Agriculture Objective Questions

All these agriculture objective questions is very important for all agri exams like ibps afo,nabard,rrb so and other exam.

101. A fruit plant propagated by vegetative method is?

Ans. Banana.

102. A fruit plant which can be layered easily is?

Ans. Litchi.

103. A fruit rich in fat content?

Ans. Avocado (77 % fat).

104. A fruit rich in Vitamin –A content ?

Ans. Mango.

105. A fruit ripen only after harvest is ?

Ans. Avocado.

106. A fungal disease of mushroom ?

Ans. Soft mildew, brown plaster mould, green mould,bubble disease etc.

107. A funnel shaped cloud extending downwards is a characteristic feature of ?

Ans. Tornado.

108. A garden component making it larger is?

Ans. Lawn.

109. A garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it is called ?

Ans. Sunken Garden.

110. A good quality Coconut seedling should have a collar girth of ?

Ans.10-12cm

111. A granular insecticide?

Ans. Furadan 3% granular form.

112. A green manure crop?

Ans. Glyricidia.

113. A group of ornamental plants used to grow over walls, trellis, arches, pergolas, arbours, pillars, bowers etc. ?

Ans. Climbers and Creepers.

114. A guarantee programme for the people below poverty line.?

Ans. National Food Security Mission (2007).

115. A heat treatment food material at 72°C for 15 seconds, or 63°C for 30 minutes?

Ans. Pasteurization.

116. A high density planting in apple can accommodate?

Ans.500-1250 plants/ha.

117. A hormone inducing dwarfism in plants?

Ans.MH.

118. A hormone responsible for induction of dwarfism?

Ans.MH.

119. A hormone used for flower induction?

Ans. TIBA (Tri iodobenzoic acid).

120. A hormone used to increase fruit size is ?

Ans.GA-3.

121. A hybrid produced using the nucleus of one parent cell and the cytoplasm of both the cell?

Ans. Cybrid.

122. A hybrid variety of grape, Anab-e-Shahi X Bangalore Blue, is ?

Ans. Arka hans

123. A insect parasiting another insect?

Ans. Parasitoid.

124. A journal in meteorology?

Ans. Mausam.

125. A library composed of complementary copies of cellular mRNA?

Ans.C-DNA.

126. A line indicates all possible combinations of two inputs which can be purchased with a given amount of investment fund?

Ans.Iso-Cost line.

127. A line represents the different combinations of two variable inputs used in the production of a given amount of output.?

Ans. Isoquant.

128. A liquified gas used to fumigate soil against nematode and soil insects for raising rooted pepper cuttings ?

Ans. Methyl Bromide.

129. A liquid formulation of insecticide which contain a carrier ?

Ans. Water dispersible powder.

130. A low Percentage Base Saturation (PBS) in soil means ?

Ans. Acidity.

131. A man made cereal ?

Ans. Triticale (wheat x rye).

132. A market consisting of single buyer of a product and many sellers?

Ans. Monosony market.

133. A mass of rotted organic matter made from waste?

Ans. Compost.

134. A mechanism of self pollination in which flowers open but only after pollination has take place ?

Ans. Chasmogamy.

135. A medicinal Variety of Rice ?

Ans. Njavara.

136. A medium duration rice ?

Ans. Jaya.

137. A mental and/or physical reaction that makes through seeing ?

Ans. Learning experience.

138. A method by which food is kept out from spoilage after harvest ?

Ans. Preservation.

139. A method does not provide opportunity to practice selection for superior plant till F5 generations ?

Ans. Single seed descent method.

140. A method for improving specific traits i.e. plant height, disease resistancy ?

Ans. Pedigree method.

141. An Electric field is applied to cells in order to increase the permeability of the cell membrane, allowing chemical, drugs or DNA to be introduced into the cell ?

Ans. Electropermibilization or Electroporation.

142. A method in which 20 to 30 rural people or farmers are contacted in a group?

Ans. Group-contact.

143. A method in which desirable scattered favourable genes are selected in different plants in each generation?

Ans. Recurrent selection.

144. A method of breeding for wheat?

Ans. Pure line selection method.

145. A method of breeding is appropriate for improvement of good variety.?

Ans. Back cross method.

146. A method of breeding is not appropriate for cross pollinated crops ?

Ans. Pure line selection.

147. A method of hormone application not generally practiced is?

Ans. Injection.

148. A method of plant analysis for assessing nutrient requirement in sugarcane is?

Ans. Crop Logging.

149. A method which is not for handling segregating populations?

Ans. Bulk method.

150. A modern method of cashew propagation is by?

Ans. Soft wood grafting.

151. A multi seeded fruit?

Ans. Tomato, jackfruit, watermelon, Apple.

