agriculture MCQs – Page 2

Practise multiple-choice questions from agriculture for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

21. Cockroach cutworms grass hoopers, stem borer and fruit borers are______________?
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A. Chewing type insects

B. None of the above

C. Sucking type insects

D. Jumping type insects

22. The entrance point for air in insects are known as _________________?
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A. Nervous system

B. Secretion

C. Trachea

D. Spines

23. A tax imposed by a nation on an imported good is called_________________?
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A. Foreign exchange

B. GNP

C. Net profit

D. Tariff
24. Leaf spot or tikka is the disease of____________________?
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A. none of these

B. Ground nuts

C. Sunflower

D. Soybean

25. Bombyx morri is the name of___________________?
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A. Lady bird beetle

B. Silk worm

C. Honey bee

D. None of the above

26. An involuntary payment of money to govt. by a household or firm for which the household or firm receives no good or services directly in return ?
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A. Tax

B. Subsidy

C. Tariff

D. Tacit collusion

27. The viral disease can be controlled by_________________?
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A. Pyrethroids

B. Growing resistant varieties

C. Organo-chlorine pesticides

D. None of the above

28. Power of a good/ service to satisfy human desire/want is called____________________?
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A. All of these

B. Utility

C. Worth

D. The point of satiety

29. A market in which products are sold by firms and bought by households is_________________?
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A. Resource market

B. None

C. Consumer market

D. Product market
30. The insects which transfer disease from one plant to another is known as__________________?
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A. Parasite

B. Vector

C. Disease transmitter

D. Pest

31. Insect body is divided in to_____________________?
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A. 10 regions

B. 2 regions

C. 5 regions

D. 3 regions
32. Root knot disease is caused by___________________?
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A. Fungi

B. Nematodes

C. Virus

D. Bacteria

33. The substance used to treat pesticide poisoning is called as_________________?
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A. Detoxicant

B. Anti-pseudo

C. Anti-poison

D. Antitode
34. Amount of other products which must be foregone or sacrificed to obtain 1 unit of a specific good is called its______________?
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A. Real cost

B. Economic cost

C. Opportunity cost

D. None

35. Which of the following is disease of rice____________________?
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A. Foot rot

B. Rice blast

C. All the above

D. Brown spot Ratti disease

36. The study of fungi is called__________________?
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A. Pathology

B. Mycology

C. Fungicology

D. Genetics

37. Any point inside the production possibility curve represents ?
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A. Unemployment

B. Failure to achieve productive efficiency

C. Both A. and B.

D. None of these

38. Dormancy of insects in summer is called________________?
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A. Aestivation

B. Thanolasis

C. Hibernation

D. Ecdysiast

39. An analytic approach in which we move from facts to theory, from a particular to general is called____________________?
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A. Generalization

B. Deduction

C. Randomization

D. Induction
40. Malpighian tubules are organs of_________________?
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A. Excretion

B. Secretion

C. Digestion

D. None of the above