MCQ On General Agriculture - 1

1. Study of fresh water is called
   (A) Limnology (B) Sinecology (C) Hydrology (D) Hydrometeorology
   Ans: A

2. The GM crops has highest area in order of preference
   (A) Insecticide then herbicide resistance (B) Herbicide then Insecticide resistance
   (C) Insecticide then virus resistance (D) Herbicide then viroids resistance
   Ans: B

3. “AADHAAR” indicates
   (A) Unique Identification card (B) FCI buffer stock
   (C) Maximum Support Price (D) Commission on Agriculture Cost and Price
   Ans: A

4. Artificial bacteria culture is developed by
   (A) Dr. Kraig Ventor (B) Dr. Beijirinkia
   (C) Dr. Jenial James (D) Dr. Lewis Pasture
   Ans: A

5. Blue tag in insecticide is for indication of
   (A) High toxicity (B) Toxicity free (C) Moderate toxicity (D) Slight toxicity
   Ans: C

6. Which one is Indian origin fruit crop?
   (A) Jackfruit (B) Ber (C) Sapota (D) Mango
   Ans: A

7. For virus free seed use
   (A) Meristem tip (B) Root tip (C) Leaf tip (D) Shoot tip
   Ans: A

8. Legume crop is recommended NPK dose of
   (A) 4:2:1 (B) 1:2:2 (C) 4:2:2 (D) 1:2:4
   Ans: B

9. Which variety of rice is known for longest seed length?
   (A) Pusa-1121 (B) Pusa-2212 (C) IR-36 (D) Jaya
   Ans: A

10. Which one is neutral fertilizer?
    (A) CAN (B) Urea (C) DAP (D) SSP
    Ans: A

11. Calculate the amount of urea for applying 50 kg N2
    (A) 100 kg (B) 109 kg (C) 50 kg (D) 119 kg
    Ans: B

12. ELISA test is used to detect
    (A) Insect (B) Virus (C) Nematodes (D) Fungi
    Ans: D

13. Common bee species cultivated worldwide is
    (A) Apis flora (B) Apis dorsata (C) Apis cerana indica (D) Apis melifera
    Ans: D

14. Murate of Potash is also known as
    (A) HCl (B) NaCl (C) KCl (D) NH4Cl
    Ans: C

15. Which organelle is involved in root gravity pool?
    (A) Amyloplast (B) Mitochondria (C) Nucleus (D) Chloroplast
    Ans: A

16. White bud of maize is due to
    (A) Mn (B) Zn (C) Cu (D) Mo
    Ans: A

17. Mobility stage of seed is due to
    (A) ABA (B) GA (C) IAA (D) Ethylene
    Ans: A

18. For which crop Genome is not sequenced
    (A) Papaya (B) Mango (C) Sapota (D) Rice
    Ans: A

19. GDP of agriculture in 2008-09 at constant rate of 2004-05
    (A) 17.1 % (B) 22% (C) 10 % (D) 26%
    Ans: A

20. Current rate of fertilizer consumption in India is
    (A) 128 kg/ha (B) 148 kg/ha (C) 138 kg/ha (D) 158 kg/ha
    Ans: A

21. Area under transgenic crop in India, 2008-09
    (A) 8.4 Mha (B) 4.4 Mha (C) 2.4 Mha (D) 10.4 Mha
    Ans: A

22. Which one is not measure of central tendency?
    (A) Mean (B) Median (C) Mode (D) Mean deviation
    Ans: D

23. Which one is not measure of dispersion?
    (A) Range (B) Standard deviation (C) Mean (D) Coefficient of variance
    Ans: C

24. Ear cockle disease is due to
    (A) Heterodera avenae (B) Ditylenchus angustus (C) Anguina tritici (D) Meloidogyne inocognita
    Ans: C

25. Support price fixed on the recommendation of
    (A) NAFED (B) CACP (C) Ministry of Agriculture (D) CCI
    Ans: B

26. The correlation coefficient will be negative when
    (A) x increase and y decrease (B) x decrease and y increase
    (C) x increase and y increase (D) x decrease and y decrease
    Ans: A

27. Phalaris minor of what crop controlled by
    (A) 2,4-D (B) Metrabuzin (C) Pendemethlin (D) Atrazine
    Ans: A

28. Crops grown between two main crops is called
    (A) Intercrops (B) Row crops (C) Trap crops (D) Mixed crops
    Ans: A

29. Which one is the source variety of resistant for stem borer, BLB and Blast of rice
    (A) IR 22 (B) IR 36 (C) IR 24 (D) Pusa Basmati
    Ans: B

30. Vitamin B1 is also known as
    (A) Thiamin (B) Calciferol (C) Retinol (D) Riboflavin
    Ans: A