Practice Quiz set 3 - indian geography mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Which crop is afflicted by the disease called red rot ?
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Red rot disease is caused by fungus and sugarcan is afficted by it.
Q-2) Green Revolution was started in
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Green Revolution was started in 1960. Hybrid highyielding wheat was first introduced to India in 1963 by Dr. Norman Borlaug. Borlaug has been hailed as the Father of the Green Revolution. The methods adopted included the use of high yielding varieties (HYV) of seeds.
Q-3) With which crop has green revolution been associated?
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Green Revolution refers to a series of research, development, and technology transfer initiatives, occurring between the 1940s and the late 1960s, which increased agriculture production worldwide, particularly in the developing world, beginning most markedly in the late 1960s.
Q-4) Which is not food crop from the following?
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Tea is the major cash crop.
Q-5) Jaya, Padma and Krishna are improved varieties of which of the following cereals?
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Q-6) Rajasthan is the chief producer of
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Q-7) Which of the following is not a cash crop?
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Cash crop is a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower. Jowar is not a cash crop.
Q-8) The crop which occupies maximum cultivated area in India is :
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India has the biggest area under rice cultivation, as it is one of the principal food crops. India is also one of the world's largest producers of white rice, accounting for 20% of all world rice production.
Q-9) Largest density of number of cattle in per 100 hectare gross cultivable land is in
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Q-10) ‘Pusa Sindhu Ganga’ is a variety of
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