STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCEMENT IN FOOD PRODUCTION Quiz-16
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NEET is the most famous and important medical entrance examination held in our country. This exam is an objective type, an offline test which includes 4 sections namely– Physics, Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology. The maximum marks that can be scored are 720 marks and have 180 questions.
About half of the paper consists of questions from Biology, as the NEET exam essentially focuses on capacitating students to go for seats in medical courses. One of the most significant and crucial sections in the NEET exam is of Biology. It comprises of theories, descriptions, discoveries, diagrams, definitions, explanations of differences, and relations. The majority of the topics covered in the NEET syllabus are from the NCERT syllabus of Class 11 & 12 and other related sources become part of the rest of the syllabus.
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Q1. The management of animals for milk and its products for human consumption is called
Solution
The management of animals for milk and its products for human consumption is called dairying. Milk yield here is dependent primarily on the quality of breeds
The management of animals for milk and its products for human consumption is called dairying. Milk yield here is dependent primarily on the quality of breeds
Q2. Examples of high-yielding and disease resistant wheat varieties are
Solution
Sonalika and Kalyan Sona. High yielding and disease resistant wheat varieties were introduced in India in 1963, e.g.,Sonalika and Kalyan Sona
Sonalika and Kalyan Sona. High yielding and disease resistant wheat varieties were introduced in India in 1963, e.g.,Sonalika and Kalyan Sona
Q3. Breeding crops for improved nutritional quality is referred to as
Solution
Bio fortification is the process of enriching the nutrient content and the quantity and quality of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrate proteins and fats in crops.
Bio fortification is the process of enriching the nutrient content and the quantity and quality of vitamins, minerals, carbohydrate proteins and fats in crops.
Q4. Resistance to yellow mosaic virus in bhindi was transferred from a wild species and resulted in new variety of A.esculentus called
Solution
In bhindi (Abelmosshcus esculentus) resistance to yellow mosaic virus was introduced
In bhindi (Abelmosshcus esculentus) resistance to yellow mosaic virus was introduced
Q5.The species which yield commercial cotton belongs to the genus:
Solution
Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae from which cotton is harvested.
Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae from which cotton is harvested.
Q6. The scientific process by which crop plants are enriched with certain desirable nutrients is called
Solution
Biofortification differs from ordinary fortification because it focusses on making plant foods more nutritious as the plants are growing rather than nutrients added to the foods when they are being processed
Biofortification differs from ordinary fortification because it focusses on making plant foods more nutritious as the plants are growing rather than nutrients added to the foods when they are being processed
Q7. Lac is produced as:
Solution
Lac is the secretion of cutaneous glands (lac glands) of Tachardia lacca. This secretion covers the body of insects.
Lac is the secretion of cutaneous glands (lac glands) of Tachardia lacca. This secretion covers the body of insects.
Q8. The insect that is not found in the wild state is:
Solution
Silkworm moth or Bombyx mori is an insect whose caterpillar is used for sericulture for more than thousands of years. While this insect is native to China, this has been introduced to many parts in the world and has undergone domestication making this no longer to be found wild.
Silkworm moth or Bombyx mori is an insect whose caterpillar is used for sericulture for more than thousands of years. While this insect is native to China, this has been introduced to many parts in the world and has undergone domestication making this no longer to be found wild.
Q9. Silk, honey and lac are:
Solution
Silk, honey and lac all are secretory substances of insects.
Silk, honey and lac all are secretory substances of insects.
Q10. Embryo culture is employed in:
Solution
Embryo culture has been used to produce plants from embryos that would not normally develop within the fruit. This occurs in early-ripening peaches and in some hybridization between species. Embryo culture can also be used to circumvent seed dormancy.
Embryo culture has been used to produce plants from embryos that would not normally develop within the fruit. This occurs in early-ripening peaches and in some hybridization between species. Embryo culture can also be used to circumvent seed dormancy.
