General agriculture pointer - 61

1. The ‘world meteorological organisation (wmo) day’ is observed on – (march 23rd)

2. The following is a green house gas – (methane/carbon dioxide/nitrous oxide/chloroflourocarbons/ozone)

3. Weather making layer of atmosphere – (troposphere)

4. Studies on weather in relation to crop growth comes under – (agricultural meteorology)

5. Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level – (1013 mb)

6. Normal date of commencement of south-west monsoon in india – (june 1st)

7. Nearest layer of atmosphere to earth – (troposphere)

8. Atmospheric layer above troposphere – (stratosphere)

9. Beaufort’s scale is used to measure – (wind speed)

10. Agro-meteorological observations are made twice daily at – (7 & 14 hrs. LMT)

11. Rainfall observations are made at – (8.30 & 14 IST)

12. Percentage of nitrogen in atmosphere – (78.09%)

13. Percentage of oxygen in atmosphere – (20.95%)

14. Percentage of carbon dioxide in atmosphere – (0.03%)

15. Percentage of hydrogen in atmosphere – (0.00005%)

16. High cloud – (cirrus/cirro-stratus/cirro-cumulus)

17. Middle cloud – (alto-stratus/alto-cumulus)

18. Low cloud – (strato-cumulus/nimbus)

19. Short range weather forecasting – (1–2 days)

20. Medium range weather forecasting – (3–10 days)

21. Long range weather forecasting – (more than 10 days)

22. Term ‘monsoon’ derived from Arabic word – (mausam meaning season)

23. Air temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed & direction in upper atmosphere measured by – (radiosonde)

24. Crop distribution throughout world influenced by – (climate)

25. Atmospheric pressure normally – (decreases with altitude)

26. Highest rainfall in India at – (mousinram)

27. WMO headquarters – (geneva, switzerland)

28. Substances used for artificial rain – (silver iodide & sodium chloride)

29. Father of agro-meteorology in India – (L.A. Ramdas)

30. International standard unit of pressure – (pascal)

31. Topmost layer of earth that contacts atmosphere – (crust)

32. Climate observed in layer next to ground – (micro climate)

33. Term for micro climate in relation to plants – (phyto climate)

34. Humid regions rainfall – (more than 1000 mm)

35. Arid regions rainfall – (less than 500 mm)

36. Semi-arid regions rainfall – (500–750 mm)

37. Sub-humid regions rainfall – (750–1000 mm)

38. South-west monsoon contributes – (60% of Kerala rainfall)

39. North-east monsoon contributes – (30% of Kerala rainfall)

40. First crop season (virippu) period – (april-may to september-october)

41. Second crop season (mundakan) period – (september-october to december-january)

42. Third crop season (puncha) period – (december-january to march-april)

43. Kuttanad puncha season – (october-november to february-march)

44. Additional rice crop in Kuttanad during – (may-june to august-september)

45. Purely rainfed crop season – (first crop/virippu)

46. Metallic element used in weather forecasting – (mercury)

47. National seeds corporation (NSC) constituted in – (1963)

48. Fundamental unit of crop production – (seed)

49. HYV means – (high yielding varieties)

50. Progeny of breeder seed – (foundation seed)

51. Certified seed produced from – (foundation seed/registered seed)

52. TLS means – (truthfully labelled seeds)

53. GATT means – (general agreement on tariffs and trade)

54. GATT came into force in – (1948)

55. WTO means – (world trade organisation)

56. WTO formed in – (1995)

57. TRIPS means – (trade related intellectual property rights)

58. PBR means – (plant breeders right)

59. NBPGR located at – (new delhi)

60. UNEP expands to – (united nations environment programme)

61. Cereal crop – (rice/wheat/barley/oats/rye/triticale)

62. Millet – (ragi/varaku/maize/bajra)

63. ‘Ragi’ otherwise known as – (finger millet)

64. ‘Thena’ otherwise known as – (italian millet)

65. Pulse crop – (black gram/green gram/bengal gram/horse gram/pigeon pea)

66. Oilseed crop – (coconut/groundnut/oilpalm/sesamum/sunflower/mustard)

67. Tuber crop – (tapioca/sweet potato/colocasia/amorphophallus/yams)

68. Fibre crop – (cotton/jute/sunhemp/agave/flax)

69. Sugar crop – (sugarcane/sugarbeet)

70. Fodder crop – (guinea grass/hybrid napier/para grass/gamba grass/bermuda grass)

71. Narcotic crop – (indian hemp/opium)

72. Green manure crop – (glyricidia/daincha/sbabul/indigo/wild indigo)

73. Fruit crop – (mango/banana/guava/jackfruit/pineapple/sapota/pomegranate)

74. Vegetable crop – (tomato/brinjal/amaranthus/bittergourd/snakegourd/cabbage etc.)

75. Plantation crop – (tea/coffee/rubber/cocoa/arecanut)

76. Agro-forestry crop – (casuarina/ailanthus/mangium/teak)

77. Beverage crop – (betelvine/tobacco/arecanut)

78. Medicinal crop – (asparagus/rauvolfia/sida/neela amari)

79. Aromatic plant – (lemongrass/eucalyptus/palmarosa)

80. Spice crop – (pepper/cardamom/clove/ginger/turmeric/nutmeg)

81. Condiment – (coriander/cumin)

82. Mature ovule with embryo – (seed)

83. Food storage tissue in seed – (endosperm/cotyledon/perisperm)

84. World’s first seed testing lab established in – (Germany, 1869)

85. ISTA established in – (1924)

86. Method of testing seed germination – (rag doll method/paper method)

87. Rag doll cloth size – (35 cm × 27.5 cm)

88. Farmer-friendly germination test – (rag doll method)

89. Fresh seed inability to germinate – (dormancy)

90. Seeds act enacted in – (1966)

91. Seeds act came into effect in – (1969)

92. Next generation of breeder seed – (foundation seed)

93. Registered seed produced from – (foundation seed)

94. Certified seed produced from – (registered or foundation seed)

95. Tag colour of breeder seed – (yellow)

96. Tag colour of foundation seed – (white)

97. Tag colour of registered seed – (purple)

98. Tag colour of certified seed – (blue)

99. Minimum germination % for certified rice seed – (80%)

100. Ideal moisture percentage for certified rice seed – (13%)