General agriculture pointer - 73

1. ‘nafed’ was founded in (1958)

2. Curculionid biocontrol agent of salvinia (cyrtobagous salviniae)

3. Nabard was established in (1982)

4. Honey contains (21%) of water

5. Fibrocin content of silk fibre is (70–81%)

6. Sericine content of silk fibre is (19–20%)

7. Leaf yield of irrigated mulberry under high management is (20–30 mt/ha)

8. Larval period of bombyx mori is (21–26 days)

9. The larval parasite of silkworm is (uzi fly)

10. Optimum relative humidity for silkworm rearing is (65–85%)

11. White muscardine disease of silkworm is caused by (beauvaria bassiana)

12. A rice variety tolerant to bph (thriveni)

13. A rice pest controlled by draining water (case worm)

14. Example of trap cropping (bhindi around cotton)

15. Sex pheromone used for red palm weevil (ferrolure)

16. Technical form of insecticide has (80–96%) purity

17. Material added to reduce surface tension is (emulsifier)

18. A predatory larva on lac encrustation (holcocera)

19. Strains of lac insect used for cultivation (kusmi and rangeeni)

20. ‘braula’ fly is ectoparasitic on (queen bee)

21. Galleria mellonella feeds on (wax and products)

22. Acarapis mite infests (adult bees)

23. Tropilaelaps clariae is a (brood mite)

24. Movement of bees is with respect to (sun and gravity)

25. Transport of bees for foraging (migration)

26. Queen grafting uses (24 hour at hunger larva)

27. A larval disease of honey bee (thai sac brood)

28. ‘isle of wight’ disease is caused by (acarapis)

29. Apis mellifera is domesticated in (langstroth)

30. The form of sugar in honey is (fructose)

31. Honey formed from nectar by enzyme (invertase)

32. Rock bees are seen (suspended free from top of roof trees)

33. Chillies leaf curl due to (scirtothrips)

34. Paddy gall midge infests rice at (panicle initiation)

35. Leaf tips rolled & turn white/brown due to (rice thrips)

36. Hopper burn in rice caused by (nilaparvata lugens, bph)

37. Rice whorl maggot damage caused by (hydrellia)

38. Nymph of rice bug feeds on (young leaves)

39. Draining water helps control (rice case worm, nymphula)

40. Drought predisposes rice to (paddy mealy bug, ripersia)

41. Tetrastychus parasitises eggs of (stemborers and leaf folders)

42. Red ring disease of coconut caused by (rhadinaphelenchus)

43. Rice white tip caused by (aphelenchoides)

44. Santallus parellelus feeds on eggs of (oryctes)

45. Pupal parasite of black headed caterpillar is (brachymeria)

46. Spadix drying in coconut due to (pseudococcus, mealy bug)

47. Whitefly infesting sugarcane (neomaskellia bergii)

48. Conical leaf fold in bhindi due to (sylepta, leaf roller)

49. Nematospora staining of cotton lint introduced by (dysdercus spp)

50. Withered terminal shoots in brinjal due to (leucinodes, fruit & shoot borer)

51. Root galls in vegetables due to (meloidogyne, root knot nematode)

52. Skeletonising of brinjal leaves by (henosepilachna, epilachna beetle)

53. Adult lepidopterans like (fruit moths) are crop pests

54. Spiny black adults infesting upper brinjal leaves (urentius, lace bug)

55. Hairy caterpillar of drumstick (taragama)

56. Dieback of drumstick due to (helopeltis, mosquito bug)

57. Studies on means, probability etc. come under (climatology)

58. Environmental lapse rate is (6.5°c/km)

59. Thunderstorms associated with (cumulonimbus)

60. Onset of southwest monsoon over kerala is (1st june)

61. Weather forecasting done using (synoptic chart)

62. Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is (1013 mb)

63. Trade winds in northern hemisphere blow (north east)

64. Trade winds in southern hemisphere blow (south east)

65. Winds around cyclones in northern hemisphere are (anticlockwise)

66. Winds around cyclones in southern hemisphere are (clockwise)

67. Winds around anticyclones in northern hemisphere are (clockwise)

68. Winds around anticyclones in southern hemisphere are (anticlockwise)

69. Studies on weather and crops (agricultural meteorology)

70. Temperature increasing with height is (inversion)

71. Nearest thermal layer to earth (troposphere)

72. Layer above troposphere (stratosphere)

73. Ozone found mainly at (15–35 km)

74. Layer between stratosphere & mesosphere (stratopause)

75. –40°c equals (–40°f)

76. In northern hemisphere, stevenson screen door opens (north)

77. Self-recording rain gauge used is (float type)

78. CO₂ strongly absorbs (long wave radiation)

79. Water vapour strongly absorbs (long wave radiation)

80. Diffuse solar radiation measured by (pyranometer with shade ring)

81. Beaufort’s scale estimates (wind speed)

82. Line joining equal pressure (isobar)

83. Line joining equal temperature (isotherm)

84. Line joining equal rainfall (isohyet)

85. Line joining equal wind speed (isotachs)

86. Instrument to measure RH (psychrometers & hygrometers)

87. Indian geostationary satellite for cloud photos (insat-2a)

88. Photosensitive virippu rice variety (ptb-1)

89. Condition of atmosphere at a place (weather)

90. State of atmosphere over long period (climate)

91. Condition of atmosphere inside crops (phytoclimate)

92. Angular distance from equator (latitude)

93. Units of pressure (dynes/cm² or newton/m² or pascal)

94. Sun on equator on (march 21st)

95. Insolation means (solar radiation)

96. Percentage of oxygen in atmosphere (20.5%)

97. Percentage of argon in atmosphere (0.93%)

98. Percentage of carbon dioxide (0.03%)

99. Percentage of hydrogen (0.00005%)

100. Moisture content of humid atmosphere by volume (4%)