Intro to Agri 3

Question 1

Inclusion of more and varied crops in the cropping system, using multiple cropping techniques, rather than concentrating on repetition of few crops. To promore sustainable agricultural practices.

Answer 1

Horizontal Crop Diversification

Question 2

Development of allied sectors and shift of burden from cultivation to allied activities. E.g.: animal husbandry, horticulture, floriculture, food and fruit processing, etc.

Answer 2

Vertical crop diversification

Question 3

Acc to NBSS-LUP there are 20 AEZ based on growing period, divided into how many sub-zones?

Answer 3

60 sub-zones

Question 4

Top wheat producer in the world

Answer 4

China

Question 5

Adsali & eksali are related to which crop?

Answer 5

Sugarcane

Question 6

Edible Oil obtained from a shrub?

Answer 6

Olive

Question 7

Acc to survey conducted in April 2022, most Indian households use what kind of oil? What is their share?

Answer 7

25% households use Sunflower Oil

2% use palm oil

Question 8

Type of frost due to incursion of large masses of cold air over a region from colder areas

Answer 8

Adjacent Frost

Question 9

Which state tops in lac production in India?

Answer 9

Jharkhand
Where Indian Institute of Natural Resins & Gums or Indian Lac Research Institute

Question 10

Which state tops in silk production in India?

Answer 10

Karnataka
Where Central Silk Board is located

Question 11

Formula for Plant Population?

Answer 11

Area / Spacing
1 acre = 4046 m2

Question 12

Which schemes promotes millets?

Answer 12

NFSM
RKVY - Raftar
PLIFPI
ODOP

Question 13

Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) is located in?

Answer 13

Cochin, Kerala

Question 14

Farming Method which includes the minimising of ploughing of land. Keeps CO2 in the soil, improves water absorbency, leaves vital fungal communities in the earth undisturbed

Answer 14

Regenerative Agriculture

Question 15

A philosophy of working with instead of against nature, looking at plants and animals in all their functions rather than treating any area of a single product system

Answer 15

Permaculture

Question 16

NE monsoon is predominantly seen in which states?

Answer 16

TN and Coastal Andhra

Question 17

SW monsoon is predominantly seen in

Answer 17

Kerala and Coastal Maharashta

Question 18

A short duration crop raised in widely spaced crop for getting additional income from the same piece of land, is called?

Answer 18

Intercropping

Question 19

Growing of 2 or more crops which have different growth habits and which have 0 competition between each other - both express their full yield potential

Answer 19

Parallel Cropping

Question 20

The effects - stimulatory and inhibitory - of a plant, on the development of neighbouring plants through the release of secondary compounds?

Answer 20

Allelopathy

Question 21

Green leaves collected from available sources and incorporated into soil for better soil. Examples?

Answer 21

Ex-situ Manure Crop
Glyrcidia, Pongamia, Neem, Cassia, Ipomea

Question 22

Isabgol, a laxative common in households. Which part of it is used and what is its scientific name?

Answer 22

Husk
Plantago ovata

Question 23

kewra water is an extract distilled from?

Answer 23

Pandanus flower

Question 24

ICAR-IIFSR, Indian Institute of Farming System Research is located in?

Answer 24

Modipuram, UP

Question 25

The branch of agriculture that deals with the **origin, structure, analysys and classification of soils** especially in their **relation to crop production.**

Answer 25

Agrology

Question 26

**Removing trees** and undergrowth and **breaking up the ground** to make it **suitable for crop production**

Answer 26

Assarting

Question 27

Contribution of non-tree oil in NEOP?

Answer 27

**70% contribution** toward national edible oil production

Question 28

How many plants are C3 plants?

Answer 28

85%

Question 29

How many plants are C4 plants?

Answer 29

3%

Question 30

How many plants are CAM plants?

Answer 30

8%

Question 31

It is the concept of **processing and adding value to basic agricultural commodities**, including all food and non food bio resource based products for human and industrial use like assembling, ripening, cleaning, etc at local level.

