OBJECTIVE PLANT PATHOLOGY FOR EXAMS LIKE ARS/NET, JRF, SRF

I. Encircle the most appropriate answer among the following

1. Phylum Plasmodiophoromycetes (Lower fungi) belong to kingdom

a) Chromista b) Protozoa c) Eumycota

2. The cell wall of the mycelium of true fungi (Eumycota) contains

a) Glucan + cellulose b) Glucan + chitin c) Glucan + Peptidoglycon

3. Mycosphaerella musicola produces asci within

a) Perithecium b) Apothecium c) Locules

4. The teleomorphic stage of Cercospora is

a) Glomorella b) Cochliobolus c) Mycospaherella

5. Fungi belonging to order Sphaeropsidales produces conidia in

a) Pycnidium b) Acervulus c) Synemmata d) Sporodochium

6. Parasexuality was first discovered by

a) Pontecarvo b) Erikson c) De Bary d) Robert Koch

7. The total mass of nucleoprotein of different virus particles vary from

a) 1-3 million Da b) 4.6 to 73 million Da c) 50-100 million Da

8. An example of virus containing ds DNA

a) Caulimovirus b) Gemini virus c) Tobravirus

9. The protein subunits of TMV consists of

a) 260 amino acids b) 58 amino acids c) 158 amino acids d) 200 amino acids

10. Multiplication of virus occurs in

a) Epidermal cells b) Plasmodesmata c) Phloem vessels

11. In the peptidoglycon of the bacterial cell wall the two sugar molecules are connected by
a) Peptide Cross links b) Glycosidic bond c) H-bond

12. Porins are present in bacterial cell wall component

a) LPS layer b) EPS layer c) Cytoplasmic membrane

13. The ribosomes size of bacteria is

a) 70 s b) 80 s c) 50 s + 40 s

14. A computer software system called Field Runner is used to

a) Measuring chlorophyll content in infected plant

b) Recording the flight of insect vectors

c) Sampling plants for disease

15. Isomerase enzyme patterns in fungal cell is used for

a) Differentiating races b) Differentiating strains (Biotypes) c) Measuring spore density

16. Remote sensing for detecting and controlling disease severity is used in the following altitudes
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5

17. The computerized disease assessment training programme is

a) DISTRAIN b) LOPAT c) DAS-ELISA

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18. Measuring the size of the minute objects (spores) in a microscope is known as
a) Pathometry b) Micrometry c) Turbidometry

19. The two flask techniques used in the extraction of nematodes is based on the principle of
a) Counter flow of water b) Sedimentation c) Centrifugal force

20. Viruses enter the plant cells through the process of

a) Osmosis b) Pinocytosis c) Diffusion

21. Sugarcane ratoon stunting is caused by

a) Phytoplasmas b) Viroids c) Cavibacter xyli sub sp xyli

22. Blotter test is used in

a) Seed health testing b) Seed viability c) Seed purity test

23. Hyperplasia refers to

a) Increased cell division b) Cell death c) Abnormal cell enlargement

24. An internally seed borne fungal disease

a) Smut of Ragi b) Red rot of Sugarcane c) Loose smut of Wheat d) Grain smut of Jowar

25. An example of a soil fumigant

a) Thiram b) Methyl bromide c) Bavistin

26. Significant contribution on the epidemiology of disease cycle of stem rust of Wheat was made by
a) Mehta. K.C b) Mundkur. B.B c) Payak.M.M

27. Moko disease of Banana is caused by

a) Fusarium oxysporium f sp. Cubense b) Radopholus similis

c) Ralstonia solanacearum d) Pentalonia nigranervosa

28. Blast of Rice is caused by

a) Magnaporthe grisea b) Drechslera oryzae c) Ephelis oryzae d) Rhizoctonia solani
29. The number of races of Phytophothora infestans prevalent in India is

a) 250 b) 82 c) 5 d) 130

30. Effective fungicide for the control of blast disease of Rice

a) Mancozeb b) Tricyclazole c) Fosteyl Al d) Plantvax

31. Fungus with dichotomously branched sporangiophores at acute angles with curved pointed tips on
which sporangia are borne belong to
a) Perenospora b) Pesedoperenospora c) Bremia

32. Cleistothecium containing several asci bearing definite rigid appendages with coiled tips is
characteristic of genus
a) Uncinula b) Erysiphe c) Sphaerotheca

33. Diseases which interferes with the conduction of water in plants

a) Wilts b) Rots c) Leaf spots d) Damping off

34. Tumours/galls induced by Agrobacterium tumefaciens occur due to

a) Cytokinin production b) Harmonal imbalance c) Production of Agrocin-84

35. Gemini viruses contain

a) ds RNA b) ss DNA c) ds DNA

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36. Phytoplasmas contain
a) RNA only b) DNA only c) RNA+ DNA

37. Bacterial cell wall is made up of

a) Peptidoglycon b) Chitin c) Flagellin d) Lipopolysaccharide

38. The genetic material in a bacterial cell is

a) A nucleoid region b) Definite nucleus c) Mitochondria

39. Ribosomes in Prokaryotes

a) 80 s b) 70 s c) 40 s

40. Agrocin-84 is a
a) Antibiotic b) Bacteriocin c) Phenolic compound

41. International Mycological Institute is located at

a) England b) USA c) Netherlands

42. Rots disease occur as a result of

a) Destruction and disintegration of affected tissue b) Due to hyperplasin

c) Excessive cytokinin production

43. Brine floatation method is followed to control

a) Loose Smut of Wheat b) Tundu disease of Wheat c) Grain smut of Jowar

44. MLO and Spiro plasma are mostly

a) Xylem inhibiting b) Phloem inhibiting c) Both (a) and (b) d) Stomata inhibiting

45. Panama disease of banana is caused by

a) Fusarium oxysporium f sp. Cubense b) Ralstonia solanacearum

c) Radopholus similis d) Pentalonia nigranervosa

46. Flagellation in Pseudomonas

a) Lophotrichous b) Monotrichous c) Peritrichous d) Amphitrichous

47. Hemelia vastatrix causes

a) Bean rust b) Coffee leaf rust c) Yellow rust of wheat d) Sunflower rust

48. The number of races of Hemelia vastatrix recorded in the World

a) 32 b) 8 c) 4

49) Internally seed borne fungal disease

a) False smut of rice b) Loose smut of Wheat c) Grain smut of Jowar

50. Internally seed borne bacterial disease

a) Black rot of cabbage b) Soft rot of carrot c) Pierce disease of Grapes d) Citrus canker

51. NEPO viruses are transmitted by

a) Xiphinema index b) Trichodorus sp c) Pythium ultimum d) Meloidogyne

52. Potato spindle tuber disease is caused by

a) Viroid b) Phytoplasma c) Spiroplasma

53. Most widely used fungicide for rust fungi

a) Vitavax b) Plantvax c) Bavistin d) Dithane M-45

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54. A biocontrol agent used to control root knot nematode
a) Pasteuria penetrans b) Pseudomonas fluorescence

c) Bacillus subtilis d) Dactyllela sp.

55. Streptomycin antibiotic affect

a) Protein synthesis b) Nucleic acid synthesis c) Mode of action is not known

56. Hypersensitive reaction occurs due to

a) Accumulation of Phytoalexins b) Action of host specific toxin

c) Action of pectolytic enzymes

57. Toxin produced by Fusarium causing vascular wilts

a) Fusaric acid b) Fusicoccin c) Pisatin

58. The Indian Phytopathological society was started by

a) B.B.Mundkur b) Coleman c) E.J.Butler d) Kirtikar

59. Purification of TMV in crystalline form by

a) Stanley b) Bawden c) Gibbs and Harrisons d) Albert Mayer

60. Monograph on the Genus Fusarium is authored by

a) C.Booth b) C.J.Alexopolous c) E.Subramaniam d) E.Chupp

61. Nematodes as plant parasites was reported for the first time by
a) N.A.Cobb b) Needham c) Kuhn d) Schmidt

62. Host plant on which Wheat rust fungus produces telial stage is known as
a) Alternate host b) Primary host c) Collateral host

63. NETU viruses are transmitted by

a) Xiphinema b) Trichodorus c) Longidorous d) Paralongidorus

64. Stylet-borne viruses are

a) Non persistent b) Circulative c) Persistent

65. Who advanced the Gene for gene concept of disease and resistance and susceptibility?
a) Biffen and Orton b) Flor c) Vander plank d) Gaumann

66. Fungi causing Downy mildew diseases are differentiated on the basis of
a) Sporangiophore character and germination of sporangia b) Teliospore characters

c) Appendages attached to the cleistothecia

67. Most of the Plant viruses contain

a) RNA b) DNA c) Both RNA + DNA

68. The famous Irish famine of 1842 was caused due to the outbreak of
a) Helminthosporiose of rice b) Stem rust of Wheat

c) Late blight of potato d) Downy mildew of Grapes

69. Sulphur fungicides are very effective in the control of

a) Anthracnose disease b) Powdery mildews c) Wilts d) Downy mildews

70. Ratoon stunting disease of Sugarcane is caused by

a) Clavibacter xyli (Mollicutes) b) Phytoplasma c) Spiroplasma

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71. Ragi variety resistant to neck blast
a) GPU-28 b) Indaf-9 c) Indaf-5

72. Cysts of Golden nematode of potato can remain viable for

a) Up to 15 years b)Up to 5 years c) Up to 50 years d) Less than 1 year

73. Bacterial cell wall is made up of

a) Cellulose b) Polysaccharide c) Peptidoglycon

74. Bunchy top of Banana is transmitted by

a) Bemisia tabaci b) Pentalonia nigranervosa c) Myzus persicae d) Aphis gossypii

75. A typical long cycled rust fungus produces during its life cycle
a) 5 spore forms b) 2 spore forms c) 4 spore forms d) 3 spore forms

76. Puccinia graminis tritici produces the following spore from on Barberry vulgaris
a) Pycnia + Aecia b) Only aecia c) Only pycnia

77. The main source of inoculum for Xanthomonas citri pv.citri causing citrus canker
a) Bacteria present in soil in infected plant parts b) Bacteria carried through seeds

c) Infected twigs and old lesions on the standing tree

78. Erwinia caratovora sub sp caratovora causing soft rot of vegetables produces
a) Pectolytic enzymes b) Growth harmones c) Toxins

79. The number of races of Ralstonia solanacearum recorded in the World

a) 5 b) 2 c) 3
80. Agrobacterium tumefaciens enters the plants through
a) Stomata b) Wounds c) leaf hairs
81. Systemic fungicide used for the control of Powdery mildew disease
a) Calixin b) Vitavax c) Sulphur dust

82. Late blight of potato can be controlled by spraying

a) Ridomil MZ b) Dithane Z-78 c) Captan d) Ipridione

83. Seed treatment fungicide for the control Downy mildew disease of Sunflower
a) Apron 35 SD b) Sulphur wettable powder c) Thiram
84. Tomato leaf curl can be controlled by spraying
a) Mancozeb b) Triazophos (Hostathion) c) Ridomil MZ d) Tricyclazole

85. Blast of paddy is caused by

a) Pyricularia oryzae b) Drechslera oryzae c) Ephelis oryzae
86. Boicontrol agent used for the control of Collar rot of plants caused by Rhizoctonia solani
a) Pasteuria penetrans b) Pseudomonas fluorescence c) Trichoderma viridae
87. The term Virus was coined by
a) Adolf Meyer b) Stanley c) Beijerinck

88. Bacteriophage is
a) Naked single stranded RNA particle b) A Virus infecting bacteria
c) A virus infecting eukaryotic cell d) Animal virus

89. A virus particle is composed of

a) Only nucleic acid b) only protein c) Nucleic acid+ protein

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90. Bacteriophages are used for forecasting the incidence of
a) Tungro disease of Rice b) Bacterial blight of Paddy c) Blast of Paddy

91. Phytoplasmas are transmitted in nature through insect vectors

a) Mites b) Plant hoppers c) Aphids d) Leaf hoppers

92. Sulphur fungicides are very effective against

a) Downy mildews b) Anthracnose c) Powdery mildews

93. Solar heat treatment of seeds is recommended for the control of

a) False smut of Paddy b) loose smut of Wheat c) Downy mildew of ragi

94. Fungicide Metalaxyl is effective in controlling

a) Onion smut b) Powdery mildew of grapes

c) Downy mildew of grapes d) Pythium and Phytophthora

95. Coffee leaf rust is caused by

a) Hemileia vastatrix b) Pyricularia oryzae c) Uromyces pisi

96. Late blight of Potato is caused by

a) Alternaria solani b) Phytophthora infestans

c) Synchytrium endobioticum d) Septoria lycopersici

97. Ralstonia solanacearum causes

a) Wilting of tomato b) Tomato leaf curl c) Bunchy top of Banana

98. Barbery vulgaris is the alternative host for

a) Hemileia vastatrix b) Puccinia recondita c) Puccinia graminis tritici

99. Burrowing nematode of Banana can be controlled by applying to soil

a) Furadon b) Bavistin c) Thiram

100. Covering tomato nursery with nylon net is followed for the control of
a) Bacterial wilt of tomato b) Tomato leaf curl c) Tomato root knot

101. A systemic fungicide used for the control of blast of Paddy

a) Ridomil b) Alliete c) Beam d) Contaf

102. The primary source on inoculum for loose smut of Wheat

a) Internally seed borne hypha b) Teleutospore in air c) Teleutospore in soil

103. Primary source of inoculum for Angular leaf spot of cotton

a) Seed borne bacterium b) Bacteria present in soil

c) Bacteria transmitted through insect vectors

104. Agrobacterium tumefaciens induces

a) Galls/tumours b) Soft rot c) Leaf spot d) Wilt

105. Effective control for Katte disease of Cardamom is

a) Eradication and burning of affected clumps b) Spraying of systemic fungicide

c) Application of Trichoderma viridae to soil

106. Khaira disease of Paddy is due to the deficiency of

a) Zinc deficiency b) Phanerogams c) Boron deficiency d) Cuscuta

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107. Pasteuria penetrans is used as a biocontrol agent against
a) Bacterial wilt of tomato b) Root knot of tomato c) Panama disease of Banana

108. The sexual spore produced by Downy mildew fungus is

a) Oospore b) Zygospore c) Ascospore

109. Antibiotic used to control bacterial diseases of plants

a) Streptocycline b) Aureofungin c) Blasticidin d) Chloropicrin

110. Cell wall of fungi belonging to ascomycetes contains

a) Chitin b) Cellulose c) Peptiglycon d) Polysaccharide

111. The number of ascospore produced in a typical asci are

a) 4 b) 8 c) 16 d) numerous

112. Black mold fungus usually refers to

a) Penicillium digitatum b) Rhizopus spp c) Aspergillus niger

113. Fungal nucleolus consist mostly of

a) RNA b) DNA c) Both RNA and DNA

114. The perfect stage of Aspergillus nidulans is

a) Emerincella b) Eurotium c) Sartoria

115. Demi cyclic rust fungus lack

a) Uredial stage b) Telial stage c) Aecial stage

116. From class Deuteromycetes contain the following number of subclasses

a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) none
117. Fungus producing conidia either in Pycnidia or acervuli belong to
a) Hyphomycetidae b) Coelomycetide c) Blastomycetidae d) None of the above
118. Dictyospora is a spore with
a) Only horizontal septa b) Only vertical septa c) Both horizontal and vertical septa
119. The first expert (Advisory) system in Plant Pathology was developed in USA in the year
a) 1983 b) 1996 c) 2000
120. The maximum tolerance level for potato leaf roll virus in certified seed potatoes is
a) 0.5-1.0% b) 1-2 % c) 1.5-2.0% d) < 0.5%

121. A fungicide which does not belong to Triazole group is

a) Bayleton b) Tilt c) Ethazol
122. Powdery mildew diseases are effectively controlled by spraying
a) Rubigon b) Oxycarboxin c) Fosetyl-Al d) Ridomil-MZ
123. K 84 is a
a) Bacteriocin b) Antibiotic c) Nematicide

124. A sterol inhibiting fungicide is

a) Kitazin b) Prochloroz c) Ipridione
125. Benzimidazole fungicides interfere with
a) Chitin synthesis b) Nuclear division c) Mitochondrial respiration

126. The teliospores of Sphacelotheca sorghi causing grain smut of sorghum can remain viable for
a) 2 year b) 4 years c) 13 years d) < 1 year

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127. Fungi with coenocytic hyaline mycelium producing sporangiophores similar to vegetative hyphae or
if different than o f indefinite growth belong to family
a) Pythiaceae b) Perenosporaceae c) Albuginaceae

128. The total number of amino acids in the protein subunits of TMV consists of
a) 260 amino acids b) 258 amino acids c) 158 amino acids d) 126 amino acids

129. The total mass of nucleoprotein of different virus particles vary from
a) 1-3 million Da b) 4.6-73 million Da c) 3.5-6.7 million Da

130. MLO’s (Phytoplasmas) in plant system were translocated through

a) Phloem sieve tubes b) Xylem vessels

c) Cambium tissues d) Plasmodesmata connections

131. Caulimovirus contain

a) ss DNA b) ds RNA c) ss RNA d) ds DNA

132. The total amount of DNA in the chromosomes of a bacterium viz Escherichia coli is about
a) 9800 kb b) 4700 kb c) 100 d) 1500

133. The thickness of the plasma membrane of bacterial cell is

a) 8 nm b) 20 nm c) 5 nm d) 2 nm

134. N-Acetyglucosaminoacid and N-acetyl muramic acid in the peptidoglycon unit is linked by
a) β 1, 4- glycosidic bond b) Interpeptide linkage c) Phosphate bond

135. Approximate threshold density of Globodera rostochinensis for causing damage to potato crop
a) 31 cysts/100 g of soil b) 4-10 eggs/g of soil c) 10 cysts /100g of soil

136. An example of a migratory endoparasite is

a) Rotylenchulus b) Radopholus c) Heterodera d) Meloidogyne

137. Genus Alternaria belong to family

a) Tuberculariaceae b) Moniliaceae c) Dematiaceae

138. The phenomena of parasexuality was first discovered by

a) Pontecarvo b) Stakmann c) Craigie d) Erikson

139. The protein content in a bacterial cell on dry weight basis is

a) 15 % b) 60 % c) 35 %
140. The diameter of transmembrane protein in a bacterial cell is
a) 1 nm b) 1 µm c) 20 nm
141. Bergeys manual of Determinative Bacteriology is published in
a) 4 volumes b) 11 sections c) 2 volumes d) 3 volumes
142. The protein associated with the genetic transformation process in bacteria is
a) Flagellin b) Glycoprotein c) Rec A protein
143. Plant pathogenic bacteria which does not belong to coryneform group is
a) Clavibacter b) Pseudomonas c) Curtobacter
144. LOPAT test is used for the identification of
a) Xanthomonas b) Fluorescent Pseudomonas c) Xylella
145. Ti Plasmid is present in
a) Agrobacterium radiobacter b) Agrobacterium tumefaciens c) Xylella fastidiosa

