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  • A. Thinning out
  • B. Training
  • C. Pruning
  • D. Heading back

Explanation: Thinning out means removing an entire shoot, cone or spur from its point of origin at the plant base.

Correct answer: Thinning out
  • A. Delays tillering
  • B. Delays ripening
  • C. Delays germination
  • D. Delays flowering

Explanation: Excess nitrogen promotes vegetative growth and commonly delays fruit maturity and ripening.

Correct answer: Delays ripening
  • A. Ethylene
  • B. 2,4-D
  • C. Waxing
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Waxing forms a thin protective coating that reduces moisture loss and therefore helps prevent wilting and shrivelling of fruits.

Correct answer: Waxing
  • A. Auxins
  • B. Ethylene
  • C. 2,4-D
  • D. Maleic hydrazine

Explanation: Maleic hydrazide acts as a growth regulator and can suppress sprouting and slow physiological deterioration during storage, thereby…

Correct answer: Maleic hydrazine
  • A. Respiration
  • B. Growth
  • C. transpiration
  • D. Absorption

Explanation: Respiration remains the major metabolic process in harvested produce, consuming stored food reserves and releasing heat.

Correct answer: Respiration
  • A. Rectangular
  • B. Square
  • C. Hexagonal
  • D. Triangular

Explanation: Banana suckers in Sindh are commonly planted in the square system, which gives plants reasonably uniform spacing and facilitates orchard…

Correct answer: Square
  • A. Juicy tasta
  • B. Jmey cpicarp
  • C. Juicy hairs
  • D. Mesocarp

Explanation: The edible portion of pomegranate is the juicy testa, commonly called the aril, surrounding each seed.

Correct answer: Juicy tasta
  • A. They were kept at the bottom layer of the box
  • B. They were mixed with the ripe apples
  • C. Less " hey" had been put in the box
  • D. There were no ripe apples in the box

Explanation: Ripe apples release ethylene, a plant hormone that promotes tomato ripening and red colour development.

Correct answer: There were no ripe apples in the box
  • A. Solanaceae
  • B. Araceae
  • C. Conolvulaccae
  • D. Cruciferae

Explanation: Sweet potato is Ipomoea batatas of the family Convolvulaceae, also called the morning-glory family.

Correct answer: Conolvulaccae
  • A. Piperaceae
  • B. Lauraceae
  • C. Solanaceae
  • D. Libitatae

Explanation: Chilli belongs to the genus Capsicum in the Solanaceae family, the same family as tomato, potato and eggplant.

Correct answer: Solanaceae
  • A. Dried rhizome
  • B. dried roots
  • C. Seeds
  • D. Dried fruit

Explanation: Turmeric powder is prepared by boiling, drying and grinding the underground rhizomes, not the true roots or fruits.

Correct answer: Dried rhizome
  • A. Agrginine
  • B. Methionine
  • C. Lysine
  • D. Frytophaer

Explanation: Methionine is a sulfur-containing amino acid and is commonly the limiting amino acid in vegetable proteins.

Correct answer: Methionine
  • A. Cauliflower
  • B. Potato
  • C. Ginger
  • D. Brinjal

Explanation: Brinjal, or eggplant, is botanically a berry and therefore a fruit, even though it is used as a vegetable.

Correct answer: Brinjal
  • A. 7.00 am
  • B. 10.00 am
  • C. 8.00 am
  • D. 5.00 am

Explanation: In onion, anthesis generally begins at about 8:00 a.m. under normal field conditions, although the exact time can vary with temperature…

Correct answer: 8.00 am
  • A. Cambium
  • B. Placenta
  • C. Ovule
  • D. Ovary

Explanation: The placenta is the parenchymatous tissue or ridge on the inner ovary wall where ovules are attached.

Correct answer: Placenta
  • A. A fruit is a product of flower
  • B. A fruit is a product of ovary
  • C. A fruit is a mature ovary that contain seed
  • D. A fruit is post fertilizationSearch Public Records

Explanation: A fruit is classically defined as a mature ovary, usually containing one or more seeds, formed after fertilization.

Correct answer: A fruit is a mature ovary that contain seed
  • A. Defoliant
  • B. Growth regulators
  • C. Herbicides
  • D. Fungicides

Explanation: Defoliants are chemicals applied to promote or cause leaf abscission and leaf fall.

Correct answer: Defoliant
  • A. Controlling the direction of growth
  • B. all the above
  • C. Improving the productiveness
  • D. Developing the strong framework

Explanation: Pruning can direct plant growth, build a strong framework and improve productivity by balancing vegetative growth with fruiting wood.

Correct answer: all the above
  • A. Single seeded fruit
  • B. Multi seed fruit
  • C. Seed less fruit
  • D. All the above

Explanation: Parthenocarpy is fruit development without fertilization, so the resulting fruits are typically seedless, as in banana and some cultivated…

Correct answer: Seed less fruit
  • A. Floriculture
  • B. Agriculture
  • C. Sericulture
  • D. Horticulture

Explanation: Horticulture is the broad science of cultivating garden crops, including ornamental plants, fruits and vegetables.

Correct answer: Horticulture