Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Lye peeling is done using ,
A)
NaCl
B)
NaOH
C)
HCl
D)
Na,SO,
Option B is correct: NaOH.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Temperature for cellar storage is about .
A)
0to 5°C
B)
-18 to -40°C
C)
15°C
D)
25°C
Option A is correct: 0to 5°C.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Suitable drying temperature for red chillies :
A)
20-30°C
B)
30-40°C
C)
50-60°C
D)
70-80°C
Option C is correct: 50-60°C.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Which of the following is a mineral lubricant?
A)
Crude petroleum
B)
Cotton seed oil
C)
Linseed oil
D)
Castor oil
Option A is correct: Crude petroleum.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
The rotary or oscillating tool which does not turn the soil upside down is:
A)
Power tiller
B)
Rotavator
C)
Power harrow
D)
Treader or rotary tiller
Option B is correct: Rotavator.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Sudden heritable changes in the characteristics of an organism are referred to as
A)
Heritability
B)
Genetic Advance
C)
Mutation
D)
Epistasis
Option C is correct: Mutation.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
The dominant hypothesis for heterosis was proposed by
A)
Davenport and Bruce
B)
Shull and East
C)
Mather and Jinks
D)
Jones
Option D is correct: Jones.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Which one of the following method is used for raising haploid plants?
A)
Anther culture
B)
Callus culture
C)
Embryo culture
D)
Meristem culture
Option A is correct: Anther culture.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Which of the following in non selective herbicide
A)
Alachlor
B)
Butachior
C)
Paraquat
D)
Atrazine
Option C is correct: Paraquat.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
A reaper is used for
A)
Cutting crop
B)
Cutting and winnowing
C)
Cutting and threshing
D)
None of these
Option A is correct: Cutting crop.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
The molecular scissors used to cut DNA into specific genes of interest are called
A)
Exonucleases
B)
Restriction endonucleases
C)
Ligases
D)
Polymerases
Option B is correct: Restriction endonucleases.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Emasculation of flowers is necessary to hybridization between the two parents in the following type
A)
Male sterile plants
B)
Self pollinated plants
C)
Selfincompatible plants
D)
All ofthese
Option B is correct: Self pollinated plants.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Cuscuta is
A)
Total stem parasitic weed
B)
Partial root parasitic weed
C)
Total root parasitic weed
D)
None of these
Option A is correct: Total stem parasitic weed.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
What is the optimum soil pH for the availability of most of the plant nutrients?
A)
5.0-6.0
B)
6.0-7.0
C)
6.5-7.5
D)
6.0-8.0
Option B is correct: 6.0-7.0.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Fertilizer that supplies nitrogen in both ammoniacal and nitrate forms is
A)
Urea
B)
Ammonium sulphate
C)
Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN)
D)
Ammonium Chloride
Option C is correct: Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN).
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
You are a businessman who plans to start a new business venture for which a license is required from a regulatory government department. You have submitted the application after fulfilling all the procedural formalities and the required documents. Even after months from the date of application, you have not received the license. The reason, you have come to know for the delay is, demand for illegal gratification. The amount asked for granting the license is within every month because of the loss of business opportunity. You will:
A)
Pay the amount asked for and get the licence, treating the amount paid as a business necessity and business expense
B)
Aska senior officer in the same department who is known to you and get the issue of license expedited.
C)
Wait for official to change and hoe that the next official is honest
D)
Make an application under RTI Act seeking status of your license application and the time frame in which such licenses are required to be issued
Option D is correct: Make an application under RTI Act seeking status of your license application and the time frame in which such licenses are required to be issued.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Cytoplasmic hybrids are known as
A)
Hybrids
B)
Cybrids
C)
Both (a) & (b)
D)
None of these
Option B is correct: Cybrids.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Acidity content in RTS should be :
A)
0.3%
B)
0.7%
C)
1%
D)
1.2%
Option B is correct: 0.7%.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Institutions Village Linkage Programme (IVLP) is part of which programme?
A)
LLP
B)
TARP
C)
PRA
D)
None of these
Option B is correct: TARP.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Most commonly used method for genetic transformation of plants is
A)
Protoplast method
B)
Electro-transformation
C)
Agrobacterium mediated transformation
D)
Micro injection
Option C is correct: Agrobacterium mediated transformation.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
The ideal nitrogenous fertilizer suitable for foliar application is
A)
Ammonium nitrate
B)
Ammonium chloride
C)
Ammonium sulphate
D)
Urea
Option D is correct: Urea.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Muriate of potash is a
A)
Straight fertilizer
B)
Compound fertilizer
C)
Mixed fertilizer
D)
Complex fertilizer
Option A is correct: Straight fertilizer.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Tomato fruits for canning are harvested at which stage?
A)
Mature green stage
B)
Breaker Stage
C)
Halfripe stage
D)
Red ripe stage
Option D is correct: Red ripe stage.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
In tissue culture regeneration of shoot and root occurs by manipulating the balance of
A)
Auxin and ABA
B)
ABA
C)
Auxin and Cytokinin
D)
Ethylene
Option C is correct: Auxin and Cytokinin.
Mizoram Horticulture Service • 2023 • Technical Subject Paper-III
Flooding kills the weeds by excluding the from their environment.
A)
Air
B)
Water
C)
Nutrient
D)
Allofthese
Option A is correct: Air.
