Top 500 Questions of Vegetable Science (Part 2)
- Botanical name of brinjal:
(a) Solanum tuberosum
(b) Solanum melongena ✓
(c) Solanum lycopersicum
(d) Solanum nigrum
Asked in:UPCATET 2018, 2020, 2022
- Origin of tomato:
(a) South America ✓
(b) Africa
(c) Asia
(d) Europe
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Gynoecious lines available in:
(a) Tomato
(b) Cucumber ✓
(c) Cabbage
(d) Onion
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- Polyploidy breeding successful in:
(a) Watermelon ✓
(b) Tomato
(c) Onion
(d) Potato
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- Mutation breeding produced which okra variety?
(a) Pusa Sawani
(b) Arka Anamika
(c) Parbhani Kranti ✓
(d) Pusa A-4
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- First F1 hybrid tomato in India:
(a) Pusa Ruby
(b) Pusa Early Dwarf
(c) Arka Vikas
(d) None of these ✓
Asked in:UPCATET 2020
- TPS technology developed at:
(a) IARI
(b) CPRI ✓
(c) IIVR
(d) IIHR
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- Seed priming with PEG improves:
(a) Seed size
(b) Germination under stress ✓
(c) Seed color
(d) Disease resistance
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- ‘Nicking’ means:
(a) Seed treatment
(b) Synchronized flowering ✓
(c) Pruning
(d) Grafting
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- Bulk method suitable for:
(a) Self-pollinated crops ✓
(b) Cross-pollinated crops
(c) Vegetatively propagated
(d) All crops
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- Single seed descent method develops:
(a) Pure lines ✓
(b) Hybrids
(c) Mutants
(d) Polyploids
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- Ideotype breeding concept by:
(a) Donald ✓
(b) Borlaug
(c) Vavilov
(d) Mendel
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- Centers of origin concept by:
(a) Vavilov ✓
(b) Darwin
(c) Mendel
(d) Hooker
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- Gene banks conserve:
(a) Only seeds
(b) Genetic resources ✓
(c) Only plants
(d) Only DNA
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Svalbard Global Seed Vault in:
(a) Norway ✓
(b) Sweden
(c) USA
(d) India
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- Microtuber production used in:
(a) Potato ✓
(b) Sweet potato
(c) Carrot
(d) Radish
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- Synthetic seeds contain:
(a) Somatic embryos ✓
(b) Zygotic embryos
(c) Seeds only
(d) Vegetative buds
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- Embryo rescue used for:
(a) Distant hybridization ✓
(b) Selfing
(c) Mutation
(d) Polyploidy
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- QTL mapping for:
(a) Qualitative traits
(b) Quantitative traits ✓
(c) Both
(d) Neither
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Marker Assisted Selection uses:
(a) Morphological markers
(b) Molecular markers ✓
(c) Biochemical markers
(d) All of these
Asked in:UPCATET 2020, 2022
- First transgenic vegetable:
(a) Flavr Savr tomato ✓
(b) Bt brinjal
(c) Golden rice
(d) Bt cotton
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Bt brinjal contains gene from:
(a) Bacillus thuringiensis ✓
(b) Agrobacterium
(c) E. coli
(d) Pseudomonas
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- Genetic engineering regulated by:
(a) GEAC ✓
(b) MOA
(c) ICAR
(d) FSSAI
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- Terminator technology produces:
(a) Sterile seeds ✓
(b) High yielding seeds
(c) Disease resistant seeds
(d) Drought tolerant seeds
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- Plant IPR protected under:
(a) PPV&FR Act ✓
(b) Patent Act
(c) Copyright Act
(d) Trademark Act
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2020
- Breeder seed produced by:
