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Questions : Calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) is a popular nitrogen fertilizer because it is

(a) slow supplier of nitrogen.

(b) fixing the nitrogen in the soil.

(c) having more percentage of nitrogen in it.

(d) capable of making the soil acidic.

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (a)

Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) fertilizer is almost neutral and can be safely applied even to acid soils. Its total nitrogen (N) content is higher and may vary from 25 to 28% N content.

Half (12.5% N) of this total nitrogen is in the ammonical form and the rest half (12.5% N) in nitrate form. This is a good fertilizer applied in Agriculture.

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Question : 1

The best Potato variety for processing purposes is

a) Kufri Ashoka

b) Kufri Chipsona-2

c) Kufri Badshah

d) Kufri Satluj

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

Which of the following is not a Kharif crop?

a) Groundnut

b) Masoor

c) Maize

d) Paddy

Answer: (b)

Question : 3

Consider the map given below. sThe place marked a, b, c and d in the map are respectively known for the cultivation of

a) Groundnut, Ragi, Tobacco and Sugarcane

b) Ragi, Sugarcane, Groundnut and Tobacco

c) Groundnut, Sugarcane, Ragi and Tobacco

d) Ragi, Groundnut, Sugarcane and Tobacco

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

The size of marginal land holding in India is

a) More than 5 hectares

b) 1 hectare to 2 hectares

c) 2 hectares to 4 hectares

d) Less than 1 hectare

Answer: (d)

In India, presently the size of marginal land holding is less than 1 hectare (i.e. 2 ½ Acre), which is caused by increasing population and growth in urbanization.

Question : 5

One of the aim of National Food Security Mission is to bring sustainable growth, in cultivated land and productivity of some crops in selected districts. Which are these crops?

a) Only Rice and Wheat

b) Only Rice, Wheat, Pulses and Oilseeds

c) Only Rice, Wheat and Pulses

d) Rice, Wheat, Pulses and Vegetables

Answer: (c)

Question : 6

Consider the following statements:

  1. In India, natural rubber is produced in southern India only.
  2. Among the coffee-growing states of India, the lowest average yield per hectare of plucked coffee is in Kerala.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 only

b) Both 1 and 2

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (a)

Kerala is the largest producer of natural rubber producing 595 thousand tonnes or 92 per cent of total rubber production of India in 2002-03. Kottayam, Kollam, Ernakulam, Kozhikode districts produce practically all the rubber of this state.

Tamil Nadu is the second-largest producer of rubber but lags far behind Kerala producing only 22 thousand or 3.39 per cent of the total Indian production in 2002-03. Nilgiri, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Coimbatore and Salem are the chief rubber-producing districts of Tamil Nadu.

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