Agricultural Important MCQs
Q. White rust is an important fungal disease of –
1) Wheat
2) Mustard
3) Rice
4) Bajra
Q. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has identified three Bt cotton varieties for cultivation in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan which were developed by Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana recently. Which one of the following in not among those three?
1) PAU Bt 1
2) F1861
3) RS2013
4) BT1861
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which of the following is not a nitrogenous fertilizer?
1) Ammonium sulphate
2) Urea
3) Ammonium nitrate
4) Super phosphate
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. HD 2967 is the new high yielding variety of –
1) Rice
2) Maize
3) Mustered
4) Wheat
Q. The scientific study of soil is –
1) Earth Study
2) Soil Science
3) Pedology
4) Soil Chemistry
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Prabhat is an early short duration variety of –
1) Red gram
2) Wheat
3) Maize
4) Rice
Q. The Minimum Support Price for Foodgrains was introduced in the year –
1) 1954
2) 1944
3) 1964
4) 1974
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Soil factors are otherwise known as –
1) Climatic factors
2) Edaphic factors
3) Biotic factors
4) Physiographic factors
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which of the following is a commercial crop?
1) Cotton
2) Bajra
3) Jowar
4) Paddy
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Triticum aestivum, the common bread wheat is –
1) Tetraploid
2) Hexaploid
3) Haploid
4) Diploid
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Monoculture is a typical characteristics of –
1) Shifting cultivation
2) Subsitence farming
3) Specialized horticulture
4) Commercial grain farming
Q. Which crop requires water-logging for its cultivation?
1) Tea
2) Coffee
3) Rice
4) Mustard
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Agronomy is a branch of Agriculture that deals with –
1) Breeding of crop plants
2) Principles of field management
3) Principles and practice of crop production
4) Protection of crops from Diseases and Pests
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high content of
1) Aluminium
2) Calcium
3) Nitrogen
4) Phosphorus
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. The Black rust of disease of wheat is caused by-
1) Xanthomonas graminis
2) Puccinia graminis
3) Puccinia recondita
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. A crop grown in zaid season is
1) Soyabean
2) Water melon
3) Jute
4) Maize
Q. The adoption of High Yielding Variety Programme in Indian Agriculture started in –
1) 1966
2) 1965
3) 1968
4) 1967
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which of the following is a food crop?
1) Palm
2) Jute
3) Cotton
4) Maize
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which of the following is an oilseed ?
1) Cardamom
2) Garlic
3) Clove
4) Mustard
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which one of the following makes a case for intensive, modern farming?
1) Cropping pattern
2) Higher output using organic method
3) Remunerative price
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which of the following is not an agricultural product?
1) Alum
2) Cotton
3) Jute
4) Rice
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Crop rotation helps to
1) lessen use of pesticides
2) yield more crops
3) produce a greater choice of plant products
4) eliminate parasites which have selective hosts
Q. Potassium chloride contains K –
1) 18%
2) 48%
3) 44%
4) 60%
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Plant micronutrient is –
1) Carbon
2) Boron
3) Magnesium
4) Sulphur
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which gas is released from paddy fields?
1) CO2
2) H2S
3) CH4
4) NH3
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which two crops of the following are responsible for almost 75% of pulse production in India?
