NFL Exam 2023 ✅

51. ICRISAT deals with____?

a) Millets✅

b) Wheat

c) Maize

d) Cotton

52. Mutations are?

a) Rarely useful✅

b) Always useful

c) Mostly useful

d) Always harmful

53. How many factors have been identified for influencing plant growth

up till now?

a) 55

b) 52✅

c) 50

d) 60

54. NPV refers to _____?

a) Nuclear polyhedrosis Virus✅

b) Non Polyhedrosis

c) Nuclear polyhedrosis viroids

d) None of these

57. Which among these is not an inorganic matter?

a) Magnesium

b) Fat✅

c) Iron

d) lodine

55. A manager who acts as a crisis manger is playing which of the roles?

a) Resource allocator

b) Entrepreneur

c) Negotiator

d) Disturbance handler✅

56. Arrangement of soil particles is referred to_____?

a) Soil texture

b) Soil structure✅

c) Soil organization

d) All of these

58. The ability to exert influence is called as?

a) Leadership

b) Authority✅

c) Administration

d) Power

59. Natural forests are being taken care of by professionals of_____?

a) Horticulture

b) Forestry✅

c) Farming

d) Agriculture

Answer (b): Forestry

60. The point at which the customer enters the supply chain is called____?

a) Customer penetration point

b) Order penetration point✅

c) Customer entry point

d) None of these

61. What resources is a manger mainly concerned with?

a) land

b) raw material

c) Building

d) People✅

62. Irradiation is also known as _____?

a) Hot sterilization

b) Pascalization

c) Cold sterilization✅

d) None of these

63. Managing is best defined as _______?

a) Getting things done through subordinates

b) Planning

c) Creating a climate conducive to goal accomplishment✅

d) Decision making

64. Which stage of the decision making process helps the manager in

locating the problem?

a) Intelligence stage✅

b) Selection stage

c) Design stage

d) Implementation stage

65. The types of animal tissues include ______?

a) Epidermal tissues

b) Muscular tissues✅

c) Synthetic tissues

d) Ground tissue

66. Supply chain lead time is the sum of time taken for _____?

a) Sourcing the materials

b) Manufacturing the product

c) Delivering the finished product to the end customer

d) All of these✅

67. Where do grasshoppers lay eggs?

a) In water

b) In nests

c) In the soil✅

d) All of these

68. Which is a single use plan that covers a relatively large set of activities?

a) Rule

b) Program✅

c) Procedure

d) Project

69. Indicator plant for P deficiency indication is ______?

a) Maize

b) Tomato

c) Both Maize and Tomato✅

d) None of these

70. Which is a common crop which is grown of natural autopolyploid?

a) Tomato

b) Rice

c) Cotton

d) Potato✅

71. Income elasticity of inferior goods is ______?

a) Between zero to one

b) Positive

c) Infinite

d) Negative✅

72. What is the most effective attribute of an effective leader?

a) Behaviour

b) Drive✅

c) Character

d) Influence

73. 3PL stands for?

a) Third party life

b) Third Party logistics✅

c) Third product life

d) Third product logistics

74. The word "Agronomy" has originated from ______?

a) Latin words

b) English words

c) German words

d) Greek words

75. Complete metamorphosis is found in ______?

a) Exopterygota

b) Endopterygota✅

c) Apterygota

d) None of these

76. India receives most of its rainfall from _____ monsoon?

a) N-W

b) N-E

c) S-W✅

d) S-E

77. One honey bee hive has ____ drones?

a) More than 300

b) 200 to 300✅

c) 1 to 5

d) 10 to 20

78. In jute growing areas the usual alternate crop is ______?

a) Cotton

b) Sugarcane

c) Wheat

d) Rice✅

79. Most effective pesticides are ______?

a) Carbamates

b) Organochlorine

c) Organophosphates

d) All of these✅

82. Crop grown for sale to bring money immediately is termed as ______?

a) Catch crop

b) Cash crop✅

c) Trap crop

d) All of these

80. The ability of a microorganism to cause disease is called ______?

a) pathogenesis

b) Inoculum potential

c) Pathogenicity✅

d) Disease potential

81. Factors affecting international product planning is ______?

a) Political environment

b) Demography

c) Income of customers

d) All of these✅

83 Sunflower is an _______?

a) Annual herb✅

b) Biennial herb

c) Perennial herb

d) None of these

84. Development of precision GIS/GPS auto negative systems increased

the efficiency of field operations in _______?

