Set No. : 1 Question Booklet No. eet /14/TEST TAT] Horticulture _| "(To be filled up by the candidate by blue/black ball point pen) Roll No. Tl {itt ft] Roll No, (Write the dit words) .. Serial No. of OMR Answer Sheet Day and Date .. ( Signature of Invigilator ) INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES (Use only blus/black ball-point pen in the space above and on both sides of the Answer Sheet) 1. Within 10 minutes of the issue of the Question Booklet, Please ensure that you have got the correct booklet and it contains all the pages in correct sequencerand no page/question is missing. In case of faulty Question Booklet, Bring it to the notice of the Superintendent/Invigilators immediately to obtain a fesh Question Booklet. 2, Do not bring any loose paper, written or blank, inside the Examination Hall except the Admit Card without its envelope. 3.4 fe Answer Sheet is given. It should not be folded or mutilated. A second Answer Sheet shall not be provided. 4, Write your Roll Number and Serial Number of the Answer Sheet by pen in the space provided above. 5, Qn the front page of the Answer Sheet, write by pen your Roll Number in the space provided at the top, and by darkening the circles at the bottom. Also, wherever applicable, write the Question Hooklet Number and the Set Number in appropriate places. 6. No averwriting is allowed in the entries of Roll No., Question Booklet No. and Set No. (if any) on OMR sheet and Roll No. and OMR sheet no. on the Queston Booklet. 7. Any change in the aforesaid entries is to be verified by the invigilator, otherwise it will be taken as unfair means. 8. This Booklet contains 40 multiple choice questions followed by 10 short answer questions. For each MCQ, you are to record the correct option on the Answer Sheet by darkening the oppropriate clrele in the corresponding row of the Answer Sheet, by pen as mentioned in the guidelines given on the first page of the Answer Sheet, For answering any five shbort Answer Questions use five lank pages atiached at the end of this Question Booklet. 9. For ¢ach question, darken only one circle on the Answer Sheet. If you darken more than one circle or darken a circle partially, the answer will be treated as incorrect. 10. Noté that the answer once filled in ink cannot be changed. If you do not wish to attempt a question, eave all the circles in the corresponding row blank (such question will be awarded zero marks). 111. Hor rough work, use the inner back pages of the title cover and the blank page at the end of this Booklet. 12. Beppsit bolk OMR Answer Sheet and Question Booktet at the end of the Test. 13. Youlare not permitted to leave the Examination Hall until the end of the Test. 14, Ifa eandidate attempts to use any form of unfair means, he/she shall be liable to such punishment as the Uniyersity may determine and impose on him/her. ‘Total No. of Printed Pages : 16RET/14/TEST-B 747/Horticulture ROUGH WORK wartNo. of Questions : 50 Time : 2 Hours Full Marks : 200 Note: (1) 12) (3) This Question Booklet contains 40 Multiple Choice Questions followed by 10 Short Answer Questions. Attempt as many MCQs as you can. Each MCQ carries 3 (Three) marks. 1 (One) mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. Zero mark will be awarded for each unattempted question. If more than one alternative answers of MCQs scem to be approximate to the correct answer, choose the closest one. Answer only 5 Short Answer Questions. Each question carries 16 (Sixteen) marks and should be answered in 150-200 words. Blank 5 (Five) pages attached with this booklet shall only be used for the purpose. Answer each question on separate page, after writing Question No. 3 P.T.O.RET/14/TEST-B 747/Horticulture 01. 02. 03. 04, Which one of the following is not a kharif crop ? (1) Paddy (2). Maize (3) Mustard (4) Arhar Select the crop, which is used for green manuring ; (1) Daincha (sunhemp) (2) Sugarcane (3) Tobacco (4) Onion Panama wilt disease is found in : (1) Papaya (2) Mango (3) Peach (4) Banana ‘Osmotic expansion of a cell kept in water is chiefly regulated by : (1) _ Ribosomes (2) Mitochondria (3) Plastids (4) Vacuoles Community Development Programme was started in : (1) 1952 (2) 1965 (3) 1957 (4) 1960 Food grains have : (1) Inelastic demand (2) Elastic demand (3) Perfectly elastic demand (4) Perfectly inelastic demand The disease "ricket’ in animal is caused due to deficiency of : (1) Vitamin A (2) Vitamin B (3) Vitamin C (4) Vitamin D For comparing the variability of the two series, which one of the following measures is used : (1) Standard Deviation (2) Mean Deviation (3) Range (4) Coefficient of VariationRET/14/TEST-B 747/Horticulture a9. 