TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

B.8o. (Hons.) Hortloulture Degree Programme

Flnal Theory Examination March 2020
Year (2017 Syllabus) Time: 3 hrs
8omeeter : V Max. Marks: 70
V8C 301 Breeding of Vegetable, Tuber, Splce, Flower and Medicinal
PART-A
Crops (2+1)
(Answer All quesions) [40 x 0.5 = 20]
Multiple choloe questlons
A1. Andromonoocious conditlon ls a characteristig of
A) Muskmelon Cucumber
C) Watermelon BËttergourd
A2. Hybrid culttvars are
A) Homozygous and B) Heterozygous and homogenous
homogernous
C) Homozygous and D) Heterogygous and heterogenous
heterogenous
A3. The chromosome number of lpomo8a batatas is
B) 48
24 D) 130
A4. Sree Harsha cassava variety was developed through
A Polyploidy breedng 3) Mutatlon breeding
c) Clonal selecion D) Genetic transtormation
A5. Sulabha is a varlety of
A) Dloscorea B) Yam
c) Sweet potato D' ly gourd
A6. Sree Sahya is a cultivar of
Tapioca B) Sweet potato
C) Greater Yam D) Lesser yam
A7. Monogemm seed is a breeding objective of
A) Turip Beetroot
c Sweet potato B Cassava
A8. Kufri Giriraj cultöivar of potato is resistant to
A) Wart B) Scab
C) Potato spinde viroid Late blight
A9. Sree Bhadra is a short-duration cultivar of
A) Sweet potato B) Yam
c) Amophophallus D) Cassava
A10. Biofortiied (protein) potato is due to
A) AmA1 gene B) rin gene
C) ms gene D) sp gene
A11. The chromosome number of Malabar cardamom is
A) 48 B) 50
C) 52 D) 56
A12. The chromosome number of cultivated turmeric is
A 63 B) 84
C) 22 D) 42
 A13. -is a hizome rot tolerant cultlvar ol gnger
A) Surbhi B) Suruchl
c) IISR Varada D) Himgiri
A14. Sreekara ls a cultvar of
A Black pepper 'B) Cardamom
C) Cinnamon D) Nutmeg
A15. First ever hybrid cultlvar of black pepper ls
A) Pannlyur-7 B) Pannlyur-5
C) Pannlyur-2 Panniyur-1
A16. Foot rot dleease of black pepper, a major
caused by
resistance breeding objective, is
A) Pythlum sp. B Phytophthora sp.
C) Fusarlum sp. D) Marssonina sp.
A17. Navash ree ls a cultlvar of
4) Cinnamon B) N°tmeag
C) Tamarind D) Moringa
A18. Rajendra Swathi ls a cultvar of
A) Fenugreek B) Fennel
C) Corlander D) Tamarind
A19. Abhisarika is a mutant cultvar of
A) Tuberose B Chrysanthemum
C) Jasmine D Rose
A20. Gladiolus lower is -in nture
A) Monoecious Hemaphrodite
C) Gynomoneocious D) Andromonecious
A21. Periwinkle is a member of the family
A) Covolvulacsae Apocynaceae
C) Scrophulariaceae D) Apiaceae
A22. Peppemint is botanicaly known as
A) Mentha arvenss B Mentha gracils
C) Mentha canadensis Mentha piperta
A23. Ihe chromosome number of Dendranthema
54
grandilora is
B) 48
64 D) 52
A24. is a cultivar of Derndrobium
Evening Star B) Pusa Sonia
C) Summer Holiday Emma White
A25. Arka Aradhana is a cultivar of
Jasnine B) Rose
Dendrobium D) Crossandra
A26. Chromosome number of carmation is
30
B) 60
130 D) 52
A27. Mendel worked on ... plant for his laws of inheitance
A) Pea B Tomato
C) Radsh D) Bean

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 A28. Gamete selecion" is a
Beans breeding method commonly followed In
B) Bltergourd
Binjal
A29. Single seed descent method is
D) Onion
commonly followed in
A) Onion B) Potato
C) Tomato D) Carrot
A30. The term heterosis was colned by
Shull
B) Mendel
Tschermak D) Flsher
A31. Sporophytic
Brinjal self-Hncompatiblitye observed
is In
C) Onion Cabbage
A32. D) Parsley
Heteromorphic
A) Radish self-incompatibility is a characteristic of
C) Carrot
Broccoli D) Sweet potato
A33. is often referred to as
A)
