CSS Agriculture Questions & Answers - Part-3 - Set 7

1)   The area where drought has occurred in more than _____ per cent of years are called chronic drought areas:

a. 30
b. 40
c. 50
d. 60
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 40

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   The arhar (pigeon pea) grows well in _____ climate:

a. Tropical and subtropical
b. Temperate
c. Humid and temperate
d. Sub-humid and temperate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tropical and subtropical

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   The autumn planting of sugarcane is most successful when planted in the month of:

a. September
b. October
c. November
d. February
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: October

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Which of the following is not a primary tillage practice?

a. Ploughing
b. Planking
c. Harrowing
d. Weeding
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Weeding

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which of the following is cheaper fertilizer?

a. SSP
b. Urea
c. DCP
d. Ammonium sulphate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: SSP

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   The bacteria responsible for nitrogen fixation in soyabean are:

a. Rhizobium Japonicum
b. Rhizobium phaseoli
c. Rhizobium leguminosarum
d. Rhizobium glycicum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Rhizobium Japonicum

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   The basic principal of taking crop rotation is:

a. To get higher crop production
b. To get higher returns per unit area of the soil
c. To maintain the fertility status of the soils
d. To keep the weeds under control
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: To maintain the fertility status of the soils

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   The best green manuring crop is:

a. Guar
b. Sunhemp
c. Dhainecha
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sunhemp

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   The best observed pH for jute cultivation is:

a. 5,0-6.5
b. 6,0-7.5
c. 7,0-8.5
d. 8,0-9.5
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6,0-7.5

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   The best soil for potato cultivation is:

a. Sandy loam
b. Loamy sand
c. Clay loam
d. Silky loam
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sandy loam

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   The best soil for sugarbeet cultivation is:

a. Sandy loam to loam
b. Silty clay loam
c. Clay loam
d. Loamy sand
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sandy loam to loam

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Which of the following is cash crop?

a. Rice
b. Wheat
c. Groundnut
d. Gram
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Groundnut

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   The best time for sowing of toria is:

a. 15 - 30 September
b. 15 - 20 September
c. 15 - 25 September
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 15 - 30 September

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Which of the following is a species of American cotton?

a. Gossypium barbadense
b. Gossypium hirsutum
c. Gossypium herbaceum
d. Both (a) & (b)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) & (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   The carbohydrate content in potato:

a. 5 - 6%
b. 25-28%
c. 18-23%
d. 28-30%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 18-23%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   The casual agent of anthracnose disease in sorghum is:

a. Puccinia purpurea
b. Helminthosporium turcicum
c. Colletorichum graminicola
d. Gleourcospora sorghi
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Colletorichum graminicola

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   The causal organism of brown rust in wheat is:

a. Puccinia recondita tritici
b. Puccinia streiformis
c. Puccinia graminis tritici
d. Ustilago nuda tritici
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Puccinia recondita tritici

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Which of the following is a parenchymatus fibre?

a. Cotton
b. Jute
c. Silk
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Jute

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Which of the following herbicides is most suited for weed control in irrigated gram?

a. 2, 4-D
b. Simazine
c. Diuron
d. Fluchloralin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fluchloralin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   What is hulling percentage in rice?

a. 33%
b. 50%
c. 67%
d. 75%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 75%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   The chickpea wilt is caused by:

a. Fusarium orthocerus
b. Ascochyta rabi
c. Botrylis cinerea
d. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fusarium orthocerus

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Which of the following fertilizer should not be mixed together?

a. Murate of Potsh and Sulphate of Potash
b. Sodium Nitrate and Super Prosphate
c. Ammonium Sulphate and Sodium Nitrate
d. Sodium Nitrate and F.Y.M.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ammonium Sulphate and Sodium Nitrate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   The concentrations of _____ ppm of SO42- ion in the soil or solution cultures have proved adequate for the growth of many plant species:

a. 1 - 2
b. 3 - 5
c. 6 - 8
d. 9 - 11
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3 - 5

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   The critical period of weed control in upland rice varies between _____ days after sowing:

a. 15 - 20
b. 20 - 25
c. 25 - 30
d. 30 - 35
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 25 - 30

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Antinutritional factor in Chickling vetch is:

a. Phytic acid
b. Gossypol
c. Polyphenolics
d. BOAA
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: BOAA

