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Post Graduate School

Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Examination for Admission to Ph.D. Programme 2011-2012

Discipline : Horticulture (Vegetable Science)

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Discipline Code : 12, Sub code :03 Roll ~ o . 1
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Please Note:
(i)This question paper contains 12 pages. Please check whether all the pages are
printed in this set. Report discrepancy, if any, immediately to the invigilator.

(ii)There sltall be NEGATIVE marking for WRONG answers in'lhe Multiple

Choice iype questions (No. I to 130) which carry one mark each. For every
wrong answer 0.25 mark will be deducted.

PART - I(General Agriculture)
Multiple choice questions (No. 1 to 30).
Choose the correct answer (a, b, c or d)
and enter your choice in the circle (by
shading with a pencil) on the OMR
answer sheet as per the Instructions
given on the answer sheet.
1. Which of the following crops have been
approved for commercial cultivation in lndia?
a) Bt cotton and Bt brinjal
b) Bt cotton and Golden Rice
c) Bt maize and Bt cotton
d) Bt cotton only
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I 5. To address the problems of sustainable and
holistic development of rainfed areas,
including appropriate farming and livelihood
system approaches, the Government of lndia
has set up the
a) National Rainfed Area Authority
- b) National Watershed Development Project for
Rainfed Areas
c) National Missibn on Rainfed Areas
d) Command Area Development and Water
' Management Authority

6 . Which of the following sub-schemes are not

covered under the Rashtriya K b h i Wkas
Yojana?
a) Extending the Green Revolution to eastern
lndia
b) Development of 60,000 pulses and oilseeds
2. This year (2010-11) the expected food grain villages in identified watersheds
production in lndia is c) National Mission on Saffron
a) 212 million tonnes d) National Missipn on Bamboo
b) 220 million tonnes
c) 235 million tonnes 7. The minimum support price for the common
d) 250 million tonnes variety of paddy announced by the
Government of lndia for the year 2010-11
3. The genome of which of the following crops was
is still not completely sequenced? a) t 1030
a) Rice b) t l O O O
b) Soybean c) t 980
c) Sorghum, d) t 950
d) Wheat ,,
8. According to the Human Development
4. According to the Approach Paper to the 12' Report 2010 of the United Nations, India's
Five Year Plan, the basic objective of the rank in terms of the human development
12Ihplan is index is
a) Inclusive growth a) 119
b) Sustainable growth b) 134
c) Faster, more inclusive and sustainable c) 169
growth d) 182
d) Inclusive and sustainable growth
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9. Which of the following does not apply to SRI 17. Which of the following is commonly referred
method of paddy cultivation? to as muriate of potash?
a) Reduced water application a) Potassium nitrate
b) Reduced plant density b) Potassium chloride
c) Increased application of chemical fertilizers c) Potassium sulphate
d) Reduced age of seedlings d) Potassium sillcate

10.Which organic acid, often used as a 18. Inbred lines that have same genetic
preservative, occurs naturally in cranberries, constitution but differ only at one locus are
prunes, cinnamon and cloves? called
a) Citric acid a) Multi lines
b) Benzolc acid b) Monohybrid
c) Tartaric acid c) Isogenic lines
d) Lactic ac~d d) Pure lines

11. Cotton belongs to the family

a) Cruciferae
1 19. For applying 100 kg of n~trogen,how much
urea would ohe y e ?
b) Anacardiaceae a) 45 kg
c) Malvaceae b) Illkg
d) Solanaceae c) 222 kg
d) 333 kg
12. Photoperiodism is
a) Bending of shoot towards source of light 20. The devastating impact of plant disease on
b) Effect of IighVdark durations on physiological human suffering and survival was first
processes realized by epidemic of
C) Movement of ~ h l ~ r ~in~cell i ain~resDonse
t a) Brown spot of rice in Bengal
to light b) Late blight of potato in USA
d) Effect of light on chlorophyll synthesis c) Late blight of potato in Europe
d) Rust of wheat in India
13. Ergot disease is caused by which pathogen
on which host? 21. The species of rice (Oryza) other than 0.
a) Claviceps purpurea on rye sativa that is cultivated is
b) Puccinia recondita on wheat a) 0. rufipugon
C) Drechlera somkiniana on wheat b) 0.longlsteminata
d) Albugo candida on mustard c) 0. glaberrima
d) 0. nivara
14. Rocks are the chief sources of parent
materials over which soils are developed. 22. The enzyme responsible for the fixation of
Granite, an important rock, is classified as CO? in mesophyll cells of C-4 plants is
a) Igneous rock a) Maiic enzyme
b) Metamorphic rock b) ~hosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
c) Sedimentary rock c) Phosohoenol ovruvate carboxvkinase
d) Hybrid rock