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146. Turnip shaped single celled pedicellate teliospore borne singly is a characteristic of genus
a) Puccinia b) Uromyces c) Hemilia

147. Bakane disease of rice caused due to the production of any one of the following by the fungal
pathogen
a) Gibberellins b) Cytokinins c) Toxins d) Auxins

148. Plant disease which affect the absorption and accumulation of water and minerals
a) Root rot b) Wilts c) Damping off

149. The incubation period for stem rust of wheat in South India is
a) one month b) 27 days c) 12-15 days

150. Antibiotic affecting nucleic acid synthesis is

a) Streptomycin b) Griseofulvin c) Cycloheximide

151. Oxanthiin fungicides act on the fungal cell by

a) Inhibiting mitochondrial respiration b) Inhibiting cell membrane permeability

c) Inhibiting protein synthesis

152. The immersion oil used in the compound microscope has a refractive index of
a) 1.515 b) 1.60 c) 1.40

153. Most viruses move longer distances through the plants in the
a) Xylem b) Plasmodesmata c) Phloem

154. Virus with split genome

a) Wound tumour virus b) Potato virus Y c) Cauliflower mosaic virus

155. The number of days required for most of the viruses to move out of inoculated leaf is
a) 2 to 5 days b) 1 month c) 45 days

156. The rice tungro virus contains

a) ss RNA b) ds RNA c) ds DNA

157. The nematode organ which have important sensory function is

a) Amphids b) Ampulla c) Bursa

158. Nematodes with two ovaries are known as

a) Diarchic b) Didelphic c) Monodelphic d) Ophistodelphic

159. Bacteria as causal agent of plant disease was first reported by

a) N.A.Cobb b) de Bary c) T.J.Burill d) Adolf Meyer

160. Fungi causing smut diseases belong to

a) Ascomycotina b) Basidiomycotina c) Deuteromycotina d) Zygomycotina

161. The no. of spores produced by Puccinia graminis tritici during its life cycle is
a) 5 b) 3 c) 2

162. Brown rot of Potato is caused by

a) Ralstonia solanacearum b) Erwinia carotovora

c) Pseudomonas syringe d) Streptomyces scabies

163. Hinosan is used to control

a) Powdery mildew b) Fusarial wilt of tomato c) Blast of Paddy

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164. NEPO viruses are transmitted by nematode genera
a) Meloidogyne b) Radopholus c) Xiphinema

165. Alternate host for Puccinia graminis tritici

a) Barberry vulgaris b) Brinjal plant c) Oxalis corniculata d) Mohania

166. Angular leaf spot of cotton is caused by

a) Xanthomonas campestris pv.malvacearum b) Agrobacterium tumefaciens

c) Erwinia caratovora

167. A disease occurring severely and confined to small locality /area is

a) Epidemic disease b) Endemic disease c) Pandemic disease d) Sporadic disease

168. A fungal antagonist used in the biological control of soil borne fungal diseases
a) Trichoderma spp b) Fusarium solani c) Bacillus subtilis

169. Effective fungicide for the control of late blight of potato

a) Ridomil MZ b) Ipridione c) Bavistin

170. Colletotrichum falcatum causes

a) Anthracnose of chilli b) Red rot of sugarcane c) Sett rot of sugarcane

171. Koleroga of arecanut is controlled by spraying

a) Calixin b) Captan c) Bordeaux mixture d) Bavistin

172. Tomato leaf curl virus is transmitted by

a) Myzus persicae b) Bemisia tabaci c) Aphis gossypii

173. Leaf shredding and green ear symptoms are noticed in

a) Downy mildew b) Wilt c) Rust d) Smut

174. The genetic material in a typical bacterial cell is contained in

a) Definite nucleus b) Chromosomal strand c) None of these

175. Katte disease of cardamom is transmitted by

a) Myzus persicae b) Thrips tabaci c) Pentalonia nigranervosa d) Aphis gossypii

176. Citrus greening disease is caused by a

a) Bacteria like organism (Spiroplasma) b) Virus c) Nematode d) Fungus

177. A systemic fungicide used for the control of Powdery mildew diseases
a) Wettable Sulphur b) Tridemorph (Calixin) c) Tricyclazole (beam) d) Fosetyl-Al

178. Rhadopholus similis infecting Banana can be controlled by

a) Injecting Bavistin to rhizomes b) Paring and pralinage treatment

c) Application of bleaching powder to soil d) Covering nursery with nylon net

179. A systemic fungicide used for the control of rust diseases

a) Vitavax b) Plantvax c) Furadon

180. Black rot of cabbage is caused by

a) Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris b) Rhizactonia solani
c) Fusarium solani d) Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

181. Tikka disease of Groundnut can be controlled by spraying

a) Sulphur fungicide b) Thiram c) Bavistin
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182. Swollen shoot of cocoa is transmitted by
a) Pentalonia nigranervosa f.sp. caladii b) Pseudococcus njalensis

c) Nephotettix cincticeps d) Aphis craccivora

183. Burrowing nematode of banana is
a) Migratory Endoparasite b) Sedentary Endoparasite c) Ectoparasite

184. Stem rust of wheat caused by Puccinia graminis tritici has been successfully cultured on medium by
a) Waksman b) Williams c) Coleman d) Cobb

185. Cell wall of fungi belonging to Oomycetes contain

a) Chitin b) Cellulose c) Peptidoglycon

186. White tip of rice caused by Aphelenchoides besseyi and is reported by

a) Dastur b) Cobb c) Nariman

187. Amomum subulatum is one of the alternate host for

a) Leaf curl of tomato b) Katte disease of cardamom c) Coconut (wilt) disease

188. Certain bacteria to gain entry into host tissues to dissolve cell wall of the plant it produce
a) Pectolytic enzyme b) Gibberellic acid c) Phytotoxin

189. Nuclear position of secondary mycelium of basidiomycotina is

a) n+n b) 2n c) n

190. Rhizoctonia solani a root rot causing pathogen comes under order
a) Monilia b) Sphaeropsidales c) Mycelia sterilia

191. In case of Uncinula nicator ascocarp consists of more number of asci appendages type is
a) Coiled type b) Myceloid type c) Dichotomously branched type

192. In 1927 discovered the functions of Spermatia and their role in dikaryotization by
a) Craigie b) Bawden c) Thirumalachar

193. One of the important cultural method suggested for eradication of Fusarium oxysporum fsp. cubense
from soil is
a) Summer ploughing b) Flooding the soil c) FYM application

194. Anthracnose of beans caused by

a) Colletotrichum lindemuthianum b) Fusarium solani c) Cercospora sp.

195. Viscum spp. is a plant parasite

a) Partial parasite b) Complete parasite c) Root parasite

196. Insect vector transmitted viruses are more serious during

a) Winter season b) Rainy season c) Summer season

197. Tip over disease of banana is caused by

a) Ralstonia solanacearum b) Erwinia caratovora c) Agrobacterium tumefaciens

198. A major threat for pomegranate cultivation in recent days is bacterial blight and it is caused by
a) Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestirs b) Ralstonia solanacearum

c) Erwinia caratovora d) Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae

199. 1882-85 discovered Bordeaux mixture by
a) Mc Ray b) P.M.A.Millardet c) Prevost d) Mason

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200. Citrus tristeza could be effectively managed by
a) Grafting b) Spraying insecticides c) Cross protection

201. Metalaxyl is a specific fungicide against

a) Perenosporales b) Erysiphales c) Moniliales

202. Plant pathogenic bacteria are

a) Phototrophs b) Heterotrophs c) Autotrophs

203. Puccinia graminis tritici produces aeciospores on

a) Wheat plants b) Brinjal plants c) Barberry plants

204. Turnip shaped single celled pedicellate teliospore borne singly is characteristic of
a) Puccinia b) Hemelia c) Melampsora

205. Viroid- a new infectious agent causing potato spindle tuber disease was first reported by
a) Doi et al b) Diener c) Stanley d) Kassanis

206. Sexual spore produced by fungi causing downy mildew diseases

a) Zygospore b) Teliospore c) Oospore d) Zoospore

207. Wilt disease of banana caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is called as

a) Panama wilt of banana b) Slow decline of banana

c) Moko disease of banana d) Sigatoka disease

208. Bursting of Pseudostem in banana is observed in plants suffering from

a) Bunchy top b) Panama wilt c) Root-knot nematode disease

209. The primary source of inoculum for loose smut of wheat

a) Teleutospores carried on the seeds b) Teleutospores carried in air
c) Internally seed borne mycelium

210. Nylon netting of Tomato nursery is practiced for the management of

a) Bacterial wilt b) Early blight c) Leaf curl

211. Late blight of potato is effectively controlled by

a) Metalaxyl 0.1% b) Topsin-M 0.1 % c) Carbendazim 0.1%

212. Agrobacterium tumefaciens causes

a) Root-knot disease b) Galls and tumours in plants

c) Post emergence damping off of seedlings d) Pre emergence damping off of seedlings

213. A computer software system developed for field sampling of diseased specimens
a) Tom cast b) Field Runner c) Area gram d) Blitecast

214. A computerized disease forecasting system for the occurrence of late blight of potato
a) Blitecast b) Disease.Pro. c) Tom cast

215. Pathogens causing soft rot diseases chiefly produce

a) Pectolytic enzymes b) Phtytoxins c) Growth regulators d) Phytoalexins

216. Blotter test is commonly followed for the detection of

a) Seed borne viruses b) Seed borne bacteria c) Seed borne fungi

217. The alternate host for Hemilia vastatrix is

a) Barbery vulgaris b) Oxalis corniculata c) Solanum melongena d) Not known
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218. Most widely used bio control agent is
a) Pseudomonas fluorescence b) Pseudomonas putida

c) Bacillus subtilis d) Clostridium

219. Groundnut bud necrosis virus is transmitted through

a) Thrips b) Aphids c) Leaf hoppers

220. Most widely used fungicide for smut fungi

a) Vitavax b) Plantvax c) Dithane M-45 d) Dithane Z-78

221. The sexual spores produced by fungi belonging to Deuteromycotina are

a) Ascospores b) Oospores c) No sexual spores are produced d) Zygospores

222. MLO’s are sensitive to

a) Penicillin b) Tetracycline c) Streptocycline d) Bavistin

223. An example of bioagent is

a) Trichoderma viridae b) Phtyophthora parasitica c) Ralstonia solanacearum

224. Tundu disease of Wheat is caused by

a) Anguina tritici b) Corynebacterium tritici c) Both a & b d) None of these

225. Outbreak of a disease over a large plant population is known as

a) Sporadic b) Endemic c) Epidemic d) Pandemic

226. Black stem rust of wheat is caused by

a) Puccinia recondita b) Puccinia graminis tritici

c) Puccinia striiformis d) Puccinia hordei

227. Peach leaf curl is caused by

a) Virus b) Bacteria c) Fungus

228. Non-motile spores of fungus are called

a) Zoospores b) Aplanospores c) Zygospores d) Chlamydospores

229. Teliospore is a
a) Sexual b) Asexual c) Vegetative

230. Grain smut of Sorghum is caused by

a) Sphacelotheca sorghi b) Sphacelotheca cruenta

c) Sphacelotheca reiliana d) Tolyposporium ehrenbergii

231. TMV is transmitted through

a) Seed b) Insect c) Fungi

232. Coconut cadang-cadang disease is caused by

a) Virus b) Nematode c) Viroid

233. The most common method used for the extraction of nematode from soil is
a) Blender and sieving method b) Baermann’s funnel method

c) Cobb’s sieving method

234. The most important soil borne disease in nursery is

a) Leaf spot b) Damping off c) Blight

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235. Tomato leaf curl disease is transmitted by
a) Thrips b) Whitefly c) Aphids d) leaf hoppers

236. Matured virus particle is called

a) Viroid b) Virion c) Prion d) Adult virus

237. A rust fungus that completes its entire lifecycle on single host is called as
a) Heteroecious b) Autoecious c) Brachy type d) Endo type

238. Mutualistic association of fungus with plant parts is

a) Mycotoxicoses b) Mycorrhiza c) Lichens

239. An example for double stranded DNA virus is

a) Cauliflower mosaic virus b) Tobacco mosaic virus

c) Cucumber mosaic virus d) Tomato spotted wilt virus

240. The loss of turgidity and drooping of leaves or shoots caused by fungi and bacteria
a) Wilt b) Die-back c) Decline

241. Puccinia graminis tritici infects

a) Wheat and Oats b) Oats and barley

c) Barbery and Wheat d) Wheat and oxalis sp

242. Chemical that halts the progress of a fungus is known as

a) Fungicide b) Antibiotic c) Fungistat d) Toxin

243. Perithecium is a sexual fruiting body produced by

a) Albugo candida b) Pythium butleri

c) Rhizopus nigricans d) Erysiphe polygoni

244. Cleistothecium is a
a) Sexual fruiting body b) Perithecium with an opening

c) Closed fruiting body d) Closed perithecium

245. Rhodamine B is used to detect viruses in

a) Microprecipitation test b) Ring interface test

c) ELISA d) Fluorescent antibody technique

246. Late blight of potato is the best example for

a) Endemic disease b) Epidemic disease

c) Epiphytotic disease d) Pandemic disease

247. The sequence of fixing components in the well in ELISA are

a) Antigen-antibody –conjugate b) Antibody-conjugate-antigen

c) Antibody- conjugate-antigen d) Antibody-antigen conjugate

248. Which of the facts related to Hemilia vastatrix is incorrect?

a) The fungus seldom invades the cuticle directly

b) The uredospores are borne on club shaped stalks

c) The lesion is surrounded by a halo

d) Coffea robusta is partially resistant

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249. Which of the following statement is not correct?
a) Nematodes enter plants by direct penetration only

b) Fungi enter plants directly or through natural openings

c) Bacteria enter plants through wounds and natural openings

d) Viruses and mollicutes enter through wounds made by vectors

250. Which of the following statement is not correct?

a) Phaseolotoxin is produced by Pseudomonas syringe pv.phaseolicola

b) Tentoxin is produced by Alternaria alternata

c) Victorin is produced by Cochliobolus victoriae

d) Tabtoxin is produced by Alternaria helianthi

251. The toxin that is host specific is

a) Fumaric acid b) Oxalic acid c) Cerato-ulmin d) Victorin

252. The induced structural defences is

a) Cytoplasmic defence reaction b) Hypersensitive reaction

c) Phytoalexins d) Phenolic compounds

253. Which of the following statement is not correct?

a) Cultivation of varieties with genetically uniform disease resistance is safe if other means of disease
control is possible

b) Varieties with complete vertical resistance remain resistance forever.

c) Vertical resistance is aimed against specific pathogens or pathogen races

d) Vertical resistance leads to development of more aggressive pathogen races

254. Which forecasting is best for the late blight of potato?

a) Forecasting system based on inoculum load

b) Forecasting system based on weather conditions

c) Forecasting system based on cropping systems

d) Forecasting system based on area under susceptible crop

255. The mycologist involved with late blight of potato is

a) Millardet b) Marshal Ward c) Anton de Bary d) Prevost

256. The fungus involved with foot rot of pepper is

a) Phytophthora parasitica b) Phytophthora palmivora

c) Phytophthora capsici d) Phytophthora infestans

257. The genus of powdery mildew pathogen that produces both external and internal mycelium is
a) Leveillula b) Microsphaera c) Podosphaera d) Phyllactinia

258. The fungal genus that causes anthracnose diseases in crops is

a) Glomerella b) Elsinoe c) Colletotrichum d) All the above

259. Powdery mildew disease predominantly occurs during

a) Spring b) Summer c) Autumn d) Winter

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260. The primary source of infection for black rot of cabbage is
a) Seed b) Air c) Soil d) Water

261. The sexual fruiting bodies produced by fungi are

a) Perithecium b) Pycnidium c) Both d) None

262. Plasmopora viticola grows best on

a) Potato dextrose broth b) MS medium

c) Czapecks dox agar d) None of these media

263. The quarantine act passed by India is

a) Destructive insect and pest act 1914 b) Destructive insect and pest and disease act 1914

c) Pest and disease act 1914 d) Destructive insect and disease act 1914

264. Citrus greening is transmitted by

a) Toxoptera citricidus b) Hishimonas physitis c) Scirtothrips dorsalis d) Myzus persicae

265. Father of modern Plant Pathology

a) Millardet b) E.J.Butler c) Anton de Bary d) A.H.Buller

266. Germ theory was originated from the works of

a) Antony van Leeuvenhoek b) Louis Pasteur c) Theophrastus d) Robert Koch

267. The first person to transmit virus infection from infected to healthy plant is
a) Mayer b) Iwanowski c) Beijerinck d) E.F.Smith

268. The autoclaving temperature at 15 lb psi is

a) 120 0C b) 121.400C c) 121.600C d) 121.800C

269. The chemical reaction involved in Bordeaux mixture is

a) Cuso4 + Ca (OH)2 = Cu (OH)2 + CaSo4 b) Cuso4 + CaO2 = CuO2 + CaSo4

c) Cuso4 + Ca (OH)2 = CuO + CaSo4 + H2O d) Cuso4 + Ca (OH)2 = Cu (OH)2 + CaSo4

270. Bordeaux mixture 0.5% is prepared by mixing copper sulphate and lime water in the proportion
a) 1.5:1.5:50 b) 0.5:0.5:50 c) 1:1:50 d) 0.25:0.25: 50

271. Blast disease of Rice was first recorded in

a) Japan b) China c) Philippines d) India

272. The conidial shape of Pyricularia oryzae is

a) Muricate b) Obovate c) Pyriform d) Clavate

273. The fungus that invades the host through stomata is

a) Pyricularia oryzae b) Colletotrichum falcatum

c) Erysiphe polygoni d) Puccinia recondita

274. Which of the following statement is not correct in respect of Sphacelotheca sorghi
a) Entire head is smutted b) Spores are viable for more than ten years

c) Spores are externally seed borne d) Most destructive of all the smuts recorded on Sorghum

