1. cultivation of wheat and barley was started in 7500 bc

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1. Cultivation of Wheat and Barley was started in 7500 BC.

2. Cultivation of Maize was started in 4400 BC.

3. Cultivation of Potato was started in 3500 BC.

4. Cultivation of Chickpea, cotton and mustard was started in 2300 BC.

5. Cultivation of Paddy was started in 2200 BC.

6. Cultivation of Finger millet was started in 1800 BC.

7. Cultivation of Sorghum was started in 1725 BC.

8. Cultivation of Sugarcane was started in 1500 BC.

9. Cultivation of sweet orange, sour orange, wild brinjal, Pomegranate was

started in 15th Century.

10. Tropical crop: Coconut, sugarcane

11. Sub-tropical crop: Rice, cotton

12. Temperate crop: Wheat, barley

13. Polar crop: All pines, pasture grasses

14. Kharif crops are usually Short day plant.

15. Rabi crops are usually Long day plant.

16. The first product in C3 plants is PGA (Phospho glyceric Acid)

17. C3 cycle is also known as Calvin cycle.

18. In Calvin cycle the CO2 acceptor is RuBP (Ribulose biphosphate).

19. The first product in C4 plants is OAA (Oxaloacetic acid).

20. C4 cycle is also known as Hatch & Slack cycle.

21. In Hatch & Slack cycle the CO2 acceptor is PEP (Phosphoenol puruvate).

22. CAM plants behave like C3 plant during the day and C4 plant during the

Night.

23. In CAM cycle CO2 acceptor is PEP (Phosphoenol puruvate).

24. Such crops are grown to supplement the yield of the main crop is known

as augment crop.

25. Such crops are grown along farm roads avenue crop.

26. Such crops protect another crops from trespassing of animals or restrict

the speed of wind and are mainly grown as border are known as Border or

Guard crop.

27. Such crops are cultivated to catch the forthcoming season when main crop

is failed are known as Catch crop.

28. A close-growing crop grown primarily to improve and protect the soil from

erosion through their ground covering foliage and/or rootmats between

periods of regular crop production are known as cover crops.

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29. When both main and intercrop is benefited to each other are known as

Complementary crop.

30. Such crops whose culture practices allow the infestation of weeds

intensively are known as Fouling crop.

31. Any crop or combination of crops is grown for grazing or harvesting for

immediate or future feeding to livestock are known as Ley crop.

32. Such crops are grown to conserve the soil moisture through their ground

covering foliage are known as Mulch crop.

33. A crop of trees (nurse trees), shrubs or other plants introduced to foster or

nourishment of another crops by i.e. shading it, protecting it from frost,

insolation or wind is known as Nurse crops.

34. Restorative crops are crops that help in maintaining the Fertility of the

soil.

35. Smother crops are specialized cover crops being ability to suppress weeds

by providing dense foliage and quick growing ability.

36. Trap crops are grown to protect the main cash crop from a certain pest or

several pests.

37. Growing two or more crops simultaneously on the same field is known as

intercropping.

38. The range of short range weather forecasting is 1 to 3 days.

39. The range of medium range weather forecasting is 3 to 10 days.

40. For an agricultural purpose Medium range weather forecasting is used.

41. The range of long range weather forecasting is more than 10 days.

42. Number of humid months under Arid climate is less than 2.0

43. Number of humid months under Semi-arid dry climate is 2.0 to 4.5

44. Number of humid months under Semi-arid wet climate is 4.5 to 7.0

45. Number of humid months under Humid climate is more than 7.0

46. Maximum geographical area in India is under Semi-arid dry climate.

47. If annual rainfall is significantly short of certain level (75 per cent) of the

climatologically expected normal rainfall over a wide area, then the

situation is called meteorological drought.

48. Hydrological drought: This is a situation in which the hydrological

resources like streams, rivers, reservoirs, lakes, wells etc dry up because

of marked depletion of surface water.

49. Agricultural drought: This is a situation, which is a result of inadequate

rainfall and followed by soil moisture deficit. As a result, the soil moisture

falls short to meet the demands of the crops during its growth.

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50. Volume of Nitrogen in atmosphere is 78%.

