JNKVV & RVSKVV M.Sc. Horticulture Entrance Exam 2025 with pdf

JNKVV & RVSKVV M.Sc. Horticulture Entrance Exam 2025 with pdf

Q.1 Which one is not a macro-nutrient?

• S
• Ca
• Mn
• Mg

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Q1. Low aphid period for seed plot technique in potato under northern plains is during?

• January-April
• April-July
• July-October
• October-January

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Q2. Pre-requisite for processing/frying varieties of potato is/are?

• High dry matter and high reducing sugars
• Low dry matter and low reducing sugars
• High dry matter and low reducing sugars
• Low dry matter and high reducing sugars

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Q3. In which disease of cole crops, the V-shaped lesions on the leaves are a typical symptom?

• Black rot (Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris)
• Black leg (Phoma lingum)
• Damping off (Pythium spp.)
• Stalk rot (Sclerotinia scleratium)

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Q4. In Muskmelon, harvesting for distant markets should be done at which stage?

• Breaker stage
• Turning stage
• Half-slip stage
• Full slip stage

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Q5. ………………… is a single seeded drupe?

• Cinnamon
• Clove
• Cardamom
• Nutmeg

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Q6. What is the flower color of bottle gourd?

• Pale Yellow
• Yellow
• White
• Pink

Answer

 

Q7. Which vegetable is mostly exported from India?

• Tomato
• Onion
• Cabbage
• Capsicum

Answer

 

Q8. Shoot and Fruit borer is an important pest of?

• Chilli
• Tomato
• Brinjal
• Potato

Answer

 

Q9. Main compound present in bitter gourd that has anti-diabetic properties is?

• Momordicin
• Cucurbitacin
• Charantin
• Carotene

Answer

 

Q10. Lycopene responaible for red color in tomato is highest at …… temperature?

• 10-15°C
• 15-20°C
• 20-25°C
• 25-30°C

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Q11. Training and prunning of plants to give a particular ornamental shape is termed as?

• Topiary
• Bonsai
• Ikebana
• Edging

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Q12. Baradari is an important feature of which garden?

• Persian
• Mughal Garden
• English
• French

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Q13. The fungus causing irreversible damage to harvested flowers particularly under high humidity and temperature is?

• Botrytis cinerea
• Fusarium oxysporum
• Rhizopus stolonifer
• Alternaria alternata

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Q14. Spraying of Dicofol 0.05% and wettable sulphur 0.3%, applied 2-3 times at 15 days interval in gladiolus is effective to control?

• Mealy bug
• Thrips
• Cut worms
• Mites

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Q15. Arka Upkar is a high yielding variety of?

• Rauvolfia
• Isabgol
• Cinchona
• Dioscorea

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Q16. Oil of which crop is used as a base material in perfumery industry as it has strong fixative properties?

• Citronella
• Occimum
• Patchouli
• Geranium

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Q17. Botanical name of Sarpagandha is?

• Cassia angustifolia
• Rauvolfia sepentina
• Digitalis lanata
• Plantago ovata

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Q18. Major chemical constituents of Ocimum sanctum is?

• Camphor
• Linalool
• Thymol
• Eugenol

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Q19. Which system of lay out of an orchard is based on the principle of equilateral triangle ?

• Quincunx System
• Hexagonal system
• Contour system
• Square System

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Q20. Shoot tip grafting is a commercial method of propagation in?

• Jackfruit
• Mango
• Citrus
• Pomegranate

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JNKVV & RVSKVV M.Sc. Horticulture Entrance Exam 2025 with pdf

Q21. Flowering pattern in loquat is?

• Auxiliary
• Terminally
• Syllepticaly
• Periodically

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Q22. Wind break for protecting orchards are planted in which direction?

• South-West
• North-East
• South-East
• North-West

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Q23. Grafting cannot be attempted in monocot because?

• Cambium is absent
• Vascular bundles are scattered
• Endodermis is absent
• Schlerenchyma is fused

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Q24. Which is a good polliniser for Dashehari?