Answer 31

Secondary Agriculture

Question 32

A conservative and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems

Answer 32

Regenerative Agriculture

Question 33

What is a green manure crop that is also a fibre crop

Answer 33

Sunhemp

Question 34

Scientific name of chickpea or bengal gram

Answer 34

*Cicer aeritinum*

Question 35

Calvin cycle crops are related to what formation

Answer 35

Glucose (sugar) formation from CO2

Question 36

The **C3 pathway** requires ____ molecules of ATP for the synthesis of one molecule of glucose and the **C4 cycle** requires ____ molecules of ATP for one molecule of glucose

Answer 36

C3: **18** molecules C4: **30** molecules

Question 37

Pathway used in C3 and C4 cycle for dark reaction of photosynthesis?

Answer 37

C3: Calvin Cycle C4: Hatch-Slack Pathway

Question 38

Which edible oil has the highest amount of Poly-Unsaturated Fatty Acid?

Answer 38

Safflower - good for heart patients

Question 39

Why are potato, chilli & sugarcane known as Commercial crops?

Answer 39

>75% used for trade

Question 40

**Cowpea**, Horsegram, **Lucerne/Alfa alfa**, Cluster bean, **Berseem**, Rice bean, Lupins are known as?

Answer 40

Legume Fodder

Question 41

Which fodder crop is annual? What is its scientific name?

Answer 41

Berseem *Trifolium alexandrium*

Question 42

Crops grown and incorporated into the same soil it is grown to improve soil productivity. Examples?

Answer 42

In-situ Manure Crop Berseem, Maize, Jowar, Barley, Oats, Sunhemp, Gram, Indigo

Question 43

In this ACZ, **canal, tube wells and wells** are the main source of irrigation. It is an intensive agricultural region where wheat, rice, sugarcane, millets, maize, gram, barley, oilseeds, cotton, etc. are grown as main crops. Area is known for its **Diara areas.**

Answer 43

Upper Gangetic Plain

Question 44

The practice of integrating edible plants into ornamental landscapes, cultivating them not only for the food they produce but also for their aesthetic quality

Answer 44

Foodscaping

Question 45

_____ is an attempt to best use land so that generations in the future can continue to make use of the land in productive manners, allowing for personal subsistence.

Answer 45

Permaculture

Question 46

Permaculture has 3 ethics, namely?

Answer 46

1. Care for the earth 2. Care for people 3. Fair share1

Question 47

Cultivation of silk producing plants is known as?

Answer 47

Moriculture

Question 48

Who defined Secondary Agriculture in India? It is defined a production activity and strategy which includes sustainability, _____, straightening of extension services and recognising agriculture as an enterprise

Answer 48

Ashok Dalwai Monetising farmer produce

Question 49

Type of inflorescence and fruit (grain) in paddy?

Answer 49

Inflorescence: Panicle Fruit (grain): Caryopsis

Question 50

Crops whose culture practices allow the infestation of weeds intensively

Answer 50

Fouling Crop Eg: Paddy (Direct Seeded)

Question 51

Which millet has the highest calcium? Which has the highest iron?

Answer 51

Ca = finger millet Fe = Fonio

Question 52

Which millet includes gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) and Beta glucan, used as antioxidants and in reducing blood lipid levels

Answer 52

Barnyard Millet

Question 53

Paraquat and Diquat are examples of what herbicide?

Answer 53

Contact herbicide

Question 54

Herbicide that moves throughout the plant is? Example?

Answer 54

Systemic / Translocated Glyphosate

Question 55

Chlorophyll pigments absorb ____ & ___ light most effectively for photosynthesis

Answer 55

Blue & red light

Question 56

_____ wavelengths of light are not absorbed for photosynthesis because they are filtered by the ozone layer

Answer 56

Shorter

Question 57

Bacillus megaterium, a large bacteria, are ____ fertilisers?

Answer 57

Phosphorus solubilizing

Question 58

Soybean is predominantly cultivated in which ACZ?

Answer 58

Central Plateau and Hills

Question 59

Parts of MP, Rajasthan and UP are a part of which ACZ?

Answer 59

Central Plateau and Hills Zone

Question 60

Predominantly dryland farmland is a characteristic of which ACZ?

Answer 60

Southern Plateau and Hills Zone

Question 61

Dhoks & Margs are found in which ACZ

Answer 61

Western Himalaya | Areas of Pir Pinjal Range known for their meadow ecology

Question 62

Growing short-duration crops in between newly established perennial crops for a few yrs to fill the space and utilise the resources is called?

Answer 62

Filler cropping

Question 63

Instrument used to measure soil moisture tension?