51. Weight of Nitrogen in atmosphere is 75.5%.

52. Volume of Oxygen in atmosphere is 21%.

53. Weight of Oxygen in atmosphere is 23.1%.

54. Volume of Carbon dioxide in atmosphere is 0.03%.

55. Weight of Carbon dioxide in atmosphere is 0.045%.

56. Troposphere is the lower layer of atmosphere.

57. Troposphere extends up to a height of 8 to 18 kms from earth surface

depending on latitude.

58. Stratosphere layer lies above tropopause.

59. Stratosphere lies beyond 18 km extending up to 50km depending on

latitude.

60. The Ozone layer is found in Stratosphere layer.

61. Mesosphere is the layer that lies above stratosphere.

62. In mesosphere temperature decreases with increase in altitude up to 80

km.

63. Thermosphere is the outer layer of atmosphere.

64. The Consultative Group On International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is

located at France and established in 1971.

65. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has its

headquarters in Washington DC, USA was established in 1975.

66. The International Maize And Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT) has its

headquarters in Mexico was established in 1966.

67. The International Crops Research Institute For The Semi-Arid Tropics

(ICRISAT) is located in Hyderabad India was established in 1972.

68. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is located in Los Banos

Philippines was established in 1960.

69. The Centre For International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is located at

Bagor, Indonesia was established in 1993.

70. The International Center For Agricultural Research In The Dry Areas

(ICARDA) is located at Beirut, Lebanon was established in 1977.

71. International Institute Of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is located at Ibadon,

Nigeria was established in 1967.

72. The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is located at Nairobi

Kenya was established in 1994.

73. The International Potato Centre (CIP) is located at Lima Peru was

established in 1971.

http://www.cimmyt.org/

https://www.icrisat.org/

https://www.icrisat.org/

http://www.ilri.org/

https://cipotato.org/

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74. The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is located at

Colombo Sri Lanka was established in 1985.

75. The International Centre For Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) is located at Cali

Colombia was established in 1967.

76. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is located at Nairobi Kenya was

established in 1978.

77. WORLD FISH CENTRE is located at Penang Malaysia was established in

1975.

78. AFRICA RICE CENTRE is located at Abidjan Côte D'ivoire was established

in 1971.

79. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is located at New Delhi was

established in 16th July 1929.

80. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and President ICAR-

SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR

81. The Minister of state, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare- SHRI

PURSHOTTAM RUPALA, SHRI KAILASH CHOUDHARY

82. PRESENT DIRECTOR GENERAL OF ICAR- DR. TRILOCHAN MOHAPATRA.

83. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IARI) is located at New

Delhi was established in 1905 and got status of deemed university in 1958

84. NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (NDRI) is located at Karnal

Haryana was established in 1923 and got status of deemed university in

1989.

85. INDIAN VATERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IVRI) is located at

Izzatnagar UP was established in 1889 and got status of deemed university

in 1983.

86. CENTRAL INSTITUTE ON FISHERIES EDUCATION (CIFE) is located at

Mumbai Maharashtra was established in 1961 and got status of deemed

university in 1989.

87. NATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE NRRI is located at Cuttack

Odisha was established in 1946

88. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH IIHR is located at

Bangalore Karnataka was established in 1967

89. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE RESEARCH IIVR is located at

Varanasi UP was established in 1971

90. CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAZRI is located at jodhpur

RJ was established in 1952.

http://www.iwmi.org/

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91. CENTRAL AVIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE CARI is located at Izzatnagar UP

was established in 1979

92. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION is located at

Dehradun was established in 1974

93. CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CSSRI is located at

Karnal Haryana was established in 1969

94. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH is located at Kanpur UP was

established in 1966

95. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE IISS is located at Bhopal MP was

established in 1988

96. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SUGARCANE RESEARCH IISR is located at

