AGRICULTURE ( IMPORTANT NTSE MSQ QUESTION WITH SOLUTION)

                                                           AGRICULTURE

Q-1. Which is the largest producer of tea in the World-

a) Brazil

b) India

c) China

d) Srilanka

Ans. (b) Brazil

Q-2. Which is the third most important food crop of India?

a) Bajra

b) Jawar

c) Ragi

d) Maize

Ans. (b) Jawar

Q-3. Agriculture contributes ……………………..  Of the net National product-

a) 23%

b) 24%

c) 25%

d) 26%

Ans. (d) 26%

Q-4. Nonfood crop is-

a) Wheat

b) Rice

c) Cotton

d) Bajra

Ans. (c) Cotton

Q-5. “Plant more wheat, wheat will with the war”.   The statement is of

a) President Wilson

b) Churchill

c) Tzar WI Cholas II

d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ans. (d) Franklin D. Roosevelt

Q-6. Which of the following was the most important cash crop of victnam?

a) Sugarcane

b) Cotton

c) Rice

d) Tea

Ans. (c) Rice

Q-7. Which of the following common foods did not come from the ‘new world’?

a) Potatoes and Tomatoes

b) Maize and Chilies

c) Groundnut and sweet potatoes

d) Sugarcane and Shali verity of rice

Ans. (d) Sugarcane and Shali verity of rice

Q-8. Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?

a) Jowar

b) Pulses

c) Millets

d) Seasaumum

Ans. (b) Pulses

Q-9. Which of the following methods are used to restrict soil erosion?

I. Ploughing along contour lines

II. Strip cropping

III. Jamming

IV. Mixes forming

a) I and II

b) I and III

c) II and IV

d) II and III

Ans. (A) I and II

Q-10. Which country is the largest producer of rice in the world?

a) India

b) Brazil

c) China

d) U.S.A

Ans. (c) China

Q-11. Which millet is used both as food and fodder-?

a) Jawar

b) Maize

c) Ragi

d) Bajra

Ans. (b) Maize

Q-12. Which of the following statements is true of Agriculture in Indian economy between 1973 and 2003?

a) The sectorial share of Agriculture in employment has decreased far more than its share on total output

b) The sectorial share of Agriculture in total output has decreased, but its share of agriculture in employment has in an increased

c) The  sectorial share of Agriculture in output has decreased for more than its share in total employment

d) None of these

Ans. (c) The sectorial share of Agriculture in output has decreased for more than its share in total employment

Q-13. Which country is the largest producer of pulses in the world?

a) China

b) Russia

c) U.K.

d) India 

Ans. (d) India

Q-14. Which country is the largest producer of sugarcane in the world?

a) India

b) Sri-lanka

c) Brazil

d) China

Ans. (c) Brazil

Q-15. Which country is the largest producer of oilseeds in the world?

a) Maldives

b) Pakistan

c) Indonesia

d) India

Ans. (d) India

Q-16. Name a pulse crop which is grown both as a kharif and Rabi crop-

a) Castor

b) Moong

c) Tuar

d) Urad

Ans. (a) Castor

Q-17. Name a fiber crop which is obtained from the cocoons of the silk worm-

a) Cotton 

b) Jute

c) Rubber

d) Silk

Ans. (d) Silk

Q-18. Which fiber is known as the golden fiber?

a) Hemp

b) Jute

c) Cotton

d) None of these

Ans. (b) Jute

Q-19. Name the chief producer of jute in India-

a) Meghalaya

b) Mizoram

c) West Bengal

d) Kerala

Ans. (c) West Bengal

Q-20. Indian produce about ……….. Of the world coffee-

a) 3%

b) 4%

c) 5%

d) 7%

Ans. (b) 4%

Q-21. The first coffee plantation was set up in-

a) Kerala

b) Meghalaya

c) Manipur

d) Karnataka

Ans. (d) Karnataka

Q-22. Which one of the following is a Rabi crop?

a) Rice

b) Millets

c) Gram

d) Cotton

Ans. (b) Millets

Q-23. Jamming refers to-

a) Primitive subsistence farming

b) Slash and burn agriculture

c) Commercial farming

d) Plantation agriculture

Ans. (b) Slash and burn agriculture

Q-24. Bhoodan- Gramdan movement was initiated by-

a) Mahatma  Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Vinobha bhave

d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Ans. (a) Mahatma Gandhi

Q-25. India is the leading producer and exporter of …………… in the world-

a) Rubber

b) Tea

c) Sugarcane

d) Rice

Ans. (a) Rubber

Q-26. Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?

a) Pulses

b) Jawar

c) Millets

d) Sesame

Ans. (a) Pulses

Q-27. Rearing of silk worms is called as-

a) Pisciculture

b) Agriculture

c) Silviculture

d) Sericulture

Ans. (d) Sericulture

Q-28. Yellow revolution refer to-

a) Egg.

b) Oilseeds

c) Fish

d) Pulses

Ans. (b) Oilseeds

Q-29. Cultivation of fruits and vegetables is called-

a) Floriculture

b) Sericulture

c) Horticulture

d) Agriculture

Ans. (c) Horticulture

Q-30. Which is the staple crop of a majority of the people in India?

a) Wheat

b) Jawar

c) Millets

d) Rice

Ans. (d) Rice

Q-31. Which one out of the following is a ‘kharif crop’?

a) Maize 

b) Wheat

c) Gram

d) Mustard

Ans. (a) Maize

Q-32. Sugarcane crop grows well in the areas with a rainfall of-----------.

a) 100-150 cm

b) 75-100 cm

c) 150-200 cm

d) 150-200 cm

Ans. (b) 75-100 cm

Q-33. Which of the following is a non-farm activity?

a) Multiple cropping

b) Crop rotation

c) Dairy farming 

d) Modern farming

Ans. (c) Dairy farming 

Q-34. In respect of which one of the following crops, The Green Revolution in India had limited impact?

a) Mazie

b) Wheat

c) Rice

d) Pulses

Ans. (b) Wheat

Q-35. Which of the following is the main Rabi crop of Punjab?

a) Rice 

b) Maize

c) Wheat 

d) Groundnut

Ans. (c) wheat

Q-36. The strong reason for the backward of Indian agriculture is:

a) Lack of irrigation

b) Land ownership problem

c) Land of irrigation

d) Rural indebtedness 

Ans. (a) Lack of irrigation

Q-37. In India agriculture depends on

a) Monsoon

b) Technology

c) Government policy

d) All of these

Ans. (a) Monsoon

Q-38. The dominant type of irrigation in peninsular India is by:-

a) Canals

b) Tanks

c) Wells

d) Sprinklers

Ans. (c) Wells

Q-39. Assertion: Pulses expect tur dal are grown in rotation with other crops.

           Reason: They leguminous and helps in restoring fertility of soil by fixing nitrogen from air                              in the roots.

a) Both ‘A’ and ‘R’ are true and ‘R’ explains ‘A’

b) Both ‘A’ and R’ are true but ‘R’ doesn’t explains ‘A’

c) ‘A’ is true but ‘R’ is false

d) ‘A’ is false but ‘R’ is true

Ans. (d) ‘A’ is false but ‘R’ is true