Description : Sun drying is — method of pest control. a. Physical b. Chemical c. Biological d. Cultural
Last Answer : a. Physical
Description : Which of the following is true for Golden rice? (a) It has yellow grains, because of a gene introduced from a primitive variety of rice. (b) It is vitamin A enriched, with a gene ... , with a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis. (d) It is drought tolerant, developed using Agrobacterium vector.
Last Answer : (b) It is vitamin A enriched, with a gene from daffodil.
Description : biological pest control methods supplement but cannot replace chemical pest control methods. -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The given statement is false.
Description : The method not used as a Biological control is : (1) Use of predators of a pest. (2) Pheromone traps (3) Use of pesticides (4) Use of neem extracts
Last Answer : (3) Use of pesticides Explanation: Pesticides are substances or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest. Pesticides are a special kind of ... or disinfectant) that through its effect deters, incapacitates, kills or otherwise discourages pests.
Description : . One of the major difficulties in the biological control of insect pest is that (a) the method is less effective as compared with the use of insecticides (b) the practical difficulty of introducing ... become a pest (d) the predator does not always survive when transferred to a new environment.
Last Answer : (d) the predator does not always survive when transferred to a new environment.
Last Answer : Use of pesticides
Description : Phule Yashoda of Jowar is resistant against — pest a. Armyworm b. Midge fly c. Shoot fly d. Stem borer
Last Answer : c. Shoot fly
Description : The environment friendly weed control method a). Biological b). Physical c). Chemical d). None
Last Answer : a). Biological
Description : Which of the following is Indian Council of Agriculture Research’s (ICAR’s) first-ever water submergence resistant rice variety? a. Sahbhagi Dhan b. Suvarna Sub – 1 c. Pusa Basmati -1 d. Ganga (101)
Last Answer : b. Suvarna Sub – 1
Description : An improved variety of transgenic basmati rice (a) does not require chemical fertilizers and growth hormones (b) gives high yield and is rich in vitamin A (c) is completely resistant to all insect pests and diseases of paddy (d) gives high yield but has no characteristic aroma.
Last Answer : (b) gives high yield and is rich in vitamin A
Description : 1. Biofortification is a method of breeding crops for a) Increasing the amount of production b) To produce disease resistant variety c) To improve the nutritional quality d) To produce high amount of vitamin
Last Answer : c) To improve the nutritional quality
Description : Mushroom cultivation is not useful in (1) Biogas production (2) Biological control of crop diseases (3) Recycling of agricultural wastes (4) Preventing cancer
Last Answer : (2) Biological control of crop diseases Explanation: Mushroom cultivation has been found to coincide with decrease of incidents of breast cancer. Spent residues after cultivation could ... production; and agricultural waste recycling can be achieved through controlled cultivation of mushrooms.
Description : Mushroom cultivation is not useful in – (1) Biogas production (2) Biological control of crop diseases (3) Recycling of agricultural wastes (4) Preventing cancer
Last Answer : (2) Biological control of crop diseases
Last Answer : Biological control of crop diseases
Description : Bt cotton is resistant against the pest
Last Answer : Ans.Helicoverpa (Spotted bollworm) 19. Jute
Description : A genetically engineered form of brinjal known as the BT brinjal has been developed. The objective of this is (1) to make it pest resistant (2) to improve its taste and nutritive value (3) to make it drought resistant (4) to make its shelflife longer
Last Answer : (1) to make it pest resistant Explanation: Bt Brinjal is a genetically modified (GM) crop created by inserting Cry lAc gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into Brinjal. The ... like the Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis) and Fruit Borer (Hell-coverpa armigera).
Description : Bacillus thuringiensis forms protein crystals which contain insecticidal protein. This protein (a) binds with epithelial cells of midgut of the insect pest ultimately killing it (b) is coded by several ... pest (d) does not kill the carrier bacterium which is itself resistant to this toxin.
Last Answer : (a) binds with epithelial cells of midgut of the insect pest ultimately killing it
Last Answer : to make it pest resistant
Description : In which type of cropping different crops are planted in proximity for any of a number of different reasons, including pest control, pollination, providing habitat for beneficial creatures, ... crop productivity? a. Companion Cropping b. Mixed Cropping c. Overlapped cropping d. Intercropping
Last Answer : a. Companion Cropping
Description : In Sorghum zonal system of sowing adopted to control — pest • Armyworm • Midge fly • Shoot fly • Stem borer
Last Answer : • Midge fly
Description : Metarhizium anisopliae fungi use to control — pest • Sugarcane pyrilla • Cotton bug • Fruit fly • Shoot borer
Last Answer : • Sugarcane pyrilla
Description : Golden rice is a promising transgenic crop. When released for cultivation, it will help in (a) producing a petrol-like fuel from rice (b) alleviation of vitamin A deficiency (c) pest resistance (d) herbicide tolerance.