152. A multinational seed company?

Ans. Bayer (Monsanto).

153. A multistage sales tax with credit for taxes paid on business purchases. ?

Ans. VAT.

154. A natural hydrological unit having common runoff outlet point ?

Ans. Watershed.

155. A natural organic product which act as an insecticide and carrier ?

Ans. Oil of petroleum.

156. A natural warming process involving the interaction of sunlight and carbon dioxide and other gases from the atmosphere?

Ans. Greenhouse effect.

157. A non-selective herbicide?

Ans. Glyphosate.

158. A nut with no cholesterol ?

Ans. Nutmeg.

159. A plant with yellow flower is ?

Ans. Allamanda cathartica.

160. A parasite feeding on primary parasite ?

Ans. Secondary.

161. A partial substitute for petroleum diesel?

Ans. Biodiesel.

162. A period of 4 consecutive weeks from May to mid-October or 6 consecutive weeks during rest of the year?

Ans. Agriculture drought.

163. A pest causing 5% to 10% crop loss is termed as?

Ans. Minor Pest.

164. A pest causing less than 5% crop loss is termed as?

Ans. Negligible Pest.

165. A pest causing more than 10% crop loss is termed as?

Ans. Major Pest.

166. A pigment responsible for red colour in tomato?

Ans. Lycopene.

167. A plant hormone in gaseous state ?

Ans. Ethylene

168. A plant hormone used for rooting ?

Ans.IBA (Indole-3-butyric acid rooting hormone).

169. A plant requiring less than 12 hours day light is ?

Ans. Short day Plant (Tobbaco, Cotton, Rice, Chrysanthemum, Soyabean etc).

170. A plant which closes stomata during day time and open at night time to collect CO2 ?

Ans. Pineapple (CAM-Crassulacean Acid Metabolism).

171. A practice of turning un-decomposed fresh green plant tissue into the soil to improve fertility status and physical structure of the soil.?

Ans.Green Manuring.

172. A insect predatory larva on lac encrustation in the field ?

Ans.Holcocera.

173. A primary mineral containing Potassium?

Ans.Feldspar.

174. ————— is the movement of substance from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration ?

Ans.Diffusion.

175. A process in which the branch of a plant is cut off in order to produce a flush of new shoots?

Ans.Pollarding.

176. A process of deciding in the present what to do in the future about the best combination of crops and live stock to be raised?

Ans. Farm Planning.

177. A process of estimating costs, returns and net profit of a farm or a particular enterprise?

Ans.Farm Budgeting.

178. A process of formation of somatic embryos from callus?

Ans. Somatic Embryogenesis.

179. A process of removal/tipping of apical buds of Chickpea is termed as ?

Ans. Nipping.

180. A process of treatment of stalks for final fibre extraction is termed as ?

Ans. Retting.

181. A product prepared from strained pulp of fully ripe tomato fruits after cooking?

Ans. Tomato Sauce/Ketchup.

182. A progeny of single homozygous, self-pollinated crops ?

Ans. Pure line.

183. A programme to provide at least 100 days wage employment in rural areas?

Ans. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NAREGA, 2006).

184. A protective plantation in a certain area, against strong winds. It is usually comprised of a few rows of trees (or shrubs)?

Ans. Wind breaks.

185. A pruning process in which a circular ring of bark measuring about 3 cm in length is removed.?

Ans. Ringing/Girdling.

186. A published material on a small paper in which there is brief information of a subject?

Ans. Leaflet

187. A reduvid predator of Rhinoceros beetle?

Ans. Platymerus.

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188. A respective cultivation of an ordered succession of crops or crops and fallow in the same land is?

Ans. Crop rotation.

189. A rice pest that can be controlled by draining water?

Ans. Case worm.

190. A rice variety tolerant to BPH ?

Ans. Mahamaya.

191. A science of decision making?

Ans. Farm Management

192. A seed is composed of——, ——-&———?

Ans. Embryo, Endosperm & Seed coat.

193. A seedless variety of Mango?

Ans. Sindhu.

194. A seedless variety of Pomegranate?

Ans. Ganesh.

195. A segment of DNA that codes for a specific character?

Ans. Gene.

196. A self-replicating, extra-chromosomal genetic material found in plant cell ?

Ans. Plastids.

197. A semi-solid transparent product prepared from pectin containing fruit ?

Ans. Jelly.

198. A series of illustrated cards flashed before a group in proper sequence to tell a complete story step by step to the group of the learners. ?

Ans. Flash cards.

199. A shade loving leafy vegetable?

Ans. Water leaf.

200. A sheet of paper with pictorial slogan, which is utilized to attract the mass attention for single idea.?

Ans. Poster.

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