1.

The scientific name of mangosteen is:

a. Garcinia mangostana
b. Artocarpus altilis
c. Durio discolor
d. Averrhoa bilimbi
2. It is a classification of farming systems based on type and intensity of rotation, water supply,
cropping patterns and animal activities and degree of commercialization.
a. Cultivation
b. Grassland
c. Collection
d. Fallow
3. The region where pearl millet is originated.
a. China
b. Australia
c. Southeast Asia
d. Africa
4. The mechanism in which the growth of the plant is governed by some kind of “division of labor”
among cell and different plant part is called:
a. Genome
b. Correlation mechanism
c. Endogenous growth rhythm
d. Exogenous growth rhythm
5. The mechanical manipulation of the soil from condition to a different desired condition:
a. Primary tillage
b. Tillage
c. Soil tilth
d. Secondary tillage
6. Collection is one of the conservation strategies of plant genetic resources. Which among the
following is NOT a type of collection?
a. In vitro collection
b. Core collection
c. Field collection
d. In situ collection
7. Which of the following methods of crop improvement os NOT commonly used because of
difficulty in identifying the change in the desired traits?
a. Plant introduction
b. Introgression
c. Selection
d. Hybridization
8. Pterocarpus indicus Wild, the Philippine National Tree, represents a type of dry indehiscent fruit
called _____________.
a. Achene
b. Schizocarp
c. Nut
 d. Samara
9. The special cells that allow rice plants to adjust to varying levels of O2 in the growth medium are
called___________.
a. Aerenchyma cells
b. Bulliform cells
c. Phytochrome cells
d. Chloroplast cells
10. The natural or artificial process which allows an increase in the proportion of certain genotypes
or groups of genotypes in succeeding generation to isolate or separate the better strains or
genotypes from the variety.
a. Selection
b. Hybridization
c. Introgression
d. Introduction
11. A classification of plants according to blooming habits wherein pollination occurs before flower
opening.
a. Dichogamous
b. Cleistogamous
c. Chasmogamous
d. Monoecious
12. Plants that grow on live trees or dead trunks but do not depends on them for water and
nutrients are called __________.
a. Epiphytes
b. Xerophytes
c. Terrestrial
d. Bryophytes
13. The following are the main types of seed dormancy, EXCEPT:
a. Innate dormancy
b. Induced dormancy
c. Enforced dormancy
d. Forced dormancy
14. Assuming dry air and a sea-level air temperature of 30 0C, the temperature on top of a 1000-
meter high mountain is _________.
a. 100C
b. 300C
c. 200C
d. 400C
15. A desiccant commonly used in seed storage to prevent further moisture absorption by seeds:
A. Silica gel
B. Carnauba wax
C. Freon
D. Liquid nitrogen
16. Generally, there us more frequent occurrences of rain at ___________.
a. Mountainous areas
 b. Low-lying areas
c. Seaside areas
d. Flat lands
17. A method of genetic conservation that conserves plants outside the natural habitat:
a. Ex situ conservation
b. Cryopreservation
c. In situ conservation
d. None of the above
18. It is a system of checking and guaranteeing various aspects of seed quality during the period
seed is being multiplied and further handled.
a. Seed selection
b. Seed certification
c. Seed processing
d. Seed production
19. A type of sclerenchyma that is short and more or less cuboidal in shape that imparts gritty
feeling when fruits containing them are eaten is called _______.
a. Fibers
b. Sclereids
c. Strings
d. Tracheids
20. The stage in the life cycle of a seed when development is complete and the biological necessary
for all physiological processes are active or ready to be achieved.
a. Seed germination
b. Seed emergence
c. Physiological maturity
d. Biological yield
21. The concept of basic and nutritious food being available accessible, affordable and stable in
supply:
a. Food availability
b. Food security
c. Food safety
d. Food accessibility
22. The smooth texture of the monocot stem is generally due to the absence of the porous swelling
that facilities gaseous exchange in this organ of the plant. This structure is called _________.
a. Pneumatophore
b. Lenticel
c. Stoma
d. Cuticle
23. Biological diversity is the total variability within all the living organism and the ecological
complexes they inhibit. Which of the following is NOT a level of biodiversity?
a. Human interference
b. Species
c. Ecosystem
d. Genetic diversity
24. The process by ATP is formed when the electron donor is the synthesized PS I rather than the
oxidation of H2O in the light reaction phase of photosynthesis is known as__________.
a. Oxidative phosphorylation
b. Photosynthetic phosphorylation
c. Cyclic photophosphorylation
d. Cyclic photodecomposition
25. In coconut, Cocos nucifera L., the endosperm is classified into coconut meat and coconut water.
The botanical term for the coconut meat is called________.
