1. ✅Geographical area of India is? 328.

7 Mha @theagriwizard
2. ✅Redness in Apple is due to? Anthocyanin
3. ✅Yellow coloured fruits and vegetables are rich source of? Vitamin A
4. ✅Yellow colour of cow milk is due to the presence of? Caroten
5. ✅Edible portion of a mango fruit is its? Mesocarp
6. ✅Kesar (saffron) belong to the family of? Iridiceae
7. ✅Specific gravity of milk is? 1.028- 1.032
8. ✅Developed bitterness of groundnut kernel is mainly due to? Aflatoxin
9. ✅The paddy variety which is also known as Miracle rice of India is? Jaya
10. ✅Kisan call centre begun in the year? 2004
11. ✅Hormone used as an herbicide? 2, 4-D (>20 PPM)
12. ✅Root promoting hormones? IBA
13. ✅Flower setting hormone? NAA
14. ✅ The cutting of weed to the ground level is known as? Mowing
15. ✅NABARD came into existence on? 12 July, 1982
16. ✅The scientific name of Arhar is? Cajanus cajan
17. ✅T.S.S. of papaya jam is? 68.5%
18. ✅The term ‘horticulture’ is derived from which of the following language? Latin
19. ✅The development of more than one embryo in the seed is known as? Polyembryony
20. ✅The botanical name of Okra is? Abelmoschus esculentus
21. ✅The common name of Cyprus rotundus is? Nut grass
22. ✅The scientific/botanical name of soybean is? Glycine max
23. ✅The square method of planting is used in? Mango
24. ✅The weeds which complete their life cycle in two years are known as? Biennial weeds
25. Causes of colour/bitterness in fruits/vegetables: @theagriwizard
26. Yellow colour in papaya is due to : Caricaxanthin.
27. Redness of apple is due to : Anthocyanin.
28. Red colour in tomato is due to: Lycopine.
29. Red colour in chilli is due to: Capcyanthin.
30. Pungency in chilli is due to: Capsaicin.
31. Orange colour in carrot is due to: Carotene.
32. Red colour in carrot is due to: Anthocyanin
33. Yellow colour in turmeric is due to: Curcumin
34. Bitterness in bitter gourd is due to: Memordicocite.
35. Bitterness in cucumber is due to: Cucurbitacin.
36. Yellow colour of onion is due to : Quercetin
37. Red colour in onion is due to:Anthocyanin.
38. Pungency in onion is due to: Allyl propyl di-sulphide.
39. Pungency in raphanus is due to : Isocyanate.
40. Pungency in mustard is due to : Glucosilates.
41. Pungency in garlic is due to:Di allyl di sulphide.
42. Green colour in potato tuber due to: Solanin.
43. Sour taste of gram leaves is due to: Malic/oxalic acid.
44. Pungency in pepper is due to : Oleoresin
45. Pungency in cabbage leaves due to: Sinigrin.

🔘TOXINS PRODUCED IN PLANTS 🔘

✅∗ Gossypol : Cotton
✅∗ Neurotoxin (BOAA) : Lathyrus
✅∗ Erucic acid : Rapeseed and mustard
✅∗ Goitrogen : Soybean
✅∗ Saponin and plant estrogens : Alfalfa/Lucerne
✅∗ Aflatoxin : Groundnut
✅∗ Coumarin : Sweet clover
✅∗ HCN glucocides/Prussic acid/ Dhurin : Sorghum
✅∗ Steroidal alkaloids : Potato
✅∗ Alkaloids : Yam
✅∗ Resins : Mango
✅∗ Antivitamin E Factor : Field pea
✅∗ Polyphenolics : Safflower and sunflower
✅∗ Tripsin inhibiters : Pigeon pea, French bean & Soybean
✅∗ Haemaggutinins : French bean
✅∗ Lathyrogens : Lathyrus sativus (Khesari)
✅∗ Glucocides : White clover
✅∗ Eicosenoic acid : Rapeseed and mustard
✅∗ Cucurbitacins : Cucurbits
✅∗ CN glucocides : Cassava
✅∗ Gossypol : Cotton
✅∗ Neurotoxin (BOAA) : Lathyrus
✅∗ Erucic acid : Rapeseed and mmustar
✅∗ Goitrogen : Soybean
✅∗ Saponin and plant estrogens : Alfalfa/Lucerne
✅∗ Aflatoxin : Groundnut
✅∗ Coumarin : Sweet clover
✅∗ HCN glucocides/Prussic acid/ Dhurin : Sorghum
✅∗ Steroidal alkaloids : Potato
✅∗ Alkaloids : Yam
✅∗ Resins : Mango
✅∗ Antivitamin E Factor : Field pea
✅∗ Polyphenolics : Safflower and sunflower
 ✅∗ Tripsin inhibiters : Pigeon pea, French bean & Soybean
✅∗ Haemaggutinins : French bean
✅∗ Lathyrogens : Lathyrus sativus (Khesari)
✅∗ Glucocides : White clover
✅∗ Eicosenoic acid : Rapeseed and mustard
✅∗ Cucurbitacins : Cucurbits
✅∗ CN glucocides : Cassava
✅∗ Oxalic acid : Pearl millet, Napier grass

