Improvement in Food Resources


Question (1): 'Operation flood' is related to:
1. Flood and disaster management
2. White revolution (Milk production)
3. Green revolution
4. Brown revolution
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Question (2): A breed of cow that was not used for cross breeding in our country was
1. Jersey
2. Holtstein-Friesian
3. Brown Swiss
4. Sahiwal
Ans: 4
Question (3): The breed that is not a buffalo is
1. Murrah
2. Mehsana
3. Red Sindhi
4. Surti
Ans: 3
Question (4): The disease that is caused by a virus is
1. amoebiosis
2. anthrax
3. rabies
4. ringworm
Ans: 3
Question (5): The disease that is not caused by fungus is
1. aspergillosis
2. cow pox
3. ringworm
4. actinomycosis
Ans: 2
Question (6): An exotic breed of poultry is
1. Peela
2. White leghorn
3. Kajal
4. Nurie
Ans: 2
Question (7): The fastest growing carp is
1. Catla
2. Rohu
3. Mrigal
4. Silver carp
Ans: 1
Question (8): An exotic breed of goat is
1. Sannen
2. Decanny
3. Bengal
4. Jamunapari
Ans: 1
Question (9): The disease (in goats) not caused by viruses is
1. black-quarter
2. sore mouth
3. rinderpest
4. goat pox
Ans: 1
Question (10): A common disease of cattle is
1. cow pox
2. goat pox
3. IPN
4. VHS
Ans: 1
Question (11): Murrah, Surti and Mehsana are different breeds of
1. cows
2. buffaloes
3. goats
4. sheep
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Question (12): Developing embryo from a superior breed is transferred into the uterus of a female with inferior characteristics by the process of
1. hybridization
2. artificial insemination
3. embryo transfer
4. random mating
Ans: 3
Question (13): Inland fisheries refers to
1. culturing fish in freshwater
2. trapping and capturing fishes from sea coast
3. deep sea fisheries
4. extraction of oil from fishes
Ans: 1
Question (14): Rinderpest disease of poultry is caused by
1. insects
2. bacteria
3. virus
4. protozoa
Ans: 3
Question (15): The Jersey bull used for cross breeding is an exotic variety from
1. England
2. Scotland
3. Switzerland
4. Holland
Ans: 1
Question (16): An exotic breed of poultry bird having high egg laying capacity is
1. White Leghorn
2. Broilers
3. White Cornish
4. New Hampshire
Ans: 1
Question (17): The fungal disease causing maximum death of a poultry bird is
1. coryza
2. pullorium
3. rickets
4. asperigillosis
Ans: 4
Question (18): The method used maximum in cattle breeding is
1. random mating
2. artificial insemination
3. controlled breeding
4. super ovulation and embryo transfer
Ans: 2
Question (19): Which of the following is the high milk yielding variety of cow?
1. Holstein
2. Dorset
3. Sahiwal
4. Red sindhi
Ans: 1
Question (20): Induced breeding can be exploited to increase the production of
1. camels
2. horses
3. fish
4. cows
Ans: 3
Question (21): Which of the following is an animal product?
1. Pulses
2. Milk
3. Cereals
4. Fruits
Ans: 2
Question (22): Which of these are autotrophs?
1. Plants
2. Animals
3. Both (a) and (b)
4. Neither (a) nor (b)
Ans: 1
Question (23): Which of these is a macro nutrient?
1. Copper
2. Iron
3. Chlorine
4. Magnesium
Ans: 4
Question (24): Which of these pests attack mustard?
1. Pod borer
2. Aphids
3. White grub
4. Pyrilla
Ans: 2
Question (25): The crop which is affected by Red rot disease is
1. sugarcane
2. chickpea
3. rice
4. pigeonpea
Ans: 1
Question (26): Choose the complex fertilizer.
1. Potassium sulphate
2. Calcium ammonium nitrate
3. Triple super phosphate
4. Urea ammonium phosphate
Ans: 4
Question (27): Choose the abiotic factor.
