CSS Agriculture Questions & Answers - Part-3 - Set 6

1)   Seed rate of lentil crop is:

a. 15-20 kg/ha
b. 35-40 kg/ha
c. 40-50 kg/ha
d. None of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 35-40 kg/ha

Explanation:
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2)   Seed rate of sorghum is _____ kg/ha.

a. 12-15
b. 10-12
c. 8-10
d. 15- 20
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 12-15

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Seed treatment is done to:

a. Control the disease
b. To kill pests
c. To control weeds
d. To enhance germination
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Control the disease

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Seasmum belongs to the family:

a. Leguminoseae
b. Papilionaceae
c. Pedaliaceae
d. Chinopodeaceae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pedaliaceae

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Sesamum cake contains ______ percent of N+P2O5 + K2O respectively

a. 6.0-6.2 + 2.0-2.2 + 1.0-1.2
b. 2.0-2.2 + 6.0-6.2 + 1.0-1.2
c. 6.0-6.2 + 1.0-1.2 + 2.0-2.2
d. 2.0-2.2 + 1.0-1.2 + 6.0-6.2
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6.0-6.2 + 2.0-2.2 + 1.0-1.2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Silicon is the _____ most abundant element in the earth's crust:

a. Third
b. Fourth
c. Sixth
d. Second
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Second

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Single super phosphate is a:

a. Citrate soluble fertilizer
b. Water soluble fertilizer
c. Citrate soluble fertilizer
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Water soluble fertilizer

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Smoke raising prevents:

a. Radiation frost
b. Advection frost
c. Both (a) & (b)
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Radiation frost

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Soil borne diseases are found more in:

a. Cereal crops
b. Fibre crops
c. Oil seed crops
d. Pulse crops
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cereal crops

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Sorghum is considered as "Camel crop" because of:

a. Deep root system
b. Resistance to drought
c. Shallow root system
d. Nutrient exhaustiveness
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Resistance to drought

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Sorghum was planted at a plant spacing of 12.5 cm with a population of 1,60,000 plants/ha, its row spacing will be:

a. 30 cm
b. 40 cm
c. 35 cm
d. 50 cm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 50 cm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Sow summer mungbean in _____ for reasonably good productivity:

a. Middle of April
b. Middle of March to middle of April
c. Middle of March
d. Middle of February to middle of March
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Middle of March to middle of April

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Sowing of a crop at optimum date is an example of:

a. Monetary input
b. Non-monetary input
c. Monetary and non-monetary input
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Non-monetary input

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Soyabean crop should be free from weed competition during first ______ days for its good productivity:

a. 9-10
b. 11-12
c. 13-14
d. 14-15
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 13-14

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Soyabean is a:

a. Short day plant
b. Long day plant
c. Day-natural plant
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Short day plant

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Soyabean is classified as:

a. Oilseed crop
b. Legume
c. Pulse
d. None of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pulse

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Soyabean planting in a field where wheat crop remains this is known as:

a. Mixed cropping
b. Relay cropping
c. Multiple cropping
d. All the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Relay cropping

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Specialized farming is one in which:

a. A single crop contributes less than 50% to total production
b. A single crop contributes more than 50% to total production
c. More than three crops are taken one same piece of land per unit time
d. All the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A single crop contributes more than 50% to total production

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Split doses of nitrogen is used in the soil:

a. Saline
b. Alkaline
c. Sandy
d. Clay
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sandy

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Spreading varieties of groundnut are preferred in areas receiving late rains in the kharif season, because:

a. They are of longer duration
b. Their water requirements are high
c. Their seed is dormant
d. Their seed is bold
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Their seed is dormant

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Striga is crop associated weed with:

a. Pearlmillet
b. Mustard
c. Maize
d. Gram
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pearlmillet

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Which of the following is not a short day plant?

a. Maize
b. Moong
c. Jowar
d. Wheat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Wheat

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Sufficient soil moisture at ______ stage is essential for optimum productivity of blackgram:

a. Flowering and pod development
b. Branching and pod development
c. Branching and flowering
d. Pod development and maturity
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Flowering and pod development

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Sugar recovery from sugarbeet is approximately:

a. 5.80%
b. 15-18%
c. 25.28%
d. 35-38%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 15-18%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Sugarbeet is a:

a. Short day plant
b. Day neutral plant
c. Long day plant
d. All the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Long day plant