Answer 63

Tensiometer

Question 64

Maize, tomato & cotton are examples of long / short or day-neutral plant?

Answer 64

Day neutral

Question 65

Central institute of Subtropical Horticulture is located in?

Answer 65

Lucknow

Question 66

Study & production of mulberry to obtain feed for silkworm?

Answer 66

Moriculture

Question 67

Green Revolution was introduced during the ___ number 5-Yr Plan and the NFSM during ____ 5-Yr Plan

Answer 67

3rd 11th

Question 68

Food security mission was launched on ____ by the National Development Council | NFSM

Answer 68

2007 | Included rice (10 mn in production), wheat (8 mn) & pulses (2 mn)

Question 69

____ is the largest producer, importer and consumer of pulses in the world

Answer 69

India

Question 70

Acc to 1st Adv estimate top 5 producer of pulses are?

Answer 70

1. Raj 2. Maha 3. Karnataka 4. MP 5. Jharkhand

Question 71

Pink Revolution includes? While SIlver Revolution Includes?

Answer 71

Pink = Meat & Onion Silver = Eggs

Question 72

Strip cropping reduced soil erosion by alternating strips of ____ & ____ crops

Answer 72

Erosion-permitting and erosion resisting crops

Question 73

____ involves the release of biochemicals by plants that can influence the growth and development of neighbouring plants

Answer 73

Allelopathy

Question 74

Certain cover crops like ____ release allelochemicals that suppress weed germincation and growth

Answer 74

Rye *Secale cereale*

Question 75

Who 1st proposed the concept of AEZs?

Answer 75

UN-FAO and IIASA | International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Question 76

__ plants like sugarcane & maize are more water-efficient than __ plants

Answer 76

C4 plants - Sugarcane, Maize C3 plants - Rice, Wheat

Question 77

___ plants are less efficient in hot and dry climates compared to C4 plants

Answer 77

C3 plants

Question 78

Rice variety aka "Buddha Rice"?

Answer 78

Kala Namak | Cultivated since Buddhist period (600 BC)

Question 79

Dr. ____ & ____ are associated with dev. of high quality protein maize (QPM)

Answer 79

Dr. Surinder K Vasal & Dr. Evangelina Villegas | Worked at International Maze & Wheat Improvement Centre - Mexico

Question 80

What is the oldest indigenous oilseed crop? what is its oil %?

Answer 80

Sesame 50% oil

Question 81

Sesame or til is aka?

Answer 81

Gingelli | *Sesamum indicum L.*

Question 82

Which countries are the top producer of sesame? which state is?

Answer 82

India - China Gujarat

Question 83

Sesame belongs to which family and is grown in which season?

Answer 83

Pedaliaceae Kharif Crop

Question 84

King of coarse cereals?

Answer 84

Sorghum | aka camel plant

Question 85

cow pea seeds are aka | *Vigna unguiculata*

Answer 85

Lobia Thattapayaru Borboti | Taken into orbit and sprouted by an ISRO mission

Question 86

Cowpea is sown in what season?

Answer 86

Summer | Zaid

Question 87

Top 3 largest producers of Cowpea

Answer 87

UP Raj MP

Question 88

Which experiment of ISRO led to the sprouting of cowpea in 4 days?

Answer 88

CROPS experiment on POEM-4

Question 89

1st GMC is? | Genetically Modified Crop

Answer 89

Tobacco | 1982

Question 90

1st Genetically Altered Crop?

Answer 90

Tomato | 1992

Question 91

1st plant patent was granted to?

Answer 91

Henry F Bosenberg | 1930

Question 92

Release of 1st cotton hybrid was in year?

Answer 92

1975

Question 93

Release of 1st Rice hybrid was?

Answer 93

1993

Question 94

Green revolution 1st happened in year?

Answer 94

1940s

Question 95

Example of soil applied herbicide?

Answer 95

Fluchloralin

Question 96

Triticale is a hybrid of?

Answer 96

Wheat and rye

Question 97

Golden rice, rich in Vitamin A is by?

Answer 97

Ingo Potrykus

Question 98

Yuan Long Ping is credited to inventing?

Answer 98

Hybrid Rice

Question 99

Super rice was by?

Answer 99

GH Khush

Question 100

PAR measurement used to find Leaf Area is done by?

Answer 100

Ceptometer | Also measures carbon seq, WUE, biomass prod, canopy growth