JNKVV & RVSKVV Horticulture Vegetable Science Entrance Exam 2024

JNKVV & RVSKVV Horticulture Vegetable Science Entrance Exam 2024

Q1. Self blanched variety of cauliflower ?

• Pusa Deepali
• Pusa Himjyothi
• Pusa Snowball K – 1
• Pusa Shubra

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Q2. In Cucurbitaceous crops, bitter pollen fertilizes non-bitter ovule the resulting fruit is bitter this phenomenon is called ?

• Blanching
• Metaxenia
• Staking
• Mulching

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Q3. Cabbage variety developed at IARI suitable for high temperature ?

• Pusa Sambandh
• Pusa Mukta
• Pusa Drum head
• Pusa Ageti

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Q4. Which of the following is a seedless triploid watermelon variety ?

• Pusa Bedana
• Arka Anamika
• Pusa Sanyog
• Arka Manik

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Q5. Black carrots are used for the preparation of beverage known as ?

• Kanji
• Feni
• Wine
• Port

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Q6. Genetic dwarfism can be nullified by spraying with ?

• Auxin
• Cytokinin
• Zeatin
• Gibberellin

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Q7. Breeder seed is the progeny of ?

• Nucleus Seed
• Certified Seed
• Breeder Seed
• Registered Seed

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Q8. Grow out test is conducted to determine ?

• Moisture content
• Germination
• Seed Vigour
• Genetic Purity

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Q9. In Onion, Premature production of seed stalk is known as ?

• Bolting
• Blanching
• Staking
• Mulching

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Q10. The variety of okra is introduced from USA and suitable for hill cultivation is ?

• Perkins Long Green
• Harbhajan
• Parbhani Tillu
• Pusa A-4

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Q11. In Brinjal, Solanum species immune to little leaf disease is ?

• Solanum auriculatum
• Solanum melongena
• Solanum lycopersicon
• Solanum melongena var serpentine

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Q12. French bean variety developed through X ray radiation is ?

• Arka Komal
• Contender
• Pusa Parvathi
• Pant Anupama

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Q13. Which of the following vegetable crop is propagated by stem cuttings ?

• Bitter gourd
• Snake gourd
• Ivy gourd
• Bottle gourd

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Q14. Quality or Maturity of peas is determined by ?

• Penetrometer
• Tenderometer
• Refractrometer
• Galvanometer

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Q15. VCU in National Seed Register means ?

• Variable Cultivars in Usage
• Value for Cultivation and Usage
• Value for Cultivation and Upgrading
• Variable in cultivation and Usage

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Q16. The seed, which is being produced and marketed by the producing company/growers by maintaining labeling standards is ?

• Certified seed
• Registered seed
• Recorded seed
• Truthfully labeled seed

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Q17. The seeds which can be successfully dried to moisture content as below as 5 percent without injury and are able to tolerate freezing temperatures are ?

• Recalcitrant seeds
• Basic seeds
• Terminator seeds
• Orthodox seeds

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Q18. Damage to the terminal growing point in cauliflower leads to ?

• Browning
• Whiptail
• Buttoning
• Blindness

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Q19. The following conditions are favorable for tuberization in potato ?

• Day neutral
• High temperatures
• Short day
• Long day

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Q20. The following vegetable is a good source of Zinc ?

• Onion
• Radish
• Cabbage
• Sweet potato

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Q21. Removal of top portion in seed crop of potato to avoid the infestation of virus carrying insect vector is ?

• Mattocking
• Denavelling
• Propping
• Dehaulming

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Q22. Edible part of most of the summer season vegetable crops is ?

• Fruit
• Stem
• Leaf
• Root

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Q23. Which type of tomato are referred as “Self topping” ?

• Determinate
• Intermediate
• Indeterminate
• Semi determinate

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Q24. Best stage of application of growth regulators in cucurbits is ?

• 2-4 leaf
• 6-8 leaf
• Flowering Stage
• Fruiting Stage

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Q25. The following is the maximum dose of irradiation for the food material packaged by kraft paper ?

• 10 kGy
• 5 kGy
• 1 kGy
• 5 kGy

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Q26. The soft rot of vegetables can be delayed by dipping in the following solution ?

• H2O2
• H2SO4
• N2O2
• None

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Q27. FSSAI is ?

• Food Safety And Standards Authority of India
• Food Safety And Standards Agency of India
• Food Standards And Safety Authority of India
• Food Standards And Safety Agency of India

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Q28. The following is the enzyme that is responsible for browning in vegetables ?

• Poly phenol oxidase
• Lipoxygenase
• Ascorbic acid oxidase
• Lipase

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Q29. The following conditions are favourable for sugar accumulation in musk melon ?

• Cool days and warm nights
• Cool days and cool nights
• Warm days and cool nights
• Warm days and warm nights

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Q30. The stage of harvesting of tomato for processing purpose ?

• Breaker
• Pink
• Fully mature
• Red ripe

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JNKVV & RVSKVV Horticulture Vegetable Science Entrance Exam 2024

Q31. The lycopene accumulation in tomato is highest at ?

