Name the crop season in India that opens in May-June with major crops like rice and millet.
(a) Rainy season
(b) Rabi
(c) Kharif
(d) Winter season
Solution: (a)
Kharif/Rainy/Monsoon crops are the crops grown in monsoon months from June to October/November. They require warm, wet weather at major period of crop growth, and also required short day length for flowering. Examples: Cotton, Rice, Jowar, bajara.
High-yielding plants can be produced by
(a) Crop Rotation
(b) Hybridisation
(c) Inter-cropping
(d) Mixed-cropping
Solution: (b)
In biology and specifically, genetics, the term hybrid has several meanings, all referring to the offspring of sexual reproduction. Plant species hybridize more readily than animal species, and the resulting hybrids are more often fertile hybrids and may reproduce. The cross-breeding of carefully chosen parent plants produces a combination of consistent traits that make hybrids better performers than either parent.
What is India’s rank in the world in milk production?
(a) Fourth
(b) Third
(c) Second
(d) First
Solution: (d)
India continues to be the largest milk producing nation in the world with close to 17% of global production in 2010-11. The country’s estimated milk pro duction for 2010-11 is 121 million tones.
Name the food crop which gives the highest output in India.
(a) Wheat
(b) Jowar
(c) Maize
(d) Rice
Solution: (a)
The Green Revolution benefited wheat the most. Though the area under rice is considerably larger than land under wheat, the latter has been marked by higher productivity due to the introduction of high yielding variety of seeds, well irrigated lands and substantial use of pesticides. The acreage yield has been higher in the case of wheat.
How many agroclimatic zones are there in India as far as the official categorization of the Ministry of Agriculture is concerned?
(a) 123
(b) 126
(c) 127
(d) 122
Solution: (b)
India has been divided into fifteen different agroclimatic zones by the Planning Commission of India, which are further divided into more homogeneous 72 sub-zones. However, under the National Agricultural Research Project (NARP), implemented with World Bank funding, the entire country was divided into 126 agro-climatic zones, each consisting of several districts. In each of the zones, a research station was established under a specific SAU to carry out applied and adaptive research relevant to the zone.
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