This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Environment > Soil And Agriculture – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Soil And Agriculture Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The term 'Olpad' in 'Olpad Thresher' is named on the name of A) Village. B) Farmer. C) Labourer. D) Scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Village. 2. Dibbler is used for A) Seed sowing. B) Ploughing. C) Interculture. D) Levelling of land. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Levelling of land. 3. As standard how much is the weight in gram of an egg? A) 58 gm. B) 68 gm. C) 78 gm. D) 48 gm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 58 gm. 4. The basic unit of development under the Integrated Rural Development Programme is a A) Family. B) District. C) Village. D) Community Development Block. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Village. 5. Classification of insects and rules of their nomenclature comes under the branch A) Physiology. B) Ecology. C) Morphology. D) Taxonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Taxonomy. 6. Thermophilic micro-organism grow well at temperature A) 50$^ \circ$C - 60$^ \circ$C. B) 5$^ \circ$C - 7$^ \circ$C. C) 20$^ \circ$C - 40$^ \circ$C. D) 10$^ \circ$C - 20$^ \circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50$^ \circ$C - 60$^ \circ$C. 7. Patela is used for A) Levelling. B) Earthing. C) Weeding. D) Sowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Levelling. 8. Peninsular India has the following zonal soil types A) Saline soil. B) Forest soil. C) Alluvial soil. D) Red and Yellow soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red and Yellow soil. 9. 'Draw-Knife' is used for A) To fit galua in grinder. B) Making round the corners of wood. C) Sharping teeth of saw. D) Smoothing the base of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Making round the corners of wood. 10. Threshers (except Olpad threshers) are driven by A) Diesel. B) One pair of bullocks. C) Two pair of bullocks. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diesel. 11. Sugarcane + Potato is an intercropping system of A) Zaid season. B) Rainy season. C) Autumn season. D) Spring season. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autumn season. 12. Which of the following elements is not essential element of plants but proves to be beneficial for some plants? A) Copper. B) Sodium. C) Iodine. D) Boron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sodium. 13. Which of the following is one (single) handed soil turning plough? A) Punjab plough. B) Praja plough. C) Victory plough. D) U. P. No.1 plough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Praja plough. 14. Isolation distance for foundation seed of rice is A) 23 metre. B) 33 metre. C) 3 metre. D) 13 metre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 metre. 15. Which food crop in India is sown in October-November and reaped in April? A) Coffee. B) Wheat. C) Rice. D) Coconut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat. 16. Whiptail is a disorder of cauliflower due to deficiency of A) Boron. B) Zinc. C) Potassium. D) Molybdenum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molybdenum. 17. 'Olpad' thresher is used in A) Threshing of wheat, barley, pea etc. B) Oil extraction from mustard, toria etc. C) Extracting juice from cane. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Threshing of wheat, barley, pea etc. 18. Soil fertility is reduced due to A) Imbalanced use of fertilizers. B) Continuous cropping. C) Over irrigation. D) Poor drainage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imbalanced use of fertilizers. 19. National Sugar Institute (N.S.I.) is located at A) Varanasi. B) Kanpur. C) Lucknow. D) New Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kanpur. 20. Citrus tristeza virus is transmitted through A) Thrips. B) Plant hopper. C) Nematode. D) Aphid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plant hopper. 21. Dark coloured soils are considered most fertile as they contain A) Clay and humus. B) Gravel and sand. C) Sand and calcium. D) Silt and earthworms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clay and humus. 22. Monoculture is a typical characteristics of A) Subsitence farming. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Specialized horticulture. D) Commercial grain farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commercial grain farming. 23. Who has first time seen the micro-organism? A) Louis Pasteur. B) Robert Koch. C) John Tyndall. D) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Louis Pasteur. 24. To reduce the crop-weed competition, at what stage are the herbicides used? A) At germination. B) At ear emergence. C) At tillering. D) After first irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After first irrigation. 25. Botanically pineapple is a A) Baluster. B) Sorosis. C) Berry. D) Pome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sorosis. 26. The main function of cultivator is A) To turn the soil. B) To make furrow in soil. C) To pulverize the soil. D) All above three functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To pulverize the soil. 27. Makhdum is a variety for which crop? A) Date palm. B) Coconut. C) Walnut. D) Badam (Almond). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Badam (Almond). 28. The chemical, which is used for controlling the mites, is known as A) Fungicides. B) Insecticides. C) Mematicides. D) Acaricides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mematicides. 29. The adoption of High Yielding Variety Programme in Indian Agriculture started in A) 1985. B) 1965. C) 1975. D) 1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1965. 