CSS Agriculture Questions & Answers - Part-4 - Set 9

1)   Isolation depends upon:

a. The nature of material to be protected by isolation
b. The nature of contaminant
c. The direction and speed of the prevailing winds
d. All of the above factors
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above factors

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


2)   Isolation distance for the production of double cross seed in maize should be at least:

a. 100 to 200 m
b. 200 to 300 m
c. 300 to 400 m
d. 400 to 500 m
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 200 to 300 m

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


3)   Isoproturon is a:

a. Fungicide
b. Insecticide
c. Nematicide
d. Herbicide
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Herbicide

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   It occurs in presence of the sublight due to deficiency of Fe, Zn and B or due to influence of low temperature that is called:

a. Etiolation
b. Gummosis
c. Bleeding
d. Chlorosis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chlorosis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   Which of the following microorganism is as associated with ammonifiction?

a. Rhizobium leguminosarum
b. Bacillus mycoides
c. Clostridium
d. Nitrosomonas
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bacillus mycoides

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Jam can be prepared from:

a. Any fruti having pulp
b. Fruit, which contain pectin
c. Citrus fruit only
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Any fruti having pulp

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Jassid of cotton can be controlled by:

a. DDT
b. Aldrex
c. BHC
d. All of them
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Aldrex

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Jelly can be prepared from:

a. Citrus fruits only
b. Fruits, which contain pectin
c. Subtropical fruits only
d. Any fruit having pulp
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fruits, which contain pectin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Jelly is:

a. Non-transparent
b. Semi transparent
c. Transparent
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Transparent

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   What is White Yorkshire?

a. A breed of swine
b. A breed of buffaloes
c. A diseases of cattle
d. A breed of sheep
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: A breed of swine

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   What is the seat of milk synthesis in the body of a cow?

a. Milk veins
b. Milk well
c. Escutcheon
d. Alveolus of the mammary gland
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Alveolus of the mammary gland

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Who stated, "Life is a photochemical phenomenon"?

a. Papov
b. Virchov
c. Glass
d. Rober brown
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Glass

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Kreb's cycle is also known as:

a. Citric acid cycle
b. Tricarboxylic acid cycle
c. Both (a) and (b)
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both (a) and (b)

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Which of the following media can be used for vegetative propagation?

a. Soil
b. Sand
c. Coconut coir
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Which of the following is visible through nacked eyes?

a. Mould
b. Yeast
c. Bacteria
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mould

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Which of the following is tropical fruit crop?

a. Mango
b. Grape
c. Citrus
d. Guava
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mango

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Larva of buttery is known as:

a. Nymph
b. Caterpillar
c. Grub
d. Maggot
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Caterpillar

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Late blight of potato can be controlled by:

a. HCI
b. BHC
c. Bordeux mixture
d. Aldrin
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Bordeux mixture

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   Lateral roots formation is the root hairs zone of:

a. Cortex
b. Pericycle
c. Endodermis
d. Epidermis
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Pericycle

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


20)   Laterite soils are poor in:

a. Nitrogen, Lime and Magnesium
b. Zinc & Iron
c. Cooper & Cobalt
d. Phosphorous & Potash
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nitrogen, Lime and Magnesium

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


21)   Latest method for the improvement of cattle and buffaloes is:

a. Better feeding
b. Embryo transfer
c. Culling
d. Inbreeding
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Embryo transfer

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


22)   Law widely used for determining particle size distribution in soils is:

a. Stocke's law
b. Darcy's law
c. Schofield's law
d. Fick's law
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Stocke's law

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


23)   Leaf rust of coffee is caused by:

a. Hemileia vastatrix
b. Melampsora lini
c. Uromyces phaseoli
d. Puccinia rubigovera
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Hemileia vastatrix

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


24)   Which of the following is stem vegetable?

a. Potato
b. Tomato
c. Cauliflower
d. Spinach
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Potato

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


25)   Light-driven reactions in the chloroplsts are:

a. Phosphorylation and respiration
b. Fermentation and anaerobiosis
c. Ion-transport and CO2 evolution
d. Protonation and transpiration
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Protonation and transpiration

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


26)   Lignin content (%) in soil organic matter is about:

a. 2 - 10
b. 28 - 35
c. 35 - 50
d. 60 - 80
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 28 - 35

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


27)   Line passing through the least cost points in the isoquants map is called:

a. Isocline
b. Ridge line
c. Expansion path
d. Isoquant curve
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Isocline

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


28)   Linkage groups in maize are:

a. 5
b. 10
c. 20
d. 40
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 20

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


29)   Little leaf of brinjal is caused by:

a. Nematode
b. Mycoplasma
c. Viroid
d. Bacterium
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mycoplasma

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


30)   Live-stock insurance is included in:

a. Variable cost
b. Special cost
c. Fixed cost
d. Marginal cost
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Variable cost

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


31)   Which of the following is root vegetable?

a. Celery
b. Asparagus
c. Cabbage
d. Tapioca
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tapioca

