Agriculture Quiz 44

1. Which state has the largest acreage and highest production of sugarcane in the country?
A) Tamil Nadu
B) Karnataka
C) U.P.
D) Bihar
2. The best suited temperature for growth of sugarcane lies between
A) 15–20°C
B) 20–25°C
C) 26–32°C
D) 32–35°C
3. Consider the following pairs of crops and varieties and select the pair which is not correctly matched
A) Barley : Clipper
B) Cotton : Sujata
C) Cowpea : Pusa Phalguni
D) Green gram : UPAS 120
4. Botanical name of Ragi is
A) Eleusine coracana
B) Echinochloa frumentacea
C) Panicum miliacium
D) Eleusine panica
5. Stomata closing can be induced by
A) Kaoline
B) Linseed oil
C) 2,4-D
D) PMA
6. Virachola isocrates is a fruit pest of
A) Mango
B) Citrus
C) Apple
D) Pomegranate
7. Callosobruchus chinensis is storage pest of
A) Wheat
B) Gram
C) Rice
D) Groundnut
8. Certain secretions attract the opposite sex of the same species which are termed as
A) Hormones
B) Kairomones
C) Synomones
D) Pheromones
9. Following insecticide is safely recommended on vegetables
A) Carbaryl
B) Aldicarb
C) Endrin
D) Malathion
10. Following insecticide belongs to organophosphate group
A) Sulphur
B) Carbofuran
C) Malathion
D) Endosulfan
11. Aphids and white flies are effectively controlled by
A) Fumigants
B) Stomach poisons
C) Contact insecticides
D) Systemic insecticide
12. The spotted boll worm is
A) Earias vittella
B) Earias insulana
C) Helicoverpa armigera
D) Pectinophora gossypiella
13. Sugarcane is recently infested by following woolly aphid
A) Ceratovacuna lanigera
B) Eriosoma lanigera
C) Aphis gossypii
D) Lipaphis spp
14. Nicotine causes failure of nervous system and is commercially available as
A) Nicotine sulphate
B) Nicotine phosphate
C) Nicotine
D) None of these
15. Which of the following pairs is not correct?
A) Endosulfan – Thiodan
B) Chlorpyriphos – Dursban
C) Dimethoate – Rogor
D) Phorate – Nuvacron
16. Central Insecticides Laboratory (CIL) is located at
A) Gurgaon
B) Faridabad
C) Ghaziabad
D) Kanpur
17. Transgenic crop which has highest area in the world is
A) Soybean
B) Maize
C) Cotton
D) Mustard
18. Father of insect physiology is
A) Starling
B) R. H. Painter
C) Wigglesworth
D) Snodgrass
19. Silver fish belongs to the order
A) Protura
B) Hymenoptera
C) Thysanura
D) Pronura
20. Common molluscicide is
A) Chlorpyriphos
B) Atropine
C) Endosulfan
D) Metaldehyde

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