Agriculture GK questions, with answers.
25 general agriculture questions of the kind set in agri officer, bank AFO and university entrance papers. Pick an answer to see if you are right and why. The full answer key is below the quiz.
Q1. Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India?
Q2. Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution worldwide?
Q3. Operation Flood (the White Revolution) is connected with which product?
Q4. The Yellow Revolution in India relates to which group of crops?
Q5. The Blue Revolution relates to:
Q6. Which of these is a rabi crop?
Q7. Which of these is a kharif crop?
Q8. Which of these is grown as a zaid (summer) crop?
Q9. Golden rice is enriched with:
Q10. The insect-resistance gene in Bt cotton comes from:
Q11. The botanical name of rice is:
Q12. The botanical name of bread wheat is:
Q13. Groundnut belongs to which plant family?
Q14. The edible part of potato is a:
Q15. The edible part of sweet potato is a:
Q16. Which bacterium fixes nitrogen in the root nodules of legumes?
Q17. Which plantation crop grows best in acidic soil?
Q18. In India, saffron is grown mainly in:
Q19. Jute fibre is obtained from the plant's:
Q20. Cotton fibre develops from the:
Q21. Sericulture is the rearing of:
Q22. Pomology is the study of:
Q23. Which of these is a C4 plant?
Q24. Ratoon cropping is common in:
Q25. Shifting cultivation in north-east India is called:
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Agriculture GK MCQ answers and reasons.
Q1. Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution in India?
Answer: B, M. S. Swaminathan. Dr M. S. Swaminathan led the introduction of high-yielding wheat and rice varieties in India in the 1960s.
Q2. Who is known as the father of the Green Revolution worldwide?
Answer: A, Norman Borlaug. Norman Borlaug bred the semi-dwarf, high-yielding wheat varieties that started the Green Revolution; he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.
Q3. Operation Flood (the White Revolution) is connected with which product?
Answer: C, Milk. Operation Flood, led by Dr Verghese Kurien through NDDB, built India's dairy cooperatives and milk supply.
Q4. The Yellow Revolution in India relates to which group of crops?
Answer: B, Oilseeds. The Yellow Revolution was the drive to raise oilseed production.
Q5. The Blue Revolution relates to:
Answer: A, Fisheries. Blue Revolution means rapid growth in fish and aquaculture production.
Q6. Which of these is a rabi crop?
Answer: D, Wheat. Rabi crops are sown in winter (October to December) and harvested in spring; wheat is the main rabi cereal.
Q7. Which of these is a kharif crop?
Answer: C, Rice. Kharif crops are sown with the monsoon (June to July); paddy is the main kharif crop. Mustard, gram and barley are rabi crops.
Q8. Which of these is grown as a zaid (summer) crop?
Answer: A, Watermelon. Zaid crops grow between the rabi and kharif seasons (March to June); watermelon, muskmelon and cucumber are typical examples.
Q9. Golden rice is enriched with:
Answer: B, Beta-carotene (pro-vitamin A). Golden rice is genetically engineered to make beta-carotene in the grain, which the body turns into vitamin A.
Q10. The insect-resistance gene in Bt cotton comes from:
Answer: C, Bacillus thuringiensis. Bt cotton carries a Cry toxin gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, which kills bollworm larvae.
Q11. The botanical name of rice is:
Answer: A, Oryza sativa. Rice is Oryza sativa. Triticum aestivum is bread wheat, Zea mays is maize and Sorghum bicolor is jowar.
Q12. The botanical name of bread wheat is:
Answer: B, Triticum aestivum. Bread wheat is Triticum aestivum. Hordeum vulgare is barley, Avena sativa is oats and Pennisetum glaucum is bajra.
Q13. Groundnut belongs to which plant family?
Answer: C, Fabaceae (Leguminosae). Groundnut is a legume (family Fabaceae) and fixes nitrogen in its root nodules.
Q14. The edible part of potato is a:
Answer: B, Modified stem (tuber). A potato tuber is a swollen underground stem; its 'eyes' are buds at the nodes.
Q15. The edible part of sweet potato is a:
Answer: A, Modified root. Sweet potato stores food in a tuberous root, unlike potato, which stores it in a stem tuber.
Q16. Which bacterium fixes nitrogen in the root nodules of legumes?
Answer: B, Rhizobium. Rhizobium lives symbiotically in legume root nodules. Azotobacter and Clostridium fix nitrogen free-living; Nitrosomonas nitrifies ammonium.
Q17. Which plantation crop grows best in acidic soil?
Answer: A, Tea. Tea prefers well-drained acidic soils, roughly pH 4.5 to 5.5.
Q18. In India, saffron is grown mainly in:
Answer: B, Jammu and Kashmir. Indian saffron comes mainly from the Pampore area of Kashmir.
Q19. Jute fibre is obtained from the plant's:
Answer: C, Stem (bast). Jute is a bast fibre taken from the stem after retting.
Q20. Cotton fibre develops from the:
Answer: B, Seed coat (seed hairs). Cotton lint is made of hairs that grow from the outer layer of the seed.
Q21. Sericulture is the rearing of:
Answer: C, Silkworms. Sericulture is silkworm rearing for silk. Apiculture is bee keeping and pisciculture is fish farming.
Q22. Pomology is the study of:
Answer: C, Fruits. Pomology is fruit science. Olericulture is vegetables and floriculture is flowers.
Q23. Which of these is a C4 plant?
Answer: C, Sugarcane. Sugarcane, maize and sorghum use the C4 pathway; wheat, rice and potato are C3 plants.
Q24. Ratoon cropping is common in:
Answer: B, Sugarcane. In sugarcane the stubble left after harvest sprouts again to give a ratoon crop.
Q25. Shifting cultivation in north-east India is called:
Answer: A, Jhum. Jhum is slash-and-burn shifting cultivation practised in the north-eastern hill states.
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