Dryland Agriculture Test 1 — Agri Master Mind

The Govt. Of India planned watersheds in the areas of:-
  • Rainfed areas
  • Water stressed areas
  • At any areas of cultivation
  • Canal areas
Percentage of effective rainfall under rainfed condition is 
  • <20%
  • 20-50%
  • 50-80%
  • None of These
Successful pre monsoon sowing depends on
  • Prediction of monsoon
  • Seed hardning
  • Depth of sowing
  • All of these
Which of the following will be affected first under water stress condition
  • Photosynthesis
  • Cell division and elongation
  • Transpiration
  • Protein synthesis
Evaporation reducing material used in farm pond is
  • Polyethylene sheet 
  • Bentonite
  • Thermocol sheet
  • Cement Concrete
Which of the following is the method of micro catchments ..??
  • Crescent basin 
  • Circular basin
  • Compartmental bunding
  • All of the above
Which is the stomatal closing type of antitranspiran.???
  • Mobi leaf
  • Atrazine
  • Silicone
  • All
Area under dryland Agriculture in India is approximately
  • 40%
  • 50%
  • 60%
  • 70%
Mulches are advantageous under dryland condition, because
  • Reducing beating action of rains
  • Improve infiltration
  • Reduce runoff
  • All of the above
In dryland areas there would be 
  • Low root to top ratio
  • High root to top ratio
  • Low root to leaves ratio
  • High root to leaves ratio
ICRISAR was established in 
  • 1970 
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1973
CRIDA was established in 
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1984
  • 1985
All India Coordinates Research Project for Dry Land Agriculture was started in
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1973
National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Agriculture was started in
  • 1981-82
  • 1983-84
  • 1986-87
  • 1989-90
The Word Watershed was introduced in
  • 1919
  • 1920
  • 1921
  • 1922
ICARDA was established in
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977
Desert Development Programme was started in
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1978
For probability of rainfall analysis atleast ..........years data are required
  • 5
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
Kaolin , as an antitranspirant, is used at ........% Concentration
  • 1-2%
  • 2-4%
  • 3-6%
  • 5-8%
Period of recurrence of  drought is minimum in which state
  • Tripura
  • Assam
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • West Bengal
Comprehensive project on dryland farming was initially started in 
  • Sholapur and Bijapur
  • Hagri and Raichur
  • Rohtak
  • All of these
Crop mixtures have proved biologically most dynamic under 
  • Water stress condition
  • Irrigated condition
  • High soil fertility condition
  • Large holding conditions
Which of the following two crops are responsible for almost 75% of Pulse production in India
  • Moongbean and pigeonpea
  • Gram and lentil
  • Gram and moongbean
  • Gram and pigeonpea
Vertical Interval of bench terrace depends on 
  • Land Slope 
  • Soil Depth
  • Both A and B
  • None of these
The area lost in bench terracing depends on 
  • Slope 
  • Depth of fill
  • Depth of cut
  • All of the above
The width of buffer strip crops usually varies from
  • 2- 4m
  • 5-6m
  • 8-10m
  • 10-12m
The construction of dugout farm pond is found suitable for the area where land slope is
  • <10%
  • <3%
  • 15-20%
  • 20-40%
Cultivation of crops in regios receiving more than 1150 mm rainfall is known as
  • Dry farming
  • Dryland farming
  • Rainfed farming
  • Natural farming
To harvest water for irrigating crops, the ratio of catchment area and cultivated area should approximately equal to 
  • 1:10
  • 1:2
  • 1:5
  • 1:50
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
The practice of growing erosion permitting crop alternative with erosion resisting crop is  Most of the dry land soils are deficient in which of the following nutrient element  
  • Contour Cropping
  • Strip Cropping
  • Mulch Cropping
  • Alley Cropping
 Most of the dry land soils are deficient in which of the following nutrient element
  • N and P
  • K and P
  • N and K
  • N and Zn
Chemical used for seed hardening for drought tolerance in cotton is
  • Potassium chloride
  • Succinic acid
  • Potassium dihydrogen phosphate
  • None of these
Based on the relevance to the user drought has been classified into .......kinds
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
Which one of the following is most popular dryland crop
  • Paddy
  • Maize
  • Barley
  • Sorghum
V - ditches is recommended for slopes upto
  • 5%
  • 10%
  • 15%
  • 20%
