Horticulture MCQ 76 Helping You in Your Upcoming Exams
Q.1 Largest genera of orchid is?
Dendrobium
Bulbophyllum
Cymbidium
None of the above
Answer:- Dendrobium
Q.2 Which one of the following is not correct?
Wine Berry (Grape)
Nira – Palm
Feni- Date palm.
Cider – Apple
Answer:- Feni- Date palm
The Feni is obtained by distilling arrack, mixed with fermented cashew liquor juice in ratio of 1:2 . A mixture of 30 litres of arrack and 60 litres of juice produces 15 litres of Feni which contains 75% of alcohol.
Q.3 TSS of squash is?
15-18
40-50
30-35
50-55
Answer:- 40-50
Total soluble solids (TSS) are an important parameter of fruit quality. TSS indicate the amounts of soluble solids in liquid. TSS value affects the taste of the fruit, because it can indicate the level of sweetness of the fruit.
Q.4 Calorific value of walnut is?
687 per 100 gm
665 per 100 gm
690 per 100 gm
645 per 100 gm
Answer:- 687 per 100 gm
Calorific value The energy contained by food, determined by measuring the heat produced by the complete combustion of a specified quantity of it.
Unit–joules per kilogram.
Q.5 Stigma is used as a?
Vanilla
Saffron
cinnamon
Clove
Answer:- Saffron
Saffron –Crocus sativus .
Economical Part–The dried thread-like parts of the flower (stigmas)
Used -food colouring, and medicine.
Q.6 Asparaginase is found in?
Green chillies
Red chillies
Bell pepper
None of these
Answer:- Green chillies
Asparaginase is an enzyme. It is used as a medication and in food manufacturing.
Q.7 Vanillin is developed due to the action of which of the following enzyme?
a-glycoside
B-glycoside
Both
None of the above
Answer:- B-glycoside
Vanillin glucoside and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde glucoside, the two most abundant aroma compounds in mature vanilla pods.
Q.8 Which one of the following is not correct?
Belladonna – Atropine
Foxglove – Digitoxin
Aswagandha – Sennosides
Cinchona – Quinine
Answer:- Aswagandha – Sennosides (Senna )is the fruit (pod) or leaf of the plant Senna alexandrina.
Q.9 Corm is used for propagation of?
Gladiolus
Lilium
Tuberase
All
Answer:- Gladiolus
Corm is a vertical, fleshy, underground stem that acts as a food-storage structure in certain seed plants and used in vegetative propagation.
Corms are differ to bulb as they are solid and do not have scales or fleshy leave.
Q.10 Coconut endosperm is?
n
3n
2n
4n
Answer:- 3n
Coconut water is liquid endosperm which is formed as a result of free nuclear divisions karyokinesis which results in fusion of both eggs cell Nucleus and pollen nucleus thus formed 3N.
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