List of top Agriculture Questions

Which of the following is the correct sequence of reagents used in the Gram staining process?
(A). Iodine
(B). Crystal violet
(C). Safranin
(D). Alcohol

Sequence the principal stages of biological nitrogen fixation in their correct order of occurrence.
(A) Formation of infection thread
(B) Rhizobium multiply to colonize.
(C) Curling of root hair.
(D) Differentiation of cortical cells into nitrogen fixing cells

Which one of the following is a good example of subsistence farming?

The Food Corporation of India was established in which year?

What was India’s food grain production in 2021-22?

Which of the following conditions characterizes disguised unemployment?

Which of the following statement is not true for NABARD?

Linkage equilibrium can be achieved by:

Diammonium phosphate contains-

What is the approximate composition of biogas, generated after decomposition of bio-degradable agricultural waste?

Which of the following could be the valid value(s) of the correlation coefficient between two variables?
(a) -1
(b) +1
(c) -2
(d) +2
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

What is the term for the negative effect that a host plant has on the growth of an insect-pest that feeds on it?

Conservation Agriculture includes adoption of -
(a) burning of crop residues to manage pests.
(b) minimum tillage
(c) crop rotations
(d) mulching

Linkage drag is the phenomenon in which:

In a pea flower, five petals are arranged in a specialised manner with one posterior, two lateral and two anterior. These are named as:

Which of the following statements about Hammerling’s experiment on Acetabularia is/are correct?
(A) It demonstrates that Acetabularia is a unicellular organism.
(B) It demonstrates the role of cytoplasm in heredity.
(C) It demonstrates the role of nucleus in heredity.
(D) It demonstrates the role of cytoplasm in determining rhizoid shape.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Which of the following statements about seed are correct?
(A) Progeny of nucleus seed is breeder seed.
(B) TZ test is for evaluation of field performance of seed
(C) Seed rate of wheat is 100 kg/ha
(D) Tobacco is the example of smallest seed

Which one of the following varieties is hybrid in rice crop?

Mutation was first discovered by:

Chromosomal aberration in which two breaks occur in a chromosome and the intercalary segment reunites in a reverse order is categorised as:

In which ministry, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) was set up?

Describe the composition of various classes and types of milk sold in India.

Describe Ranikhet disease on the following heads:
(a) Disease-causing organism
(b) Commonly found in which animal
(c) One symptom
(d) One control measure

Differentiate between Seed and Grain.

What is pollination? Differentiate between self-pollination and cross-pollination.