Chapter 1 - Crop Production and Management MCQs
Question 1: When plants of same kind are grown and cultivated at one place on a large scale, it is called
a) crop
b) plant
c) farm
d) none of these
Answer
Answer: a) crop
Question 2: There are _____ broad types of cropping patterns.
a) 2
b) 1
c) 3
d) 4
Answer
Answer: a) 2
Question 3: Which of the following is not a Kharif crop?
a) Paddy
b) Wheat
c) Gram
d) Cotton
Answer
Answer: b) Wheat
Question 4: Which of the following is/are kharif crop?
a) Cotton
b) Pea
c) Mustard
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: a) Cotton
Question 5: Which of the following is rabi crop?
a) Soyabean
b) Groundnut
c) Cotton
d) Wheat
Answer
Answer: d) Wheat
Question 6: The rainy season in India is generally from
a) June to September
b) July to September
c) September to October
d) October to March
Answer
Answer: a) June to September
Question 7: The crops which are grown in winter season are called
a) Kharif crops
b) Rabi crops
c) Zaid crops
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: b) Rabi
Question 8:What is the time period of rabi crops?
a) October to December
b) March to April
c) October to March
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: c) October to March
Question 9: The pulses and vegetables that are grown during summer are called
a) Kharif Crops
b) Rabi Crops
c) Zaid Crops
d) Intercropping
Answer
Answer: c) Zaid Crops
Question 10: Why can paddy not be grown in winter season?
a) Paddy requires less water
b) Paddy requires no water
c) Paddy requires a lot of water
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: c) Paddy requires a lot of water
Question 11: What step comes after Preparation of Soil?
a) Weeding
b) Storage
c) Sowing
d) Harvesting
Answer
Answer: c) Sowing
Question 12: The process of loosening and turning of the soil called
a) harvesting
b) sowing
c) tilling
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: c) tilling
Question 13: What are crumbs?
a) Big pieces of rocks
b) Big pieces of soil
c) Small pieces of rocks
d) Small pieces of soil
Answer
Answer: b) Big pieces of soil
Question 14: The levelling of soil is done with the help of
a) leveller
b) plough
c) hoe
d) khurpi
Answer
Answer: a) leveller
Question 15: Which of the following is the use of plough?
a) Tilling the soil
b) Removing weeds
c) scraping of soil
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: d) All of these
Question 16: Plough contains strong triangular iron strip called
a) ploughshaft
b) beam
c) ploughshare
d) none of these
Answer
Answer: c) ploughshare
Question 17: Why do some seeds float on water?
a) Damaged seeds are healthy
b) Damaged seeds are hollow but healthy
c) Damaged seeds become hollow and thus are lighter
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: c) Damaged seeds become hollow and thus are lighter
Question 18: Which of the following is not a traditional method of irrigation?
a) Moat
b) Pulley
c) Drip
d) Rahat
Answer
Answer: c) Drip
Question 19: What is the traditional tool for sowing seeds?
a) The tool is shaped like a funnel, passed down through 2 or 3 pipes having sharp end
b) Seed drill
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: a) The tool is shaped like a funnel, passed down through 2 or 3 pipes having sharp end
Question 20: Which of the following statement is not true for seed drill?
a) It sows the seeds at uniform distance and depth.
b) It ensures that seeds get covered by the soil after sowing.
c) It saves time.
d) It doesn't save any labour.
Answer
Answer: d) It doesn't save any labour
Question 21: Chemicals that kill weeds are called
a) Manure
b) Weedicides
c) Insecticides
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: b) Weedicides
Question 22: Which of the following statements is incorrect?
a) Loose soil particles hold less water for longer duration
b) Loose soil helps roots to penetrate deep through the layers of soil
c) While turning the soil during ploughing, nutrient-rich soil is brought up from lower level of soil
d) Loose soil particles have more air spaces
Answer
Answer: a) Loose soil particles hold less water for longer duration
Question 23: Which of the following is used for removing weeds and for loosening the soil?
a) Hoe
b) Translater
c) Transplantation
d) Seed drill
Answer
Answer: a) Hoe
Question 24: Some examples of fertilizers are
a) urea
b) silver nitrate
c) NPP
d) Option a) and c)
Answer
Answer: d) Option a) and c)
Question 25: Which of the following is true for fertilizers?
a) They are rich in particular nutrient
b) They are not made of chemicals
c) They provide a lot of humus to the soil
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: a) They are rich in particular nutrient
Question 26: Which of the following is/are the advantages of using of manure?
a) It enhances the water holding capacity of the soil.
b) It makes the soil porous which makes transfer of gas easier.
c) It improves texture of soil
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: d) All of these
Question 27: Plants contain nearly ___ water.
a) 91%
b) 96%
c) 90%
d) 100%
Answer
Answer: c) 90%
Question 28: Which of the following is/are sources of irrigation?
a) Well and drains
b) Well and ponds
c) Well, tubewells, ponds, lakes
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: c) Well, tubewells, ponds, lakes
Question 29: The process of supplying water to crop plants is called
a) manuring
b) harvesting
c) irrigation
d) sowing
Answer
Answer: c) irrigation
Question 30: Pumps are commonly used for
a) lifting heavy vehicles
b) lifting heavy baskets
c) lifting water
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: c) lifting water
Question 31: ________________, ___________________ and _______________________ are used to run pumps.
a) diesel, coal, plastic
b) diesel, electricity, solar energy
c) diesel, chemicals, water
d) diesel, solar energy, paper
Answer
Answer: b) diesel, electricity, solar energy
Question 32: Silo is used for
a) improvement of crops
b) sowing of seeds
c) enhancing water holding capacity
d) large scale storage of food
Answer
Answer: d) large scale storage of food
Question 33: Rearing of animals for food, meat, milk and flesh is called
a) pisciculture
b) horticulture
c) hybridisation
d) animal husbandry
Answer
Answer: d) animal husbandry
Question 34: Rhizobium (a bacteria) which fixes atmospheric nitrogen are found in nodules growing in
a) Roots of leguminous plants
b) Leaves of leguminous plants
c) Stem of Leguminous plants
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: a) Roots of leguminous plants
Question 35: In the harvested crop the grain seed is separated from the chaff. This process is called
a) Seeding
b) Ploughing
c) Threshing
d) Weeding
Answer
Answer: c) Threshing
Question 36: Which is pesticides?
a) 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
b) Malathion
c) Metolachlor
d) Chloroform
Answer
Answer: b) Malathion
Question 37:
Assertion (A): Rhizobium present in root nodules of leguminous plants to fix nitrogen.
Reason (R): All crop plants need transplantation.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer
Answer: c) A is true but R is false.
Question 38:
Assertion (A): Manure is an organic substance which can be prepared in the fields.
Reason (R): Manure enhances water holding capacity of soil.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer
Answer: b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Question 39:
Assertion (A): Fertilizers provide a lot of humus to the soil.
Reason (R): Fertilizers are made in factories.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer
Answer: d) A is false but R is true.
Question 40:
Assertion (A): Pumps are mainly used to lift water.
Reason (R): Diesel, Biogas, Solar Energy etc. are used to run the pumps.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
Answer
Answer: b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
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