set 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

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 : 2

The animal husbandry deals with the care, breeding and management of

a) Honey bees and silk worms

b) Domesticated animals

c) Fishes

d) All of these

Question : 3

BOD refers to

a) Biochemical Operation Demand

b) Bacteria Oxygen Demand

c) Biochemical Oxygen Demand

d) Biological Organism Demand

Question : 4

Organic farming is the technique of raising crops through use of

a) Biofertilisers

b) Manures

c) Resistant varieties

d) All of these

Question : 5

Three crops that contribute maximum to global food grain production are

a) Wheat, maize and sorghum

b) Wheat, rice and maize

c) Wheat, rice and barley

d) Rice, maize and sorghum

Question : 6

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