15. Which one of the following is a Kharif crop? 23. Which one of the following is a 'Vertisol'?
a) Pearl millet a) Black cotton soil
b) Lentil b) Red sandy loam soil
C) Mustard c) Sandy loam sodlc soil
d) Wheat \ d) Submontane (Tarai) soil

16. The coefficient of variation
calculated by the formula
a) (Mean1S.D.) x 100
b) (S.D.1Mean) x 100
c) S.D.IMean
d\ Mean1S.D.
(C.V.) is 24.What is the most visible physical
characteristic of cells in metaphase?
a) Elongated chromosomes
b) Nucleus visible but chromosomes not
c) Fragile double stranded loose chromosomes
d) Condensed paired chromosomes on the cell
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25. All weather phenomena like rain, fog and 33. The primary centre of origin of pea is
mist occur in a) Ethiopia
a) Troposphere b) Mexico
b) Mesosphere c) Peru
C) Ionosphere d) China
d) Ozonosphere
34. Commercial seed production of cabbage
26. Which of the following elements is common cannot be done at
to all proteins and nucieic acids? a) Kinnaur
a) Sulphur b) Srinagar
b) Magnesium c) Bangalore
c) Nitrogen d) Katrain
d) Phosphorous
35.The 'V' shaped lesion in the leaf is
27. Silt has intermediate characteristics between characteristics symptoms of
a) Sand and loam a) Sclerotium rot
b) Clay and loam b) Black rot
c) Loam and gravel c) Downy mildew '
d) Sand and clay d) Alternaria blight
28. Certified seed is produced from 36, Edible podded garden pea variety is
a) Nucleus seed a)' Pusa Pragati
b) Breeder seed b) Oragan Sugar
c) Foundation seed c) Meteor
d) Truthful seed d) Arkel
29. Seedless banana is an 07. Which of the. following is a shallow rooted
a) Autotriploid crop?
b) Autotetraploid a) Onion
C) Allotriploid
b) Radish
d) Ailotetraploid c) Turnip
30. Which one of the following is used to test the d) Sweet potato
goodness-of-fit of a distribution?
38. Rat-tail or mougri radish is botanically known
a) Normal test
b) t-test as
c) Chi-square test a) Raphanus safivus var. radicula
d) F-test b) Raphanus sativus var. niger
c) Raphanus sativus var. caudatus
d) Raphanus safivus var. olifera
PART- I\ (Subject Paper)
39. The base temperature of peas to calculate
Multiple choice questions (No. 31 to 130). heat unit for cultivar is
Choose the correct answer (a, b, c or d ) a) 4.4'C
and enter your choice in the circle (by b) 8.4OC
shading with a pencil) on the OMR -
answer sheet as per the instructions
given on the answer sheet.
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40. Yellow pigment in beet root is due to the
31. The vegetable belonging to moncotylendon presence of
is
. a) p-cyanins
a) Amaranthus b) Carotene
b) Asparagus c) Violaxanthin
c) Spinach beet d) P-xanthin
d) Drumstick
41. Wider spacing and excessive use of fertilizer
32. 'Freedom' is a transgenic variety of in potato may cause
a) Potato a) Internal brown spot
b) Squash b) Black peat
c) Tomato c) Greening
d) Okra d) Hollow heart
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42. Potato leaf marker commonly associated 51. Transverse cotyledon cracking is major
with male sterility line of problem in
a) Brinjal a) Pea
b) Chilli b) French bean
C) Tomato c) Pumpkin
d) Bell pepper d) Cowpea