HORTICULTURE @theagriwizard

✅“National Horticulture board” located in ? Gurugram (Haryana)

✅Chief pollinating agent in onion is? Honey bee

✅Which chemical used for preventing sprouting during storage in onion? Maleic Hydrazide

✅Seed rate of hybrid tomato is? 100-150 g/ha @theagriwizard

✅How many mango trees will be accommodated with a spacing of 5 m x 5m in an area of one ha? 400
trees/ha.

✅Post harvest losses in fruit and vegetable? 30-40%

✅Cloves required for planting garlic? 500 kg/ha

✅Sanjose scale is the most serious pest of? Apple

✅“Goma Kirti” is a variety of? Ber @theagriwizard

✅The hard fruits of citrus are due to the? Boron deficiency

✅ Anti-fungal factor in onion is? Catechol

✅Kent is the mutant variety of? Coffee , while Caturra is a natural mutant variety of Coffee (ibps 2020)

✅Removal of male bud after completion of female phase is known as? Denavelling (Ibps 2020)

✅Sex form of water melon is? Monoecious

✅The element which improve quality of fruits is? Boron

✅ Saffron is obtained from? Style and Stigma

✅Arka Keshar and Arka Dheeraj are varieties of? Gladiolus.

✅Rostellum and pollinia are terms related to? Orchid

✅World coconut day 2020 is observed on which date? 2nd september

✅ Ruby Important variety of by Pomegranate

✅ Pusa Ruby Important variety of Tomato 🍅

#HORTICULTURE @theagriwizard

* Edible part of cauliflower: Curd

* Blanching is an important process of: Cauliflower

* Whiptail of cauliflower due to: Mo deficiency

* Pusa ruby is a variety of: Tomato

* Swaran roopa is the early variety of Litchi

* Pajaro: is the variety of: Strawberry

* Bolero is the variety of : Marigold

* Richest source of vitamin C is: Barbados cherry

* Largest importer of cut flower in the world: Germany

* The dwarf variety of mango : Amrapali

* California Papershell is the variety of : Almond

* Fruit of rose known as: Hips

* Fruit of okra is: Capsule

* Coconut fat rich source of: Lauric acid

* Coconut is propagated by: Seeds

* Mango is mostly propagated through: Veneer grafting

*Inflorescence of cauliflower known as: Cyme

* Inflorescence of cabbage known as : Cat ken

* Black heart of potato due to: O2 deficiency

* Pusa snowball is a variety of: Cauliflower

* Development of fruits without fertilization is called: Parthenocarpy

* Development of embryo without fertilization is known as : Apomixis

* Oleoresin is an important product of : Chilli seeds

Kesar (saffron) belong to the family of : Iridiceae

* Concentration of sugar is used for preservation is: 60-70 %

* Mango variety suitable for high density planting is: Amrapali.

* Most salt tolerant fruit crop is : Date palm

* Fruit repiring hormone is : Ethylene.

* A form of low pruning to about 2 m up to stem is called as: Pollarding

#Instruments @theagriwizard

✅Altimeter --Height

✅Aneroid Barometer -Atmospheric pressure

✅Anemometer --Wind speed/velocity

✅Tensiometer - Soil moisture tension (0.8 bar)

✅Auxanometer -- Growth of plant

Barograph Continuous atmospheric pressure

✅Crescograph -- Growth of plant

✅Hygrometer/ Psychrometer-- Relative humidity (RH)

✅Evaporimeter -- Evapo-transpiration

✅Hydrometer -- Relative density of liquids

✅Heliograph -- Duration of bright sunshine hours

✅Infra-red thermometer -- Canopy temperaplan

✅Wind vane -- Wind direction

✅Lysimeter -- Evapo-transpiration

✅Lactometer -- Fat per cent in milk

✅Penetrometer -- Soil strength (ibps-afo 2020)

✅Irrometer -- Water stress, soil moisture tension

✅Infiltrometer -- Infiltration

✅Rain gauge -- Amount of rainfall

✅Permeameter -- Hydraulic conductivity

✅Pycnometer -- Soil specific gravity

✅Pyrheliometer -- Direct solar radiation

✅Pyradiometer -- long and short wave radiation

✅Quantum sensor -- PAR

✅Psychrometer -- Leaf water potential/RH

✅Porometer -- Transpiration rate (ET)

