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Zoology - Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

Practise 33 AIIMS previous year questions on Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production, compiled from papers spanning 2003 to 2019. Each question is pulled directly from the actual exam paper it appeared in, so you're practising in the exact style and difficulty AIIMS tests.

Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production has been asked in 13 of the 19 years of AIIMS papers analysed (2001–2019), with 33 questions in all. 58% of them were easy, 21% moderate and 21% tough. Most of its questions came from 2019, with 6 questions that year. In the last three years (2017–2019) it had 13 questions across 5 papers, about 2.6 per paper.

The chapter's 6 topics are not weighted equally: Plant Breeding (17 questions, 52%), Animal Breeding (6 questions, 18%), and Fisheries (3 questions, 9%) have been asked the most. Plant Breeding has produced the most tough questions (4).

  1. 1Which is similar term to 'hybrid vigour'?26 May, 2019Animal Breeding
  2. 2Black rot of mustard is caused by26 May, 2019Plant Breeding
  3. 3What are the requirements in tissue culture?26 May, 2019Plant Breeding
  4. 4Virus free plants can be generated through25 May, 2019Plant Breeding
  5. 5-Assertion : Biofortification is used to increase nutrient value of crops. Reason : Meristem culture is used to obtain virus resistant plant25 May, 2019Plant Breeding
  6. 6Assertion : Somaclonal variations produce differences in plants. Reason : Somaclones are genetically dissimilar plants developed from any pa25 May, 2019Plant Breeding
  7. 7What will you conclude, when a cow is crossed to a bull and the female progeny is yielding more milk than its mother?27 May, 2018Cattle and Buffaloes
  8. 8Fishes in eutrophic lake die due to27 May, 2018Fisheries
  9. 9Hypophysation is done in major carps26 May, 2018Fisheries
  10. 10Assertion : Protandry and protogyny ensure cross fertilisation in some animals. Reason: Cross fertilisation introduces variation in progeny.26 May, 2018Animal Breeding
  11. 11Assertion : Hybridoma cells are shifted to a medium deficient in nutrient which cannot be synthesised by myeloma cells. Reason: The nutrient26 May, 2018Animal Breeding
  12. 12Assertion : Somatic hybridisation is a process where protoplasts of two desired plants can be fused to develop improved plants. Reason : Cro2017Plant Breeding
  13. 13Assertion : The honeybee queen copulates only once in her life time. Reason: The honeybee queen can lay fertilised as well as unfertilised e2017Apiculture
  14. 14Match column I with column II and select the correct option from codes given below.2016Plant Breeding
  15. 15Assertion : The technique of micropropagation has been used to introduce variations in the offspring. Reason : It is not possible to generat2016Plant Breeding
  16. 16Match Column - I with Column - II and select the correct option from given codes.2015Plant Breeding
  17. 17Assertion : GM foods are facing widespread resistance by the people. Reason: GM foods have mutated genes which cause infections and allergie2015Plant Breeding
  18. 18Somaclones are prepared by2014Plant Breeding
  19. 19The phenomenon that operates in the formation of root or shoot in a callus culture is2014Plant Breeding
  20. 20In cloning of cattle a fertilized egg is taken out of the mother's womb and2014Dairy Farm Management
  21. 21Which of the following is not true for inbreeding?2013Animal Breeding
  22. 22Assertion : Cattles feed on leaves of maize to get nutrition for growth and development. Reason : A number of symbiotic bacteria are present2013Cattle and Buffaloes
  23. 23Apiculture is associated with which of the following groups of plants?2012Apiculture
  24. 24Assertion : Inbreeding increases homozygosity, thus exposes harmful recessive genes, which are eliminated by selection. Reason : Continued i2012Animal Breeding
  25. 25Which of the following is a correct match between crop, variety and resistance to diseases?2010Plant Breeding
  26. 26Assertion : Inbreeding produces pureline. Reason : It causes homozygosity.2010Animal Breeding
  27. 27Somaclonal variation is seen in2006Plant Breeding
  28. 28Genetic diversity in agricultural crops is threatened by2005Plant Breeding
  29. 29Somaclonal variation can be obtained by2004Plant Breeding
  30. 30Assertion : Fish meal is a rich source of protein for cattle and poultry. Reason : Fish meal is produced from non-edible parts of fishes lik2004Fisheries
  31. 31Assertion : The honey bee queen copulates only once in her life time. Reason : The honey bee queen can lay fertilized as well as unfertilize2004Apiculture
  32. 32Assertion : Cattle breeds can be improved by superovulation and embryo transplantation. Reason : Superovulation in high milk-yielding cows i2004Cattle and Buffaloes
  33. 33Assertion : Use of fertilizers greatly enhances crop productivity. Reason : Irrigation is very important in increasing crop productivity.2003Plant Breeding

Frequently Asked Questions

1.How many questions are available for Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production?

This chapter includes 33 questions compiled from AIIMS papers spanning 2003 to 2019.

2.Are these questions only from AIIMS, or from other exams too?

These are AIIMS questions specifically for the Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production chapter. Questions from other exams like NEET or JIPMER are organised separately under their respective exam sections.

3.Is Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production an important chapter for AIIMS Zoology?

Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production has appeared in 13 of the 19 years of AIIMS papers covered here, with 33 questions across 15 papers - about 2 per paper it appears in.

4.What is the difficulty level of Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production questions in AIIMS?

Of the 33 questions analysed for this chapter, 58% are easy, 21% moderate and 21% tough. 2019 had the most, with 6 questions.

5.Which topics in Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production should I focus on?

These topics have carried the most weightage in Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production:

  • Plant Breeding - 17 questions (52%)
  • Animal Breeding - 6 questions (18%)
  • Fisheries - 3 questions (9%)
  • Plant Breeding has produced the most tough questions (4).
6.Is Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production's weightage in AIIMS going up or down?

Across all 15 papers analysed, Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production has averaged about 2.2 questions per paper. In the last three years (2017–2019), that average has risen, at about 2.6 questions per paper. Use the year-wise numbers on this page for the exact trend before you decide how much time to give it.