigurements, and poor development of the sprout.

So, the correct option is 'viral diseases'.

Which one of the following fungi has been found useful in the biological control of plant diseases?

  1. Penicillium notatum

  2. Phytophthora parasitica

  3. Trichoderma viride

  4. Mucor mucedo


Correct Option: A

A wheat plant is infected by the aecidiospores of black stem rust fungus produced on the alternate host. What is the correct sequence of the following stages in the disease cycle?
a. Uredo stage
b. Pycnidial stage
c. Basidial stage
d. Teleuto stage
e. Aecidial stage
Select the correct answer using the codes given.

  1. $1, 4, 3, 5, 2$

  2. $1, 3, 4, 5, 2$

  3. $1, 2, 3, 4, 5$

  4. $1, 4, 3, 2, 5$


Correct Option: A

The well-known famine in Ireland in the $40$s has been attributed mainly to the failure of the potato crop which was infected by.

  1. Aleraria solani

  2. Phytophthora infestans

  3. Phytophtora parasitica

  4. Pythium aphanidermatum


Correct Option: A

Biological control of some soil-borne plant diseases has been achieved through the use of __________.

  1. Rhizobacteria

  2. Streptomyces

  3. Nostoc

  4. Micrococcus


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following is a causal agent of wart disease of potato?

  1. Synchytrium and endobioticum

  2. Plasmodiophora brassicae

  3. Spongospora subterranea

  4. Pseudomonas solanacearum


Correct Option: A

Turnip mosaic disease is caused by

  1. Bacteria

  2. Viruses

  3. Nematodes

  4. Fungi


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Turnip Mosaic Disease is caused by the Turnip Mosaic Virus (TuMV), a potyvirus belonging to family potyviridae, that infects majority of plants belonging to Cruciferae or Brasscicaceae. They virus can be transmitted through vectors - Aphids.

So, the correct answer is 'Viruses'

Which of the following diseases is caused by bacteria?

  1. Tobacco mosaic

  2. Black rot of crucifers

  3. Red rot of sugarcane

  4. Late blight of potato


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Black rot of crucifers is caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris a bacterial disease common to all cruciferous plants like Broccoli, cabbage, Kale etc. Infecting the stem, leaf, inflorescence and roots.

So, the correct answer is 'Black rot of crucifers'

Pyricularia oryzae causes

  1. Citrus canker

  2. Blast disease of rice

  3. Tungro disease of rice

  4. Tikka disease of groundnut


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Pyricularia oryzae is a fungus that causes rice blast that results in lesions on leaves, stems, peduncles, panicles, seeds, and even roots. 

A. Citrus canker is caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis. 
B. Blast disease of rice is caused by Pyricularia oryzae.
C. Tungro disease of rice is caused by the virus pararetrovirus of the family Caulimoviridae.
D. Tikka disease of groundnut is caused by the Cercospora personata.
Hence, the correct answer is 'Blast disease of rice'

Which of the following diseases is caused by virus?

  1. Tabacco mosaic

  2. Late blight of potato

  3. Turnip mosaic

  4. Both (a) and (c)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) is a rod shaped virus, infecting tobacco leaves. It symptoms are mottled appearance that is patches of yellow and green, dwarfing etc. It spreads by mechanical abrasion of the infected tissue with a healthy one.

Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is a virus that causes diseases in members of Cruciferae family. It is spread by aphids.
So, the correct answer is 'Both (a) and (c)'

Khaira is a plant disease caused due to the deficiency of

  1. Zinc

  2. Carbon

  3. Iron

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Zinc sulfate corrects the disorder of the rice plant called as Khaira disease seen in India.

So, the correct option is 'Zinc'.

Which of the following is not a fungal disease?

  1. Red rot of sugarcane

  2. Wilt of arhar

  3. Brown leaf spot of rice

  4. Potato mosaic


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Potatoes may be infected with many different viruses that can reduce tuber quality and yield. Mosaic virus of potatoes is one such disease that actually has multiple strains. Potato mosaic virus is divided into three categories. Symptoms of the different mosaic virus of potatoes may be similar, so the actual type usually can’t be identified by symptoms alone and is often just referred to as mosaic virus in potatoes. The three types of recognized mosaic virus in potatoes are Latent (Potato virus X), Mild (Potato virus A), Rugose or Common mosaic (Potato virus Y).

So the correct option is 'potato mosaic'.


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