SLBG-975--AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPM TEST No:SLBG-975-MOCKBK-E080 :: No of Questions:  080   ::   Time Allowed : 64  Minutes

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Question 1:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The management and care of farm animals by humans is known as?
Animal Husbandry 
Animal Wifery 
Animal Sonry 
Animal Daughtery 

Answer: Animal Husbandry

Question 2:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Mid day meal is a scheme to provide nutritious food to ?
School going Children 
House wives 
Farmers 
Old aged peoples 

Answer: School going Children

Question 3:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was launched in the year
2001 
2003 
2005 
2007 

Answer: 2005

Question 4:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

NABARD was established in ?
1980 
1982 
1984 
1986 

Answer: 1982

Question 5:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Organic farming is a form of agriculture that involves
excessive use of synthetic chemicals in agriculture. 
excessive use of pesticides in agriculture. 
excessive use of fertilizers in agriculture. 
no use of synthetic chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture. 

Answer: no use of synthetic chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture.

Question 6:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which of the following states has launched Mukhyamantri Jal Swavalamban Abhiyan scheme?
Rajasthan 
Madhya Pradesh 
Kerala 
Goa 

Answer: Rajasthan

Question 7:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere is known as?
zoology 
Neurology 
Meteorology 
Meteorite 

Answer: Meteorology

Question 8:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

National Rural Health Mission has been launched in the country in
2003 
2005 
2007 
2009 

Answer: 2005

Question 9:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The Panchayati Raj System in India was introduced by which constitutional amendment?
Constitutional amendment,1982 
Constitutional amendment, 1992 
Constitutional amendment, 2002 
Constitutional amendment, 2012 

Answer: Constitutional amendment, 1992

Question 10:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

How Often Under the Mid-day Meal Programme, Should the Assessment of Percentage of Underweight Children at School Level be Done?
Yearly 
Half-Yearly 
Quarterly 
Monthly 

Answer: Half-Yearly

Question 11:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Deforestation refers to
planting of trees 
cultivation of crops 
planting of flowers 
disappearance of forests 

Answer: disappearance of forests

Question 12:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which of the following was not a feature of ‘scientific forestry’?
Natural forests were cut down 
Area cut was replanted 
Forest officials did not survey and estimate the area  
One type of trees were planted in rows 

Answer: Forest officials did not survey and estimate the area

Question 13:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Who among the following was leader of rebel foresters in Andhra Pradesh?
Birsa Munda 
Kanu 
Alluri Sita Ram Raju  
Siddhu 

Answer: Alluri Sita Ram Raju

Question 14:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Parthenocarpy occurs in
Banana 
Jackfruit 
Peach 
Mango 

Answer: Jackfruit

Question 15:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Fish Farming is known as
Pisciculture 
Sushiculture 
Tisciculture 
Misciculture 

Answer: Pisciculture

Question 16:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which forest community of Central India sent a petition against stopping of shifting cultivation in 1892?
Muria 
Baigas 
Bhatra 
Maria 

Answer: Baigas

Question 17:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following is the local name of shifting cultivation in Central America?
Lading 
Podu 
Chena 
Milpa  

Answer: Milpa

Question 18:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

National Agriculture Insurance Scheme is implemented by
Agriculture Insurance Corporation of India 
FCI 
NABARD 
RBI 

Answer: FCI

Question 19:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which of the following was not known during the Rigvedic period?
Agriculture  
Marriage system 
Joint family system 
Varna system (Caste) 

Answer: Agriculture

Question 20:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The development of seed without sexual process is
polyembryony 
caryopsis 
rixology 
apomixis 

Answer: apomixis

Question 21:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Removal of male bud in banana is technically called as
Tipping 
Disbudding 
Denovelling  
Threshing 

Answer: Denovelling

Question 22:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

In a food chain of grassland ecosystem the top consumers are
Herbivorous 
Carnivorous  
Either carnivorous or herbivorous 
omnivorous 

Answer: Carnivorous

Question 23:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Energy flow in ecosystem is
Unidirectional 
Bidirectional 
Multidirectional 
None of the above 

Answer: Unidirectional

Question 24:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Farm management as a resource allocation proportion is related to:
Inter-farm management 
Intra-farm management  
Both inter and intra farm management 
Inter-regional management 

Answer: Intra-farm management

Question 25:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which organisation lends money for rural development?
RBI 
NABARD 
SEBI 
IDBI 

Answer: NABARD

Question 26:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which of the following is a Horticulture Crop?
Paddy 
Wheat 
Mango 
Bajara 

Answer: Mango

Question 27:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Water rises through the xylem mainly due to
imbibition 
osmosis 
capillarity 
transpiration 

Answer: transpiration

Question 28:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Chromosome shape is usually observed during
prophase 
anaphase  
telophase 
metaphase 

Answer: anaphase

Question 29:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which of the following crops is tolerant of soil on water salinity?
Date-palm  
Cabbage 
Orange 
Grapes 

