Useful for upcoming NABARD and AFO and other agri competitive Exams and UG agri students

1. 1st Lecture:
General Agriculture
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2. Which one of the following is not a legume
crop?
• Groundnut
• Peas
• Beans
• Wheat
• Wheat
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3. • Directorate of Groundnut Research
• Junagarh
• Leading Producers States of groundnut:
• 1st Gujarat 2nd:Andhra Pradesh
• Wheat production in 2016-17:
• Wheat production in the ongoing crop season is expected to be at an
all-time high of 96.6 million tonnes (mt)
• Overall foodgrain production, including kharif harvest, in 2016-17 was
expected to be a record 271.98 mt
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4. Crops and Leading Producers States
Cardamom
Coffee
Coriander
Cotton
Groundnut
Paddy
Potato
Pulses
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Karnataka
Karnataka
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Gujarat
West Bengal
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh

5. 5
Soyabean
Sugarcane
Tea
Tobacco
Wheat
Rape-seed & Mustard
Madhya Pradesh
UP
Assam
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan

6. Which of the following state has the largest
geographical area
• UP
• MP
• Bihar
• Rajasthan
• Rajasthan
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7. • Geographical area of India is 3,287,263 square kilometres
• The largest state in India in terms of geographical area is Rajasthan
with an area of342,239 sq.km.
• Almost 10.4% of the total area.
• Goa is smallest according to Area with 3,702 Sq.km area
• Sikkim According to Population with 607,688 people
• Arunachal Pradesh according to population density with 17 people
per Sq.Km according to 2011 census.
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8. Triticum aestivum is a
• Hexaploid
• Diploid
• Tetraploid
• Euploid
• Hexaploid
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9. Geographical area of India is
• 328 Mha
• 625 Mha
• 332 Mha
• 415 Mha
• 328 Mha
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10. The cropping intensity of India
• 120%
• 140%
• 125%
• 160%
• 140%
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11. CROPPING INTENSITY
• Cropping intensity = (Gross cropped area / Net sown area) x 100
• Punjab has the highest cropping intensity of 176 per cent, followed by
Himachal Pradesh (169 per cent)
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12. • For example, suppose a farmer owns five hectares of land, and gets
the crop from these five acres during the kharif season and, again,
during the rabi season he raises a crop from 3 hectares in Rabi ands 5
hectare in kharif. He, thus, gets the effective produce from eight
hectares, although he owns only five hectares physically. Had he
raised crop from 5 hectares, his cropping intensity would have been
100 per cent, while now it is??????
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13. Which one of the following factor establishes the
importance of agriculture in the national economy?
• Higher per capita income of the people of the country
• Higher shar of agricultur sector in the GDP of the country
• Higher shar of industrial sector in the GDP of the country
• Higher percentage of agriculture dependent population in the country
• Higher percentage of agriculture dependent population in the country
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14. Contribution of agriculture in National Income
Year Contribution
1950-51 57%
1970-71 43%
2015-16 14%
2016-17 17.32%
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15. Growing different crops one after the other on the
same field during different crop seasons is called.
• (a) Mixed farming
(b) Strip cropping
(c) Inter cropping
(d) Multiple cropping
• (d) Multiple cropping
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16. Mixed farming vs mixed cropping
• A system of farming which involves the growing of crops as well as the
raising of livestock.
• Mixed cropping or co-cultivation, is a type of agriculture that involves
planting two or more of plants simultaneously in the same field.
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19. • Mixed cropping can be called as inter-cropping or co-cultivation
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20. Which of the following countries have very
small agricultural land holding?
• (a) France
(b) Japan
(c) China
(d) India
• (b) Japan
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21. Millets are called ‘coarse grains’ and constitute
mainly of
• (a) Maize, Jowar, Pulses
(b) Jowar, Bajra, Ragi
(c) Bajra, Ragi, Maize
(d) Maize, Jowar, Ragi
• (b) Jowar, Bajra, Ragi
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22. Difference between Cereals and Millets
• The word cereals finds its origin in ‘Ceres’, the Roman goddess of
grain.
• The cereals are six in number, barley, maize, oat, rice, rye and wheat.
• Cereals are rich in carbohydrates (60-70%), proteins, fats, and
vitamins are also present.
• The term ‘millet’ is loosely applied to several species of cereals which
produce small grains
• These small grained millets are used as food, in the form of flour or
cakes. They are also used for poultry food.
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23. • Principle millets are as follows:
• Pannisetum typhoideum(Pearl millet) aslo called ….
• Sorghum vulgare (jowar)
• Elucine coracana (Ragi or finger millet)
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25. Finger millet or Ragi
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26. Jowar and botanical name …
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27. Research Institute on dairy development is at
• (a) Amritsar
(b) KarnaL
(c) Lucknow
(d) Kanpur
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28. National Dairy Research Institute
• The National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal was originally started as
Imperial Institute of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in 1923 at
Bangalore.
• It was expanded and renamed as Imperial Dairy Institute in 1936 and
was known as National Dairy Research Institute after independence in
1947.
• Subsequently, in 1955, NDRI headquarters was shifted to Karnal.
• The institute was accorded the status of Deemed University in the
year 1989.
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29. What is the major factor responsible for
degradation of environment?
• (a) Industrialization
(b) Urbanization
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of the above
• (c) Both a and b
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30. India’s main rival in tea export is
• (a) Japan
(b) Sri Lanka
(c) China
(d) USA
• (b) Sri Lanka
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31. • China, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Indonesia account for 77 per cent
of world tea production and 80 per cent of global exports.
• India is a leading producer of black tea in the world and exported
around less than 20% in last year.
• India is contributing 40.48% of the total world production of mango
• China and Thailand stood at second and third position among mango
producing countries
• As per the government estimate, mango production this year is
estimated to be 19.21 million tonnes, higher than 18.6 million tonnes
in the year-ago period.
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India 40.48%
China 11.72%
Thailand 6.87%

32. Milk fever is caused due to the deficiency of—
• (A) P
(B) Ca
(C) Mg
(D) K
• (B) Ca
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33. Rock phosphates are used in—
• (A) Saline soil
(B) Sodic soil
(C) Acidic soil
(D) Neutral soil
• (C) Acidic soil
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34. What is Rock Phosphate?
• Rock phosphate is a mined rock that contains limestone and clay as
well as a high concentration of phosphorus (P). The actual
composition varies depending on it’s source but it usually contains 16
to 20% P.
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