Practice Current Agriculture Questions and Answers

• Age, Sex and caste indicate:
• Which is not a trait that should be incorporated in a crop plant?
• The main aim of plant breeding is
• ICAR - sugarcane breeding institute is one of the oldest research institute and is situated in
• The process of introducing, stably integration and expression of foreign genes in the plant. produces transgenic plants and is called-
• The genetic material leads to production of sterile hybrid on crossing with primary gene pool is called-
• Which enzyme is responsible for the ripening process?
• Participatory plant breeding (PPB) is what type of program
• Apomixis is a form of asexual reproduction that occurs via seeds
• The direct manipulation of genes in a plant to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...
• “Sporophytic incompatibility reaction of pollen is governed by the genotype of the plant on which the pollen is produced, and not by the genotype of the ...
• Which of the following is the smallest order of class insecta
• Light-stable synthetic pyrethroids, which is registered to control mites
• In the confusion technique pheromone coated paper strips are thrown over an area to
• “Devine” and “Collego” are two agricultural substances work by producing toxic compounds that dissolve the cell walls of target ...
• The wild growth of ______ is checked with Cochineal insect in Australia
• Stomach poisons have gradually been replaced by synthetic insecticides, which are less dangerous to humans and other mammals
• The naturally occurring contact insecticides developed from tobacco
• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1948 was awarded to Paul Hermann Müller for his discovery of which high efficiency contact poison against severa...
• Broad-spectrum Insecticide obtained from neem plant is
• Which pesticides are non-biodegradable and also called recalcitrant pesticides
• Some plants fulfil their nitrogen requirement by catching and digesting flies and other insects. Such plants are categorized as:
• Which among the following hormone, is transported in polar manner and also requires carrier proteins?
• Red and Far-red light absorbing, bluish photoreceptor, which is present in the cytosol of plants, is:
• Which among the following is not a key response shown by cytokinin?
• Which statement is not true about aquaporins?
• Nitogenase is an important enzyme for nitrogen metabolism and catalyzes nitrogen fixation. However, it is an oxygen labile enzyme. Which of the following p...
• The Effect of kinetin in delaying senescence is called as:
• During the process of photosynthesis, O2 is evolved from H2O. This fact was experimentally proved by-
• Which of the following is a difference between chlorophyll ‘a’ and chlorophyll ‘b’.
• “Economics is the Science of Wealth” who gave this definition?
• “Economics is a science” the basis of this statement is I. Relation between cause and effect II. Deductive and inductive method for the formations of l...
• Which theory is generally included under micro economics? I. Price Theory II. Income Theory III. Employment Theory
• Who has given scarcity definition of economics?
• Opportunity cost is-
• Optimizing the use of farm resources on an individual farm level. It is
• Variable costs are the sum of..? I. Marginal cost II. Fixed cost III. Average cos
• The variable cost is a component of total cost, another is_________? I. Marginal cost II. Fixed cost III. Average cost
• In case of fixed cost unit the quantity of output is measured..? I. On the horizontal axis II. On the vertical axis III. On the cross axis
• The debts which are to be repaid within a short period (a year or less) are referred to as: I. Current Liabilities II. Fixed liabilities III. Contingent l...