Answer: Date-palm

Question 30:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The percentage of Nitrogen (N) in DAP is……… %
5 
17 
33 
65 

Answer: 17

Question 31:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

What kind of soil is treated with gypsum to make it suitable for cropping?
Aluvial 
Acidic 
Water-logged 
Soil with excessive clay content  

Answer: Soil with excessive clay content

Question 32:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following is known as a pseudocereal?
Wheat 
Quinoa 
Horse gram 
Barley 

Answer: Quinoa

Question 33:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which of the following is not a root?
Potato  
Carrot 
Radish 
Turnip 

Answer: Potato

Question 34:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The recessive genes located on X-chromosome in humans are always
Expressed in males  
Expressed in females 
Lethal 
Sub-lethal 

Answer: Expressed in males

Question 35:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Plants adapted to low light intensity have
More extended root system 
Leaves modified to spines  
Larger photosynthetic unit size than the sun plants 
Higher rate of CO2 fixation than the sun plants 

Answer: Leaves modified to spines

Question 36:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

West Coast Tall (WCT) is a variety of ……..
Paddy 
Cashew 
Coconut 
Areca nut 

Answer: Coconut

Question 37:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The main insect reported to be responsible for affection pollination in mango is
honey bee (Apis indica) 
common house fly (Musca domestica) 
a dipterous fly (Melipona species)  
a house fly (Syrphidae species) 

Answer: a dipterous fly (Melipona species)

Question 38:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Coffee rust is caused by
Uromyces hobsoni 
Hemileia vastatri 
Cronartium ribicola 
Ravenelia emblicae 

Answer: Hemileia vastatri

Question 39:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Tomato leaf curl virus is transmitted by
aphid 
whitefly  
grasshopper 
butterfly 

Answer: whitefly

Question 40:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Vermicompost is prepared with the help of following……..
Earthworms  
Ants 
Virus 
Fungus 

Answer: Earthworms

Question 41:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

If you are provided with root tips of onion in your class and are asked to count the chromosomes, which of the following stages can you most conveniently look into?
Anaphase 
Prophase 
Metaphase 
Telophase 

Answer: Metaphase

Question 42:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Lemon squash is preserved for a longer period without discolouration by the use of
malic acid and potassium metabisulfite 
citric acid and potassium metabisulfite 
potassium metabisulfite 
benzoic acid and citric acid  

Answer: benzoic acid and citric acid

Question 43:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The flat sour spoilage of canned vegetables is due to
development of sour odour without gas production by microorganisms 
gas formation by the microorganisms  
corrosion of the tin plate 
a decrease in pH 

Answer: gas formation by the microorganisms

Question 44:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Approximately how many eggs does a female silkworm lay in 24 hours after the proper copulation with the male moth in India ?
200 
1200  
100 
400 

Answer: 1200

Question 45:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The two important diseases of sugarcane would include
little leaf and bacterial wilt 
red rot and grassy shoot  
red rot and bunt 
Bakanae disease and stem canker 

Answer: red rot and grassy shoot

Question 47:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Loose smut of wheat can be effectively controlled by
crop rotation 
soil treatment with non systemic fungicides 
seed treatment with systemic fungicides 
spraying the crop with fungicides 

Answer: seed treatment with systemic fungicides

Question 48:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The process of guttation is due to
root pressure 
wall pressure 
excess transpiration 
turgor pressure 

Answer: root pressure

Question 49:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

As per the WTO Uruguay Round Agreement the domestic support creating trade distorting effect on agricultural commodities are included in……….
Green Box  
Amber Box 
Pink box 
Blue box 

Answer: Green Box

Question 50:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following is the name of the nematode, which lives as internal parasite of buds and foliage of Chrysanthemum and strawberry and causes distortions and crinkling of foliage, and leaf spots?
Aphelenchoides besseyi 
Pratylenchus thornei 
Meloidogyne incognita 
Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi  

Answer: Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi

Question 51:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

What would be the most probable date of giving the delivery of one day old chicks by a hatchery farmer, who has put the fertile eggs of hen on his well functioning incubator on First of January?
February 20 
February 5 
January 29 
January 22 

Answer: January 22

Question 52:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following economic principles helps a farmer to allocate his limited resources to two different enterprises?
The law of variable proportions 
The law of comparative Advantages 
The law of equimarginal returns  
The principle of fixed and variable costs 

Answer: The law of equimarginal returns

Question 53:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following crops is sensitive to salt as well as boron in soil and water?
Grape 
Sugar beet 
Carrot  
Cotton 

Answer: Carrot

Question 54:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Bread wheat is
diploid 
haploid 
tetraploid 
auto-allopolyploid 

Answer: auto-allopolyploid

Question 55:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following ornamental plants is a native of India and has been introduced into several countries from India?
Gladiolus 
Orchids 
Bougainvillea 
Marigold 