Secale manmade crop plant
) B) Triticum
Triticale D) Oryza
A34. Centre of origin of okra is
) Abyssinia B)
C) South America D) Medteranean
North America
A35. The procedure for
Shull
recurrent selecion was given by
B) East
Brim
A36. "Pusa Kartik Sankar
D) Jenkins
) Cytoplasmic Malecaulifilower was developed using
B) Sporphydc incompatibility
C)
Sterility
Mutants
D) Haploids
A37. Which one of the following
repeated selfing? crops do not show inbreeding depression upon
A) CucCumber
C)
Radish Cabbage
A38. Name the triplold D) Carrot
A) Arka Jyoti watermelon
C) Arka Manik B' Arka Madhura
D) Arka Naveen
A39. CGMS 0s used In
A) Carrot commercial hybid seed
B) Onion production of
C) Radish
A40. D Cabbage
--ls a method of choice for
A) Back-cross B)
transfer of oligogenic traits
Recurrent selecion
Pedigree D) Single seed descent
PART-B
B1, Define pure llne. (Answer any Ten questions) [10 x 1 = 10]
B2. Enlist various flower types in brinjal.
B3. Why hybrids are popular in cucurbits?
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 TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
B.Sc. (Hons.) Hort. Degree Programme
Mid Senmes ter Examination,December 2019
Year (2017 8yllabus) TIme:1 hr
Semester : V Max. Marks.
V8C 301 Breeding of Vegetable, Tuber, Spice, Flower and Medlcinal Crops (2
PART-A
(Answer All quesions) 30x 0.5
Muldple cholce questions
1 Hybrid of green x purple brinjal is
A) Green B) White
C) Purple D) Cream
2. Composite breeding is the one of the breeding strategies of
A) Self polinated e Cross pollinated vegetables
vegetables
C) Often cross pollinated D) None of the above
vegetables
3. In botle gourd, the time of anthesis is between
A) 5.00 a.m to 9.00 a.m ) 5.00 p.m to 8.00 p.m
C) 6.00 a.m to 7.00 a.m D) 9.30 a.m to 10.30 a.m
4. Tabasco group of capsicum specdes is
A) Capsicum frutescens B) Capsicum baccatum
C) Capsicum baccatum D) Cepsicum eximium
5. Botanlcal name of Dwarf Pea is
O Pisum sativum Pisum humile
C) Pisum elatius D) Pisum fulvum
6. Gamete selection is a breeding method in
A) Beans B) Tomato
C) Cauliflower D) Pumpkin
7. Single seed descent method is commonly pracised in
A) Cabbage
Chili B Carrot
D) Tomato
8 'Arka Bheem' onion was developed through
A) Muta tion breeding E) Synthetic breeding
C) Polyploidy breeding D) Mass selection
The demerit of mass selection is
A) Longer duration B No control over pollen parent
C) Reconstitution of D) Not adaptable to wide environment
varieties
10. A mutiple disease resista nt variety of tomato
A) Arka Rakshak B) PKM-1
c) Kasi Anmol D) Utakal Kumari
11. Root knot nematode resistant variety in tomato
A) Hisar Arun E Hisar Lalit
C) KS 2 D) Punjab Kesari
 12. The Cabbage variety suitable for growing in tropics at high te mperature
A)Pusa Mukta B) Pusa drum head
September .D Pusa Ageti
13. Arka Bindu is a variety in
A) Garlic B) Tomato
C) Onion D) Peas
14. Onion variety suitable for dehydration purpose is
A) Pusa Red B) Pusa Ratnar
c) Arka Kalyan D) Pusa White Round
15. Pusa Madhuras is a variety in
A) Water melon B Musk melon
C) Bitter gourd D) Snake gourd
16. Syntheic varieies are released in
A) Tomato B) Peas
C) Caulifower D) Chilli
17. Arkka Ajit is a variety in
) Peas B) Broad Bean
C) French bean D) Cluster bean
18 Endlees Summer is a transgenic variety of
A) Bhendi B) Brinjal
C) Tomato D) Chili
19. Bhendi is a
crop
) Diploid B) Tiploid
c) Tetraploid D) Amphidiploid
20. The chromosome number of brinjal
A) 2n= 12 B) 2n = 16
