Intro to Agri 3 Flashcards

1
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Inclusion of more and varied crops in the cropping system, using multiple cropping techniques, rather than concentrating on repetition of few crops. To promore sustainable agricultural practices.

A

Horizontal Crop Diversification

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2
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Development of allied sectors and shift of burden from cultivation to allied activities. E.g.: animal husbandry, horticulture, floriculture, food and fruit processing, etc.

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Vertical crop diversification

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3
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Acc to NBSS-LUP there are 20 AEZ based on growing period, divided into how many sub-zones?

A

60 sub-zones

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4
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Top wheat producer in the world

A

China

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5
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Adsali & eksali are related to which crop?

A

Sugarcane

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6
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Edible Oil obtained from a shrub?

A

Olive

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7
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Acc to survey conducted in April 2022, most Indian households use what kind of oil? What is their share?

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25% households use Sunflower Oil

2% use palm oil

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8
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Type of frost due to incursion of large masses of cold air over a region from colder areas

A

Adjacent Frost

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9
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High temperature causing injury to the exposed area of plant is termed as?

A

Sun scald

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10
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Which state tops in lac production in India?

A

Jharkhand
Where Indian Institute of Natural Resins & Gums or Indian Lac Research Institute

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11
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Which state tops in silk production in India?

A

Karnataka
Where Central Silk Board is located

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12
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Formula for Plant Population?

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Area / Spacing
1 acre = 4046 m2

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13
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Which schemes promotes millets?

A

NFSM
RKVY - Raftar
PLIFPI
ODOP

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14
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Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) is located in?

A

Cochin, Kerala

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15
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Farming Method which includes the minimising of ploughing of land. Keeps CO2 in the soil, improves water absorbency, leaves vital fungal communities in the earth undisturbed

A

Regenerative Agriculture

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16
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A philosophy of working with instead of against nature, looking at plants and animals in all their functions rather than treating any area of a single product system

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Permaculture

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17
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NE monsoon is predominantly seen in

A

TN and Coastal Andhra

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18
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SW monsoon is predominantly seen in

A

Kerala and Coastal Maharashta

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19
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A short duration crop raised in widely spaced crop for getting additional income from the same piece of land, is called?

A

Intercropping

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20
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Growing of 2 or more crops which have different growth habits and which have 0 competition between each other - both express their full yield potential

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Parallel Cropping

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21
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The effects - stimulatory and inhibitory - of a plant, on the development of neighbouring plants through the release of secondary compounds?

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Allelopathy

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22
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Green leaves collected from available sources and incorporated into soil for better soil. Examples?

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Ex-situ Manure Crop
Glyrcidia, Pongamia, Neem, Cassia, Ipomea

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23
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Isabgol, a laxative common in households. Which part of it is used and what is its scientific name?

A

Husk
Plantago ovata

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24
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kewra water is an extract distilled from?

A

Pandanus flower

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25
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ICAR-IIFSR, Indian Institute of Farming System Research is located in?

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Modipuram, UP

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26
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The branch of agriculture that deals with the origin, structure, analysys and classification of soils especially in their relation to crop production.

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Agrology

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27
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Removing trees and undergrowth and breaking up the ground to make it suitable for crop production

A

Assarting

28
Q

Contribution of non-tree oil in NEOP?

A

70% contribution toward national edible oil production

29
Q

How many plants are C3 plants?

A

85%

30
Q

How many plants are C4 plants?

A

3%

31
Q

How many plants are CAM plants?

A

8%

32
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It is the concept of processing and adding value to basic agricultural commodities, including all food and non food bio resource based products for human and industrial use like assembling, ripening, cleaning, etc at local level.

A

Secondary Agriculture

33
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A conservative and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems

A

Regenerative Agriculture

34
Q

What is a green manure crop that is also a fibre crop

A

Sunhemp

35
Q

Scientific name of chickpea or bengal gram

A

Cicer aeritinum

36
Q

Calvin cycle crops are related to what formation

A

Glucose (sugar) formation from CO2

37
Q

The C3 pathway requires ____ molecules of ATP for the synthesis of one molecule of glucose and the C4 cycle requires ____ molecules of ATP for one molecule of glucose

A

C3: 18 molecules
C4: 30 molecules

38
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Pathway used in C3 and C4 cycle for dark reaction of photosynthesis?