a. Liquid endosperm
b. Endocarp
c. Solid endosperm
d. Mesocarp
26. In some plants like acacia trees, the outer covering especially of the older portion of the stem
that breaks, separates and flakes off is the _____________.
a. Phellem
b. Phelloderm
c. Cuticle
d. Epidermis
27. A process of transferring the seedlings from one container such as seedbox to another container
before they are brought to the field.
a. Pricking
b. Blocking
c. Hardening
d. Seeding
28. It is a genetically variant population originating through selection and propagation by individual
farmers, or in small areas of geographic isolation.
a. Landrace
b. Polycross
c. Hybrids
d. Multiple cross
29. The plant cell wall is made up chiefly of _________.
a. Glycoproteins
b. Cellulose
c. Hemicellulose
d. Pectins
30. The movement on the cytoplasm which serves for efficient distribution of substances absorbrd
from outside of the cell, and the substances released by the nucleus and other organelles is
called ________.
a. Cytoplasmic streaming
b. Excretion
c. Intussuseption
d. Secretion
31. Carbohydrate reserves of seeds will be hydrolyzed finally as ___________.
a. Galactose
 b. Fructose
c. Glucose
d. Cellulose
32. This type of dormancy is due to one or more unsuitable factions of the environment, which are
non-specific in their effect. In seeds, this is equivalent to quiescence.
a. Paradormancy
b. Endodormancy
c. Ecodormancy
d. Chemical dormancy
33. Stomata are avenues for the exchange of gases in the leaves. When these avenues are located
on both epidermis of the leaves, they are called __________.
a. Amphistomata
b. Hypostomata
c. Epistomata
d. Mesostomata
34. Photoreceptor involved in photoperiodism
a. Phytochrome
b. Chlorophyll
c. Carotenoids
d. Flavins
35. A wasp that parasitizes on the eggs of corn borer:
a. Trichogramma chlilonis
b. Trichogramma evanescens
c. Trichogramma japonicum
d. Bacillus thuringensis
36. Reduction in the amount of green pigments in leaf, resulting to yellowing:
a. Chlorosis
b. Necrosis
c. Autolysis
d. Dialysis
37. Based on its uses this crop can be classified both as an agronomic and horticultural crop:
a. Rice
b. Sorghum
c. Mungbean
d. Peanut
38. The part of the living cell where metabolic energy, usually in the form of ATP is produced:
a. Mitochondrion
b. Ribosome
c. Chloroplast
d. Nucleus
39. Geotropism is response of the plants to gravity. It is effected by growth hormonse called_____.
a. Auxin
b. Cytokinins
c. Gibberellins
 d. Ethylene
40. A type of fungicide that cannot kill the fungi already established in the plant:
a. Protective fungicide
b. Eradicant fungicide
c. Systemic fungicide
d. Curative fungicide
41. Senescence is the e energy-requiring process brought about by the metabolic changes, one of
this the destruction of the pigments.
a. Carotenoids
b. Xanthophyll
c. Anthocyanin
d. Chlorophyll
42. Some fruits develop even without pollination and fertilization. Such phenomenon that produces
seedless fruits is called __________.
a. Parthenocarpy
b. Apocarpy
c. Polyploidy
d. Apoximis
43. Natural pyrethium used as botanical insecticide and which have been in the market for about
150 years was extracted from __________.
a. Tobacco
b. Derris eliptica
c. Lonchocarpus spp.
d. Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium
44. The largest cytoplasmic organelle, apart from the nucleus, in plant cells is the _________.
a. Mitochodrion
b. Ribosome
c. Glyoxysome
d. Chloroplast
45. An insecticide that become the most used and was first discovered on 1939 by Paul Mueller in
Switzerland; the insecticide is now banned in the US and several countries in the world:
a. Carbamates
b. DDT
c. Pyrethroids
d. Organophosphates
46. The observable variation present in a character in a population is called:
a. Phenotypic variation
b. Dominance variation
c. Genotypic variation
d. Environment variation
47. The endodermis of roots contains a continuous band of suberin, awaxy substance deposited in
the radial and transverse walls. This band is called _____________.
a. Endodermal strip
b. Suberin strip
 c. Casparian strip
d. Wall strip
48. Type of fruits that exhibits an increase in respiration rate when it starts to ripen:
a. Non-climatic fruit
b. Tropical fruit
c. Climacteric fruit
d. Temperate fruit
49. This refers to a group of cells, tissues or plant derived from a single mother cell, tissue or plant
through asexual means and is expected to be genetically identical:
a. Clone
b. Bud
c. Meristem
d. Scion
50. The pineapple fruit is derived from several ovaries of several flowers, hence it is referred to as:
a. Aggregate fruit
b. Fused fruit
c. Multiple fruit
d. Simple fruit