Match the crops with commonly used seed hardening chemical 1. Cotton.           A. Potassium dihydrogen 2. Sorghum.       B. MgSO4 3. Groundnut.    C. CaCl2 4. Greengram.   D. Succinic acid
  • ABCD
  • DACB
  • ADCB
  • BCDA
Match the years with significance in dryland farming 1. 1944.       a. NWDPRA Programmes started 2. 1976.       b. CRIDA established 3. 1983.       c. Starting of 47 model watersheds under ICAR 4. 1985.       d. ORPs 5. 1986.        e. Monograph on dry farming in India by Kanitkar
  • edcab
  • dcabe
  • edcba
  • abcde
Hydrophobic material used for surface coating and increasing runoff is
  • Fatty amino acid
  • Sodium rosinate
  • Sodium methyl silanolate
  • All of the above
Which is the major soil group in semi arid tropics of India
  • Alfisols
  • Aridisols
  • Vertisols 
  • Both A and C
  • Both B and C
Match the fodder crops with its varieties suitable under rainfed conditions with short duration... 1. Cowpea.         A. HFC 244 2. Sorghum.       B. JC 21 3. Cluster bean. C. HS 20, M.P. Chari 4. Barley.            D. Ratna 5. Gram.             E. T2
  • BCADE
  • BCEDA
  • ABCDE
  • EDBCA
The ratio of height and width of shelter belt is
  • 1:2
  • 1:3
  • 1:5
  • 1:10
Major storage loss of farm ponds is
  • Seepage
  • Percolation
  • Evaporation
  • All of the above
IBPGR is situated at
  • Rome 
  • Aleppo
  • Hyderabad
  • Lahore
For accuracy of agricultural experiments, what level of probability is acceptable...???
  • 0.001
  • 0.01
  • 0.10
  • 0.05
In factorial experiments, 2n denotes
  • 2 levels
  • 2 factors
  • 2 levels and 2 factors
  • None of these
Which measure of central tendency is highly useful in the factories
  • Mean
  • Median
  • Mode
  • All of the above
Concentration of H2SO4 in dryland to protect crop from drought is
  • 0.1%
  • 0.01%
  • 1%
  • 2.5%
Koppen classified climate from
  • A to E
  • A to F
  • A to D
  • A to G
TE index climate is divided into 6 temperature provinces in which value of Tundra is
  • 0
  • 1-15
  • 16-31
  • 32-63
Which one of the following groups of the crops should be chosen for drought prone rainfed areas? 
  • Sesame, maize, oat
  • Sorghum, wheat, sugarcane
  • Sesame, sorghum, Niger
  • Maize, upland rice, berseem
Pitcher farming first started in 
  • India
  • China 
  • Australia
  • None
Dry land farming is the farming in an area which has following character
  • Moisture stress
  • Without Irrigation
  • Both A and B 
  • None 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
The contribution in grain production by dry land is
  • 60% 
  • 50% 
  • 42%
  • 70%
 If evapotranspiration increases more than 4 weeks year to year that Is
  • Temporary drought
  • Permanent drought
  • Both of the above
  • None of these
Statement A: The term “arid” is derived from a Latin word, “arere” which means ‘dry’.Aridity is a temporary climatic feature and is the culmination of a number of long-term processes. Statement B: However, the roots of word “drought” came to us from old arabic, lie in the ancient Germanic root “dreug” which also fittingly gave us the English word “dry”. 
  • Both are true
  • A is true B is flase
  • B is true A is false
  • Both are false
 The plants which complete their life cycle in a short span of time to escape drought are called
  • Ephemerals
  • Evaders
  • Escapers
  • None
Statement A: Agriculture drought is a period of 4 consecutive weeks of Severe meteorological drought with a rainfall deficiency of >50% of LTA or with a weekly rainfall of 5cm or less during Kharif (mid-May to mid-Oct) Statement B: 8 such consecutive weeks during the rest of the year.
  • Both are correct
  • A is correct B is wrong
  • B is correct A is wrong
  • Both are wrong
 Who wrote the monograph on dry farming in India? 
  • Kanitkar, 1954
  • Kanitkar, 1944
  • Kanitkar, 1964
  • Kanitkar, 1976
Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI) is situated in?
  • Bikaner
  • Jaipur
  • Jodhpur
  • Jaisalmer
Statement A: “All drought years are El Nino years but all El Nino years are not drought years.” Statement B: “All El Nino years are Drought years but all drought years are not El Nino years.”
  • A is true B is flase
  • B is true A is false
  • Both are 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
Stomatal closure occurs when leaf water potential approaches about -
  • 1.0 to -1.2 MPa  
  • -10 bars to -12 bars.
  • Both A and B
  • Can't be answered
Red Soils occupies the highest area under dryland agriculture
  • True
  • False
The film forming and stomata closing type of antitranspirant increases leaf temperature
  • True
  • False
Drylands are more thirsty than hungry 
  • True
  • False