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MCQ on Agriculture of India for competitive exam

MCQ on Agriculture of India for competitive exam

‘Operation Flood’ is associated with–

(a) milk production

(b) wheat production

(c) flood control

(d) water harvesting


Solution: (a)
Operation Flood in India, a project of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was the world’s biggest dairy development programme which made India, a milk-deficient nation, the largest milk producer in the world.

The maximum wheat-producing State in India is

(a) Punjab

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Haryana


Solution: (b)
Uttar Pradesh contributes 33.02 per cent; Pun jab: 19.26 per cent; Haryana: 13.27 per cent; Madhya Pradesh: 9.67 per cent; and Rajasthan: 9.31 per cent are the first five leading producers of what in India.

‘Operation Flood’ refers to

(a) increase in the production of milk

(b) increase in the production of dairy products

(c) controlling flood

(d) increasing the production of agricultural crops


Solution: (a)
Operation Flood in India, a project of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was the world’s biggest dairy development programme which made India, a milk-deficient nation, the largest milk producer in the world, surpassing the USA in 1998, with about 17 percent of global output in 2010–11.

The ‘Green Revolution’ was mainly directed to increase the production of

(a) cash crops

(b) pulses

(c) foodgrains

(d) minor millets


Solution: (c)
The Green Revolution was a technology package comprising material components of improved high yielding varieties of two staple cereals (rice and wheat).

Which is the leading state in mulberry sericulture?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Karnataka

(c) Kashmir

(d) Tamil Nadu


Solution: (b)
Indian sericulture contributes four types of silk Mulberry, Tassar, Eri & Muga to the World of silk fabrics. Mulberry silk accounts for 90% of the total silk production in the country. Karnataka leads in silk textile in India as it accounts for 55.65 per cent of the silk yarn production of the country.