43. Gold fleck is a physiological disorder of 52. First Central Vegetable Research Station
a) Tomato was established at Katrain in Kullu Valley of
b) Potato Himachal Pradesh in
c) Brinjal a) 1942
d) Okra b) 1949
c) 1952
on^
a)
melon can easily cross with
Cucumber
d) 1955

b) Musk melon 53. In French bean, light or medium green round

C) Water melon fleshy stringless pods having white seeds
d) Round melon are suitable for'
a) Freezing
45. Which of the following cucurbits contain b) Dehydration
highest amount of iron? C) Canning
a) Bitter gourd d) Drying
b) Pumpkin
C) Musk melon 54. Cytoplasmic genic male sterility in hot

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d) Bottle gourd pepper has been first reported in an Indian
introduction Pi-164835 by
Which of the following palak varieties does a) Peter
not bolt In plain? b) Peterson
a) Pusa Harit c) Greenleaf
b) All Green d) Veeragavthathum
c) Pusa Jyoti
d) Pusa Bharathi 55. Genic and cytoplasmic genic male sterility
have been commercially exploited for
47. Perianth type flower is seen in development of F, hybrids in
a) Bulb crop a) Tomato
b) Root crop b) Brinjal
c) Okra C) Chilli
d) Cole crop d) Sweet pepper

48. Leek is mainly propagated by 56. Resistance to powdery mildew disease in

a) Clove r garden pea is governed by
b) Bulb,,
c)
d)
Seed -
Root cutting '
a)
b)
c)
Single recessive gene
Two recessive genes
Single dominant gene
d) Two dominant genes
49. which of the vegetable is cross pollinated
due to protandry? 57. New Zealand spinach is a
a) Parsley a) Cross ooliinated and cool season annual
b) Cabbage bj Cross boilinated and warm season annual
c) Radish c) Self pollinated and warm season annual
d) Turnip d) Self pollinated and cool season annual

50. Pinching of male bud can be commercial 58. Coriander is a member of family
exploited for hybrid seed production in a) Fabaceae
a) Cucumber b) Rutaceae
b) Pumpkin c) Apiaceae
c) Water melon d) Labiatae
d) Bitter gourd
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59. Parentage of Pusa Alankar - a summer 68. Estimated percentage of the total production
squash F, hybrid is of potato used for processing is
a) Australian Green x Sel 1 a) < I 5
b) EC 27050 x S e l l b) < I 0
c) EC 27050 x Sel2 c) <5
d) EC 27050 x Sel4 d) < I

