Agriculture Moc...

 It is defined as the ratio between the amount of water vapor present in a given volume of air and the amount of water vapor required for saturation under fixed temperature and pressure?

Statement I: To drain from low lying area or areas having water due to embankment, lift drainage is used.

Statement II: Ditch drainage is adopted in nurseries, seed beds and rainfed crops.

Statement A: On the basis of location, markets are classified as local, regional, national and world markets

Statement B: In cash markets the purchase and sale of a commodity takes place at time “t‟ but the exchange of the commodity takes place on some specified date in future i.e., time t + 2.   

Choose the correct statement:

The process of separating quality grains from chaff is called as

Floor space requirement of a pregnant cow in an open area is

Organisms in which either one or more chromosomes of a chromosome set are either missing or have more copies, are known as

Statement-1: Allogamy is the closest form of inbreeding and leads to heterozygosity.

Statement-2: Autogamy is common form of outbreeding and leads to homozygosity.

This is a kind of injury caused by lifting up of the plants along with soil from its normal position.

What is the shape of anthrax causing bacteria?

What is farming along with animal husbandry called?

The area under coffee has been occupied by tea in Ceylon due to …….. Diseases.

Identify the correct statement:

1. Good drainage facilitates the ready diffusion of oxygen to the root zone and escape of carbon dioxide from the root zone into the atmosphere.
2. Toxicity in acid soils due to excess iron and manganese is increased by drainage
3. Drainage permits roots to grow deeper and spread wider thereby decreasing the volume of soil from which nutrients can be extracted.
4. The provision of a good drainage system doesn’t permit the removal of excess salts in the soil

The minimum fat % required in ice-cream is:

Name a compound that can be used both detergent and sanitizer in a dairy plant.

What is the most suitable land for Guava

What is the ideal seed rate adopted in sesamum per hectare?

Which one of the following is the smallest phase of oestrus cycle?

What is the size of silt particle?

Which of the following Buffalo breeds has highest percentage of fat?

In which of the following disease a cattle gets relief from pumping air into its breast?

What is the other name of Intensive Agriculture?

What is the concentration of soil minerals in the soil?

Which of the following is a type of soil erosion by the wind?

Which compound is responsible for the red color in tomato?

What is the term used when the constituent of soil in the solution from percolate from the upper layer to the lower layer?

Removing a thin and uniform covering of top surface soil from large areas, often from entire fields, is a for of which type of erosion?

Bulls of a distinct breed are bred on non descript cows from generation to generation is known as

What are the primary nutritive requirements for wool production?

Which of the following poultry breed is the highest egg-producing breed in the world?

Which of the following is an example of an indigenous breed of poultry?

The Cornish game hen is a cross between the _________ and the ___________  breeds.

Fruit of cauliflower is known as 

Pectin is measured by

Cation Exchange Capacity of loam soil is

The technique, mainly used for diagnosing birth defects in the fetus by means of a needle, is called ____________.

Terrace farming is practiced in which one of the following areas?

NPK content in night soil is

Which of the following climatic conditions found to be most favourable for the Ranikhet disease of poultry?

Butachlor is primarily used for weed control in rice, it is used as selective ____________ herbicide.

Maximum concentration of urea for foliar spray is

In sugarcane crop, yield loss occurs due to weeds is

Consider the following statements with respect to fertile soil.

1. It often contains large amounts of subsoil.

2. The soil pH is in the range 5.5 to 6.0

3. It is rich in nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium..

4. It has a good soil structure which results in well-drained soil.

Which statement is/are incorrect?

The total differential pressure created by the milking machine in cattle is approximately

The various steps suggested to maintain varietal purity is/are

Buffalo breed that has copper colour body is

Tapka is a traditional maturity index of

Seeds are sown immediately after extraction in which fruit?

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. In double row housing, either the cattle face out from each other (tail-to-tail system) or face in towards each other (head-to-head system).
2. When the number of animals doesn’t exceed 10, the double row system is desirable.
3. Animals get fresh air directly and the milking process can be effectively supervised in Tail to Tail system.
4. Sun rays reach the gutter, and provide better sanitation in Head to Head system.

The most important weed against which eradication measure would be taken on war footings is

Arrangement of primary particles of soil and their aggregates into certain defined patterns is known as