This set of Agricultural Biotechnology Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Agricultural Biotechnology Basics”.
1. Domestication means no change in plants and animals.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: Domestication involves alteration in generic structure. This is achieved by substituting human selection for natural selection. The advent of domestication has lead to hunting and gathering societies.
2. The exercise of control over the genetics of plants and animals is called __________
a) Domestication
b) Agricultural revolution
c) Emergence
d) Breeding
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Explanation: Agricultural revolution leads to the alteration of ecosystem. This has helped in achieving tolerances for genetically novel biota. Domestication need not necessarily be equated for cultivation.
3. Agricultural revolution is also called as Neolithic revolution.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: In Neolithic or agricultural revolution control over the genetics of plants and animals is seen. Biotechnology helps in generation of engineered organisms.
4. Which among the following is a forage crop?
a) Corylus spp
b) Cydonia oblonga
c) Ficus carica
d) Bromus inermis
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Explanation: The cultivated plants such as Corylus spp., Cydonia oblonga and Ficus carica are fruits and nuts. Bromus inermis is a forage crop. It is called as smooth brome grass.
5. Which of these is called alfalfa?
a) Vicia spp
b) Meliotus spp
c) Medicago sativa
d) Bromus inermis
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Explanation: Bromus inermis is called alfalfa. Its origin is seen in Central Asia and Iran. Meliotus spp. is the sweet clovers seen widely in Europe and near East.
6. Where is the origin of carrot?
a) Turkey
b) Mediterranean
c) Europe
d) North-Europe
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Explanation: The biological name for carrot is Daucus carota. It is widely spread in Mediterranean region. Flax, poppy, safflower, etc. are some of the crops seen in near East.
7. Which year was the DNA cloned?
a) 1973
b) 1983
c) 1993
d) 2003
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Explanation: The green revolution took place in 1960s. There was a better financial returns for agricultural activities. DNA was cloned in 1973 and that is when old biotechnology was revolutionized.
8. ________ defined biotechnology as the application of biological organisms, systems or processes to the manufacturing and service industries.
a) Japanese biotechnologists
b) British biotechnologists
c) Spinks report
d) European Federation of Biotechnology
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Explanation: The Spinks report defined biotechnology in 1980. Japanese biotechnologists defined it as a biological phenomenon for copying and manufacturing various kinds of useful substances.
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