Agronomy ICAR JRF Test - 13 — Agri Master Mind
Plant deficient in zinc ,show reduced biosynthesis of growth hormone
- Cytokinin
- Abscisic acid
- Auxin
- Ethylene
Organic compound invariably contain
- Phosphorus
- Sulphur
- Carbon
- Magnesium
Plant require Fe and Mg for
- Translocation of carbohydrates
- Opening and closing of stomata
- Synthesis of chlorophyll
- Energy tranfer during photosynthesis and respiration
First experiment in hydroponics were performed by
- Knop
- Desassure
- Sachs
- Hoagland
Photorespiration occur in
- All living cell
- Roots
- Green plant
- Mitochondria
In maize , mesophyll cells perform photosynthetic cycle
- C1
- C2
- C4
- C3
Light energy converted into chemical energy in the presence of
- Pyrenoids
- ribosomes
- Chloroplasts
- Mesosomes
Tundu disease of wheat is caused by
- Bacteria
- Virus
- Nematode
- Phytoplasma
….………. are the sexual spore of fungi
- Chlamydospore
- Sporangiospore
- Zygospore
- Zoospore
The perfact stage not seen in
- Zygomycotina
- Ascomycotina
- Deuteromycotina
- Basidiomycotina
On which date was World No Tobacco Day 2023 observed?
- MAY 29
- May 30
- May 31
- May 29
Under which scheme is the ‘Report Fish Disease App’ is funded, which is launched by Union Minister Parshottam Rupala
- Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
- Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme
- Coconut Palm Insurance Scheme
- Pradhan Mantri Matsya SampadaYojana
Which state launched the “Mero Rukh Mero Santati” ‘New Green Initiative
- Telangana
- Manipur
- Tripura
- Sikkim
When is the International Pineapple Day observed?
- JUNE 27
- June 23
- June 24
- June 25
Which country has been chosen as the chair for the Standing Committee on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of the Asia Pacific Plant Protection Commission
- China
- India
- USA
- Japan
When the National Cereal Day celebrated
- March 14
- April 09
- February 14
- March 07
Annually under ‘Kisan Samman Nidhi' the farmers of which state are to receive Rs 12,000
- Maharastra
- Jharkhand
- Telangana
- Meghalaya
Which city’s Gajak mango got GI tag?
- Morena
- Gwalior
- Indore
- Betul
Which state has launched the Nand Baba Milk Mission scheme
- AP
- Madhya Pradesh
- Jharkhand
- Uttar Pradesh
On which date is World Food Safety Day celebrated?
- JUNE 4
- June 07
- June 06
- June 05
The primary aim of multiple cropping is to :
- Have higher gross return
- Increase food production
- Maintain soil fertility
- Provide technology for achieving the goal of higher level of land use intensity
Which one of the following is a monetary input in crop production :
- Irrigation scheduling
- Time of sowing
- Crop-rotation
- Seed rate
The rotational intensity of cotton-fenugreek-sugarcane-sorghum-wheat rotation would be :
- 166.67%
- 250%
- 125%
- 500%
The targeting of inputs to arable crop production according to crop requirements on the localized basis is referred to as :
- Reaponse farming
- Precision farming
- Organic farming
- All of these
Jute is predominantly a crop of :
- Eastern India
- Central India
- Western India
- Southern India
The varieties of buckwheat include :
- Himpriya
- VL 7
- Both a and b
- DT 46
The man-made allopolyploid triticale has shown much promise particulary in areas of :
- Moisture/temperature stress
- Assured irrigation
- Water-logging
- All of these
The origin of buckwheat is :
- USA
- Brazil
- China
- India
The Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) is located at :
- Kolkata
- Cuttack
- Bhubaneshwar
- Nagpur
The noxious weeds introduced in India include :
- Argemone
- Phalaris
- Eichhornia
- All of these
The first hybrid bajra variety HB I was developed by the ---- in 1965 :
- IARI
- PAU
- CCSHAU
- SK RAU (B)
The impact of green revolution in India was largely noted in :
- Rice
- Wheat
- Rice and Wheat
- Cereals and pulses
The main objective of growing the catch crop is to :
- Add more residue to the soil
- Suppress weeds
- Prevent cracking of soil
- Get an additional income without further investment
Consider the following types of erosion : (i) Gully erosion (ii) Splash erosion (iii) Normal erosion (iv) Rill erosion (v) Sheet erosion. The correct sequence in terms of the INCREASING order of soil loss from the field to these types of erosions is :
- ii, iii, iv, v, i
- ii, iii, v, iv, i
- iii, ii, iv, i, v
- iii, ii, v, iv, i
