Description : The average cropping intensity of India
Last Answer : Ans.135%
Description : The formulae of cropping intensity is
Last Answer : Ans.C.I. (%) =
Description : Most suitable cropping system for wheat crop
Last Answer : Ans.Mixed cropping
Description : The method, suitable for crops i.e. Sorghum, cotton, maize, tobacco, potato, sugarcane etc is
Last Answer : Ans.Furrow method
Description : Major cropping system of transgangatic plains is (A)Soybean – wheat (B) Rice – rice (C) Rice –wheat (D) Maize – wheat
Last Answer : (C) Rice –wheat
Description : The croppping intensity of maize-potato-tobacco is – 1) 200% 2) 300% 3) 100% 4) None of these
Last Answer : 2) 300%
Description : The length of growing period, suitable for inter cropping system
Last Answer : Ans.14 to 20 weeks
Description : The formulae of cropping index is
Description : Synergetic cropping means
Last Answer : Ans.When yield of both the crops are higher than their pure crops on unit area e.g. Sugarcane + Potato
Description : Paira and Utera cropping are most probable in
Last Answer : Ans.Bihar, MP and Chhattisgarh states
Description : The example of parallel cropping is
Last Answer : Ans.Urd/Moong + Maize
Description : The cropping system beneficial to prevent soil erosion due to winds is
Last Answer : Ans.Strip cropping
Description : A cropping system where the land is hands over the succeeding crop before the harvest of standing crop.
Last Answer : Ans.Relay or overlapping cropping
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 prominent and adopted cropping pattern in India
Last Answer : Ans.Rice - Wheat.
Description : Most prominent cropping pattern of rice in India?
Last Answer : Ans.Rice-Wheat
Description : What is the correct order of C3plants ? (a) Sugarcane — Paddy – Bajra—Maize (b) Groundnut — Potato — Wheat— Soybean(c) Potato — Paddy — Bajra —W’heat (d) Paddy – Sugarcane – Soybean –Bajra
Last Answer : (c) Potato — Paddy — Bajra —W’heat
Description : In the following question, select the odd word from the given alternatives. Options: 1) Rice 2) Wheat 3) Maize 4) Potato
Last Answer : Correct Answer: Potato
Description : Water requirement of maize and groundnut are
Last Answer : Ans.50-80 cm
Description : Maize crop leaves show red and purple colour due to deficiency of
Last Answer : Ans.Phosphorus (P) 4. Sorghum/Jowar
Description : The most critical stages for irrigation in maize
Last Answer : Ans.Silking stage.
Description : Composite varieties of maize
Last Answer : Ans.Jawahar, Vikram, Kishan, Ambar, Sona, Vijay.
Description : Hybrid varieties of maize
Last Answer : Ans.Ganga-1, 3, 5, 101, Ganga safed-2, Ranjit, Ganga-4
Description : Quality Protein Maize (QPM) varieties released by using
Last Answer : Ans.Opaqua-2 genes
Description : Pop corn maize varieties are
Last Answer : Ans.Amber pop, V L Amber. Pop, Pearl pop corn
Description : Fodder crop maize varieties are
Last Answer : Ans.African tall, J1006
Description : Double cross technique of maize is given by
Last Answer : Ans.D.F. Jones (1920)
Description : Single cross technology of maize is given by
Last Answer : Ans.East and Shull (1910)
Description : First maize hybrid released in India?
Last Answer : Ans.1961
Description : Seed rate of Composite maize is
Last Answer : Ans.15 to 20 kg/ha
Description : Seed rate of Hybrid maize
Last Answer : Ans.20 to 25 kg/ha
Description : Maize species produce starch similar to tapioca
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays ceretina (Waxy corn)
Description : The sweetest maize species
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays sacchrata (Sweet corn)
Description : Maize variety widely grown in USA?
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays identata (Dent corn)
Description : Leading state of rabi maize?
Last Answer : Ans.Bihar
Description : Most widely grown maize spp. in India?
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays indurate (Flint corn)
Description : Protein and oil per cent in Maize grain
Last Answer : Ans.8–10 per cent and 4–5 per cent
Description : The maize protein is known as
Last Answer : Ans.Zein
Description : Maize crop is also referred as
Last Answer : Ans.Queen of cereals
Description : The botanical name of maize is
Last Answer : Ans.Zea mays
Description : The formulae of rotational intensity
Last Answer : Ans.R.I. (%) =
Description : As a source of N, potato crop require fertilizer of
Last Answer : Ans.Potassium nitrate
Description : Potato tubers should be stored in ventilated closed room with maintenance of
Last Answer : Ans.4-50C temperature and 90-95%RH 25. Tobacco
Description : Special size (superior grade tubers) of potato should have
Last Answer : Ans.8 cm diameter
Description : Seed plot technique (SPT) in potato is used for
Last Answer : Ans.Producing virus free seed tubers
Description : Dehulming of potato is used to
Last Answer : Ans.Obtain quality seed tuber by using the chemical CuSO4
Description : Most critical stage for irrigation in potato is
Last Answer : Ans.25%tuber formation stage
Description : The varieties suitable for late planting of potato is
Last Answer : Ans.Kufri sinduri, Kufri dewa, Kufri jeevan etc.