Dear Aspirants,
Welcome to D2G’s IBPS Agriculture Officer Quiz Section.

1. Aflatoxins are produced by?
a) infected plants
b) infected bacteria
c) nematodes
d) fungi

2. Lysine is limiting amino acid in?
a) cereals
b) pulses
c) green vegetables
d) none of these

3. The ‘pure line’ theory was proposed by?
a) Bateson
b) Johannsen
c) Yule
d) Nilsson Ehle

4. The immediate effect of pollen on the character of endosperm is called?
a) metaxenia
b) xenia
c) epistasis
d) hyperxenia

5. Pollination and fertilization in an unopened flower bud is the situation called?
a) cleistogamy
b) chasmogamy
c) homogamy
d) dichogamy

6. In maize cross pollination occurs due to?
a) protandry
b) protogyny
c) self incompatibility
d) all of these

7. NBPGR is located at?
a) Lucknow
b) Karnal
c) Bikaner
d) New Delhi

8. The capacity of a cell to develop into complete fruit plant is called?
a) totipotency
b) fecundity
c) haploidy
d) tissue culture

9. RFLP is a?
a) genetic marker
b) molecular marker
c) morphological marker
d) physiological marker

10. Who is known as father of genetics?
a) Kolreuter
b) Darwin
c) Mendel
d) either (1) or (2)