This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Environment > Soil And Agriculture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Soil And Agriculture Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The variety of coffee, largely grown in India, is A) Arabica. B) Kents. C) Coorgs. D) Old chicks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arabica. 2. The largest estuary in India is at the mouth of river A) Krishna. B) Hooghly. C) Godavari. D) Bhagirathi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hooghly. 3. Guttation occurs in plants through A) Stomata. B) Hydathodes. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 4. Among the following, ridger is not used in crop A) Maize. B) Potato. C) Gram. D) Sugarcane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gram. 5. Wrought iron contains carbon (per cent) A) 1-2 %. B) 3-4 %. C) 0.05-1 %. D) 2-3 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 0.05-1 %. 6. Mastitis in animals is due to A) Worms. B) Virus and Worms. C) Bacteria and Virus. D) Fungi and dry hand milking. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria and Virus. 7. The tool used for making deep pit in wood is A) Chisel. B) Draw knife. C) Adge. D) Saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chisel. 8. Chaff-cutter is driven by A) Hand. B) Bullocks. C) Electric power. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. The Green Revolution has mainly been successful for A) Gram. B) Rice. C) Maize. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wheat. 10. $\alpha$ & $\beta$-tubulins are protein components of A) Intermediate. B) Microtubules. C) Actin filaments. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 11. Recording of milk production in dairy farm is done mainly for A) Ensuring quality of milk. B) Increase in production of milk. C) Quick selling of milk. D) Selection of good producer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Selection of good producer. 12. Harrow is drawn by A) Tractor. B) Bullocks. C) Bullocks and Tractor both. D) Diesel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bullocks and Tractor both. 13. Which of the following is not a nitrogenous fertilizer? A) Ammoniumsulphate. B) Urea. C) Ammoniumnitrate. D) Super phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Super phosphate. 14. Zoological name of white grub is A) Holotrichia consanguinea. B) Helicoverpa armigera. C) Bamisia tabaci. D) Spodoptera litura. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holotrichia consanguinea. 15. Asexual reproduction includes A) Allogamy. B) Apomixis. C) Autogamy. D) Amphimixis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allogamy. 16. TPS technique is related to A) Potato. B) Tomato. C) Sugarcane. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Potato. 17. 'Chanchal' is a variety of A) Capcicum. B) Tomato. C) Chilli. D) Brinjal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chilli. 18. Which one of the following is a global biodiversity hotspot in India? A) Western Himalayas. B) Western Ghats. C) Eastern Ghats. D) Northern Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Western Ghats. 19. Pink bollworm is a pest of A) Okra. B) Gram. C) Cotton. D) Mustard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton. 20. Which of the 'complex fertilizer'? A) Ammonium sulphate nitrate. B) Calcium ammonium nitrate. C) Single superphosphate. D) Ammonium phosphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ammonium phosphate. 21. Penicillin acts on A) RNA. B) Cell wall. C) Cell membrane. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell wall. 22. Method of irrigation is A) Drip irrigation. B) Sprinkler irrigation. C) Surface irrigation. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 23. Sulphur, containing amino acid is A) Valine. B) Cystine. C) Isolucine. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cystine. 24. Which one of the following is not a primary nutrient? A) P. B) K. C) N. D) S. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S. 25. The most extensive soil cover of India comprise A) Black soils. B) Laterite soils. C) Marshy soils. D) Alluvial soils. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alluvial soils. 26. Potassium chloride contains K A) 50 %. B) 70 %. C) 80 %. D) 60 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 60 %. 27. Ratna is a variety of A) Maize. B) Barley. C) Rice. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rice. 28. This is one of the best 'poultry feed stuff' and having good source of animal protein as it contains 34-55 percent protein A) Soyabean-meal. B) Fishmeal. C) Linseed-meal. D) Groundnut Cake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fishmeal. 29. Reapers are used for A) Threshing of harvested crop produce (lank). B) Fodder cutting. C) Seeds sowing. D) Crop cutting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crop cutting. 30. Vector of phyllody disease is A) Mite. B) Thrips. C) White fly. D) Jassid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thrips. 31. Which fruit crop has the largest area in India? A) Mango. B) Guava. C) Banana. D) Citrus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mango. 32. For waterlogged rice cultivation, the fertilizer that may be avoided is A) Urea. B) Sodium nitrate. C) Ammonium chloride. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of these. 