Domestication of Plants and Economic Botany MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions and Answers)
Question 1: Centres of early civilisation were in
(A) Tropical plains
(B) River valleys
(C) Temperate plains
(D) Hills
Answer: (C)
Question 2: The earliest place where agriculture and civilisation are believed to have started
(A) Nile
(B) Northern plains of India
(C) China River valley
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)
Question 3: Green revolution is
(A) Revolution in agriculture yield
(B) Revolution in chemical industry
(C) Chipko movement
(D) Revolution in electronics
Answer: (A)
Question 4: Per acre yield in India fell between
(A) 1850 – 1900
(B) 1901 – 1951
(C) 1951 – 1970
(D) 1971 – 1990
Answer: (B)
Question 5: Green Revolution in India was possible due to
(A) Better irrigation, fertilizers and pesticide facilities
(B) Exploitation of high yielding varieties
(C) Intensive cultivation
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)
Question 6: Father of Green Revolution is
(A) M. S. Swaminathan
(B) G. S. Khush
(C) N. I. Vavilov
(D) N. E. Borlaug
Answer: (D)
Question 7: Dry farming is
(A) Farming in deserts
(B) Planting drought resistant trees in deserts
(C) Growing crops in unirrigated arid areas
(D) Farming using sprinkler system
Answer: (C)
Question 8: Ethiopia is the original home of
(A) Coffee
(B) Maize
(C) Rice
(D) Cabbage
Answer: (A)
Question 9: Cabbage originated in
(A) Mexico and Central America
(B) Peruvian Andes
(C) Mediterranean
(D) South West Asia
Answer: (C)
Question 10: Maize evolved in
(A) Brazil
(B) Mexico and Central America
(C) U.S.A.
(D) Asia Minor and Afghanistan
Answer: (B)
Question 11: The centre of origin of Almond and Apple is
(A) South-West Asia
(B) South-East Asia
(C) China
(D) Asia Minor and Afghanistan
Answer: (D)
Question 12: The original home of Rice is
(A) South-West Asia
(B) South-East Asia
(C) Mediterranean
(D) China
Answer: (B)
Question 13: Peruvian Andes are believed to be centre of origin of
(A) Tomato
(B) Potato
(C) Tomato and Potato
(D) Tomato, Potato and Chillies
Answer: (D)
Question 14: The origin of Sunflower is believed to be in
(A) Mexico and Brazil
(B) Brazil
(C) U.S.A.
(D) Peruvian Andes
Answer: (C)
Question 15: South-East Asia is thought to be centre for the origin of
(A) Rice
(B) Rice and Sugarcane
(C) Rice, Sugarcane and Mango
(D) Rice, Sugarcane, Mango and Banana
Answer: (D)
Question 16: The famous cultivated plant which developed in China is
(A) Tea
(B) Coffee
(C) Cotton
(D) Orange
Answer: (A)
Question 17: The birthplace of Hevea/Para Rubber is
(A) Malayasia
(B) Brazil
(C) Peruvian Andes
(D) South-East Asia
Answer: (B)
Question 18: The centre of origin of Wheat is
(A) South-West Asia
(B) South-East Asia
(C) Asia Minor and Afghanistan
(D) Mexico
Answer: (A)
Question 19: Which is not a new World crop?
(A) Tapioca
(B) Peanut
(C) Cashewnut
(D) Poppy
Answer: (D)
Question 20: Which one belongs to Old World?
(A) Squash
(B) Pumpkin
(C) Water Melon
(D) Guava
Answer: (C)
Question 21: Select a crop which belongs to New World
(A) Jack Fruit
(B) Papaya
(C) Spinach
(D) Pear
Answer: (B)
Question 22: Which one belongs to New World?
(A) Red Pepper
(B) Black Pepper
(C) Onion
(D) Garlic
Answer: (A)
Question 23: Which is the crop that originated in Peru and Brazil but is now mainly grown in India?
(A) Groundnut
(B) Potato
(C) Maize
(D) Red Pepper
Answer: (A)
Question 24: The crop which originated in Peru but is now cultivated extensively, especially in East Europe is
(A) Coffee
(B) Potato
(C) Rubber
(D) Maize
Answer: (B)
Question 25: Name the crop which had its birthplace in Tropical America but the centre of production is now midwest U.S.A.