• Bombay green
• Amrapalli
• Mallika
• Langra

Answer

 

Q25. The Crook-neck Disease of pineapple is associated with the deficiency of?

• Zn
• Ca
• Fe
• Mn

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Q26. The edible fruit of fig is botanically known as?

• Aril
• Drupe
• Syconium
• Berry

Answer

 

Q27. The coffee plant grows well in the range of?

• 5-10°C
• 12-36°C
• 42-52°C
• 52-62°C

Answer

 

Q28. Which variety of Papaya has been developed through mutation breeding ?

• Pusa Dwarf
• Pusa Peet
• Pusa Nanha
• Pusa Giant

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Q29. Which is a biofortified variety of Pomegranate ?

• Solapur Agrim
• Solapur Lal
• Solapur Madhur
• Solapur Arkta

Answer

 

Q30. Mangosteen is a national fruit of?

• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Uganda
• Japan

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Q31. Soft nose is physiological disorder of?

• Banana
• Grape
• Mango
• Papaya

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Q32. The seeds which remain viable at relatively high moisture content are known as?

• Cryogenic seed
• Orthodox seed
• Stratified seed
• Recalcitrant seed

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Q33. In which system of training trees are trained to form V shape?

• Spindle bush
• Tatura Trellis
• Vertical Centre
• Vertical axis

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Q34. The technique used for removing field heat of harvested fruits and vegetable is known as?

• Washing
• Pre-cooling
• Packaging
• Freezing

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Q35. Which among the following is a non-destructive method for detremining maturity indices of fruit?

• TSS content
• Juice content
• Specific gravity
• Flesh firmness

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Q36. Which chemical is used as ethylene absorbent in fruit packing?

• Potassium bicarbonate
• Potassium permanganate
• Potassium meta bisulphate
• Potassium dichromate

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Q37. Ideal temperature and RH condition for cold storage of banana is?

• 5-6^oC and 85-90%
• 8-9^oC and 90-95%
• 13-14^oC and 85-90%
• 11-12^oC and 90-95%

Answer

 

Q38. Which enzymes are responsible for hydrolysis of fat in the food products?

• Lipase
• Amylase
• Pectinase
• Peroxidase

Answer

 

Q39. Which among the following is generally not recommended for preservation of coloured fruit pulps and beverages?

• Citric acid
• Benzoic acid
• KMS
• Sodium benzoate

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Q40. Available water capacity (AWC) of soil is the difference between?

• Field capacity and permanent wilting point
• Saturation and field capacity
• Saturation and permanent wilting point
• Hygroscopic coefficient and permanent wilting point

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Q41. The minimum conversion period for organic certification of annual crops is?

• 1 year
• 2 years
• 3 years
• 5 years

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Q42. The normal lapse rate in the troposphere is?

• 5°C per 1000m
• 5°C per 1000m
• 5°C per 1000m
• 5°C per 1000m

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Q43. Total stem parasite infecting leucerne and onion is?

• Datura
• Abrus
• Loranthus
• Cuscuta

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Q44. The most critical growth stage for irrigation in wheat crop is?

• Germination
• Crown root initiation (CRI)
• Milking
• Booting

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Q45. Which rotation system is most effective for breaking pest and disease cycles?

• Cereal-cereal rotation
• Cereal-legume rotation
• Cereal-fallow rotation
• Continuous monocropping

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Q46. The term ‘carbon fertilization effect’ refers to?

• Application of carbon-based fertilizers
• Enhanced plant growth due to increased CO₂ Concentration
• Carbon sequestration in soil
• Reduction in plant respiration

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Q47. Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) greater than 1.0 in intercropping indicates?

• Intercropping is less efficient than sole cropping
• Intercropping is as efficient as sole cropping
• Intercropping is more efficient than sole cropping
• None of the above

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Q48. Pairing between homologous chromosome occur during?

• Leptotene
• Zygotene
• Pachytene
• Diplotene

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Q49. The ratio between the observed and the expected frequencies of double cross over is called?