Lucknow, UP was established in 1952

97. CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF DRYLAND AGRICULTURE CRIDA is

located Hyderabad was established in 1985

98. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF RICE RESEARCH is located Hyderabad was

established in 1965

99. INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (MONTHLY) magazine is

published by ICAR

100. INDIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES (MONTHLY) magazine is

published by ICAR

101. INDIAN FARMING (MONTHLY) magazine is published by ICAR

102. INDIAN HORTICULTURE (BI-MONTHLY) magazine is published by ICAR

103. NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

NABARD is located at Mumbai was established in 1982

104. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION MANAGEMENT

MANAGE is located at Hyderabad was established in 1986

105. FOOD CORPORATION OF INDIA FCI is located at New Delhi was

established in 1965

106. AGRICULTURAL AND PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCT EXPORT

DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY APEDA is located at new Delhi was

established in 1986

107. CENTRAL WAREHOUSING CORPORATION CWC is located at New Delhi

was established in 1957

108. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE MARKETING FEDERATION

OF INDIA NAFED is located at New Delhi was established in 1958

109. COMMISION FOR AGRICULTURAL COSTS AND PRICES is located at New

Delhi was established in 1965

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110. NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA NITI AAYOG has

its headquarters in New Delhi was established in 2015

111. COFFEE BOARD- BENGALORE- 1942

112. RUBBER BOARD- KOTTYAM KERALA- 1947

113. SILK BOARD- BANGALORE- 1948

114. TEA BOARD- KOLKATA- 1954

115. CENTRAL GROUND WATER BOARD- FARIDABAD- 1970

116. TOBACCO BOARD- GUNTUR- 1976

117. COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD- KOCHI- 1981

118. NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD- GURUGRAM- 1984

119. SPICES BOARD- KOCHI- 1987

120. NATIONAL MEDICINAL BOARD- NEW DELHI- 2000

121. NATIONAL BEE BOARD- NEW DELHI- 2006

122. NATIONAL FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT BOARD- HYDERABAD- 2006

123. NATIONAL JUTE BOARD- KOLKATA- 2009

124. World pulses day is celebrated on 10 February.

125. International day of forest is celebrated on 21 March.

126. World water day is celebrated on 22 March

127. World metrological day is celebrated on 23 March.

128. World Tuna day is celebrated on 2 May.

129. International Tea day is celebrated on 21 May.

130. World Milk Day is celebrated on 1 June.

131. World Food safety day is celebrated on 7 June.

132. National fish husbandry day is celebrated on 10 July.

133. NABARD foundation day is celebrated on 12 July.

134. ICAR foundation day is celebrated on 16 July.

135. National Mango day is celebrated on 22 July.

136. Coconut day is celebrated on 2 September.

137. World Bamboo day is celebrated on 18 September.

138. World Cotton day is celebrated on 7 October.

139. International Rural Women day is celebrated on 15 October.

140. World Food day is celebrated on 16 October.

141. Rice day is celebrated on 17 October.

142. World Pumpkin day is celebrated on 26 October.

143. World Fish day is celebrated on 21 November.

144. National Milk day is celebrated on 26 November.

145. National Agricultural Education day is celebrated on 3 December.

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146. Women in Agriculture day on 4 December.

147. World Soil day is celebrated on 5 December.

148. National Orange day is celebrated on 17 December.

149. Kisan Diwas is celebrated on 23 December.

150. 2003 was celebrated as International Year of Freshwater.

151. 2008 was celebrated as International Year of the Potato.

152. 2011 was celebrated as International Year of Forests.

153. 2015 was celebrated as International Year of Soils.

154. 2016 was celebrated as International Year of Pulses.

155. 2021 will be celebrated as International Year of Fruits and Vegetables.

156. 2022 will be celebrated as International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and

Aquaculture.

157. 2023 will be celebrated as International year of millets.

158. Jelmeter is used to measure Pectin content.

159. Wind vane is used for Direction of wind, while Anemo meter is used to

measure wind speed.

160. Lactometer is used to measure Density of milk, while Butyrometer is used

to measure Fat content of milk.

161. Refractometer is used to measure Total Soluble Solid (TSS) content.

162. Pycnometer is used to measure Specific gravity of soil.

163. Tendrometer is used to measure maturity of pea.

164. Arelometer is used to measure Fiber length of cotton.

165. Green Revolution is related to Food grain Production.

166. White revolution is related to Milk production.

167. Blue revolution is related to Fish production.

168. Yellow revolution is related to Oilseed production.

169. Silver revolution is related to Egg/Poultry production.

170. Silver fiber revolution is related to Cotton production.

171. Golden revolution is related to Fruits and Vegetable production.

172. Golden fiber revolution is related to Jute production.

173. Red revolution is related to Tomato/Meat production.

174. Round revolution is related to Potato production.

175. The term Green Revolution is given by William Guad, Father of Green

Revolution in World in DR. N.E. Borlaug.

