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The document is a weekly test for the SST-201 Principle of Seed Technology course at MIT College of Agriculture and Technology. It consists of 50 multiple-choice questions covering various aspects of seed technology, including seed quality, dormancy, pollination, and hybridization. The test is designed for second-year B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture students and is worth a total of 25 marks.

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Weekly test -II Question Paper with answer

The document is a weekly test for the SST-201 Principle of Seed Technology course at MIT College of Agriculture and Technology. It consists of 50 multiple-choice questions covering various aspects of seed technology, including seed quality, dormancy, pollination, and hybridization. The test is designed for second-year B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture students and is worth a total of 25 marks.

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MIT COLLECGE OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY

(Affiliated to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University)


Musiri, Trichy - 621 211
SST-201 Principle of Seed Technology (2+1)
Weekly Test-II

Year and Semester: II B.Sc. (Hons.) Agri., III-semester


Time: 45 minutes Total marks: 25
I. Answer ALL the questions 0.5×50=25
1. ……Seed Technology… involves variety development, evaluation and release, seed quality, production,
processing, storage and certification
2. ……Seed…is a living entity
3. …Grain….can be or cannot be viable, no quality control is required
4. The sum total of all the attributes called as ……Seed vigour…..
5. The presence or absence of disease causing organisms/pests on seeds comes under…..seed health…
6. The maturation of male and female flowers at different times called as ….dichogamy…..
7. The presence of different style length in brinjal crop called as …. Heterostyly….
8. The presence of both flowers in a same plant but in different positions called as…monoecious….
9. Xenogamy is otherwise called as…..cross pollination….
10. Pollination due to insects are known as …..entomophily….
11. Development of fruits without fertilization…..parthenocarpy….
12. Development of functional megaspore from MMC called …..megasporogensis….
13. Process of fertilizing both of egg nuclei (1) and polar nuclei (2) to produce triploid nucleus…. double
fertilization….
14. During imbibition phase, seed weight will be ….increased…..
15. ………seed germination… process ends with formation of seedlings which grow into big plant
16. Father of seed technology…..Feistritzer….
17. Primary dormancy classified into…..endogenous.. and ..exogenous….
18. Father of Seed testing….Friedrich Nobbe….
19. Dormancy due to presence of inhibitors in the seed coat called as ….Chemical…..dormancy
20. Who classified the seed dormancy …..Amen…
21. In wheat, ….Catechin… inhibitor is presented at pericarp/testa
22. ……H2SO4… acid is used for scarification technique in cotton
23. Expand ISTA …….International Seed Testing Association….
24. Expand ISST ….Indian Society of Seed Technology….
25. Genetic purity of certified seeds …99%....
26. Tag colour of truthfully labeled seed …Opal green….
27. Who can take samples for seed inspection……...seed insepectors…
28. Seed multiplication ratio for groundnut ….1:8….
29. Seed multiplication ratio for brinjal ….1:450….
30. Seed multiplication ratio for sorghum ….1:100….
31. Duration of certified seed renewal period ….9 months….
32. Removal of undesirable plants in seed production plot …Roguing…
33. …grow out… test is conducted to determine genetic purity
34. Seed rate for sorghum …..10kg….for irrigated varieties
35. Mexican poppy seed is objectionable weed seed of ….Rape and mustard … crop
36. ….dodder… is objectionable weed seed of Lucerne
37. Designated disease in wheat ….loose smut….
38. Presence of B line in A line called as … pollen shedders…
39. Genetic tool utilized in paddy hybrid seed production ….CGMS…
40. Dwarfing gene of paddy …. Dee-Gee-Woo-Gen….
41. The cross between two inbred ….single cross hybrid….
42. Father of paddy hybrids …. Yong Long Ping…
43. An example for maize hybrid ….
44. The kernel colour variation in maize called as …metaxenia… effect
45. Seed rate for female line in sorghum hybrid seed production …7.5kg…
46. Example for fumigants …aluminium phosphide….
47. Parentage of CORH 1 ….IR62829 X IR 10198-66-2R
48. Isolation distance for foundation class of pearl millet hybrid ….1000m…
49. Planting ratio of foundation class of pearl millet ….4:2….
50. Tip sterility was observed in ….bajra….

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