• Coefficient of coincidence
• Interference
• inbreeding coefficient
• Linkage

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Q50. Dee-geo-woo-gen belongs to which of the following rice group?

• japonica
• javanica
• indica
• afericana

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Q51. RAPD is generated by using which of the following in PCR reaction?

• Single arbitrary primer
• Single sequence specific primer
• Two arbitrary primer
• A pair of sequence specific primer

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Q52. Incomplete penetranse and variable expressivity are produced by?

• Epigenetic variation
• Environmental effects
• Jumping genes
• Modifire

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Q53. B line does not utilize in which of the following hybrid seed production system?

• Barnase-barstar male sterility
• Temperature sensitive genetic male sterility
• Cytoplasmic genetic male sterility
• Cytoplasmic male sterility

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Q54. How many different genotypes will be recovered in F2 if the F1 was heterozygous for 4 genes?

• 81
• 16
• 64
• 256

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Q55. Chromosome number is reduced to to half during which of the following?

• Mitosis
• Meiosis II
• Meiosis I
• Gametogenesis

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Q56. Cry gene coding for an insecticidal crystal protein is isolated from which of the following?

• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Algae
• Protozoa

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Q57. Which of the following blotting metod used to detect DNA fragments in agarose gel?

• Western Blotting
• Eastern Blotting
• Southern Blotting
• Northern Blotting

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Q58. An inbred line is used as tester in which of the following?

• Simple recurrent selection
• Recurrent selection for SCA
• Recurrent selection for GCA
• Reciprocal recurrent selection

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Q59. Which of the following is mortal mapping population?

• RILs
• Double haploid
• NILLs
• F2

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Q60. Which of the following is the correct order of variation of thermal conductivity in soil?

• Peat > clay > loam > sand
• Loam > clay > sand > peat
• Sand > loam > clay > peat
• Clay > peat > loam > sand

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Q61. In soil taxonomy the most weathered soil group is?

• Histosol
• Ultisol
• Oxisol
• Spodosol

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Q62. The most abundant microflora found in soil is?

• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Actinomycetes
• Algae

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Q63. A kind of soil erosion in which usually U shaped or V-shaped large intermittent water course with steep sides are formed?

• Sheet erosion
• Rill erosion
• Splash erosion
• Gully erosion

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JNKVV & RVSKVV M.Sc. Horticulture Entrance Exam 2025 with pdf

Q64. The pH of a strong acidic solution is 2.3. It is diluted 1000 times with distilled water. What will be the pH of the diluted solution, assuming the degree of dissociation of acid remain same?

• 3
• 8
• 6
• 3

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Q65. Chitin is a?

• Dopamine
• Nitrogenous polysaccharide
• N-acetyldopamine
• Polyphenol

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Q66. Which of the following insects has forceps-like cerci?

• White grub
• Earwigs
• Grasshoppers
• Crickets

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Q67. …………………..causes pebrine disease and shows pepper-like spots on the infected silkworms?

• NPV
• Microsporidia
• Fungi
• Bacteria

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Q68. In which part of the antennal segment Johnston organ is present?

• Scape
• Flagellum
• Gena
• Pedicel

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Q69. Scientific name of the Indian Tasar Silkworm?

• Antheraea pernyi
• Antheraea assamensis
• Antheraea mylitta
• Antheraea yamamai

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Q70. What type of reproduction occurs in lac insects?

• Viviparous
• Oviparous
• Ovoviviparous
• Parthenogenesis

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Q71. Baisakhi crop of Rangeeni strain takes?

• 12 months
• 8 months
• 2 months
• 6 months

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Q72. Which of the following is used as a chemical lure for the Oriental fruit fly?

• Iso-thiocynates
• Methyl eugenol
• Sinigrin
• Propylmercaptan

Answer

 

Q73. The intact virus particles are?

• Viroid
• Virusoid
• Virion
• Prions

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Q74. A chemical compound produced by one microorganism that inhibits or kills other microorganisms?

