byAre you aspiring to be a Food Safety Officer, Agriculture Officer, Assistant Agriculture Officer, or Agriculture Supervisor? Do you want to enhance your knowledge in these fields? In this article, we have compiled a set of questions that will help strengthen your preparation. Take the opportunity to read and share these questions. Additionally, you can participate in our Agriculture Q&A Quiz to further test your knowledge.
The standard size of the Agrometology Observatory is –
A) 120′ x 100′
B) 140′ x 100′
C) 160′ x 120′
D) 180′ x 120′
Harmful solar radiation absorbed by ozone layer in the earth’s atmosphere is :
A) Violet rays
B) Ultraviolet rays
C) Red rays
D) Infrared rays
Which chemical is used as a defoliant to improve boll opening in cotton?
A) Thiadiazuron 100g/ha
B) NAA 30g/ ha
C) Colchicine 10g/ ha
D) TGA 50g/ ha
“Madhuri” is an improved cultivar of which type of maize crop?
A) Quality Protein corn
B) Baby corn
C) Popcorn
D) Sweet corn
Crop logging is a method of :
A) Soil fertility evaluation
B) Plan for assessing requirement of nutrients for yield maximization.
C) Assessing crop damage
D) Testing the suitability of fertilizer
Major constituent of sun hemp fiber, which makes it the most suitable indigenous raw material for currency paper, is:
A) Cellulose
B) Pentosan
C) Lignin
D) Urinic anhydrite
The deviation from the mean daily temperature to the minimum threshold temperature of a crop is termed as:
A) Diurnal variation
B) Heat Unit
C) Temperature gradient
D) Lapse rate
The total water resources available through annual precipitation in India are estimated to be:
A) 5320 Billion cubic meter (BCM)
B) 4000 BCM
C) 1800 BCM
D) 1700 BCM
The individual crop has its minimum, optimum, and maximum temperature for growth and development called as:
A) Temperature gradient
B) Required temperatures
C) Cardinal temperatures
D) Diurnal variation in temperatures
The simultaneous use of two sources of water namely surface and underground water, to irrigate a piece of land is called as-
A) Consumptive use of water
B) Seasonal consumptive use of water
C) Conjunctive use of water
D) Total crop water requirement
Amongst cereals, the grains of which crop possess the highest fat content?
A) Pearl millet
B) Sorghum
C) Wheat
D) Barley
Name a multi-cut cultivar of forage sorghum.
A) Pusa chari 6
B) Rajasthan Chari 2
C) SSG 59-3
D) HC 308
Mustard oil cake is unpalatable due to the presence of
A) Sinirgin
B) Carotenoids
C) Selenium
D) Magnesium
Indian Institute of Spices Research is situated at –
A) Ajmer
B) Anand
C) Calicut
D) New Delhi
Which variety of sesame possesses Quadri carpelletum capsule?
A) RT 46
B) RT 125
C) RT 346
D) RT 351
