MCQ On General Agriculture - 8

 

1. Nationalization of banks was in the year
   (A) 1955 (B) 1969 (C) 1971 (D) 1982
   Answer: (B) 1969

2. Livestock loan is a
   (A) Short Term (B) Medium Term (C) Long Term (D) None
   Answer: (B) Medium Term

3. Correlation co-efficient is independent of
   (A) Origin (B) Scale (C) Both (D) None
   Answer: (C) Both

4. Accept when null hypothesis is false
   (A) Type I error (B) Type II error (C) Both (D) None
   Answer: (B) Type II error

5. Richmond Lang effect is associated with
   (A) Auxin (B) GA (C) Cytokinin (D) Ethylene
   Answer: (C) Cytokinin

6. The soil pH range in which most of the nutrients are available
   (A) 6–7 (B) 7.5–8.5 (C) 6.5–7.5 (D) 5–7
   Answer: (C) 6.5–7.5

7. Pahala blight of sugarcane is due to the deficiency of
   (A) B (B) Zn (C) Mg (D) Mn
   Answer: (D) Mn

8. In nitrification process ammonium is converted to nitrite by
   (A) Pseudomonas (B) Nitrobacter (C) Nitrosomonas (D) Both b & c
   Answer: (C) Nitrosomonas

9. Red soils mainly come under the order
   (A) Aridisol (B) Entisol (C) Alfisol (D) Ultisol
   Answer: (C) Alfisol

10. Central Agmark Laboratory is located at
    (A) Mumbai (B) Pune (C) Nagpur (D) New Delhi
    Answer: (C) Nagpur

11. Buffer stock is maintained by
    (A) FCI (B) DMI (C) Agmark (D) NABARD
    Answer: (A) FCI

12. The Chairman of National Commission for Farmers
    (A) M.S. Swaminathan (B) Sharad Pawar (C) Sompal (D) Mangala Rai
    Answer: (A) M.S. Swaminathan

13. Who discovered Bordeaux Mixture?
    (A) Millardet (B) Debary (C) Prevost (D) EM Fries
    Answer: (A) Millardet

14. First discovered bacterial disease of plants
    (A) Fire blight (B) Downy mildew (C) Chestnut blight (D) Late blight
    Answer: (A) Fire blight

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

16. Organic matter generally contains …… % organic carbon
    (A) 50 (B) 1.724 (C) 48 (D) 58
    Answer: (D) 58

17. % of nitrogen in urea
    (A) 20.6 (B) 40 (C) 41 (D) 46
    Answer: (D) 46

18. Mousam Bhavan is located at
    (A) Bombay (B) Pune (C) Calcutta (D) New Delhi
    Answer: (D) New Delhi

19. Which among the following is a herbicide?
    (A) Imidacloprid (B) Glyphosate (C) Bavistin (D) Hexaconazole
    Answer: (B) Glyphosate

20. TRYSEM was introduced in the year
    (A) 1989 (B) 1978 (C) 1982 (D) 1979
    Answer: (D) 1979

21. High yielding variety program was launched in
    (A) 1955 (B) 1960 (C) 1965 (D) 1970
    Answer: (C) 1965

22. The Chairman of National Development Council in India
    (A) President (B) Prime Minister (C) Finance Minister (D) Rural Development Minister
    Answer: (B) Prime Minister

23. NARP was launched by
    (A) ICAR in 1976 (B) Govt. of India in 1976 (C) ICAR in 1979 (D) Govt. of India in 1979
    Answer: (D) Govt. of India in 1979

24. Director General, ICAR
    (A) Dr. Mangla Rai (B) R.S. Paroda (C) Sharad Pawar (D) S. Nagarajan
    Answer: (A) Dr. Mangla Rai

25. Largest state in India
    (A) Rajasthan (B) MP (C) UP (D) AP
    Answer: (A) Rajasthan

26. Father of hybrid rice
    (A) Y.L. Ping (B) B.P. Paul (C) Maheswari (D) Barber
    Answer: (A) Y.L. Ping

27. A day neutral plant is
    (A) Maize (B) Wheat (C) Barley (D) Rice
    Answer: (A) Maize

28. Famous Indian pathologist, extensively studied cereal rust
    (A) K.C. Mehta (B) Sadasivan (C) Flor (D) None
    Answer: (A) K.C. Mehta

29. Grey speck of oat is due to the deficiency of
    (A) Fe (B) Mg (C) Mn (D) Mo
    Answer: (C) Mn

30. Prominent foul smell of Karnal bunt is due to
    (A) Trienthyl amine (B) Trimethyl amine (C) Dimethyl amine (D) None
    Answer: (B) Trimethyl amine