Agriculture Quiz questions - Agri Buddy
InstagramYouTubeQuestions -1 The scientific name of foxtail millet:
1-Eleusine coracana
2-Setaria italica
3-Panicum milaceumm
4-Pennisetum glaucum
Answer - Setaria italica is also known as Foxtail millet is an Italian millet ( Kakun).
Note
Finger millet - Eleusine coracana is known as mandua, ragi, birds foot millet.
Proso millet is known as Cheena scientific name is Panicum miliaceum.
Barnyard Millet - Echinochloa frumentacea is known as madria.
Kodo Millet - Paspalum scrobiculatum
Little Millet - Panicum sumatrense
Question2-The measurement of 'direct solar
radiation' use which instrument?
1-Pyranometer
2-Spectroradiometer
3- Pyrheliometer
4-Pyrgeometre
Answer - Pyrheliometer
Note
Pyranometer is a dome like structure that measures diffused sun energy while Pyrheliometer is an instrument that measures direct sun's energy. Both are often used in conjunction in meteorological research stations. While Pyranometer measures global solar radiation, Pyrheliometer measures direct solar irradiance.
Question3-National women farmer day celebrated which day?
1-15 oct
2-15 sep.
3-15june
4-None of the above
Answer - 15 oct
15th October is celebrated as National Women Farmer's Day or Rashtriya Mahila Kisan Diwas' in India.
Question 4-Krishi Karman award started from which year?
1-2006-07
2- 2009-10
3-2010-11
4-2013
Answer - 2010 -11
Note
Krishi Karman awards are given to Best performer States for raising country’s food grain production.
It comprises of three awards for total food grain production and four awards for production of crops that constitute the food grain viz. rice, wheat,Coarse cereals & Pulses
Question5- Which of the fruit is capsule?
1-Beans
2-Mustard
3-Cotton
4-Wheat
Answer - Cotton
Note :Capsule is a dry fruit which splits open to release the seeds. These plants all have fruit capsules: Cotton (Gossypium), Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus), Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), Jimson Weed (Datura), Mahogany (Afzelia), Witch Hazel (Hamamelis).
Question-6 Which crop is known as famine reserve?
1-Soybean
2-Maize
3-Millets
4-Sorghum
Answer - Millets
Question7-What is the number of Kisan Call Centre?
1-1800-180-121
2-1800-180-151
3-1800-180-1551
4-1800-1551
Answer-Kisan Call Center (1800-180-1551) The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC), Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India launched Kisan Call Centers on January 21, 2004 across the country to deliver extension services to the farming community.
Question8- 1st KVK of India was established at?
Bhopal
Navsari (Gujarat)
Fatehpur (Rajasthan)
Pondicherry
Answer - Pondicherry
Question9 -White rust of mustard is caused by?
Puccinia recondita
Albugo candida
Puccinia graminis
Puccinia arachidis
Answer - Albugo candida
Questions 10-Number of essential elements required for plant growth is??
1-12
2-16
3-17
4-19
Answer - 17
Question11-Black gram is originated in?
1-Indonesia
2-China
3-Tropical America
4-India
Answer - India
Question 12- Golden mahseer is species of ??
1-Sheep
2-Goat
3-Fish
4-Cow
Answer - Fish
Kalipatti is a variety of ?
Ber
Sapota
Litchi
Banana
Answer - Sapota
Question 14-What is the fraction of soil organic matter which is soluble both in alkali
and acid?
1-fulvic acid
2-hymatomelonic acid
3-humic acid
4-humin acid
Answer - Fulvic acid
The value of ESP in alkali soils is
always?
1-none
2->15
3-<15
4-any value
Answer - >15
The word 'Green revolution' was coined by ?
1-William Gaud
2-Robert McNamara
3-C. Subramaniamn
4-N.E. Borlaug
Answer - William Gaud
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