Agriculture and Soil - General Knowledge Questions and Answers

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Why is crop rotation necessary?

To increase the fertility of soil

To increase the quantity of minerals

To reduce the quantity of proteins

To plough various types of crops

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The important feature of shifting cultivation is ________

Cultivation by transplantation

Cultivation of Leguminous crops

Change of cultivation site

Rotating of crops

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Black soils are ideal for cultivation of cotton as

Their colour is black

They can retain moisture

They are made of lava

They are found on plateau regions

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Choose the crops which were cropped by using high yielding seeds in India during Green Revolution?

Rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds and sugarcane

Maize, gram, jowar, coffee and tea

Rice, wheat, jowar, millet and maize

Wheat, rice, sugarcane, pulses and maize

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Which of the following is a cash crop in India?

Maize

Gram

Onion

Wheat

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Green Revolution is related to which Crop

Rice

Wheat

Pulses

Sugercane

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Consider the following statements:
1. Alluvial soil is rich in chemical properties and is capable of yielding Rabi and Kharif crops.
2. Black soil is suitable for cotton, groundnut.
3. Rabi crops are reaped in autumn after sowing in June.
Which of these statements are correct ?

1, 2 and 3

1 and 2

2 and 3

1 and 3