Unit 3: Production Technology of Sub-Tropical and Minor Fruits - Practice Quiz

1 Guava is especially valued as a rich source of which vitamin?

2 What is the botanical type of guava fruit?

3 Which vegetative method is commonly used to propagate guava?

4 Sapota is commonly known in India by which name?

5 Which commercial product is traditionally obtained from the latex of sapota?

6 Grape plants grow naturally as which type of plant?

7 Which propagation method is commonly used for grape?

8 What are dried grapes commonly called?

9 Which method is most commonly used for the vegetative propagation of litchi?

10 What is the white, juicy, edible portion of litchi called?

11 What type of fruit is pineapple botanically?

12 Which planting material is commonly used for vegetative propagation of pineapple?

13 What is the botanical name for the fruit type of pomegranate?

14 Which part of the pomegranate is mainly eaten?

15 Jackfruit is widely recognized as which of the following?

16 Where are male and female flowers borne in jackfruit?

17 Date palm is described as dioecious because it bears male and female flowers in which way?

18 Which planting material is traditionally used to propagate true-to-type date palms?

19 Ber is well suited to cultivation in which type of climate?

20 Which method is commonly used for the commercial propagation of improved ber varieties?

21 A guava grower wants to obtain a high-quality winter crop instead of a low-quality rainy-season crop. Which crop-regulation practice is most appropriate?

22 In a high-density guava orchard, trees develop excessive canopy crowding and fruiting shifts away from manageable shoots. Which intervention is most suitable?

23 A nursery has vigorous guava seedling rootstocks and wants to multiply a superior cultivar while maintaining its genetic identity. Which method is most appropriate?

24 A nursery manager requires uniform, true-to-type sapota plants with a strong and compatible root system. Which propagation combination should be selected?

25 A sapota fruit appears full-sized, but the grower is unsure whether it has reached harvest maturity. Which observation most reliably supports harvesting?

26 A grape cultivar has poorly fruitful basal buds but highly fruitful buds farther along the cane. Which pruning strategy should be adopted?

27 In a tropical grape-growing region following double pruning, what is the main purpose of foundation pruning and fruit pruning?

28 A seedless grape vineyard produces compact clusters with small berries. Which growth-regulator program would best address both problems?

29 A litchi orchard experiences severe fruit cracking after a dry period followed by heavy irrigation. Which management change is most appropriate?

30 A large block of one litchi cultivar flowers heavily but shows poor fruit set because insect activity and pollen transfer are limited. Which action is most suitable?

31 A pineapple grower wants the earliest possible crop from vegetative planting material. If all materials are healthy and uniform, which should be preferred?

32 A pineapple field has plants of adequate size but highly uneven natural flowering. Which treatment is commonly used to synchronize flowering?

33 In a pomegranate orchard where irrigation water is scarce during summer but monsoon rainfall is dependable, which flowering season is generally most practical to retain?

34 Pomegranate fruits in an orchard crack frequently near maturity after alternating dry and wet soil conditions. Which practice would most directly reduce the disorder?

35 A grower wants to establish a jackfruit orchard using a superior tree known for regular bearing and high-quality bulbs. Why is grafting preferable to seed propagation?

36 Which group of field observations best indicates that a jackfruit has reached harvest maturity?

37 A date palm plantation has many healthy female palms but low fruit set because only a few male palms are present. Which practice would most effectively improve fruit set?

38 A grower needs new date palms that are guaranteed to be female and identical to a high-yielding cultivar. Which planting material is most suitable?

39 An unpruned ber orchard develops long, crowded branches and produces fewer marketable fruits. Why would annual pruning improve production?

40 A nursery wants to propagate a selected ber cultivar using hardy local seedlings as rootstocks. Which technique is most appropriate under active sap flow?

41 A mature guava orchard has abundant old framework branches but few flowers. Leaf analysis shows adequate nutrients, and there is no major pest incidence. Which canopy intervention most directly addresses the crop's bearing habit?

42 A north Indian guava grower wants to minimize the low-quality rainy-season harvest and concentrate production in winter through bahar regulation. Which strategy is most appropriate?

43 A sapota nursery requires uniform, true-to-type plants suitable for relatively dry soils. Which propagation combination is agronomically most appropriate?

44 Sapota fruits of marketable size still release abundant milky latex when scratched and have green tissue beneath the peel. What is the best harvest decision?

45 A grape cultivar produces fruitful buds mainly at nodes 6–10, while its basal buds are consistently sterile. Which pruning system best preserves its yield potential?

46 In a tropical grape production system using double pruning, which sequence correctly distinguishes foundation pruning from fruit pruning?

47 A seedless grape vineyard needs looser clusters before fruit set and larger berries after fruit set. Which gibberellic acid strategy best matches these objectives?

48 A litchi orchard experiences severe fruit cracking following irrigation after a prolonged dry period. Which integrated response most directly addresses the underlying disorder?

49 A breeder identifies an elite adult litchi tree and wants orchard plants that retain its fruit traits while avoiding a long juvenile phase. Which method is most suitable?

50 A uniform block of adequately mature pineapple plants remains vegetative, threatening synchronized harvesting. Which treatment is most appropriate for inducing uniform flowering?

51 Equal-sized pineapple suckers, slips, and crowns are planted under identical conditions. What is the generally expected order from earliest to latest first harvest?

52 A pomegranate tree flowers profusely, but most flowers are bell-shaped, short-styled, and shed without setting fruit. Which interpretation is most accurate?

53 Pomegranate fruits crack near maturity after alternating drought and heavy irrigation, but no infectious lesions are visible. Which management change is most appropriate?

54 A pomegranate orchard develops oily, water-soaked spots on leaves and fruits; the fruit lesions later enlarge and crack. Which diagnosis best fits this symptom complex?

55 A jackfruit tree produces many male spikes on slender peripheral branches but few female inflorescences. Where should management preserve bearing sites most carefully?

56 A nursery must rapidly multiply a superior jackfruit genotype, but stored rootstock seeds show sharply declining germination. Which protocol is most suitable?

57 A date plantation is designed with 320 productive female palms. If the operational standard permits no more than 40 female palms per male pollinizer, what is the minimum number of male palms required?

58 A dry-date cultivar is intended for long storage and must be harvested at the fully ripened stage with the lowest moisture content. Which developmental stage is appropriate?

59 An unpruned ber orchard develops dense old wood and progressively fewer fruits despite adequate irrigation and nutrition. Which intervention best exploits the crop's bearing habit?

60 A single-cultivar ber block flowers heavily and has abundant bee activity, yet controlled self-pollination shows poor pollen-tube growth and negligible fruit set. What is the most effective corrective action?