Which one of the following is the most important factor to be taken into considers while dividing the country into different agro-ecological zones :
- Equalisation of geographical area of the country
- Equalisation of population of the country
- Output of different crops grown in the area
- Soil and climatic conditions of the area suitable for different crops
Which one of the following wheat types ranks next to common bread wheat in terms of the total cropped area in India :
- Triticumaestivum
- Triticum durum
- Triticumdicoccum
- Triticumspherococum
Water harvesting is best defined as :
- Unit of water consumed per unit of biological product of crop harvested
- Collecting the excess run-off from rain on the farm in ponds and utilizing it later for agriculture
- Harvesting deep water from soils by special pumping devices and utilizing it for crop production
- Application of water at the time of harvest of crop to ease harvesting crop like sugarbeet, sweet potato and yam
Set line cultivation is followed in :
- Cotton
- Groundnut
- Sugarcane
- Both a and b
In relay cropping the floweing period of :
- One crop always overlaps with that of the second crop
- One crop never overlaps with that of the second crop
- The first crop may or may not overlap with that of the second crop
- Crops grown are not relevant
Groundnut originated in :
- Brazil
- South Africa
- Australia
- Mexico
Irrigation water becomes toxic for most of the crops, when the boron concentration is :
- 0.5 ppm
- 1.0 ppm
- 1.5 ppm
- >2 ppm
Crop rotation is a sequential cropping of different crops over a piece of land in a :
- Pre-planned manner of succession of crops
- Post-planned manner of crop arrangement
- Modified way during the implementation of crop cultivation
- Planned manner of resource utilization
Consider the following pairs of crops and varieties : 1. Barley : Clipper 2. Cotton : PusaPhalguni 3. Green gram : Sujata 4. Red gram : UPAS 120 Which of these pairs are NOT correctly matched :
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 3 and 4
- 1 and 4
To obtain optimum yield of paddy, the number of ear-bearing tillers per square meter should be :
- 150-180
- 200-250
- 350-400
- 450-500
Which one of the following crops is most sensitive both excess moisture and drought :
- Direct-seeded rice
- Maize
- Sunflower
- Sorghum
Which one of the following is a mycoherbicide :
- Diquat
- Metsulfuron methyl
- Cokego
- Bromacil
For getting good yields from dry farming, the seed rate should be kept :
- 10% lower than optimum
- 20%lower than optimum
- 20% higher than optimum
- Optimum
Which one of the following is the best example of a catch crop :
- Linseed
- Mustard
- Toria
- Groundnut
Which one of the following is a relay cropping system :
- Maize-mustard-pearlmillet+cowpea fodder
- Maize-potato-wheat-greengram
- Black gram-wheat-greengram
- Pearlmillet-mustard-greengram
The Indian Society of Agronomy was established in :
- 1945
- 1985
- 1955
- 1951
Niger plant belongs to which one of the following families :
- Cruciferae
- Compositae
- Umbelifereae
- Sapindaceae
Which one of the following is referred to as percentage ratio of gross cropped area to cropped area :
- Cropping intensity
- Cropping scheme
- Cropping system
- Cropping pattern
In which one of the following continents did red gram originate :
- Asia
- Africa
- Australia and New Zealand
- South Africa
In FIRB system, wheat is sown on :
- Raised beds
- Flat smooth seed bed
- Ridges
- Flat rough seed bed
Which of the following is the correct group of kharif crops :
- Jowar, bajra, rice, cotton, jute and gram
- Wheat, barley, gram, and mustard
- Arhar, millet, maize and cotton
- Groundnut, bajra, barley, gram and mustard
The decrease in temperature with altitude is known as :
- Temperature inversion
- Lapse rate
- Thermal anomaly
- None of these
The part of the earth in which life exists is :
- Hydrosphere
- Lithosphere
- Biosphere
- Atmosphere
Which one of the following dam has been built on the river Nile :
- Panchet
- Tehri
- Aswan
- All of the above
The correct sequence of growth phases in cotton is :
- Flowering squaring boll bursting
- Squaring flowering boll bursting
- Flowering boll bursting squaring
- Squaring boll bursting flowering
Osmotic tensiometers developed in Australia can measure soil tension up to---- beas :
- 0.85
- 8.5
- 20
- 33
The widely used method of soil loss estimation, universal soil laoss equation (USLE) given by A=RKLSCP, was proposed by----in 1960.
