NEET Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production PYQ practice sheet

9 previous-year NEET Botany questions from Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production, newest papers first. Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production carries 2 of the Botany questions in NEET 2020 to 2026, so this is a good place to test yourself after revising the chapter. Marking: +4 correct, −1 wrong.

1. 1.

   NEET 2026

   Arrange the following steps of somatic hybridisation in a correct sequence. A. Digestion of cell walls. B. Isolation of naked protoplasts. C. Fusion of protoplasts to get hybrid protoplast. D. Isolation of single cells from two different varieties of plants. E. Growing of hybrid protoplast to form a new plant. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

   • (A)
     E, B, A, D, C
   • (B)
     E, A, B, C, D
   • (C)
     D, A, B, C, E
   • (D)
     D, B, A, E, C
2. 2.

   NEET 2024

   The capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell of the plant is called:

   • (A)
     Totipotency
   • (B)
     Micropropagation
   • (C)
     Differentiation
   • (D)
     Somatic hybridization
3. 3.

   NEET 2024

   Which of the following are fused in somatic hybridization involving two varieties of plants?

   • (A)
     Protoplasts
   • (B)
     Pollens
   • (C)
     Somatic embryos
   • (D)
     Callus
4. 4.

   NEET 2023

   Which one of the following is NOT an advantage of inbreeding?

   • (A)
     It decreases the productivity of inbred population, after continuous inbreeding.
   • (B)
     It decreases homozygosity.
   • (C)
     It exposes harmful recessive genes that are eliminated by selection.
   • (D)
     Elimination of less desirable genes and accumulation of superior genes takes place due to it.
5. 5.

   NEET 2021

   Mutations in plant cells can be induced by :

   • (A)
     Gamma rays
   • (B)
     Zeatin
   • (C)
     Infrared rays
   • (D)
     Kinetin
6. 6.

   NEET 2021

   Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

   • (A)
     (a)-(iv), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
   • (B)
     (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
   • (C)
     (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(ii), (d)-(i)
   • (D)
     (a)-(ii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(iii)
7. 7.

   NEET 2021

   Which of the following is not an objective of Biofortification in crops ?

   • (A)
     Improve protein content
   • (B)
     Improve micronutrient and mineral content
   • (C)
     Improve resistance to diseases
   • (D)
     Improve vitamin content
8. 8.

   NEET 2021

   Which of the following is not a step in Multiple Ovulation Embryo Transfer Technology (MOET) ?

   • (A)
     Fertilized eggs are transferred to surrogate mothers at 8-32 cell stage
   • (B)
     Cow is administered hormone having LH like activity for super ovulation
   • (C)
     Cow yields about 6-8 eggs at a time
   • (D)
     Cow is fertilized by artificial insemination
9. 9.

   NEET 2020

   By which method was a new breed 'Hisardale' of sheep formed by using Bikaneri ewes and Marino rams?

   • (A)
     Out crossing
   • (B)
     Mutational breeding
   • (C)
     Cross breeding
   • (D)
     Inbreeding