Horticulture JRF/SRF Test-5

Q2. CFTRI is situated at?

• A) New Delhi
• B) Mysore
• C) Hyderabad
• D) Bangalore

Q3. The square system of planting with ‘filler’ is known as?

• A) Contour system
• B) Hexagonal system
• C) Terrace system
• D) Diagonal system

Q4. India is NOT the largest global producer of?

• A) Mango
• B) Banana
• C) Sapota
• D) Litchi

Q5. Largest producer & exporter of cashew nut (2023)?

• A) Côte d’Ivoire
• B) China
• C) India
• D) USA

Q6. Cashew is native to?

• A) South Africa
• B) West Indies
• C) Eastern Brazil
• D) Madagascar

Q7. Father of Plant Taxonomy?

• A) Theophrastus
• B) Carolus Linnaeus
• C) Armen Takhtajan
• D) Tournefort

Q8. Tangerine fruit is a?

• A) Balausta
• B) Hesperidium
• C) Capsule
• D) Pepo

Q9. ‘Brown Turkey’ is a rootstock of?

• A) Fig
• B) Sapota
• C) Jackfruit
• D) Avocado

Q10. Tissue important for graft union in dicots?

• A) Xylem
• B) Phloem
• C) Cambium
• D) Cortex

Q11. Basic unit of plant taxonomy?

• A) Specimen
• B) Cultivar
• C) Species
• D) Variety

Q12. Metaxenia is common in?

• A) Aonla
• B) Fig
• C) Date palm
• D) Bael

Q13. Loquat trees are?

• A) Deciduous temperate
• B) Annual tropical
• C) Biennial arid
• D) Evergreen subtropical

Q14. Chinese date = ?

• A) Aonla
• B) Avocado
• C) Kiwifruit
• D) Ber

Q15. Vernalization is perceived by?

• A) Leaf
• B) Shoot apex
• C) Stem
• D) Flower

Q16. Astringent persimmon cultivar?

• A) Fuyu
• B) Jiro
• C) Hachiya
• D) Gosho

Q17. Cultivar ‘Jolo’ belongs to?

• A) Apple
• B) Pineapple
• C) Cherry
• D) Mangosteen

Q18. Apetalous flowers occur in?

• A) Passion fruit
• B) Persimmon
• C) Litchi
• D) Avocado

Q19. Best HDDP performing group?

• A) Banana, Papaya, Apple, Pineapple
• B) Mango, Banana, Citrus, Pineapple
• C) Papaya, Dragon fruit, Jamun, Litchi
• D) Litchi, Mango, Citrus, Guava

Q20. Skirting & pruning recommended in?

• A) Mango
• B) Citrus
• C) Grapes
• D) Ber

Q21. Edible part of litchi?

• A) Fleshy receptacle
• B) Fleshy thalamus
• C) Fleshy outgrowth of seed
• D) Fleshy peduncle

Q22. Epigeal germination in?

• A) Citrus
• B) Papaya
• C) Guava
• D) Cashew

Q23. Sib-mating popularly done in?

• A) Papaya
• B) Apple
• C) Citrus
• D) Almond

Q24. Incorrect statement about dragon fruit flower:

• A) Large
• B) Actinomorphic
• C) Nocturnal
• D) Diurnal

Q25. Natural farming formulation for flower/fruit drop?

• A) Khatti lassi
• B) Septdhanankur ark
• C) Dasparni ark
• D) Brahmastra

Q26. Nectarine cultivar combination:

• A) Early Grande, Flordasun
• B) Sunrise, May Fire
• C) Sharbati, Shan-i-Punjab
• D) May Gold, July Elberta

Q27. Banana variety used for baby food:

• A) Nendran
• B) Pey Kunnan
• C) Robusta
• D) Poovan

Q28. ‘Alucha Purple’ is:

• A) Peach
• B) Plum
• C) Apple
• D) Cherry

Q29. Best rootstock for sapota:

• A) Rayan
• B) Adam’s apple
• C) Mahua
• D) Mee tree

Q30. Fruit useful for curing diabetes:

• A) Apricot
• B) Bael
• C) Guava
• D) Jamun

Q31. Bael: flowering → harvesting duration:

• A) 6 months
• B) 12 months
• C) 11 months
• D) 16 months

Q32. Prunes are:

• A) Dried peaches
• B) Dried plum
• C) Dried apricot
• D) Dried grapes

Q33. Late variety of sweet orange:

• A) Hamlin
• B) Jaffa
• C) Pineapple
• D) Valencia

Q34. Graphiola leaf spot occurs in?