• 18-20°C
• 16-20°C
• 21-24°C
• 26-28°C

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Q32. In Dolichos, the female parent used in the development of hybrid varieties of Arka Jay and Arka Vijay are ?

• Blue lake
• Hebbal Avare
• Arka Soumya
• Arka Amogh

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Q33. The recent variety of bottle gourd which is pear shaped and suitable for year round cultivation in India ?

• Pusa Sandesh
• Pusa Naveen
• Pusa Santhushti
• Kashi Bahar

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Q34. The flower colour of Snake gourd ?

• Pink
• Yellow
• Purple
• White

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Q35. Drought tolerant legume vegetable ?

• French bean
• Dolichos bean
• Cowpea
• Cluster bean

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Q36. The resistance source of YVMV in wild bhendi is ?

• Abelmoschus manihot
• Abelmoschus angulosus
• Abelmoschus caillei
• Abelmoschus esculentus

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Q37. The following french bean variety developed by treatment of X-rays ?

• Arka Komal
• Arka Sharath
• Pusa Parvati
• Pant Anupama

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Q38. Freedom is the transgenic variety of ?

• Summer Squash
• Pumpkin
• Watermelon
• Cucumber

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Q39. “Speckled yellows” disorder of beet root is caused due to the deficiency of ?

• Boron
• Magnesium
• Molybdinum
• Managanese

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Q40. The heading type Chinese cabbage belong to the following species of Brassica ?

• Pekinensis
• Chinensis
• Campestris
• Oleracea

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Q41. A root crop that can be successfully grown on saline soils ?

• Radish
• Beet root
• Turnip
• Carrot

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Q42. When cabbage is grown under acidic soil conditions the incidence of the following disease increases ?

• Black leg
• Club root
• Damping off
• Downy mildew

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Q43. Which of the following is direct sown crop ?

• Onion
• Sprouting broccoli
• Pea
• Brussels sprout

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Q44. Which of the following carrot variety is introduced from Germany and suitable for Nilgiri hills ?

• Zino
• Imperator
• Danvers
• Chantenay

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Q45. Turning of vines practiced in following crops ?

• Potato
• Dioscorea
• Sweet Potato
• Asparagus

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Q46. A close relative of radish with no fleshy root but with edible pods belongs to variety ?

• Radicula
• Caudatus
• Oleifera
• Niger

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Q47. The shelling percentage of garden pea is ?

• 25-30 percent
• 35-50 percent
• 60-70 percent
• 10-15 percent

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Q48. At which pH fruits and vegetables are divided into acidic and non-acidic for thermal processing ?

• 5
• 5
• 5
• 5

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Q49. Leaf change is important maturity index for ?

• Bulbous vegetables
• Seed vegetables
• Cucurbits
• Leafy vegetables

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Q50. The average daily requirement of vegetable for human adult is ?

• 100-120g
• 200-220g
• 285-320g
• 400-420g

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Q51. Cassava is used for the manufacture of ?

• Latin
• Sago
• Pectin
• Sugar

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Q52. In cucumber, chilling-injury symptoms are occurred at ?

• <7°C
• 7°C
• 10°C
• >10°C

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Q53. The important quality parameter for export of dehydrated onion is ?

• Red colour with low pungency
• Brownish yellow colour
• White colour with low pungency
• Redish brown colour

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Q54. A visible shrinkage of freshly harvested fruits and vegetables appear when the moisture loss is around ?

• 1-2 percent
• 2-3 percent
• 3-5 percent
• 10-15 percent

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Q55. Meta bi sulphite used as preservative of finished product ?

• 7 gm/kg
• 5 gm/kg
• 6 gm/kg
• 3 gm/kg

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Q56. Potatoes suffer from internal break down known as ‘Black Heart’ when stored at the temperature ?

• 0°C
• 5°C
• 2°C
• 4°C

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Q57. The process of removal of field heat in horticultural products is called as ?

• Evaporation
• Transpiration
• Precooling
• Evapotranspiration

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Q58. Physiological process responsible for rapid deterioration of freshly harvested fruits and vegetables is ?

• Photosynthesis
• Evaporation
• Transpiration
• Respiration

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Q59. For curing, sweet potato are kept for 10 days at ?

• 25°C and 85 percent RH
• 40°C and 70 percent RH
• 80°C and 30 percent RH
• 30°C and 80 percent RH

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Q60. The bitterness in colocasia corms is felt due to the presence of ?

• Capsaicin
• Calcium carbonate
• Sodium chloride
• Calcium oxalate

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Q61. Leafy vegetables are usually rich source of?

• Iron
• Protien
• Carbohydrate
• Fat

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JNKVV & RVSKVV Horticulture Vegetable Science Entrance Exam 2024

Q62. Curing is done in _______ crop?

• Chilli
• Tomato
• Onion
• Brinjal

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Q63. Harvesting stage of Melons for distant market is?

• Green mature stage
• Half Slip stage
• Full slip stage
• Immature stage

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Q64. The ‘Fruit Product Order’ (FPO) licence is given by?

• ICAR
• Central Govt.
• State Govt
• Ministry of Agriculture

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Q65. Chilli variety has maximum SHU units in the world is?