60. The Indian Society of Vegetable Science 69. Chromosome number of trisomic tomato
was established in a) 22
a) 1993 b) 23
b) 1983 c) 25
c) 1973 d) 26
d) 1963
70. Time of anthesis in sponge gourd
61. Male parent for development of chilli hybrid a) Morning
CH-3, is b) Afternoon
a) LLS C) Evening
b) S-2560 . d) Night
C) 5-2530
d) Punjab Lal 71. Rhubarb is also known as
/a) Petsai plant
82. Selection based on single seed descent b) Pie plant
method is quite effective in c) Poi plant
a) Cabbage d) Super plant
b) Chilli
C) Brinjal 72. White heart is a disorder of
d) Tomato a) Musk melon
b) Sarda melon
63. How many lines are involved for C) Water melon
development of synthetic variety? d) Long melon
a) <3
b) 4-6 73. Seeds requiring maximum duration for
c) 7-9 germination
d) > I 0 a) Radish
b) Parsley
64. Name the global leader in grafted vegetable c) Muskmelon
production technology d) Lettuce
a) China
b) Korea 74. For 5 gene pairs involved in the cross,
c) Japan number of all possible combinations in F2
d) India under independent assortment of genes
assuming complete dominance will be
65. Solanum hirsutum and Solanum pennelli are a) 64
resistant to b) 256
a) Fruit borer and white fly C) 1024
b) Root knot nematodes and Colorado potato d) 1084576
beetle
c) White fly and leaf miner 75. Gamete selection was advocated by
d) Spider mitiland Colorado potato beetle a) Stadler
b) Davenport
66. Anther colour is Capsicum baccatum is c) Richey
Blue d) Emsweller
b) Purple
c) Yellow 76. The most appropriate design for testing large
d) Bluish purple number of entries with limited seeds
a) RBD
67. The desired diameter of potato tuber for chip b l CRD
making cj is6
a) 2-4 cm d) Augmented Design
b) 4-6 cm
c) 6-8 cm
d) 8-10 cm
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77, ICAR launched a special project for 85. To some extent regular bearing in mango
promotion of hybrid research in vegetables can be induced by application of
during the year a) Auxin
a) 1990 b) Ethephon
b) 1996 c) Paclobutrazol
c) 2000 d) ABA
d) 2006
86. Cold hardy rose species is
78. How much quantity of garden pea seed will a) Rosa indica
be required for sowing 1 Ha area based on b) Rosa foetida
following assumptions: c) Rosa multiflora
Spacing 30x10 cm, Germination d) Rosa rugosa
percentage: 90, Purity percentage: 90, Seed
required for gap filling: 5% by weight of seed 87. Negative geotropism is a disorder of
required in sowing, Test weight of seed a) Carnation
samples: 250 g b) Marigold
a) 98 kg c) Tulip
b) 108kg d) Gladiolus
c) 118kg
d) 128 kg )' 88. In recessive epistasis, the phenotypic ratio of
9:3:3:1 is modified to
79. Main purpose of blanching is a) 9:3:4
a) Killing of microbes b) 9:7
b) Extending self life c) 15:l
c) Inactivationof enzymes d) 12:3:1
d) Softening of tissues
89. In a diailel analysis of 6 parents and their 15
80. The minimum period required to harvest and Fl's (excluding reciprocals) grown in a
sell produce from an organic farm is called replicated black design with 2 replications.
a) Waiting period What will be the total degree of freedom?
b) Fallow period a) 20
c) Conversion period b) 21 b
d) Rest period c) 40
d) 41
81. Preharvest fruit drop in mango can be
controlled by 90. Statistically coefficient of inbreeding in
a) 100 ppm NAA autogamons crops is
b) 20 ppm GAS a) 1
c) 20 ppm IBA b) > I
d) 20 ppm 2,4-D c) < I
d\ 0
82. In guava, fruit bearing mostly takes place on
a) Very old shoots 91. Eberhart and Russell (1966) model was
b) Spurs applied for multilocation testing of the
c) Current season growth performance of 5 varieties of okra at 6
d) One year old shoots locations using RBD with 4 replications at
each location. What will be the error degree
83. Ber plants are pruned in north India during of freedom?
a) ~ a ~ - ~ u ~ e a) 18
b) July-August b) 20
c) December-January c) 72
d) March-April d) 119