(a) SAUs/ICAR institutes ✓
(b) Private companies
(c) Farmers
(d) NGOs
Asked in:UPCATET 2018, 2022
- Truthfully labeled seed certified by:
(a) Seed producer ✓
(b) NSC
(c) SSC
(d) Government
Asked in:UPCATET 2020
- NSKE stands for:
(a) Neem Seed Kernel Extract ✓
(b) National Seed Knowledge Exchange
(c) Natural Seed Keeping Equipment
(d) None
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Seed rate of tomato per hectare:
(a) 100-200 g
(b) 300-400 g ✓
(c) 500-600 g
(d) 1-2 kg
Asked in:UPCATET 2021
- Optimum temperature for tomato germination:
(a) 15-20°C
(b) 25-30°C ✓
(c) 35-40°C
(d) 40-45°C
Asked in:UPCATET 2018, 2020
- Hot water treatment of seeds at:
(a) 40-45°C
(b) 50-55°C ✓
(c) 60-65°C
(d) 70-75°C
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- Seed treatment with Bavistin for:
(a) Fungal diseases ✓
(b) Bacterial diseases
(c) Viral diseases
(d) Nematodes
Asked in:UPCATET 2020
- Moisture content for seed storage:
(a) <5% ✓
(b) 10-15%
(c) 20-25%
(d) 30-35%
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- Viability of onion seed maintained for:
(a) 6 months
(b) 1 year ✓
(c) 2 years
(d) 5 years
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Seed yield of tomato per hectare:
(a) 50-100 kg
(b) 100-150 kg ✓
(c) 200-250 kg
(d) 300-400 kg
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Detasseling done in:
(a) Maize ✓
(b) Tomato
(c) Onion
(d) Cabbage
Asked in:UPCATET 2020
- Self-incompatibility controlled by:
(a) S-locus ✓
(b) T-locus
(c) R-locus
(d) M-locus
Asked in:UPCATET 2021
- Protogyny found in:
(a) Cucurbits ✓
(b) Solanaceae
(c) Brassicaceae
(d) Alliaceae
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Protandry found in:
(a) Carrot ✓
(b) Tomato
(c) Cabbage
(d) Onion
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Cleistogamy in:
(a) Groundnut ✓
(b) Tomato
(c) Onion
(d) Cabbage
Asked in:UPCATET 2020
- Scientific name of tomato:
(a) Solanum lycopersicum ✓
(b) Lycopersicon esculentum
(c) Both are correct
(d) None is correct
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- Tomato is a:
(a) Day neutral plant ✓
(b) Short day plant
(c) Long day plant
(d) Intermediate day plant
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2020
- Optimum temperature for tomato growth:
(a) 10-15°C
(b) 20-25°C ✓
(c) 30-35°C
(d) 35-40°C
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- Best soil for tomato cultivation:
(a) Sandy loam ✓
(b) Clayey
(c) Saline
(d) Alkaline
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- Seed rate of tomato per hectare:
(a) 100-200 g
(b) 300-400 g ✓
(c) 500-600 g
(d) 1 kg
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- Transplanting age of tomato seedlings:
(a) 10-15 days
(b) 25-30 days ✓
(c) 40-45 days
(d) 50-55 days
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- Spacing for tomato:
(a) 60×45 cm ✓
(b) 90×90 cm
(c) 30×30 cm
(d) 100×100 cm
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2020
- Fertilizer dose for tomato:
(a) 120:60:60 kg NPK/ha ✓
(b) 60:30:30 kg NPK/ha
(c) 200:100:100 kg NPK/ha
(d) 40:20:20 kg NPK/ha
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- Fruit cracking in tomato due to:
(a) Boron deficiency
(b) Irregular watering ✓
(c) Calcium deficiency
(d) High temperature
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- Blossom end rot due to:
(a) Calcium deficiency ✓
(b) Boron deficiency
(c) Zinc deficiency
(d) Iron deficiency
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- Determinate tomato variety:
(a) Pusa Ruby ✓
(b) Arka Vikas
(c) Arka Abha
(d) Pusa Gaurav
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- Staking done for:
(a) Indeterminate varieties ✓
(b) Determinate varieties
(c) Both
(d) Neither