✅Pyranometer -- Total incoming solar radiation

✅Thermograph -- Continuous measuring temperature

✅Spectrophotometer -- Wavelength of light

✅Atmometer -- Leaf temperature

✅Drosometer -- Dew

✅Cambel stokes recorder -- Sunshine duration

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1. king of cereals – Wheat

2. Queen of cereals- Maize

3. Queen of vegetables- potato

4. Poor mans meat- soybean

5. famine reserves- millets

6. camel crop- sorghum

7. Queen of oilseed – Sesame

8. king of oilseed- mustard

9. Queen of fodder crop- Lucerne

10.king of fodder cop- barseem

11. vegetable meat- Cowpea

12. Poor mans substitute for ghee- Sesamum

13.poor mans friend- Potato

14.poor mans food- pearl Millet

15.King of weed- Congress grass

16. Drosophila of crop plants- Maize

17. king of coarse cereals- Sorghum

18. king of fruits-Mango

19.Queen of fruits-litchi

20.king of pulses-Gram

21.Queen of pulses-Pea

22.Queen of spices- cardamom

23.King of flower- Dahlia

24.Food of god- Cocoa

25.Queen of beverage-Tea

26.century plant-date palm

27.White gold- Cotton

28.Green gold- Opium

29.king of arid fruits- Ber

30.Poor’s men fruits-Ber

31.King of tamprate fruits-Apple

32. Butter fruit- Avocado

33. Adam’s fig- Banana

34. King of forest- Teak

35. king of vegetable- Brinjal

36. Queen of spices- Cardamom

37. Poor man’s orange—Tomato

38. Poor man’s apple- Guava

39. Love apple – Tomato

40. Queen of oil seeds- sesame( TIL)

41. King of spices- BLACKPEPPER

43. Adam’s fig- Banana

44. Kalpa Vriksha- Coconut

45. Queen of flowers-Rose

46. Green Gold- Bamboo

47. Queen of beverage- coffee

48. wonder crop- soybean

49. Blanket flower is- Gaillardia

50. Miracle fruit is- kiwi

51. king of veg – potato

52. Tree of paradise- Banana

53. Apple of Paradise -Banana

54. Monkey Jack -Jack fruit

55. Apple of Tropic – Guava

56. King of Arid fruits- Ber

57. Chinere Date -Ber

58. Chinese Fig – Ber

59.Five Corner fruit – Carambola

60. Star Apple- Phalsa

61. King of Temprate fruit – Apple

62. Queen of Nut – pecanut

63. King of Nut – walnut

64. Gold mine of Wast land – Cashew

65. Sapodilla plum – Sapota

66. Fancy Fruit – Mandarin

67. Black Plum – Jamun

68. Indian Black Berry – jamun

69. Black Plum – Jamun

70. Melon Tree – Japan

71. Indian Gooseberry – Anola

72. Malacca Tree – Anola

73. Wolf Apple – Tomato

74. Vilayati Baigan – Tomato

75. Butter Bean- Lima Bean

76. Egg plant – Brinjal

77. Kindney & Snap bean – French

Bean

78. Indian Bean- Dolichos Bean

79. Horse & Faba Bean – Broad bean

80. Vegetable of 20 century – Winged

Bean

81. Potato Bean – Yam Bean

82. Misrikand – Yam Bean

83. Balsam Pear- Bitter Guard

84. Bitter Cucumber- Bitter guard

85. Vegetable of Immensd Value –

Pumpkin

86. Wax & white Guard- Ash guard

87. Swiss Chord – Paalak

88. Beetleaf – Palak

89. Horse Raddish Tree- Drumstick

90. Vegetable of 21 century –

Chekurmanis

91. Black Eyed pea – Cowpea

92. Wholesome Food – Musk Melon

93. King of Annual Flower- Pensy

94. Lovers Chain – Coral Vine

95. Schlor’s Tree – Ashok

96. Bodhi Tree – Pipal

97. Peacock – Gulmohar

98. Blue Gum – Safeda

99. China Shoe flower – Gurhal

100. Pigeon Berry – Duranta

101. Poorman’s Orchid – Schizanthus

102. Love in a Mist- Nigella

103. Star flower- Phlox

104. Cone Flower – Rudbeckia

105. Cape marigold – Dimorphotheca

106. Pot Marigold – Calendula

107. Dog Flower – Antirrhinum

108. Bunny Rabbit – Antirrhinum

109. Babys Breath – Gypsophyla

110. Plough Crop – Cashew nut

111. Queen Of Fruit – Mangosteen.

112. Rayon – poor man’s silk

113. Tomato – poor man’s summer bread

114. Poor man’s egg – malunggay

115. Poor man’s Ooty – Yercaud

116. Poor man’s fruit – jackfruit

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