c 2n = 24 D) 2n 28
21. Chery tomato is
A) Solanum lycopersicon e Solanum lycopersicon var. cerasome
var. commune
C) Solanum lycopersicon D) Solanum lycopersicon var. validum
var. grandifolium
22. Fruit seting percentage in long styled lower type of brinjal
A)25 -50 B) 12.5- 55.6
C) 70- 86.7 D) Ni
23. Seed propagated small onion variety
A) Co2 B) Co3
C) Co4 D) Co5
24. Triploid variety of water melon is
Arka Madhura B) Arka Manik
C) Arka Jothi D) PKM1
25. MDU 1 Bhendi was developed through
A) Selecion E Mutation
C) Hybridization D) Introducion
 26. Onion isa crose polineted crop due to ita
h) Protandrous nature
C) Setf incompatibilty B) Protogynous
D) Self sterile
27.
Cytoplasmic
) Onion
Genetc Male Sterility is present in
C) Cucumber
B) Carrot
D) Tomato
28. Tetraploid amaranthus
A) Amaranthus dubius B)
C) Amaranthus tristis Amaranthus cAudetus
D) Amaranthus tricolor
29. Carpel status in cucumber is
A) Monocarpellary
C) Tricarpellary Bicarpelary
D Numerous
30. The origin of embryo from elther synergids or
embryosac is called as antipodal colls of the
Parthenogenesis B) Apogamy
Apospory D Adventious embryony
PART-B
(Answer any Five questions) [5x1=
B1. List out the breeding strategies followed in cross
B2. Write a short note on Haploid breeding.
pollinated crops.
B3. White about diferent types and uses of male sterility.
B4. How can we overcome the selfincompatibility in cole
crops?
B5. Why are hybrids more popular in tomato?
B6. How do you maintain the gynoecious lines in
cucumber?
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tbreedng
Parniyur-1
)
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Cucumtber
 1 Hybrid of green x purple brinjal is
Green
B) White
C) Purple
D) Cream
2 Composite breeding is the one of the breeding strategies of
A) Se pollinated B) Cross pollinated vegetables
vegetables
) Often cross pollinated D) None of the above
vegetables
3 In bottle gourd, the time of anthesis is between
A) 5.00 a.m to 9.00 a.m ) 5.00 p.m to 8.00 p.m
C) 600 a.m to 7.00 a.m D) 9.30 a.m to 10.30 a.m
4. Tabasco group of capsicum species is
y Capsicum frutescens B) Cepsicumum
Capsicumi
C) Cepsicum baccatum D)
5. Botanical name of Dwarf Pea is
A) Pisum sativum Pisum humile
C) Pisum elatius D) Pisum uvum
3, Gamete selecion is a breeding n ehod in
A) Beans
C) Cauliflower Tomato
D) Pumpkón
7. Single seed descent method is commonly practised in
A) Cabbage B) Carrot
C) Chili D Tomato
'Arka Bheem' onion was developed through
A) Mutation breeding B) Syntheic breeding
) Polyploidy breeding D) Mass selecton
The demerit of mass selection is
A) Longer duraion B) No control over pollen
C) Reconstitution of D) Not adaptable to wide
parent
varietes environment
10 A multiple disea se
a Rakshak resistant variety of tomato
c B) PKM-1
Kasi Anmol D) Utakal Kumari
11 Root knot nematode resistant variety in
A) Hisar Arun tomato
Hisar Lalit
C) KS 2 D) Punjab Kesari
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or
Numerous
present
Tomato Apogam
synergids
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due is
SterilityD) either
crop B)
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pollinatedMale is from
Setf dubius cucumber
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Amaranthus
tristis
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embryo
Monocarpellary
Protandrous called
cross Tricarpellary
in
Cucumber
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