33. The animals produced by mating of two different breeds of the same species is known as A) Cross breed. B) Pure breed. C) Mixed breed. D) Exotic breed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cross breed. 34. Which of the following is best for driving machine from low power to slow speed? A) Spur gear. B) Belts and pulley. C) Toothed wheel and chains. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Belts and pulley. 35. Which of the following is not an agricultural product? A) Alum. B) Jute. C) Cotton. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alum. 36. Caenocytic mycellium is found in A) Ascomycotina. B) Deuteromycotina. C) Mastigomycotina. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ascomycotina. 37. Which material should be higher in the ratio of the pregnant cow? A) Fat. B) Dry matter. C) Protein. D) Carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protein. 38. Kisan Mitra is an employee of A) State Govt. B) Corporation. C) Central Govt. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) State Govt. 39. Drip irrigation is useful in which region? A) Dry. B) Humid. C) High rainfall. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dry. 40. Jalpriya is a variety of A) Jowar. B) Maize. C) Barley. D) Paddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paddy. 41. Which of the following 'hoe' is bullock drawn? A) Akola hoe. B) Wheel hoe. C) Naini type hoe. D) Sharma hoe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Akola hoe. 42. Which one of the following organisations is responsible for publishing topographical sheets? A) Survey of India (S.O.I.). B) Indian Meteorological Department (I.M.D.). C) Geological Survey of India (G.S.I.). D) National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (N.A.T.M.O.). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey of India (S.O.I.). 43. Generally during summer and kharif seasons annual plants produce bloom in how many days? A) 60-70 days. B) 80-85 days. C) 50-60 days. D) 70-75 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 70-75 days. 44. Piercing and sucking type mouth-parts are present in the insect A) Orthoptera. B) Lepidoptera. C) Isoptera. D) Hemiptera. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hemiptera. 45. Which is not a hybrid variety of Mango? A) Ratna. B) Mallika. C) Dashehari. D) Arka Puneet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dashehari. 46. Which of the following award is associated with Agriculture? A) Vyasa Samman. B) Bourlog Award. C) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar. D) Arjun Award. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bourlog Award. 47. Which group of plant nutrients involves in N2 fixation? A) P, S, Co. B) P, S, Mo. C) P, Mo, Co. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P, S, Mo. 48. Stomata open at night in A) CAM plants. B) C3 plants. C) C4 plants. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAM plants. 49. For providing inputs like quality seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, the agency present at the Village Panchayat Samiti Level is A) NABARD. B) Insurance Companies. C) Cooperative Society. D) Nationalised Banks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NABARD. 50. The minimum expenditure is incurred by implements for sowing seeds among the following A) Cultivator. B) Dibbler. C) Deshi plough. D) Seed-drill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seed-drill. 51. Which one of the following makes a case for intensive, modern farming? A) Cropping pattern. B) Remunerative price. C) Higher output using organic method. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cropping pattern. 52. Which one of the following work is not done by scrappers? A) For making ridges. B) For covering the sown-seeds by earth. C) For making irrigation channels. D) For levelling of soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For covering the sown-seeds by earth. 53. Greening of potato results in A) Decrease in disease resistance. B) Increase in disease resistance. C) Increase in nutritional quality. D) Decrease in nutritional quality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increase in nutritional quality. 54. Belt mostly used is of types A) Rubber. B) Kirmich. C) Cotton thread. D) Leather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rubber. 55. In India,gene bank of wheat is located at A) IARI, New Delhi. B) Ludhiana. C) Karnal. D) Kanpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karnal. 56. Rice and wheat has how many stamens? A) 6,6. B) 6,3. C) 3,3. D) 3,6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3,3. 57. Khaira disease of rice can be controlled by spraying A) Copper sulphate. B) Calcium sulphate. C) Borax. D) Zinc sulphate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zinc sulphate. 58. Central Soil Salinity Research Institute is located at A) Jodhpur. B) Bihar. C) Karnal. D) Dehradun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karnal. 59. WP abbreviates as A) Water Paste. B) Wettable Paste. C) Wettable Powder. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wettable Powder. 60. Which of the following is a food crop? A) Maize. B) Cotton. C) Palm. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Maize. Next →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesSoil And Agriculture Quiz 2Soil And Agriculture Quiz 3Soil And Agriculture Quiz 4Ecology Biodiversity Conservation Environmental Issues QuizSoil Erosion And Conservation Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books