1) Gram and pigeon pea
2) Gram and moong bean
3) Moong bean and lentil
4) Pigeon pea and moong bean
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Fire curing is followed in –
1) Bidi tobacco
2) Hookah tobacco
3) Cheroot tobacco
4) Chewing type tobacco
Q. Groundnut pegs when developed in the soil from –
1) Tubers
2) Fruits
3) Stems
4) Roots
Q. In Jute growing areas the usual alternate crop is –
1) Cotton
2) Wheat
3) Sugarcane
4) Rice
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Neelum is a variety of –
1) Grape
2) Papaya
3) Mango
4) Apple
Q. The Commission of Agricultural Costs and Prices fixes the –
1) Support price
2) Wholesale price
3) Retail price
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Vector of phyllody disease is –
1) Thrips
2) Mite
3) White fly
4) Jassid
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Gynodioecious varieties of papaya produce –
1) Only male plants
2) Female and hermaphrodite
3) Male and hermaphrodite plants
4) Only female plants
Q. Isolation distance for foundation seed of rice is –
1) 30 metre
2) 3 metre
3) 35 metre
4) 50 metre
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Botanically pineapple is a –
1) Pome
2) Baluster
3) Berry
4) Sorosis
Q. The basic unit of development under the Integrated Rural Development Programme is a –
1) District
2) Family
3) Village
4) Community Development Block
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Ratna is a variety of–
1) Wheat
2) Barley
3) Maize
4) Rice
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Seed rate of American cotton is–
1) 20 kg/ha
2) 30 kg/ha
3) 35 kg/ha
4) 12 kg/ha
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Greening of potato results in–
1) Increase in nutritional quality
2) Increase in disease resistance
3) Decrease in disease resistance
4) Decrease in nutritional quality
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Sugarbeet Nematode is –
1) Heterodera avanae
2) Heterodera cajani
3) Heterodera jae
4) Heterodera schacti
Q. In medium term storage, material can be stored up to –
1) 100 years
2) 3 to 5 years
3) 10 to 15 years
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which is the saturated fatty acid of the following –
1) Stearic acid
2) Arachidonic acid
3) Oleic acid
4) Linoleic acid
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Iron is an important component of –
1) Siroheme
2) Ferredoxin
3) Cytochromes
4) All of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. The chemical, which is used for controlling the mites, is known as –
1) Fungicides
2) Mematicides
3) Acaricides
4) Insecticides
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. WP abbreviates as –
1) Wettable Paste
2) Wettable Powder
3) Water Paste
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which of the following elements is not essential element of plants but proves to be beneficial for some plants?
1) Boron
2) Sodium
3) Iodine
4) Copper
Q. The pyrite is mostly found in–
1) Bihar
2) Rajasthan
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
Q. Parthenocarpy occurs in–
1) Peach
2) Mango
3) Jackfruit
4) Banana
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Water use efficiency is the highest is case of–
1) Border irrigation
2) Drip irrigation
3) Sprinkler irrigation
4) Flood irrigation
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Atmosphere is essential for–
1) Winds
2) Cloud formation
3) Weather phenomena
4) All of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Which one of the following plants belongs to family Anacardiaceae?
1) Papaya
2) Orange
3) Cashewnut
4) None of these
Q. In India post-harvest losses of fruit and vegetable is… per cent of the total production.
1) 15-20
2) 50-50
3) 40-45
4) 25-30
Q. The animals produced by mating of two different breeds of the same species is known as –
1) Mixed breed
2) Cross breed
3) Exotic breed
4) Pure breed
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Recording of milk production in dairy farm is done mainly for –
1) Selection of good producer
2) Increase in production of milk
3) Ensuring quality of milk
4) Quick selling of milk
Q. The average gestation period in buffalo is of how many days?
1) 310
2) 210
3) 400
4) 345
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Citrus tristeza virus is transmitted through –
1) Aphid
2) Thrips
3) Nematode
4) Plant hopper
Q. Which one of the pathogens is monocylic?
1) Ustilago
2) Alternaria
3) Phytophthora
4) Puccinia
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Caenocytic mycellium is found in –
1) Mastigomycotina
2) Deuteromycotina
3) Ascomycotina
4) None of these
Q. Penicillin acts on-
1) Cell wall
2) RNA
3) Cell membrane
4) None of these
Q. Blue colour tag is issued for –
1) Foundation seed
2) Certified seed
3) Nucleus seed
4) Foundation seed
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Generally, cereals are deficient in –
1) Protei
2) Tryptophan
3) Methionine
4) Lysine
Q. The book ‘Mutation Research’ is written by –
1) Muller
2) Stadler
3) Nilsson-Enle
4) Auerbach
Q. Each anther has how many pollen sacs?
1) Four
2) Two
3) One
4) Three
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Rice and wheat has how many stamens?
1) 3,3
2) 6,3
3) 3,6
4) 6,6
Q. The chemical, which attracts opposite sex insects of a species, is known as –
1) Hormones
2) Allomones
3) Kairomones
4) Pheromones
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Damaging stage of potato tuber month is –
1) Adult
2) Pupa
3) Larva
4) All of these
Q. Piercing and sucking type mouth-parts are present in the insect –
1) Hemiptera
2) Orthoptera
3) Lepidoptera
4) Isoptera
Q. Classification of insects and rules of their nomenclature comes under the branch –
1) Morphology
2) Taxonomy
3) Ecology
4) Physiology
Q. Beetles belong to order–
1) Lepidoptera
2) Isoptera
3) Coleoptera
4) Diptera
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Bacteriophage virus is the–
1) Bacterial virus
2) Fungal Virus
3) Algal virus
4) Protozoal virus
Q. Micro-organism,which can grow at higher temperature, is called
1) Thermophils
2) Mesophils
3) Phycrophils
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Who has first time seen the micro-organism?
