Agronomy ICAR JRF Test - 4 — Agri Master Mind

Fiji virus disease infected which crop
  • Sugarcane
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Maize
PM PRANAM has been designed to
  • To reduce the use of water
  • To reduce the use of pesticide
  • To reduce the use of chemical fertilizer
  • To reduce the use of weedicide
Which is true about kritagaya 3.0
  • Kri for krishi
  • Ta for taknik
  • Gya for gyan
  • All of the above
Unique hand parcel identification number contain digit
  • 16 digit
  • 18 digit
  • 14 digit
  • 12 digit
Direct seeded rice technique benefit are
  • Saving on irrigation water by 12 to 35 percent
  • Quicker maturation of crops
  • Reducing the cost of cultivation
  • All of the above
Agriculture census is done every year
  • 10 year
  • 15 year
  • 5 year
  • 7 year
Pradhan mantri fasal bima yojanalaunched in the year
  • 2015
  • 2018
  • 2016
  • 2020
Rythu bharosa kendra introduced in which state of India
  • Andra pradesh
  • Tamil nadu
  • U.P
  • M.P
Seed treaty facilities the exchange
  • 64 crusial crop
  • 76 crusial crop
  • 54 crusial crop
  • 70 crusial crop
The protection of plant varieties and farmer right act was launched in
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2001
  • 2005
Length of Gunter's chain is ---------- ft
  • 15
  • 25
  • 66
  • 30
The safe limit of soil erosion……..t/ha/yr
  • 7 to 8
  • 2 to 5
  • 1 to 2
  • 3 to 4
LSU dryer is ………..
  • Batch type dryer
  • Continuous flow type dryer
  • Continuous flow mixing type dryer
  • Continuous flow non mixing type
Capacity of morai storage structure is ……..
  • 3.5 to 18 tones
  • 05 to 18 tones
  • 15 to 18 tones
  • 1 to 18 tones
In India………% of fruits and vegetable are processed for value addition.
  • 2%
  • 12%
  • 10%
  • 22%
Full form of FPO………..
  • Fruit Product Order
  • Fruit Produce Order
  • Fruit Production Order
  • Fruit Product Organization
HACCP is …………
  • Hazards Analysis Critical Control Point
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Controls Point
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
  • Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point
ISO 18000 deals with …….
  • Water quality
  • Product quality
  • Workers safety
  • Environment
WHO is ………..
  • World Happy Organization
  • World Health Organization
  • World Hazard Organization
  • World Help Organization
Pressure required for operation of drip irrigation is …..kg/cm2
  • 0.01
  • 0.1
  • >1
  • 10
Continuous recording of water level in a reservoir can be measured by using …..
  • Aerograph
  • Barograph
  • Laminograph
  • Hydrograph
1 cumec = …… cusec
  • 32.314
  •  38.614
  • 35.314
  • 36.614
For the first time hybrid variety of cotton was evolved in :
  • USA
  • China
  • Japan
  • India
In southern India, sugarcane is generally grown in rotation with :
  • jute
  • Wheat
  • Paddy
  • Maize
The seed rate (kg ha-1) of isabgol (Plantago ovata) grown for medicinal purpose will be :
  • 5-6
  • 7-8
  • 9-10
  • 12-13
The drip irrigation was introduced in india from:
  • Israel
  • USA
  • Australia
  • Canada
Maize protein is deficient in:
  • Tryptophane
  • Tryptophane and lysine
  • Betadine
  • Lysine
The optimum rainfall range for growing maize is :
  • 360-500 mm
  • 560-700 mm
  • 300-450 mm
  • 400-600 mm
Striga is an important parasitic weed in the field of:
  • Sorghum
  • Bajra
  • Sugarcane
  • All of the above
Orobanche is an example of:
  • Obligate root parasite
  • Obligate stem parasite
  • partial root parasite
  • Partial stem parasite
The process of burning of trashes, weeds or any organic refuse on the soil surface in tobacco for the sterilization of nursery beds is known as :
  • Rabbing
  • Stratification
  • Scarification
  • None of the above
The oil content(%) of groundnut kernels is about:
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
The largest acreage amongst the oilseed crops in India is associated with:
  • Sunflower
  • Soyabean
  • Rapeseed-mustard
  • Groundnut
What is the oil percentage in castor:
  • 15%
  • 25%
  • 40%
  • 50%
In addition to N2, O2 and CO2, the other principal gas present in the atmosphere is :
  • Neon