30. Which of the following is not a secondary tillage implement? A) Harrow. B) Cultivators. C) Hoe. D) Meston plough. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meston plough. 31. Which is the highest digestible protein fodder in the following? A) Cowpea. B) Berseem. C) Lucerne. D) Clusterbean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Berseem. 32. The purpose of tillage is/are A) Leveling of soil. B) Eradication of weeds. C) Soil clods breaking and suppressing in soil. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. A balanced diet is A) The food that suppliies all the essential nutrients in amounts that meet our nutritional needs. B) The food that provides the energy to maintain the body at its normal temperature. C) The food that is rich in vitamins. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The food that suppliies all the essential nutrients in amounts that meet our nutritional needs. 34. Soil turning plough makes the furrow of which type (shape)? A) No definite shape. B) 'V' shape. C) 'O' shape. D) 'L' shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 'L' shape. 35. Which herbicide resides for the longest period in the soil? A) Linuron. B) Simazine. C) Chlorpropham. D) Propachlor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Linuron. 36. Which of the following is used maximum for lifting water from wells? A) Swing basket (Bedi). B) Dhenkuli. C) Persian wheel (Rahat). D) Don. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persian wheel (Rahat). 37. Which is a variety of Oat? A) Naveen. B) Kent. C) K-12. D) LD-491. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kent. 38. The Black rust of disease of wheat is caused by A) Puccinia graminis. B) Puccinia recondita. C) Xanthomonas graminis. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Puccinia graminis. 39. The Commission of Agricultural Costs and Prices fixes the A) Retail price. B) Support price. C) Wholesale price. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support price. 40. Which type of saw, used for cutting round shape in hole? A) Fret saw. B) Tenon saw. C) Key hole saw. D) Penal saw. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Key hole saw. 41. Seed plant technique is followed in A) Wheat. B) Bajra. C) Potato. D) Paddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paddy. 42. Where do the female mango leaf hoppers lay their eggs? A) Inside the mid-rib of leaves. B) Inside the tissue of leaf margin. C) On the ventral surface of leaves. D) On the dorsal surface of leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the ventral surface of leaves. 43. The period by which the entire country in India comes under South-West monsoon is A) 1st - 15th July. B) 10th - 20th June. C) 1st - 10th June. D) 20th - 30th June. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1st - 15th July. 44. Living Cells are not essential for A) Guttation. B) Evaporation. C) Transpiration. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evaporation. 45. Beetles belong to order A) Diptera. B) Coleoptera. C) Isoptera. D) Lepidoptera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coleoptera. 46. Iron is an important component of A) Siroheme. B) Ferredoxin. C) Cytochromes. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 47. The pyrite is mostly found in A) Bihar. B) Rajasthan. C) Maharashtra. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharashtra. 48. The scientific study of soil is A) Soil Chemistry. B) Earth Study. C) Soil Science. D) Pedology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pedology. 49. Blind hoeing is recommended for A) Sugarcane. B) Wheat. C) Groundnut. D) Maize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sugarcane. 50. 'Try square' is used by A) Potter. B) Carpenter. C) Blacksmith. D) Farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carpenter. 51. Which of the following is an oilseed? A) Mustard. B) Cardamom. C) Clove. D) Garlic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mustard. 52. In medium term storage, material can be stored up to A) 3 to 5 years. B) 10 to 15 years. C) 100 years. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3 to 5 years. 53. Which of the following is a commercial crop? A) Cotton. B) Jowar. C) Bajra. D) Paddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 54. Damping-off disease of vegetable nursery can be controlled by A) Solarization. B) Seed treatment. C) Mixing of fungicides in soil. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 55. Numbers of agro-climate and ecological zones classified by ICAR respectively are A) 2,115. B) 12,318. C) 8,131. D) 15,131. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15,131. 56. The crossing over occurs during A) Diplotene. B) Pachytene. C) Leptotene. D) Zygotene. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pachytene. 57. Work is expressed by the formula as A) Work = Force (kg) x Distance (cm). B) Work = Force (kg) x Distance (m). C) Work = Force (mg) x Distance (m). D) Work = Force (g) x Distance (m). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Work = Force (kg) x Distance (m). 58. 'Pusa Jai Kisan' is a somaclone of A) Indian Mustard. B) Khesari. C) Basmati Rice. D) Citronella java. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indian Mustard. 59. Which one of the following Indian breeds of sheep, you will suggest meat and carpet wool production? A) Gaddi. B) Nellore. C) Mandya. D) Deccani. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mandya. 60. Function of the seed-drill is A) Making furrow. B) Dropping seeds. C) Covering the seeds in furrow. D) All of the above. 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