III. Underline the correct answer.
1. Ridomil MZ recommended for the control of ………. Fungi.
a) Oomycetes b) Ascomycees c) Basidiomycetes d) None of these.
2. Xanthomonas campestris pv. Campestris causes black rot of cabbage and is
primarily transmitted by……………..
a) Seed b) Air c) Insect d) All of these .
3. A new disease sunflower necrosis is caused by………….
a) Virus b) Nematode c) fungi d) Bacteria.
4. The portion of the infectious material which cause the disease is termed as ………..
a) Pathogenesis b) Inoculum c) Infection d) Penetration .
5. Papaya stem rot or damping off is caused by fungal genus …………….
a) Phoma b) Pythium c) Peronospora d) Sclerotinia
III . Underline the most suitable answer.
1. In Surpala’s Vrukshayurveda ( 800AD), references on ----------- are made.
a) Tree dressing b) Plant fumigations
c) Seed treatment d) All of these
2. The fungicide viz, protectant . Therapeutant and eradicant are made based on ------
a) General usage b) Mode of Action
c) Chemical nature d) Commercial availability
3. The type sexual reproduction seen in phytophthora infestans is -----------
(See Page No .3)
4. The specialized mechanism of variability observed in viruses is --------------
a) Transduction b) Genetic recombination
c) Horizontal gene transfer d) Heteroploidy
5. The active defense mechanism ‘Hypersensitivity’ is ---------------
a) Specific reaction b) Non specific reaction
c) Mediated reaction d) All of these
6. A contact fungicide which also has bacteristatic property is -----------------
a) Chloronil b) Benomy l
c) Blitox d) Mancozeb
7. In Imperfect fungi, instead of true sexual cycle, a process known as ----------
is found
a) Heterokaryosis b) Parasexuality
c) Anastomosis d) Bisexual
8. A systemic fungicide “Carbendazim” belongs to ------------- chemical group.
a) Carboximide b) Benzimidazole
c) Morpholine d) Organophosphate
9. ---------------- are required for catalytic properties in microorganisms and are
cofactors of enzymes.
a) Major nutrients b) Minor elements
c) Essential nutrients d) Non – metabolic elements
10. The different media viz. Routine , Enriched, Selective are classified based on -----
a) Chemical composition b) Laboratory usage
c) Physical sate d) Utility purpose
11. Vertical resistance inhibits the development of epidemic by----------
a) Limiting the development of loci on plant
b) Slow down the development of epidemic in the field
c) Limit the initial initial inoculum and reproduction of the pathogen
d) d) All of these.
12. Most disease gradient curves are ---------------- are because the amount of disease is
generally higher at the source of inoculum.
a) Hyperbolic b) Symmetrical
c) Asymmetrical d) Bell-shaped
13. Actual breaking away of spores from parent hypha or receptacle and discharging
into air current is --------------
a) Active discharge b) Passive discharge
c) Direct transmission c) Indirect transmission
14. The wilt causing pathogen pseudomonas solanacearum produces an enzyme called--
a) Cutinase b) Cellulases c) Pectinase d) Lyases
15. The type of sexual reproduction seen in phytophthora infestans is
a) Spermatization b) Somatogamy c) Gametangial contact d) Gametangial copulation
II. Underline the correct answer .
1. The ulcer like necrotic sunken lesions is the main symptom of -----------disease .
a) Phyllody b) Blight c) Anthracnose d) Rust
2. The white rust and downy mildews belong to the class ----------
a) Oomycetes b) Chitridomycetes c) Myxomycetes
d) lasmodiophoro mycetes.
3. In the word phytopathology ‘ Pathos’ means ----------------
a) Injury b) Suffering c) wound d) Bleeding
4. The white rusts , where sporangia borne in chains and are bligatory parasite
belongs to family ----------------
a) Peronosporaceae b) Albuginaceae c) Pythiaceae d) None
5. During 1890 ‘s in Ceylon coffee was replaced by rubber and tea was because of
------------- disease
a) Coffee leaf rust b) Coffee anthracnose c) Coffee leaf spot d) None of these
6. A thin walled free hyphal cell derived from the fragmentation of oidiophore is
called---------------
a) Conidium b) Oidium c) Sporangium d) All of these.
7. Which one of the phylum (s) belongs to lower fungi ---------------
a) Myxomycota b) Oomycota c) Both a and b d) None of these.
8. The portion of the infectious material which cause the disease is termed as -------
a) Pathogenesis b) Inoculum c) Infection d) Penetration .
9. Bread molds belong class--------------
a) Hemiasseomosses b) Zygomycetes c) Oomycetes d) Pyrenomycetes.
10. A thick walled resting which results from the union of two morphologically
similar gametangia is called -------------
a) Zygote b) Zygospore c) Teliospore d) Oospore
11. The diseases due to biotic /infectious nature includes -------------
a) Fungi b) Prokaryotes c) Viruses and Viroids d) All of these.
12. The loss due to plant diseases is about -------------
a) 1-5% b) 9-22% c) 5% d) 13%
13. The Bordeaux mixture was discovered by -------------
a) Burrill b) Mayer c) Millardet d) Meclay
14. The name of phylum ends with ---------------
a) Mycota b) Ales c) Aceae d) None of these
15. The ‘Vraksha Ayurveda’ written by -------------
a) Kaoutilya b) Surapal c) Karthic d) Butler
16. The size of the rod shape bacteria varies from ----------------
a) 0.7 to 3.0 pm b) 0.7 to 3.0 mm c) 0.7 to 3m2 d) 0.7 to 3 cm
17. A tuftt of flagella at one or both ends is called -----------------
a) Amphitrichus b) Peririchus c) Lophotrichus d) Montrichus
18. The viruses can be cultured in ------------------
a) Nutrient agar b) Potato dextrose agar c) Richards media d) None of these
19. Phytplasma multiply by -------------------
a) Fusion b) Budding and Fission c) Vegetatively d) None of these
20. The ‘contagium vivum fluidum’ was put far ward by --------------------
a) Stanley b) Harrison c) Beijerznick d) Smith
