Indian Agricultural MCQ Questions PDF

1. National Biodiversity Authority is located at _________

1. Nagpur
2. Chennai
3. New Delhi
4. Gurgaon

Answer: Chennai

2. All India Coordinated Vegetable Improvement Project (AICVIP) was started in

_____

1. 1991-92
2. 1981-82
3. 1970-71
4. 1960-61

Answer: 1970-71

3. Which element found highest in earth crust?

1. Aluminum
2. Oxygen
3. Silicon
4. Iron

Answer: Oxygen

4. Under the All India Coordinated Vegetable Improvement Project (AICVIP), India is
divided into agro-climatic zones

1. 12
2. 18
3. 8
4. 24

Answer: 8

5. The rocks formed by alteration by heat and pressure is called _____

1. Metamorphic rock
2. Igneous rock
3. Sedimentary rock
4. None

Answer: Metamorphic rock

6. Father of Horticulture_____________
 1. Liberty Hyde Bailey
2. Thomas Andrew Knight
3. John Lindley
4. All of the above

Answer: Liberty Hyde Bailey

7. Word “Horticulture” is derived from _________

1. English
2. Latin
3. Greek
4. Italic

Answer: Latin

8. Slate is metamorphs from which rock____________

1. Dolomite
2. Granite
3. Sandstone
4. Shale

Answer: Shale

9. Attraction between two dissimilar molecules is called _____

1. Cohesion
2. Adhesion
3. Attraction
4. Flocculation

Answer: Adhesion

10. CO2 concentration in soil air___________

1. 2.5%
2. 0.025%
3. 0.0025%
4. 0.25%

Answer: 0.25%

11. Filter chamber of Homopterans helps in rapid removal of _______

1. Nitrogen
2. Excretory material
3. Water
4. Salts
Answer: Water

12. The method of harvesting a crop which leaves the roots and the lower parts of the
plant uncut to give the subtle crops is known as ___________

1. Mulching
2. Intensive farming
3. Zero tillage farming
4. Ratooning

Answer: Ratooning

13. Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) is located

at ________

1. Ludhiana
2. Gurgaon
3. Haryana
4. Pune

Answer: Ludhiana

14. International Potato Research Centre at _________

1. USA
2. Shimla
3. Peru
4. Rome

Answer: Peru

15. Main crop of Madhya Pradesh is_____________

1. Wheat
2. Maize
3. Bajra
4. Rice

Answer: Wheat

16. Early blight is a disease of __________

1. Rice
2. Maize
3. Potato
4. Sugarcane

Answer: Potato

17. Which one of the following is not a commercial crop____________

 1. Banana
2. Sugarcane
3. Cotton
4. Bajra

Answer: Bajra

18. Black arm disease in Cotton is caused due to ________

1. Deficiency of Iron
2. Fungus
3. Bacteria
4. Deficiency of Nitrogen

Answer: Bacteria

19. Agricultural census is conducted after every____________

1. 2 years
2. 3 years
3. 4 years
4. 5 years

Answer: 5 years

20. Alluvial soils vary in nature from sandy loam to clay. They are
generally____________

1. poor in both potash and phosphorus

2. rich in potash but poor in phosphorous
3. poor in potash and rich in phosphorus
4. rich in both potash and phosphorus

Answer: rich in potash but poor in phosphorous

21. National Research Centre for Litchi (NRCL) is located at _________

1. Muzaffarpur
2. Pune
3. Kolkata
4. Lucknow

Answer: Muzaffarpur

22. Central Drug Research Institute is situated at _________

1. New Delhi
2. Hyderabad
3. Mumbai
4. Lucknow
Answer: Lucknow

23. Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) is located at ________

1. Bikaner
2. Pune
3. Jodhpur
4. Nagpur

Answer: Jodhpur

24. Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research (DOGR) is situated at ________

1. Nasik
2. Lucknow
3. Shimla
4. New Delhi

Answer: Nasik

25. Primary resource for agriculture____________

1. Seed, air and water

2. Land, air and water
3. Seed, Fertilizer and Pesticide
4. Land, Fertilizer and water

Answer: Land, air and water

26. Instrument used for measuring wind velocity is known as __________

1. Pyranometer
2. Hydrometer
3. Altimeter
4. Anemometer

Answer: Anemometer

27. Principles of mercury barometers was discovered by_________

1. Aristotle
2. Torricelli
3. Pliny
4. Galileo

Answer: Torricelli

28. Climate pertains to a __________

1. Short duration
 2. Long period of time
3. Medium duration
4. None

Answer: Long period of time

29. The book „Horse hoeing husbandry‟ was published by _______

1. Jethro tull
2. Gregor Johann Mendel
3. Van Helmont
4. None

Answer: Jethro tull

30. The term agronomy is derived from ________

1. Spanish
2. Latin word
3. German word
4. Greek word

Answer: Greek word