General agriculture pointer - 68

1. Expand ‘tbgrI’? (tropical botanical garden & research institute, palode, thiruvananthapuram)

2. Who is the present union minister for agriculture? (sharad pawar)

3. Who is the director general of icar? (dr. mangala rai)

4. Who is the chairman of national commission on farmers? (dr. m. s. swaminathan)

5. Who is the present minister for agriculture in kerala? (mullakkara ratnakaran)

6. Chairman of nabard? (umesh chandra sarangi)

7. Nabard was established on (1982 july 12)

8. Head office of nabard is located at (mumbai)

9. ---------- is known as the island of cloves (zanzibar)

10. ---------- is known as the spice garden of kerala (idukki)

11. The rs.1840 crore kuttanad package was proposed by (dr. m. s. swaminathan commission)

12. Expand ‘irma’? (institute of rural management anand)

13. ‘irma’ is located at (anand, gujarat)

14. Number of krishi bhavans in kerala? (1046)

15. First agricultural university of india was established in (1960)

16. ---------- is india’s first agricultural university (uttar pradesh agricultural university – gb pant university)

17. Development in agriculture, especially fruits & vegetables, is (rainbow revolution)

18. ‘white revolution’ refers to self-sufficiency in (milk)

19. ‘galasa’ means (group approach to locally adopted & sustainable agriculture)

20. Soybean contains -------- % protein (35–40%)

21. Father of modern plant pathology? (anton de bary)

22. World coconut day is observed on (september 2)

23. UN climate summit 2009 was held at (copenhagen, denmark)

24. World’s biggest seed company? (monsanto)

25. Terminator seed technology was developed by (delta & pine land company, usa)

26. ---------- is world’s leading producer of agricultural commodities (china)

27. ---------- is world’s leading producer of cardamom (guatemala)

28. ---------- is world’s leading producer of black pepper (vietnam)

29. ---------- is world’s leading producer of vanilla (madagascar)

30. Expand ‘usda’? (united states department of agriculture)

31. ‘sri’ method of rice is also known as (madagascar method)

32. Crescograph was invented by (jagadish chandra bose)

33. Coconut water is rich in (cytokinins)

34. A plant hormone in gaseous state? (ethylene)

35. ------------ is used for artificial ripening (calcium carbide)

36. ------------- causes inhibition of root growth (auxin)

37. Cauliflower head is a ----------- (flower)

38. Cabbage economic part is ----------- (green leaves)

39. ‘john f kennedy’ is a variety of (rose)

40. The king of mangoes? (alphonso)

41. The queen of mangoes? (kesar)

42. The queen of fruits? (mangosteen)

43. A seedless pomegranate? (ganesh)

44. A seedless hybrid mango? (sindhu)

45. Science & production of grapes? (viticulture)

46. ---------- is the cultivation of forest trees (silviculture)

47. Spice crop with highest fat %? (nutmeg)

48. Second most expensive spice after saffron? (vanilla)

49. ---------- is an artificially pollinated spice crop (vanilla)

50. ‘brs-1 & brs-2’ are varieties of (banana)

51. ‘karthika’ is a variety of (rice)

52. Study of algae? (phycology)

53. Study of flowers? (anthology)

54. Father of tissue culture? (gottlieb haberlandt)

55. First world food prize recipient? (dr. m. s. swaminathan, 1987)

56. ‘the one straw revolution’ author? (masanobu fukuoka)

57. Father of natural farming? (masanobu fukuoka)

58. Father of bacteriology? (louis pasteur)

59. Father of virology? (martinus willem beijerinck)

60. Father of microbiology? (antonie van leeuwenhoek)

61. HQ of cardamom board? (kottayam)

62. Chairperson of nddb? (dr. amrita patel)

63. ‘aryan & sabari’ are varieties of (rice)

64. India’s global position in agricultural production? (2nd)

65. Centre of origin of sugarcane? (india)

66. ‘blue revolution’ relates to (fish production)

67. ‘silver revolution’ relates to (egg & poultry)

68. ‘yellow revolution’ relates to (edible oils)

69. ‘pink revolution’ relates to (prawns)

70. ‘white revolution’ relates to (milk & dairy products)

71. ‘golden revolution’ relates to (fruits)

72. ‘grey revolution’ relates to (fertilizer production)

73. ‘red revolution’ relates to (meat production)

74. Garden city of india? (bangalore)

75. Nek chand’s rock garden is at (chandigarh)

76. ‘jaffrabadi’ is a breed of (buffalo)

77. Tharparkar is a -------- breed (dual purpose)

78. -------- is a draught breed (amrit mahal/nagori/malvi/khillari/kangayam/krishna valley/hallikar)

79. ‘mehsana’ is a breed of (buffalo)

80. Essential commodities act year? (1955)

81. ----------- is a short duration rice variety (annapurna/mattathriveni/makam)

82. ‘sas-1 & samridhi’ are varieties of (arecanut)

83. Expand ‘rrii’? (rubber research institute of india)

84. Expand ‘rrim’? (rubber research institute of malaysia)

85. Commercial cultivar of oil palm? (tenera)

86. Young cucumber for pickling? (gherkin)

87. ‘pollarding’ is (a technique of pruning trees)

88. Preserved scented flower petals = (potpourri)

89. Breadfruit is propagated by (root cuttings)

90. Plants from callus of a single explant? (caliclone)

91. Gibberellins were discovered by (korosova of japan)

92. A cucurbit used in confectionary? (ash gourd)

93. A drought tolerant vegetable? (chekkurmanis)

94. Main feature of british gardens? (lawn)

95. -------------- is a cut foliage plant (alocasia/maranta/thuja)

96. Cropping system research station (karamana, thiruvananthapuram)

97. Agronomic research station (chalakkudy, thrissur)

98. Sugarcane research station (thiruvalla)

99. Farming system research station (sadanandapuram, kollam)

100. Present vice-chancellor of kau? (k. r. viswambharan)