Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Wheat.

Key Points

Concept-

• A wide range of fungal, bacterial, and viral pathogens, affect the yield of cultivated crop species, especially in tropical climates.
• Crop losses can often be significant, up to 20-30 per cent, or sometimes even total.
• In this situation, the breeding and development of cultivars resistant to disease enhance food production.
• This also helps reduce the dependence on the use of fungicides and bacteriocides.

Explanation-

• Resistance of the host plant is the ability to prevent the pathogen from causing disease and is determined by the genetic constitution of the host plant.
• Before breeding is undertaken, it is important to know about the causative organism and the mode of transmission.
• Some of the diseases caused by-
  • Fungi are rusts, e.g., brown rust of wheat, red rot of sugarcane, and late blight of potato.
  • Bacteria – black rot of crucifers.
  • Viruses – tobacco mosaic, turnip mosaic, etc.
• Brown rust of wheat is caused by the fungus Puccinia triticina.

Therefore the brown rust is the disease of wheat.

Additional Information

• Red rot is the disease of sugarcane.
• Late blight is the disease of potatoes.
• Mosaic virus is the disease of turnip.

The correct answer is Liver.

Key Points

• Excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks causes damage to the Liver.
  • Alcohol is readily absorbed from the digestive tract, and up to 98% is metabolised in the liver.
  • Each liver cell contains three pathways for alcohol metabolism.
  • All of these result in the production of a highly toxic metabolite which can contribute to liver cell damage.
  • With regular alcohol use, the regenerative ability of liver cells may be inhibited and lead to sustained liver damage.
  • Long term heavy alcohol use may lead to fat accumulation in the liver, which may progress to alcoholic hepatitis, or liver cirrhosis.
  • Over time, excessive alcohol use can lead to the development of chronic diseases and other serious problems including -
    • High blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, and digestive problems. 

Additional Information

• Kidney:
  • Healthy kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your blood.
  • But when your kidneys fail, wastes and extra fluid can build up in your blood and make you feel sick. 
  • Kidneys can become damaged from a physical injury or a disease like diabetes, high blood pressure, or other disorders.
  • High blood pressure and diabetes are the two most common causes of kidney failure.
  • Kidney failure does not happen overnight.
• Lungs:
  • Chronic alcohol abuse and heavy drinking can greatly increase the risk of several pulmonary conditions.
    • including lung disease, alcoholic pneumonia, acute lung injury, and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  • Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer.
    • Smoking can cause lung disease by damaging your airways and the small air sacs (alveoli) found in your lungs.
    • Lung diseases caused by smoking include COPD, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
• Heart:
  • Smokers are at greater risk for diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels.
  • Increases in your blood pressure can also be caused by weight gain from excessive drinking.
  • Heavy drinking weakens the heart muscle, which means the heart can't pump blood as efficiently.
    • It's is known as cardiomyopathy and can cause death, usually through heart failure.

The correct answer is Pavo cristatus.

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The correct answer is Udaipur.

• Sorghum research centre has been established in Vallabhnagar Udaipur in Rajasthan.

Key Points

• Sorghum/Jowar is used as food grains.
• The highest Jowar production in the country is in Maharashtra.
• Whereas Rajasthan holds the fourth position in the country.
• Rajasthan has the highest production of Jowar in the central part.
• While Ajmer district ranks fifth in Jowar production.

Additional Information

• The major variety of Jowar in the state is PV-96.
  • Maximum Producing District - Nagaur, Ajmer, Pali.
  • Climate - Warm temperature is required.
  • Rainfall - 35 -150cm
• Alcohol and Beer are made from Sorghum.