176. Father of Green Revolution in India is Dr. M.S. Swaminathan.

177. Father of White Revolution is Verghese Kurian.

178. Father of Golden Revolution in India is Dr. K.L. Chadda.

http://www.un.org/esa/forests/2011/2011.html

http://www.fao.org/soils-2015/en/

http://www.fao.org/pulses-2016/en/

http://www.fao.org/artisanal-fisheries-aquaculture-2022/en/

http://www.fao.org/artisanal-fisheries-aquaculture-2022/en/

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179. The term Evergreen Revolution is given by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan.

180. The term Rainbow Revolution is given by Shri Nitish Kumar.

181. Cabbage and Cauliflower is an indicator plant of Calcium deficiency.

182. Mustard is an indicator plant of Phosphorus deficiency.

183. Potato is an indicator plant for Potassium, Magnesium and Iron

deficiency.

184. Sugar beet is an indicator plant for Sodium deficiency.

185. Oat is an indicator plant for Mn deficiency.

186. Paddy, Sugarcane and Maize are the indicator plant for Silicom

deficiency.

187. Sunflower is an indicator plant for Boron deficiency.

188. Tomato and citrus is an indicator plant for Zinc deficiency.

189. Wheat is an indicator plant for Copper deficiency.

190. Inflorescence of Paddy is Panicle.

191. Inflorescence of wheat and Barley is Spike or Ear.

192. Inflorescence of Sorghum and Safflower is Head.

193. Inflorescence of Cotton is Axillary.

194. Inflorescence of Sugarcane is known as Arrow.

195. Inflorescence of Pulses is Axillary raceme.

196. Inflorescence of Sunflower is known as Capitulum.

197. Hulling, Milling, Puddling, Parboiling, Beushening are associated with

paddy.

198. CRI (Crown Root Initiation), FIRB (Furrow Irrigation Raised Bed) is

associated with Wheat.

199. Arrowing, Detrashing, Tying/Propping, Earthing up, Ratooning,

Nobelization, Lodging is associated with Sugarcane.

200. Priming, Curing, Topping, Desuckering, Rabbing, Flooping is associated

with Tobacco.

201. Retting, Stripping, Ribboning is associated with jute.

202. Pegging, Popping, Earthing-up is associated with Groundnut.

203. Ginning, Delinting, Topping is associated with Cotton.

204. Detasseling, Silking is associated with Maize.

205. Nicking is related with Sorghum.

206. Shattering is associated with Soybean.

207. Jerking is related to Pearl Millet.

208. Heliotropism, Pinching is related to Sunflower.

209. Looping is related to Lucern.

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210. Denavelling, Desuckering, Mettoking, Propping, Choking is related to

Banana.

211. Tipping, Curing is related to Tea.

212. Cage Technique is related to Mango.

213. Bending is related to Guava.

214. First Cotton hybrid is H-4

215. First hybrid of Pigeon Pea ICPH-8

216. First hybrid of Mustard Pusa Jai Kisan.

217. First hybrid of Pearl millet (1964) is HB-1

218. First hybrid of Sunflower is BSH-1

219. First hybrid of Sorghum is CSH-1

220. First Mango Hybrid for Commercial cultivation is Mallika

(Neelam×Dasheri)

221. First Developed dwarf variety of rice TN-1

222. First hybrid of Maize is GANGA-101

223. First man mad Cereal is triticale.

224. Strawberry is a Man made Fruit.

225. First Insecticide was parisgreen.

226. First Fungicide was Bordeaux mixture.

227. King of Cereals is Wheat.

228. Queen of cereals is Maize.

229. King of Coarse Cereals is Sorghum.

230. King of Pulses is Chickpea.

231. Queen of Pulses is Pea.

232. King of Oilseed is Groundnut.

233. Queen of Oilseed is Sesame.

234. King of Fodder crop is Berseem.

235. Queen of Fodder crop is Lucerne.

236. King of Fruits is Mango.

237. Queen of Fruits is Mangosteen.

238. King of Temperate Fruits is Apple.

239. King of Arid Fruits is Ber.

240. King of Vegetables is Potato.

241. Queen of Vegetables is Okra.

242. King of Spices is Black pepper.

243. Queen of spices is Small Cardamom.

244. Queen of Flowers is Rose.

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245. Queen of Beverages Crop is Tea.

