General agriculture pointer - 72

1. ‘robert owen’ the founder of cooperatives is a native of (britain)

2. Raiffeisen and schulze-delitch type of co-operatives are pioneer co-operatives of (germany)

3. The co-operative year is from (july–june)

4. The most ideal agency for supplying credit to farmers in rural areas (co-operatives)

5. The private money lender is important because of (least formalities)

6. Taccavi loans means (loans given by government agencies)

7. Government gives long-term loans under (land improvement loans act 1883)

8. Government gives medium-term loans under (agriculturists loan act 1884)

9. Type of credit required for paddy cultivation (short term loan)

10. Type of credit required for purchasing milch cattle (medium term loan)

11. Type of credit for reclaiming one acre of kayal land (long term credit)

12. India has the largest area in the world under (pulse crops)

13. Self-liquidating loans are used for (seasonal crops)

14. HYVP was launched in (1966)

15. First five-year plan started in (1951–1956)

16. Period of 11th five-year plan (2007–2012)

17. Fertiliser consumption in india (86.34 kg/ha ; kerala 59.2 kg/ha)

18. State with maximum population below poverty line (uttar pradesh)

19. State with minimum population below poverty line (punjab)

20. Green revolution in india initiated in (1966–67)

21. Comprehensive poverty alleviation scheme in rural india (irdp)

22. IRDP launched in (1980)

23. ‘dunkel draft’ relates to (trade policy)

24. Most important indicator of economic development (national income)

25. Contribution of agriculture to national income (17%)

26. State with highest population density (west bengal)

27. State with minimum literacy (bihar)

28. Sex ratio of india 2001 (1000:933)

29. Percentage of labour force engaged in india (70%)

30. Percentage of agricultural labourers to total workforce (42%)

31. Percentage of people below poverty line in 2007 (25%)

32. Minimum wages act for agricultural labourers passed in (1948)

33. Bureau of indian standards established in (1986)

34. Ideal type of farming for kerala (mixed farming)

35. Most common farming system in india (peasant farming)

36. High density planting in apple accommodates (5000 plants/ha)

37. A plant with yellow flower (allamanda grandiflorum)

38. Acidity in pineapple is favoured by (shade)

39. Hormone used to increase fruit size (ga-3)

40. Guava is generally propagated by (layering)

41. Gummosis in citrus due to deficiency of (boron)

42. A fruit plant easily layered (litchi)

43. ‘kokkan’ disease occurs in (banana)

44. Spongy tissue is a problem in (mango)

45. ‘gooty’ is known as (air layering)

46. Main component of english garden (lawn)

47. Excess zinc leads to non-availability of (iron)

48. Pineapple research station is located at (vellanikkara)

49. Required soil pH for pineapple (5–5.5)

50. Optimum width of a garden path (1 m)

51. Element needed for nodule formation in legumes (boron)

52. Veneer grafting is similar to (side grafting)

53. Kanaka, dhara, anakkayam are varieties of (cashew nut)

54. ‘nafed’ means (national agricultural cooperative marketing federation of india ltd)

55. Effective hormone application method (lanoline paste)

56. Summer squash & winter squash are varieties of (ashgourd)

57. ‘i’ budding is similar to (t budding)

58. Kerala agricultural university was established in (1971)

59. Hormone responsible for dwarfism (mh)

60. Ideal indoor plant (ficus)

61. Leaf fall in potato due to deficiency of (boron)

62. Incompatibility in graft union is due to (anatomy)

63. Rubber propagated by budding known as (forket budding)

64. Element forming part of vitamin b₁₂ (cobalt)

65. Polyalthia longifolia is an (ornamental tree)

66. Element responsible for colour change in hydrangea (aluminium)

67. Massive flights of marble stairs are feature of (italian garden)

68. Garden component making it appear larger (lawn)

69. The chemical N-4 (P-chloro-phenoxy)-phenyl-N,N dimethyl urea is (tenoron)

70. Strawberry plants live for (4–5 years)

71. A cool season flower crop (carnation)

72. Plant requiring less than 12 hours daylight (pineapple)

73. Chemical with more herbicidal activity (mcpa)

74. Poor performance of improved mango varieties in kerala due to (poor light quality)

75. Annual flowering plant grown throughout the year (balsam)

76. Warm season vegetable (tomato)

77. Increased fruit size in grapes due to (gab)

78. Red spanish is a variety of (pineapple)

79. Lawns are relaid after (3–4 years)

80. Hormone used for flower induction (tiba)

81. Maturity period for banana (3 months)

82. Display of plants in artistic shapes by pruning (topiary)

83. Day-neutral plant (tomato)

84. Important component of japanese garden (water)

85. Hesperidium fruit (limes)

86. Flower colour of bauhinia purpurea (light pink)

87. Modern cashew propagation method (soft wood grafting)

88. Typical climacteric fruit (banana)

89. Central feature of a garden provides (focal point)

90. Optimum storage life of grapes (6–8 weeks)

91. Samanea saman is a (shade tree)

92. Chemical inducing abscission (aba)

93. Sour sop is (annona muricata)

94. Storage life of grapefruit is (above 10 weeks)

95. Not used as a preservative for fruits (alcohol)

96. Hormone inducing dwarfism (mh)

97. Fruit propagated vegetatively (banana)

98. Central potato research station is at (shimla)

99. Fruit rich in vitamin A (mango)

100. Properly canned fruits can be stored for (1–3 years)