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Sugarbeet is a plant:

a. Annual
b. Biennial
c. Perennial
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Annual

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Sugarbeet is a:

a. Vegetable crop
b. Forage crop
c. Tubber - crop
d. Sugar crop
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sugar crop

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Sugarbeet is grown during season:

a. Rabi
b. Kharif
c. Zaid
d. Rabi and Kharif
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rabi

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Sugarbeet is produced maximum in:

a. Africa
b. Europe
c. Asia
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Europe

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Sugarcane belongs to the family:

a. Gramineae
b. Crucifereae
c. Leguminaceae
d. Compositeae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Gramineae

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Sugarcane cut for seed-setts should essentially have:

a. One bud
b. Two buds
c. Three buds
d. Four buds
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Three buds

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Sugarcane is _____ plant:

a. Annual
b. Perennial
c. Triennial
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Perennial

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Sugarcane setts are treated with a chemical before plantation:

a. Aallol
b. Zineb
c. Thiram
d. Aldrin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aallol

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Sunflower is a ______ crop:

a. Self-polinated
b. Cross-polinated
c. Self and cross-polinated
d. Parthenocarpous
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cross-polinated

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Superphosphate containing ______ selenium may provide enough of it to the plants in selenium deficient areas:

a. 100 ppm or mor
b. 20 ppm or more
c. 30 ppm or more
d. 40 ppm or more
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20 ppm or more

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   Temperature requirement for optimum growth of sorghum ranges from:

a. 16-20 C
b. 20-25 C
c. 30-35 C
d. 26-30 C
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 26-30 C

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Ten square km, will have an area of how many hectare area?

a. 100
b. 1,000
c. 10,000
d. 1,00,000
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1,000

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   The _____ acids which undergo ?-oxidation are MCBP, 2, 4-DB, and 2, 4, 5-TB:

a. Phenoxyacetic
b. Phenoxyoxalic
c. Phenoxymaleic
d. Phenoxybutyric
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phenoxybutyric

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   The _____ considered to be a progenitor of soyabean:

a. Glycine max
b. Glycine sinensis
c. Glycine ussuriensis
d. Glycine usitattisimum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glycine usitattisimum

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   The structure of the heribicide also has a great influence on its volatility through absorption to soil:

a. Biological
b. Chemical
c. Physical
d. Biophysical
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chemical

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   The 1000-rain wt. of Arhar is about:

a. 52 gm
b. 29 gm
c. 60 gm
d. 72 gm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 72 gm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   The 2n chromosome number in Rugosa is:

a. 20
b. 24
c. 32
d. 36
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 36

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   The accessibility and utilization of soil-applied copper can be enhanced by:

a. Reducing particle size
b. Reducing number of granules
c. Reducing droplets per unit soil volume
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Reducing particle size

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   The active principle causing "Sorghum Poisoning" is:

a. Aspirin
b. Caffeine
c. Dhurrin
d. Capsaicin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Dhurrin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   The aim of topping and desuckering in tobacco is:

a. To reduce the plant height
b. To divert energy and nutrients from flower head to leaves
c. To increase the horizontal branching of plant
d. To protect the plants against lodging
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: To divert energy and nutrients from flower head to leaves

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   The annual broad leaf and grassy weeds in sugarbeet can be controlled effectively by use of ______ kg a.i./ha:

a. Basolin @ 1.0
b. 2, 4-D @ 1.5
c. Butachlor @ 2.0
d. Pyramin @ 3.0
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pyramin @ 3.0

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   The antiquality constituent in young seedings of forage sorghum is:

a. Coumarins
b. Terpenes
c. Acetic acid
d. Hydrocyanic acid
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hydrocyanic acid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   The application rates of nitrogen and phosphorus are 64 and 46 kg/ha to an experimental crop of wheat as basal, for that the quantity of urea and diammonium phosphate will be:

a. 50 kg urea, 100 kg DAP
b. 75 kg urea, 75 kg DAP
c. 75 kg urea, 100 kg DAP
d. 100 kg urea, 100 kg MoP
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 100 kg urea, 100 kg MoP

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   The area needed to raise rice seedlings by dapog method sufficient for transplanting one-hectare area is:

a. 250 - 300 sqm
b. 25 - 30 sqm
c. 40 - 50 sqm
d. 400 - 500 sqm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 25 - 30 sqm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   The area where drought has occurred in _____ per cent of years during the period are considered drought areas:

a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!