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?

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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?

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Sugarcane

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6
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Edible Oil obtained from a shrub?

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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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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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10
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Which state tops in silk production in India?

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Karnataka
Where Central Silk Board is located

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11
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Formula for Plant Population?

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Area / Spacing
1 acre = 4046 m2

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12
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Which schemes promotes millets?

A

NFSM
RKVY - Raftar
PLIFPI
ODOP

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13
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Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) is located in?

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Cochin, Kerala

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14
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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

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Regenerative Agriculture

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15
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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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16
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NE monsoon is predominantly seen in which states?

A

TN and Coastal Andhra

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17
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SW monsoon is predominantly seen in

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Kerala and Coastal Maharashta

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18
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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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19
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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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20
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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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21
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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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22
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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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23
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kewra water is an extract distilled from?

A

Pandanus flower

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24
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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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25
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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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26
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Removing trees and undergrowth and breaking up the ground to make it suitable for crop production

A

Assarting

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27
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Contribution of non-tree oil in NEOP?

A

70% contribution toward national edible oil production

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28
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How many plants are C3 plants?

A

85%

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29
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How many plants are C4 plants?

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3%

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30
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How many plants are CAM plants?

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8%

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31
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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.

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Secondary Agriculture

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32
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A conservative and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems

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Regenerative Agriculture

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33
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What is a green manure crop that is also a fibre crop

A

Sunhemp

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34
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Scientific name of chickpea or bengal gram

A

Cicer aeritinum

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35
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Calvin cycle crops are related to what formation

A

Glucose (sugar) formation from CO2

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36
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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

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C3: 18 molecules
C4: 30 molecules

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37
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Pathway used in C3 and C4 cycle for dark reaction of photosynthesis?

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C3: Calvin Cycle
C4: Hatch-Slack Pathway

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38
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Which edible oil has the highest amount of Poly-Unsaturated Fatty Acid?

A

Safflower - good for heart patients

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39
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Why are potato, chilli & sugarcane known as Commercial crops?

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> 75% used for trade

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40
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Cowpea, Horsegram, Lucerne/Alfa alfa, Cluster bean, Berseem, Rice bean, Lupins are known as?

A

Legume Fodder

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41
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Which fodder crop is annual? What is its scientific name?

A

Berseem
Trifolium alexandrium

42
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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

43
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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

44
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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

45
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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

46
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Permaculture has 3 ethics, namely?

A
  1. Care for the earth
  2. Care for people
  3. Fair share1
47
Q

Cultivation of silk producing plants is known as?

A

Moriculture

48
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

49
Q

Type of inflorescence and fruit (grain) in paddy?

A

Inflorescence: Panicle
Fruit (grain): Caryopsis

50
Q

Crops whose culture practices allow the infestation of weeds intensively

A

Fouling Crop
Eg: Paddy (Direct Seeded)

51
Q

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

A

Ca = finger millet
Fe = Fonio

52
Q

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

A

Barnyard Millet

53
Q

Paraquat and Diquat are examples of what herbicide?

A

Contact herbicide

54
Q

Herbicide that moves throughout the plant is? Example?

A

Systemic / Translocated
Glyphosate

55
Q

Chlorophyll pigments absorb ____ & ___ light most effectively for photosynthesis

A

Blue & red light

56
Q

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

57
Q

Bacillus megaterium, a large bacteria, are ____ fertilisers?

A

Phosphorus solubilizing

58
Q

Soybean is predominantly cultivated in which ACZ?

A

Central Plateau and Hills

59
Q

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

A

Central Plateau and Hills Zone

60
Q

Predominantly dryland farmland is a characteristic of which ACZ?

A

Southern Plateau and Hills Zone

61
Q

Dhoks & Margs are found in which ACZ

A

Western Himalaya

Areas of Pir Pinjal Range known for their meadow ecology

62
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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

63
Q

Instrument used to measure soil moisture tension?

A

Tensiometer

64
Q

Maize, tomato & cotton are examples of long / short or day-neutral plant?

A

Day neutral

65
Q

Central institute of Subtropical Horticulture is located in?

66
Q

Study & production of mulberry to obtain feed for silkworm?

A

Moriculture

67
Q

Green Revolution was introduced during the ___ number 5-Yr Plan and the NFSM during ____ 5-Yr Plan

68
Q

Food security mission was launched on ____ by the National Development Council

NFSM

A

2007

Included rice (10 mn in production), wheat (8 mn) & pulses (2 mn)

69
Q

____ is the largest producer, importer and consumer of pulses in the world

70
Q

Acc to 1st Adv estimate top 5 producer of pulses are?

A
  1. Raj
  2. Maha
  3. Karnataka
  4. MP
  5. Jharkhand
71
Q

Pink Revolution includes?
While SIlver Revolution Includes?

A

Pink = Meat & Onion
Silver = Eggs

72
Q

Strip cropping reduced soil erosion by alternating strips of ____ & ____ crops

A

Erosion-permitting and erosion resisting crops

73
Q

____ involves the release of biochemicals by plants that can influence the growth and development of neighbouring plants

A

Allelopathy

74
Q

Certain cover crops like ____ release allelochemicals that suppress weed germincation and growth

A

Rye
Secale cereale

75
Q

Who 1st proposed the concept of AEZs?

A

UN-FAO and IIASA

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

76
Q

__ plants like sugarcane & maize are more water-efficient than __ plants

A

C4 plants - Sugarcane, Maize
C3 plants - Rice, Wheat

77
Q

___ plants are less efficient in hot and dry climates compared to C4 plants

78
Q

Rice variety aka “Buddha Rice”?

A

Kala Namak

Cultivated since Buddhist period (600 BC)

79
Q

Dr. ____ & ____ are associated with dev. of high quality protein maize (QPM)

A

Dr. Surinder K Vasal & Dr. Evangelina Villegas

Worked at International Maze & Wheat Improvement Centre - Mexico

80
Q

What is the oldest indigenous oilseed crop? what is its oil %?

A

Sesame
50% oil

81
Q

Sesame or til is aka?

A

Gingelli

Sesamum indicum L.

82
Q

Which countries are the top producer of sesame? which state is?

A

India - China
Gujarat

83
Q

Sesame belongs to which family and is grown in which season?

A

Pedaliaceae
Kharif Crop

84
Q

King of coarse cereals?

A

Sorghum

aka camel plant

85
Q

cow pea seeds are aka

Vigna unguiculata

A

Lobia
Thattapayaru
Borboti

Taken into orbit and sprouted by an ISRO mission

86
Q

Cowpea is sown in what season?

A

Summer

Zaid

87
Q

Top 3 largest producers of Cowpea

88
Q

Which experiment of ISRO led to the sprouting of cowpea in 4 days?

A

CROPS experiment on POEM-4

89
Q

1st GMC is?

Genetically Modified Crop

A

Tobacco

1982

90
Q

1st Genetically Altered Crop?

A

Tomato

1992

91
Q

1st plant patent was granted to?

A

Henry F Bosenberg

1930

92
Q

Release of 1st cotton hybrid was in year?

93
Q

Release of 1st Rice hybrid was?

94
Q

Green revolution 1st happened in year?

95
Q

Example of soil applied herbicide?

A

Fluchloralin

96
Q

Triticale is a hybrid of?

A

Wheat and rye

97
Q

Golden rice, rich in Vitamin A is by?

A

Ingo Potrykus

98
Q

Yuan Long Ping is credited to inventing?

A

Hybrid Rice

99
Q

Super rice was by?

100
Q

Leaf Area Index is primarily measured by?

A

Ceptometer

Allows researchers carbon sequestration, WUE