Free Strategies For Enhancement In Food Production (Daily Quiz: 7) NEET Biology Questions & Answers with Detailed Explanation & Full Review

Question-1

In virus infected plants the meristematic tissues in both apical and axillary buds are free of virus because

(a) Meristems have antiviral compounds.

(b) The dividing cells are virus resistant.

(c) The cell division of meristems are faster than the rate of viral multiplication.

(d) Viruses cannot multiply within meristem cell(s).

Question-2

Which of the following is not used as a biopesticide?

(a) Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus (NPV)

(b) Trichoderma harzianum

(c) Xanthomonas campestris

(d) Bacillus thuringiensis

Question-3

Somaclonal variations appear in plants

(a) Exposed to gamma rays

(b) Growing in polluted soil or water

(c) Raised in tissue culture

(d) Transformed by recombinant DNA technology

Question-4

Which crop variety is not due to induced mutations?

(a) Prabhat of arhar

(b) Reimei of rice

(c) Sharbati Sonora of wheat

(d) Aruna of castor

Question-5

Hidden hunger is best indicated as

(a) people are unable to buy healthy drink item and thus suffer from deficiency

(b) inability of majority of people to buy enough fruits, vegetables, legumes, fish and meat and thus suffer from deficiency of vitamin, protein, etc.

(c) people are unable to buy junk food thus suffer from deficiency

(d) All of the above