GREEN REVOLUTION

1.      Who among the following is regarded as the "Father of the Green Revolution"?

(a)   Thomas Fairchild

(b)   Orville Vogel

(c)    Dr. Norman Earnest Borlaug

(d)   Cotton Mather

2.      Dr. Morman E. Borlaug received Nobel Prize in the field of -------------.

(a)   Chemistry

(b)   Peace

(c)    Physiology or Medicine

(d)   Physics

3.      Dr. Norman E. Borlaug got Nobel Prize in the year

(a)   1994

(b)   1973

(c)    1970

(d)   1975

4.      Which of the following high yielding wheat varieties was developed by Borlaug?

(a)   Lerma Rojo 64

(b)   Sonora 64

(c)    Siete Cerros

(d)   All

5.      Dr. Norman E. Borlaug received which one of the following award for his contribution in improvement of wheat productivity?

(a)   Nobel Prize

(b)   Congressional Gold Medal

(c)    Padma Vibhushan

(d)   All of these

6.      A prestigious prize for agriculture established by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug is

(a)   Green Revolution Prize

(b)   World Food Prize

(c)    Kisan Chakra

(d)   Kisan Shree

7.      Sharbati Sonara and Pusa Lerma wheat cultivars were developed by

(a)   N.I Vavilor

(b)   N.E. Borlaug

(c)    M.S. Swaminathan

(d)   B.P. Pal  

8.      Dr. Norman E. Borlaug is associated with which scientific institute?

(a)   IRRI (Philippines)

(b)   CIMMYT (Mexico)

(c)    CMI (Kew)

(d)   ICRISAT (Hyderabad)

9.      Which one is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India?

(a)   M.S. Swaminathan

(b)   Boshi Sen

(c)    T.S. Venkatraman

(d)   B.P. Pall

10.  Norman E. Borlaug's dream was to transfer rice immunity for rust to

(a)   Wheat

(b)   Maize

(c)    Sorghum

(d)   All

11.  Which institute plays a role in improvement of crops in India?

(a)   IARI

(b)   ICAR

(c)    ICRISAT

(d)   All of these

12.  Norin-10 wheat is a

(a)   Mexican variety

(b)   Japanese variety

(c)    American variety

(d)   Indian variety

13.  Dr. Norman E. Borlaug was a

(a)   Plant Patholigist

(b)   Geneticist

(c)    Humanist

(d)   All of these

14.  Transfer of bread wheat protein (gliadin and glutemin) to which crop was an unfinished task of Dr. N.E. Borlaug?

(a)   Rice

(b)   Maize

(c)    Both

(d)   None of these

15.  Which one of the dwarf variety of wheat?

(a)   Norin-10

(b)   Brevor 14

(c)    Both 3.

(d)   None of these

16.  Who was the first man to use hybridization for plant improvement?

(a)   Kolreuter

(b)   E.C. Stakmann

(c)    N.I Vavilor

(d)   N.E. Borlaug  

17.  Which one is a cultivar of wheat?

(a)   Sonalika           

(b)   Kalyan Sona

(c)    Atlas 66

(d)   All of these  

18.  Taichung Native-1 is a Dwarf Variety?

(a)   Wheat

(b)   Rice

(c)    Maize

(d)   Sorghum

19.  DGWG is

(a)   Resistance to disease

(b)   Gene for Dwarf traits

(c)    Gene for high yielding

(d)   Gene for stress resistance  

20.  Heteroecism (Hybrid vigour) term was coined by

(a)   G.H. Shull

(b)   Kolreuter

(c)    Mendel

(d)   T.H. Morgan  

21.  The first man made cereal is

(a)   Golden rice

(b)   Triticale

(c)    Pusa lerma

(d)   Sonora 64  

22.  The present day wheat is

(a)   Allo tetraploid

(b)   Auto tetrploid

(c)    Aloo hexa ploid

(d)   Auto hexaploid  

23.  Origin of Tritucum aestivum is related to

(a)   T. monococum

(b)   Aegilops speltoides

(c)    Aegilop squarrosa

(d)   All of these    

24.  Which one is 2n of chromosome in Triticum aestivum

(a)   14

(b)   21

(c)    7

(d)   28

25.  What is the monoploid number of chromonosomes in Tritucum aestivum?

(a)   14

(b)   21

(c)    7

(d)   28

 

Answers:

1 (c)	2 (b)	3 (c)	4 (d)	5 (d)
6 (b)	7 (c)	8 (b)	9 (a)	10 (d)
11 (d)	12 (b)	13 (d)	14 (c)	15 (c)
16 (a)	17 (d)	18 (b)	19 (b)	20 (a)
21 (b)	22 (c)	23 (d)	24 (c)	25 (c)