(A) Pineapple
(B) Oil Palm
(C) Cocoa
(D) Maize
Answer: (D)
Question 26: Gene banks comprise
(A) Seed banks, orchards, tissue culture and cryopreservation
(B) Seed banks, tissue culture and cryopreservation
(C) Seed banks and cryopreservation
(D) Tissue culture and cryopreservation
Answer: (A)
Question 27: Dwarf wheats were developed by
(A) Swaminathan
(B) Khush
(C) Borlaug
(D) Vavilov
Answer: (C)
Question 28: The dwarf varieties brought from Mexico into India were
(A) Sonalika
(B) Sharbati Sonora and Pusa Lerma
(C) Sonora-64 and Lerma Rojo-64
(D) Sonora-64 and Sonalika
Answer: (C)
Question 29: IR.-36 was developed through breeding of
(A) Six Rice varieties and Oryza nivara
(B) Thirteen Rice varieties and Oryza nivara
(C) Oryza sativa and Oryza indica
(D) Oryza indica and Oryza nivara
Answer: (B)
Question 30: Triticale is a man-made cereal which has been developed through hybridisation between
(A) Wheat and Oat
(B) Wheat and Rice
(C) Wheat and Gram
(D) Wheat and Rye
Answer: (D)
Question 31: The three topmost major crops of the world in the order of total production are
(A) Wheat > Rice > Maize
(B) Rice > Wheat > Maize
(C) Wheat > Maize > Rice
(D) Rice > Maize > Wheat
Answer: (C)
Question 32: Bread Wheat is
(A) Triticum aestivum
(B) Titicum turgidunt
(C) Triticum durum
(D) Triticum monococcum
Answer: (A)
Question 33: Cereals belong to family
(A) Cruciferae
(B) Leguminosae
(C) Solanaceae
(D) Gramineae
Answer: (D)
Question 34: Tallest cereal is
(A) Sorghum
(B) Maize
(C) Wheat
(D) Rice
Answer: (B)
Question 35: Major cereals are
(A) Barley, Rye and Maize
(B) Rye, Barley and Wheat
(C) Millets, Wheat and Rice
(D) Rice, Wheat and Maize
Answer: (D)
Question 36: Cereal crop of temperate areas is
(A) Rice
(B) Wheat
(C) Maize
(D) Jowar
Answer: (B)
Question 37: Cereal crop which is staple food in Asia is
(A) All weather crop
(B) Temperate crop
(C) Cold season crop
(D) Tropical crop.
Answer: (D)
Question 38: The major tropical ccreal crop of the world is
(A) Rice
(B) Maize
(C) Juar
(D) Bajra
Answer: (A)
Question 39: Major crops of the world belong to family
(A) Cruciferae
(B) Malvaceae
(C) Leguminosae
(D) Gramineac
Answer: (D)
Question 40: Rice is the principal cereal of
(A) Tropics
(B) South Pole
(C) Temperate Region
(D) Arctic Zones
Answer: (A)
Question 41: One of the plants introduced from Old World to New World is
(A) Maize
(B) Potato
(C) Rice
(D) Tobacco
Answer: (C)
Question 42: Food grains which provide the most important staple food to man are
(A) Cereals
(B) Oil seeds
(C) Legumes
(D) Mistletoe
Answer: (A)
Question 43: Richest source of carbohydrate is
(A) Maize
(B) Wheat
(C) Barley
(D) Rice
Answer: (D)
Question 44: Cereals are
(A) Biennials
(B) Annuals
(C) Perennials
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)
Question 45: Botanical name of Rice is
(A) Pennisetum typhoides
(B) Aloe vera
(C) Oryza sativa
(D) Zea mays
Answer: (C)
Question 46: Improved Wheat varieties are
(A) Sonalika
(B) Sharbati Sonora
(C) Kalyan Sana
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)
Question 47: Paddy is
(A) Rice grain with husk
(B) Rice grain without husk
(C) Rice straw
(D) Rice husk and bran
Answer: (A)
Question 48: Best form of Rice is
(A) Polished rice
(B) Parboiled rice
(C) Unpolished rice
(D) Flaked rice
Answer: (B)
Question 49: Polishing of Rice is harmful as
(A) It coats the grains with harmful chemicals
(B) It removes embryo
(C) It removes outer protein and vitamin rich nutritive layer
(D) Both B and C.
Answer: (D)
Question 50: Rice is a crop of
(A) Wet areas
(B) Irrigated areas
(C) Clayey loam soils
(D) All the above
Answer: (D)