  • Ozone
  • Xenon
  • Argon
Which one of the following is a variety of Wheat:
  • Swarn
  • Lohit
  • Kiran
  • Sangam
What is the sugar content in sugarcane:
  • 12%
  • 30%
  • 8%
  • 20%
Name the herbicide most effective in Soyabean:
  • 2,4-D
  • Atrazine
  • Propanil
  • Nitrofen
Which one of the following river basins has maximum utilizable flow:
  • Indus
  • Ganges
  • Brahmaputra
  • Luni and ghaggar
Which one of the following states has maximum geographical area:
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Rajasthan
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Uttar Pradesh
In each drainage system, gullies with defined side slopes, bed width and depth occur in a regular order. Gullies which are 3m deep with bed width of more than 18 m a bed varying side slopes are classified as:
  • Very small gullies
  • Small gullies
  • Medium gullies
  • Deep and narrow gullies
Among the following crops which one has the maximum capacity to tolerate salinity in the growth medium such as soil:
  • Barley
  • Rice
  • Potato
  • Beans
One cubic meter of water is equivalent to:
  • 10 litres
  • 100 litres
  • 1000 litres
  • 10000 litres
Which one of the following crops has maximum water requirement:
  • Bajra
  • Maize
  • Cotton
  • Sugarcane
Which of the following can be grown both in the kharif and rabi season in northern in india:
  • Sorghum
  • maize
  • Cotton
  • Rice
Depog Method of rice nursery raising is introduced in India from :
  • Japan
  • china
  • Philippines
  • USA
Nursery area required to provide seeding of rice for one hectare field is:
  • 0.10 ha
  • 0.05 ha
  • 0.15 ha
  • 0.20 ha
The highest area under rice cultivation in India is in the state of :
  • Punjab
  • West Bengal
  • Bihar
  • Haryana
The brix value of sugarcane juice refer to :
  • Content of total sugars
  • Content of sucrose
  • Content of impurities
  • Content of total soiled
One cusec of water is equal to how many liters of water per second :
  • 28.4
  • 24.8
  • 48.2
  • 84.2
Besides oil, soybean also contains protein amounting to about …………. Percent :
  • 20
  • 40
  • 30
  • 50
Most suitable crop for dry land farming in heavy black soils is :
  • Chickpesa
  • Linseed
  • Safflower
  • Mustard
Which of the following crops is the most exhaustive one from the point of view of nutrient removal :
  • Maize
  • Gram
  • Linseed
  • Berseems
Most extensive grown rabi pulse in India is :
  • Chickpea
  • Lentil
  • Black gram
  • Horse gram
On sloppy land, the best cropping system to be followed is :
  • Cover Cropping
  • Strip Croping
  • Catch Cropping
  • Multiple cropping
A farmer has provision of one irrigation for wheat crop. At what stage he should irrigate
  • Flowering
  • Tillering
  • Crown root initiation
  • Milk stage
Which of the following is a macaroni wheat :
  • Triticum aestivum
  • Triticum dicoccum
  • Triticum vulgare
  • Triticum durum
The inflorescence of sugarcane is called a/an :
  • Arrow
  • Panicle
  • Tassel
  • Spike
Delinting of cotton seed may be done with :
  • NH4Cl
  • HNO3
  • H2SO4
  • NaOH
The planting of sugarcane by trench Method :
  • Saves seed setts
  • Improves tillering
  • Reduces lodging
  • Improves germination
Glyphosate is a ………………………………………herbicide :
  • Non Selective,Content
  • Non Selective, translocative
  • Selective,Content
  • Selective, translocative
Sugarbeet belongs to the family :
  • Euphorbiaceae
  • Pedaliaceae
  • Chenopodiaceae
  • Compositae
Milling recovery in rice is about …………………percent :
  • 65
  • 75
  • 85
  • 55
When sorghum is planted at a plan to plant spacing of 12.5 cm with a plant population 1,60,000 plants/ha, the spacing between the rows would be……………cm :
  • 55
  • 50
  • 45
  • 40
The amount of irrigation water required that must be applied to the soil surface to   meet the net irrigation requirements for each irrigation is called ….
  • Gross irrigation requirement
  • Net irrigation requirement
  • Water requirement
  • None of these
Consumptive use can be obtained by …
  • CU= E
  • CU= E+T+ plant metabolic needs
  • CU= E+P
  • CU= E+T-plant metabolic needs
Highest dam in India (Tehri dam) was constructed across river …..
