General agriculture pointer - 75

1. First discovered protective insecticide was (ddt)

2. Vegetable treated with bhc are unfit for use for (ever)

3. Best and cheap mulch to minimize wind erosion (stubble mulch)

4. Spice districts of kerala (idukki and wayanad)

5. National farmers day (dec. 23)

6. State farmers day (chingam 1)

7. In india 90% rubber produced from (kerala)

8. Leading producer of coconut in the world (philippines)

9. Largest rice producing district in kerala (palakkad)

10. Ginger research is going on at (ambalavayal)

11. Cashewnut research centre (ankkayam)

12. First ecotourism project (thenmala)

13. Study of insects (entomology)

14. Most fertile soil (alluvial)

15. Largest dairy research centre in india (karnal , haryana)

16. Largest producer of sugar in india (uttar pradesh)

17. Banana research centre (kannara)

18. Common household sugar (sucrose)

19. Sugar bowl of world (cuba)

20. Island of clove (zanzibar)

21. Gas used to ripen fruits (acetylene/ethylene)

22. Expand fao (food and agricultural organisation)

23. Cardamom research centre (pampadumpara)

24. Central tuber crops research institute (sreekaryam)

25. Expand cpcri (central plantation crops research institute)

26. Karshaka dinam of kerala (chingam 1)

27. Headquarters of fao (rome)

28. Example of dryland weeds (mimosa, sida)

29. Flower arrangement is called (ikebana)

30. World environment day (june 5)

31. Animal by-product used to prepare ice-cream (gelatin)

32. Preserved form of fodder (silage)

33. Headquarter of kerala agricultural university (vellanikkara)

34. Common viral disease of poultry (ranikhet disease)

35. Acid present in ant (formic acid)

36. Who gave the slogan jai jawan jai kisan (lal bahadur shastri)

37. Feb 28 is national science day (national science day)

38. Eichhornia crassipes is (water hyacinth)

39. Culture of plants without soil (hydroponics)

40. Study of grasses (agrostology)

41. Gland known as adam’s apple (thyroid gland)

42. Turpentine oil prepared from (pine tree)

43. Largest producer of coffee in the world (brazil)

44. Minimum germination % of paddy seed (80%)

45. In grasshopper number of spiracles is (10)

46. Grasshopper blood is (colourless)

47. Herbicides are used to kill (weeds)

48. Rodenticides are used to kill (rats)

49. State famous for sericulture (karnataka)

50. Blast in rice can be controlled by (agrosan)

51. Pest with international status (locust)

52. Mouthparts of plant bug are (piercing and sucking)

53. Natural tiller of soil (earthworm)

54. Best method to control stored grain pest (fumigation)

55. Insecticides used in gaseous form (fumigants)

56. Expand ddt (dichloro diphenyl trichloro ethane)

57. Expand bhc (benzene hexa chloride)

58. Termites belong to order (isoptera)

59. Insects have number of legs (6)

60. Wings of insects are (somewhat triangular)

61. Salivary glands of insects secrete (amylase)

62. Circulatory system in insects is (open type)

63. Insecticide of plant origin (azadiractin)

64. Fumigants are available as (solids and liquids)

65. Biological control means (insect control through biotic factors artificially)

66. Notorious weed lantana camera controlled by (lantana bug)

67. Fumigation of rat burrows uses (aluminium phosphide)

68. Main characteristic feature of insect is (three pairs of legs)

69. Piercing and sucking mouthparts in (aphids)

70. Grinding of food in grasshopper by (gizzard)

71. Chief excretory organ in insects (malpighian tubules)

72. Study of fossil plants (paleobotany)

73. Caco₃ improves condition of (water logged soil)

74. Drip irrigation discovered in (israel)

75. Essential nutrients from air and water (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen)

76. Season for third crop puncha (dec–jan to mar–apr)

77. Husked coconut nut weight for mother palm selection (600 g)

78. Hopper burn in rice caused by feeding of (bph)

79. Damaging stage of cutworm (caterpillar)

80. Damaging stage of pink bollworm (caterpillar)

81. Unpleasant odour in paddy field indicates (gundhi bug)

82. Sprayer part breaking spray into droplets (nozzle)

83. Destructive insects and pest act passed in (1914)

84. Fodder grass for intercrop in coconut (guinea grass)

85. Irrigation water per coconut tree in loamy soil (1300 l)

86. H-226 is a variety of (tapioca)

87. Sree prakash is a variety of (tapioca)

88. Removal of side suckers in banana (de suckering)

89. Planting density for budded rubber (420–450)

90. Rubber research institute of india (kottayam)

91. Pepper research institute (panniyoor)

92. Amritmahal is a breed of cattle (draft breed)

93. Causative organism of anthrax in cattle (bacteria)

94. Operation flood is related with (milk production)

95. Aseel is a breed of (fowl)

96. New castle disease is caused by (virus)

97. Vector of bunchy top of banana (banana aphid)

98. A granular insecticide (furadan)

99. Pink disease in rubber caused by (fungus)

100. Radish variety purifying liver (pusa chetki)