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


32)   Which of the following are often cross-pollinated?

a. Wheat
b. Rice
c. Soyabean
d. Pigeon pea
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Wheat

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


33)   Loose smut of sorghum is:

a. Externally seed born disease
b. Internally seed born disease
c. Soil born disease
d. Infectious disease
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Externally seed born disease

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


34)   Loose smut to wheat is controlled by seed treatment with:

a. Thiram
b. Mancozeb
c. Sulphur
d. Vitavax
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Vitavax

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


35)   Lycopene pigment is present in:

a. Beet root
b. Chilli
c. Radish
d. Tomato
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Tomato

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


36)   Lycopersicumesculentum is ______ flowering plant:

a. Short-day
b. Long-day
c. Day-neutral
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Day-neutral

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


37)   Maize (for green cobs) - Autumn Cane - Ratoon - Wheat will have cropping intensity of:

a. 133%
b. 233%
c. 333%
d. 433%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 133%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


38)   Which of the following is not the element of key step in the process of programme planning?

a. The procedure in programme planning
b. The product of programme planning
c. Demonstration
d. The annual plan of work
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Demonstration

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


39)   Which of the following is not kharif season weed?

a. Chenopodium album
b. Amaranthus viridis
c. Echynochloa colonum
d. Comelina benghalensts
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Chenopodium album

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


40)   Marble is an example of:

a. Plutonic rock
b. Igneous rock
c. Metamorphic rock
d. Sedimentary rock
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Metamorphic rock

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


41)   Marginal product is ratio of:

a. Input-Output
b. Output-Input
c. Cost-Income
d. Price-Income
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Output-Input

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


42)   Marketing surplus is:

a. Total production - Total family requirement
b. Total consumption - Marginal consumption
c. Total cost - Marginal cost
d. Total production - Total cost
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Total production - Total family requirement

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


43)   Modern theory of wages and employment is given by:

a. Keynes
b. Karl Max
c. A. Walker
d. Nelson
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Keynes

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


44)   Marmalades can be prepared from:

a. Temperatr region fruits only
b. Citrus fruits only
c. Fruits, which contain pectin
d. Any fruit having pulp
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Citrus fruits only

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


45)   Maximum yield of mustard is obtained at plant geometry of:

a. 45 x 20 cm
b. 60 x 30 cm
c. 90 x 30 cm
d. 105 x 30 cm
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 45 x 20 cm

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


46)   Meiosis leads to:

a. Reduction in cell number
b. Reduction in chromosome number
c. Doubling of the chromosome number
d. Doubling of cell number
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Reduction in chromosome number

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


47)   Mendel's laws of inheritance operate during:

a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis
c. Plant gametogenesis
d. Fertilization
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Meiosis

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


48)   Meristem culture is useful for:

a. Vegetative propagation
b. Recovery of virus-free stocks
c. Germplasm conservation
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


49)   Milk fever in cattle is caused due to:

a. Decrease in the level of calcium in tissue fluid
b. Decrease phosphorous in blood
c. Inadequate exercise
d. High fever
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Decrease in the level of calcium in tissue fluid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


50)   Milk production trait is a:

a. Sex-linked trait
b. Sex-limited trait
c. Sex-influenced trait
d. Autosomal trait
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sex-limited trait

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


51)   Which of the following is not a organic mercury fungicides?

a. Ceresan
b. HgCl2
c. Agrosan G.N.
d. Semesan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: HgCl2

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


52)   Mitchondria and chloroplast both:

a. Are basically lipoprotein complexes
b. Contain respiratory enzymes
c. Produce ATP
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


53)   Mitochondria are found in:

a. Vacuole of eukaryotic cells
b. Cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells
c. Cytoplasm of prokaryotic cells
d. Cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


54)   Mohair is the long lustrous, soft hair covering produced by:

a. French Alpine
b. Anglonubian
c. Angora
d. Kashmiri
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Angora

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


55)   Moniliform antinnae is in:

a. Termite
b. Grasshopper
c. Cockroach
d. Beetle
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Termite

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


56)   Monocrotophos is:

a. Carbamate
b. Pyrethroid
c. Hydrocarbon
d. Organophosphate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Organophosphate

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


57)   Most common method of identification of pigs is:

a. Notching of ears
b. Brancing thighs
c. Tattooing
d. Nose-ring
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Notching of ears

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


58)   Most commonly used nitrogen fertilizer these days:

a. Ammonium sulphate
b. Urea
c. Ammonium nitrate
d. Diammonium phosphate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Urea

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


59)   Most critical growth stage for irrigation in wheat crop is:

a. Tillaring stage
b. Crown root initiation stage
c. Flage leaf stage
d. Jointing stage
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Crown root initiation stage

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


60)   Most effective growth regulator for rooting of most of the cuttings is:

a. Indole butyric acid
b. Indole acetic acid
c. Gibberellic acid
d. Naphthaline acetic acid
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Indole butyric acid

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!