MCQ On General Agriculture - 5

1. Alternate host of P. graminis triticii is
   (A) Berberis ✔️ (Answer) (B) Prusiner (C) D’Herelle (D) Biener

2. TRYSEM was introduced in the year
   (A) 1989 (B) 1978 (C) 1982 (D) 1979 ✔️

3. First discovered bacterial disease of plants
   (A) Fire blight ✔️ (B) Downy mildew (C) Chestnut blight (D) Late blight

4. A day neutral plant is
   (A) Maize ✔️ (B) Wheat (C) Barley (D) Rice

5. An international pest?
   (A) Helicoverpa (B) Spodoptera (C) Schistocerca ✔️ (D) Pectinophora

6. Term genetics was coined by
   (A) Johnson (B) Bateson ✔️ (C) Punnet (D) Morgan

7. The most common form of DNA is
   (A) A DNA (B) B DNA ✔️ (C) C DNA (D) Z DNA

8. Whip tail of cauliflower is the deficiency of
   (A) B (B) Ca (C) Mo ✔️ (D) Mn

9. NRC for orchids is at
   (A) Cochin (B) Gangtok ✔️ (C) Bangalore (D) Pune

10. Which represents median?
    (A) Second quartile (B) 5th decile (C) 50th percentile (D) All ✔️

11. The relation between AM, GM, HM
    (A) AM > GM > HM ✔️ (B) GM > HM > AM (C) GM < HM < AM (D) Any one

12. Which one is the Indian Sugarcane?
    (A) Saccharum officinarum (B) S. spontaneum (C) S. barberi ✔️ (D) S. spondium

13. Concentration of carbon dioxide in atmosphere
    (A) 330 ppm ✔️ (B) 350 ppm (C) 370 ppm (D) 400 ppm

14. Which one is macaroni wheat?
    (A) T. dicoccum (B) T. aestivum (C) T. vulgare (D) T. durum ✔️

15. In rice crop, which biofertilizer is commonly used
    (A) Azotobacter (B) Azospirillum (C) Azolla ✔️ (D) Frankia

16. Which one is macaroni wheat?
    (A) T. dicoccum (B) T. aestivum (C) T. vulgare (D) T. durum ✔️

17. Which is the monophagous pest
    (A) Rice hispa ✔️ (B) Gall midge (C) Yellow stem borer (D) Leaf roller

18. Silver shoot is due to
    (A) Rice hispa (B) Gall midge ✔️ (C) Yellow stem borer (D) Leaf roller

19. Loose smut of wheat is
    (A) Externally seed-borne (B) Soil-borne (C) Internally seed-borne ✔️ (D) All

20. Polymer of different monosaccharides is termed as
    (A) Mucopolysaccharide (B) Homopolysaccharide (C) Heteropolysaccharides ✔️ (D) Oligopolysaccharides

21. Sequence of minerals (decreasing weathering resistance)
    (A) Muscovite < Gypsum < Olivine < Quartz
    (B) Olivine < Muscovite < Gypsum < Quartz ✔️
    (C) Gypsum < Olivine < Muscovite < Quartz
    (D) Quartz < Muscovite < Gypsum < Olivine

22. Vitamin B₁₂ contains
    (A) Mo (B) Co ✔️ (C) Cu (D) Ca

23. KVK was started in
    (A) 1975 (B) 1974 ✔️ (C) 1979 (D) 1970

24. Only carbohydrate of animal origin in man’s food supply is
    (A) Sucrose (B) Lactose ✔️ (C) Glucose (D) Glycogen

25. Molya disease is caused due to
    (A) Fungi (B) Bacteria (C) Mycoplasma (D) Nematode ✔️

26. The statistical test used to determine the goodness of fit is
    (A) Z-test (B) F-test (C) t-test (D) Chi-square test ✔️

27. The Cartagena Protocol for agriculture products came in the year
    (A) 2004 (B) 2003 (C) 2005 (D) 1998 ✔️

28. Components of prokaryotic ribosome are
    (A) 50S & 20S (B) 40S & 30S (C) 60S & 40S (D) 50S & 30S ✔️

29. Plasma membrane is
    (A) Permeable (B) Non-permeable (C) Selectively permeable ✔️ (D) Partially permeable

30. Pahala blight of sugarcane is due to the deficiency of
    (A) B (B) Zn (C) Mg (D) Mn ✔️