1) Robert Koch
2) John Tyndall
3) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
4) Louis Pasteur
Q. White colour of soil is due to the presence of –
1) Silica
2) Iron
3) Manganese oxide
4) All of these
Q. Which of the ‘complex fertilizer’?
1) Ammonium sulphate nitrate
2) Single superphosphate
3) Ammonium phosphate
4) Calcium ammonium nitrate
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Drip irrigation is useful in which region?
1) Humid
2) Dry
3) High rainfall
4) None of these
Q. Among the following crop rotations, which is good for in creasing soil Nutrient status?
1) Rice-Wheat
2) Groundnut-Wheat
3) Pearlmillet-Wheat
4) Sorghum-Wheat
Q. For waterlogged rice cultivation, the fertilizer that may be avoided is –
1) Sodium nitrate
2) Urea
3) Ammonium chloride
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. The ratio between marketable crop yield and water used in evapotranspiration is known as–
1) Field water use efficiency
2) Economic irrigation efficiency
3) Consumptive use efficiency
4) Water use efficiency
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Sulphur, containing amino acid is –
1) Valine
2) Isolucine
3) Cystine
4) None of these
Q. Glycolysis occurs only in the–
1) Absence of O2
2) Presence of O2
3) Both (A) and (B)
4) None of these
Q. Photorespiration is inhibited by –
1) 2, 4-Dinitrophenol
2) α-hydroxy sulphonates
3) CMU and DCMU
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Biofertilizers are –
1) Organic manures
2) Green manure
3) Culture of micro-organism
4) None of these
Q. ‘Chanchal’ is a variety of –
1) Brinjal
2) Tomato
3) Chilli
4) Capcicum
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Central Soil Salinity Research Institute is located at –
1) Karnal
2) Bihar
3) Dehradun
4) Jodhpur
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Seed plant technique is followed in –
1) Wheat
2) Bajra
3) Potato
4) Paddy
Q. For providing inputs like quality seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, the agency present at the Village Panchayat Samiti Level is –
1) Nationalised Banks
2) Cooperative Society
3) Insurance Companies
4) NABARD
Q. Where do the female mango leaf hoppers lay their eggs?
1) Inside the tissue of leaf margin
2) On the dorsal surface of leaves
3) On the ventral surface of leaves
4) Inside the mid-rib of leaves
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. In H.T.S.T. pasteurization, which one of the following organisms is chosen as index organism for killing?
1) S.thermophilus
2) S.lactis
3) B.subtilis
4) M.tuberculosis
Q. Thermophilic micro-organism grow well at temperature–
1) 10°C – 20°C
2) 20°C – 40°C
3) 50°C – 60°C
4) 5°C – 7°C
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Pink bollworm is a pest of –
1) Gram
2) Okra
3) Mustard
4) Cotton
Q. The croppping intensity of maize-potato-tobacco is –
1) 200%
2) 300%
3) 100%
4) None of these
Q. National Sugar Institute (N.S.I.) is located at–
1) Kanpur
2) New Delhi
3) Varanasi
4) Lucknow
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Khaira disease of rice can be controlled by spraying –
1) Copper sulphate
2) Calcium sulphate
3) Zinc sulphate
4) Borax
Q. Which one of the following can be suitable for cropping as a wheat mixed crop?
1) Cabbage
2) Cotton
3) Mustard
4) Jowar
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. The optimum cardinal temparature point for germination of rice seeds is–
1) 20°C – 25°C
2) 18°C – 22°C
3) 30°C – 32°C
4) 37°C – 39°C
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. What culture should be given priority in groundnut cultivation?
1) Mycorrhiza
2) Rhizobium
3) Phosphobacteria
4) Azospirillum]
Q. Prabhat is an early short duration variety of –
1) Black gram
2) Red gram
3) Green gram
4) Gram
Q. In maize plants –
1) Silk appear first
2) Both of these appear at same time
3) Tassels appear first
4) None of these
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Blind hoeing is recommended for –
1) Wheat
2) Maize
3) Groundnut
4) Sugarcane
(Agricultural Important MCQs)
Q. Kisan Mitra is an employee of –
1) Central Govt.
2) Corporation
3) None of these
4) State Govt.
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