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   The critical stages for irrigation in chickpea are:

a. Branching and pre-flowering
b. Branching and pod development
c. Pre-flowering and pod development
d. Branching, pre-flowering and pod development
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pre-flowering and pod development

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   The crop also sown for green manure is:

a. Maize
b. Green gram
c. Black gram
d. Bengal gram
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Green gram

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   The crop of ______ is more liable to suffer from frost and cold:

a. Toria
b. Pahari rai
c. Sarson
d. Banarsi rai
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Toria

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   The crop of sunflower can be effectively grown in _____ season:

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

ANSWER: Kharif and Zaid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   The crop that can also be used as windbreaker:

a. Red gram
b. Lentil
c. Soyabean
d. Black gram
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Red gram

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   The crop, which requires maximum amount of nitrogen:

a. Wheat
b. Barley
c. Paddy
d. Sugarcane
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sugarcane

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   The crops of group repeseed and mustard (except taramira) belongs to the family:

a. Cruciferae
b. Leguminoseae
c. Composite
d. Euphorbiaceae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cruciferae

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Which of the following fertilizer should not be alongwith seed to the soil?

a. DAP
b. Ammonium sulphate nitrate
c. Super phosphate
d. Ammonium sulphate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ammonium sulphate nitrate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   The cultivation of which crop requires water logging?

a. Sugarcane
b. Paddy
c. Cotton
d. Maize
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Paddy

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Which of the following crops does not have hybrid seed?

a. Cotton
b. Castor
c. Wheat
d. Jute
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Jute

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   The deficiency symptoms on lower leaves are due to:

a. N2
b. P2O5
c. K2O
d. Zn
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: N2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   The dent corn is also known as:

a. Zea mays indentata
b. Zea mays indurata
c. Zea maya tunicata
d. Zea moys everta
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Zea mays indentata

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   The depth of sowing for sugarbeet should be:

a. 2 - 3 cm
b. 7 - 8 cm
c. 5 - 6 cm
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2 - 3 cm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   The dormancy of potato tuber cannot be broken with:

a. Thiourea
b. Ethylene chlorophydrin
c. Potassium thiocynate
d. Ethylene thiocynate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ethylene chlorophydrin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   The dwart wheat varieties should be:

a. Sown at the same depth at which the tall wheat varieties are sown
b. Sown at a depth deeper than for tall wheat varieties
c. Sown at a depth shallower than that of tall wheat varieties
d. Broadcas and incorporated in the top soil
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sown at a depth shallower than that of tall wheat varieties

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   The essentiality of copper for higher plants was first recognized in:

a. 1911
b. 1921
c. 1931
d. 1941
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1931

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   The family of sugarbeet is:

a. Chenopodiaceae
b. Crucifereae
c. Euphorbiaceae
d. Compositeae
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chenopodiaceae

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   The fertilizer requirement in lentil is nearly _____ than that of 'arhar', 'moong' and 'urd':

a. Equal
b. Half
c. One of half
d. Double
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Double

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   The fertilizer suitable for spraying to Increase production of paddy:

a. Ammonium sulphate
b. Calcium ammonium nitrte
c. Urea
d. Ammonium phosphate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Urea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   The fertilizer use recommendation for sunflower is ______ kg/ha of N + P2O5 + K2O, respectively:

a. 30 + 60 + 40
b. 30 + 30 + 20
c. 70 + 40 + 30
d. 70 + 60 + 40
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 70 + 60 + 40

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   The fibre length of cotton is:

a. 1-5 cm
b. 10-50 cm
c. 12-18 cm
d. 20 cm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1-5 cm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   The first irrigation in wheat is normally recommended at:

a. Tillering stage
b. Crown root initiation stage
c. Flowering stage
d. Seedling stage
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Crown root initiation stage

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   The fodder, which has maximum protein content (on dry wt. basis):

a. Lucerne
b. Cowpea
c. Berseem
d. Oat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lucerne

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   The fruit of linseed is known as:

a. Pod
b. Canum
c. Seedball
d. Dutum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Seedball

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   The fruit of rapeseed and mustard is known as:

a. Pod
b. Siliqua
c. Grain
d. Caryopsis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Siliqua

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!