Practice Agriculture animal husbandry - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-2) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   If safe storage is to be ensured, the moisture content of food grains at the time of harvesting should not be higher than

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Q-2)   India’s contribution in the worlds fruit production is

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Q-3)   The Apex bank for providing Agricultural Refinance in India is

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Explanation:

NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) established on 12 July, 1982, is an apex institution in rural credit structure provides refinance facilities to agriculture and various such financial institutions, which provide loans to promote productive activities in rural areas in India.


Q-4)   Which of the following is a major producer of cashewnut?

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Q-5)   UP-308 is a variety of

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Q-6)   Which crop has the maximum area under horticulture in Chhattisgarh State?

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Explanation:

In Chhattisgarh State, the maximum area under horticulture Sector was of vegetable,


Q-7)   Who is credited for initiating the cultivation of rajma and potato in Bhagirathi valley?

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Q-8)   Which state has per hectare highest consumption of fertilizers in India?

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Explanation:

In Punjab per hectare consumption of fertilizer is more than 240 kg. Which is highest among Indian states.


Q-9)   Cotton fibers are obtained from

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Q-10)   The biggest producer of spices in India is

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Q-11)   Which is the home of "Alphonso mango"?

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Explanation:

Alphonso is a mango cultivar that is considered one of the best in terms of sweetness, richness and flavour It has a considerable shelf life of a week after it is ripe making it exportable. It is also one of the most expensive kinds of mango and is grown mainly in the largest region of western India.

The southern district of Ratnagiri and south northern parts of Sindhudurg in Maharashtra state, including regions around the Dapoli and Devgad Talukas, the southern districts of Valsad and Navsari in Gujarat state and particularly Alphonso mangoes from the Amalsad region (including villages such as Dhamadachha, Kacholi, and all villages of Gandevi) produce the finest quality of Alphonso mangoes in India.

The southern states in India are also major mango producing areas. From north to south, climatic changes occur which result in differences in the quality of the produce. In Gujarat and Maharashtra, the finest fruit comes from a patch of 20 km from the seashore.


Q-12)   Which amongst the following States does not cultivate wheat ?

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Explanation:

Wheat cultivation in India traditionally been dominated by the northern region of India. The northern states of Punjab and Haryana Plains in India have been prolific wheat producers.

While this cereal grass has been studied carefully in the past, recent years of painstaking research by India’s finest scientific talent has paid off with the development of distinctly superior varieties of Durum Wheat. Tamil Nadu does not cultivate wheat.


Q-13)   Which Indian state is the largest producer of Coffee?

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Q-14)   The ‘Blue Revolution’ is associated with

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Q-15)   Which Indian state has the largest area under sugarcane cultivation?

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Q-16)   What are G arboreum, G herbaceum, G hirsutum and G barbadense whose all the four species are cultivated in India? (G = Gossypium)

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Explanation:

These species of cotton are as follows.

  1. Gossypium arboreum, commonly called tree cotton, is a species of cotton native to India, Pakistan and other tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World.
  2. Gossypium herbaceum, commonly known as Levant cotton, is a species of cotton native to the semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa and Arabia.
  3. Gossypium hirsutum is the most widely planted species of cotton in the United States.
  4. Gossypium barbadense is also known as extra-long staple (ELS) cotton. Varieties of ELS cotton include American Pima, Egyptian Giza, and Indian Suvin etc.


Q-17)   Jhum cultivation is a method of cultivation that used to be practised in

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Explanation:

Shifting cultivation is a form of agriculture in which the cultivated or cropped area is shifted regularly to allow soil properties to recover under conditions of natural successive stages of re-growth.

In a shifting cultivation system, at any particular point in time, a minority of ‘fields’ is in cultivation and a majority are in various stages of natural re-growth.

Over time, fields are cultivated for a relatively short time, and allowed to recover, or are fallowed, for a relatively long time. Eventually, a previously cultivated field will be cleared of the natural vegetation and planted in crops again. Fields in established and stable shifting cultivation systems are cultivated and fallowed cyclically. This type of farming is called jhumming in India.

It has been practised in the forested regions of the Central highlands of India which comprise three main plateaus — the Malwa Plateau in the west, the Deccan Plateau in the south (covering most of the Indian peninsula) and the Chhota Nagpur Plateau in the east.


Q-18)   The first Agricultural University of the country is

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Q-19)   The term khadar means

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Explanation:

Khadar refers to the soil consists of new alluvial deposits. It is very fertile in comparison to Bangar which is less fertile and consists of older alluvial soil.


Q-20)   Generally standards in ‘Organic Farming’ are designed to encourage the use of

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Explanation:

Organic farming is defined as an integrated farming system that strives for sustain ability, the enhancement of soil fertility and biological diversity whilst, with rare exceptions. Prohibiting synthetic pesticides, antibiotics, synthetic fertilizers, genetically modified organisms and growth hormones.