General Agriculture Test - 1
1. Buffalo milk is rich source of following minerals
a) Iron and Copper
b) Phosphorus and copper
c) Calcium and Iron
d) Calcium and Phosphorous
2. Which of the cattle disease eradicated recently from india ?
a) Black quarter
b) Foot and Mouth disease
c) Rinderpest
d) Haemorrhagic septicemia
3. Toggenberg is native of
a) Europe
b) Switzerland
c) Africa
d) USA
4. Camels is a
a) Ruminant
b) Non ruminant
c) Pseudoruminant
d) None of the above
5. Largest part of ruminant stomach
a) Omasum
b) Abomasum
c) Rumen
d) Reticulum
6. Mating of animals of different breeds known as -
a) Line breeding
b) Cross breeding
c) Out breeding
d) Inbreeding
7. Puberty in pigs comes at -
a) 1 year
b) 6-8 Months
b) 1_1.5 year
d) 16_19 Months
8. A good quality dahi should have acidity less than –
a) 0.8%
b) 1.0%
c) 1.5%
d) 2.0%
9. Live stock census is done after every …..years
a) 5
b) 8
c) 12
d) 6
10. In deep litter system the space requirement for a layer is about -
a) 1 ft2
b) 2ft2
c) 2.5ft2
d) 3ft2
11. Economics is a
a) science
b) Art
c) Both
d) None
12. The capacity of a good that satisfies human wants is -
a) Usefulness
b) Valididty
c) Utility
d) Satisfaction
13. Elasticity of demand for matchbox and salt is …
a) Inelastic
b) Elastic
c) Less Elastic
d) unitry elastic
14. The market structure in which there is only one buyer is called as
a) Monopoly
b) Monopsony
c) Oligopoly
d) None
15. MC is maximum when MPP is
a) Minimum
b) Maximum
c) Increasing
d) Decreasing
16. Which colour triangle show the extremely toxic ?
a) Bright Yellow
b) Bright red
c) Bright Blue
d) Bright green
17. Which of the flowing insect belongs to the insect order Diplura ?
a) Japyx
b) Acerentomon
c) Bristle tail
d) Spring tail
18. Which of the following is a monophagous pest of mango ?
a) Red ant
b) Nut weevil
c) Mealybugs
d) Stem borer
19. The’ fossorial’type of insect leg has the function of
a) Clinging
b) Digging into the ground
c) Sound producing
d) Walking and running
20. Following is the insecticide which is having fumigant action
a) Lindane
b) DDVP
c) Chlorpyriphos
d) Endosulfan
21. The common name ‘ferrisia virgata’ is -
a) Cotton mealy bug
b) Papaya mealy bug
c) White tailed mealy bug
d) Mango mealy bug
22. In which of the following crop, outbreak of the wooly aphid is noticed in recent times ?
a) Maize
b) Barley
c) Sugarcane
d) Cotton
23. The hole at the base of sorghum peduncle are due to -
a) Chilo partellus
b) Contarinia sorghicola
c) Atherigona soccata
d) Calocoris augustata
24. In rice, clipping of tip seedlings before transplanting is done to eliminate egg masses of -
a) Yellow stem borer
b) Brown plant hopper
c) Rice grass hopper
d) cut worm
25. Plastron respiration is associated with
a) Aquatic insect
b) Terrestrial insect
c) Soil insect
d) None of these
26. Essential nutrients need not to be applied as they are presents in abundance are
a) Carbon and Oxygen
b) Oxygen and Hydrogen
c) Carbon and Hydrogen
d) Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen
27. Marsh spot of peas is caused by the deficiency of -
a) B
b) MO
c) Mn
d) Zn
28. ‘Peat’ soil generally characterized as
a) Black,heavy and acidic
b) Red,light and acidic
c) Black,light and alkaline soil
d) Black,heavy and neutral
29. In which soil, zinc availability to crop is higher ?
a) Acidic soil
b) Alkaline soil
c) Calcareous soil
d) Waterlogged soil
30. Land capability class restricted to recreation ,wildlife, water supply, aesthetic purposes is
a) I
b) VI
c) VII
d) VIII
31. Acid soil can be reclained by
a) Adding lime material
b) Using Basic fertilizer
c) Growing acid tolerant crops
d) none of above
32. Out of these which mechanism is not related to wind erosion ?
a) Saltation
b) Siltation
c) Suspension
d) Surface creep
33. Active soil forming factor would include :
a) vagatation and topography
b) Time, topography and climate
c) Time and vegetation
d) Vegetation and climate
34. Which one of the following plant nutrients is useful in increasing resistance to disease
and insect-pest ?
a) Calcium
b) Phosphorus
c) Nitrogen
d) Potassium
35. Soil fertility is reduced due to -
a) Continuous cropping
b) Imbalanced use of fertilizer
c) Over irrigation
d) Poor drainage
36. A branch of science that deals with the study of origin of the soil, its classification and
description is known as:
a) Edaphology
b) Ecology
c) Pedology
d) Geology
37. Which one of the following is a pair of pre-emergence herbicides?
a) Paraquat and butachlor
b) 2,4-d and thiobencrb
c) Dalapon
d) Fluchloralin and pendimethalin
38. Medium range weather forecasting in india is valid for
a) 1-2 days
b) 3-10 days
c) 15-20 days
d) 21-27 days
39. Each crop are benefitted in intercropping system called
a) Augmenting crop
b) Complementary crop
c) Supplementary crop
d) All
40. The edible portion of sweet potato is
a) Modified stem
b) Modified root
c) Leaf
d) Fruit
41. Oldest commercial crop of world
a) Jute
b) Cotton
c) Sugarcane
d) Potato
42. The most critical stage of irrigation of maize is
a) Tasselling
b) Silking
c) Grain filling
d) Soft dough stage
43. Suitable fertilizer for Ground nut crop is
a) Ammonium sulphate
b) Urea
c) Calcium nitrate
d) Ammonium chloride
44. Water-form easily available to crop plants is ;
a) Gravitational water
b) Capillary water
c) Hygroscopic water
d) None of these
45. Safflower oil is rich in
a) Linoleic acid
b) Linolenic acid
c) Steoric acid
d) Palmitic acid
46. National research center for women in agriculture is located at
a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) New delhi
d) Bhubaneswar
47. ‘Perlette’ is a variety of -
a) Grapes
b) Guava
c) Sunhemp
d) jute
48. A popular alcoholic drink fenni is made from -
a) Date palm
b) Grape
c) Casew apple
d) oil palm
49. Tomato ketchup is preserved with the help of:
a) Potassium metabisulphite
b) sugar
c) Salt
d) Sodium benzoat
50. Fruit of solanaceous vegetable is botanically knows as..
a) Pepo
b) Berry
c) Drupe
d) Capsule
