indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 4 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

How many agro-climatic zones are there in India as far as the official categorization of the Ministry of Agriculture is concerned ?

a) 123

b) 127

c) 126

d) 122

Question : 2

Which of the following is the largest irrigation plan in India?

a) Buckingham Canal

b) Upper Ganges Canal

c) Indira Gandhi Canal

d) Tajewala Canal

Question : 3

Statement I: Plantation farming has mostly been practised in humid tropics.
Statement II: The soil of humid tropics is highly fertile.

a) Both the Statements are individually ture and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I.

b) Statement I is ture but Statement II is false.

c) Both the Statements are individually ture but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I.

d) Statement I is false but Statement II is ture.

Question : 4

The Indian Rice Research Institute is located at

a) Kolkata

b) Trivandrum

c) Vardhman

d) Cuttack

Question : 5

What is true about the second green revolution in India?

1. It aims at further increasing the production of wheat and rice in areas that already benefited from the green revolution.
2. It aims at extending seed water-fertilizer technology to areas that hitherto could not benefit from the green revolution.
3. It aims at increasing yields of crops other than those used for a green revolution in the beginning.
4. It aims at integrating cropping with animal husbandry, social forestry and fishing.

a) 1 and 2

b) 2 and 4

c) 2 and 3

d) 1 and 4

Question : 6

First Agriculture University in India was established in the year

a) 1955

b) 1965

c) 1960

d) 1970