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