275. Green ear is the characteristic symptom produced by

a) Pseudoperonospora cubens b) Plasmopora viticola

c) Sclerospora graminicola d) Claviceps purpurea

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276. The sclerotial bodies of Claviceps microcephala upon germination produce the following spores and
fruiting bodies
a) Conidia in pycnidium b) Ascospores in apothecia

c) Ascospores in perithecia d) Conidia in acervulus

277. Seed treatment with a fungicide is not useful against

a) Head smut of Sorghum b) Smut of Ragi

c) Loose smut of Wheat d) Grain smut of Sorghum

278. Which fact with reference to Cercospora arachidicola is not true?

a) Conidia shorter than Cercospora personata b) Conidia longer than Cercospora personata

c) Spots are irregular in shape d) Spots are surrounded by a yellow halo

279. Which of the following statement with reference to Phytophthora spp. is incorrect?
a) P.palmivora causes bud rot in coconut
b) P.capsici causes fruit rot in areca
c) P.arecae causes nut rot in areca
d) P.palmivora causes leaf fall and fruit rot in mandarin
280. Elsinoe ampelina causes anthracnose in
a) Citrus b) Mango c) Strawberry d) Grapes

281. Pick a copper based fungicide

a) Phytolan b) Parasan c) Roundup d) Difolatan

282. Which is the most effective chemical to control downy mildew in maize?
a) Mancozeb b) Ridomil MZ c) Aliette d) Akomin

283. Point out the non systemic fungicide

a) Carboxin b) Penarimol c) Carbendazim d) Ziram

284. Which is the most effective soil drenching fungicide?

a) Carbendazim b) Thiram c) Mancozeb d) Chlorothalonil

285. The trade name of the fungicide Triademefon is

a) Baytan b) Bayleton c) Beam d) Baycor

286. The trade name for Oxycarboxin is

a) Vitavax b) Plantvax c) Topsin d) Ridomil

287. The mycelium of Oomycetes fungi is

a) Coenocytic b) Septate c) Haploid d) Dikaryotic

288. Repeating spores of rust fungi is

a) Teliospore b) Basidiospore c) Aeciospore d) Urediospore

289. Secondary mycelium of Basidiomycotina is

a) Dikaryotic b) Diploid c) Tetraploid d) Haploid

290. Macrophomina phaseolina belongs to the order

a) Sphaeropsidales b) Melanconiales c) Moniliales d) Peronosporales

291. Late blight of potato caused famine in Ireland in year

a) 1845 b) 1857 c) 1872 d) 1945

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292. Frog eye spot of tobacco is a serious disease caused by
a) Cercospora moricola b) C.nigricans c) C.lycopersicum d) C.nicotianae

293. The perfect stage of Helminthosporium oryzae is

a) Drechslera sacchari b) D.oryzae c) D.hawaiensis d) D.halodes

294. Citrus canker caused by Xanthomonas citri has been suggested to be originated from
a) China and Pakistan b) Japan and China c) Java and India d) America and Guatemala

295. Viroids are devoid of

a) Protein coat b) Ribosomes c) Cell wall d) Cell membrane

296. Leaf curl of tomato is a geminivirus whose nucleic acid is made up of

a) RNA b) DNA c) RNA and DNA d) ss RNA

297. Contagium vivum fluidum theory was proposed by

a) Iwanowski b) Beijerinck c) Mayer d) Hashimoto

298. Papaya ring spot virus is a non persistent virus transmitted by

a) Toxoptera citricidus b) Myzus persicae c) Bemisia tabaci d) Cuscuta
reflexa

299. Of the 25 virus disease recorded in India on Potato, the most destructive one is
a) Leaf roll b) Rugose mosaic c) PV-X d) PV-Y

300. Yellow mosaic of Bhendi and mosaic disease of Cassava are transmitted by
a) Aphis craccivora b) Bemisia tabaci c) Myzus persicae d) Toxoptera aurantii

301. Trade name of Chlorothalonil is

a) Daconil b) Emisan c) Glyodin d) Foltof

302. Curzate, a systemic fungicide is specific to

a) Downy mildew b) Powdery mildew c) Smuts d) Wilts

303. The primary source of inoculum for stem and fruit canker of tomato is
a) Soil borne only b) Seed borne only c) Soil and seed borne d) Air borne

304. The genome of Tomato leaf curl virus is

a) ss RNA b) ds RNA c) ss DNA d) ds DNA

305. A typical symptom of bird’s eye spot is caused by

a) Ralstonia solanacearum b) Xanthomonas campestris sub spp. campestris

c) X.c.pv. vesicatoria d) Clavibacter michiganense sub sp. michiganense

306. Sandal spike was first reported from India in the year
a) 1890 b) 1889 c) 1880 d) 1898

307. Meloidogyne sp is
a) Migratory endoparasite b) Endoparasite

c) Sedentary endoparasite d) Sedentary ectoparasite

308. A nematode genus which induces giant cell formation is

a) Meloidogyne b) Heterodera c) Globodera d) Radopholus

309. Tomato mosaic is transmitted by

a) Aphids b) Seed c) Sap d) Both b and c

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310. Little leaf of Brinjal is caused by
a) Phytoplasma b) Virus c) Viroid d) Bacteria
311. A fungus causing wart of potato is
a) A saprophyte b) A facultative parasite c) A facultative saprophyte d) An obligate

312. A long flexious filamentous ss RNA virus is

a) Potato virus X b) Cucumber mosaic virus

c) Beet yellow virus d) Tomato mosaic virus

313. The fruiting body of Colletotrichum capsici is

a) Acervulus b) Perithecia c) Pycnidia d) Sporodochium

314. A toxic substance produced by Trichoderma viridae is

a) Gliovirin b) Viridin c) Subtilin d) Pseudobactin

315. The famous Irish famine occurred in the year

a) 1845 b) 1854 c) 1880 d) 1865

316. The resistant structure produced by Fusarium sp. is

a) Sclerotia b) Stroma c) Conidia d) Chlamydospores

317. Tomato spotted wilt virus is transmitted by

a) Whiteflies b) Aphids c) Thrips d) Leaf hoppers

318. Bacterial canker of tomato is caused by

a) Xanthomonas campestris.pv. vesicatoria b) X. campestris.pv.malvacearum

c) Clavibacter michiganense sub sp. michiganense d) Ralstonia solanacearum

319. Phytoplasmas are sensitive to antibiotics of

a) Tetracycline b) Streptomycine c) Penicillin d) Streptomycine sulphate

320. The type of nucleic acid present in yellow mosaic of Bhendi is

a) ss RNA b) ds RNA c) ss DNA d) ds DNA

321. Powdery mildew of chilli is caused by

a) Erysiphe polygoni b) Erysiphe cichoracearum

c) Leveillula taurica d) Sphaerotheca fuliginia

322. Pea rust is caused by

a) Puccinia b) Uromyces c) Phakospora d) Urocystis

323. Common scab of potato is caused by

a) Bacteria b) Fungi c) Fastidious vascular bacteria d) Virus
324. Black spot of Rose is caused by
a) Cercospora sp b) Alternaria sp c) Diplocarpon sp. d) Colletotrichum sp.

325. A disease caused by Colletotrichum circinans in onion is

a) Black rot b) Soft rot c) Black mould d) Smudge

326. Fungi belonging to the order Ustilaginales are known to cause

a) Rusts b) Ergots c) Smuts d) All of these

327. A button like structure which penetrate the host and draws nutrients
a) Rhizoid b) Appressorium c) Rhizomorph d) Haustoria

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328. A plant viral disease of seed borne nature
a) Potato virus b) Cassava virus c) Common bean mosaic virus

329. A disease affecting food conduction in plant

a) Vascular wilt b) Root rots c) Sandal spike d) Soft rots

330. A nematode which is of migratory endoparasite

a) Radopholus b) Xiphinema c) Meloidogyne d) Heterodera

331. Who was considered as founder of virology?

a) W.M. Stanley b) Beijerinck c) T.O.Diener d) A.E.Mayer

332. Sporangia are produced in chains

a) Pythium b) Phytophthora c) Oidium d) Albugo

333. Ostiolate ascocarp is known as

a) Cleistothecium b) Perithecium c) Apothecium d) Ascostromata

334. A bacterial genus which enter through nectarines is

a) Psedomonas b) Xanthomonas c) Erwinia d) Bacillus

335. An endophytic powdery mildew genus having the cleistothecial characters like indefinite myceloid
appendages
a) Microsphaera b) Sphaerotheca c) Phyllactinia d) Leveillula

336. A tuft of flagella one or both ends is called

a) Amphitrichous b) Lophotrichous c) Peritrichous d) Monotrichous

337. Prokaryote without the cell wall

a) Bacteria b) Richetssia like organisms c) Bacteria like organisms d) Spiroplasma

338. Low molecular weight infectious RNA without a protein envelope is

a) Virusoid b) Virus c) Ca deficiency d) Viroid

339. Robigalia was celebrated by Romans against

a) Smuts b) Blights c) Rusts d) Both

340. Khaira disease of paddy is caused by

a) Zn deficiency b) Virus c) Ca deficiency d) Viroid

341. A partial stem parasite of trees

a) Sandal b) Cuscuta c) Striga d) Loranthus

342. Cross protection can be achieved by inoculating the plants first with
a) Attenuated strain b) Mild strain of same virus

c) Mild strain of different virus d) Severe strain

343. Use of antibiotics in plant disease control is by

a) G. Rangaswamy b) Coleman c) M.J.Thirumalachar d) J.C.Luthra

344. Highly contagious virus

a) Cucumber mosaic virus b) Tobacco mosaic virus

c) Potato leaf roll virus d) Tomato leaf roll virus

345. A plant viral disease of seed borne nature

a) Potato virus-X b) Cassava mosaic c) Both a and b d) None

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346. Dikaryotic mycelium is a distinct feature of fungi belonging to
a) Ascomycotina b) Diplomastigomycotina c) Deuteromycotina d) Basidiomycotina

347. Bio-agent used in the management of airborne diseases

a) Trichoderma viridae b) Pseudomonas fluorescence

c) Both a and b d) Trichoderma harzianum

348. A disease incited by an endosedentary plant parasitic nematode

a) Radopholus b) Xiphinema c) Meloidogyne d) Rotylenchulus

349. Plant pathogenic bacteria having relevance in genetic engineering

a) Xanthomonas b) Agrobacterium c) Pseudomonas d) Erwinia

350. PCR stands for

a) Polymorphic chain reaction b) Polymerase chain reaction

c) Polyase charged reaction d) None

351. Xanthomonas penetrates the host tissue through

a) Lenticels b) Stomata c) Root hairs d) Stigma

352. Reproduction in Basidiomycetous fungi is through

a) Spermatization b) Somatogamy c) a or b d) Both a and b

353. Practical and feasible method in managing soil borne diseases is through
a) Chemotherapy b) Crop rotation c) Biological control d) Use of disease resistant varieties

354. A systemic fungicide is

a) Copperoxychloride b) Hexacanozole c) Dinocap d) Carbendazim

355. An infectious stage of plant parasitic nematode is

a) I stage b) II stage c) III stage d) Adult

356. All plant pathogenic bacteria are

a) Facultative saprophytes b) Facultative parasites c) Obligate parasites d) Perthrotrophs

357. A culturable cell wall less fastidious prokaryote causing plant diseases is
a) Richetssia like organisms b) Phytoplasma c) Spiroplasma d) Bacteria like organism

358. Mycelium of class Oomycetes is always

a) Coenocytic b) Septate c) Cross septa d) None

359. Nuclear position of uredial stage in rust fungi is

a) n b) 2n c) n+n d) None

360. Streptomycin sulphate, an antibiotic was isolated by

a) Rangaswami b) Millardet c) Waksmann d) Thirumalachar

361. Tur wilt is caused by

a) Sclerotium rolfsii b) Rhizoctonia solani

c) Fusarium udum d) Fusarium oxysporum fsp. cubense

362. Race specific resistance is called

a) Vertical resistance b) Horizontal resistance

c) Adult plant resistance d) Apparent resistance

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363. L.C.Coleman was a general pathologist during 1914 but worked and suggested control measures for
a) Koleroga of Areca b) Tur wilt c) Late blight of potato d) Blister blight of Cocoa

364. Exobasidium vexans which causes

a) Blight of coffee b) Blister blight of tea c) Blister blight of Cocoa d) Red rust of tea

365. Early blight of potato and tomato caused by

a) Alternaria solani b) Alternaria alternata
c) Alternaria helianthi d) Alternaria tenuis

366. Downy mildew causing pathogens, powdery mildew causing pathogens and rust causing pathogens
are
a) Obligate parasites b) Facultative saprophytes
c) Obligate saprophytes d) Facultative parasites

367. The phanerogamic parasite with the Sorghum crop

a) Striga b) Orobanche c) Loranthus d) Cuscuta

368. Teliospores are single celled, papillate and stalked, the genus identified as
a) Puccinia b) Phragmidium c) Uromyces d) Hemilia

369. One of the chemical weapons secreted by the pathogen in production of disease in plants
a) Pathogen related proteins b) Phytotoxins c) Phytoalexins

370. Puccinia is a member of the order

a) Uredinales b) Ustilaginales c) Erysiphales d) None of the above

371. Conidia are produced singly at tips of conidiophores by

a) Uncinula spp b) Leveillula c) Erysiphe spp d) Microsphaera spp.

372. When plant showed the partial resistance against all the races of pathogen then it is a type of:
a) Horizontal resistance b) Vertical resistance
c) Induced resistance d) Non-host resistance

373. The teliospore of coffee leaf rust pathogen is

a) Turnip shaped b) Bean shaped c) Sickle shaped d) dumbbell shaped

374. Which one of the following cannot be detected by ELISA technique?

a) Virus b) Bacteria c) Viroid d) fungus
375. Viruses are
a) Purely protein b) Purely nucleic acids c) Nucleoproteins d) None of these

376. Monogenic resistance is also referred to as

a) Horizontal resistance b) Field resistance c) Vertical resistance

377. In a long cycled rust “0” stage refers to

a) Aecium b) Uredium c) Pycnium d) Basidium

378. Cross protection is effective in controlling

a) Citrus greening b) Citrus mosaic c) Citrus tristeza

379. Pathogen inducing soft rot symptoms primarily produce

a) Polysaccharides b) Growth regulators c) Pectolytic enzymes
380. Dicytospora is a spore with
a) Only horizontal septa b) Only vertical septa c) Both vertical and horizontal septa

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381. Genus Alternaria belongs to family
a) Luberculariaceae b) Moniliaceae c) Dematiaceae

382. The phenomena of parasexuality was first discovered by

a) Pontecarvo b) Stakmann c) Craigie d) Anton de Bary

383. The protein content in a bacterial cell on dry weight basis is

a) 15 % b) 60 % c) 95 % d) 45%

384. Virus with split genomes

a) Wound tumour virus b) Potato virus Y

c) Cauliflower mosaic virus d) Tomato spotted wilt virus

385. The most widely used granulated formulations have granule size of
a) 0.1 to 1 mm b) 0.2 to 1 mm c) 0.3 to 1 mm d) 0.4 to 1 mm

386. The additive chemicals which possess surface modifying properties are called as
a) Wetting agents b) Spreaders c) Penetrants d) Surfactants

387. Components of Chestnut compound are

1) Copper sulphate 2) Ammonium carbonate 3) washing soda 4) Quick lime

a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 only c) 1, 2 and 3 only d) All the above

388. The great Bengal famine in 1943 was due to

a) Paddy blast b) Brown leaf spot of Rice c) Bacterial leaf blight d) Rice tungro

389. Phytoalexin inducers viz ferric chloride, nickel nitrate etc., offer protection against
a) Blast b) Rice tungro c) Brown leaf spot d) Bacterial leaf blight

390. False smut of Rice is caused by

a) Neovossia horrida b) Entyloma oryzae

c) Ustilago scitaminae d) Ustilaginoidea virens

391. The causal agent of foot rot or Bakane disease of rice produces
a) Gibberellic acid b) Fusaric acid c) Both d) None

392. Red rot of Sugarcane is caused by

a) Colletotrichum falcatum b) Acremonium sp

c) Leptosphaera sacchari d) Drechslera sacchari

393. The causal agent of Grassy shoot disease in sugarcane is caused by

a) Bacterium b) Virus c) Phytoplasma d) Vascular fungi

394. Stunting disease of sugarcane is caused by

a) Clavibacter xyli subsp.xyli b) Corynebacterium michiganense

c) Fusarium sacchari d) Mycoplasma

395. Soil drenching with 0.4% bleaching powder is effective in reducing

a) Leaf scald b) Wilt c) Red rot d) Smut

396. Bacterial blight or black arm of cotton is incited by

a) Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri b) X. campestris pv.malvacearum

c) Xanthomonas campestris pv. Campestris d) Xanthomonas campestris pv.oryzae

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397. Sudden and complete wilting in cotton is due to
a) Root rot by Rhizoctonia solani b) Root rot by Rhizoctonia bataticola

c) Both d) Vascular wilt

398. Apple scab is caused by

a) Podosphaera leucotricha b) Spilocema pomi

c) Venturia inaequalis d) Armillaria mellea

399. Citrus exocartis is transmitted through

a) Infected bud wood b) Budding knife c) Seed d) Both knife and bud wood

400. Downy mildew of grapes caused by

a) Plasmopora viticola b) Uncinula nicator

c) Elsinoe ampelina d) Glomerella cingulata

401. White rust of crucifers is caused by

a) Plasmodiophora brassicae b) Olpidium brassicae

c) Albugo candida d) Alternaria brassicae

402. Captan as fungicide was introduced by

a) Kittleson b) Von Schemling and Kulka c) Millardet d) Tisdale

403. 1% Bordeaux mixture is a combination of

a) 10 kg copper sulphate + 10 kg lime + 100 lt water

b) 1kg copper sulphate + 1kg Sod. carbonate + 100 lt water

c) 1kg copper sulphate + 1kg Lime + 100 lt water

d) 10kg copper sulphate + 10kg Lime + 1000 lt water

404. Bordeaux mixture was an accidental discovery for

a) Downy mildew of grapes b) Powdery mildew of grapes

c) Anthracnose of grapes d) Late blight of Potato

405. Metalaxyl is specific against

a) Pythium and Phytophthora b) Downy mildews c) Oomycetes d) Powdery mildews

406. Domestic quarantine against

a) Golden nematode and Wart of potato b) Mosaic and bunchy top of banana

c) All of the above

407. Oxanthiin group of systemic fungicides are effective against

a) Smuts b) Rusts c) Both d) None

408. Organic sulphur fungicides are derived from

a) Thiourea b) Dithiocarbamic acid c) Phosphoric acid d) Sulphur

409. A typical nematode life cycle consists of

a) 6 stages b) 5 stages c) 4 stages d) 7 stages

410. A plant pathogenic bacteria peritrichously flagellate

a) Streptomyces b) Clavibacter c) Erwinia d) Xanthomonas

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411. Gram +ve plant pathogen
a) Streptomyces b) Clavibacter c) Erwinia d) None