  • Godavari
  • Bhagirathi
  • Krishna
  • Narmada
Majority of water requirement to rice field is for
  •  Land preparation and nursery raising
  • Puddling and transplanting
  • ET
  • Seepage and Percolation
……. is used for in situ determination of water content using microwave radiation
  • Neutron moisture meter
  • Pressure membrane apparatus
  • Gypsum blocks
  • TDR
Nylon blocks are used for measuring soil moisture with working range of
  • > -2 bars
  • -31 bars
  • -15 bars
  • < -2 bars
Generally, water extraction pattern of four quarters soil from bottom to top is
  • 10,20,30,40%
  • 25,25,25,25%
  • 40,30,20,10%
  • 30,30,20,20%
Which of the following weir is used for measuring uniform flow of water ?
  • Parabolic weir
  • Triangular weir
  • Trapezoidal weir
  • None
Laser land leveling can save water by ……% than conventional methods
  • 50-60
  • 1-2
  • 70-80
  • 20-30
Moisture tension at field capacity is …
  • -0.33 bars
  • -15 bars
  • -31bars
  • -60 bars
Origin of river Godavari ….
  • Maharastra
  • Kerala
  • Uttar pradesh
  • West bengal
….. is shallow rooted crop
  • Sugarcane
  • Sugarbeet
  • Cotton
  • Rice
Water present between FC and PWP is …..
  • Unavailable water
  • Available water
  • Capillary water
  • Hygroscopic water
Area under major irrigation project is …… ha
  • <2000
  •  >50000
  • >10000
  • >100000
1 hectare meter is equal to ….. m3 of water
  • 100
  • 1000
  • 10000
  • 100000
Statement I – Sprinkler irrigation is also known as overhead irrigations Statement II – Sprinkler irrigation increases irrigable area 1.5 - 2.0 times to that of surface irrigation at the same amount of water
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I – Specialized cropping is a cropping plan in which no single crop contributes 50% or more towards the total crop productions in a year Statement II – Diversified cropping is a cropping plan in which a single crop contributes 50% or more towards the total crop productions in a year
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I – Net duty of water is area commanded by water delivered at field. Statement II –Gross duty of water is area commanded by the flow of water as measured at the source of supply.
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I – In split plot design the main plot error is smaller than sub plot error Statement II – In a split plot design, more error degree of freedom is obtained for sub plot
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I –During transpiration most of the water loss occurs through stomata Statement II – Respiration required CO2 to provide energy during growth and development
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I – The sun behave as a black body Statement II – Sun absorb both all energy received and in turn radiates energy at the maximum rate possible for a given temp.
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I – The greenhouse effect is the retention of heat in the lower atmosphere due to absorptions and re radiation by clouds and certain gases. Statement II – The anthropogenic greenhouse gases effect is the result of the accumulation of trace gases in the air from human activities.
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I – Synoptic weather forecast are popular all over the World, because complex atmosphere equations can be understood through numerical charts. Statement II – In statistical weather forecast approach, a forecast tries to correlate one weather element with another
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I – Due to lack of mobility the competition between crop and weeds is active being visible in the beginning Statement II – A good competitor could be the species with least resources requirement
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I –A surface irrigation event is composed of four phases namely, advance phase, storage phase, depletion phase and recession phase. Statement II – In recession phase of surface irrigation, the depth of water applied to any point in the field is a function of opportunity time, length of time for which water is present on soil surface
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Statement I – Nickel is essential for the function of urease enzyme Statement II – Nickel helps in breaking down urea into NH3 and CO2
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are true
  • Both Statement I and Statement II are false
  • Statement I is true and Statement II is false
  • Statement I is false and Statement II is true
Ample food crop in India is rice and requires less rain. R- Our Country is the fourth largest producer of rice in the word
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Assertion is true but reason is false
  • Both Assertion and Reason are False
Among the oil seed crops, soybean is the major contributor in world oil seed economy followed by rapeseed mustard R- Sulphur plays an important role in formation of plant proteins, amino acids, some vitamins and enzymes, photosynthesis, energy metabolism, carbohydrate production, synthesis of protein
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Assertion is true but reason is false
  • Both Assertion and Reason are False
Rice has one of the lowest protein contents among the cereals R- Wheat has over four times more protein when compared to white rice.
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Assertion is true but reason is false
  • Both Assertion and Reason are False
 India is the second largest sugarcane producer in the world, after Brazil. R- Uttar Pradesh, the leading producer of sugarcane in India, is being called the 'Sugar Bowl' of India
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Assertion is true but reason is false
  • Both Assertion and Reason are False
Kot Kapura has also been called the 'City of White Gold' due to its cotton market, which was once the largest cotton market in Asia. R- Cotton  was also known as the 'Golden Fibre'.