• Red Sabina
• Bhut Jolokia
• Shimla Mirch
• Pusa Sadabahar

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Q66. The following defect in products is caused by microorganisms?

• Flat sour
• Hydrogen swell
• Springer
• Flipper

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Q67. The hormone capable of delaying yellowing of leaves is?

• Giberelic acid
• IAA
• ABA
• Cytokinins

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Q68. Okra is rich in the mineral which helps in preventing goiter disease?

• Iron
• Zinc
• Nitrogen
• Iodine

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Q69. Marutham is a heat-resistant variety of?

• Tomato
• Brinjal
• Chilli
• Potato

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Q70. Blanching is practiced in the case of?

• Cauliflower
• Cabbage
• Brussels sprout
• Knol-khol

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Q71. Sauerkraut is prepared from?

• Cabbage
• Cauliflower
• Radish
• Tomato

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Q72. Mechanical harvesting is best suitable for?

• Okra
• Brinjal
• Potato
• Tomato

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Q73. Emasculation of flower is necessary for hybridization in?

• Male Sterile Plant
• Self pollinated plant
• Self incompatible Plant
• Cross pollinated Plant

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Q74. Method used for paternity determination?

• MAS
• Transgenics
• QTL mapping
• DNA fingerprinting

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Q75. Simplest method for testing General Combining Ability?

• Top cross
• Reciprocal cross
• Back cross
• Test cross

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Q76. Accumulation of proline indicates resistance to?

• Salinity
• Frost
• Drought
• Cold

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Q77. Absence of disease symptoms in host is called?

• Disease Escape
• Disease avoidance
• Resistance
• Immunity

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Q78. Method used to preserve land races?

• Backcross method
• Pedigree selection
• Mass selection
• Bulk method

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Q79. Random mating populations are?

• Heterozygous – Homogeneous
• Heterozygous – Heterogeneous
• Homozygous – Homogeneous
• Homozygous – Heterogeneous

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Q80. Total number of double cross hybrids possible with ‘n’ inbred lines?

• n (n-1) (n-2) / 4
• n (n-1) / 2
• n (n-1) (n-2) (n-3) / 8
• n (n-1) (n-2) (n-3) / 6

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Q81. Intellectual property right granted to artistic forms?

• Patent
• Trademark
• Copyright
• Geographical Indication

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Q82. Quickest method for developing improved variety?

• Primary introduction
• Mass selection
• Secondary introduction
• Pedigree method

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Q83. Bulky organic manure is?

• Poultry manure
• Bone meal
• Fish meal
• Groundnut cake

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Q84. Product prohibited in organic packing?

• Polyethylene
• Polypropylene
• Polychloride
• Polycarbonates

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Q85. Practice completely avoided in extreme minimum tillage?

• Thinning
• Primary tillage
• Intercultivation
• Secondary tillage

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Q86. Nodal agency for promotion of organic agriculture export?

• NAEB
• APEDA
• ICRISAT
• WHO

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Q87. Cow urine dilution recommended for foliar spray?

• 1:1
• 1:10
• 01:20
• 01:30

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Q88. Tripose is an example of?

• Bioherbicide
• Pesticide
• Bioinsecticide
• Fungicide

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Q89. Optimum C:N ratio of composting material?

• 20:1 to 30:1
• 10:1 to 15:1
• 30:1 to 40:1
• 40:1 to 50:1

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JNKVV & RVSKVV Horticulture Vegetable Science Entrance Exam 2024

Q90. Manure containing more phosphorus?

• FYM
• Compost
• Sheep manure
• Poultry manure

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Q91. Pseudomonas fluorescens helps in chelating which nutrient?

• Nitrogen
• Iron
• Sulphur
• Zinc

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Q92. Mineral restricted in organic farming?

• Gypsum
• Bentonite clay
• Basic slag
• Sodium chloride

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Q93. Isolation distance depends upon?

• Extent of variation
• Extent of cross pollination
• Extent of cultivation
• Extent of mutations

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Q94. Okra F1 hybrid developed through genetic male sterility?

• Arka Abhay
• Arka Anamika
• Arka Nikitha
• Arka Likhita

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Q95. Recovery of dry chilli from 900 kg fresh ripe chillies?

• 100–150 kg
• 250–350 kg
• 450–550 kg
• 650–750 kg

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Q96. Ridge gourd seed is extracted from?

• Dried fruit
• Ripe fruit
• Tender fruit
• Immature fruit

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Q97. Size and colour of breeder seed tag in India?

• Size: 15 cm × 7.5 cm – Golden yellow
• Size: 12 cm × 6 cm – Golden yellow
• Size: 15 cm × 7.5 cm – White
• Size: 12 cm × 8 cm – Golden yellow

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Q98. Sexually sterile diploid among the following?

• Onion
• Garlic
• Leek
• Beet root

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Q99. Harvest period in Brussels sprouts can be manipulated by?

• Topping
• Earthing up
• Blanching
• Trenching

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Q100. Leek is commercially propagated by

• Bulb
• Rhizome
• Seed
• Corms

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JNKVV & RVSKVV Horticulture Vegetable Science Entrance Exam 2024

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