246. King of Fibre is Cotton.

247. Queen of Textile is Silk.

248. Wonder Crop is Soybean.

249. Poor Man’s Meat and Boneless Meat is Soybean.

250. Camel Crop is Sorghum.

251. Famine Reserve is Millets.

252. Adam’s Fig, Apple of Paradise is Banana.

253. Apple Bowl of India is Himachal Pradesh.

254. Butter Fruit is Avocado.

255. Brinjal is also known as Eggplant.

256. Elephant’s foot Yam.

257. Farmer’s Friend is Earthworm.

258. Fat of the land-Humus.

259. Food of God is Cocoa.

260. Golden Fibre is Jute.

261. Bamboo is also known as Green Gold.

262. Home of Spices India.

263. Man-made Cereal is Triticale.

264. Oldest Fruit is Datepalm.

265. Poor man’s Cow is Goat.

266. Poor man’s Apple Guava.

267. Sugar Bowl of World Cuba.

268. Sugar Bowl of India Uttar Pradesh.

269. The tree of Heaven, Kalpavriksha is Coconut.

270. Wonder tree is Neem.

271. Poor man’s Orange is Tomato.

272. Enemy of Environment is Eucalyptus.

273. Vegetable meat Cowpea.

274. King of Weed is Congress grass.

275. King of Nut is Walnut.

276. Queen of Nut is Pecanut.

277. Fancy fruit is Mandarin.

278. Indian Gooseberry is Aonla.

279. Bio energy plant is Jatropha.

280. Glory of East is Chrysanthemum.

281. Brown gold is Dead Pupae of silkworm.

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282. Oil percentage in coconut is 55-60 %

283. Oil percentage in Groundnut is 45 %

284. Oil percentage in Sunflower is 45-50 %

285. Oil percentage in Sesame is 46-52 %

286. Oil percentage in Sunflower is 24-36 %

287. Oil percentage in Soybean is 18-20 %

288. Protein percentage in Paddy is 6-7 %

289. Protein percentage in wheat is 11-12 %

290. Protein percentage in Maize is 10 %

291. Protein percentage in Pearl Millet 11-12 %

292. Protein percentage in Sorghum is 10-12 %

293. Protein percentage in Soybean is 42 %

294. Protein percentage in Groundnut is 26 %

295. Protein percentage in Linseed is 28-30 %

296. Protein percentage in Chick pea is 21.1 %

297. Protein percentage in Pigeon pea is 21-25 %

298. Protein percentage in pea is 22.5 %

299. Protein percentage in cowpea is 23.4 %

300. Protein percentage in Blackgram is 24 %

301. Protein percentage in green gram is 25 %

302. Test weight of Rice is 25 gm

303. Test weight of Basmati rice is 21 gm

304. Test weight of Wheat, Barley and oat is 30-40 gm

305. Test weight of Sorghum is 25-30 gm

306. Test weight of pearl millet is 5-7 gm

307. Test weight of mustard is 3-5 gm

308. Test weight of Soybean is 55 gm

309. Test weight of Linseed and Safflower is 10 gm

310. Test weight of Cotton and Pigeon pea is 70-72 gm

311. Test weight of Pea is 100 gm

312. Test weight of Sunflower is 40-50 gm

313. Test weight of Green gram is 34-36 gm

314. Test weight of Groundnut is 200-250 gm

315. Test weight of castor is 100-150 gm

316. Test weight of Maize is 400 gm

317. Water requirement for Paddy is 1200 mm

318. Water requirement for Sugarcane is 1500-2500 mm

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319. Water requirement for Groundnut 500-700 mm

320. Water requirement for Finger millet is 300-350 mm

321. IW/CPE ratio for Paddy is 1.2

322. IW/CPE ratio for Wheat and Maize is 0.9

323. IW/CPE ratio for Cotton is 0.7

324. IW/CPE ratio for Gram and Groundnut is 0.6

325. IW/CPE ratio for Safflower, Mustard, Bengal gram is 0.4

326. According to FAO low water sensitive crops are Cassava, Cotton, Millet,

Pigeon pea and Sorghum.