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- Harvesting index for fresh market tomato:
(a) Green mature stage
(b) Breaker stage ✓
(c) Red ripe stage
(d) Over ripe stage
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2021
- Yield of tomato per hectare:
(a) 10-15 tonnes
(b) 20-25 tonnes
(c) 30-35 tonnes
(d) 40-50 tonnes ✓
Asked in:UPCATET 2020
- Scientific name of brinjal:
(a) Solanum melongena ✓
(b) Solanum tuberosum
(c) Solanum nigrum
(d) Solanum torvum
Asked in:UPCATET 2018, 2020, 2022
- Origin of brinjal:
(a) India
(b) Indo-Burma region ✓
(c) South America
(d) Africa
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Seed rate of brinjal per hectare:
(a) 100-200 g
(b) 300-400 g ✓
(c) 500-600 g
(d) 700-800 g
Asked in:UPCATET 2020, 2021
- Transplanting age for brinjal seedlings:
(a) 4-5 weeks ✓
(b) 2-3 weeks
(c) 6-7 weeks
(d) 8-9 weeks
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Spacing for brinjal:
(a) 60×45 cm ✓
(b) 90×90 cm
(c) 30×30 cm
(d) 120×120 cm
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2020
- Fertilizer dose for brinjal:
(a) 100:50:50 kg NPK/ha ✓
(b) 200:100:100 kg NPK/ha
(c) 50:25:25 kg NPK/ha
(d) 150:75:75 kg NPK/ha
Asked in:UPCATET 2021
- Long fruited brinjal variety:
(a) Pusa Purple Long ✓
(b) Arka Navneet
(c) Pusa Kranti
(d) Arka Shirish
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Brinjal yield per hectare:
(a) 15-20 tonnes
(b) 25-35 tonnes ✓
(c) 40-50 tonnes
(d) 50-60 tonnes
Asked in:UPCATET 2020
- Scientific name of chilli:
(a) Capsicum annuum ✓
(b) Capsicum frutescens
(c) Capsicum chinense
(d) All of these
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- Origin of chilli:
(a) Mexico ✓
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Brazil
Asked in:UPCATET 2018, 2020
- Pungency in chilli due to:
(a) Capsaicin ✓
(b) Piperine
(c) Curcumin
(d) Gingerol
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- Seed rate of chilli per hectare:
(a) 100-200 g
(b) 300-400 g
(c) 500-600 g
(d) 1-1.5 kg ✓
Asked in:UPCATET 2021
- Transplanting age for chilli seedlings:
(a) 4-5 weeks ✓
(b) 2-3 weeks
(c) 6-7 weeks
(d) 8-9 weeks
Asked in:UPCATET 2018, 2020
- Spacing for chilli:
(a) 60×45 cm ✓
(b) 90×90 cm
(c) 30×30 cm
(d) 120×120 cm
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Fertilizer dose for chilli:
(a) 100:50:50 kg NPK/ha
(b) 120:60:60 kg NPK/ha ✓
(c) 80:40:40 kg NPK/ha
(d) 150:75:75 kg NPK/ha
Asked in:UPCATET 2020, 2021
- First harvest of chilli after transplanting:
(a) 45-50 days
(b) 60-70 days ✓
(c) 80-90 days
(d) 100-110 days
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Bell pepper is also called:
(a) Capsicum ✓
(b) Tomato
(c) Brinjal
(d) Chilli
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2020
- Which chilli variety is highly pungent?
(a) Byadgi
(b) Guntur
(c) Teja ✓
(d) Jwala
Asked in:UPCATET 2021
- Scientific name of potato:
(a) Solanum tuberosum ✓
(b) Solanum melongena
(c) Solanum lycopersicum
(d) Solanum nigrum
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- Origin of potato:
(a) South America ✓
(b) North America
(c) Europe
(d) Asia
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Potato is propagated through:
(a) Seeds
(b) Tubers ✓
(c) Cuttings
(d) Bulbs
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- Seed rate of potato per hectare:
(a) 500-600 kg
(b) 1500-2000 kg ✓
(c) 3000-4000 kg
(d) 5000-6000 kg
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Optimum temperature for potato tuberization:
(a) 10-15°C
(b) 15-20°C ✓
(c) 25-30°C
(d) 30-35°C
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2020
- Earthing up in potato is done:
(a) 30-35 days after planting ✓
(b) At planting
(c) At flowering
(d) Before harvest
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- Which is a early potato variety?
