1•✓Where is the Central Tuber Crops Research Institute situated?

A. Mannuthi

B. Sreekaryam

C. Kozhikode

D. Kottayam

2•✓To whom is ZBNF related?

A. Medha Patkar

B. M.S. Swaminathan

C. Fukuoka

D.Subhash Palekar

3•✓ In which of the following plants, Naga layering is effective?

A. Sapota 

B. Pumpkin

C. Jasmine

D. Cucumber

4✓• Which of the following is a microbial fertilizer?

A. Earthworm compost

B. Vermiwash

C. Azolla

D. Neem cake

5✓• The method of cultivation without soil.

A. Hydroponics

B. Tissue culture

C. Sericulture

D. Apiculture 

6✓• The bacterium that lives in the soil and helps in the process of nitrogen fixation.

A. Rhizobium

B. Azotobacter

C. Pseudomonas

D. Azospirillum 

Answers

1)B 

2) D 

3) C 

4) C 

5) A

6) B

Questions and Answers 

1. Which method is suitable to get flowers of many colours from a plant?

A. Budding

B. Grafting

C. Layering

D. Hybridisation

2. Which of the tree varieties of mango is suitable to select as stock?

A. Malgova

B. Sinduram

C. Neelam

D. Indigenous mango

3. The hybrid coconut variety which is developed by combining Lacadive ordinary and Chavakkad orange.

A. Chandra Sankara

B, Laksha Ganga

C. Chandra Laksha

D. Ganga Bondam

4. Which crop’s hybrid variety is Priyan- ka?

(A) Bitter gourd

(B) Tomato

(C) Pea

(D) Ladys finger

Answer

1)A

2)D

3)C

4)A

Revolutions in Agriculture

Father of Green Revolution –

Norman Borlaug

The Malayali who leads Green Revolution in India –

M.S. Swaminathan

The project that aims to develop fish production in India –

Blue Revolution

The project which was started with the aim of sustained growth and development of milk and milk products –

White Revolution

The project that aims at the increased production of eggs –

Silver Revolution

The project that aims at the significant increase in horticulture –

Golden Revo- lution

The project that aims at the production of chemical fertilizer – Grey Revolution