- Wischmerier and Smith
- Middleton
- Chepil
- Schofield
The pF range of moisture found optimal for operations in medium-textured soil is :
- 1.4-2.8
- 2.8-4.4
- 4.4-6.6
- 6.6-8.8
In a water molecule, two hydrogens are connected with one oxygen molecule at an angle of :
- 105
- 110
- 100
- 115
The rotational intensity of groundnut-pigeonpea-sugarcane rotation is :
- 150%
- 100%
- 300%
- 166%
Rainfall intensity refers to :
- The receipts of rainfall at given intervals
- The receipts of rainfall on a given day
- The receipts of rainfall in a given season
- None of these
Lantana camara is classified as :
- Noxious weed
- Native weed
- Alien weed
- Specialized weed
In remote sensing which of the radiation is used for photography :
- Violet
- Far red light
- Infra red
- Green light
Relay cropping may also be referred as :
- Parallel cropping
- Intercropping
- Multiple cropping
- Mixed cropping
By continuous growing of which monocrop, the soil become sick :
- Maize
- Sorghum
- Pearlmillet
- Pigeonpea
Which herbicide, if falls on cotton leads to development of human hand like leaves :
- 2, 4-D
- Isoproturon
- Pendimethalin
- Paraquat
metsulfuron dose in wheat is :
- 1-2g a i ha-1
- 5-6g a i ha-1
- 100-150g a i ha-1
- 500-1000g a i ha-1
In forecasting of rainfall the word 'isolated rain' denotes----area receiving rain :
- 1/5
- 1/4
- 1/3
- 1/2
The generic name of sunflower is composed of two-----words i.e. Helios-sun anthosflower :
- Latin
- Greek
- Arabic
- French
Which food is designated as Boneless meat :
- Soybean
- Tapioca
- Banana
- Potato
Frost damage in crops is due to :
- Cell breakup because of water expansion
- Dessication
- Water freezing in the plants
- Water stagnation
Chenopodium album is the scientific name of :
- HiranKhuri
- Bathua
- Gajri
- Ankri
Atmospheric layer nearest to earth surface is :
- Stratosphere
- Troposphere
- Thermosphere
- Biosphere
Which of the following development has helped in the success of Zero Tillage :
- Fertilizers
- herbicides
- Fungicides
- Soil amendments
Basic requirement of zero tillage is :
- All vegetation is killed by herbicides
- Row surface is cleared of much
- Seed placed in proper depth with good germinability
- All of these
The triple gene dwarf varieties of wheat include :
- UP 301 and UP 319
- Heera and Moti
- K 816 and UP 310
- All of these
The chief source of energy in the sun is :
- Fission reaction
- Fusion reaction
- Chemical reaction
- Burning reaction
The green house effect---- the atmospheric temperature :
- Increases
- Decreases
- Doesn't affect
- fluctuates
The largest number of sugar mills are in the state of :
- Uttar Pardesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu
Find out the area sprayed by a full tank, if the volum of the tank is 300 litres and rate of spray is 150 litres ha-1 :
- 0.5 hectare
- 2.0 hectare
- 1.0 hectare
- None of these
The weed which is used against snake bite is :
- Leucasaspera
- Argemone Mexicana
- Cyperusrotundus
- Saccharumspp
What will be the real value of seed if the seed sample has 80 percent purity and 70percent germination :
- 78%
- 56%
- 80%
- None of these
Find out the seed rate of wheat (kg ha-1) if spacing is 20 cm x 3 cm, germination % is 95, purity percentage 90 and test weight is 46 g. :
- 70.0
- 80.0
- 90.0
- 100.0
An aggressivity value of ---- indicates that both the species in mixed/intercropping systems are equally competitive :
- 0
- -
- +
- None of these
The relative area of sole crop required to produce the yield obtained from mixed/intercrops is termed as :
