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APSC Important Questions & Answers on Agriculture Optional Paper for Prelims | GkSeries

(1) Growing four crops in a year in sequence is termed as
1 double cropping
2 multistoried cropping
3 quadruple cropping
4 tetra cropping
Answer: quadruple cropping
(2) Shade-loving plants are known as
1 heliophytes
2 hydrophytes
3 xerophytes
4 sciophytes
Answer: sciophytes

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(3) A separate department of agriculture was created first at national level in
1 1861
2 1871
3 1885
4 1890
Answer: 1871
(4) A silt loam is considered ideal for crop growth when solid : liquid : air proportion by volume is at
1 70:20:10
2 60:20:20
3 50:30:20
4 50:25:25
Answer: 50:25:25
(5) The oil content of groundnut is
1 45 percent
2 40 percent
3 48 percent
4
Answer: 45 percent
(6) The hormone associated with 'acid growth theory’ is
1 GA3
2 cytokinin
3 auxin
4 ethylene

Answer: auxin
(7) Translocation of carbohydrates mostly takes place in the form of
1 glucose
2 sucrose
3 fructose
4 maltose

Answer: sucrose
(8) The end product of phytosynthesis is
1 pyruvic acid
2 protein
3 starch
4 malic acid

Answer: starch
(9)
1 Dee-Gee-Woo-Gen
2 Norin-10
3 Opaques
4 Hipsolie

Answer: Norin-10
(10) Seedless watermelon is a
1 diploid
2 triploid
3 tetraploid
4 hexaploid

Answer: triploid
(11) Which of the following crops is known as ‘white gold’? (A) (B) (C) (D)
1 Opium
2 Cotton
3 Maize
4 Soybean

Answer: Cotton
(12) In India, which of the following fruits has the highest production?
1 Mango
2 Citrus
3 Grape
4 Banana

Answer: Banana
(13) The edible portion of pomegranate is
1 aril
2 thalamus
3 mesocarp
4 endocarp

Answer: aril
(14) Botanically pineapple fruit is
1 balusta
2 sorosis
3 berry
4 pome

Answer: sorosis
(15)
1 Bonneville
2 T-163
3 L-H6
4 Aparna

Answer: Aparna

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