• A) Date palm
• B) Ber
• C) Aonla
• D) Annona

Q35. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius:

• A) Colocasia
• B) Patchouli
• C) Elephant foot yam
• D) Artichoke

Q36. No tropical variety in?

• A) Radish
• B) Carrot
• C) Turnip
• D) Beet

Q37. 'Kufri Sheetman' is:

• A) Ginger
• B) Turmeric
• C) Sweet potato
• D) Potato

Q38. Cucurbit crop:

• A) Chilli
• B) Squash
• C) Drumstick
• D) Asparagus

Q39. French breakfast is a variety of?

• A) Okra
• B) Radish
• C) Cowpea
• D) All

Q40. Tomato variety RKMT evolved through?

• A) X-rays
• B) Gamma rays
• C) EMS
• D) MMS

Q41. Cryopreservation temp:

• A) 200°C
• B) 0°C
• C) -196°C
• D) °C

Q42. Critical weed competition in brussel sprout:

• A) 50–60 DAT
• B) 20–30 DAT
• C) 30–50 DAT
• D) None

Q43. Browning in cauliflower corrected by:

• A) Ammonium molybdate
• B) Boric acid
• C) Zinc sulphate
• D) Urea

Q44. Whiptail in acidic soil corrected by:

• A) Lime application
• B) Gypsum
• C) N application
• D) Cu application

Q45. Bt brinjal is against?

• A) Fruit fly
• B) Aphid
• C) White fly
• D) Borer

Q46. Isolation distance (foundation seed) in chilli:

• A) 500 m
• B) 300 m
• C) 200 m
• D) 100 m

Q47. Flower vegetables:

• A) Cauliflower
• B) Broccoli
• C) Globe artichoke
• D) All

Q48. Turmeric antioxidant due to:

• A) Quercetin
• B) Curcumin
• C) Capsaicin
• D) Cucurbitacin

Q49. Capsaicin in chilli (%):

• A) 0.1%
• B) 0.2%
• C) 0.3%
• D) 0.4%

Q50. Cynogas pump is:

• A) Sprayer
• B) Duster
• C) Flame thrower
• D) Fumigator

Q51. Wind-pollinated crop:

• A) Beets
• B) Spinach
• C) Amaranth
• D) All

Q52. Often cross-pollinated:

• A) Cowpea
• B) French bean
• C) Tomato
• D) Chilli

Q53. Cross pollination in brinjal due to:

• A) Heterostyly
• B) Chasmogamy
• C) Cleistogamy
• D) Homogamy

Q54. Leaves & petiole edible in:

• A) Sweet potato
• B) Colocasia
• C) Elephant foot yam
• D) Potato

Q55. Spice traded mostly as:

• A) Whole
• B) Powdered
• C) Essential oil
• D) Spice mixture

Q56. Catface disorder in?

• A) Tomato
• B) Brinjal
• C) Onion
• D) Chilli

Q57. Pithiness due to:

• A) Excessive root growth
• B) Nutrient deficiency
• C) Both
• D) None

Q58. Celery black heart → deficiency of:

• A) Boron
• B) Calcium
• C) Zinc
• D) Manganese

Q59. Kale sensitive to:

• A) High acidic
• B) High saline
• C) Both
• D) None

Q60. Akashin in radish due to:

• A) Nitrogen
• B) Boron
• C) Calcium
• D) Potassium

Q61. Gujarat vegetable contribution:

• A) 5%
• B) 6%
• C) 9%
• D) 11%

Q62. CFMV- (Gira) is variety of:

• A) Finger millet
• B) Ginger
• C) Turmeric
• D) Little millet

Q63. Basella alba is:

• A) C3
• B) C4
• C) CAM
• D) None

Q64. Dioecious cucurbit:

• A) Pumpkin
• B) Bottle gourd
• C) Pointed gourd
• D) Snake gourd

Q65. Ideal rainfall for turmeric:

• A) 500–800 mm
• B) 700–1000 mm
• C) 1200–1500 mm
• D) 1500–2000 mm

Q66. Leafless pea:

