General agriculture pointers 6 ✓✓

1. A plant hormone used for rooting is IBA (Indole-3-butyric Acid).
2. A plant requiring less than 12 hours of daylight is a Short Day Plant (e.g., tobacco, cotton, rice, chrysanthemum, soybean, etc.).
3. A plant that closes stomata during the daytime and opens at night to collect CO2 is Pineapple (CAM - Crassulacean Acid Metabolism).
4. A practice of turning undecomposed fresh green plant tissue into the soil to improve fertility status and physical structure of the soil is called Green Manuring.
5. An insect predatory larva on lac encrustation in the field is Holcocera.
6. A primary mineral containing potassium is Feldspar.
7. The movement of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration is called Diffusion.
8. A process in which a branch of a plant is cut off to produce a flush of new shoots is known as Pollarding.
9. A process of deciding in the present what to do in the future about the best combination of crops and livestock to be raised is called Farm Planning.
10. A natural warming process involving the interaction of sunlight and carbon dioxide and other gases from the atmosphere is known as the Greenhouse Effect.
11. A non-selective herbicide is Glyphosate.
12. A nut with no cholesterol is Nutmeg.
13. A plant with yellow flowers is Allamanda cathartica.
14. A parasite feeding on a primary parasite is termed a Secondary Parasite.
15. A partial substitute for petroleum diesel is Biodiesel.
16. A period of four consecutive weeks from May to mid-October or six consecutive weeks during the rest of the year is referred to as Agricultural Drought.
17. A pest causing 5% to 10% crop loss is termed a Minor Pest.
18. A pest causing less than 5% crop loss is termed a Negligible Pest.
19. A pest causing more than 10% crop loss is termed a Major Pest.
20. A pigment responsible for the red color in tomatoes is Lycopene.
21. A plant hormone in gaseous state is Ethylene.
22. The first Indian Director of IARI was Dr. B. Vishwanath.
23. The Father of Modern Plant Pathology is Anton de Bary.
24. The Bordeaux mixture was developed by P.M.A. Millardet.
25. Wart disease of potato is caused by Synchytrium endobioticum.
26. Nitrogen fixation in rice fields is carried out by the blue-green algae Azolla.
27. The total area of India is 3,287,263 sq. km.
28. The forest area in India is approximately 19.39%.
29. India tops in the sugar production of rice.
30. The state with the highest production of rice in India is West Bengal.
31. The leading sugar producer state in India is Uttar Pradesh.
32. The most critical stage during the growth of wheat is the CRI stage.
33. Urea contains 46% of nitrogen.
34. Pusa Ruby is a variety of tomato.
35. The net sown area of India is 143 million hectares.
36. The gross cropped area of India is 193 million hectares.
37. KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) was recommended by the Mohan Singh Mehta Committee.
38. The inflorescence of sugarcane is known as the arrow.
39. The red color of tomato is due to lycopene.
40. The richest source of Vitamin C is Barbadose cherry.
41. The Indian scientist who shared the World Food Prize for miracle maize is Dr. Surinder K. Vasal.
42. A power tiller is most suitable for the cultivation of paddy.
43. Harvesting of paddy is done at a moisture content of 21-23%.
44. The National Seed Corporation was established in the year 1963.
45. The Seed Act was passed in 1966.
46. Loose smut of wheat is internally seed borne.
47. The TZ test is done for viability and vigor of seeds.
48. The establishment of NABARD occurred on 12th July 1982.
49. Cereals are deficient in the amino acid lysine.
50. The harvest index is calculated as (Economic yield / Biological yield) × 100.
51. Kresek in rice is caused by Xanthomonas oryzae.
52. The grassy shoot disease of sugarcane is caused by mycoplasma.
53. Bunchy top of banana is caused by a virus.
54. The leading oilseed crop in production is groundnut (33%).
55. The state with the highest production of soybean in India is Madhya Pradesh.
56. The leading producer of coffee in India is Karnataka.
57.  The site of protein synthesis in cells is ribosomes.
58. Operation Flood is related to dairy development.
59. Bunch terracing is done when the slope is more than 15%.
60. Mass per unit volume is called bulk density.
61. A disc plough is used when the soil is tough.
62. Post-harvest losses for cereals account for 10% of total production.
63. The National Seed Act was passed in the year 1966.
64. ICAR was initiated as per the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Agriculture 1925.
65. The mango variety suitable for high-density planting is Amrapali.
66. Mango Malika is a cross between Nellam and Dashari.
67. T&V was first started in Rajasthan.
68. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences is published by ICAR.
69. The design to be followed for one directional fertility gradient is RBD (Randomized Block Design).
70. The distribution where the standard deviation is equal to the square root of the mean is Poisson.
71. The maximum contribution of the crop to the production of cereals in the country is from rice.
72. The highest sugarcane yield per hectare is in the state of Tamil Nadu.
73. The distribution of mean, median, and mode is a normal distribution.
74. The nursery area required for seedlings of rice for one hectare field is 0.10 ha.
75. Marble is a metamorphic rock.
76. The time duration for the adsali crop of sugarcane is 18 months.
77. Crossing over occurs in the pachytene stage.
78. The first man-made cereal is triticale.
79. Triticale is a cross of wheat and rye.
80. Interveinal chlorosis occurs due to Fe deficiency.
81. A saline-tolerant fruit crop is date palm.
82. The optimum pH for rice is 4–6 pH.
83. Dead heart and white ear are associated with the crop rice.
84. The formula of urea is CO(NH₂)₂.
85. MOP contains 58–60% K₂O.
86. The fruit ripening hormone is ethylene.
87. Water use efficiency is highest in CAM plants.
88. The ooze test is done for detecting bacteria.
89. The maximum arable land in the country is in Australia.
90. Malathion is a systemic organophosphate insecticide.
91. The family of sugarcane is Poaceae (Gramineae).
92. The most widely grown rabi pulse crop is bengal gram.
93. The unit of rural society is a village.
94. The fruit type of guava is a berry.
95. The term genetics was coined by Bateson.
96. Sodic soils are reclaimed by gypsum.
97. I.I.S.R. is situated at Lucknow.
98. IPGRI is situated in Italy, Rome.
99. The proportion of sand, silt, and clay is known as soil texture.
100. The cheapest nitrogen-containing fertilizer is urea.