Last Answer : (b) alleviation of vitamin A deficiency
Description : Which property of soil depends upon the amount, size, shape, arrangement and mineral constituent. a. Physical b. Biological c. Taxonomic d. None of these
Description : Hazards and Disasters are mainly classified as a. Physical and chemical b. Natural and Human induced c. Physical and Human d. Social and cultural
Last Answer : b. Natural and Human induced
Description : Breeding method mostly used for development of disease resistance variety is — a. Pedigree method b. Selection c. Back cross d. Mutation breeding
Last Answer : c. Back cross
Description : what All substances have characteristic properties. If one of these properties can be observed without changing the identity of the substance, it must be A. universal property. B. physical property. C. biological property. D. chemical property.?
Last Answer : B: Physical Property
Description : __works to anticipate, identify and evaluate workplace health risk factors associated with chemical, physical, environmental and biological hazards?
Last Answer : Industrial hygienist (IH)
Description : Oparin's theary about origin of life' is related to - (1) chemical evolution (2) physical evolution (3) biological evolution (4) artificial evolution
Last Answer : (1) chemical evolution Explanation: Alexander Oparin was a Russian biochemist, notable for his contributions to the theory of the origin of life on Earth, and particularly for the primordial soup theory of the evolution of life from carbon-based molecules.
Description : Any change in physical (smell, colour taste), chemical and biological characteristics of water is called
Last Answer : water pollution
Description : An undesirable change in the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the environment is called
Last Answer : pollution.
Description : Secondary sewage treatment is mainly a (a) physical process (b) mechanical process (c) chemical process (d) biological process.
Last Answer : (d) biological process.
Description : Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 main types of water pollution? a. Physical pollution b. Chemical pollution c. Thermal pollution d. Biological pollution
Last Answer : c. Thermal pollution
Description : Spatial variation in horizontal and vertical directions is caused due to: (A) Physical weathering of rocks (B) Chemical weathering of rocks (C) Biological weathering of rocks (D) All of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : Selectivity achieved due to changes in functional group is called a). Physical b). Biological c). Chemical d). Chronological
Last Answer : d). Chronological
Description : Which variety of glass is heat resistant? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Yellow vein mosaic resistant variety of okra
Last Answer : Ans. Pusa Sawani
Description : Phomopsis blight and Bacterial blight resistant variety of brinjal
Last Answer : Ans. Pant Samrat
Description : Nematode and Bacterial wilt resistant variety of tomato
Last Answer : Ans. Arka vardan
Description : Sterility mosaic and wilt resistant variety of pigeonpea
Last Answer : Ans.Amar, Narendra Arhar 1, Azad
Description : Most suitable variety of chickpea to drought resistant?
Last Answer : Ans.NP-58
Description : Chickpea variety resistant to Wilt?
Last Answer : Ans.JG-74, JG-315, BG-256, Awarodhi
Description : Molya disease resistant variety of barley is
Last Answer : Ans.RD 2052
Description : Which variety of glass is heat resistant? (1) Hard glass (2) Flint glass (3) Pyrex glass (4) Bottle glas
Last Answer : (3) Pyrex glass Explanation: Older clear-glass Pyrex manufactured by Corning, Arc International's Pyrex products, and Pyrex laboratory glassware are made of borosilicate glass.
Description : Which variety of glass is heat resistant?
Last Answer : Pyrex glass
Description : Which variety of glass is heat resistant? A. Bottle glass B. Flint glass C. Hard glass D. Pyrex glass (Answer)
Last Answer : D. Pyrex glass (Answer)
Description : Bt cotton variety that was developed by the introduction of toxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is resistant to (a) insect pests (b) fungal diseases (c) plant nematodes (d) insect predators.
Last Answer : (a) insect pests
Description : A plant breeder: waists to develop a disease resistant variety. What should he do first?(a) Hybridisation (b) Mutation (c) Selection (d) Production of crop
Last Answer : (c) Selection
Description : . Classic example for success of breeding herbicide resistant variety is a). Canola-rape variety resistant to triazine 22 b). Secale cereal resistant to paraquat c). Tracy-M soybean variety resistant to metribuzin d). All of these
Last Answer : d). All of these
Description : 29. The disease resistant variety of Brassica resistant to “white rust” is ... b) Pusa Swarnim b) Pusa Komal c) Pusa Sadabahar d) Pusa Shubhra
Last Answer : b) Pusa Swarnim
Description : 9. The disease resistant variety of Brassica resistant to “white rust” is ... a) Pusa Swarnim b) Pusa Komal c) Pusa Sadabahar d) Pusa Shubhra
Last Answer : a) Pusa Swarnim