A

C3: Calvin Cycle
C4: Hatch-Slack Pathway

39
Q

Which edible oil has the highest amount of Poly-Unsaturated Fatty Acid?

A

Safflower - good for heart patients

40
Q

Why are potato, chilli & sugarcane known as Commercial crops?

A

> 75% used for trade

41
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Cowpea, Horsegram, Lucerne/Alfa alfa, Cluster bean, Berseem, Rice bean, Lupins are known as?

A

Legume Fodder

42
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Which fodder crop is annual? What is its scientific name?

A

Berseem
Trifolium alexandrium

43
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Crops grown and incorporated into the same soil it is grown to improve soil productivity. Examples?

A

In-situ Manure Crop
Berseem, Maize, Jowar, Barley, Oats, Sunhemp, Gram, Indigo

44
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In this ACZ, canal, tube wells and wells are the main source of irrigation. It is an intensive agricultural region where wheat, rice, sugarcane, millets, maize, gram, barley, oilseeds, cotton, etc. are grown as main crops. Area is known for its Diara areas.

A

Upper Gangetic Plain

45
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The practice of integrating edible plants into ornamental landscapes, cultivating them not only for the food they produce but also for their aesthetic quality

A

Foodscaping

46
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What is considered the mother or primary branch of agriculture?

A

Agronomy

47
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_____ is an attempt to best use land so that generations in the future can continue to make use of the land in productive manners, allowing for personal subsistence.

A

Permaculture

48
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Permaculture has 3 ethics, namely?

A
  1. Care for the earth
  2. Care for people
  3. Fair share1
49
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Cultivation of silk producing plants is known as?

A

Moriculture

50
Q

Who defined Secondary Agriculture in India?
It is defined a production activity and strategy which includes sustainability, _____, straightening of extension services and recognising agriculture as an enterprise

A

Ashok Dalwai
Monetising farmer produce

51
Q

Type of inflorescence and fruit in paddy?

A

Inflorescence: Panicle
Fruit: Caryopsis

52
Q

Crops whose culture practices allow the infestation of weeds intensively

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Fouling Crop
Eg: Paddy (Direct Seeded)

53
Q

Which millet has the highest calcium? Which has the highest iron?

A

Ca = finger millet
Fe = Fonio

54
Q

Which millet includes gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) and Beta glucan, used as antioxidants and in reducing blood lipid levels

A

Barnyard Millet

55
Q

Paraquat and Diquat are examples of what herbicide?

A

Contact herbicide

56
Q

Herbicide that moves throughout the plant is? Example?

A

Systemic
Glyphosate

57
Q

Chlorophyll pigments absorb ____ & ___ light most effectively for photosynthesis

A

Blue & red light

58
Q

_____ wavelengths of light are not absorbed for photosynthesis because they are filtered by the ozone layer

A

Shorter

59
Q

Bacillus megaterium, a large bacteria, are?

A

Phosphorus solubilizing

60
Q

Soybean is predominantly cultivated in which ACZ?

A

Central Plateau and Hills

61
Q

Parts of MP, Rajasthan and UP are a part of which ACZ?

A

Central Plateau and Hills Zone

62
Q

Predominantly dryland farmland is a characteristic of which ACZ?

A

Southern Plateau and Hills Zone

63
Q

Dhoks & Margs are found in which ACZ

A

Western Himalaya

Areas of Pir Pinjal Range known for their meadow ecology

64
Q

Growing short-duration crops in between newly established perennial crops for a few yrs to fill the space and utilise the resources is called?

A

Filler cropping

65
Q

Instrument used to measure soil moisture tension?

A

Tensiometer

66
Q

Zea Mays, tomato & cotton and is an example of long, short or day-neutral plant?

A

Day neutral

67
Q

Central institute of Subtropical Horticulture is located in?

A

Lucknow