General agriculture pointer - 65

1. Propagation through t-budding is observed in ----------- (rose/citrus)

2. Propagation through corms is observed in ----------- (gladiolus)

3. Propagation through apomictic embryo is observed in ----------- (mango/citrus)

4. Propagation through stem tubers is observed in ----------- (potato)

5. Propagation through patch budding is observed in ----------- (mango/rubber)

6. Propagation through air layering is observed in ----------- (litchi/guava/crotons)

7. Mound layering is also known as ----------- (stool layering)

8. ----------- is a flowering tree (cassia fistula/delonix regia)

9. ----------- is a foliage tree (polyalthia longifolia)

10. Acalypha, hibiscus, ixora are ----------- (ornamental shrubs)

11. Albizzia is a ----------- (ornamental shade tree)

12. Bougainvillea is a ----------- (ornamental climber)

13. ----------- is a hedge plant (lawsonia/phyllanthus/thuja)

14. ----------- is an edge plant (portulaca/alternanthera)

15. ----------- is an indoor garden in a glass box (terrarium)

16. Asexual propagation is also known as ----------- (vegetative propagation)

17. ----------- is the mushroom seed (spawn)

18. Sree prakash & sree sahya are varieties of ----------- (tapioca)

19. Spacing recommended for nendran banana is ----------- (2m × 2m)

20. Bush pepper is raised from ----------- (lateral branches–plagiotropes)

21. ----------- is a draft breed of cattle (hallikar/amritmahal/nagore)

22. ----------- is a dairy breed of cattle (sahiwal/sindhi/gir)

23. ----------- is a dual purpose breed of cattle (hariana/ongole/kankrej)

24. ----------- is an exotic breed of cattle (brown-swiss/holstein friesian/ayrshire/guernsey/jersey)

25. ----------- is the amount of food required by an animal in 24 hrs (a ration)

26. ----------- & ----------- are components of cattle feed (concentrates & roughages)

27. Cattle feed produced from anaerobic fermentation is ----------- (silage)

28. Anthrax in cattle is caused by ----------- (bacteria)

29. Foot and mouth disease in cattle is caused by ----------- (virus)

30. Rinderpest disease in cattle is caused by ----------- (virus)

31. ‘operation flood’ is related to ----------- (dairy development)

32. Operation flood resulted in ----------- (white revolution)

33. Mastitis in cattle is caused by ----------- (bacteria)

34. ----------- is a nutritional deficiency disease in cattle (ketosis)

35. Ranikhet disease in poultry is caused by ----------- (virus)

36. Avian influenza is caused by ----------- (h5n1 virus)

37. Ibd in poultry is caused by ----------- (virus)

38. ----------- is an indian breed of poultry (aseel/chittagong/ghagus/karaknath/tellicherry)

39. ----------- is an american class poultry (rhode island red/new hampshire/plymouth rock/wyandotte)

40. ----------- is an english class poultry (australorp/orpington/sussex)

41. ----------- is a mediterranean class poultry (leghorn/minorca/ancona/spanish/andalusian)

42. ----------- is an asiatic class poultry (brahma/cochin/langshan)

43. Meat products india ltd is located at ----------- (koothattukulam)

44. Kerala livestock development board is located at ----------- (thiruvananthapuram)

45. ----------- is a breed of goat (malabari/jamunapari/angora)

46. ‘tot’ means ----------- (transfer of technology)

47. Balwanth rai mehta committee is associated with ----------- (panchayathi raj)

48. ----------- are grassroot organisations in panchayathi raj (gramasabhas)

49. Expand ‘pra’ ----------- (participatory rural appraisal)

50. Father of extension is ----------- (auguste comte)

51. ----------- is a mass contact method (newspapers/television/radio/magazines/bulletins)

52. ----------- is a group contact method (method demonstration/field trips/workshops/group discussion)

53. ----------- is an extension aid (charts/posters/leaflets/pamphlets/bulletin board/slides)

54. ‘iadp’ means ----------- (integrated area development programme)

55. ‘hyvp’ means ----------- (high yielding varieties programme)

56. What is ‘sfda’? ----------- (small farmers development agency)

57. ‘agmark’ signifies ----------- (agricultural produce grading & marketing act)

58. ‘cada’ means ----------- (command area development authority)

59. ‘cyi’ means ----------- (crop yield index)

60. Expand ‘fao’ ----------- (food and agriculture organisation)

61. ‘ldb’ means ----------- (land development bank)

62. ‘mfalda’ means ----------- (marginal farmers & agricultural labourers development agency)

63. ‘nabard’ means ----------- (national bank for agriculture & rural development)

64. ‘nafed’ means ----------- (national agricultural co-operative marketing federation)

65. ‘nregp’ means ----------- (national rural employment guarantee programme)

66. ‘nry’ means ----------- (nehru rozgar yojana)

67. ‘pacs’ means ----------- (primary agricultural co-operative credit societies)

68. ‘trysem’ means ----------- (training of rural youth for self-employment)

69. ----------- is an agricultural extension programme (hyvp/iadp/training & visit/group farming)

70. A seed is composed of ----------- (embryo, endosperm & seed coat)

71. Ginger is propagated through ----------- (rhizomes)

72. Rose is propagated by ----------- (hardwood stem cuttings)

73. Bougainvillea is propagated by ----------- (simple layering)

74. Sexual propagation is through ----------- (seeds)

75. ----------- propagates through root tubers (sweet potato/dahlia/canna)

76. ----------- plants are suited for patch budding (thick barked)

77. Production of virus-free plant is an advantage of ----------- (seed propagation)

78. ----------- promotes root formation in layering (iba)

79. ----------- plants show uniform characters (vegetatively propagated)

80. Air layering was first practiced in ----------- (china)

81. ‘gootee’ is another name of ----------- (air layering)

82. Portion of plant into which a bud/branch is set is ----------- (root stock)

83. ----------- cells can divide throughout life (meristematic cells)

84. ‘splice’ & ‘tongue’ are methods of ----------- (approach grafting)

85. Fertile female in bee colony is ----------- (queen)

86. Fertile male bees are ----------- (drones)

87. ----------- is the largest indian honeybee (rock bee)

88. ----------- is an insect pest of mushrooms (phorid flies/cecid flies)

89. Irri is located at ----------- (manila, philippines)

90. Coryza & marek’s disease affect ----------- (poultry)

91. Ranikhet is also known as ----------- (newcastle disease)

92. ‘phycology’ is the study of ----------- (algae)

93. ‘icthyology’ is the study of ----------- (fishes)

94. ‘ornithology’ is the study of ----------- (birds)

95. ‘manihot esculenta’ is ----------- (tapioca)

96. ‘oryza sativa’ is ----------- (rice)

97. ‘cocos nucifera’ is ----------- (coconut)

98. Economic part of clove is ----------- (flower bud)

99. ‘king of fruits’ is ----------- (mango)

100. Poorman’s orange is ----------- (tomato)