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1. Taphrina causes the disease:
Chillies leaf curt
Tomato leaf curt
Peach leaf curt
Potato leaf curt
2. Term commensalism shows:
Living together of the two species one of which is benefited by the association where as the other is neither beneficial nor harmful
Living together of two or more species of organism for mutual benefit
The joint action of the two-organisms on a carbohydrate resulting in the production of gas that is not formed by either organism cultivated separately
Living two organism together which are harmful to each other
3. The anal and vulval openings in nematodes are located on:
Dorsal side
Lateral side
Ventral side
Dorso-lateral side
4. The ______ botanist Micheli (1679-1737) was the first scientist who in 1729 studied fungi and saw their spores:
German
Dutch
Italian
Australian
5. The casual organism for earcockle disease of wheat is:
Meloidogyne spp.
Heterodera avenae
Anguina tritici
None of these
6. The class ends with:
Mycotina
Mycetes
Oomycetes
Zygomycetes
7. The discovery of _____ mosaic by Meyer in 1886 was the beginning of studies on viruses as incitants of diseases in plants:
Tomato
Mungbean
Tobacco
Soyabean
8. The epidermal cells of ____ plant become filled with toxic terpenoid aldehyde after they are few days old and these cells are rarely penetrated by pathogens:
Jute
Flax
Cotton
Okra
9. The founder of mycology was:
Linnaeus
Anton de Bary
P.A. Micheli
Saccardo
10. The genera Claviceps. Alternaria and Sclerospora are:
Bacteria
Fungi
MLO
Virus
11. The microorganism used in brewing industry is:
Aspergillus
Yeast
Rhizobium
Virus
12. The nematode Radopholus similes has shown the maximum numbers at a soil depth of:
5-15 m
20-30 m
32-42 m
1-4 m
13. The organism included in order pernosporales cause the disease known as:
Downy mildew
Smut
Rust
Powdery mildew
14. The organism lacking a well defined necleus are termed:
Fungi
Prokaryote
Eucaryote
Protozoa
15. The organisms included in order Peronosporales cause the disease known as:
Rusts
Smut
Downy mildew
Powdery mildew
16. The organisms lacking a well defined nucleus are termed:
Fungi
Prokaryote
Eukaryote
Protozoa
17. The plant disease caused by an algae is:
Blue mold of tobacco
Red rust of tea
Aster yellows
None of the above
18. The plant disease primarily responsive for the Great Bengal Famine of 1943 was:
Blast disease of rice
Bacterial blight of rice
Udbatta disease of rice
Brown leaf spot of rice
19. The plant mycoplasmal diseases are transmitted by:
Aphids
Leaf hoppers
Mites
Above all
20. The two important diseases of sugarcane would include:
Little leaf and bacterial wilt
Red rot and grassy shoot
Red rot and bund
Bakanae disease and stem canker
21. Tilletia causes the disease:
Rust
Smut
Bunt
Karnal Bunt
22. To which group Dithane Z-78 belongs:
Organomercurial
Dithiocarbomic acid
Heterocyclic nitrogen compound
None of these
23. Choose the odd one:
Leafspot = Paddy Pigeonpea
Zonate leaf spot = Jawar
Red leaf = Sugarcane
Leaf blight = Wheat
24. Tobacco mosaic virus was first reported by:
Smith
Martin
Mayer
Beijerinck
25. Tobacco mosaic infections intity was isolated in pure crystalline form of protein by:
Stanley
Beijerinck
Iwanowsky
Bawden
26. Tolyposorium penicillarie cause:
Smut of sugarcane
Grain smut of sorghum
Bajra smut
Head smut of sorghum
27. Tomato leaf curl is caused by:
Bacteria
Fungi
Mycoplasma
Virus
28. Transduction is a process of multiplication in:
Fungi
Bacteria
Bacteriophages
Nematode
29. Trichodorus belongs to family:
Trichodoridae
Heteroderidae
Nacobbidae
Longidoridae
30. Tundu disease of what is caused by:
Anguina
Corynebacterium
Both (a) & (b)
Heterodera
31. Who proved that virus could pass through filters with pores small enough to retain bacteria?
Stanley
Ivanowski
Mayer
Barkley
32. Ufra disease of rice is caused by:
Pratylenchus
Ditylenchus
Aphelenchoides
Heterodera
33. Leaf curl of tobacco is caused by:
Nicotina virus Ca-i
Nicotina virus-10
MLO s
Viriod
34. 165. Uncinuls causes the disease:
Downy mildew
Powdery mildew
Blight
Wilt
35. Used lense for the first time to study micro-organism:
Robert Koch
Antony Van Leeuwenhoeck
Louis Pasteur
Butler
36. Virus is transmitted by nematode:
Globodera
Tylenchorhynchus
Angulna
Xiphinema
37. Who is known as the father of nematology?
N.A. Cobb
G.Thorne
F.G.W. Jones
De-man
38. When bacterial cells are subjected to unfavourable conditions they form:
Oospores
Zoospores
Endospores
Cyst
39. Which are the cellulose attacking fungi at the time of decomposition of organic compound?
Trichoderma Aspergillus
Ganoderma Psalliotta
Albugo Puccinia
Pythium Macrophomina
40. Which fungus produces aflatoxin?
Penicillium notatum
Aspergillus flavus
Albugo candida
Trichoderma viride
41. Which fungus supresses various pathogenic fungi present in soil?
Pythium aphanidermatum
Psalliotta spp.
