Soil And Agriculture Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. Photorespiration is inhibited by

Correct Answer: A) CMU and DCMU.

2. Agronomy is a branch of Agriculture that deals with

Correct Answer: C) Principles and practice of crop production.

3. How does the supply of nitrogen in grains take place?

Correct Answer: B) From old leaves.

4. HD 2967 is the new high yielding variety of

Correct Answer: C) Wheat.

5. Neelum is a variety of

Correct Answer: D) Mango.

6. Which of the following are not true in respect of alluvial soil?

Correct Answer: D) It is rich in phosphorus and poor in potash.

7. Which of the following soils is most suitable for cultivation of cereals?

Correct Answer: B) Alluvial soils.

8. Granite is a ...... rock.

Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary.

9. Triticum aestivum, the common bread wheat is

Correct Answer: C) Hexaploid.

10. Bacteriophage virus is the

Correct Answer: C) Bacterial virus.

11. A hen starts egg laying after how many weeks?

Correct Answer: C) 20 weeks.

12. The croppping intensity of maize-potato-tobacco is

Correct Answer: C) 300 %.

13. The average gestation period in buffalo is of how many days?

Correct Answer: B) 310.

14. Biofertilizers are

Correct Answer: A) Culture of micro-organism.

15. The number of essential mineral elements of plant is

Correct Answer: B) 16.

16. Plant micronutrient is

Correct Answer: A) Boron.

17. In which season is the highest yield of Maize obtained?

Correct Answer: C) Kharif.

18. Crop rotation helps to

Correct Answer: A) Eliminate parasites which have selective hosts.

19. Prabhat is an early short duration variety of

Correct Answer: D) Red gram.

20. Dhaman, Karad and Anjan are the

Correct Answer: B) Varieties of Grass in Rajasthan.