a) Precision farming✅

b) Terra-farming

c) Cooperative farming

d) Multistorey farming

85. Industrial relations consists of the relations between _______?

a) Employer and employees✅

b) State and Management

c) Union and management

d) All of these

86. Price theory is a part of ______?

a) Macro economics✅

b) Farm management

c) Marketing

d) Micro economics

87. Yellow revolution represents the production of _____?

a) Oilseeds✅

b) Forage

c) Pulse

d) Cereal

88. Group thinking has a danger of _____?

a) Erroneous decision

b) Biased decision✅

c) Ambiguous decision

d) Conflicting decision

89. An advance form of organizational design is ______?

a) Matrix organization

b) Divisional organization

c) Simple organization

d) Functional organization✅

90. Adaptation of a product refers to ______?

a) Standardisation of product

b) Adoption✅

c) Customisation

d) None of these

91. Which process is used to make the harvested tobacco leaf ready for

the market?

a) Bulking

b) Curing✅

c) Loading in the barn

d) None of these

92. The practice of cultivation in the air is termed as _____?

a) Monoponic

b) Geoponic

c) Hydroponic

d) Aeroponic✅

93. The agricultural prices are recommended by ______?

a) R.B.I

b) C.A.C.P

c) C.S.I.R

d) C.A.C.P.✅

Answer (b): C.A.C.P.

96. Genes do not occur in pairs ?

a) Somatic cells

b) Zygote

c) Endosperm cells

d) Gametes✅

94. Average share of agricultural credit to total priority sector lending

decreased from 63.73 per cent in 2009-10 to ……………% 2019-20.

a) 18%

b) 24%

c) 58%✅

d) 26%

95. Which of these is included in the mental process of acceptance or

rejection of a new product?

a) Awareness

b) Knowledge

c) Evaluation

d) All of these✅

97. ECR stands for?

a) Effective customer reply

b) Effective customer response

c) Efficient consumer response

d) Effective consumer response

98. The excess of income over consumption is called _____?

a) Surplus✅

b) Income

c) Services

d) Goods

99. Which system provides the accurate positional information, which will

be more useful in locating the spatial variability with accuracy?

a) GPS✅

b) GIS

c) DSS

d) All of these

100. Covering the soil surface by any organic material is termed as_____?

a) Green manuring

b) Mulch✅

c) Nurse crop

d) None of these

101. Global Food Security Index is published by?

a) The Economist Intelligence Unit✅

b) Food and Agricultural Organization

c) Amnesty International

d) World Economic Forum

102. The tillage operation that is done in a field with standing water is

called____?

a) Ploughing

b) Planking

c) Hoeing

d) Puddling✅

103. Which of the following is not a factor of production?

a) Customer✅

b) Land

c) Labour

d) Capital

104. Which system provides the accurate positional information, which

will be more useful in location the spatial variability with accuracy?

a) DSS

b) GPS✅

c) GIS

d) All of these

105. legumes crop also known as oilseeds ______?

a) Lentil

b) Urdbean

c) Soybean✅

d) Chickpea

106. An exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes

is called ______?

a) Deletion

b) Mutation

c) Recombination

d) Crossing over✅

107. Urban agriculture contributes to ______?

a) Food security

b) Food safety

c) Both of these✅

d) None of these

108. Which one of the following techniques is used to monitor crop health?

a) Surveillance

b) Vigilance

c) Remote sensing

d) All of these✅

109. Which cooperative bank acts as a link between state cooperative

bank and primary agricultural cooperative Society?

a) Central land development bank

b) District central cooperative bank✅

c) Primary land development bank

d) Regional Rural bank

110. Which stage of the product life cycle causes the profit to improve

substantially?

a) Introduction stage

b) Maturity stage

c) Growth stage✅

d) All of these

111. The substance which causes a definite change in genes is called

____?

a) Alkaloid

b) Toxin

c) Cytotoxin

d) Mutagene✅

112. Different forms of a gene are called _____ ?

a) Supplementary genes

b) inhibitory genes

c) Alleles✅

d) Heterozygotes

113. Soil is always acidic in nature?

a) Laterite✅

b) Calcareous

c) Alkaline

d) Saline

115. Products which can be purchased frequently, immediately and with

little efforts are called Durable and non durable products?

