Agricultural Professional Knowledge Quiz For IBPS SO Exam

1. ‘Leaf Rust’ is a serious disease of this crop and till date, there is no effective and ecologically safe fungicide for controlling this disease—

(A) Sweet Potato

(B) Grape 

(C) Rice 

(D) Wheat

(E) Sorghum

2. What is botanical (Scientific) name of Safed Musli–a medicinal plant grown almost all over India ?

(A) Chlorophytum borivilianum

(B) Curculigo orchioides

(C) Piper longum

(D) Solanum surattense

(E) None of these

3. Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology is located at—

(A) Abohar (Punjab) 

(B) Ludhiana (Punjab)

(C) Bangalore (Karnataka)

(D) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

(E) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)

4. Which one of the following Castor hybrids, you will suggest for getting good yields for rainfed and irrigated areas of Rajasthan State ?

(A) RHC 1 (VP-1 × TMV5-1) 

(B) DCH 6 (JP 65 × JI 96)

(C) DCH 519 (M574 × DCS 78) 

(D) DCH 177 (DCP 9 × DCS 9) 

(E) None of these

5. Which one of the following ‘mixed cropping’ pattern you would suggest to the farmers for getting higher economic benefits ? 

(A) Bhindi + Spongegourd

(B) Mango + Turmeric 

(C) Mango + Colocasia 

(D) Mango + Groundnut 

(E) Colocasia + Turmeric

6. Which one of the following States has created ‘Organic Commodities Board’ to promote and restore value of foodcrops, which are mostly grown on marginal lands ? (A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Jharkhand

(D) Madhya Pradesh

(E) Uttarakhand

7. The Central Frozen Semen Production and Training Institute is one of the premier Institute of Animal Husbandry, is located at (HQ)—

(A) Hessarghatta (Karnataka) 

(B) Sunabada (Orissa)

(C) Dhamrod (Gujarat)

(D) Suratgarh (Rajasthan)

(E) Andeshnagar (Uttarakhand)

8. What percentage of total cultivable area in India is under ‘Horticultural Crops’ ?

(A) 10 per cent 

(B) 11 per cent 

(C) 12 per cent 

(D) 13 per cent 

(E) 14 per cent

9. ‘National Agricultural Insurance Scheme’ (NAIS) was in operation in India since—

(A) Rabi season 1999–2000 

(B) Kharif season 1998–1999 

(C) Rabi season 2000–2001 

(D) Kharif season 2000–2001 

(E) None of these

10. ‘Pusa Arunima’ is an improved hybrid variety of this crop relased by IARI, New Delhi—

(A) Mango 

(B) Guava 

(C) Grape 

(D) Citrus

(E) Pomegranate

Answer :-

Q. 1 (D)	Q. 2 (A)	Q. 3 (B)	Q. 4 (D)	Q. 5 (A)
Q. 6 (E)	Q. 7 (A)	Q. 8 (A)	Q. 9 (A)	Q. 10 (A)