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This section includes 19 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Agriculture And Rural Development knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Identify the crop on the basis of the following characteristics1. It is a kharif crop.2. Aus, aman and Boro are its three different growing periods in an agricultural year.3. About one-fourth of the total cropped area of India is under its cultivationSelect the correct answer using the code given below: |
| A. | Wheat |
| B. | Rice |
| C. | Pulses |
| D. | Cotton |
| Answer» C. Pulses | |
| 2. |
Golden Fibre refers to ? |
| A. | Jute |
| B. | Silk |
| C. | Cotton |
| D. | Nylon |
| Answer» B. Silk | |
| 3. |
In India, diming the last decade the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant? |
| A. | Rice |
| B. | Oilseeds |
| C. | Pulses |
| D. | Sugarcane |
| Answer» D. Sugarcane | |
| 4. |
Called the farmer’s ‘friend’, the ______ helps in the breakdown of complex organic matter as well as in loosening of the soil. |
| A. | earthworm |
| B. | locust |
| C. | weed |
| D. | rat |
| Answer» B. locust | |
| 5. |
Detritivores in the soil break down detritus into smaller particles. This process is called ______. |
| A. | mineralisation |
| B. | catabolism |
| C. | fragmentation |
| D. | leaching |
| Answer» D. leaching | |
| 6. |
By which other name is the pulse 'tur' also known as? |
| A. | Arhar |
| B. | Jowar |
| C. | Masoor |
| D. | Ragi |
| Answer» B. Jowar | |
| 7. |
One of the following is an example of crop. Identify the same. |
| A. | Plants in the rose |
| B. | Many wheat plants grown in the field |
| C. | Plants in the kitchen garden |
| D. | Plants in the terrace garden |
| Answer» C. Plants in the kitchen garden | |
| 8. |
In India, the cultivated area under certified organic farming has grown from 42,000 ha in 2003-04 to ______ in 2013-14. |
| A. | 3.73 lakh ha |
| B. | 5.44 lakh ha |
| C. | 7.23 lakh ha |
| D. | 10.21 lakh ha |
| Answer» D. 10.21 lakh ha | |
| 9. |
In which one of the following regions is extensive commercial grain cultivation not practiced? |
| A. | American Canadian prairies |
| B. | European Steppes |
| C. | Pampas of Argentina |
| D. | Amazon Basin |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
Name the first State of India which is dependent on organic farming? |
| A. | Madhya Pradesh |
| B. | Kerala |
| C. | Sikkim |
| D. | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Answer» D. Arunachal Pradesh | |
| 11. |
Consider the following statements regarding the weaver's method of crop combination.A) He proposed a method of analysis superior to the simple inspection of the relative weights of the enterprises in a given area.B) He added a time dimension to the notion that Britain's best and worst agricultural land has not changed during the last century.C) He sought to find the number of enterprises that minimized the difference between the actual and theoretical enterprise combinations.D) He adopted a measure of yield defined as the potential production of one acre of good average farmland under good management.Choose the correct answer from the options given below: |
| A. | A, B and C only |
| B. | A, C and D only |
| C. | A and B only |
| D. | A and C only |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Consider the following map of India:The areas marked in the map given above account for the production of which one of the following cash crops? |
| A. | Cotton |
| B. | Groundnut |
| C. | Sugarcane |
| D. | Tobacco |
| Answer» B. Groundnut | |
| 13. |
Black dot like structures seen in the underside of fern leaflets are: |
| A. | Sori |
| B. | Seeds |
| C. | Spores |
| D. | Sporophylls |
| Answer» B. Seeds | |
| 14. |
Arabica, Robusta and Liberica are varieties of |
| A. | Coffee |
| B. | Tea |
| C. | Sugarcane |
| D. | Cotton |
| Answer» B. Tea | |
| 15. |
Groundnut, the most important oil seeds of India is a __________. |
| A. | weed plant |
| B. | cereal crop |
| C. | leguminous plant |
| D. | plantation crop |
| Answer» D. plantation crop | |
| 16. |
Minimum Support Price (MSP) of the agricultural crops in India is fixed by the government on the recommendations of the: |
| A. | Food Corporation of India (FCI) |
| B. | Reserve Bank of India |
| C. | Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» D. None of the above. | |
| 17. |
In our country, vast tracts of forests are cleared and a single species of plant is cultivated. This practice promotes: |
| A. | Monoculture in the area |
| B. | Preserves the natural ecosystem in the area |
| C. | Biodiversity in the area |
| D. | Growth of natural forest |
| Answer» B. Preserves the natural ecosystem in the area | |
| 18. |
In which one of the following countries co-operative farming was the most successful experiment? |
| A. | Russia |
| B. | Denmark |
| C. | India |
| D. | The Netherlands |
| Answer» C. India | |
| 19. |
Growing of flowers is called: |
| A. | Truck farming |
| B. | Mixed farming |
| C. | Factory farming |
| D. | Floriculture |
| Answer» E. | |