• Antibiotic
• Fungicide
• Metabolite
• Bacteriocins

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Q75. The dispersal of inoculum through wind is known as?

• Hydrochory
• Zoochory
• Anemochory
• Anthropochory

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Q76. Citrus greening disease is caused by?

• Fastidious bacteria
• Bacteria
• Rickettsia
• Phytoplasma

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Q77. The tissue close to the vein remains green and rest of lamina surface turns yellow is?

• Vein clearing
• Vein banding
• Mosaic
• Chlorosis

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Q78. Partial or complete loss of virulence in a pathogen is?

• Senescence
• Enation
• Etiolation
• Attenuation

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Q79. Powdery mildew disease is managed by which one of the following bioagent?

• Coniothyrium
• Trichoderma
• Pseudomonas
• Ampelomyces

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Q80. Which one of the following fungus do not produce spores?

• Sclerotinia
• Phoma
• Sclerotium
• All of these

Answer

 

Q81. Law of Variable proportions applies in?

• Short run
• Long run
• Both A & B
• Not applicable in production

Answer

 

Q82. Price forecasting is important for?

• Government only
• Consumers only
• Retailers only
• Producers, traders and policymakers

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Q83. The point where Marginal Cost equals Marginal Revenue is?

• Loss point
• Break-even point
• Profit-maximizing level
• Shutdown point

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Q84. A partial budget is used to?

• Evaluate effect of small changes in farm plan
• Estimate yearly income
• Record all expenses
• Manage labor

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Q85. SWOT analysis stands for?

• Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
• Strategy, Wealth, Organization, Technology
• Sales, Work, Output, Target
• Structure, Work, Operations, Time

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Q86. The ‘Startup India’ initiative was launched to?

• Support MNCs
• Promote innovation and entrepreneurship
• Increase imports
• Subsidize fertilizers

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Q87. Which among the following is community owned rural internet kiosks?

• Bhoomi Project
• Computer-aided Administration of Registration Department (CARD)
• Gyandoot Project
• FRIENDS, Kerala

Answer

 

Q88. Who had clearly implied that the prime goal of communication was persuuasion?

• Aristotle
• Berlo
• Legan
• Rahim

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Q89. The chain of superiors and suborinates running throughout the organization from top to bottom is called?

• Span of control
• Unity of command
• Centralization
• Scalar chain of command

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Q90. The degree of physiological response in plants caused by different wavelength of light is called?

• Absorption spectrum
• Action Spectrum
• Desorption
• Uptake

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Q91. Brassino steroids are?

• Plant hormones
• Animal hormones
• Synthetic steroids
• Not related to hormones

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Q92. Denaturation of proteins involves?

• Breaking peptide bonds
• Disruption of tertiary structure
• Cleavage of primary structure
• Formation of quaternary structure

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Q93. The Green Revolution has led to?

• Reduction in food production
• Increase in genetic diversity
• Use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides
• Decrease in agricultural land

Answer

 

Q94. Thermal pollution affects?

• Soil temperature
• Groundwater purity
• Aquatic life
• None of the above

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Q95. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in India operates under the?

• Ministry of Health
• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of Home Affairs
• Prime Minister’s Office

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Q96. Which of the following is a method for isolating pure bacterial cultures?

• Streak plate technique
• Pour plate technique
• Spread plate technique
• All of the above

Answer

 

Q97. Which of the following diagram is used to find the value of mode graphically?

• Pie chart
• Bar graph
• Histogram
• Ogive

Answer

 

Q98. The sum of deviation from _______ is always zero?

• mean
• median
• mode
• variance

Answer

 

Q99. When there is trend in fertility variations in two directions or diagonal trend in fertility which of the following designs should be used?

• Latin square design
• Randomized complete block design
• Completely randomized design
• Graeco-Latin squares

Answer

 

Q100. What happens when you press Ctrl + A in Microsoft Word?

• Saves the document
• Opens spell check
• Inserts text
• Selects all text in the document

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