412. Variability in bacteria is brought about by

a) Conjugation, transformation, transduction b) Binary fission, transformation, budding

c) Binary fission, Conjugation, budding d) Transduction, fragmentation, budding

413. Crown gall of apple is due to

a) Agrobacterium rhizogenes b) Erwinia amylovora

c) Xanthomonas axonopodis d) Streptomyces scabies

414. Common blight of beans is due to

a) Xanthomonas campestris pv.phaseoli b) Xanthomonas arboricola pv.pruni

c) Xanthomonas campestris pv.vesicatoria d) Pseudomonas syringe pv.syringe

415. Bacterial soft rot of vegetables is due to

a) Erwinia caratovora pv.caratovora b) Streptomyces scabies

c) Xanthomonas campestris pv. Campestris d) Pseudomonas syringe

416. Physical properties of virus are

a) Dilution end point, thermal inactivation point, longevity invitro
b) Local lesions, necrotic lesions, infectivity
c) Translocation in plants, local lesion symptoms, systemic symptoms
417. Fungus transmitting tobacco necrosis is
a) Ceratocystis paradoxa b) Olpidium brassicae c) Trichodorus d) Heterodera

418. Nematode transmitting grape fan leaf virus

a) Xiphinema index b) Longidorus c) Trichodorus d) Heterodera

419. Tomato spotted wilt virus is transmitted by

a) Myzus persicae b) Thrips tabaci c) Phytopsis ribis d) Aceria cajani

420. Potato leaf roll virus is transmitted by

a) Myzus persicae b) Thrips tabaci c) Phytoptis ribis d) Aceria cajani

421. Veinal clearing and veinal chlorosis of leaf is the chief symptom of the disease
a) Leaf curl of chilli b) Tomato leaf curl

c) Bhendi yellow vein mosaic d) Tomato spotted wilt virus

422. Citrus variegated is due to
a) Xylem limited fastidious vascular bacteria b) Virus c) Bacteria d) Protozoa

423. Existence of formae specialis was first demonstrated by

a) Erikkson b) Stakman c) Anton de Bary d) Prevost
424. Main source of uredospores of Puccinia graminis tritici are
a) Nilgiri and Palani hills b) Foot hills of Himalayas

c) Darjeeling hills d) Western Ghat hills

425. Primary inoculum of brown and yellow rust comes from
a) Foot hills of Himalayas b) Nilgiri and Palani hills
c) Hills of Western Ghat d) Darjeeling hills

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426. Rice Tungro virus has two kinds of particles which are
a) Bacilliform and spherical/isometric b) Both bacilliform

c) Both spherical d) Both isometrical

427. Rice Tungro virus is transmitted by

a) Leaf hoppers b) White flies c) Aphids d) Mites

428. The cause of Rice Yellows disease is a

a) Virus b) Spiroplasma c) Phytoplasma d) Bacteria

429. The causal organism of Bacterial leaf blight of Rice is

a) Xanthomonas campestris pv oryzicola b) Xanthomonas campestris pv oryzae

c) Pyricularia oryzae d) Ephelis oryzae

430. The first plant parasitic nematode reported was

a) Anguina tritici by Needham b) Meloidogyne by Berkeley

c) Ditylenchus dipsaci by Kuhn d) Heterodera by Cobb

431. Journal of Nematology published in India

a) Indian journal of Nematology b) Journal of nematology

c) Nematologica d) Plant nematology

432. Pasteuria penetrans is used as a biocontrol agent for managing

a) Meloidogyne b) Radopholus b) Heterodera d) Ditylenchus

433. Paring and prolinage are done to manage

a) Banana decline b) Citrus decline c) Root knot d) Golden nematode of potato

434.Coconut cadang cadang is due to

a) Viroids b) Virus c) Bacteria d) Protozoa

435. Citrus greening is due to

a) Phloem limited fastidious vascular bacteria b) Virus c) Bacteria d) Protozoa

436. The founder of mycology was

a) Linnaeus b) Anton de Bary c) P.A.Micheli d) E.J.Butler

437. Species Plantarum is the greatest contribution of

a) P.A.Micheli b) Saccardo c) Linnaeus d) Kuhn

438. With regard to nutrition Erysiphe is

a) Ecto Parasite b) Endo parasite c) Both a & b d) None of the above

439. The class ends with

a) Mycotina b) Mycetes c) Mycetales d) None of these

440. Pythium belongs to class

a) Chytridiomycetes b) Oomyctes c) Zygomycetes d) Basidiomycetes

441. Pycnidia are formed in order

a) Moniliales b) Melanconiales c) Sphaeropsidales d) Erisyphales

442. Anterior tinsel flagellum is characteristics of

a) Chytridiomycetes b) Hyphochytridiomycetes c) Both a & b d) None of these

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443. B.B.Mundkur wrote
a) Fungi and Disease in Plants b) Fungi and Plant diseases

c) The Fungi d) Plant diseases

444. Which one of the following is known as Downy mildew fungus

a) Erysiphe b) Sclerospora c) Taphrina d) Podosphaera

445. Rust teleutospore on germination produce

a) Four basidiospores b) Two basidiospores

c) Indefinite basidiospores d) None of these

446. Fungi and Disease of plant was written by

a) B.B.Mundkur b) E.J.Butler c) P.R.Mehta d) Prevost

447. Used lens for the first time to study microorganism

a) Robert Koch b) Antony Van Leeuwenhoek c) Louis Pasteur d) T.J.Burill

448. Domestic Quarantine exist on

a) Rice Blast b) Red rot of Sugarcane c) Wart of Potato d) Wheat rust

449. Once the pathogen has established in an area, steps taken to remove or destroy is known as
a) Exclusion b) Eradication c) Protection d) Prevention

450. Loose smut of wheat can be controlled by

a) Spray of fungicide on the crop b) Seed treatment

c) Soil treatment d) Crop rotation

451. Flag smut of wheat is caused by

a) Ustilago tritici b) Urocystis tritici c) Ustilago hordei d) Ustilago nuda

452. Agallol is used for

a) Seed treatment b) Soil treatment c) Crop spray d) Fumigation

453. Leaf roll of potato is caused by

a) Fungus b) Spiroplasma c) Virus d) Bacteria

454. Powdery mildews are controlled by spray of

a) Copper fungicides b) Mercury fungicides c) Sulphur d) None of these

455. Foot rot of Papaya is caused by

a) Phytophthora palmivora b) Pythium aphanidermatum

c) Peronospora parasitica d) Perenoscelerospora cubense

456. First plant parasitic nematode discovered was

a) Meloidogyne incongnita b) Heterodera avenae

c) Anguina tritici d) Globodera rostochinensis

457. Striga is a plant parasite included in

a) Fungi b) Mycoplasma like organisms

c) Phanerogamic plant parasites d) Bacteria

458. Bacterial cell surrounded by flagella is called

a) Monotrichous b) Lophotrichous c) Amphitrichous d) Peritrichous

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459. Transduction is a process of multiplication in
a) Fungi b) Bacteria c) Bacteriophages d) Nematode

460. The organisms lacking a well defined nucleus are termed

a) Prokaryote b) Fungi c) Eukaryote d) Protozoa

461. The organisms in the order Peronosporales cause the disease known as
a) Rust b) Smut c) Downy mildew d) Powdery mildew

462. Dithane M-45 is a

a) Bactericide b) Insecticide c) Fungicide d) Nematicide

463. Exclusion of plant disease by legislation is known as

a) Disease resistance b) Plant quarantine

c) Biological control of plant d) Cultural control

464. In India Destructive insect and pest act was promulgated in the year
a) 1912 b) 1914 c) 1922 d) 1947

465. Conidia and sporangia are the spores produced by

a) Bacteria b) Viruses c) Fungi d) Phanerogams

466. Fungi which can grow only on living host plant are called
a) Obligate saprophytes b) Obligate parasites
c) Facultative parasites d) Saprophytes

467. The genera Claviceps, Alternaria and Sclerospora are

a) Bacteria b) Fungi c) Mycoplasma like organisms d) Virus

468. Disease symptoms known as phyllody in sesamum is caused by a

a) Bacterium b) Fungus c) Mycoplasma like organisms d) Virus

469. Nematodes are also known as

a) Tape worms b) Trematodes c) Earthworms d) Round worms

470. Plant parasitic nematodes possess

a) Two-part oesophagus b) Three-part oesophagus
c) Four-part oesophagus d) None of these

471. Father of American Nematology

a) N.A.Cobb b) G.Thorne c) F.G.W.Jones d) Kuhn

472. Which of the following nematodes attack plant parts

a) Pratylenchus coffeae b) Anguina tritici
c) Meloidogyne graminicola d) Rotylenchulus reniformis

473. The anal and vulval openings in nematodes are located on

a) Dorsal side b) Lateral side c) Ventral side d) Dorso-lateral side

474. Most of the plant parasitic nematodes belong to order

a) Tylenchida b) Dorylaimida c) Aphelenchida d) Rabditida

475. Sexual dimorphism means

a) Males and females are separate b) Females possess didelphic ovaries
c) Males and females are morphologically dissimilar d) None of the above

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476. Who gave the term pasteurization?
a) De bary b) Louis Pasteur c) Robert Koch d) Leeuwenhoek

477. Tomato leaf curl is caused by

a) Bacteria b) Fungi c) Mycoplasma d) Virus

478. Term commensalisms means

a) Living together of the two species, one of which is benefited by the association whereas the
other is neither beneficial nor harmful
b) Living together of two or mores species for mutual benefit

c) The joint association of the two organisms on a carbohydrate resulting in the production of gas
that is not formed by either organism cultivated separately

d) Living two organisms together which are harmful to each other.

479. Which are the cellulose attacking fungi at the time of decomposition of organic compound?
a) Trichoderma, Aspergillus b) Ganoderma, Psalliotta

c) Albugo, Puccinia d) Pythium, macrophomina

480. Which of them is a poisonous mushroom?

a) Agaricus b) Volvariella c) Pleurotus d) Amanita

481. Which one of the following shows the symbiotic relationship?

a) Rhizobium b) Azotobacter c) Clostridium d) Nitrosomonas

482. Consider the following process on host plant occurring during pathogenesis
1) Landing of inoculum 2) Penetration 3) Germination

4) Recognition 5) Establishment and sporulation

The correct sequence of these processes is:

a) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 b) 2, 3, 1, 5, 4 c) 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 d) 4, 1, 2, 3, 5

483. Which fungus suppresses various pathogenic fungi present in soil?

a) Pythium aphanidermatum b) Psalliotta spp.

c) Macrophomina spp. d) Trichoderma viridae

484. Indian Phytopathological society was established by

a) J.F.dastur b) E.J.Butler c) B.B.Mundkur d) K.C.Mehta

485. Which of them is a gram positive bacterium?

a) Xanthomonas b) Pseudomonas c) Erwinia d) Corynebacterium

486. Fusarium belong to order

a) Sphaeropsidales b) Melanconiales c) Sporobolomycetales d) Cryptococcales

487. Shape of bacterial cells are

a) Spheres b) Spiral c) Rods d) All of above three

488. When bacterial cells are subjected to unfavourable conditions they form
a) Oospores b) Zoospores c) Endospores d) Cyst

489. Association of fungi with roots of higher plants is known as

a) Lichen b) Mycorrhiza c) Ascolichen d) Basidiolichen

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490. Mycoplasma disease of plant was first reported by
a) Butler b) Brefeld c) De Bary d) Doi et al and Ishiie et al

491. The casual organism for earcockle disease of wheat is

a) Meloidogyne incognita b) Heterodera avenae

c) Anguina tritici d) None of the above

492. Which of the following nematicide is a carbamate?

a) DBCP b) DD c) Phorate d) Aldicarb

493. Uncinula causes the disease

a) Downy mildew b) Powdery mildew c) Blight d) Wilt

494. Powdery mildew fungi belong to the family

a) Erysiphaceae b) Hypocreaceae c) Hyphomycetaceae d) Nectriaceae

495. First plant parasitic bacteria was reported by

a) T.J.Burill b) Needham c) Louis Pasteur d) Leeuwenhoek

496. Black heart of potato is caused due to deficiency of

a) Boron b) Zinc c) Iron d) Oxygen

497. In which rust pustules are arranged in end to end manner and forming stripe
a) Yellow rust b) Orange rust c) Black rust d) White rust

498. Which is the root knot nematode?

a) Anguina b) Heterodera c) Meloidogyne d) Tylenchorhynchus

499. Virus is transmitted by nematode

a) Globodera b) Tylenchorhynchus c) Anguina d) Xiphinema

500. Which is citrus nematode?

a) Hoplolaimus b) Pratylenchus c) Rotylenchulus d) Tylenchulus semipenetrans

501. Molya disease of Wheat and barley is caused by

a) Heterodera schachti b) Heterodera rostochiensis

c) Heterodera aveane d) Heterodera glycines

502. Khaira disease of rice is caused by

a) Phanerogams b) Zinc deficiency c) Cuscuta d) Manganese deficiency

503. Smut gives the appearance of

a) Compact hardness b) Sooty powder c) Superficial growth d) Dusty layer

504. Nematodes penetrate in plant tissues with the aid of

a) Stylet b) Saliva c) Labial papilla d) Cervical

505. Who for the first discovered antibiotics

a) Alexander Flemming b) Stanley c) Stakmann d) Louis Pasteur

506. Which was the first plant bacterial disease reported?

a) Angular leaf spot of cotton b) Citrus canker
c) Fire blight of apple d) Bacterial blight of tomato

507. Which of the nutrient is supplied by mycorrhiza to the plant?

a) Nitrogen b) Phosphorus c) Sulphur d) Iron
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508. Taphrina causes the disease
a) Tomato leaf curl b) Chilli leaf curl c) Peach leaf curl d) Potato leaf curl

509. Plant disease is written by

a) B.B.Mundkur b) R.S.Singh c) E.J.Butler d) R.S. Mehrotra

510. Albugo is a
a) Obligate parasite b) Facultative parasite c) Saprophyte d) Predator

511. Primary source of infection to green ear disease of Bajra is

a) Insect b) Soil c) Air d) Seed and soil

512. Wheat rust life cycle in India was given by

a) E.J.Butler b) M.J.Thirumalachar c) K.C.Mehta d) R.Prasad

513. Brown spot of maize is caused by

a) Sclerospora sorghi b) Physoderma maydis

c) Alternaria solani d) Cercospora perfonats

514. Most effective fungicide against powdery mildew disease

a) Dithane b) Captan c) Karathane d) Bavistin

515. Linseed rust is caused by

a) Uromyces b) Melampsora lini c) Physoderma d) Ravenelia

516. Solar energy treatment for the control of loose smut of Wheat was given by
a) Shrivdle b) Luthra and Sattar c) Mitra d) Butler

517. Systemic fungicides was discovered by

a) Van schleming and Kulka b) Millardet c) Tillet d) Prevost

518. Heteroecious nature of rust means

a) A fungus require one host species to complete life cycle

b) A fungus require two different host species to complete life cycle

c) a and b

d) None of the above

519. Smut of Wheat is effectively controlled by

a) Bavistin b) Vitavax c) Benlate d) Thiram

520. Root parasite of Bajra is

a) Cuscuta b) Striga c) Orobanche d) Loranthus

521. In plains of India which wheat rust appear first

a) Black stem rust b) Orange rust c) Yellow rust d) Orange and yellow

522. Root rot of Papaya could be controlled by application of

a) Bordeaux mixture b) Dithane M-45 c) Benlate d) Calixin

523. Yellow vein mosaic of Bhendi was reported by

a) Jha and Mishra b) Uppal et al c) Mayer d) Berkeley

524. Leaf roll of potato is transmitted by

a) Myzus persicae b) Myzus preudosolani c) Myzus circumflexum d) All the above

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525. Black tip of mango is caused by
a) Pythium b) Born deficiency c) Phytophthora d) Zinc deficiency

526. Tolyposporium ehrenbergii cause

a) Smut of sugarcane b) Grain smut of Sorghum
c) Bajra smut d) Long smut of sorghum

527. Tolyposporium penicillariae cause

a) Smut of sugarcane b) Grain smut of Sorghum
c) Bajra smut d) Head smut of sorghum

528. Whip smut of sugarcane is caused by

a) Ustilago nuda b) Ustilago hordei
c) Urocystis cepulae d) Ustilago scitaminae

529. Leveillula is a
a) Ectoparasite b) Endoparasite c) a and b d) None of the above

530. Downy mildew of maize is caused by

a) Peronoscleropsora heterophogonii b) Perenospora trigonella
c) Sclerospora graminicola d) Sclerospora sacchari

531. Tobacco mosaic virus was first reported by

a) Smith b) Bawden c) Mayer d) Beijerinck

532. Stripe disease of barley is caused by

a) Drechslera gramineum b) Drechslera oryzae
c) Puccinia striiformis d) None of the above

533. Alexander Fleming (1929) discovered

a) Streptomycetease b) Penicillin c) Tyrocidine d) Griseofulvin

534. Death of tissue in virus infected plant is described as

a) Mottling b) Mosaic c) Necrosis d) Curling

535. Carborundum powder is

a) Silicon carbide b) Aluminium oxide c) Diatomaceous earth d) Calcium carbonate
536. Secondary spread of ergot of bajra is through
a) Seed b) Air c) Insect d) b and c

537. Indian journal of mycology and plant pathology is published from

a) IARI, New Delhi b) Botany department, Lucknow University
c) R.C.A.Udaipur d) Botany department, Madras University

538. Wilt of Arhar is caused by

a) Verticillium b) Fusarium c) Xanthomonas d) Meloidogyne

539. Yellow ear rot of wheat is caused by

a) Anguina b) Corynebacterium c) a and b d) Heterodera

540. Bengal famine was caused due to

a) Phytophthora infestans b) Drechslera oryzae
c) Puccinia graminis tritici d) Heterodera avenae