Macrophomina spp
Trichoderma viride
42. Which is citrus namatode?
Hoplolaimus
Pratylenchus
Rotylenchulus
Tylenchus
43. Which is sulphur bacteria?
Nitrosomonas
Cladethrix
Thiothrix
Bacillus
44. Which is the root knot nematode?
Angunia
Heterodera
Meloidogyne
Tylenchorhynchus
45. Which of the following nematicide is a carbamate?
DBCP
DD
Phorate
Aldicarb
46. Which of the following nematodes attack above plant parts?
Pratylenchus
Anguina
Meloidogyne
Rotylenchulus
47. Which of the nutrient is supplied by mycorrhiza to the plant?
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Sulphur
Iron
48. Which of them is a gram-positive bacterium?
Xanthomonas
Pseudomonas
Erwinia
Corynebacterium
49. Which of them is a poisonous mushroom?
Agaricus
Volvariella
Peasurotus
Amanita
50. Which one of the following groups consists of systemic fungicides?
Bavistin Topsin-M Captan
Plantvax Emisan Calisin
Vitavax Bavistin Calisin
Ziram Plantvax Blitox
51. Which one of the following correctly define the period between inoculation and appearance of the first disease symptom?
Penetration period
Latent period
Incubation period
Infestion period
52. Which one of the following helps in maintaining the shape of nematodes?
Pseudocoelomic fluid
Cuticle and muscles
Pseudocoelome
Annulation of cuticle
53. Which one of the following is known as downy mildew fungus?
Erysiphe
Sclerospora
Taphrina
Urocystis
54. Which one of the following is the best method of controlling ear cockle disease of wheat?
Application of solar heat
Mechanical separation of infected seed by floatation
Application of balanced dose of fertilizer
Treatment of seed with pesticide
55. Which one of the following is the cause of spreading decline of citrus?
Citrus nematode
Burrowing nematode
Fungal diseases
Nutritional deficiency
56. Which one of the following is the correct mode of infection in Ergot of bajra?
Shoot infection
Local infection of blossom
Seedling infection
Systematic infection
57. Which one of the following is the correct order in which they appear during biocontrol operations?
Parasite Release Mass rearing Parasitism
Mass rearing Parasite Release Parasitism
Release Mass rearing Parasite Parasitism
Parasite Mass rearing Release Parasitism
58. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Karnal bunt - Neovossia horrida of wheat
False smut - Ustilaginoidea virens of rice
Hill bunt - Tilletia foetida wheat
Ear cockle - Anguina tritici wheat
59. Which one of the following pairs of crop and disease is correctly matched?
Cabbage - Early blight
Cucumber - Club root
Potato - Black wart
Tomato - White rust
60. Which one of the following remedies is to be suggested in case of failure of a manuallyoperated sprayer to retain pressure?
Tightening of loose nuts and clamps and replacement of gaskets
Tightening of the lid of the tank replacement of the gasket if necessary
Opening the nozzle and cleaning its various parts especially the orifice
Straightening the plunger rod if found bent
61. Which one of the following sprayers could require the lowest volume of spray solution to cover a hectare of rice crop?
Power sprayer
Foot sprayer
Knapsack sprayer
Hand sprayer
62. Which one of the following statements correctly defines economic threshold level?
The pest population level at which control measures should be taken to prevent the pest population from reaching economic injury level
The lowest pest population density that will cause economic damage
The optimum pest population density that will cause economic damage
The pest population level at which application of pest control measures will be uneconomic
63. Which of the following statements correctly defines the alternate host of a pathogen/parasite?
A host on which a parasite attacks simultaneously with the main host
A host which grows in alternate season or year
One of the two kinds of hosts on which a parasitic fungus develops to complete its life cycle
A host on which the parasite does not attack in normal conditions
64. Which one of the following tissue is most suitable for tissue culture to produce virus free plants of potato?
Leaf tissue
Pollen
Embryo-tissue
Meristem tip tissue
65. Which shows the symbiotic relationship?
Rhizobium
Azotobactor
Clostridium
Nitrosomonas
66. Which was the first plant bacterial disese reported?
Angular leaf spot of cotton
Citrus canker
Fire blight of apple
Bacterial blight of tomato
67. Whip smut of sugarcane is caused by:
Ustilago nuda
Ustilago hordei
Urocystis agrophri
Ustilago sciteminae
68. White rust of crucifer is caused by:
Puccinia
Albugo
Sclerospora
Peronospora
69. Who for the first time discovered antibiotics?
Alexander Flemming
Stanley
Anton de Bary
Louis Pasteur
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