Description : Optimum moisture content for safe storage of mustard is
Last Answer : Ans.7-8%
Description : The moisture deficit condition, results when the amount of water vapour available in the soil is not sufficient to meet the demand of potential evapo-transpiration
Last Answer : Ans.Drought
Description : A period in which the available soil moisture is enough to meet the evapotranspiration requirement of dry land crops
Last Answer : Ans.Length of growing period
Description : The optimum temperature range for sowing of wheat crop
Last Answer : Ans.20 to 25°C
Description : The moisture content of a soil at which plants permanently wilt and will not recover.
Last Answer : Ans.Permanent wilting point (PWP)
Description : The amount of soil moisture or water content held in soil after excess water has drained away is called
Last Answer : Ans.Field capacity (FC)
Description : Which of the following is a method of indirect measurement of soil moisture?
Last Answer : Ans.Neutron moisture meter
Description : Soil moisture content is determined by
Last Answer : Ans.Tensiometer (at 0.85 bar)
Description : A system of tillage in which organic residues are not inverted into the soil and used as a protective cover against erosion and evaporational losses of soil moisture?
Last Answer : Ans.Conservation tillage or stubble mulch tillage
Description : Generally, the third row of crop is removed or growing of crop in pair row and the third row is escaped with an object to conserve the soil moisture in Dryland areas?
Last Answer : Ans.Paired row Crops
Description : Such crops are grown to conserve the soil moisture through their ground covering foliage?
Last Answer : Ans.Mulch Crops
Description : Name the Soil known for its self-ploughing quality and the capacity to hold moisture. -SST 10th
Last Answer : Black cotton Soil; Cotton and Sugarcane.
Description : Very often, the farmers add lime to the soil before ploughing because (a) high concentration of lime aids the plant growth (b) lime takes up the extra moisture of the soil (c) the soil becomes soft and it becomes easy to plough (d) lime decreases the acidity of the soil
Last Answer : Ans:(d)
Description : Which of the following methods does not help in conserving soil fertility and moisture? (1) Contour ploughing (2) Dry farming (3) Strip cropping (4) Shifting agriculture
Last Answer : (4) Shifting agriculture Explanation: Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned. It is also known as slash and burn ... reclaimed by natural vegetation, or sometimes converted to a different long-term cyclical farming practice.
Last Answer : Shifting agriculture
Description : Optimum temperature for sugarcane growth
Last Answer : Ans.21-27°C
Description : The optimum time of sowing of chickpea is?
Last Answer : Ans.15 th to 20 th October
Description : Optimum temperature for good rice crop growth is
Last Answer : Ans.30-320C
Description : The optimum temperature for better crop production is between
Last Answer : Ans.18 – 240 C
Description : Optimum depth of sowing for most of field crops
Last Answer : Ans.3-5 cm
Description : Optimum time for Rabi crop
Last Answer : Ans.Last week of October to first week of November
Description : Optimum time of sowing for Kharif crop
Last Answer : Ans.June-July
Description : The side slope of formation in embankment /cutting depends on a) Shearing strength of soil and its angle of repose* b) Angle of repose c) Bearing capacity of the soil d) Optimum moisture content of the soil
Last Answer : a) Shearing strength of soil and its angle of repose*
Description : The percentage of applied irrigation water stored in the soil and made available for consumptive use by the crop
Last Answer : Ans.Irrigation Efficiency
Description : The artificial application of water to supply moisture essential to plant growth is termed as
Last Answer : Ans.Irrigation
Description : The moisture content at harvesting stage of wheat
Last Answer : Ans.25-30% 3. Maize
Description : For maximum moisture conservation ploughing is done with A. mb plough b. cultivator c. chisel plough d. dice harrow
Last Answer : c. chisel plough
Description : The optimum moisture content in solids to be crushed/ground ranges from __________ percent. (A) 3 to 4 (B) 8 to 10 (C) 10 to 15 (D) 15 to 20
Last Answer : (A) 3 to 4
Description : For better strength and stability, the fine grained soils and coarse grained soils are compacted respectively as (A) Dry of OMC and wet of OMC (B) Wet of OMC and dry of OMC (C) Wet of OMC and wet of OMC (D) Dry of OMC and dry of OMC where OMC is optimum moisture content
Last Answer : Answer: Option B
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) The dry density reduces by addition of water after attaining optimum moisture content (B) The line joining the peak of three moisture content graphs ... be compacted to a very high density as compared to fine grained soils (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : An appropriate combination of farm enterprises viz., cropping system, livestock, poultry, fisheries and the means available to the farmer to raise them for increasing profitability is called as
Last Answer : Ans.Farming system
Description : The cropping pattern used on a farm and its interactions with farm resources, other farm enterprises and available technology which determine their makeup is called as
Last Answer : Ans.Cropping system
Description : The most popular mechanical measure to control soil erosion and conserve is
Last Answer : Ans.Contour Bunding
Description : About 50-75% of soil erosion by wind is carried out by
Last Answer : Ans.Saltation
Description : What are the types of soil movement in the process of wind erosion?
Last Answer : Ans.Saltation, Suspension and Surface creep
Description : Detachment and transportation of top soil particles by wind and or by water is known as.
Last Answer : Ans.Soil erosion
Description : The process in which soil water lost from leaves of plants in the form of vapour and enters the surrounding atmosphere.
Last Answer : Ans.Transpiration
Description : When water is held tightly as thin film around soil particles by adsorption forces and flows at gravity of > -31 bar, is called
Last Answer : Ans.Hygroscopic water
Description : The water, retained by the soil in capillary pores (micropores), against gravity (-1/3 to - 31 bar) by the force of surface tension
Last Answer : Ans.Capillary water
Description : Soil crusting reduces
Last Answer : Ans.Infiltration
Description : The flow of excess water from the field after saturation of soil.
Last Answer : Ans.Runoff
Description : Vertical movement of water or downward movement of water from different soil layer is called as
Last Answer : Ans.Percolation
Description : First entry of water from the upper layer of soil is known as
Description : The cropping system beneficial to prevent soil erosion due to winds is
Last Answer : Ans.Strip cropping
Description : Which of the following rotations is likely to leave soil richer in organic matter?
Last Answer : Ans.Maize – Oats - Clovers
Description : Potato crop favours the soil for best growth
Last Answer : Ans.Sandy loam soil
Description : The best soil for cultivation of cotton
Last Answer : Ans.Black cotton soil
Description : Most suitable soil for groundnut cultivation
Description : Best soil for cultivation of chickpea?
Last Answer : Ans.Light alluvial soil (a loose and well aerated soil)
Description : Rice varieties suitable for Saline-alkaline soil are
Last Answer : Ans.CSR-10, CSR-13, CSR-27