This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Environment > Soil And Agriculture – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Soil And Agriculture Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Atmosphere is essential for A) Winds. B) Cloud formation. C) Weather phenomena. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather phenomena. 2. Gynodioecious varieties of papaya produce A) Only male plants. B) Only female plants. C) Female and hermaphrodite. D) Male and hermaphrodite plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only female plants. 3. Botanical name of nobel canes is A) Saccharum spontaneous. B) Saccharum sinensis. C) Saccharum barberi. D) Saccharum officinarum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Saccharum officinarum. 4. Growth of early emerging leaves becomes faster because of A) Faster photosynthesis. B) Stunt growth of plants. C) Cell division and cell enlargement. D) Low pressure of outer atmosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Low pressure of outer atmosphere. 5. A general farmer used deshi plough for the purpose of A) Land ploughing. B) Collecting weeds. C) Making soil powdery. D) Above all works. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Above all works. 6. SRI is a technique used in A) Maize. B) Rice. C) Wheat. D) Groundnut. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rice. 7. The Minimum Support Price for Foodgrains was introduced in the year A) 1961. B) 1964. C) 1962. D) 1963. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1964. 8. Each anther has how many pollen sacs? A) Four. B) Three. C) Two. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two. 9. Which two crops of the following are responsible for almost 75 % of pulse production in India? A) Pigeon pea and moong bean. B) Gram and moong bean. C) Moong bean and lentil. D) Gram and pigeon pea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gram and pigeon pea. 10. Glycolysis occurs only in the A) Presence of Oxygen. B) Absence ofOxygen. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absence ofOxygen. 11. Among the following crop rotations, which is good for in creasing soil Nutrient status? A) Groundnut-Wheat. B) Pearlmillet-Wheat. C) Sorghum-Wheat. D) Rice-Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Groundnut-Wheat. 12. Groundnut pegs when developed in the soil from A) Tubers. B) Fruits. C) Roots. D) Stems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fruits. 13. In H.T.S.T. pasteurization, which one of the following organisms is chosen as index organism for killing? A) M.tuberculosis. B) Subtilis. C) S.thermophilus. D) S.lactis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) S.thermophilus. 14. The optimum cardinal temperature point for germination of rice seeds is A) 30$^ \circ$C - 32$^ \circ$C. B) 18$^ \circ$C - 20$^ \circ$C. C) 20$^ \circ$C - 25$^ \circ$C. D) 37$^ \circ$C - 39$^ \circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 20$^ \circ$C - 25$^ \circ$C. 15. The land levelling implement is A) Roller. B) Patela. C) Scrapper. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. What is Azofication? A) It is also known as nitrogen gain through rains or snow. B) It is also known as composite fixation of nitrogen. C) It is also known as free fixation of nitrogen. D) It is also known as free fixation of nitrogen fixed by Rhizobium bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is also known as composite fixation of nitrogen. 17. Varieties of Miscavi and Pusa Visal are of which crop? A) Oat. B) Cotton. C) Berseem. D) Jute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Berseem. 18. Where is the Headquarters (HQ.) of FAO? A) Venezuela. B) Washington. C) Rome. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rome. 19. The new alluvial deposits found in the gangetic plain are known as A) Bhabar. B) Bhangar. C) Khadar. D) Tarai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Khadar. 20. Colostrum should be fed to newborn calves for A) 1/2 day. B) 1 day. C) 4 day. D) 10 day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10 day. 21. What culture should be given priority in groundnut cultivation? A) Mycorrhiza. B) Rhizobium. C) Phosphobacteria. D) Azospirillum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphobacteria. 22. 'First blight' of sugarcane is due to deficiency of nutrient A) Zn. B) Fe. C) Mn. D) P. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mn. 23. Soil factors are otherwise known as A) Edaphic factors. B) Physiographic factors. C) Biotic factors. D) Climatic factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edaphic factors. 24. Damaging satge of potato tuber month is A) Larva. B) Adult. C) Pupa. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Larva. 25. Winnowing it called A) To thresh. B) Cutting a crop. C) To separate straw etc. from threshed lank. D) Cutting the fodder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To separate straw etc. from threshed lank. 26. Which one of the following fertilizers is known as 'Kisan Khad'? A) Urea. B) Ammonium Sulphate. C) Calcium Ammonium Nitrate. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calcium Ammonium Nitrate. 27. The ratio between marketable crop yield and water used in evapotranspiration is known as A) Consumptive use efficiency. B) Water use efficiency. C) Economic irrigation efficiency. D) Field water use efficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Field water use efficiency. 28. The colour of tomato is due to the presence of A) Xanthomonas. B) Carotene. C) Lycopin. D) Anthocyanin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lycopin. 29. Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high content of A) Phosphorus. B) Nitrogen. C) Aluminium. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Calcium. 30. Soldier insect harms which crop more? A) Arhar. B) Urad. C) Moong. D) Paddy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paddy. 31. The Torque-a power to generate revolutions is expressed as (its unit is kg metre) A) Length of arm (rom) x Force (mg). B) Length of arm (m) x Force (g). C) Length of arm (m) x Force (kg). D) Length of arm (cm) x Force (kg). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Length of arm (m) x Force (kg). 32. 'Seed dresser' is used for A) Keeping seeds effective upto longer period. B) Mixing/treating seeds with chemicals. C) Making seeds of high grade. D) Sowing seeds at proper distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixing/treating seeds with chemicals. 33. The best method of ploughing through deshi plough is A) Inside to outside ploughing. B) Ploughing by putting furrow from one side of field. C) Outside to inside ploughing. D) Ploughing by halai making. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ploughing by halai making. 34. Fire curing is followed in A) Bidi tobacco. B) Hookah tobacco. C) Cheroot tobacco. D) Chewing type tobacco. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chewing type tobacco. 35. Toda is breed of A) Cattle. B) Goat. C) Sheep. D) Buffalo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buffalo. 36. Nullisomics produce which type of gametes? A) N+1-1. B) N-1. C) N. D) N+1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) N-1. 37. Red Delicious is a variety of A) Papaya. B) Apple. C) Guava. D) Mango. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apple. 38. Micro-organism,which can grow at higher temperature, is called A) Mesophils. B) Phycrophils. C) Thermophils. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thermophils. 39. Parthenocarpy occurs in A) Jackfruit. B) Banana. C) Mango. D) Peach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jackfruit. 40. Photorespiration is inhibited by A) CMU and DCMU. B) 2, 4-Dinitrophenol. C) $\alpha$-hydroxy sulphonates. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CMU and DCMU. 41. Agronomy is a branch of Agriculture that deals with A) Breeding of crop plants. B) Principles of field management. C) Principles and practice of crop production. D) Protection of crops from Diseases and Pests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Principles and practice of crop production. 42. How does the supply of nitrogen in grains take place? A) From plant roots. B) From stem. C) By photosynthesis. D) From old leaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) From old leaves. 43. HD 2967 is the new high yielding variety of A) Mustered. B) Rice. C) Maize. D) Wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wheat. 44. Neelum is a variety of A) Mango. B) Papaya. C) Grape. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mango. 45. Which of the following are not true in respect of alluvial soil? A) It is the most fertile soil. B) It has been deposited by rivers. C) Generally confined to river basins. D) It is rich in phosphorus and poor in potash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is rich in phosphorus and poor in potash. 46. Which of the following soils is most suitable for cultivation of cereals? A) Red soils. B) Alluvial soils. C) Laterite soils. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alluvial soils. 47. Granite is a ...... rock. A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 48. Triticum aestivum, the common bread wheat is A) Hexaploid. B) Haploid. C) Tetraploid. D) Diploid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hexaploid. 49. Bacteriophage virus is the A) Fungal Virus. B) Bacterial virus. C) Algal virus. D) Protozoal virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacterial virus. 50. A hen starts egg laying after how many weeks? A) 23 weeks. B) 12 weeks. C) 16 weeks. D) 20 weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 20 weeks. 51. The croppping intensity of maize-potato-tobacco is A) 200 %. B) 300 %. C) 400 %. D) 100 %. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300 %. 52. The average gestation period in buffalo is of how many days? A) 400. B) 345. C) 310. D) 210. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 310. 53. Biofertilizers are A) Culture of micro-organism. B) Organic manures. C) Green manure. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture of micro-organism. 54. The number of essential mineral elements of plant is A) 20. B) 12. C) 22. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16. 55. Plant micronutrient is A) Sulphur. B) Carbon. C) Boron. D) Magnesium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boron. 56. In which season is the highest yield of Maize obtained? A) Rabi. B) Zaid. C) Kharif. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kharif. 57. Crop rotation helps to A) Yield more crops. B) Eliminate parasites which have selective hosts. C) Lessen use of pesticides. D) Produce a greater choice of plant products. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eliminate parasites which have selective hosts. 58. Prabhat is an early short duration variety of A) Red gram. B) Wheat. C) Maize. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red gram. 59. Dhaman, Karad and Anjan are the A) Varieties of caster seed of Gujarat. B) Varieties of Sheep in Rajasthan. C) Varieties of Grass in Rajasthan. D) Three heros of Gawari dance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Varieties of Grass in Rajasthan. 60. White colour of soil is due to the presence of A) Manganese oxide. B) Silica. C) Iron. D) All of these. 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