• State having the highest area under summer maize is: Bihar.
  • Indian Journal of Agriculture Sciences is published by: ICAR.
  • The element of nitrate reduction is the: Molybdenum.
  • Depth of water required by a crop is known as: Delta.
  • Area irrigated by one cusec discharge of water is: Duty.
  • AGMARK Act was enforced in the year: 1937.
  • The enzyme of nitrogen reduction is: Nitrogenase.
  • Fruit of okra is a: Capsule.
  • Fruit of rose is known as: Hips.
  • How many times a ratoon crop of sugarcane is advisable? One time.
  • Dormancy breaking hormone is: Cytokinin.
  • Fruit ripening hormone is: Ethylene.
  • Water requirement of irrigation for wetland rice is about: 1500 mm.
  • Crop canopy temperature is measured by: Infrared thermometer.
  • First insecticide discovered was: DDT.
  • Grapes are generally dried in: Sun.
  • Pollination in fig is carried by: Fig wasp.
  • Kesar (saffron) belongs to the family of: Iridaceae.
  • Fibre of cotton contains: Cellulose.
  • Biofertilizer used in wheat is: Azotobacter.
  • Lock and Key Model was proposed by: Fisher.
  • Finest fruit of the world: Mangosteen.
  • Kisan Call Centre began in the year: 2004.
  • Double century is the variety of: Coconut.
  • Anti-sterility vitamin is: Vitamin E.
  • Hormone used as an herbicide: 2,4-D (>20 PPM).
  • First Indian director of IARI was: Dr. B. Vishvanath.
  • Vertical mulch is used in which type of soils? Black cotton soils.
  • Root promoting hormones: IBA (Indole-3-butyric acid).
  • Flower setting hormone: NAA (Naphthalene acetic acid).
  • Central Zig-Zag axis of wheat is called: Rachis.
  • Mexican dwarf wheat was evolved by: Dr. N. E. Borlaug.
  • The toxic alkaloid found in the leaves of sorghum crops is: Dhurin or HCN.
  • CSH 1 was released as the first dwarf sorghum hybrid in: 1964.
  • Father of agro-climatology is: Köppen.
  • Law of minimum was given by: Von Liebig (1840).
  • Top most mineral horizon is: A horizon.
  • Criteria of essentiality was proposed by: Arnon & Stout (1939).
  • The term fictional nutrient was proposed by: Nicholas (1961).
  • In the wet nursery of rice, the level of water is maintained at: 5 cm.
  • The optimum depth of puddling in rice is: 5 cm.
  • Maximum permissible limit of biuret in urea is: 1.5%.
  • Carbon content in organic matter is: 8%.
  • Pajaro is the variety of: Strawberry.
  • Bolero is the variety of: Marigold.
  • General Agricultural One-Liner Questions
  • Light reaction is also known as: Hill reaction.
  • Most dangerous disease of potato: Late blight of potato.
  • Philology disease in plants is caused by: Mycoplasma.
  • Who discovered vitamin: Funk.
  • Regur soil refers to: Black soil.
  • One ha. cm of irrigation is equal to: 100,000 liters.
  • Highly salt-tolerant cereal crop is: Barley.
  • Irrigation efficiency of loam soil is: 70%.
  • Area required for seedling preparation in the depog method: 25-30 m².
  • In mango, the edible part is: Mesocarp.
  • Miracle rice of India is: Jaya.
  • Starch in wheat grain is: 60-68%.
  • Moisture content at the harvesting stage in wheat is: 25-30%.
  • Richest source of Vitamin C is: Barbados cherry.
  • Queen of spices is: Cardamom.
  • Mendel began his famous experiments on pea in: 1857.
  • One gene one enzyme hypothesis was proposed by: Beadle and Tatum in 1941.
  • The term heterosis was first used by: Shull in 1914.
  • Heterosis is also known as: Hybrid vigor.
  • An exact genetic replica of a specific gene or an entire organism is called: Clone.
  • Anther or pollen culture technique is used to obtain: Haploid plants.
  • Culture of an organ in vitro is known as: Organ culture.
  • M-RNA is primarily used for: Transcription of DNA.
  • Fungicide used in the control of smut is: Vitavax.
  • Father of modern plant pathology is: Anton de Bary.
  • Pusa Snowball is a variety of: Cauliflower.
  • Phosphorus is extracted by: Olsen method.
  • World’s staple food is: Rice.
  • The trade name of BHC is: Grammexone.
  • Neutral parthenocarpy is found in: Banana.
  • First hybrid in the world of red gram is: ICPH-8.
  • A fruit juice normally contains 25% juice and 40% TSS: Squash.
  • Mango pulp is preserved by: Sugar.
  • Commercial propagation method of rose is: ‘T’ budding.
  • Who discovered mitochondria: C. Benda (1897).
  • Yellow vein mosaic virus disease is related to: Bhindi (Okra).
  • The process by which human behavior is modified is called: Education.
  • Extension education is: Education.
  • Power tiller is most suitable for the cultivation of: Paddy.
  • Depth of sowing of soybean seed is: 3 cm.
  • Temperature required for bolting in onion is: < 15 °C.
  • Seed rate of knol khol is: 1-1.5 kg/ha.
  • Economic part of knol khol is: Extended stem.
  • The fruit of rose is known as: Hip.
  • Rose can be cultivated up to: 5 years.