AGRICULTURE PART -I

multiple choice questions in agriculture for various exams like CSIR-JRF, UGC NET, SET, JAM, CUCET, ICAR, PG entrance examinations

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1)     ------ is a piece of land, where only fruit trees are cultivated

 

A)  Orchard   

           B). garden                              

C). Plantation   

 D)  Field

2)     Floriculture is the branch of horticulture that deals with the production, harvesting, processing and marketing of?

  A) Fruits

  B) Vegetables                            

  C) Flowers

   D) None

3)     Production of trees?

               A) Floriculture 

               B) pomology                                              

               C) Arboriculture

               D) Olericulture

4) A typical soil consists of ------ % of air

                  A)   
10%    

                  B)   25%        

                  C)   15%                                        

                  D)   5%

5) Which among the following are recognized as the primary macronutrients?

                A) Ca, Mg, S 

                B) C, H, O

                C) B, Zn, Cl  

                D) N, P, K

6) When three soil separates (soil, silt, clay) occur in equal proportions, the soil is called

                A) Loam

                B) peat soil 

                C) Chalk soil 

                D) none of the above

7) In the soil, the separates are arranged into aggregates called?

               A) Peds       

               B) Loam

               C)  Sandy soil      

               D) None of the above

8) low soil pH can be corrected in practice by?

               A)  Liming      

               B) watering

               C) Using organic fertilizers   

               D) None of the above

9) The manual/mechanical spreading of the fertilizer over the soil surface is called

               A) Broadcasting       

               B) Banding

               C)   Side dressing      

               D) Drill hole method

10) ------ is the application of fertilizers to crops through water irrigation.

               A)  Fertilization           

               B) Fertigation

               C)  Foliar Application                              

               D) None of the above

 

Answers

    1) A     2) C     3) C    4)B      5)  D      6) A       7) A      8)  A         9) A       10) B