84. Which micronutrient is essential for synthesis 92. Linextester analysis was carried out of an
of auxin? experiment in brinjal having 6 lines and 3
a) Cu tester in RED having 3 replications. What will
b) Silicon be the total degree of freedom including
c) Mn parents?
d) Zn a) 17
b) 26
c) 52
d) 80
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93. Selfing 'and massing is quite effective for 102. Butternut squash belongs to
improvement of a cultivar in a) Cucurbita pep0
a) Garden pea b) Cucurbita moschata
b) Onion c) Cucurbita maxima
c) French bean d) Cucurbita mixta
d) Okra
103 The variety of carrot having roots cylindrical
94. CH-1 and CH-3 hybrids of chilli have been with straight or sloppy shoulder is
developed by a) Chantenay
a) HAU, Hisar b) imperator
b) KAU, Vellanikalra c) Nantes
c) IIVR, Varanasi d) Danvers
d) PAU, Ludhiana
104. Club root resistant turnip cv. Manga has
95. Bud, blossom and fruit drop in chilli is ' been reported from
attributed to a) Australia
a) Deficiency of nitrogen and other b) USA
micronutrients c j New Zealand '
b) Humid and cloudy weather d) France
c) Unfavourable temperature and water supply
d) Poor fertility and shady location 105. Which of the following nutrients is essential
for nodulation of leguminous vegetables?
96. Flower colour of Kasuri Methi a) Copper
a) White b) Molybdenum
b) Red c) Zinc
c) Orange yellow d) Iron
d) Purple
106. 'Deepaliwal' is a variety of
97. Hakuran is a a) Lablab bean
a) Root vegetable b) French bean
b) Stem vegetable c) Jack bean
c) Leafy vegetable d) Pea
d) Fruit vegetable
107. Under seed plat technique, planting of
98. Okra variety 'Arka Abhay' is developed potato tubers should be done
through crossing between Abelmoschus a) 251h~ u ~ utos 15Ih
t settember
esculantus and b) 251h September to2 5' October
a) Abelmoschus manihot c) 25Ih0ctober to 15 November
0) Abelmoschus moschatus d) 25Ih ~ovemberto 15" December
c j Abelmoschus ficulneus
d) Abelmoschus tetaraphyllus 108. The chromosome number (2n) of
Amaranthus dubius is
99. The temperature requires for maximum a) 32
lycopene content in tomato is b) 34
a) 13-15% c) 62
b) 15-20°C d) 64
C) 20-25%
d) 25-30°C, 109. The genomic constitution of Brassica
7 carinata is
100. Which of the following species is the wild a) AABBCC
progenitor of French bean? b) AACC
a) Phaseolus coccineus c) BBCC
b) Phaseolus aborigineus d) AABB
c) Phaseolus vulgaris
d) Phaseolus aconitifolius 110. Downy mildew resistance in onion reported
in
...
101. 'Horticultural Reviews' is published by a) Aliium cepa
a) Wiley-Blackwell b) Allium roylei
b) Springer c) Allium fistulosum
c) The Haworth Press d) Ailium sativum
d) Narosa Publishing House
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111. 'Pusa Rudhira' is a variety of 120. 'Fufu' is prepared from

a) Radish a) Yam
b) Carrot b) Bottle gourd
C) Cauliflower c) Pumpkin
d) Red cabbage d) Ash gourd

112. Which of the following is used as rootstock 121. Brown seed marker is associated with male
for flowering induction in sweet potato? sterile line of
a) lpomoea carnea a) Water melon
b) lpomoea trifida b) Carrot
c) lpomoaa triloba c) Musk melon
d) lpomoea fistulosa d) Onion

113. The andromonoecious sex form in melon is 122. Mutant of pea in which all the leaves are
denoted as converted into tendr~ll ~ k e
a) A-G- a) Afila
b) A-gg b) Acacia
c) aaG- ~ c) Papila
d) aagg d) Adnate

114. Vegetable soybean cultivation has been 123. Flowering in potato generally takes place in
promoted by AVRDC in a) Long day and high temperature
a) Maharashtra b) Long day and low temperature
b) Uttaranchal c) Short day and high temperature
c) Jharkhand d) Short day and low temperature
d) Orissa
124. Palak variety developed by hybridization of
115. Most pungent part of chilli is sugarbeet and local palak
a) Placenta a) Pusa Harit
b) Seeds b) All Green
c) Pericarp c) Pusa Bharti
d) Peduncle d) Jobner Green

116. The research on triploid watermelon has 125, lsogenic lines are derived through
been revived at a) Mass selection
a) IARI, New Delhi b) Mutation
b) IIVR, Varanasi c) Pure line selection
c) PAU, Ludhina d) Back crossing
d) IIHR, Bangaluru
126. Cucurbita moschata is cross fertile with
117. The gene exploited for carotene rich in a) Cucurbita pepo
cauliflower is designated as b) Cucurbita mixta
a) 'Cr'gene c) Cucurbita ficifolia
b) 'Or' gene d) Cucurbita maxima
c) 'Mi'gene
d) 'fp' gene 127. Which of the following is a long day plant?
a) Radish
118, Cavity spot in carrot is due to deficiency of b) Potato
c) Chilli
d) Sweet potato

