set 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

Organic farming is the technique of raising crops through use of

a) Biofertilisers

b) Manures

c) Resistant varieties

d) All of these

Question : 2

Which one of the following is not an antibiotic ?

a) Griseofulvin

b) Streptomycin

c) Citric acid

d) Cephalosporin

Question : 3

The technology of biogas production was developed in India mainly due to the efforts of

a) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

b) Indian Agricultural/ Research Institute (IARI) and Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC)

c) National Botanical Research Institute (NBR1)

d) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Question : 4

Two microbes found to be very useful in genetic engineering are

a) Crown gall bacterium and Caenorhabditis elegans

b) Vibrio cholerae and a tailed bacteriophage

c) Diplococcus sp. and Pseudomonas sp.

d) Escherichia coli and Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Question : 5

Blue revolution is related to the following field

a) Egg production

b) Dairy products

c) Fisheries

d) Agriculture

Question : 6

IPM is

a) Integrated Pest Management Programme.

b) International Pest Management Programme.

c) International Pesticide Management Programme.

d) Internal Pest Management Programme.