• A) Arkel
• B) Azad pea-I
• C) L-116
• D) Aparna

Q67. Karyokinesis =

• A) Cellular division
• B) Nuclear division
• C) Meiosis
• D) Chromosome thickening

Q68. F1 × pure parent =

• A) F2 cross
• B) Test cross
• C) Back cross
• D) Homozygous cross

Q69. Brinjal native to:

• A) India
• B) Africa
• C) America
• D) China

Q70. Ornamental okra ‘Anand Shobha’ for:

• A) Pot culture
• B) Hedge
• C) Both
• D) None

Q71. Trees NOT preferred roadside:

• A) Millingtonia
• B) Jamun
• C) Albizia
• D) All

Q72. Large cardamom chemical:

• A) Cineol
• B) Linalool
• C) Gingerol
• D) Oleoresin

Q73. Richest iodine vegetable:

• A) Okra
• B) Radish
• C) Ginger
• D) Garlic

Q74. Cumin & fennel district:

• A) Palanpur
• B) Junagadh
• C) Ahmedabad
• D) Kutch

Q75. Richest folic acid:

• A) Green leafy vegetables
• B) Root veg
• C) Cole crops
• D) Rhizomes

Q76. Celery toxin:

• A) Psoralens
• B) Solasodine
• C) Dioscorine
• D) None

Q77. Coriander inflorescence:

• A) Raceme
• B) Corymb
• C) Spadix
• D) Umbel

Q78. Best region for coriander seed quality:

• A) Cold region
• B) Warm region
• C) Low altitude
• D) A & C

Q79. Sex chromosomes =

• A) Autosomes
• B) Allosomes
• C) Lysosomes
• D) Ribosomes

Q80. F1 × recessive parent =

• A) Reciprocal
• B) Test cross
• C) Top cross
• D) Back cross

Q81. Pollen + pollen tube =

• A) Microspore
• B) Sperm
• C) Megaspore
• D) Male gametophyte

Q82. Diploid 20 → mitosis daughter cell:

• A) 10
• B) 20
• C) 40
• D) 80

Q83. Greenhouse direction (<40°N):

• A) East–West
• B) West–North
• C) North–South
• D) North–West

Q84. T-bar trellis in:

• A) Cherry
• B) Almond
• C) Avocado
• D) Kiwifruit

Q85. Ornamental creeper:

• A) Ficus repens
• B) Phlox stolonifera
• C) Thymus serpyllum
• D) All

Q86. Flower colour of vanilla:

• A) Pink
• B) White
• C) Yellow
• D) Creamy white

Q87. Citrus granulation caused by:

• A) Climate
• B) Nutrition
• C) Enzymes & PGRs
• D) All

Q88. Little leaf in apple due to deficiency:

• A) Boron
• B) Copper
• C) Mo
• D) Zinc

Q89. Shoot tip culture & mini crown grafting in:

• A) Mango
• B) Jackfruit
• C) Guava
• D) Citrus

Q90. Exanthema in citrus due to:

• A) Zn
• B) Cu
• C) Mo
• D) K

Q91. Browning in apple due to enzyme:

• A) Hydrolases
• B) Polygalacturonase
• C) Peroxidase
• D) Polyphenol oxidase

Q92. Puffing disorder in:

• A) Mandarin
• B) Lime
• C) Lemon
• D) Sweet orange

Q93. Limp neck disorder in:

• A) Carnation
• B) Chrysanthemum
• C) Rose
• D) Gladiolus

Q94. Father of canning:

• A) PB Lal
• B) Randhawa
• C) Frost
• D) Nicholas Appert

Q95. Older leaves, marginal chlorosis, inverted green V:

• A) Mn
• B) B
• C) K
• D) Mg

Q96. Secondary elements:

• A) C,H,O
• B) N,P,K
• C) Ca,Mg,S
• D) B,Mn,Cu

Q97. California poppy:

• A) Short day
• B) Long day
• C) Day neutral
• D) Quantitative short day

Q98. Acta Horticulturae published by:

• A) ASHS
• B) ISHS
• C) JSHS
• D) HIS

Q99. NRC for orchids:

• A) Pakyong
• B) Darjeeling
• C) Coimbatore
• D) Kaziranga

Q100. Arka Savi rose released by:

• A) IIHR Bangalore
• B) IARI Delhi
• C) NAU
• D) AAU