Test - 49 — Agri Master Mind

Crop grown for substitute for the main crop that has failed on account of unfavorable condition is called as -
  • Alley crop
  • Avenue crop
  • Catch crop
  • Cash crop
Crop which provide large canopy and quick growing ability is called as--
  • Skip crop
  • Catch crop
  • Smoother crop
  • Ley crop
Wild oat is mimicry weed of --- crop
  • Bajara
  • Sunflower
  • Wheat
  • Barley
Other variety in same crop is called as --
  • Relative weed
  • Absolute weed
  • Rogue weed
  • None of these
Which of the following is non selective weedicide ?
  • 2, 4 D
  • Triazine
  • Glyphosate
  • Isoproturon
Lasso is trade name of --- weedicide.
  • Atrazine
  • Isoproturon
  • Alachlor
  • Triazine
2:1 expanding type mineral is --
  • Kaolinite
  • Vermiculate
  • Montmorillonite
  • Illite
Most dominant mineral on the earth crust is --
  • Mica
  • Gypsum
  • Feldspar
  • None of these
4:2:1 is an ideal ratio of NPK for --
  • Oilseed
  • Pulses
  • Cereals
  • None of these
Example of metamorphic rock is --
  • Granite
  • Dolomite
  • Marble
  • Sand stone
Egg parasite of American bollworm is
  • Chrysoperla carnea
  • Nematospora gossypii
  • Trichogramma sp.
  • None of these
Who discovered & named Viroids in 1971 ?
  • Stanley
  • Iwanoski
  • T. O. Diner
  • Mayer
Father of Indian Mycology is
  • Anton De Bary
  • B. B. Mundkur
  • E. J. Butler
  • Stanley
Which of the following is pollen transmitted virus?
  • Alfalfa mosaic virus
  • Barley strip mosaic virus
  • Bean common mosaic virus
  • All of these
Common Scab of potato is caused by
  • Plasmodiophora brassicae
  • Sclerospora sorghi
  • Streptomyces scabies
  • Plasmopora viticola
Transgenic crop having maximum cultivated area in the world is
  • Rice
  • Maize
  • Soybean
  • Cotton
Vertisol is related to
  • Red soil
  • Laterite soil
  • Black soil
  • Alluvial soil
Castor belongs to family
  • Pedaliaceae
  • Compositeae
  • Euphorbiaceae
  • Paillionaceae
Plants adapted to saline soils are called as
  • Lithophytes
  • Chasmophytes
  • Halophytes
  • None of these
Foundation seed is produced from
  • Certified seed
  • Nucleus seed
  • Breeder seed
  • Registered seed
A polyploid having chromosome sets from different sources such as different species is known as
  • Autopolyploid
  • Aneuploid
  • Allopolyploid
  • Haploid
The increased performance of F1 hybrid over its parents is called
  • Crossing over
  • Heredity
  • Heterosis
  • Dominance
Mass pedigree selection method of breeding is useful for improvement of --- crop
  • Cross pollinated
  • Self pollinated
  • Both a & b
  • None of these
Olsen method of phosphorus determination use for -- soil
  • Acidic soil
  • Neutral soil
  • Alkaline
  • Sodic
AGMARK is established in the year ?
  • 1957
  • 1968
  • 1937
  • 1950
Propping is practice in --- crop
  • Mango
  • Gauva
  • Banana
  • Aonla
Isotherm is line connecting points of equal ---
  • Rainfall
  • Humidity
  • Temperature
  • Sunshine
Phule Neelrekha is variety of -- flower crop
  • Marigold
  • Aster
  • Gladiolus
  • Rose
Heart of garden is --
  • Shrubs
  • Flowers
  • Lawn
  • Tree
2n + 1 is chromosome of --aneuploidy
  • Nullisomic
  • Double somic
  • Trisomic
  • Monosomic
Highest chromosome (2n = 308) is in
  • Guava
  • Strawberry
  • Mulberry
  • Apple
Stem injection or root feeding of Monocrotophos is recommended to control
  • Coffee stem borer
  • Tea mosquito
  • Coconut black headed caterpillar
  • Cotton bollworm
Erisilkworm is reared on
  • Mulberry
  • Coconut
  • Castor
  • Guava
Which of the following is not a method of group communication
  • Demonstration
  • Symposium
  • Circular letter
  • Flannel group
First critical growth stage for irrigation in Wheat is
  • Tillering
  • Jointing
  • CRI
  • Dough
Stagflation is referred to
  • High unemployment and high growth
  • High employment and high growth
  • High unemployment and low growth
  • None of these
Cashewnut origin is
  • India
  • South East Asia
  • Brazil
  • China
Botanically ber ruit is
  • Berry
  • Pome
  • Drupe
  • Nut
In tissue culture disease resistance can be obtained by
  • Meristem culture
  • Somatic hybridization
  • Somaclonal variation
  • Anthur culture
For patenting a plant variety it should be
  • Distinct
  • Uniform
  • Stable
  • All of these
Atmosphere is nationally divided into ---- major layers or strata.
  • 5
  • 2
  • 4
  • 3
are instruments used for measuring direct solar radiation.
  • Spectroradiometers
  • Sunshine recorder
  • Pyrheliometers
  • None of these
The dry adiabatic lapse rate is ----C per km
  • 20
  • 35
  • 10
  • 15
Thermo-couples are used for measuring ---- temperature
  • Water
  • Heat
  • Soil
  • None of these
Wind is air in horizontal motion which travels from a ----- area.
  • Low pressure area to high pressure area
  • only to high pressure area
  • High pressure area to low pressure area
  • only to low pressure area
The instruments used for measuring RH are -----
  • Psychrometers
  • Hygrometers
  • Both a and b
  • Thermometer
The falling of any type of condensed moisture to the ground surface is called
  • Freezing
  • Droplets
  • Precipitation
  • Snow
Continuous circulation of water between hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere is known as ----
  • Clouds
  • Humidity
  • Hydrological cycle
  • Monsoon
Cyclonic stage is when wind speed exceeds ----kmph
  • 210
  • 75
  • 120
  • 90
Agricultural meteorological division was started in ----
  • 1960
  • 1955
  • 1932
  • 1970