NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Agriculture MCQs (Practice_Test 36 of 56)
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- The size (in micrometer) in diameter of droplets produced by high volume sprayers should most appropriately be
- 200 to 500
- 100 to 150
- 81 to 100
- 30 to 40
- Consider the following statements: The rate of application of spray fluid per unit area is regulated by the
- Operating pressure
- Size of nozzle aperture
- Swath width
- Speed of the operator
- Of these statements
- 1,2 and 3 are correct
- 2 and 4 are correct
- 1,2 and 4 are correct
- 1,2, 3 and 4 ar contact
- Spraying of one hectar of cotton crop is done using 500 liter spray fluid prepared from 2 kg of carbaryl 150% water dispersible power The concentration of active ingredient of carbaryl in the spray fluids is
- 1%
- 0.2%
- 0.1%
- 0.5%
- Consider the following categories of adopter of an improved practice:
- Early adopters
- Early majority
- Late majority
- Laggards
- Innovators
- The correct sequence of the adopters ′ categor is
- 1.2,3, 4,5
- 5, 1,2, 3,4
- 2, 1,3, 5,4
- 5,2.1,3, 4
- The following ar the four important reports on ex tens ion development:
- The royal Com mission՚s report
- Agricultural Administration Team report
- Grow Mor Food Enquir Committee report
- Malagar Committee report
- The correct chronological order of these reports is
- 1,3, 2,4
- 3,1, 2,4
- 3,1, 4,2
- 1,3, 4,2
- The basic unit of development under the Integrated rural Development Programme is a
- District
- Community development block
- Village
- Family
- The sources of information ar classified into the following three groups on the basis of their origin within and outside the social system:
- Personal localite
- Personal cosmopolite
- Cosmopolite
- The correct sequence of these groups in terms of their use is
- 1,2, 3
- 1,3, 2
- 2,3, 1
- 2,1, 3
- Assertion (A) : Soil moistur moves from wet to dr zone.
- Reason (R) : Potential gradient. Soil moistur moves in response to a
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but r is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but r is false
- A is false but r is true.
- Assertion (A) : In sandy soil, the nutrient availability is low.
- Reason (R) : The water holding capacity of a sandy orchards.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but r is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but r is false
- A is false but r is true.
- Assertion (A) : Berseem is the best intercrop for citrus orchards.
- Reason (R) : Berseem enriches the orchard soil.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but r is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but r is false
- A is false but r is true.
- Assertion (A) : The cabbage seed production is done in the plain of north India.
- Reason (R) : The soils of the plains of
- North India ar fertile.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but r is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but r is false
- A is false but r is true.
- Assertion (A) : Low volume (LV) sprays ar mor economic than high volume (HV) sprays.
- Reason (R) : Less quantity of pesticides is required per unit area for LV sprays when compared to the HV sprays.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but r is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but r is false
- A is false but r is true.
- Assertion (A) : Integrated pest management is a par of sustained agriculture.
- Reason (R) : Integrated pest management protects the crop against harmful pests with minimum pollution hazar to the environment and leads to increased food production.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but r is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but r is false
- A is false but r is true.
- Assertion (A) : Epiphytotic of late blight of potato in 1845 forced man to realize the importance of plant diseases.
- Reason (R) : In 1845 ther was famine in Ireland and many people died of hunger and disease.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but r is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but r is false
- A is false but r is true.
- Assertion (A) : The basic thrust of the lab to land program is increased productivity, additional income availability and greater employment opportunity.
- Reason (R) : The lab to land programme has now been integrated with Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Far science centers) in the country.
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true but r is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true but r is false
- A is false but r is true
- A high percentage of cropped area in India is covered by rice because
- Ther is adequate rainfall
- rice can be grown in different seasons
- rice is adaptable to most types of land and agriculture
- A large par of the population of India is rice eating
- Consider the following statements: Agro-imatic zoning of cultivable land is based on
- Water deficit condition
- Water surplus condition
- Geographical location of the region
- Of the above statements
- 1,2 and 3 are correct
- 1 and 3 are correct
- 2 and 3 are correct
- 1 and 2 are correct
- Which one of the following approaches has been adopted by the Planning Commission in delineating India into agroclimatic zones?
- Project approach
- Sectoral approach
- Crop production approach
- Holistic approach
- Consider the following four steps involved in the study of agricultural production economic:
- Determine and define the conditions which provides for optimum use of resources.
- Delineate means and methods for changing the existing use of resources to the optimum level.
- Determine the extent to which the existing use of resources deviates from the optimum.
- Analyze the factor or forces which are responsible for the existing production patterns and resource use.
- The proper sequence of the steps in such study should be
- 1,2, 3,4
- 1.3,4, 2
- 4.1. 3,2
- 2.3,1, 4
- Though all categories of farmer are interested in higher returns from their enterprise, what they-ally tr to maximize is
- Net profit
- Profit as percentage of investment
- Far business income
- Gross profit
- Given 0.35 0.49 Y = 25X1 X2, where Y = output X1 = input factor 1 X2 = input factor 2, the natur of returns to scale will be
- Increasing
- Decreasing
- Contant
- Fluctuating
- The given diagram shows break-en point of bullock power and tractor power In this context, which of the following decisions would be termed rational (Y-is in the diagram refer to expenditur on bullock or tractor power in thousands of rupees and the X-is refer to the size of the holding in hectares) ?
- Bullock power should be used in place of tractor power.
- If the size of the holding is 20 hectares, either bullock or ractor power could be used.
- Tractor power is mor economical than bullock power for ar sizes over 20 hectares.
- 1,2 and 3
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- 1 and 3
- Consider the following data relating to a farm: Total assets: ₹ 3000⟋-Working assets: ₹ 800⟋-Current assets: ₹ 1500⟋-Current liabilities: ₹ 200⟋-Total liabilities: ₹ 900⟋-The net capital ratio in this case would be
- 3.33
- 4.0
- 7.5
- 11.5
- In the given diagram, which one of the following segments illustrates feasible zone in a linear programming problem?
- OXrQM
- rPQ
- QMIN
- XNr
- The ter ‘operational holding’ refer to the
- Land area owned by a farmer
- Cropped area cultivated by a farmer
- Net land area cultivated by a farmer
- Land area leased in by a farmer
- Which one of the following formulae gives the correct measur f ‘rate of Capital Turnover’
- (Gross income⟋Total Far Assets) x 100
- (Net Income⟋Total Far Assets) x 100
- (Far Business Income⟋Total Farm Assets) x 100
- (Capital Investment⟋Total Farm Assets) x 100
- Sufficient condition of far efficiency is generally referred o as choice indicator because it
- Is a valid criterion of the assumption of certainty
- Is consistent with the choices made under perfect competition
- Is consistent with the welfar increase to the farming population
- Helps to make allocation compatible with the given objectives
- Far budgets ar used to
- Compar economic profitability of different production activities within or among farms
- Indicate whether a proposed change will be profitable under a given set of factors
- Explor conditions under which certain far practices become profitable or unprofitable
- Do all the above
- In mixed farming, the contribution of livestock to gross far income is
- At least 10 percent
- At least 30 percent
- At least 49 percent
- Mor than 50 percent
- The object of a subsistence far is to produce
- Essential food crops for family and market
- Essential food crops for family only
- Food and fiber crops for family and market
- Vegetable crops for family only