a) Durable and non durable products

b) Homogenous products

c) Heterogenous products

d) Convenience products✅

117. Termites are very active during ______?

a) Day

b) Night

c) Day and night✅

d) None of these

114. What are the factors of production?

a) Land

b) Labour

c) Capital

d) All of these

116. Flying foxes are ______?

a) Bats✅

b) Porcupine

c) Parrot

d) None of these

118. PLAM is a computerized prediction system for______?

a) Fire blight of apple and pear✅

b) Pea root rot

c) Peanut leaf spot

d) Potato late blight

119. Which is an element of the international environment?

a) Micro environment forces

b) Macro environment forces✅

c) Micro and macro environment forces

d) None of these

120. Which of these marketing systems was prevalent in the ancient

times?

a) Barter system✅

b) Modern system

c) Both a and b

d) None of these

121 Insecticides kill _______?

a) Harmful insects✅

b) Only plant pests

c) Both harmful insects and useful insects

d) Specific insects

122. Coordination is involved in which of the following functions?

a) Organizing and leading

b) Staffing and leading

c) Planning and controlling

d) Planning, Organizing, staffing, leading and controlling✅

123. Soils most suitable for agriculture are those whose PH value is

between ______?

a) 7 to 8

b) 5 to 6

c) 8 to 9

d) 6 to 7✅

124. Chromosome numbers in somatic cells of a maize plant are _____?

a) 10

b) 7

c) 34

d) 20✅

125. Which of these are steps of new product development?

a) Creation of ideas

b) Screening of ideas

c) Business analysis

d) All of these✅

128. Standardisation relates to ______?

a) Kinds

b) Tools

c) Production techniques

d) All of these✅

126. Supply chain mapping is the study of_____?

a) Logistics network

b) Activities sequence

c) Value and non value added activities✅

d) All of these

127. The break even pricing strategy is also called ______?

a) Marginal pricing

b) Target return pricing✅

c) Learning pricing

d) Markup return pricing

130. According to Tuckman's theory, the end phase of group development

stage is called as ______?

a) Adjourning✅

b) Performing

c) Storming

d) Norming

129. Insects are studied in _______?

a) Taxonomy

b) Entomology✅

c) Immunology

d) Palaeontology

131. Management is ______?

a) Power of getting things done✅

b) People who manage

c) An organized body of knowledge

d) The board of directors

132. Which is the first step involved in the implementation of the supply

chain management system?

a) Purchasing (sourcing)

b) Planning (scheduling)✅

c) Logistics (delivery)

d) All of these

133. Which of the following is an external, material and non-transferable

good?

a) Skill of a doctor

b) Conduct certificate of student✅

c) Good will of business

d) Table

136. Which state in India is leading in tea production?

a) Darjeeling (WB)

b) Assam✅

c) Nilgiree hills (TN)

d) Kerala

137. The department of agriculture, revenue and commerce was set up in

______?

a) 1861

b) 1891

c) 1899

d) 1871✅

134. Which is the essential base for all metabolic processes?

a) Water✅

b) Carbohydrates

c) Proteins

d) Vitamins

135. Genetics deals with _____?

a) Heredity

b) Heredity and variations✅

c) Variations

d) Genes

138. Which is not a preservation method in fruit and vegetables?

a) Refrigeration

b) Peeling

c) Canning

d) Pickling

141. The scope of product planning is ______?

a) Wide✅

b) Narrow

c) Medium

d) None of these

139. Terracing helps in soil conservation in ______?

a) Hilly areas✅

b) Deserts

c) Wet areas

d) Plains

140. The practice of raising plants and animals is called ______?

a) Agronomy

b) Horticulture

c) Silviculture

d) Agriculture✅

142. The branch of agriculture which deals with the principles and

practices of crop production and field management is called?

a) Agriculture

b) Sericulture

c) Agroforestry

d) Agronomy✅

143. Which of the following countries is the centre of origin of rice?

a) Russia

b) India✅

c) Indo-Malayan region

d) China

144. What is a product?

a) Physical goods

b) Services

c) Ideas

d) All of these✅

145. Sweet potato aphid attacks mainly on _____?

a) Leaves✅

b) Stem

c) Roots

d) All of these

146. Who introduced tobacco cultivation in India?

a) Portuguese merchants✅

b) Americans

c) Persians

d) Chinese

147. The desirable depth of ploughing for shallow rooted crops is _____

cm?

a) 31 to 35

b) 6 to 8

c) 15 to 30

d) 10 to 20✅

148. Nymphs of red cotton bug also damage ?

a) Gram

b) Wheat

c) Sugarcane

d) Okra✅

149. Situational approach is otherwise called as______?

a) System approach

b) Contingency approach✅

c) Human resource approach

d) Quantitative approach

150. The main purpose of a farmer is______?

a) High net profit

b) High living standards

c) Minimum cost of cultivation

d) High production✅