List of top Horticulture Questions asked in ICAR AIEEA (PG)

Which of the following is a C4 plant?
Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Bringing together two or more genes governing a single trait, especially resistance to disease is known as gene pyramiding
Statement (II) : The use of molecular markers greatly facilitates gene pyramiding as it minimises the need for disease tests and progeny test
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Which of the following is NOT a round fruited variety of Brinjal?
Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): Rootstock 110 R restricted uptake of sodium and chloride.
Statement (II): While Dog ridge and Salt creek were know to restrict the uptake of chloride only.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Which of the following is a cool season lawn/turfgrass?
Red colour of beet root is due to
In vegetatively propagated material somatic mutations of spontaneous origin are commonly referred to as
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Over watering is very harmful to chrysanthemum plants, hence proper drainage in the field and pots should be maintained for commercial cultivation.
Reason (R) : Over watering causes yellowing of leaves and mortality of chrysanthemum plants due to insufficient supply of oxygen for root respiration resulting in rotting of roots.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Match List-I with List-II:

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following genera belong to warm orchids?
(A) Cymbidium
(B) Phalaenopsis
(C) Miltonia
(D) Dendrobium
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following is NOT a true indicator of fruit ripening stage of watermelon?
The following statements about onion are given below
(A) Temperature is comparatively more important for bulb formation
(B) Photoperiod is more important for flowering
(C) Long day onion varieties do not bulb under short day conditions
(D) Genetic constitution of the male sterility maintainer is Nmsms
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which salt absorbs ethylene effectively during storage of apple?
Which one of the following is not a Spanish bunch variety of ground nut?
The bitterness in colocasia corms is due to
The peg formation in groundnut are positively
Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): The growth of guava fruits follow a single sigmoid curve
Statement (II): The fruits undergo extensive cell division during the first few week immediately following fertilization
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Which of the following vegetable crop has brown anther type and petaloid type male sterility?
Which of the following varieties belong to standard carnation?
(A) Lavender Lace
(B) Cherry Bag
(C) White Giant
(D) Pink Beam
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Which of the following creeper occupied a prominent place in the play 'Sakuntala' written by Kalidasa during the rule of Chandragupta II?
Which of the following researcher has first described gametophytic system of self-incompatibility?
Given below are two statements:
Statement (I): The typical vegetable cowpea has higher polysaccharides : monosaccharide ratio.
Statement (II): Amino acid profile particularly lycin, leucin and phenylalanine contents are relatively high in cowpea.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Polyploidy level of cultivated strawberry
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and other one labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : In mango for obtaining good flowering one must stop irrigation at least 2-3 months before the flowering period
Reason (R) : Water stress is not a mechanism encouraging the formation of mango flowering but it does affect vegetative growth
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Which of the following factor is NOT favourable for induction of staminate flowers in Watermelon ?