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1101.

Most serious insect/pest(s) of apple is/are:

A. Codling moth
B. Fruit fly
C. All above
D. None of above
Answer» B. Fruit fly
1102.

The only pest of date fruit at green hard stage is:

A. Nightangale
B. Parrot
C. Sparrow
D. All of above
Answer» C. Sparrow
1103.

The origin of the peas is

A. Africa
B. Asia
C. America
D. Europe
Answer» C. America
1104.

In a residential landscape, the area between the house and the street is

A. Family living area
B. Public area
C. service area
D. private living area
Answer» C. service area
1105.

Pollination and fertilization within closed florets is:

A. Polygamy
B. Cleistogamy
C. Allogamy
D. Autogamy
Answer» C. Allogamy
1106.

Apple and pear form their flowers buds in ___________:

A. May-June
B. July-August
C. September-October
D. November-December
Answer» C. September-October
1107.

Grape plant is technically called as:

A. Liana
B. Vine
C. Creeper
D. Bush
Answer» B. Vine
1108.

During seed formation, a sear left by the funiculus is termed as

A. Hilum
B. Funiculus
C. Operculum
D. Raphe
Answer» D. Raphe
1109.

Abscission in fruit occur due to:

A. Excessive abscissic acid
B. Excessive Ghrtamic acid
C. Excessive Lactic acid
D. Excessive Citric acid
Answer» B. Excessive Ghrtamic acid
1110.

Gladiolus is propagated through:

A. Bulbs
B. Corms
C. Tubers
D. Rhizomes
Answer» C. Tubers
1111.

The microsporogenesis is the formation of

A. Male gamete
B. Female gamtete
C. Female and male gamete
D. Non of these
Answer» B. Female gamtete
1112.

Plants response to the relative length of daylight or darkness is known as:

A. long day
B. Short day
C. Neutral
D. Photoperiodism
Answer» E.
1113.

Which of the following flower types is not suitable for pressing?

A. Daffodil
B. Dusty miller
C. Pansy
D. African violet
Answer» B. Dusty miller
1114.

Fertigation refers to the application of fertilizer with

A. Water
B. Rain
C. Both of these
D. None of these
Answer» B. Rain
1115.

Which annual flower is used ground cover?

A. Viola
B. Stock
C. Calendula
D. Musemberanthemum
Answer» E.
1116.

__________ is produced in the meso and endocarp of sound ripe apples :

A. Ethylene
B. Guaneine
C. ABA
D. IBA
Answer» B. Guaneine
1117.

Lawn grasses can be established by:

A. Seeding
B. Sodding
C. Plugging
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
1118.

Berry splitting in citrus and strawberry is due to

A. High temperature
B. Low moisture
C. High sunlight
D. High air pressure
Answer» B. Low moisture
1119.

Kardinal belongs to:

A. Floribunda
B. Miniature
C. Hybrid tea
D. Grandiflora
Answer» D. Grandiflora
1120.

Low-growing landscape plants should:

A. Be placed in front of intermediate growing plants
B. Be placed behind intermediate growing plants
C. Not be used in the landscape
D. Be planted under large trees
Answer» B. Be placed behind intermediate growing plants
1121.

Drupe fruits have all the three ovarian layers

A. Fused
B. Separated
C. Mixed
D. None of these
Answer» C. Mixed
1122.

Genus Poncirus has

A. 1 spp.
B. 3 spp.
C. 6 spp.
D. 16 spp.
Answer» B. 3 spp.
1123.

What portion of the stem of a cutting should be coated with rooting hormone?

A. A portion which includes at least two nodes.
B. The bottom ¼ inch.
C. The portion of the stem that will be under the media.
D. The entire cutting should be covered with hormone.
Answer» D. The entire cutting should be covered with hormone.
1124.

Hormones which control apical dominance are:

A. Auxins
B. Cytokinins
C. Gibberellins
D. Polyamines
Answer» C. Gibberellins
1125.

Umran No. 9 and 13 are the varieties of

A. Loquat
B. Grapes
C. Banana
D. Ber
Answer» E.
1126.

Salad crops are

A. Lettuce
B. Radish
C. Cabbage
D. All of these
Answer» E.
1127.

Which of the following trees change foliage colour during winter?