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541. The microorganism used in brewing industry is
a) Aspergillus b) Yeast c) Rhizobium d) Virus

542. The plant disease caused by an algae is

a) Blue mold of tobacco b) Red rust of tea c) Aster yellows d) None of the above

543. A bacterium is devoid of

a) Chlorophyll b) Well defined nucleus c) Cell wall d) Both a and b

544. A virus particle with both nucleic acid and protein coat is known as
a) Virion b) Viroid c) Capsid d) All the above

545. Lichen is an association between

a) Algae and Fungi b) Bacterium and Fungus

c) Fungus and nematode d) Fungus and virus

546. Rusts belongs to sub division

a) Zygomycotina b) Ascomycotina c) Basidiomycotina d) Deuteromycotina

547. Sugar beet cyst nematode reported by

a) Needham b) Cobb c) Schacht d) Spallanzani

548. Sporangium on germination produce vesicle in genera

a) Phytophthora b) Pythium c) Sclerospora d) Perenospora

549. Phytophthora belongs to the family

a) Peronosclerosporaceae b) Pythiaceae c) Peronosporaceae d) Albuginaceae

550. Rhizopus belongs to class

a) Oomycetes b) Zygomycetes c) Trichomycetes d) Ascomycetes

551. Phyllactinia causes the disease

a) Powdery mildew b) Downy mildew c) Leaf spot d) Blight

552. Tilletia causes the disease

a) Rust b) Smut c) Bunt d) Karnal Bunt

553. Ufra disease of Rice is caused by

a) Pratylenchus b) Ditylenchus c) Aphelenchoides d) Heterodera

554. Flag smut of wheat could be controlled by

a) Seed treatment with vitavax b) Spraying with vitavax

c) Soil application with vitavax d) Above all

555. Root knot of vegetables is caused by

a) Meloidogyne b) Heterodera c) Pratylenchus d) Xanthomonas

556. Cysts are formed by

a) Meloidogyne b) Aphelenchoides c) Heterodera d) None of the above

557. Meloidogyne belongs to group of

a) Ectoparasite b) Endoparasite c) Semi-ectoparasite d) Semi- endoparasite

558. Spermatheca is found in the nematode body of

a) Male b) Female c) Both d) None of the above

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559. Didelphic means nematodes with
a) One ovary b) Two ovaries c) One testis d) Two testis
560. Heterodera belongs to super family
a) Atylenchoidea b) Neotylenchoidea c) Tylenchoidea d) Heteroderoidea
561. Trichodorus belongs to family
a) Trichodoridae b) Heteroderidae c) Naccobbidae d) Longidoridae

562. To which group Dithane Z-78 belongs

a) Organomercurial b) Dithiocarbamic acid

c) Heterocyclic nitrogenous compound d) None of these

563. Mycology is the study of

a) Bacteria b) Algae c) Virus d) Fungi

564. Cocci are

a) Spiral shaped b) Spherical shaped c) Rod shaped d) None of the above
565. Who proved that virus could pass through filters with pores small enough to retain bacteria
a) Stanley b) Iwanowski c) Mayer d) Barkley

566. Gelatin plate technique was discovered by

a) Burill b) Fanny Hesse c) Robert Koch d) Louis Pasteur
567. Botulism is caused by species of
a) Bacillus b) Pseudomonas c) Agrobacterium d) Clostridium
568. Bacilli are
a) Spiral shaped b) Spherical shaped c) Rod shaped d) None of the above
569. Yellow pigment in the culture is produced by
a) Pseudomonas b) Xanthomonas c) Erwinia d) Agrobacterium
570. Phycomycetes belong to
a) Fungi b) Bacteria c) Yeasts d) None of the above
571. Agar- Agar is produced from
a) Nostoc b) Macrocystis c) Gelidium d) Oscillatoria
572. In fermentation industry, Pasteurization is done at temperature
a) 90.7 oC b) 100.0 oC c) 62.8 oC d) 80.0 oC
573. The sub-division ends with
a) Mycetes b) ales c) mycetidae d) mycotina
574. Acervuli are formed in order
a) Moniliales b) Mycelia sterilia c) Melanconiales d) Sphaeropsidales

575. Loose smut of wheat can be controlled by

a) Vitavax b) Thiram c) Agallol d) Captan
576. Fungicides which are absorbed into the system of plant and move to the remote site of infection are
known as
a) Systematic b) Systemic c) Dressers d) Fungistatic
577. Zoospores of Oomycetes fungi are
a) Biflagellate b) Uniflagellate

c) Uniflagellate (Tinsel type) d) Uniflagellate (Whiplash type )

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578. Choose the correct statement
a) Zoospores of chytridiomycetes and hyphochytridiomycetes are uniflagellate but tinsel type in
former and whiplash type in later
b) Both the above mentioned classes have tinsel type flagellum

c) Both the classes have whiplash type flagellum

579. Seed potato is not transported from Darjeeling area to other parts of the country because of
a) Domestic quarantine b) High transport cost involved

c) It does not perform well in the plains

580. The fungi-imperfecti are classified under the class

a) Oomycetes b) Zygomycetes c) Deuteromycetes

581. Hermaphroditic fungi are those in which

a) Each thallus bears both male and female organs
b) Some thalli bears only male and some thalli bear only female organs.
c) Sexually functional structures are produced which are morphologically distinguishable as male
or female
582. White rust fungus, Albugo candida belongs to
a) Basidiomycetes b) Ascomycetes c) Oomycetes d) Deuteromycetes

583. Which pathogen is associated with the discovery of Bordeaux mixture

a) Plasmodiophora brassicae b) Plasmopora viticola c) Peronospora destructor

584. Which pathogen is associated with Irish Famine?

a) Bremia lactucae b) Sclerospora graminicola c) Phytophthora infestans

585. Sexual spores in oomycetes are known as oospores while asexual spores as
a) Zoospores b) Ascospores c) Basidiospores

586. Green ear disease (downy mildew) of bajra is caused by

a) Erysiphe graminis b) Albugo candida
c) Sclerospora graminicola d) Rhizopus oryzae

587. Damping off seedlings is caused by

a) Only Pythium aphanidermatum b) Pythium and Phytophthora spp

c) Many fungi including Pythium spp.

588. Obligate organisms are those organisms which can obtain food from:
a) Only living protoplasm
b) Only dead organic material
c) From living as well as dead organic material depending upon the need.
589. Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes are known as
a) Higher fungi b) Lower fungi c) Imperfect fungi

590. Peach leaf curl is caused by

a) Taphrina epiphylla b) Taphrina klebahnii c) Taphrina deformans

591. Which one of the following is downy mildew fungus?

a) Peronospora parasitica b) Erysiphe graminis

c) Puccinia graminis tritici d) Uncinula nicator

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592. White rust of crucifers caused by Albugo candida belongs to class
a) Basidiomycetes b) Ascomycetes c) Oomycetes d) None of the above

593. Viruses which can kill the bacteria are known as

a) Virion b) Antibodies c) Bacteriophages d) None of the above

594. The pathogenic organisms included under family Erysiphae cause

a) Downy mildew b) Powdery mildew c) Bunt d) Rust

595. Powdery mildew of apple is caused by

a) Erysiphae polygoni b) Podosphaera leucotricha

c) Sphaerotheca fuliginea d) Uncinula nicator

596. Ascus normally contains definite number of ascospores which is

a) Eight b) Sixteen c) Four d) None of the above

597. Ascomycetes produce their asci in fruiting bodies known as

a) Pycnidia b) Acervuli c) Vesicle d) Ascocarp

598. Which one is not related to others?

a) Cleistothecium b) Perithecium c) Apothecium d) Trichothecium

599. Sclerotia are the primary survival structures of

a) Phytophthora parasitica b) Phoma vexans

c) Sclerotinia sclerotiorum d) Sclerophthora sp

600. Sesamum phyllody is caused by

a) Bacteria b) Mycoplasma like organisms c) Viruses d) Fungi

601. Which one of the following diseases is internally seed borne

a) Black stem rust of wheat b) Peach leaf curl

c) Loose smut of wheat d) Sheath blight of rice

602. Dithane M-45 is available now as

a) Emisan b) Indofil M-45 c) Thiram d) Bavistin

603. Emisan is a
a) Copper fungicide b) Organomercurial

c) Sulphur fungicide d) None of the above

604. Thiram is used as

a) Seed dresser b) Foliar spray c) Growth promoter d) Soil applicant

605. Karathane is a
a) Fungicide b) Insecticide c) Nematicide d) Bactericide

606. When a disease is more or less constantly present from year to year in a moderate to severe form, in
a particular country or part of the earth then it is known as
a) Epiphytic b) Sporadic c) Pandemic d) Endemic

607. Microscope for the first time by

a) Theophrastus b) Shakespeare c) Leeuwenhoek d) Micheli

608. First bacterial disease known as fire blight of pears was reported for the first time
a) Brefeld b) Cobb c) F.C.Bawden d) Needham

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609. The father of modern Plant Pathology is considered to be
a) E.J.Butler b) J.F.Dastur c) G.S.Kulkarni d) B.B.Mundkur

610. The abnormal increase in the size of a plant organ is known as

a) Hyperplasia b) Hypertrophy c) Both a and b d) None of the above

611. The term necrosis indicate

a) Death of cells b) Curling c) Blightening d) Atrophy

612. Dying of plant organs, especially stems or branches from tip to backward is known as
a) Sun scald b) Die-back c) Witling d) Necrosis

613. Bacteria having one flagellum at each end of the cell are known as
a) Atrichous b) Lophotrichous c) Amphitrichous d) Monotrichous

614. Hyphal structures sent in to the host cell by different fungi to absorb the nutrients are known as
a) Appressoria b) Haustoria c) Sclerotia d) Rhizobia

615. The most destructive phase of the bacterial blight disease of rice is known as
a) Kresek b) Necrosis c) Blight d) Die-back

616. Brown rot or wilt disease of potato is caused by

a) Fungus b) bacterium c) Nematode d) Virus

617. The tundu disease of wheat is usually associated with a nematode known as
a) Anguina tritici b) Meloidogyne incognita

c) Melodoigyne javanica d) Heterodera avenae

618. Stalk rot of maize is caused by

a) Erwinia chrysanthemum pv. zea b) Xanthomonas citri

c) Clavibacter xyli d) Ralstonia solanacearum

619. Plasmodiophora brassicae causal agent of club root of crucifers was first fully described by
a) Iwanowski b) Woronin c) K.C.Mehta d) Curtis

620. Raising the pH of the field soil to 7 or above by adding lime (Calcium carbonate) gives good control
of
a) Wart diseases of potato b) Late blight of potato

c) Soft rot of crucifers d) Club root of crucifers

621. Late blight of potato was introduced in India for the first time in
a) Shimla hills b) Darjeeling c) Nilgiri hills d) None of the above

622. Blight of Colocasia is caused by

a) Phytophthora palmivora b) Alternaria solani

c) Phytophthora colocasia d) Albugo candida

623. Seedling blight of castor caused by Phytophthora parasitica was first recorded and studied by
a) Mathur b) Dastur c) Mundkur d) K.C.Mehta

624. Koleroga disease of areca palms is also known as

a) Mahali disease b) Bud rot c) Stem rot d) Collar rot

625. Systemic infection of Albugo candida in crucifers results in to

a) Hypertrophy b) Gummosis c) Blight d) Rotting

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626. Green ear disease of bajra is also known as
a) Bunchy top b) Witches broom c) Downy mildew d) None of the above

627. Downy mildew fungi are

a) Only seed borne b) Only soil borne
c) Both seed and soil borne d) None of the above
628. Downy mildew of crucifers is caused by
a) Albugo candida b) Peronospora parasitica
c) Both a and b d) None of the above
629. The source of primary inoculum of Pseudoperonospora cubensis is
a) Oospores b) Sporangia c) Dormant mycelium in or on seed d) Zoospores

630. Which pathogen caused heavy losses to wine industry in France due to its epidemic in 1875?
a) Phytophthora infestans b) Helminthosporium oryzae
c) Plasmopora viticola d) Uncinula nicator
631. Resting structures of Protomyces macrosporus causing stem gall of coriander are
a) Oospores b) Ascospores c) Chlamydospores d) None of the above

632. Taphrina deformans causes

a) Root rot of stone fruits b) Stem gall of coriander
c) Peach leaf curl d) Leaf roll of potato
633. Leaf spot of turmeric is caused by
a) Cercospora sp. b) Fusarium equiseti
c) Taphrina maculans d) Phytophthora colocaseae
634. Characteristic symptoms of soft rot of apple appear on
a) Mature apples b) Green apples c) Both a and b d) None of the above

635. Branching of sporangiophores of Plasmopora viticola to the main axis is at

a) Obtuse angle b) Acute angle c) Right angle d) None of the above

636. Erysiphe polygoni causes

a) Downy mildew of peas b) Powdery mildew of ber

c) Downy mildew of jowar d) None of the above

637. Secondary spread of powdery mildews is generally carried out by

a) Conidia b) Cleistothecia c) Perithecia d) Apothecia

638. Cleistothecia are the primary survival structures of Erysiphe graminis which survive in the
a) Seed b) Soil c) Both a and b d) None of the above

639. Powdery mildew of Cucurbits is caused by

a) Erysiphe cichoracearum b) Sphaerotheca fuliginea

c) Both a and b d) None of the above

640. Each cleistothecium of Podosphaera leucotricha contains

a) 8 asci b) 4 asci c) 2 asci d) one ascus

641. Podosphaera leucotricha (powdery mildew of apple) survives in the form of

a) Resting mycelium in the bud b) Encapsulated haustoria in the bud
c) Both a and b d) None of the above

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642. Ring spot disease of sugarcane is caused by
a) Ascochyta sp. b) Colletotrichum falcatum
c) Clavibacter xyli d) Leptosphaeria sacchari
643. The most common stage of the fungus causing stem rot of paddy is
a) Ascigerous b) Myceloid c) Sclerotial d) Conidial

644. The sclerotia of ergot disease yield an alkaloid ‘Ergotin’ which when assimilated in the blood of man
or cattle affects the
a) Muscular system b) Respiratory system
c) Nervous system d) None of the above
645. The asci of Claviceps fusiformis are cylindrical each of which contains 8 ascospores which are
a) Filiform and hyaline b) Round c) Oval d) Square

646. The sphacelia stage of Claviceps purpurea is also known as honey dew stage which is full of
a) Conidia b) Ascospores c) Asci d) Perithecia

647. Sclerotia of Claviceps purpurea germinate to produce

a) Mycelium b) Perithecia c) Conidia d) Honey dew

648. Major source of Primary inoculum of false smut of rice

a) Conidia b) Sclerotia c) Ascospores d) None of the above

649. Apple scab disease which earlier was confined to Kashmir in India spread to Himachal Pradesh after
a) 1943 b) 1965 c) 1973 d) 1985

650. The conidial cycle (Conidia-infection-conidia) of Venturia inaequalis is completed within

a) 2-3 days b) 8-10 days c) 12-15 days d) 15-20 days

651. Apple scab fungus perpetuates through

a) Perithecia b) Pycnidia c) Synnemata d) None of the above

652. Stem rot of Rozelle is caused by

a) Sclerotium rolfsii b) Sclerospora graminicola
c) Sclerotinia slcerotiorum d) Sclerophthora macrospora
653. Organism of loose smut of wheat can be termed as
a) Soil borne b) Externally seed borne c) Internally seed borne d) None of the above

654. Which one is unrelated among the following?

a) Streptomyces b) Protomyces c) Pseudomonas d) Xanthomonas

655. Solar energy treatment of wheat seed is recommended for the control of
a) Loose smut b) Karnal bunt c) Hill bunt d) Black rust

656. Covered smut of barley is caused by

a) Ustilago nuda tiritici b) Ustilago hordei
c) Ustilago scitaminea d) Ustilago avenae
657. The best way to control the disease spread of smut of sugarcane is to
a) Remove the smutted whips from the field
b) Discourage the practice of rationing
c) Avoid planting of setts from smutted canes
c) All of them

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658. Smut of bajra is caused by
a) Tolyposporium penicillariae b) Ustilago tritici

c) Tolyposporium penicillariae d) Sphacelotheca sorghi

659. Stinking smut or hill bunt is caused by

a) Only Tilletia caries b) Only Tilletia foetida

c) Only Tilletia controversa d) All of the above

660. Karnal bunt of wheat was reported for the first time in 1931 by
a) Mundkur b) Bedi c) Prasad d) Mitra

661. Paddy bunt disease is also known as

a) Kernel smut b) Partial bunt c) Grain smut d) Glume blotch

662. Leaf smut of rice is caused by

a) Neovossia horrida b) Neovossia indica

c) Entyloma oryzae d) Xanthomonas oryzae

663. In which country was flag smut of wheat was observed for the first time
a) India b) USA c) Australia d) South Africa

664. Stripe rust of wheat is also known as

a) Brown rust b) Black rust c) Yellow rust d) Stem rust

665. Which of the following rusts is the earliest to appear on wheat in India?
a) Black rust b) Yellow rust c) Brown rust d) None of the above

666. Bean rust is caused by

a) Uromyces fabae b) Uromyces phaseoli

c) Melampsora lini d) None of the above

667. Alternaria leaf spot of mustard and rapeseed is caused by

a) Only Alternaria brassicae b) Only Alternaria brassicola

c) Both a and b d) None of the above

668. Which of the combined seed treatments provide an effective control of stripe disease of barley?
a) Vitavax + Thiram b) Bavistin + Thiram

c) Captan + Thiram d) Derosal + Thiram

669. Causal agent of leaf spot disease of rice caused by Helminthosporium oryzae is also known as
a) Drechslera tetramera b) Drechslera oryzae

c) Drechslera sporokiniana d) Drechslera graminea

670. Kitazin and Hinosan are the fungicides which are used for the control of
a) Paddy blast b) Early blight of potato c) Cereal rusts d) Brown spot of rice

671. Anthracnose of bean is caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

a) Glomerella cingulata b) Glomerella lindemuthianum

c) Glomerella tucumanensis d) Cochliobolus miyabeans

672. Fusarium wilt of banana is also known as

a) Bunchy top b) Panama disease c) Both a and b d) None of the above

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673. The fruiting bodies produced by the fungus Ascochyta rabiei are known as
a) Perithecia b) Pycnidia c) Acervuli d) Apothecia

