MMJ14303 SEM 2 2023/2024 QUIZ 1

Describe the term ‘Botany’:

• A. Botany is the art of plant and horticultural processes.

• B. Botany is the science of horticultural plant processes.

• C. Botany is the study of plants and plant processes.

• D. Botany is the horticultural activities in plant processes.

Select the example of horticultural crops:

 

i. Fruits & vegetables.

ii. Spices & condiments.

iii. Ornamental & plantation.

iv. Medicinal & aromatic plants.

• A. i, ii & iii

• B. ii, iii & iv

• C. i, ii & iv

• D. i, ii, iii & iv

……….. is an intentional plantation of fruit trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production.

• A. Farm

• B. Plantation

• C. Crop production

• D. Orchard

Interpret ‘Horticulture’:

• A. Horticulture is the science of botany and the art of production, utilization and improvement of crops.

• B. Horticulture is a branch of botany and a science and art of production, utilization and improvement of industrial crops.

• B. Horticulture is a branch of botany and a science and art of production, utilization and improvement of industrial crops.

• D. Horticulture is a branch of agriculture and a science and art of production, utilization and improvement of crops.

‘Pomologist’ is …………..

• A. A scientist who specializes in the science of horticulture.

• B. A scientist who specializes in the science of botany.

• C. A scientist who specializes in the study of fruit trees and fruits.

• D. A scientist who specializes in the science of agriculture.

Select the proper categories that belong to vegetable crops.

 

i. Potherhebs

ii. Onion crops

iii. Solanaceous

iv. Curcubits

v. Cole crops

• A. i, ii, iii and iv

• B. i, ii, iv and v

• C. i, iii, iv and v

• D. ii, iii, iv and v

Vegetative propagation by………… is the act of joining two plants (or their parts) together.

• A. Cuttings

• B. Layering

• C. Grafting

• D. Matching

The application of science to horticulture crops is called…………..

• A. Horticulture Technology

• B. Crop Production

• C. Botany

• D. Horticultural Science

Select the right ‘pulse’ crops.

• A. Lentil, Black Gram & Long Bean

• B. Lentil, Chickpea & Cowpea

• C. Lentil, Long Bean & Cowpea

• D. Chickpea, Black Gram & Long Bean

Describe ‘Crop’.

• A. Plants of the same kind are cultivated on the farm scale.

• B. Plants of different kinds are cultivated on a large scale.

• C. Plants of different kinds are cultivated on the farm scale.

• D. Plants of the same kind are cultivated on a large scale.