10. i 12, 14, 15. Which one of the following is an anticoagulant : (1) Heparin (2) Interleukin (3) Plasmin (4) Lymphokine ‘The fertility of soil is reduced by : (1) Alternate cropping (2) Intensive cropping (8) Nitrogen fixing bacteria (4) None of the above Gladiolus cultivars Mayur and Gunjan were evolved from : (1) THR, Bangalore (2) PAU, Ludhiyana (3) NBRI, Lucknow (4) IARI, New Delhi Parentage of gladiolus cultivar pusa Unnati are : (1) Ave * Christian Jane (2) Jr. Porm x Lucky Star (3) Berlew x Heady Wine (Tall) (4) Sylvia « Patricia Chalking is physiological disorder of : (1) Tulip (2) Gerbera (3) Liatris (4) Rose Which of the following is botanical name of Ashwagandha ? (1) Digitalis purpurea (2) Cassia angustifolia (3) Withania somnifera (4) Atropa belladonna Strelitzia is commonly known as : (1) Cock’s comb (2) Straw flower (3) Brid of Paradise (4) African Daisy 5 P.T.O.RET/14/TEST-B 747/Horticulture 16, 7. 18. 19. ai. 22, 23, In which flower crop pinching is important operation ? (1) Gladiolus (2) Tuberose (3) Carnation (4) Gerbera ‘Blind Shoot’ is physiological disorder of : (1) Tuberose (2) Rose (3) Carnation (4) Gerbera Which of the following is climber ? (1) Quisqualis indica (2) Delonix regia (3) Tecoma grandis (4) Thevetia nerifolia. What is basic chromosome number of Chrysanthemum ? Q) X=5 - @) X= 16 (3) X=21 (4) X*9 Fire disease in tulip is caused by : (1) Olpidium brassicae (2) Botrytis tulipae (3). Pythium ultimum (4) Dysaphis tulipae How many morphological Characters are used for scoring technique in banana ? Q) 12 (2) 13 (3) 14 (4) 15 The genomic constitution of “Poovan” banana is : (1) AAA (2) AB (3) AAB (4) ABB Coorg Honey Dew Variety of papaya is : (1) Dioecious (2) Gynodioeceous (3) Monoeceous (4) PolygamousRET/14/TEST-B 747 /Horticulture 24. 26. a7. 28. $1. Cultivated strawberry is : (1) Diploid (2) Triploid (3) Tetraploid (4) Polygamous Nematode resistant rootstock of grape is : (1) Riparia (2) St. George (3) Dogridge (4) 99-R “Sunehari” apple hybrid is a cross between : (1) Richared » Ambri (2) Red Delicious x Ambri (3) Ambri x Golden Delicious (4) Ambri « Red Delicious Ability of a variety to resist some races of pathogen but not all the races is called : .Q) Tolerance (2) Immunity (3) Vertical resistance (4) Horizontal resistance ‘The best planting material for propagating pineapple is : (1) Sucker (2) Slip (3} | Crown (4) Stump Dwarf coconut varieties are : (1) Allogamous (2) Autogamous (3) Polygamous (4) Self-sterile ‘The inflorescence of coconut is called : (1) Cymose (2) Recemose (3) Spadix (4) Solitary ‘The first commercial transgenic crop is : (1) Tomato (2) Cotton (3) Brinjal {4) -Soyabeen 7 P.T.O.RET/14/TEST-B 747 /Horticulture 33. 36. 37. 38. The plants bearing male and female flowers on the same plant are called : (1) Monophrodite (2) Monoecious (3) Bisexual (4) Hermaphrodite The edible podded cultivar of pea is : (1) Atkel (2) Bonneville (3) Perfection New Line (4) Sylvia ‘The potato tuber production is maximum at temperature : (1) 09° (2) 20°C @) 35°C (4) 30°C Which of the following is not a variety of tomato ? (1) Pusa Ruby (2) Pusa Kranti (3) Roma (4) Best of all ‘The green pigments of leaves and stem usually held close to the cell wall in small bodies called : (1) Carotenes (2) Anthocyanin (3) Xanthophylls (4) Choroplasts The limiting amino acid in green vegetables is : (1) Methionine (2) Trytophan (3) Lysine (4) Arginine On which type of soil sweet pepper grows best ? (1) Black (2) Sandy loam (3) Clay (4) Red LatriteRET/14/TEST-B 747 [Horticulture 39. Potato, sweet potato and tapioca crops fall in the group of : (1) Tubers, (2) Roots ». (3) Bulbs (4) Pods ‘40. Ideal trap crop for tomato fruit borer is : (1) Marigold {2) Tobacco (3) Mustard (4) Potato 9 P.T.O.RET/14/TEST-B 747/Horticulture Short Answer Questions Note: Attempt any five questions. Write answer in 180-200 words. Each 1 02. g & 8 10. question carries 16 marks. Answer each question on separate Page, after writing Question Number. Describe the landscaping terms ‘ Axis’ and ‘ Focal point’, What are the chief characteristic of house Plants ? What are the common house plants used in India for interior decoration ? Define floriculture term ‘ pulsing’. What are the chemicals to be used in pulsing solution in cut-flowers ? What are the factors responsible for Calyx splitting in carnation > Write the measures to be adopted to overcome from this disorder, Give the important sources of resistance which have been successfully used for developing disease resistant varieties of vegerable. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of intercropping in vegetables ? What are the chief attributes desirable in a male sterile line ? Describe the internal causes of unfruitfulness, Describe the method of breeding a pure gynodioecious Papaya variety. 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