Answer: Orchids

Question 56:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following types of crop cultivations will be most appropriate and effective in forests?
Extensive cropping 
Intensive cropping 
Mixed cropping 
Inter-cropping  

Answer: Inter-cropping

Question 57:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The latest botanical name of green gram is
vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek  
Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper 
Phaseolus mungo (L.) 
Phaseolus vulgaris 

Answer: vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek

Question 58:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following irrigation methods is best suited for an undulation topography?
Flow irrigation 
Check basin method 
Sprinkler irrigation  
Furrow irrigation 

Answer: Sprinkler irrigation

Question 59:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Autopolyploidy is known as
hybrid polyploidy 
simple polyploidy 
segmental polyploidy segmental polyploidy 
zygoidy 

Answer: simple polyploidy

Question 60:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The rice crop tolerates submergence because
the plant has mechanism to transport oxygen through leaves  
the plant has mechanism to transport oxygen through leaves 
bacteria keep the rhizosphere oxidised 
oxygen penetrating to root zone through air movement is sufficient 

Answer: the plant has mechanism to transport oxygen through leaves

Question 61:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which of the following is the vector for yellow vein mosaic of bhindi (okra)?
Brown plant hopper 
Green plant hopper 
Aphids 
White flies 

Answer: White flies

Question 62:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which one of the following sprayers will cause more loss of spray droplets by drift?
Low volume sprayer 
High volume sprayer 
Ultra low volume sprayer  
Duster 

Answer: Ultra low volume sprayer

Question 63:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Other things being suitable what degree celsius level of temperature is considered ideal for optimum growth of banana crop?
36 
18 
12 
27 

Answer: 27

Question 64:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Pigments which is responsible for skin colour is
glutin 
melanin 
fatty acids 
amino acids 

Answer: melanin

Question 65:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The fruits of research and development findings could reach the poorest of the poor through
research personnel themselves 
NGO’s 
a strong and devoted extension agency  
agricultural universities and colleges 

Answer: a strong and devoted extension agency

Question 66:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

In glycolysis conversion of a molecule of glucose to two molecules of Pyruvic acid results in a net gain of:
8 ATP molecules 
38 ATP molecules 
2 ATP molecules 
36 ATP molecules 

Answer: 2 ATP molecules

Question 67:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The number of ATP that forms during the Kreb’s cycle of respiration will be:
8 
15 
22 
30  

Answer: 30

Question 68:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

The plants meet their carbon requirements by absorbing.
soil minerals 
soil organic matter 
carbon monoxide from atmosphere 
carbon dioxide from atmosphere 

Answer: carbon dioxide from atmosphere

Question 69:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Bending of plants towards light is called:
Hydrotropism 
Geotropism 
Phototropism 
Chemotropism 

Answer: Phototropism

Question 70:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Pink bollworm, grey weevil red bug and dusty bug are the pests of:
Cotton  
Jute 
Sunflower 
Sugarcane 

Answer: Cotton

Question 71:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Object of pruning is
Training of young trees 
Maintenance of growth of trees 
Bringing vigour on old trees 
All of the above  

Answer: All of the above

Question 72:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Which of the following is inflorescence vegetable?
Potato 
Tomato 
Cauliflower 
Spinach 

Answer: Cauliflower

Question 73:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Onion is used for medicinal value for:
Sunstroke 
Diabetes 
Stomachache 
None of the above 

Answer: Sunstroke

Question 74:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Organic catalysts in the animates are called as:
Vitamins 
Hormones 
Enzymes 
Regulators 

Answer: Enzymes

Question 75:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Parasitic flowering plant Mistletoe belongs to family:
Convolvulaceae 
Loranthaceae  
Orobanchaceae 
Scrophulariaceae 

Answer: Loranthaceae

Question 76:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Evaluation of extension programme means:
(a) Measuring performance against predetermined goal 
(b) Making progressive adjustments 
(c) Achieving a set of objective 
(d) Knowing what is to be evaluated and how 

Answer: (a) Measuring performance against predetermined goal

Question 77:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Exanthem disease is caused due to deficiency of:
(a) Copper  
(b) Zinc 
(c) Boron 
(d) None of the above 

Answer: (a) Copper

Question 78:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

Exchange of homologous segment of chromatin between homologous chromosomes is known as:
(a) Linkage 
(b) Segregation 
(c) Crossing over  
(d) Repulsion 

Answer: (c) Crossing over

Question 79:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

World Environment Day is celebrated on:
(a) 5-May 
(b) 5-Jun  
(c) 5-Jul 
(d) 5-Aug 

Answer: (b) 5-Jun

Question 80:  NEXTGEN CAREER COACHING#9462900411--SLBG-975-M  

False smut of rice pathogen is placed in the family
(a) Clavicipitaceae  
(b) Tilletiaceae 
(c) Ustilaginales 
(d) Dematiaceae 

Answer: (a) Clavicipitaceae

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