327. According to FAO low to medium water sensitive crops are Alfalfa, Citrus,

Grape, Groundnut, Soybean, Sugarbeet, Sunflower and Wheat.

328. According to FAO medium to high water sensitive crops are Beans,

Maize, Onion, Peas, Watermelon and Tomato.

329. According to FAO high water sensitive crops are Paddy, Sugarcane,

Banana, Potato and Fresh green vegetables.

330. High salt tolerant crops - Rice, sugarcane, Sesbania, oats.

331. Medium salt tolerant crops - Castor, cotton, sorghum, Pearlmillet.

332. Low salt tolerant crops - Pulses, pea, Sunhemp, Sesamum.

333. Saline tolerant crops: Barley, Sugar beet, Rapeseed, Cotton

334. Saline sensitive crops: Citrus, Gram, Peas, Groundnut, Lentil, Cowpea

335. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan won World Food price in 1987

336. Dr. Verghese Kurien won World Food price in 1989

337. Gurdev Khush won World Food price in 1996

338. B.R. Barwale won World Food price in 1998

339. Dr Surinder K. Vasal won World Food price in 2000

340. Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta won World Food price in 2005

341. Dr Sanjaya Rajaram won World Food price in 2014

342. Dr. Rattan Lal won World Food price in 2020.

343. N:P:K ratio in Cereal crops is 4:2:1.

344. N:P:K ratio in Oilseed crop is 3:2:1.

345. N:P:K ratio in pulses crop is 1:2:1 or 1:3:1.

346. N:P:K ratio in Fodder & Fibre crop is 2:1:4.

347. Soybean has largest area among genetic modified crops in the world.

348. Wilting due to water logging condition in tobacco is known as ‘Flooping’.

349. Lapse rate is defined as the rate of decrease of temperature with increase

in height at given place and time. The normal lapse rate is 6.50C/km or

43.70F/km and 3.50C/1000 ft or 38.30F/1000 ft.

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350. The adiabatic lapse rate is 100C/km.

351. The orographic type of precipitation is mainly responsible for heavy

rainfall in India.

352. The germination type in groundnut is Epigeal.

353. All rabi pulses are Hypogeal except Rajma.

354. All kharif pulses are Epigeal except pigeon pea.

355. Most suitable range of Relative Humidity for Agricultural crop production

is 40-60%.

356. Thinning and gap filling practices of intercultural operation is normally

done in 7-15 DAS.

357. In dryland agriculture gap filling is done at 7 DAS to avoid drought

condition.

358. In banana and sugarcane the Earthing up is done at 6-8 DAS.

359. Sowing depth of seeds is generally 3-4 times diameter of the seed.

360. Suitable wind movement for maximum crops is 4-6 km/hour.

361. The favourable temperature range for maximum growth or production of

Agricultural plants is 15-400C.

362. The waste or stalk of pulses crop is known as ‘Haulm’ or ‘Stover’.

363. Finger millet crop has highest water use efficiency of 13.4 kg/ha/mm.

whereas Rice has minimum WUE is 3.7

364. The minimum slope required for Bench Terracing is 15% (The range lies

between 15-33%).

365. Maize is also known as erosion permitting crop.

366. Cowpea and Groundnut is also known as erosion resistance crop.

367. Cultivation of mulberry is known as Moriculture.

368. The practice of taking the second crop from the previous one is known as

Ratooning.

369. According to Planning commission India is divided into 15 agro-climatic

regions.

370. ICAR is divided India in 127 agro-climatic zones

371. According to NARP there are 8 Agro Ecological Zones.

372. National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS & LUP) of

the ICAR has delineated 20 agro-ecological regions (AERs) {60 Sub-Zones}

in the country.

373. Rabi, Kharif, Zaid and Mansoon are the Arabic words.

374. Highest consumption of Phosphorus is in Pulses.

375. Jatropa seed contain 35% oil.

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376. Rajma crop is lack of N-fixation due to number of root nodules.