128. Which irrigation system can control weed

most effectively?
119. The shortest duration variety of radish is a) Sprinkler
a) Pusa Chetki b) Furrow
b) Pusa Reshmi c) Basin
c) Pusa Desi d) Drip
d) Pusa Mridula
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129,Which of the vegetable has highest 135.

inbreeding depression? i) Bt brinjal a) IARl
a) Cabbage ii) Karnataka b) Nunhems
b) Carrot iii) indra c) IAHS
c) Leek
d) Radish
, iv) Pusa Sanyog
v) Natasha
d)
e)
Syngenta
Mahyco

130. One of the major problem in hydroponics is

a) High oxygen supply to the root 136.
b) Root die back caused by inadequate i) Dioecious a) Onion
oxygen ii) Tip burn of lettuce b) Pea
c) Difficultyin preparation of growing media iii) Marsh spot c) Kakrol
d) Difficulty in supporing plants iv) Quercetin d) Calcium and boron
defic~ency 1

Matching type questions (No. 131 to 140); v) Black heart e) Celery

all questions carry equal marks. Choose
the correct answer (a, b, c, d or e) for
each sub-question (i, ii, iii, iv and v) and .
i) Cleistogamy a) Fenugreek
enter your choice in the circle (by
shading with a pencll) on the OMR - ii) Self-incompatibility
iii) Functional male sterility -
b)
c)
Bitter gourd
Pea , ,
answer sheet as per the instructions iv) Momordicin d) Cabbage
glven on the answer sheet. v) Methyl-amine ' e) Brinjal

131.
i) Central and South a) Carrot 138.
America i) Malvidin-S-Giucpside . a) Cauliflower
ii) Ethiopia b) Mutation breeding ii) Browning,. , b) Carrot (Black) ,
iii) Cytoplasmic genic c) Spodoptera leaf eating iii) Puffiness . .( c) Sweet corn '
male sterility caterpillar iv) Monoecy d) Tomato
iv) Punjab Lal d) French bean v) Calcium oxalate e) Colocasia
v) Pusa Pawati e) Garden pea

139. I
132. i) Fruit cracking a) Boron deficiency
i) Indigenous F, hybrids a) Muskmelon ii) Hollow tem of cauliflower b) Cabbage
ii) Rabies Glycoprotein gene b) Sprouting broccol~ iii) Protogyny~ c) Temperature and
iii) Dioecious c) Watermelon moisture fluctuation
iv) Pusa Bedana d) Brinjal iv) Powdery mildew d) Peas
v) Paiam Samridhi e) Ivy gourd v) Roma . ' e) Tomato

133. 140.
i) Potato a) Greening i) Knol-khol a) Tomato
ii) Light exposure b) Greenhouse ii) Early blight b) Onion
iii) Very high respiratory c) Tomato ~ii)Arka Nishant c) 2n=18
activity iv) Sylvia d) Brinjai
iv) Parthenocarpic d) Low respiratory V) Manjari Gota e) Peas
cucumber activity
v) White fly " .e) Sprouting broccoli

134.
i) CiPHET a) China
ii) ISHS b) Srinagar
iii) AVRDC c) Ludhiana
iv) iVF d) Belgium
V) ClTH e) Taiwan
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Short questions (No. 141 to 146); each question carries FIVE marks. Write answers,
including computation I mathematical calculations if any, in the space provided for
each question on the question paper itself.
141. Hybrids are popular in solanaceous and cucurb~taceousvegetables Justify.

142. Enlist the barriers in crossability in distantly related vegetable crops and the methods to overcome
these barriers.
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145. What will be the major challenges on vegetable crops -changes? What will be the
: . maior bresdina strateaies to mitiaate these challennas?

146. Vegetable plays a significance role in nutritional and health securit~.,$~~tify.

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