Practice Current Agriculture Questions and Answers

• Golden rice is a genetically engineered variety of rice developed by inserting a gene from _____ and a gene from _________ found in soil
• The process by which particular homozygous plant varieties can be selected for creating next generations.
• Which was first Indian dwarf amber grained variety of wheat made from Sonara 64 by γ –gamma rays
• Which one is the first crop plant whose whole genome was sequenced in 2010.
• Pusa Lerma is an improved variety of
• A hybrid is
• Which term leads to rapid formation of new species through the development of multiple sets of chromosomes
• When pollination and fertilization occur in unopened flower bud, it is known as ________
• Who among the following is known as Father of Tillage
• ‘Theory of humus’ was explained during:
• Triticale is a cross between
• Agro-climatic regional planning was initiated in India with the inception of
• The abiotic component of agro-ecological zone comprises of
• Ability of a system to manage the resources of agriculture to satisfy changing human needs, while maintaining or enhancing the natural resource base, while...
• Crop mixtures have proved most dynamic, biologically under
• Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched
• As per the principle of crop rotation, pulses should be included in crop rotation as
• Iron was proved to be essential for plants by:
• In Soil Science “Micelle” stands for
• Triazines in soil are degraded by:
• The available water holding capacity (AWHC) of sandy loam soil is:
• Capillary and non capillary pores must be in _______ proportion for good crop production:
• Soils with Bulk density 1.325g/cc and Particle density of 2.65 g/cc consist of a total porosity of:
• Zinc, Boron, Mangenese, Molybednum, Iron and Copper are called micro nutrients, because they are
• Number of land capability class as per Soil Survey of India is:
• Addition of excess quantity of available phosphatic fertilizer to soil may affect
• Conversion of NH4 to NO2 in soil is brought about by
• Indicator plant for boron deficiency is:
• Rice is believed to be originated from:
• Recovery phase or transplanting shock of transplanted rice is around _________ from the date of transplanting:
• Country which is pioneer in hybrid rice is :
• Days required for transplanting rice seedlings under dapog nursery is:
• Number of leaves considered optimum for transplanting rice seedlings is
• Khaira disease in rice is due to deficiency of:
• The main objective of intercropping is to
• DAPOG method of crop raising is associated with
• Which of its husked dal is used to mix with rice flour for preparation of idli and dosa:
• Pulse crop gown for grain, fodder and green manure is:
• Global warming is mainly due to increase in concentration of
• Which of the following gases has 20 times more potential for causing global warming than CO2