377. The inflorescence of Niger is known as Capitulum.

378. Breaking dormancy in Groundnut by Ethylene chlorohydrins.

379. Russian giant is a variety of Cowpea.

380. Flaming gold is a variety of Oats.

381. Ca is an essential nutrient for Pegging in Groundnut.

382. Origin of Buck wheat is in China.

383. The ‘Kresek’ symptoms are Bacterial leaf blight of Rice.

384. 2,4-D is used as herbicide.

385. Seed which are required light for germination are known as Positive

photoblastic.

386. Green manure is an agent which responsible for transferring the nutrient

from sub-surface to upper layer of the soil.

387. Chemical used for Nipping in gram is TIBA.

388. Finger millet or Ragi is having highest water use efficiency i.e. 13.4%

389. Tillage word is taken from Anglo saxon language.

390. Sugarcane word is originated from Sanskrit word.

391. Community development programme - 1952.

392. 1928 - Royal Commission on Agriculture.

393. 1966 – HYVP (High yielding variety programme)

394. The direction from which wind blows is called “Windward”.

395. Dew point: The temperature at which saturation occurs or condensation

temperature.

396. Dew: Deposition of liquid water droplets on the surface of cooled objects.

397. Fog: Aggregation of minute droplets of water suspended in the air near

the surface of earth It is also called as “Low Cloud”.

398. Infiltration is the downward flow of water from the surface into the soil.

399. Percolation is the movement of water through soil profile.

400. Percolation rate is governed by the permeability (or) Hydraulic

conductivity of the soil.

401. Permeability is the quality of soil that enables it to transmit air and

water.

402. Drainage coefficient: It is defined as the depth of water in cm. to be

removed in 24 hours period from the entire drainage area.

403. Non endospermic monocots – Orchids.

404. Allelopathic agent identified in Sorghum – Chlorogenic acid.

405. Methane gas is mainly released from – Rice fields.

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406. Shoot of the cotyledon – Coleoptile.

407. Failure of germination of mustard seed exposed to high concentration of

CO2.

408. Senescence is ageing process.

409. Flowering induced chemicals – Florigen.

410. Conversion of NO3 into NH3 – Nitrate reduction

411. The yellow pigment in papaya is caricaxanthin.

412. Monogenic traits show which type of variation: Discontineous.

413. Purpose of Bagging is to prevent: Cross-pollination

414. Purpose of Emasculation is to prevent: Self-pollination

415. Among Pollen grain and female gamete which is more sensitive to

environmental disturbance: Pollen grain

416. Protoandry condition found in Maize crop

417. Protogyne condition found in Bajra crop

418. Clipping method of emasculation done in Rice crop.

419. The primitive cultivars which are selected and cultivated by the farmer for

many generations called: Land races

420. Self-pollination pollination is the most intense form of Inbreeding.

421. Varalaxmi variety of Cotton developed from: UAS, Dharwad

422. Effect of pollen grain on the maternal tissue called: Metaxenia

423. Effect of pollen grain on the seed coat, chalaza is called : Xenia

424. Glycolysis occurs in the part of cell- Cytoplasm

425. Krebs cycle & ETC occurs in- Mitochondria

426. Glycolysis is Anaerobic type of reaction.

427. Final product of glycolysis is Pyruvate.

428. The permissible limit for sulphur dioxide in jam is 40 ppm.

429. The exclusion of micro-organism is known as: Asepsis.

430. MSP is announced for – 23 crop commodities

431. Life cycle of wheat rust is given by– K. C. Mehta

432. The majority of phytopathogenic fungi belong to– Ascomytes &

Basidiomycetes

433. Father of Indian Pathology is– E.J.Butler

434. The sour taste of gram leaf is due to presence of – Mallic acid(60%) and

oxalic acid

435. Harvest index of arhar is 19 %

436. All India Coordinated Maize Improvement Project was started in –1957 at

New Delhi

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437. sugarcane is planted in furrows because – it reduce lodging

