General agriculture pointer - 60

1. Asian vegetable research and development council (AVRDC) is located in – (taiwan)

2. Transgenic variety of tomato – (flavr savr)

3. Bacterial wilt-resistant tomato variety – (sakthi/mukthi)

4. ‘Pusa ruby’ is a variety of – (tomato)

5. ‘Pusa purple cluster’ is a bacterial wilt-resistant variety of – (brinjal)

6. Bacterial wilt-resistant brinjal variety released by KAU – (surya/swetha/haritha)

7. F1 hybrid of brinjal – (neelima)

8. ‘Pusa jwala’ & ‘pusa sadabahar’ are varieties of – (chillies)

9. Chilli varieties released by KAU – (jwalamukhi & jwalasakhi)

10. ‘Arka jyothi’ is a hybrid of – (watermelon)

11. Variety of ashgourd – (indu/kau local)

12. ‘Kaumudi’ is a variety of – (snakegourd)

13. ‘Preethi’ is a variety of – (bittergourd)

14. Variety of cucumber – (mudicode local/soubhagya/arunima)

15. ‘Sarika’, ‘malika’, ‘vaijayanthi’ are varieties of – (cow pea)

16. Moringa variety – (km-1, pkm-1)

17. ‘Arun’, ‘kannara local’ are varieties of – (amaranthus)

18. Lalbagh gardens located in – (bangalore, karnataka)

19. Brindavan gardens located in – (mysore, karnataka)

20. Shalimar gardens located in – (srinagar, jammu & kashmir)

21. Pinjore gardens located in – (haryana)

22. Known as the ‘queen of spices’ – (cardamom)

23. Cardamom variety – (icri-1/icri-2/pv-1/pv-2/mudigere 1 & 2)

24. ‘Njallani’ is a variety of – (cardamom)

25. Renowned as ‘king of spices’ – (pepper)

26. Variety of pepper – (panniyur-1 to panniyur-7)

27. State of atmosphere at any time – (the weather)

28. State of atmosphere over period of time – (climate)

29. Intensity of sunlight measured by – (luxmeter)

30. Duration of sunlight measured by – (sunshine recorder)

31. Stevenson’s screen contains – (four thermometers)

32. Boiling point of water (°F) – (212°)

33. Freezing point of water (°F) – (32°)

34. Freezing point of water (kelvin) – (273°K)

35. Boiling point of water (kelvin) – (373°K)

36. Isobars connect stations of same – (atmospheric pressure)

37. Example of temperate crop – (apple/peach/barley/potato)

38. Example of sub-tropical crop – (tea/citrus)

39. Example of tropical crop – (rice/coconut/banana)

40. Instrument to measure atmospheric pressure – (fortin’s barometer)

41. Wind velocity measured by – (anemometers)

42. Instrument indicating wind direction – (wind vane)

43. Actual water content in air – (absolute humidity)

44. Hygrometer measures – (atmospheric humidity)

45. Evapotranspiration water loss from – (soil & plant surfaces)

46. Evapotranspiration measured by – (pan evaporimeter)

47. Most important precipitation – (rainfall)

48. Rainfall measured by – (rain gauge)

49. Rainfall periods in India called – (monsoons)

50. South-west monsoon rainfall in Kerala – (kalavarsham/edavapathy)

51. North-east monsoon rainfall in Kerala – (thulavarsham)

52. SW monsoon period in Kerala – (june to august)

53. NE monsoon period in Kerala – (october to november)

54. Coastal length of Kerala – (580 km)

55. Kerala’s climate – (humid tropical)

56. Kerala annual rainfall – (300 cm/3000 mm)

57. Summer showers in Kerala occur – (january to may)

58. Highest rainfall in Kerala recorded at – (neryamangalam – 500 cm)

59. Lowest rainfall in Kerala recorded at – (kumily – 64 cm)

60. Kerala has – (13 agro-climatic zones)

61. Example of cool season crop – (barley/wheat/potato/carrot)

62. Cool season crop temperature – (14.5°C to 32°C)

63. Tropical crop temperature – (30°C to 38°C)

64. Short-day plant – (rice/soybean/tobacco/maize)

65. Long-day plant – (wheat/barley/sugar beet)

66. Photo-insensitive rice variety – (IR-8/jaya)

67. Short-day & long-day plants belong to – (photosensitive plants)

68. Photo-insensitive plants known as – (day neutral plants)

69. Upper limit of atmosphere – (750 miles)

70. Ozone depletion caused by – (greenhouse effect)

71. Major greenhouse gas component – (chlorofluorocarbons)

72. Earth’s gaseous envelope – (atmosphere)

73. Electrically charged atmospheric layer – (ionosphere)

74. Ratio of reflected to incident radiation – (albedo)

75. Plants thriving in water-rich conditions – (hydrophytes)

76. Plants requiring very low moisture – (xerophytes)

77. Sun on equator – (march 21)

78. Unit of atmospheric pressure – (dynes/cm² or pascal)

79. Imaginary line joining poles – (longitude)

80. Angular distance from equator – (latitude)

81. Psychrometer measures – (relative humidity)

82. Line of equal wind speed – (isotachs)

83. Line of equal rainfall – (isohyet)

84. Thermometer invented by – (galileo galilei)

85. Rainy day defined as – (2.5 mm or more)

86. Artificial rain simulation in Kerala at – (idukki)

87. IMD headquarters – (pune, maharashtra)

88. Instrument measuring crop evapotranspiration – (lysimeter)

89. Surface temperature of sun – (6000°K)

90. Least useful visible light in photosynthesis – (green light)

91. Plant response to day length – (photoperiodism)

92. Example of day-neutral plant – (tomato)

93. Plants growing in shade – (sciophytes)

94. NRSA located at – (hyderabad)

95. Ideal temperature range for most crops – (10–40°C)

96. Major share of annual rainfall in India from – (south-west monsoon)

97. Instrument measuring direct solar radiation – (pyrheliometer)

98. ‘Meteorologica’ compiled by – (aristotle)

99. Horizontal movement of air – (wind)

100. Clouds associated with rainfall – (nimbus)