Agriculture Quiz for FCI AGM Exam 2021 – 16th April 2021

1.Soil
Edaphic is a nature related to soil. Edaphic qualities may characterize the soil itself, including drainage, texture, or chemical properties such as soil pH.

4.Gram
Prabhat’-an extra early variety of Red Gram. . Prabhat, which arose as segregant from variety T-21, matures in 110 to 115 days. The plant type is determinate, bunchy, flat-topped.

3.Zaid
In the Indian sub-continent, the crops grown on irrigated lands which do not have to wait for monsoons, in the short duration between Rabi and Kharif crop season, mainly from March to June, are called Zaid crops. Ex: Watermelon, Bitter gourd.

2.Monoculture
Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system at a time. Monoculture is widely used in both industrial farming and organic farming and has allowed increased efficiency in planting and harvest.

3.Boron
Boron is an essential micronutrient which means it is essential for plant growth and development, but is required in very small quantities

1.Moisture
Removal of moisture from tobacco leaves without affecting its aroma, colour and texture is called curing in tobacco.

4.Formation of Chlorophyll
Potatoes will often go green when they’re not stored properly and they’re exposed to light. This is due to formation of chlorophyll (which is found in all green plants).

4.Government of India
Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government of India to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. The minimum support prices are announced by the Government of India at the beginning of the sowing season for certain crops on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).

1.Wettable powder
A wettable powder is an insecticide or other pesticide formulation consisting of the active ingredient in a finely ground state combined with wetting agents and sometimes bulking agents.

3.Pineapple
Sorosis, a botanical term for any plant that produces clusters of flowers out of which grows a single, compound fruit, like a pineapple.