438. World’s first high yielding semi dwarf basmati rice variety is – pusa

basmati – 1

439. National seed corporation was established in March – 1963

440. The world meteorology is derived from- Greek language

441. Azospirillum bio fertilizer used for Sorghum

442. The shortest phase of all mitosis phase is – Anaphase

443. The longest mitotic phase is –Prophase

444. The evaporation of water from plants is called – transpiration

445. The OSMOSIS term was given by – Abble Nollet (1748)

446. Soil less cultivation of plants is known as Hydroponics.

447. The resistance of host to the all race of a pathogen is known as –

Horizontal resistance

448. Haploid are developed by – Anther culture

449. The force working with the attraction of water molecules toward each

other is known as – Cohesion

450. The force working with the attraction of water molecules toward solid

particles is known as – Adhesion

451. Soil moisture is measured by – Tensiometer

452. Sericulture is also known as –Silk Farming

453. Apiculture is also known as bee keeping

454. Apiculture word was taken from – Latin world

455. The correlation between price and demand of a commodity is –negative

456. The limit of partial correlation coefficient is – -1 to +1

457. The development of embryo without fertilization is called – Apomixes

458. Chemical used for delinting of cottons – H2So4

459. Fibre of cotton contains – Cellulose

460. Movement from higher concentration to lower concentrationn is known as

– diffusion

461. LEISA stand for – Less external input sustainable agriculture

462. Double seed formation in cotton is due to – Pink bollworm

463. Fingerprinting is related to which crop – Pineapple

464. High yielding variety of wheat was developed by –Borlaug

465. A technique in growing plants where in the plants derive their nutrients

and eater from a mist of air and aqueous solution that comes in contact

with the roots is called – Aerophonics

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466. The ratio of total cropped area in different seasons to the total land area

is known as – Cropping intensity

467. The competitive interaction between the crop species in intercropping and

sequential cropping through the release of chemical substances or toxins

is called – allelopathy

468. The crops that are grown to break the continuity of the agro-ecological

situation of the field under multiple cropping systems are called as – brake

crop

469. The chemical substance released by one species may inhibit more

strongly plants of the producer species it self is termed as – Auto –

inhibition

470. The removal of excess water known as free water or gravitational water

from the surface of the farm land as to create favourable soil conditions for

plants growth is called as – Agriculture drainage

471. ATARI –Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes

472. Disease also known as “Killer Disease of Wheat” is Black/ Stem rust.

473. Akiochi disease is due to Sulphur toxicity.

474. First irrigation commission was appointed in 1901.

475. Horizontal heat transfers from warmer area to cooler area, the effect is

known as Cloth line effect.

476. Phenyl mercuric acetate (PMA) is a chemical used in agriculture crops in

order to Reduce transpiration.

477. Jowar or Sorghum is known as Camel crop Kings of coarse grains.

478. C: N ratio for sugarcane straw is 120:1

479. The compounds which tightly hold certain cations that are attracted

towards them and release them slowly for utilization by plants is called as

Chelates.

480. The cutting of weed to the ground level is known as Mowing.

481. In which effect vertical heat transfers from warmer to cooler crop area:

Oasis effect

482. Rancidity in sunflower oil is due to: Oxidation.

483. Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between: Fungus & roots of higher

plants

484. Explosive fertilizer is: Ammonium nitrate.

485. C: N ratio of organic matter is: 10:1

486. Plants with male and female flower are: Monoecious

487. Potatoes are borne on: Stolons

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488. The edible part of sweet potato (Ipomoea batata) is: Adventitious root

489. If soil moisture and nutrients are not limiting, yield of crop is limited

by solar radiation.

490. Gap filling is not advantageous for short duration crops.

491. In crops like tobacco, intercultivation in both directions is possible in

square planting and helps in effective control of weeds.

492. Skipping of every alternate row is known as skip row planting.

493. Decomposition of manures is allowed to reduce the wide C:N ratio to

about 25:1

494. Guano is treated with H2SO4 in order to allow hydrolysis and convert the

organic nutrients into inorganic nutrients. This is called “artificial guano”.

495. Forestry outside the conventional forests which primarily aim at

providing continuous flow of goods and services for the benefit of people is

called as Social forestry.

496. A forest system which promote commercial tree growing by farmers on

their own land is farm forestry.

497. The C3 Plants are: Rice, Wheat, Barley, Pea, Gram, Mustard and Rye,

Cotton, Arhar, Soybean, Sunflower, Lentil, Sugarbeet, Tomato etc.

498. The C4 Plants are: Maize, Sorghum, Bajra, Sugarcane, Millets.

499. The non-edible oilseed crops is Castor.

500. The non-conventional oilseed crop is Sunflower.

1. cultivation of wheat and barley was started in 7500 bc

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