- RCC
- MCI
- LER
- Aggressivity
The practice of growing only one crop in a year is called :
- Mono cropping
- Monoculture
- Intercropping
- Multiple cropping
Who is the creator of super rice :
- M S Swaminathan
- G S Khush
- S K De Datta
- None of these
Which state has the highest net sown area in the country :
- Maharashtra
- Uttar Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- Madhya Pradesh
The largest producer of pigeonpea is :
- Madhya Pradesh
- Uttar Pradesh
- Rajasthan
- Haryana
The varieties developed at the IARI include :
- CSH-106
- Aruna
- Kisan
- All of these
The world's first tungro virus resistant rice variety is :
- Lunishree
- Vikramarya
- Gayatri
- Sneha
The first wheat variety to have manifested substantial resistance against the three rusts was :
- NP 829
- NP 770
- NP 809
- NP 4
Which wheat variety has paved way for self sufficiency in foodgrains in Sudan :
- HD 2009
- HD 2172
- PBW 343
- WL 711
Which Indian variety of cotton is comparable with GIZA 45, the best Egyptian cotton :
- Hybrid 4
- Varalaxmi
- Suvin
- Fateh
The Taichung native I was introduced from :
- Japan
- Mexico
- Korea
- Taiwan
In which country transgenic cotton occupies more than 3/4th of the total cotton area :
- USA
- India
- China
- Australia
The kodo millet is :
- Setaria italic
- Panicummiliaceum
- Paspalumscrobiculatum
- Eleusinecoracana
The pulse which is famously called as winter pulse is :
- Chick pea
- Black gram
- Horse gram
- Red gram
The dough stage in wheat is :
- Stage between milking and ripening
- Ripened state
- Early tillering stage
- Heading stage
The floating aquatic weed includes :
- Lemna minor
- Eichhorniacrassipes
- Both of the above
- None of these
The mixed application of herbicide and fertilizer is referred to as :
- Weed and Feed
- Weed content
- Weed wiper
- Herbigation
Which herbicide is not volatile in nature :
- Fluchloralin
- EPTC
- Trifluralin
- None of these
Imperata cylindrical is associated with :
- Cotton
- Tea
- Sugarcane
- All of these
Amitrole-T is a mixture of :
- Amitrole + Ammonium thiosulphate
- Amitrole + Ammonium thiocyanate
- Amitrole + Ammonuimsulphate
- All of the above
The Lantana seeds are dispersed by :
- Indian Myna
- Chinese turtle dove
- Both of the above
- None of these
The perennial weeds which are difficult to control are also called as :
- Problematic weeds
- Noxious weeds
- Satellite weeds
- Pernicious weeds
The cattails belong to family :
- Cyperaceae
- Typhaceae
- Poaceae
- Scruphulariaceae
The weeds susceptible to the foliage application of 2, 4-D are :
- Dicots
- Monocots
- Both of the above
- None of these
Which one of the following is a crop-bound weed :
- Striga
- Cuscuta
- Cichorium
- Both a and b
Avenafatua mimics in the field of :
- Wheat
- Barley
- Rice
- All of the above
Which weed mimics in the tea plantations :
- Cichorium
- Loranthus
- Orobanche
- Striga
Most of the weeds are included under :
- Acidophiles
- Basophiles
- Neutrophiles
- None of these
Heweabrasiliensis is a native of :
- USA
- Brazil
- Australia
- India
Which herbicide is consumed in maximum quantity in India :
- 2, 4-D
- Butachlor
- Isoproturon
- Anilophos
If glyphosate needs to be applied at 1% concentration at a spray volum of 400/ha-1, the quantity of commercial herbicide formulation to be used is :
- 4 l
- 1 l
- 2 l
- 3 l
If diuron is to applied at 2 kg a.i.ha-1 in plots of 20 m2, the total amount of herbicide formulation required in 10 plots of this treatment is (Diuron of 80% a.i.) :
- 0.05 kg
- 0.5 kg
- 5 kg
- 0.005 kg