Agriculture GK Question Answer for Govt Exam

1. The ‘National Research Centre for Women in Agriculture’ is (NRCWA) is located at : --- Bhubaneshwar (Orissa)


2. ‘Everything else can wait, but not agriculture’- statement said (before independence) by: --- Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru


3. In ‘Intercopping System’ , the standard ‘LER’ Land equivalent Ratio value is : --- 1.4


4. How many Agro-Ecological Zones / Regions in India are : --- Twenty


5. The Headquarters of Directorate of Cropping System Research (ICAR) is located at : --- Modipuram ,Meerut (U.P)


6. The most commonly used bio – fertilizer is : --- Rizobium


7. Showing for the Kharif crop is done normally in the month of : --- June – July


8. The Chairperson of the National Comission on Farmers is : --- Dr. M.S. Swaminathan


9. The ‘milk-fever’ in animals is due to the deficiency of :  ---Calcium nutrient


10. ‘National Rural  Employment Gurantee  Act ‘ 2005 (NREGA) ensures for how many days of  employment in a year in Ruarl Areas?---100 days


11. The ‘Central Agricultural University’(CAU) in India is located at: ---Imphal (Manipur )


12. ‘Khaira’ disease in rice is caused due to the deficiencyof: ---Zinc (Zn)


13. P. is divided into how many Agro-Climatic Zones/Regions? ---Nine Zones


14. The Guava Wilt a common fungal disease found in guava orchards of northern, north-western and eastern States of India, is caused due to :  ---gliocladium roseum a most potent pathogen


15. The fruit cracking in pomegranate is caused due the deficiency of nutrient. ---Boron


16. The Bathroom Fruit is known, for which fruit : ---Mango


17. The Tamarind fruit is botanically a: ---Pod (Lomentum)


18. The best planting material of Pineapple is : --- slips


19. The storage temperature of Banana is : ---13C


20. The alkaloid present in the leaves on Annona, which protect from animal feeding or damage is : ---Annonin


21. Gibberellins (GA-Gibberellicacid) enhances the sugar level of fruits through its action on : ---Increased a amylase  activity


22. The seedlessness in Lemon is due to :     ---Self incompatibility


23. In Aloe (Aloe barbadensis ) ,the bird namely ----plays a major role in pollen-transfer :---Sunbird(Necternia asiatica varasiatica)  


24. ‘Pusa Seedless’ a variety, developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (LARI),New Delhi belongs to : ---Grape fruit


25. ‘Fennel’ indigenous to the shores of Mediterranean is the native to : ---Southern Europe


26. Rice straw thermal plants, garbage based power plants, briquetted fuel plant and gober gas plant,based on the wastes, are the examples of : ---Bio-energy Plants


27. ‘Green Technology’ is capable of taking care of the 3Ss, those are :---Security, Safety and Sustainability


28. The ‘late blight’ of potato disease ,caused by Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary  blight resistant cultivars are :---Kufri Sutlej/k.Jyoti /K.Badshah and Chipsona 1,2 and 3


29. Teak (Tectona grandis) a valuable timber species is common in the homesleads of :  ---Midlands


30. For the successful agriculture, 3 points i.e. PSP are to be con : ---1.’P’-Productivity, 2.’S’-storage And 3.’P’-Processing


31. ‘Zoological Survey of India’(ZSI)with its Headquarters at Kolkata-a premium institution is working in the country since its inception in the year : ---1916


32. ‘Botanical Survey of India (BSI) with its Headquarters at Kolkata was established on : ---February13,1980


33. ‘National Institute of Animal Welfare’(NIAW) is situated at : ---Ballabhgarh,distt.Faridabad (Haryana)

38. ‘Hard Wood Stem Cutting’ –a commercial as well as standardized method of vegetative propagation is adopted in the fruit :---Grape


39. ‘Rice VL Dhan -85’ an early maturing variety and June sown crop for Uttarakhand hills in irrigated areas , is a tolerant to the disease(S) : ---Neck and Leaf Blast (both)


40. NAIP(National Agricultural Innovation Project) was launched with a total outlay of US S250 million for the main objectives –research on production to consumption system and livelihood security, in the year :     ---July,2006


41. LET-17 a low erucic acid variety, identified and released for J –K, Haryana, Rajasthan states and Delhi UT that belongs to the crop of :---Indian Mustard


42. ‘Kashi Anmol’and Kashi Vishwanath’ are the newly released varieties ,developed at IIVR (Indian Institute of Vegetable Research ---ICVR) Varanasi (UP) that belong to the crop of :       ---Chilli


43. NPCBB(National Project for Cattle and Buffalo Breeding) Program for genetic improvement for a period of 10 years was initiated by the Department of AH, Dairying and Fisheries (Ministry of Agriculture,GOI) in the year: ---October,2000