(a) Kufri Chandramukhi ✓
(b) Kufri Jyoti
(c) Kufri Sindhuri
(d) Kufri Badshah
Asked in:UPCATET 2018, 2020
- Potato yield per hectare:
(a) 10-15 tonnes
(b) 20-25 tonnes ✓
(c) 30-35 tonnes
(d) 40-50 tonnes
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Green potato tubers contain:
(a) Solanine ✓
(b) Capsaicin
(c) Allicin
(d) Cucurbitacin
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- Which PGR is used for breaking potato dormancy?
(a) GA3 ✓
(b) NAA
(c) Ethylene
(d) ABA
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Seed plot technique used in:
(a) Potato ✓
(b) Tomato
(c) Onion
(d) Cabbage
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- Critical photoperiod for potato tuberization:
(a) Short days ✓
(b) Long days
(c) Day neutral
(d) Intermediate days
Asked in:UPCATET 2020
- Most common potato variety in India:
(a) Kufri Jyoti
(b) Kufri Bahar
(c) Kufri Sindhuri ✓
(d) Kufri Lauvkar
Asked in:UPCATET 2021
- Tomato variety resistant to leaf curl virus:
(a) Pusa Ruby
(b) Pusa Gaurav ✓
(c) Arka Vikas
(d) Arka Saurabh
Asked in:UPCATET 2018, 2020
- Tomato variety suitable for processing:
(a) Pusa Ruby
(b) Roma ✓
(c) Arka Vikas
(d) Pusa Early Dwarf
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Brinjal variety resistant to shoot and fruit borer:
(a) Pusa Purple Long
(b) Pusa Kranti
(c) Arka Navneet
(d) Arka Neelkanth ✓
Asked in:UPCATET 2020, 2021
- Chilli variety with high vitamin C:
(a) Jwala
(b) Guntur
(c) Byadgi
(d) Arka Lohit ✓
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Potato variety resistant to late blight:
(a) Kufri Chandramukhi
(b) Kufri Jyoti ✓
(c) Kufri Sindhuri
(d) Kufri Badshah
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2020
- Tomato pruning involves removal of:
(a) Terminal bud
(b) Suckers ✓
(c) Roots
(d) Flowers
Asked in:UPCATET 2021
- Brinjal fruit is botanically a:
(a) Berry ✓
(b) Pepo
(c) Pome
(d) Drupe
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- Chilli fruit is botanically a:
(a) Berry ✓
(b) Capsule
(c) Siliqua
(d) Nut
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- Potato tuber is modified:
(a) Stem ✓
(b) Root
(c) Leaf
(d) Flower
Asked in:UPCATET 2020, 2021, 2022
- Which is a hybrid tomato?
(a) Pusa Ruby
(b) Arka Vikas ✓
(c) Pusa Early Dwarf
(d) Sioux
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- First harvest of tomato after transplanting:
(a) 45-50 days
(b) 60-70 days ✓
(c) 80-90 days
(d) 100-110 days
Asked in:UPCATET 2019
- Flower drop in tomato can be controlled by:
(a) NAA spray ✓
(b) GA3 spray
(c) 2,4-D spray
(d) Ethylene spray
Asked in:UPCATET 2020, 2021
- ‘Suckers’ in tomato are:
(a) Axillary shoots ✓
(b) Roots
(c) Flowers
(d) Fruits
Asked in:UPCATET 2018
- ‘Dehaulming’ in potato means:
(a) Cutting tops before harvest ✓
(b) Earthing up
(c) Irrigation
(d) Fertilization
Asked in:UPCATET 2019, 2020
- ‘Greening’ of potato tubers occurs due to:
(a) Exposure to light ✓
(b) Over irrigation
(c) High temperature
(d) Disease
Asked in:UPCATET 2021
