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MCQ on Genetics and Plant Breding for ICAR SRF/ ARS NET Exams



1. The remnants of nucellus form?

A) Endosperm
B) Degenerated Embryo
✅ C) Perisperm
D) Integument

Answer: C) Perisperm


2. National Seed Corporation was established in?

✅ A) 1963
B) 1964
C) 1965
D) 1966

Answer: A) 1963


3. Over time, the loss in vigour and productivity of clones is known as?

A) Hybrid breakdown
B) Hybrid vigour
✅ C) Clonal degeneration
D) Clonal sterility

Answer: C) Clonal degeneration


4. DNA can be formed by?

A) DNA Ligase
B) Transaminase
C) DNA dependent DNA polymerase
✅ D) RNA dependent DNA polymerase

Answer: D) RNA dependent DNA polymerase


5. Crossing over takes place during?

A) Leptotene
B) Zygotene
C) Diplotene
✅ D) Pachytene

Answer: D) Pachytene


6. Autopolyploidy can be found in?

A) Sugarcane
B) Cotton
C) Mustard
✅ D) All of the above

Answer: D) All of the above


7. The seeds that cannot be used in the second generation are?

✅ A) Hybrid seeds
B) Composite seeds
C) Synthetic seeds
D) High yielding variety

Answer: A) Hybrid seeds


8. In a random mating population, allele frequency between generations is?

A) Increasing
B) Decreasing
✅ C) Constant
D) Zero

Answer: C) Constant


9. Global Gene Bank of Barley is located at?

✅ A) ICARDA
B) IBPGR
C) ICRISAT
D) CIP

Answer: A) ICARDA


10. Half gram seeds are working sample for?

A) Maize
B) Tomato
✅ C) Tobacco
D) Ragi

Answer: C) Tobacco


11. Which of the following cell is not haploid?

A) Antipodal cells
B) Egg cell
C) Synergid cells
✅ D) Nucleus

Answer: D) Nucleus


12. Who established that character is transmitted from generation to generation through chromosomes?

A) Robert Brown
B) Robert Hooke
C) Nawaschin
✅ D) Strasburger and Hertwig

Answer: D) Strasburger and Hertwig


13. Mendok is used for inducing male sterility in?

A) Potato
B) Helianthus
C) Gossypium
✅ D) Zea mays

Answer: D) Zea mays


14. The neurotoxin present in Lathyrus is?

A) OBAA
✅ B) BOAA
C) BAOO
D) AOBO

Answer: B) BOAA


15. Self-incompatibility arises due to?

A) Insufficient pollen
B) Self-pollination takes place
✅ C) Pollen does not germinate on ovules
D) All of the above

Answer: C) Pollen does not germinate on ovules



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