Solved General Knowledge Question Answer for NDA Exam

1. Under the Decentralized Procurement Scheme (DPC)-operational since 1997 foodgrains are procured and distributed by :
   
   
   
   1. The State Governments themselves
   
   
   
   


2. National Project on Organic Farming was launched during 10^th Five Year Plan (2002-2007)


3. The instruments for food management are :
   
   
   
   1. Minimum Support Price (MCP) and Central Issue Price (CIP)
   
   
   
   


4. RKVY stand for RashtriyaKrishiVikasYojana


5. The Zaid crop is grown during The months of March to June


6. Rice (Paddy), Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Cotton, Sugarcane, Sesamum, Soybean, Groundnut are all :
   
   
   
   1. Kharif Crops
   
   
   
   


7. The fungus which is used in Alcohol industry is Yeast


8. Pomology is the study of Fruits


9. The father of White Revolution in India is: Varghese Kurien


10. The rank India holds in fish production is: Third


11. TRIFED stands for Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited


12. National Horticulture Mission was started on: 5 May 2005


13. Oilseeds, Sugar Crops, Fibre Crops, Narcotic Crops and Beverage Crops are: Commercial Crops


14. TG-38B, SG-99, GG-8, GG-16, and Vasundhra (DH-101) are the crop varieties which belong to
    
    
    
    1. Groundnut
    
    
    
    


15. Who said “Everything else can wait but not agriculture” Jawahar Lal Nehru


16. National Research Centre for Plant Biotechnology is Located in New Delhi


17. National Fisheries Development Board was set up on September 9, 2006


18. As per the final estimates, the production of foodgrain during 2008-2009 stood at :
    
    
    
    1. 234-47 million tonnes
    
    
    
    


19. National Food for Work Programme was launched: On November 14, 2004


20. The head office of CAPART is located in New Delhi


21. The agriculture sector (including allied activities )in 2008-09 in India accounted for :
    
    
    
    15. 7% of GDP
    
    
    
    


22. The share of agriculture and allied sector in gross domestic product has registered a steady decline from 36.4% in 1982-83 to
    
    
    
    15. 7% in 2008-09
    
    
    
    


23. Agriculture and allied sector contributed: About 10.2%  of total export during 2008-2009


24. Agriculture in our country provides livelihood to About 64%of the population


25. The rank of India in Silk production in the world is: Second


26. India is the largest producer, processor, consumer and exporter of Cashew in the World


27. The three major components of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) are :
    
    
    
    1. NFSM-rice, NFS- wheat and NFSM- pulses
    
    
    
    


28. The four-yearly World Poultry Congress was held for the first time in India (Delhi) In September 1996


29. The cultivation of mulberry tree and rearing of silk worms is called Sericulture


30. Among the important Agricultural regions of India, Maize, and Coarse crops region lie
    
    
    
    1. In Western Rajasthan and Northern Gujarat
    
    
    
    


31. Plantation agriculture in India was introduced By the Britishers in the 19^th Century


32. The Food Corporation of India (F.C.I), the central Warehouse Corporation (C.W.C.) and State Warehousing Corporation are among the principal agencies engaged in task of                                                              Storage of foodgrains


33. HYV stand for High Yielding Varieties (of Seeds)


34. In India, the seeds of Green Revolution were the first field tested in the drought year of 1964-1965


35. Intensity of cropping in defined as The ratio of gross cropped area to the net sown area


36. The important plantation crops of India include Tea, Coffee, Spices, Coconut, and Rubber or Tropical plant


37. Which is a total stem cell? Cuscuta


38. The plant which was successfully used in the production of edible vaccine is: Potato


39. Good plant sources of choline are Mushroom


40. India’ rank in the production and consumption of natural rubber in the world is: Fourth


41. For the first time in India, wheat production increased from 120 lakh tones to 170 lakhs tones in 1958


42. During the period of 2007-2008, the percentage of export agriculture contributed was: 2%


43. During 2008-2009 Agriculture (including allied activities) accounted for 7 % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)


44. Agriculture account: 52% of employment in the country


45. The single largest private sector occupation in the country is: Agriculture


46. As per the 4^th advance estimates foodgrains production for the year, 2009-2010 stands at :
    
    
    
    1. 218-20 million tones 
    
    
    
    

47. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


48. The concept of motion involves three basic ideas; these are Space, position and time


49. The potential at any point inside a charged hollow sphere Remains constant


50. The magnetic flux per unit area is measured in Tesia