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is NOT the correct explanation of Assertion
  • Assertion is true but reason is false
  • Both Assertion and Reason are False
Which is the stomatal closing type of antitranspiran.???
  • Mobi leaf
  • Atrazine
  • Silicone
  • All
The Word Watershed was introduced in
  • 1919
  • 1920
  • 1921
  • 1922
The area lost in bench terracing depends on 
  • Slope 
  • Depth of fill
  • Depth of cut
  • All of the above
According to FAO, areas having a growing period between 1 and 74 days are classified as _________
  • Semi arid areas 
  • Dry areas
  • Sub humid areas
  • Humid areas
Chemical used for seed hardening for drought tolerance in cotton is
  • Potassium chloride
  • Succinic acid
  • Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
  • None of these
Hydrophobic material used for surface coating and increasing runoff is
  • Fatty amino acid
  • Sodium rosinate
  • Sodium methyl silanolate
  • All of the above
Statement A: Pitcher farming is a practice in dry farming where crop is irrigated through small holes made in the bottom of earthen pitcher.  Statement B: The practice is generally used for wider spaced plants.
  • Both statements are true
  • A is true but B is false
  • A is false but B is true
  • Both are false
Statement A: The film forming anti transpirants may be of either thin film or thick film. Statement B: Thin film forming type: Mobileaf  and Thick film forming type: Hexadeconol
  • Both are true
  • Both are false
  • A is true B is false
  • B is true A is false
A measure of the relative tendency of a fertilizer to increase the osmotic pressure of the soil solution as compared to the increase caused by an equal weight of sodium nitrate as a references material is termed as
  • Acid balance
  • Acid index
  • Salt balance
  • Salt index
The term ‘Solonetz’ means
  • Saline soils
  • Acid soils
  • Saline – alkaline soil
  • Alkali soils
A small intermittent water course with steep sides; usually only a few inches deep and hence causes no obstacle to tillage operations is called as
  • Rill
  • Gully
  • Landslide
  • None of the above
The most salt tolerant crop among the following
  • Barley
  • Pearl millet
  • Wheat
  • Tobacco
 Rainbow formation is due to
  • Dispersion of light by water droplets
  • Diffraction of light by water droplets
  • Reflection of light by water droplets
  • Refraction of light by water droplets
Weather satellite is a
  • Earth resource satellite
  • Geostationary satellite
  • Sun synchronous satellite
  • none of the above
The RSC of water containing carbonate, bicarbonate, calcium and magnesium and sodium 25, 20, 10 and 10 meq/L, respectively will be
  • 0 meq/L
  • 25 meq/L
  • 20 meq/L
  • 10meq/L
Schoonover’s method used to determine
  • Lime requirement
  • Gypsum requirement
  • Organic matter requirement
  • Sulphate requirement
A consignment of radioactive element ‘X’ having half life of 10 days has activity of 8 curies its activity after 30 days will
  • 1 curie
  •  8 curie
  • 2 curie
  • 4 curie
Which indicator is used in estimation of gypsum requirement?
  • Diphenylamine indicator
  • Erichrome Black-T (EBT)
  • Mixed indicator
  • Boric acid mixed indicator
The loss of soil 20 – 40 t/ha soil is categorized under
  • Medium erosion
  • Strong erosion
  • Very severe erosion
  • None of these
Which of the following is dominant soil degradation process?
  • Water erosion
  • Wind erosion
  • Chemical degradation
  • Physical degradation
 Coniferous vegetation results in formation of
  • Acid soil
  • Alkali soils
  • Neutral soils
  • None of these
The maximum P availability in most of the soils is in the pH range of?
  • 4.0-4.5
  • 7.0-8.0
  • 6.0-7.0
  • 6.0-9.0
Which of the following statement(s) are NOT CORRECT from the following The bulk density is generally higher in lower profile layers. The presence of organic matter lowers the bulk density. Bulk density value is always less than the value of particle density. Bulk density of fine textured soils is more than the coarse textures soils
  • (a) only
  • (a) (b) and (c) only
  • (d) only
  • All the above
Clayey soils holds more water than sandy soils because they have
  • more macropores and more total pore space
  • more micropores and more total pore space
  • more macropores and less total pore space
  • more micropores and less total pore space
The losses of ammonia usually become greater witth
  • Increase of Soil pH
  • Increase of Soil Mg
  • Decrease of Soil pH
  • Increase of Soil Calcium