674. Charcoal rot of soybean is caused by

a) Fungus b) Bacterium c) Virus d) Nematode

675. Stem canker and black scurf of potato is caused by

a) One fungus b) Two fungi c) One fungus and one bacterium

676. The activity of Rhizoctonia solani causing stem canker and black scurf of potato can be suppressed
by a biocontrol agent
a) Gliocladium b) Aspergillus c) Trichoderma d) Entomophthora

677. The larvae of Anguina tritici in wheat galls can survive up to

a) 28 years under dry conditions only b) 9-14 years under moist conditions only

c) Both a and b d) Only for few months

678. Molya disease of barley, in India, was first reported from Rajasthan by Prasad et al in the year
a) 1959 b) 1969 c) 1979 d) 1989

679. Potato leaf roll virus belongs to

a) Potex group b) Luteovirus group c) Potyvirus group c) Tobravirus group

680. Which of the following viruses transmitted through all the modes of the transmission viz. through
sap, grafting, tubers and aphids
a) Vein-banding severe mosaic of potato b) Potato leaf roll

c) Mild mosaic of potato d) None of the above

681.Yellow mosaic of legumes is caused by Mung bean yellow mosaic virus which belongs to
a) Potex group b) Potyvirus group c) Carla virus group d) Geminivirus group

682. Bunchy top of banana which had been considered a virus disease (Banana virus 1.) according to the
recent opinion is now known to be caused by
a) Fungus b) Bacterium c) Mycoplasma like organism

683. Mycoplasma like organisms as plant pathogens were proposed for the first time in 1967 by
a) Doi et al b) Bawden c) Smith d) Ivanowski

684. Black tip or mango necrosis is caused by

a) Glomerella cingulata b) Zinc deficiency

c) Smoke and sulphur dioxide emitted from the brick kilos d) None of the above

685. The book entitled “Fungicides in Plant disease control” has been written by
a) R.S.Singh b) B.B.Mundkur c) Y.L.Nene and P.N.Thapliyal

686. Floral parts are converted into greenish leaf like structure in monocots is called
a) Phyllody b) Green ear c) Greening d) Sterility

687. Ragi mottle streak is transmitted by

a) Leaf hopper b) Aphids c) Whiteflies

688. Citrus tristeza is caused by

a) Phytoplasma b) Bacteria c) Virus d) Fungus

689. Moko disease of banana is caused by

a) Bacteria b) Virus c) Nematode d) Spiroplasma
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690. Fragmentation of specialized hyphae gives
a) Conidia b) Basidia c) Oidia

691. An example for enveloped virus is

a) Gemini virus b) Tomato spotted wilt virus c) Poty virus

692. The vegetative structure of the fungus which helps in the absorption of nutrients
a) Appresoria b) Haustoria c) Conidia

693. Rhizoctonia root rot is common in

a) Acidic soil b) Alkaline soil c) Black soil

694. Fusarium wilt is severe in

a) Alkaline soil b) Red soil c) Black soil

695. Monogenic resistance

a) Vertical resistance b) Polygenes c) Horizontal resistance

696. Tyloses are produced after infection in

a) Xylem b) Phloem c) Cambium

697. Bunchy top of banana is transmitted by

a) Mites b) Thrips c) Aphids

698. Aflatoxin is produced by

a) Aspergillus flavus b) Albugo candida

c) Trichoderma viridae d) Penicillium notatum

699. Characteristic leaf shredding symptoms of Downy mildew disease is found in

a) Grapes b) Ragi c) Jowar

700. Bacterial blight or Black arm of cotton is caused by

a) Fungi b) Bacteria c) Nematodes

701. Anastomosis means fusion of

a) Vegetative cells b) Haploid cells c) Diploid cells

702. X-bodies are produced by

a) Virus b) Bacteria c) Fungus

703. Virus reproduces by

a) Replication b) Binary fission c) Budding

704. The characteristic of a pathogen being able to cause disease is termed as

a) Pathogenesis b) Pathogenecity c) Infection d) Penetration

705. The external or internal alterations occurring due to disease is referred as

a) Sign b) Symptom c) Syndrome d) Malformation

706. A.P.S stands for

a) American Phytopathological society b) American pathological society

c) American Plant Pathology summit d) None of the above

707. The word fungicide has derived from language

a) Greek b) Latin c) French d) German

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708. The disease can be classified based on
a) Host plants affected and causal organism involved
b) Plant parts affected
c) Symptoms produced on the host plants
d) All of the above
709. Wart disease of potato caused by Synchytrium endobioticum
a) Endemic disease b) Epidemic disease c) Pandemic disease d) Sporadic disease

710. Which one of the following is involved in pathogenesis process?

a) Pre penetration b) Post penetration c) Penetration d) All of the above

711. The stem fungus Puccinia graminis tritici enters through

a) Stomata b) Lenticels c) Trichomes d) Hydathodes

712. A thick strand of somatic hyphae resembling a rod top is generally termed as
a) Sclerotium b) Stroma c) Rhizomorph d) Haustorium

713. A mat of hyphae giving rise to short conidiophores closely packed together is termed as
a) Aecium b) Acervulus c) Synemma d) Pycnidium

714. Green ear is a proliferation of flower parts into greenish leaf like structure generally noticed in
a) Ragi and Bajra b) Rose and Chrysanthemum c) Red gram and Safflower

715. Measurement of plant pathogen is done by

a) Dry weight method b) Cell volume method
c) Cell number method d) All the above
716. The principal method of controlling plant disease are
a) Avoidance b) Exclusion c) Eradication d) All the above

717. Most of the virus diseases are more virulent when the temperature is in between
a) 5 to 15 0C b) 20 to 25 0C c) 15 to 20 0C d) 0 to 10 0C

718. Potato dextrose agar do not contain

a) Dextrose b) Agar-Agar c) Beef extract d) Potato

719. The mechanism involved in spore discharge is

a) Ejection b) Oozing c) Shooting d) All of the above

720. Fire blight on apple and pear by Erwinia bacterium was first reported by
a) Burill b) Smith c) Hiruta d) Williams

721. The chain of events involved in disease development, including the stages of the pathogen and effect
of disease on the host-this phenomenon is generally termed as
a) Life cycle b) Disease cycle c) Infection cycle d) None of the above

722. A compound which prevents fungal growth without killing fungus is termed as
a) Fungicide b) Fungistatic c) Fumigant d) None of the above

723. Asexual spore of the basidiomycetes fungus is

a) Aeciospore b) Pycnium c) Basidium d) All the above

724. The fruiting body basidiocarp of basidiomycetes is produced by

a) Primary mycelium b) Secondary mycelium
c) Tertiary mycelium d) All the above

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725. Zero stage of fruiting body in basidiomycetes in
a) Aecium b) Basidium c) Uredium d) None of above

726. Sterile threads arises at the base of the perithecium, upward direction between asci
a) Periphysis b) Paraphysis c) Periphysoid d) None of the above

727. Cellulosic cell walled pathogen is

a) Pythium b) Phytophthora c) Bremia d) All the above

728. The fungal pathogen containing chitin in their cell wall in

a) Phytophthora infestans b) Sclerospora graminicola

c) Peronospora brassicae d) Claiceps purpurea

729. The sexual spore of Pythium aphanidermatum is

a) Zoospore b) Zygospore c) Oospore d) Ascospore

730. The sexual spore of Rhizopus is

a) Zoospore b) Aplanospore c) Chlamydospore d) Zygospore

731. The sexual spore of Gibberella fujikuroi is

a) Zoospore b) Teliospore c) Ascospore d) None of the above

732. Vegetative spore of Fusarium is

a) Rhizoids b) Rhizomorphs c) Sclerotium d) Chlamydospore

733. Long distance moving spores in Rust

a) Teliospore b) Aeciospore c) Pycniospore d) None of the above

734. Clamp connection is most common in case of

a) Rusts b) Smuts c) Powdery mildew d) All

735. Clamp connection is most common in case of

a) Ustilago tritici b) Uromyces habsonii

c) Urocladium spp d) Uncinula nicator

736. The spores responsible for wheat rust in India is

a) Teliospore b) Uredopsore c) Aeciospore d) All the above

737. Dikaryotic spores, smooth born in chains in Rust fungi is

a) Teliospore b) Uredopsore c) Pycniospore d) All the above

738. The multicelled spore in case of Rust is

a) Teliospore b) Aeciospore c) Uredopsore d) Basidiospore

739. The dormant spore which is vegetative spore but not asexual spore is
a) Sclerotia b) Chlamydospore c) Mycelium d) All the above

740. Gametangial copulation mainly observed in

a) Phytophthora spp b) Pythium spp c) Claviceps d) All the above

741. In stinking smut of wheat, a fishy odour is due to

a) Methoxy methylamine b) Ethylamine c) Trimethylamine d) Ethoxytrin

742. The sterilization temperature in autoclave for 15 minutes is

a) 1220C b) 121 0C c) 121.5 0C d) 121.60C

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743. Complete root phanerogamic parasite
a) Orobanche b) Striga c) Mistletoes d) Cuscuta spp

744. Complete stem parasite

a) Striga b) Dodder c) Orobanche d) Mistletoes

745. Partial root parasite

a) Dodder b) Striga c) Mistletoes d) Orobanche

746. Partial stem parasite

a) Cuscuta spp b) Orobanche c) Striga d) Mistletoes

747. The genus directly germinates in the family Peronosporaceae

a) Bremia b) Peronospora c) Peronosclerospora d) All the above

748. The slime molds comes under the class

a) Plasmodiophoromyctes b) Myxomycetes c) Chytdriomycetes d) Oomycetes

749. The plasmodium or plasmodium like structure is seen in division

a) Eumycota b) Myxomycota c) Both a & b d) None of the above

750. The genus Olpidium and Physoderma belongs to the order

a) Chytridiales b) Physarales c) Plasmodiophorales d) None of the above

751. Which one of the division belongs to lower fungi?

a) Myxomycota b) Eumycota c) Both a & b d) None of the above

752. Bread molds belongs to class

a) Hemiascomycetes b) Zygomycetes c) Oomycetes d) Pyrenomycetes

753. The mycorrhizal fungi producing spores singly in soil or on sporocarp containing zygospores,
chlamydospore or sporangia belongs to class
a) Mucorales b) Endogonales c) Saproleginales d) Peronosporales

754. The imperfect fungi wherein sexual reproduction and structures lacking/unknown comes under
subdivision
a) Ascomycotina b) Zygomycotina c) Deuteromycotina d) Mastigomycotina

755. The rust and smut fungi belongs to the class

a) Hemibasidiomycetes b) Hymenomycetes c) Agnomycetes

756. The club shape fungi is the special characteristic of subdivision

a) Ascomycotina b) Deuteromycotina c) Basidiomycotina

757. The wood decaying and root rot fungi grouped under class
a) Hymenomycetes b) Agnomycetes c) Hemibasidiomycetes

758. Nucleic acid content of plant virus consists of

a) 5 to 40 % b) 60 to 95% c) < 5% d) All the above

759. Protein content of plant virus consists of

a) 5 to 40 % b) 60 to 95% c) < 5% d) All the above

760. The spherical shaped plant virus contain

a) Higher percentage of nucleic acid b) Lower percentage of nucleic acid

c) Both a and b d) None of the above

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761. Elongated shape plant virus contain
a) Higher percentage of nucleic acid b) Lower percentage of nucleic acid

c) Both a and b d) None of the above

762. Nucleic acids of most of the plant virus consists of

a) ss RNA b) ss DNA c) ds RNA d) ds DNA

763. RNA consists of

a) Ribose b) Phosphoric acid c) Base d) All the above

764. DNA consists of

a) Deoxyribose b) Phosphoric acid c) Base d) All the above

765. Purines are made up of

a) Adenine b) Guanine c) Cytosine d) Both a and b

766. In RNA viruses, thymine is replaced by

a) Uracil b) Guanine c) Adenine d) Cytosine

767. The order Homoptera includes

a) Aphids b) Leaf hoppers c) Whiteflies d) All the above

768. The insects which feed on infected plants for several minutes / hours to few days before they
accumulate the enough virus for transmission. These type of viruses are
a) Non persistent b) Semi persistent c) Persistent d) None of the above

769. The stylet borne viruses persist in the vector for only few minutes to hours are known as
a) Non persistent b) Semi persistent c) Persistent d) None of the above

770. Viruses which persist in vectors for few days are known as
a) Semi persistent b) Persistent c) Non persistent d) None of the above

771. Viruses which multiply in respective vector known as

a) Propagative virus b) Multiplying virus c) Both a and b d) None of the above

772. Leaf hopper and plant hopper transmitted virus causes disturbances in plants that arise primarily in
the region of
a) Phloem b) Xylem c) Both a and b d) None of the above

773. Fungi which transmit plant viruses are

a) Olpidium spp b) Polymyxa spp c) Spongospora spp d) All the above

774. Nepo viruses are

a) Grape fan leaf virus b) Tobacco ring spot virus
c) Both a and b d) None of the above
775. Netu viruses are
a) Tobacco rattle virus b) Pea early browning virus
c) Both a and b d) None of the above
776. Plant virus group containing –ve ss RNA
a) Rhabdovirus b) Tospovirus c) Tenuivirus d) All the above

777. The plant virus containing ss DNA virus are

a) Banana bunchy top virus b) Tomato leaf curl virus
c) Pumpkin yellow vein mosaic virus d) All the above

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778. The genomic content of Fiji virus is
a) ss RNA b) ds RNA c) ss DNA d) ds DNA

779. The genomic content of Tobamovirus is

a) +ve ss RNA b) –ve ss RNA c) ss DNA d) ds DNA

780. Use of mild strain for protection of plants against to severe strain of same virus is called
a) Crop rotation b) Roughing c) Cross protection d) None of the above

781. The beetles transmitted viruses are

a) Tymovirus b) Camovirus c) Bromovirus d) All the above

782. The mites species which transmit plant viruses are

a) Aceria cajani b) Aceria tulipae c) Both a and b d) None of the above

783. The process in which conversion of RNA to DNA is called

a) Reverse transcription b) Transmission c) Transcription d) Both a and b

784. Circular nature of mini viroid was shown using

a) Simple microscope b) Electron microscope

c) Compound microscope d) All the above

785. Genome content of viroid is

a) ss RNA b) ds RNA c) ss DNA d) ds DNA

786. Antibody is made up of only

a) Proteins b) Polysaccharides c) Lipids d) All the above

787. Antigen consists of

a) Proteins b) Polysaccharides c) Lipids d) All the above

788. Antibodies are secreted by

a) B lymphocyte b) Erythrocyte c) Both a and b d) None of the above

789. Antibodies are divided into

a) 2 class b) 5 class c) 3 class d) 1 class

790. The measure of overall stability of the complex between antibodies and antigens is called
a) Avidity b) Affinity c) Titer d) None of the above

791. The measure of strength of binding of epitope to an antibody is called

a) Avidity b) Affinity c) Titer d) None of the above

792. The relative measure of the concentration of specific antibody in an antiserum is called as
a) Avidity b) Affinity c) Titer d) None of the above

793. Mathew’s plant virology is written by

a) R.Hull b) REF Mathews c) Stanley d) None of the above

794. The density gradient centrifugation as a method for purifying virus was first developed by
a) Adam and Clark, 1977 b) Brakke, 1951 c) Hull, 1995 d) Stanley, 1936

795. A virus having multipartite

a) Alfalfa mosaic virus b) Tobacco mosaic virus

c) Cassava mosaic virus d) None of the above

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796. The genome size of potyvirus is
a) 2 kb b) 3 kb c) 8.5-10 kb d) 15-20 kb

797. A citrus tristeza virus belongs to

a) Closteroviridae b) Geminiviridae c) Bromoviridae d) Bunyaviridae

798. Begomoviruses are

a) Tomato leaf curl virus b) Cotton leaf curl virus

c) Bhendi yellow vein mosaic virus d) All the above

799. Papaya ring spot virus transmitted by several aphid spp in the
a) Persistent manner b) Semi persistent c) Non persistent d) All the above

800. Zucchini yellow mosaic virus is transmitted by

a) Whitefly b) Aphid c) Thrips d) Leaf hoppers

801. The term clostero viruses means

a) Thread like viruses b) Rod like viruses c) Gemini particles d) None of the above

802. Genome size of clostero viruses are

a) 15-20 kb b) 5-16 kb c) < 2 kb d) 80 kb

803. Tomato leaf curl virus disease is managed by using

a) Trap crop b) Yellow traps c) Insecticides d) All the above

804. Abutilon mosaic virus transmitted by

a) Bemisia tabaci b) Aphis gossypii c) Myzus persicae d) None of the above

805. Grassy shoot of sugarcane is transmitted by

a) Leafhoppers b) Whiteflies c) Thrips d) Aphids

806. Inclusion bodies due to virus infection are

a) Crystalline b) Amorphous c) Both a and b d) None of the above

807. The parenchyma close to the veins in green and rest of the lamina surface shows chlorosis is called
as
a) Vein banding b) Vein clearing c) Viriscence d) Fern leaf

808. Small out growth from the lower surface of leaf is called as
a) Enations b) Tumours c) Both a and b d) None of the above

809. Thermal inactivation point of TMV is

a) 0 0C b) 50 0C c) 90 0C d) 25 0C

810. Dilution end point of TMV is

a) 1:1 b) 1: 10000 c) 1: 10 d) 1:100000

811. Viruses that contain ds RNA is

a) Fiji virus b) Oryza virus c) Wound tumour virus d) All the above

812. Double stranded DNA isometric virus is

a) Cauliflower mosaic virus b) Tomato mosaic virus

c) Tomato leaf curl virus d) Tomato spotted wilt virus

813. Single stranded isometric virus is

a) Tomato leaf curl virus b) Cotton leaf curl virus

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 c) Pumpkin yellow vein mosaic virus d) Banana bunchy top virus