1. Moisture content
2. Insects
3. Birds
4. Fungi
Ans: 1
Question (28): Pick the odd one out.
1. Shoot borer
2. Gujhia
3. Pyrilla
4. Chickpea
Ans: 4
Question (29): Pick the odd one out.
1. Hand hoeing
2. Herbicides
3. Weeding
4. Interculture
Ans: 2
Question (30): The science of vegetable culture is called
1. agriculture
2. horticulture
3. apiculture
4. floriculture
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Question (31): All animals are
1. parasitic
2. saprophytic
3. autotrophic
4. heterotrophic
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Question (32): The chief cereal crop of India is
1. wheat
2. sorghum
3. maize
4. rice
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Question (33): Which is the most important source of food and fodder?
1. Algae
2. Fungi
3. Lichen
4. Cereal
Ans: 4
Question (34): The element which is required in largest quantity by plants is
1. sulphur
2. calcium
3. nitrogen
4. phosphorus
Ans: 3
Question (35): Nodules with nitrogen-fixing bacteria are present in
1. gram
2. wheat
3. mustard
4. cotton
Ans: 1
Question (36): Application of nitrogenous manure to a plant causes
1. growth retardation due to toxicity of ammonia
2. early flowering
3. early fruiting
4. vigorous vegetative growth
Ans: 4
Question (37): Rotation of crops is essential for
1. getting different kinds of crops
2. increasing quality of minerals
3. increasing fertility of soil
4. increasing quality of proteins
Ans: 3
Question (38): The unwanted plants are known as
1. weeds
2. shrubs
3. grasses
4. reeds
Ans: 1
Question (39): Gundhy bug is a pest of
1. sugarcane
2. rice
3. cotton
4. wheat
Ans: 2
Question (40): Living organisms are used in _____.
1. organic manure
2. biofertilizers
3. natural insecticides
4. pesticides
Ans: 2
Question (41): Which of the following is not a sustainable agriculture technique?
1. Mixed farming
2. Slash and burn farming
3. Crop rotation
4. Crop selection
Ans: 2
Question (42): Which of the following is not a basic need of man?
1. Food
2. Cloth
3. Leisure
4. Shelter
Ans: 3
Question (43): Which of the following is not a characteristic of mixed cropping?
1. Minimises risk of crop failure
2. Set pattern of rows
3. Harvesting and threshing of crops separately is not possible
4. Individual marketing and consumption of crop is not possible
Ans: 2
Question (44): Who is the architect of green revolution in India?
1. M.S. Ramaiah
2. Aryabhatta
3. M.S. Swaminathan
4. Jawahar Lal Nehru
Ans: 3
Question (45): The unlikely row pattern practiced in intercropping is_________.
1. 1:1
2. 1:2
3. 1:3
4. 1:4
Ans: 4
Question (46): A popular improved variety of rice is_________.
1. Pusa 240
2. Pusa Bold
3. Pusa Basmati
4. Pusa Ageti
Ans: 3
Question (47): A popular improved variety of maize is_________.
1. Shakti
2. Manak
3. Aasha
4. Durga
Ans: 1
Question (48): Which of the following is not a step of plant breeding?
1. Introduction
2. Cultivation
3. Selection
4. Hybridization
Ans: 2
Question (49): Food-fodder mixed farming system corresponds to_________.
1. growing food crops alone
2. growing fodder crops alone
3. growing crops which can be used as food and as fodder
4. growing food crops and fodder crops
Ans: 4
Question (50): If a plant breeder wants to develop a disease-resistant variety, what should he do first ?
1. Mutation
2. Selection
3. Hybridization
4. Production of crop
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Question (51): Which is the oldest breeding method?
1. Hybridization
2. Selection
3. Mutation
4. Introduction
Ans: 4
Question (52): Which part of the plant breeding is an art?
1. Acclimatisation
2. Technique of hybridisation
3. Clonal selection
4. Pure line selection
Ans: 2
Question (53): Plants can be made disease-resistant by_________.
1. heat treatment
2. hormone treatment
3. colchicines treatment
4. breeding with their wildly growing relatives
Ans: 4
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