A. Albizzia lebbek
B. Delonix regia
C. Sapium sebeferum
D. Thuja orientalis
Answer» D. Thuja orientalis
1128.

Why is it important to transport cutting from the field to the propagation area in a plastic bag?

A. To keep your hands and clothing clean.
B. To help maintain the moisture level of the cutting stock.
C. Because a paper bag would tear too easily
D. To maintain the integrity of the soil around the roots.
Answer» C. Because a paper bag would tear too easily
1129.

Ethylene has horticultural uses such as;

A. Inducing fruit maturity
B. Initiate flowering
C. Changing the green colour of fruits
D. All of above
Answer» E.
1130.

Why hardening is practiced in vegetables:

A. To increase the yield
B. To increase fruit colour
C. To increase the resistance of the plant
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
1131.

Most grass species utilized for turf are characterized by:

A. Prostrate creeping
B. Fine to medium texture
C. Short basal nodes
D. All of above
Answer» E.
1132.

Training plants into three-dimensional ornamental forms, such as animals, is called:

A. Topiary
B. Espalier
C. Heading back
D. Bonsai
Answer» B. Espalier
1133.

Mushroom are cultivated on:

A. On soil
B. Hydroponic
C. Dead mass
D. On trees
Answer» D. On trees
1134.

Cole crops are comprised of:

A. Cauliflower
B. Cabbage
C. Knol Khol
D. All of these
Answer» E.
1135.

The variety originated from a cross of King X Willow leaf is:

A. Clementine
B. Fair child
C. Feutrell’s early
D. Kinnow
Answer» E.
1136.

Which of the following is a deciduous vine?

A. Tecoma grandiflora
B. Rosa marshenelle
C. English ivy
D. Rosemary
Answer» B. Rosa marshenelle
1137.

Cross pollination in plants bearing bisexual flowers is due to

A. Dichogamy
B. Herkogamy
C. Heterostyly
D. All of above
Answer» E.
1138.

Honey extracted from almond flower is inedible due to:

A. Amygdalus factor
B. Oxalic acid
C. a & b
D. None
Answer» B. Oxalic acid
1139.

Dormancy can be broken by the use of:

A. Thiourea
B. Ethlene chlorohydrin
C. Ethylene acetylene
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
1140.

The development of flower bud in tuberose is :

A. Basipetal
B. Exipetal
C. Endopetal
D. Acropetal
Answer» E.
1141.

Acidity is readily determined from a sample of extracted juice by titration with normalalkaline solution;

A. 0.1 N NaoH
B. 1.0 N NaoH
C. 10.0 N NaoH
D. 0.01 N NaoH
Answer» B. 1.0 N NaoH
1142.

Rate of bud development is ___________ upto winter season :

A. Slow
B. Rapid
C. Medium
D. Constant
Answer» C. Medium
1143.

Tree growth becomes more compact as a result of _________:

A. Thinning out
B. Heading back
C. Fine pruning
D. No pruning
Answer» C. Fine pruning
1144.

Apple bears on

A. Shoots
B. Sprigs
C. Spurs
D. Twigs
Answer» D. Twigs
1145.

Date palm is also called as:

A. Feather palm
B. Wild palm
C. Century palm
D. Domestic palm
Answer» B. Wild palm
1146.

Candytuft is botanically called:

A. Helipterum roseum
B. Iberis amara
C. Bellis perenne
D. Tropaeolum inajus
Answer» C. Bellis perenne
1147.

Pears and beans are rich source of:

A. Carbohydrates
B. Protein
C. Both
D. None of these
Answer» C. Both
1148.

Which of the following annual is used in rock gardening?

A. Cosmos
B. Clarkia
C. Dianthus
D. Morning glory
Answer» B. Clarkia
1149.

The development of fruit without fertilization or seed is called as:

A. Pollination
B. polyembryony
C. pseudogamy
D. Parthenocarpy
Answer» E.
1150.

Ripened ovary is called as:

A. Flower
B. Seed
C. Fruit
D. Embryo
Answer» D. Embryo