814. TMV measures about

a) 18 x 300 nm b) 15 x 30 nm c) 25 nm d) None of the above

815. Plant viruses move from cell to cell through

a) Stomata b) Lenticels c) Cuticle d) Plasmodesmata

816. Viruses are

a) Glycoprotein b) Lipoprotein c) Sulfoprotein d) Nucleoprotein

817. Mollicutes are

a) Sensitive to Tetracycline b) Insensitive to Penicillin

c) Sensitive to Penicillin d) In Sensitive to Tetracycline

818. In 1845, the late blight of potato destroyed the potato crop of Ireland was caused by
a) Phytophthora infestans b) Alternaria solani

c) Pythium aphanidermatum d) Ralstonia solanacearum

819. In 1943, Bengal had faced a serious famine which cause a great loss in rice yield caused by
a) Helminthosporium oryzae b) Pyricularia oryzae

c) Colletotrichum falcatum d) Fusarium udum

820. Tick out the wrong pair

a) Endemic- Confined to a particular country, district or location

b) Epidemic - The diseases which appear very virulently among the people

c) Epiphytotic – The diseases which occurs widely but periodically

d) Sporadic – Diseases which occurs at very irregular interval and location

e) Pandemic – disease not prevalent through the country, continent or the world

821. Select the correct order of events

a) Incubation period – invasion – colonization – infection

b) Invasion-incubation period– colonization- infection

c) Colonization- infection-incubation period– invasion

d) Infection-incubation period– invasion– colonization

822. Who is the father of Plant Pathology?

a) T.J.Burill b) Needham c) Anton de Bary d) E.J.Butler

823. Who described the first plant nematode disease, the seed gall caused by Anguina tritici in 1743 A.D?
a) Berkeley b) Kuhn c) Needham d) N.A.Cobb

824. For the first time who reported that a plant disease (Fire blight of pear) was caused by bacterium
(Erwinia amylovora) in 1882
a) Robert Koch b) E.F.Smith c) Beijerinck d) T.J.Burill

825. The first Indian scientist who collected and identified fungi in India
a) E.J.Butler b) K.R.Kirtikar c) J.F.Dastur d) K.C.Mehta

826. ‘Fungi and disease in Plants’ was written in 1918 by

a) J.F.Dastur b) B.B.Mundkur c) E.J.Butler d) R.Prasad
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827. ‘Fungi and Plant Diseases’ was written by
a) B.B.Mundkur b) J.F.Dastur c) G.Rangaswami d) K.C.Mehta

828. Select the wrong pair

a) Hypertrophy: abnormal increase in size of organ

b) Hyperplasia: abnormal increase in number of cells of the organ

c) Atrophy: inhibition of growth of dwarfing

d) Necrosis: death of plant

829. A bacteria which have a large number of flagella all over the cell is categorized in
a) Atrichous b) Amphitrichous c) Lophotrichous d) Peritrichous

830. In bacteria, variability is caused by

a) Conjugation b) Transformation c) Transduction d) All of these

831. The scientific name of potato black leg pathogen is

a) Erwinia amylovora b) Erwinia carotovora

c) Agrobacterium tumefaciens d) Ralstonia solanacearum

832. J.C.Luthra and his associates developed the solar heat treatment of wheat seeds for the control of
a) Black rust b) Loose smut c) Seed gall d) Brown rust

833. Citrus canker (Lesions) which originated from China is caused by pathogen
a) Xanthomonas campestris pv citri b) Albugo candida

c) Erwinia amylovora d) Claviceps fusiformis

834. Select the wrong pair

a) Black arm of cotton: Xanthomonas campestirs pv malvacearum
b) Bacterial leaf blight of rice: Xanthomonas campestirs pv oryzae
c) Red stripe of Sugarcane: Pseudomonas rubrilineans
d) Ergot of Bajra: Erwinia carotovora
835. Common scab of potato can be controlled by reducing pH below 5.2 is caused by the pathogen
a) Streptomyces scabies b) Streptomyces griseus

c) Streptomyces aureofaciens d) Streptomyces flaveolus

836. Citrus greening disease mainly confined to

a) North India b) South India c) East India d) West India

837. Select the disease (s) caused by Mycoplasma like organisms (MLO)
a) Brinjal little leaf b) Rice yellow dwarf

c) Sugarcane grassy shoot d) Sesamum phyllody e) All of these

838. Select the organism which cannot synthesize protein by own enzymes
a) Bacteria b) Mycoplasma c) RLO d) Virus

839. Bacterial leaf blight of rice caused by Xanthomonas campestirs pv oryzae is commonly controlled by
seed treatment and foliar spray of the chemical in India
a) Streptocycline b) Agrimycin c) Aretan d) RH-893

840. Tundu disease (Yellow ear rot) of Wheat caused by Clavibacter tritici is usually associated with
a) Heterodera avenae b) Anguina tritici c) Melodogyne incognita d) Pratylenchus sp
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841. Sandal spike disease of sandal (Santalum album) is caused by
a) Bacteria b) Fungi c) MLO d) Virus

842. The adjacent cells of the same fungal hypha brought into communication with each other by means
of loops is known as
a) Transduction b) Transformation c) Clamp connection d) Conjugation

843. Tick out the sexual spores of fungi

a) Chlamydospores b) Sporangiospores c) Zoospores d) Zygospores

844. How many ascospores are enclosed in the mother cell, the ascus in ascomycetes?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 10

845. The ascus is a sexual fruit of ascomycetes having a globose shape but no ostiole (opening) known as
a) Cleistothecia b) Perithecia c) Apothecia d) All of these

846. The perfect (Sexual) stage not seen in

a) Zygomycotina b) Ascomycotina c) Basidiomycotina d) Deuteromycotina

847. The black wart disease of potato specially confined to Darjeeling hills is caused by the pathogen
a) Synchytrium endobioticum b) Plasmodiophora brassicae

c) Sclerospora sorghi d) Plasmopora viticola

848. ‘White blisters of crucifers is caused by the pathogen

a) Pythium debaryanum b) Albugo candida

c) Sclerospora sorghi d) Plasmopora viticola

849. The perfect stage of Colletotrichum falcatum (causes red rot of sugarcane) is
a) Glomerella tucumanensis b) Glomerella cingulata

c) Glomerella lindemuthianum d) None of these

850. Select the wrong pair

a) Ergot of Bajra: Claviceps fusiformis b) False smut of rice: C.oryzae

c) Ergot of rye: C.purpurea d) Red rot of sugarcane: Colletotrichum gloesporoides

851. In uredinales basidia usually bearing how many numbers of basidiospores

a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8

852. Select the wrong pair

a) Father of European Nematology: Bastian
b) Father of World Nematology: N.A.Cobb
c) Father of Indian Nematology: M.M.Alam
d) Father of Plant Pathology: E.J.Butler
853. Who is the father of Plant Pathology in India?
a) E.J.Butler b) K.C.Mehta c) B.B.Mundkur d) R.Prasad

854. Plasmodiophora brassicae causes the club root disease of crucifers can be controlled by
a) Raising pH of soil b) Decreasing pH of soil c) Both a and b d) None of these

855. The downy mildew of Bajra is caused by

a) Sclerospora sorghi b) Sclerospora sacchari

c) Sclerospora graminicola d) Perenospora parasitica

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856. The spores which are produced typically by the binucleate mycelium and mainly function as
repeating spores for the spread of rust disease in wheat is called
a) Aeciospores b) Basidiospores c) Urediospores d) Teleutospores

857. Promycelium in rust fungi bears

a) Basidiospores b) Aeciospores c) Uredia d) Telia

858. The disease damping off seedlings during nursery stage is caused by the pathogen
a) Physoderma maydis b) Pythium aphanidermatum

c) Pythium debaryanum d) Both b and c

859. The optimum temperature for the attack of foot rot of papaya (Pythium aphanidermatum) is
a) 22 0C b) 28 0C c) 32 0C d) 36 0C

860. The effective control of late blight of potato is possible by use of

a) Sanitation measures b) Spray of metalaxyl c) Bordeaux mixture d) All of these

861. The bacterial colony is known as

a) Spore b) Mycelium c) Ooze d) Hypha

862. The gummosis disease of citrus which is caused by Phytophthora palmivora is identified by
observing
a) Death of shoot tip b) Root knot c) Chlorosis d) Oozing of gum

863. Albugo candida causes white blisters or white rust of crucifers is a /an
a) Obligate parasite b) Obligate saprophyte

c) Facultative parasite d) Facultative saprophyte

864. Albugo candida produces

a) Basidiospores b) Ascospores c) Zoospores d) Oospores

865. The green ear or downy mildew disease of pearl millet was first time reported in India by
a) K.C.Mehta b) E.J.Butler c) B.B.Mundkur d) R.Prasad

866. The downy mildew disease of pearl millet is primarily a

a) Seed borne b) Air borne c) Soil borne d) Water borne

867. Stem galls of coriander (Coriandrum sativum) is caused by

a) Protomyces macrosporus b) Plasmopora viticola

c) Peronospora pisi d) None of these

868. The symptoms of powdery mildew of pea (caused by Erysiphe polygoni) first appears on
a) Stem b) Roots c) Leaves d) Flowers

869. The powdery mildew of wheat is associated with fungi

a) Erysiphe graminis sp tritici b) E graminis sp hordei

c) Erysiphe polygoni d) None of these

870. The disease caused by Leptosphaeria sacchari in sugarcane is

a) Red rot b) Black rot c) Ring spot d) None of these

871. The disease ergot of rye produces sclerotia is caused by

a) Claviceps purpurea b) C.fusiformis c) C.sativa d) None of these

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872. Select the disease in which small droplets of pinks or light honey coloured fluid (The honey dew
stage) exudes from the spikelets
a) Citrus canker b) Green ear disease of bajra

c) Ergot of bajra d) Bacterial blight of rice

873. The management of ergot of bajra may be possible by adopting of

a) Long crop rotations b) Keeping seed in 20 % salt solution

c) Spray of oxychloride + Zineb d) All of these

874. The most striking symptom of false smut of rice (Claviceps oryzae-sativae) is/are
a) Transformation of individual kernels into large, velvety, green balls

b) Sometimes the size of kernel are more than twice the diameter of normal grain

c) The colour of kernels finally changes to greenish black

d) All of these

875. Covered smut of barley (caused by Ustilago hordei) is/are

a) Internally seed borne b) Externally seed borne

c) Both a and b d) Not clearly defined

876. Which fungicide gives effective control of Covered smut of barley?

a) Vitavax b) Ceresan c) Agrosan 5W d) Sulphur dust

877. Loose smut of barley is/are

a) Internally seed borne b) Externally seed borne

c) Both a and b d) Not clearly defined

878. The plants produce a whip like black shoot, often very long and much curved on itself in smut of
sugarcane is caused by pathogen
a) Ustilago nuda b) Ustilago tritici c) Ustilago scitaminea d) Ustilago hordei

879. The false smut of sugarcane can be controlled by spraying

a) Avoid the practice of rationing b) Disinfection of setts before planting

c) Removal of smutted whips from the field d) All of these

880. Infection of smut of maize (Ustilago maydis) occurs during

a) Vegetative stage b) Reproductive stage c) After flowering d) Before sowing

881. Smut of pearl millet (Caused by Tolyposporium penicillariae) is a

a) Internally seed borne b) Externally seed borne c) Soil borne d) All of these

882. The common bunt, stinking smut or hill bunt of wheat is caused by the pathogen
a) Tilletia tritici b) Tilletia foetida c) Both a and b d) Neovossia indica

883. Karnal bunt of wheat first reported in Karnal by Mitra in

a) 1929 b) 1931 c) 1941 d) 1951

884. The Karnal bunt of wheat is caused by

a) Neovossia indica b) Tilletia hordei c) Urocystis tritici d) Ustilago tritici

885. The causal organism Neovossia indica produces

a) Urediospores b) Zoospores c) Oospores d) Teliospores

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886. The causal organism of bunt of rice is
a) Urocystis tritici b) Tilletia foetida c) Aeciospores d) Basidiospores

887. The effective control of flag smut of wheat (Urocystis tritici) can be done by adopting of
a) Use of resistant varieties b) Seed treatment c) Crop rotation d) All of these

888. Which type of spores of Puccinia graminis tritici infect the barberry plant
a) Teliospores b) Urediospores c) Aeciospores d) Basidiospores

889. In rust cycle the cereal host is infected by

a) Urediospores b) Aeciospores c) Teliospores d) Basidiospores

890. The yellow rust of wheat is caused by

a) Puccinia striiformis b) Puccinia recondita

c) Puccinia graminis tritici d) Puccinia hordei

891. In India the leaf rust of coffee was first time recorded in
a) 1856 b) 1870 c) 1880 d) 1943

892. Rust of linseed and flax (autoecious rust) is caused by

a) Puccinia recondita b) Puccinia striiformis

c) Puccinia graminis tritici d) Melampsora lini

893. The rust of linseed and flax can be completely controlled by spray of
a) Borax b) Dithane M-45 c) Vitavax d) Agrosan

894. Early blight of potato produces

a) Conidia b) Telia c) Uredia d) Aecia

895. For the effective control of early blight of potato, which fungicide is most suitable?
a) Zineb b) Dithane M-45 c) Blitox-50 d) Difolatan

896. Early blight of potato is

a) Soil borne disease b) Air borne c) Seed borne d) All of the above

897. Leaf spot or tikka disease of groundnut is/are caused by

a) Cercospora arachidicola b) Cercospora personatum

c) Both a and b d) Drechslera graminea

898. Brown leaf spot disease of rice is caused by

a) Drechslera oryzae b) Cercospora arachidicola

c) Xanthomonas oryzae d) Pyricularia oryzae

899. The fungus of Drechslera oryzae produces toxins which are highly toxic to rice seedlings, name of
such toxin is
a) ABA b) Trimethyl amine c) Isobutylene d) Cochliobolus

900. The pathogen of rice blast or rotten neck is

a) Ustilago tritici b) Pyricularia oryzae c) Alternaria alternata d) None of these

901. Tea rust is caused by

a) MLO b) Virus c) Bacteria d) Algae

902. The Colletotrichum falcatum produces

a) Zygospores b) Oospores c) Ascospores d) Conidiospores

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903. Wilt of pigeon pea is caused by
a) Fusarium udum b) Gibberella indica

c) Rhizopus nigricans d) Aspergillus flavus

904. For the effective control of wilt, pigeon pea should be intercropped with
a) Maize b) Pearl millet c) Sorghum d) Mung

905. The most important symptom of wilt of cotton (caused by Fusarium oxysporum fsp vasinfectum) is
a) Necrosis b) Yellowing of tissues

c) Discolouration of tissues and plugging of vessels by hyphae d) All of these

906. Wilt disease of sugarcane was first time reported in India from
a) Punjab b) Tamil Nadu c) Bihar d) Uttar Pradesh

907. The pathogen responsible for charcoal rot of soybean is

a) Ascochyta rabiei b) Macrophomina phaseolina

c) Rhizoctonia solani d) Penicillium chrysogenum

908. The incidence of black scurf of potato is more in

a) Sandy soil b) Clay soil c) Alluvial soil d) Loam soil

909. The attack of sheath blight of rice (caused by Rhizoctonia solani) is more during
a) Germination b) Active tillering stage c) Flowering d) All of these

910. The scientific name of burrowing nematode is

a) Xiphinema sp. b) Longidorus sp. c) Meloidogyne sp. d) Radopholus sp.

911. The nematodes are

a) Monoblastic b) Diploblastic c) Triploblastic d) All of these

912. The nematodes lack organs for

a) Circulation b) Respiration c) Both a and b d) Excretory

913. Which genus of nematodes has the special types of nurse cell systems which serve as source of
continuous supply of nutrients to the nematodes?
a) Meloidogyne b) Heterodera c) Globodera d) All of these

914. In the attack of which class of nematodes, presence of white to brown cysts projecting on the root
surface is a characteristic symptom
a) Longidorus b) Globodera c) Meloidogyne d) Trichodorus
915. Select the nematode(s) which act as vectors of plant viruses

a) Xiphinema index b) Longidorus c) Trichodorus d) All of these

916. Mycoplasma cell membranes have how many layers

a) One layer b) Two layers c) Three layers d) Four layers

917. Citrus greening caused by the

a) Fastidious bacteria b) Fungi c) Virus d) MLO

918. The uredospores of Puccinia graminis are disseminated by

a) Wind b) Animals c) Insect d) Birds

919. G + C content of prokaryotes is

a) 20 % b) 30 % c) 50% d) 70%

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920. Bacterial cell division mainly by
a) Binary division b) Fragment c) Budding d) None of these

921. Shape of MLO is

a) Rigid b) Cuboid c) Circular d) Polymorphic

922. Cell wall lack microorganism

a) Bacteria b) Virus c) Fungi d) MLO

923. Teichoic acid found in

a) Fungi b) Gram + ve bacteria c) Gram - ve bacteria d) Protozoa

924. MLO first discovered by

a) Louis Pasteur b) Robert Koch c) Doi d) Anupam verma

925. Plant Pathology written by

a) R.S.Singh b) Agrios c) V.S.Singh d) A.P.Sinha

926. Rickettsia disease is caused by

a) Gram –ve fastidious bacteria b) Gram +ve fastidious bacteria

c) Clavibacter xyli d) Both b and c

927. In north India and central India, the black rust inoculum cause from
a) South b) Hilly area c) From USA d) From Netherlands

928. Teliospore of rust has germ pores in number

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

929. Rice blast pathogen perfect stage is

a) Pyricularia oryzae b) Magnaporthe grisea

c) Helminthosporium oryzae d) Rhizoctonia solani

930. Smut of maize is caused by

a) Ustilago tritici b) Ustilago maydis c) Ustilago hordei d) None of these

931. Virus capsid is made up of

a) Protein b) Carbohydrate c) Lipid d) Nucleic acid

932. Phyllody disease of sesamum spread by

a) Leaf hopper b) Jassid c) Aphid d) Whitefly

933. Fungi imperfecti includes in

a) Deuteromycotina b) Basidiomycotina c) Ascomycotina d) Oomycotina

934. Rust includes in

a) Deuteromycotina b) Basidiomycotina c) Ascomycotina d) Oomycotina

935. Smut includes

a) Deuteromycotina b) Basidiomycotina c) Ascomycotina d) Oomycotina

936. Powdery mildew include in

a) Deuteromycotina b) Basidiomycotina c) Ascomycotina d) Oomycotina

937. Downy mildew include in

a) Oomyctes b) Chytridiomyctes c) Zygomyctes d) Hyphochytridiomycetes

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938. Downy mildew of pea caused by
a) Perenospora pisi b) Albugo candida c) Erysiphe polygoni d) None of these

939. Father of Indian Mycology

a) E.J.Butler b) K.C.Mehta c) Mundkur d) R.S.Singh

940. Renowned scientist Norman E. Borlaug belongs to

a) Agronomy b) Genetics c) Entomology d) Plant Pathology

941. In 2005 which pathological scientist got Borlaug award

a) Rattan lal b) V.L.Chopra c) C.D.Mayee d) S.Nagarajan

942. Which of the following bacteria generally used in genetic engineering for transfer of character from
one organism to another
a) Bacillus thuringinesis b) Pseudomonas syringe
c) Rhizobium meliloti d) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
943. Micrografting is used to produce plants free from
a) Virus b) RLO’s c) MLO’s d) Bacteria

