Horticulture MCQ Question and Answer | Agriculture MCQ Question

According to ICMR, the daily requirement of vegetables per capita per day is 300 gm.
The plate, designed by the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, recommends sourcing macronutrients and micronutrients from a minimum of 8 food groups per day with vegetables, fruits and green leafy vegetables forming essentially half the plate of the recommended foods per day.
Leafy green vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. They're packed with vitamins, minerals and fibre but low in calories. Eating a diet rich in leafy greens can offer numerous health benefits including reduced risk of obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and mental decline.

Viviparous seeds are reported in Jack fruit.
Vivipary is the phenomenon that involves seeds germinating prematurely while they are still inside or attached to the parent plant or fruit.
In some trees, like jackfruit, the seeds can be found already germinated while the fruit goes overripe; the moist and humid conditions provided by the fruit mimic a wet soil that encourages germination.

The destructive Insect and Pest Act (DIPA) was passed in 1914.
The Destructive Insects and Pests Act is an act to prevent the introduction into India and the transport from one State to another of any insect, fungus, or another pest, which is or may be destructive to crops. It belongs to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

"Parbhani Kranti" is a popular variety of Okra.
Parbhani Kranti is the name of a lady's finger (Okra) variety, which is an example of mutation breeding.
It is produced by sexual hybridization and is derived from the back cross of Abelmoschus manihot x A. Esculentus.
This mutated variety is resistant to the yellow mosaic virus.

The maximum calorie per 100 grams is obtained from sweet potato vegetables.
It contains 86 calories in 100 gms raw sweet potatoes.
A medium-sized sweet potato (boiled without the skin) contains 27 grams of carbs. Sweet potatoes have a medium to high Glycemic index (GI), varying from 44 - 96. Sweet potatoes are one of the best sources of vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin C and potassium.

The effect of pollen parent on the developing ovules in the mother plant is termed Metaxenia.
Metaxenia is the effect of pollen on fruit shape and other fruit characteristics. Metaxenia may be able to be used to identify the best pollenizer parents to decrease the fruit development period and increase yield in mixed cultivar plantings.

Sun red is a variety of Nectarine.
Nectarine, (Prunus persica), is a smooth-skinned peach of the rose family (Rosaceae) that is grown throughout the warmer temperate regions of both the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Sun Red Nectarine trees are semi-freestone nectarine that ripens from mid-May to early June. Sun Red Nectarines require very low chill hours, only 200 - 300 hours of cold weather (8 - 13 days of 45 degrees F. or below).
Nectarines are a source of vitamins A and C and are commonly eaten fresh or cooked in conserves, jams and pies.

Brinjal's edible part is the Tender stage.
The eggplant is a delicate, tropical perennial plant often cultivated as a tender or half-hardy annual in temperate climates.
In Brinjal or eggplant (Solanum melongena), fruits are used as a vegetable. Fruit is egg-shaped, glossy and purple with white flesh and a spongy, "meaty" texture. The edible part of the brinjal is the pericarp and placenta.

Economic part of Ambrette is Seed Coat.
It is an aromatic and medicinal plant in the family Malvaceae native to Asia and Australia. The seeds have a sweet, flowery, heavy fragrance similar to that of musk.
The seed oil from the seed coat is used as a substitute in perfumes for animal musk, however, this use is now mostly replaced by various synthetic musks due to its high cost.

The minimum TSS of tomato sauce must be 30%.
Total dissolved solids (TSS) are an important parameter of fruit quality. TSS states the amounts of soluble solids in liquid. TSS value affects the taste of the fruit because it can indicate the level of sweetness of the fruit.
Tomato sauce has a TSS of 25 - 30%, while ketchup has a consistency of 28 - 30%. This is because ketchup contains more spices and seasonings than the sauce.