indian agriculture & animal husbandry section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 41 [UPPCS (Mains) 2015]

The term ‘Evergreen Revolution’ has been used for increasing agricultural production in India by

a) Norman E. Borlaug

b) Raj Krishna

c) M.S. Swaminathan

d) R.K.V. Rao

Question : 42

What are the conditions favourable for tea cultivation?

1. Warm temperature
2. High rainfall
3. High altitude
4. Sloping land

a) 1, 2 and 3

b) 1, 2 and 4

c) 2, 3 and 4

d) All the four

Question : 43 [UPRO/ARO (Mains) 2013]

First Agriculture University in India was established in the year

a) 1955

b) 1965

c) 1960

d) 1970

Question : 44 [BPSC (Pre) 2005]

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 : 45 [SSC CML 2001]

The Indian Rice Research Institute is located at

a) Kolkata

b) Trivandrum

c) Vardhman

d) Cuttack