944. Black heart is a physiological disorder of

a) Tomato b) Chilli c) Potato d) Cabbage

945. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

a) Mustard- white rust b) Paddy-Brown rust
c) Wheat-Red rust d) Groundnut – Tikka
946. Tungro disease of rice is spread by
a) Nephotettix virescense b) Sogatella fucifera
c) Nilaparvatha leugens d) Thrips tabaci
947. Panama wilt is a disease of
a) Bamboo b) mango c) Pineapple d) Banana
948. Soil microorganism are most active at
a) 18-20 0C b) 26-280C c) 30-300C d) 34-360C
949. VAM is
a) Bacteria b) Fungi c) Virus d) Algae
950. Which of the following is not a disease of apple?
a) Bird eye b) Powdery mildew c) Downy mildew d) Bunchy top

951. Buck eye rot is disease of which crop

a) Water chestnut b) Sweet potato c) Pods of garden pea d) Tomato fruits

952. The major storage fungi that affects the food grain is
a) Rhizobium b) Mucor c) Cercospora d) Aspergillus
953. Yellow leaf mosaic of bhendi crop spreads by
a) Jassids b) Borers c) Jassid and borers d) Whiteflies
954. Heterodera avenae is
a) Root knot nematode b) Cyst nematode c) Lesion nematode d) Lance nematode

955. Which of the disease (s) induce floral abnormalities?

a) Downy mildew of mustard b) Green ear of bajra

c) White rust of crucifers d) Both (b) and (c)

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956. Which one of the following microbial agents is being commercially exploited as biocontrol agent?
a) Bacillus subtilis b) Penicillium notatum

c) Sclerotium rolfsi d) Trichoderma viride

957. Panama disease of banana is prevented by

a) Spraying zinc carrier b) Spraying copper fungicide

c) Application of lime to the soil d) Providing adequate irrigation

958. Which one the following fungicides is not systemic in nature

a) Vitavax b) Thiram c) Benlate d) Topsin

959. Which one of the following is/are entomopathogenic fungi?

a) Beauveria bassiana b) Metarrhizium anisopliae

c) Trichoderma harzianum d) Both (a) and (b)

960. Which penicillium species used in Cheese making

a) Penicillium notatum b) Penicillium roqueforti

c) Penicillium diversicaudatum d) Penicillium crysogenum

961. Little leaf in brinjal is caused by a

a) Fungus b) Bacteria c) Virus d) Mycoplasma

962. Bacterial diseases are controlled by use of chemicals

a) Kelthane b) fungicide c) Antibiotics d) Viricides

963. Application of potash increases

a) Resistance to water logging b) Frost resistance in plants

c) Disease resistance in plants d) None of these

964. Decomposition of organic matter in submerged soil is carried out by

a) Bacteria b) Actinomycetes c) Fungi d) Earthworm

965. Select the pair which is not correctly matched

a) Longidorus- Needle nematode b) Pratylenchus- Lesion nematode

c) Ditylenchus- Bulb nematode d) Tylenchus- Cyst nematode

966. The root-knot nematode generally have interaction with

a) Ralstonia solanacearum b) Xanthomonas citri

c) Bacillus subtilis d) Streptomyces scabies

967. The leaves of Pongamia labra and Azadirachta indica reduces the population of
a) Root-knot nematode b) Cyst nematode

c) Burrowing nematode d) Bulb nematode

968. Margosa is a highly effective product in reducing root-knot nematode population belongs to
a) Acacia arabica b) Azadirachta indica

c) Citrullus colosynthes d) Pongamia glabra

969. The nematode Heterodera avenae is confined to the graminae family except one single legume
a) Pisum sativum b) Cajanus cajan c) Vigna mungo d) Senebiera pinnatifolia

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970. Viruses contain
a) RNA b) DNA c) Both RNA and DNA d) Either RNA or DNA, never both

971. The viruses which are usually helped or accompanied by smaller spherical particles of another
serologically unrelated virus is known as
a) Satellite virus b) Gemini viruses c) Viroid d) Capsid

972. Select the correct pair from the following

a) Hypotrophy- decrease in size b) Hypertrophy- increase in size

c) Hyperplasia- increase in number d) All of these

973. In plants buckling, puckering and blistering symptoms are produced by

a) Bacteria b) Fungi c) Viruses d) Mycoplasma

974. The fungi which transmit plant viruses belong to class

a) Basidiomycetes b) Oomycetes c) Zygomycetes d) Plasmodiophoromycetes

975. For quick and accurate detection of viruses can be done by

a) ELISA b) HADAS c) IEM d) All of these

976. Potato viruses are spread by

a) Aphids b) Jassids c) Nematodes d) Tubermoth

977. Most of the plant viruses transmitted by

a) Whiteflies b) Plant hopper c) Leaf hopper d) Aphids

978. Bunchy top of papaya (caused by MLO) is spread by

a) Nematodes b) Fungi c) Whitefly d) Leaf hoppers

979. Yellow mosaic of legumes was first reported in India from

a) Shimla b) Solan c) Delhi d) Kanpur

980. Potato spindle tuber disease is transmitted by

a) Mechanically b) biologically c) Water d) All of these

981. Select the correct pair from the following matched items:
a) Holo stem parasite- Cuscuta reflexa b) Stem semi parasite

c) Holo root parasite – Orobanche d) All of these

982. Suicidal germination takes place in

a) Dodder b) Striga c) Loranthus d) Dendrophthoe falcata

983. Burgundy mixture contains sodium carbonate in place of CaCo3 as in Bordeaux mixture
a) 1885 b) 1887 c) 1890 d) 1947

984. Damping off and leaf blights are very effectively checked by
a) Bordeaux mixture b) Burgundy mixture c) Thiram d) Copper oxychloride

985. The organo-mercurials fungicides used for dry seed treatment usually contain mercury
a) 0.5% b) 1.0 % c) 2.0 % d) 4.0%

986. Dinocap (methyl heptyl dinitrophenyl crotonate) is sold in market as

a) Bravo b) Dexon c) Botron d) Karathane

987. Von Schleming and Kulka first time demonstrated the systemic activity of fungicides in
a) 1956 b) 1966 c) 1972 d) 1976

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988. Select the fungicides:
a) Pyrimidines b) Triazoles c) Metalaxyl d) All of these

989. Which systemic fungicide was first time discovered by Von Schleming and Kulka?
a) Oxathiin b) Pyrimidines c) Benzimidazoles d) Quinones

990. Tick out he pair which is wrongly matched

a) Oxycarboxin- Plantvax b) Carboxin- Benlate

c) MBC-Bavistin d) Benomyl- Benlate

991. Select the nematicides group which are non-fumigant in nature

a) Methyl bromide b) Nemagon (DBCP)

c) Vapam d) Aldicarb and Phorate

992. Tick out he pair which is not correctly matched

a) Dazomet- Mylone b) Phorate- Nemakur

c) Aldicarb- Temik d) Carbofuran -Furadan

993. Nematicides inhibits which enzyme of nervous system in killing of nematodes

a) Kinase b) Isomerase c) Phosphatase d) Acetyl cholinesterase

994. Major genes contributes disease resistance in the form of

a) Vertical resistance b) Horizontal resistance

c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of these

995. A virus that infects bacteria and destroys them is called as

a) Bactericide b) Bacteriophage c) Appressorium d) Agglutination

996. The science which deals with cause of the plant diseases and nature of the causal agent
a) Fertilization b) Etiology c) Aetiology d) Both (b) and (c)

997. The sexual, thick walled and resting spores of the rust fungi is known as
a) Basidiospores b) Urediospores c) Teliospores d) Aeciospores

998. Who discovered the downy mildew for the first time in India?
a) E.J.Butler b) J.F.Dastur c) B.B.Mundkur d) K.R.Kirtikar

999) Which one of the following is a single cell fungi?

a) Yeast b) Aspergillus c) Penicillium d) Alternaria

1000. What is the source of Agar Agar?

a) Bacteria b) Fungi c) Mycoplasma d) Algae

1001. Fungi belonging to order Melonconiales produce conidia within

a) Pycnidium b) Acervulus c) Sporodochium d) Synemmata

1002. Severity of disease club root of crucifers can be reduced by application of

a) Lime b) Gypsum c) FYM d) Fertilizers

1003. The first Phytoalexin Pisatin was isolated and purified by

a) Cruickshank b) Perrin c) Z.Klement d) Both a and b

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 KEY ANSWERS FOR QUESTION BANK

1. b 24. c 47. b 70. a 93. b 116. a 139. b 162. a

2. b 25. b 48. a 71. a 94. c 117. b 140. a 163. c

3. c 26. a 49. b 72. a 95. a 118. c 141. a 164. c

4. c 27. c 50. a 73. c 96. b 119. a 142. c 165. a

5. a 28. a 51. a 74. b 97. a 120. a 143. b 166. a

6. a 29. b 52. a 75. a 98. c 121. c 144. b 167. b

7. b 30. b 53. b 76. a 99. a 122. a 145. b 168. a

8. a 31. a 54. a 77. c 100. b 123. a 146. c 169. a

9. c 32. a 55. a 78. a 101. c 124. b 147. a 170. b

10. a 33. a 56. a 79. a 102. a 125. b 148. a 171. c

11. b 34. b 57. a 80. b 103. a 126. c 149. c 172. b

12. a 35. b 58. a 81. a 104. a 127. a 150. b 173. a

13. a 36. c 59. a 82. a 105. a 128. c 151. a 174. b

14. c 37. a 60. a 83. a 106. a 129. b 152. a 175. c

15. b 38. a 61. b 84. b 107. b 130. a 153. b 176. a

16. b 39. b 62. b 85. a 108. a 131. a 154. a 177. b

17. a 40. b 63. b 86. c 109. a 132. b 155. a 178. b

18. b 41. a 64. a 87. c 110. a 133. a 156. c 179. b

19. a 42. a 65. b 88. b 111. b 134. a 157. a 180. a

20. b 43. b 66. a 89. c 112. c 135. a 158. b 181. c

21. c 44. b 67. a 90. b 113. a 136. b 159. c 182. b

22. a 45. a 68. c 91. c 114. a 137. c 160. b 183. a

23. a 46. a 69. b 92. c 115. a 138. a 161. a 184. b

185. b 210. c 235. b 260. a 285. b 310. a 335. d 360. c

186. a 211. a 236. b 261. a 286. b 311. d 336. a 361. c

187. b 212. b 237. b 262. d 287. a 312. c 337. c 362. a

188. a 213. b 238. c 263. a 288. d 313. a 338. d 363. a

189. a 214. b 239. a 264. a 289. a 314. b 339. c 364. b

190. c 215. a 240. a 265. c 290. a 315. a 340. a 365. a

191. a 216. c 241. c 266. b 291. a 316. d 341. b 366. a

192. a 217. d 242. c 267. a 292. d 317. c 342. b 367. a

193. b 218. a 243. d 268. c 293. b 318. b 343. c 368. c

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194. a 219. a 244. d 269. a 294. c 319. a 344. b 369. b

195. a 220. a 245. d 270. d 295. a 320. c 345. c 370. a

196. c 221. c 246. d 271. b 296. b 321. c 346. d 371. b

197. b 222. b 247. a 272. c 297. b 322. b 347. c 372. a

198. d 223. a 248. d 273. d 298. b 323. b 348. c 373. b

199. b 224. c 249. a 274. a 299. b 324. c 349. b 374. c

200. c 225. c 250. d 275. c 300. b 325. d 350. b 375. c

201. a 226. b 251. d 276. b 301. a 326. c 351. b 376. c

202. b 227. c 252. a 277. b 302. a 327. d 352. d 377. c

203. c 228. b 253. b 278. a 303. b 328. c 353. d 378. c

204. b 229. a 254. b 279. b 304. c 329. a 354. d 379. c

205. b 230. a 255. c 280. d 305. d 330. a 355. b 380. c

206. c 231. a 256. c 281. a 306. d 331. b 356. b 381. c

207. c 232. c 257. d 282. b 307. c 332. d 357. b 382. a

208. b 233. b 258. d 283. d 308. a 333. b 358. a 383. b

209. c 234. b 259. d 284. b 309. d 334. c 359. c 384. a

385. b 410. c 435. a 460. a 485. d 510. a 535. a 560. d

386. d 411. a 436. c 461. c 486. b 511. d 536. d 561. a

387. b 412. a 437. c 462. c 487. d 512. c 537. c 562. b

388. b 413. a 438. a 463. b 488. c 513. b 538. b 563. d

389. a 414. a 439. b 464. b 489. b 514. c 539. c 564. b

390. d 415. a 440. b 465. c 490. d 515. b 540. b 565. b

391. a 416. a 441. c 466. b 491. c 516. b 541. b 566. c

392. a 417. b 442. c 467. b 492. d 517. a 542. b 567. d

393. c 418. a 443. b 468. c 493. b 518. b 543. b 568. c

394. a 419. b 444. b 469. a 494. a 519. b 544. a 569. b

395. a 420. a 445. a 470. b 495. a 520. b 545. a 570. a

396. b 421. c 446. a 471. a 496. d 521. c 546. c 571. c

397. c 422. b 447. b 472. b 497. a 522. a 547. c 572. c

398. c 423. a 448. c 473. c 498. c 523. b 548. a 573. d

399. d 424. b 449. b 474. a 499. d 524. d 549. b 574. c

400. a 425. a 450. b 475. c 500. d 525. b 550. b 575. a

401. c 426. a 451. b 476. b 501. c 526. d 551. a 576. b

402. a 427. a 452. a 477. d 502. b 527. c 552. c 577. a

403. c 428. c 453. c 478. a 503. b 528. d 553. b 578. a

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404. a 429. b 454. c 479. a 504. a 529. b 554. a 579. a

405. b 430. a 455. b 480. d 505. a 530. a 555. a 580. c

406. a 431. a 456. c 481. a 506. c 531. c 556. c 581. a

407. c 432. a 457. c 482. c 507. b 532. a 557. b 582. c

408. b 433. a 458. d 483. d 508. c 533. b 558. b 583. b

409. a 434. a 459. c 484. c 509. b 534. c 559. b 584. c

585. a 610. b 635. c 660. d 685. c 710. d 735. a 760. a

586. c 611. a 636. d 661. a 686. b 711. a 736. b 761. b

587. c 612. b 637. a 662. c 687. a 712. b 737. a 762. a

588. a 613. c 638. b 663. c 688. c 713. c 738. d 763. d

589. a 614. b 639. c 664. c 689. a 714. a 739. b 764. d

590. c 615. a 640. d 665. c 690. c 715. d 740. a 765. d

591. a 616. b 641. c 666. b 691. b 716. d 741. c 766. a

592. c 617. a 642. d 667. c 692. b 717. c 742. b 767. d

593. c 618. a 643. c 668. a 693. b 718. c 743. a 768. b

594. b 619. b 644. c 669. b 694. b 719. c 744. b 769. a

595. b 620. d 645. a 670. a 695. a 720. a 745. b 770. b

596. a 621. c 646. a 671. b 696. a 721. b 746. d 771. c

597. d 622. c 647. b 672. b 697. c 722. b 747. d 772. a

598. d 623. b 648. b 673. b 698. c 723. a 748. b 773. d

599. c 624. a 649. c 674. a 699. c 724. a 749. b 774. c

600. b 625. a 650. b 675. a 700. b 725. d 750. a 775. c

601. c 626. c 651. a 676. c 701. a 726. b 751. a 776. d

602. b 627. c 652. a 677. c 702. a 727. d 752. b 777. d

603. b 628. b 653. c 678. a 703. a 728. d 753. b 778. b

604. a 629. a 654. b 679. b 704. b 729. c 754. c 779. a

605. a 630. c 655. a 680. a 705. b 730. d 755. a 780. c

606. c 631. b 656. b 681. d 706. a 731. c 756. c 781. d

607. c 632. c 657. d 682. d 707. a 732. d 757. a 782. c

608. c 633. c 658. a 683. a 708. d 733. a 758. a 783. a

609. a 634. a 659. d 684. c 709. a 734. b 759. b 784. b

785. a 810. d 835. a 860. d 885. d 910. d 935. b 960. b

786. a 811. d 836. a 861. c 886. c 911. c 936. c 961. d

787. d 812. a 837. e 862. d 887. d 912. c 937. a 962. c

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788. a 813. d 838. d 863. a 888. d 913. d 938. a 963. c

789. b 814. a 839. a 864. d 889. b 914. b 939. a 964. a

790. b 815. d 840. b 865. b 890. a 915. d 940. d 965. d

791. a 816. d 841. c 866. c 891. b 916. c 941. d 966. a

792. c 817. a 842. c 867. a 892. d 917. a 942. d 967. a

793. a 818. a 843. d 868. c 893. a 918. a 943. a 968. b

794. b 819. a 844. c 869. a 894. a 919. a 944. c 969. d

795. a 820. e 845. a 870. c 895. b 920. a 945. c 970. d

796. c 821. d 846. d 871. a 896. a 921. d 946. a 971. a

797. a 822. c 847. a 872. c 897. c 922. d 947. d 972. d

798. d 823. c 848. b 873. d 898. a 923. b 948. d 973. c

799. c 824. d 849. a 874. d 899. d 924. c 949. b 974. d

800. b 825. b 850. d 875. b 900. b 925. b 950. d 975. d

801. a 826. c 851. b 876. a 901. d 926. d 951. a 976. a

802. a 827. a 852. d 877. a 902. d 927. a 952. d 977. d

803. d 828. d 853. a 878. c 903. a 928. b 953. c 978. d

804. a 829. d 854. a 879. d 904. c 929. b 954. b 979. c

805. d 830. d 855. c 880. a 905. c 930. b 955. d 980. a

806. c 831. b 856. c 881. c 906. c 931. a 956. d 981. d

807. a 832. b 857. a 882. c 907. b 932. a 957. c 982. b

808. a 833. a 858. d 883. b 908. a 933. a 958. b 983. b

809. c 834. d 859. d 884. a 909. b 934. b 959. d 984. d

985. b

986. d

987. b

988. d

989. a

990. b

991. d

992. b

993. d

994. a

995. b

996. d

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998. a

999. a

1000. d

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