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Crop Production Technology Important MCQs

- June 3, 2025 | June 3, 2025 - AgriScan 6 minutes read

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Q.1  The family to which Gingelly belongs to

  1. Euphorbiaceae
  2. Asteraceae
  3. Pedaliaceae
  4. Polygonaceae

Ans. (c) Pedaliaceae

Q.2 Which of the following crops belongs to family Asteraceae A. Sunflower B. Castor C. Niger D. Safflower

  1. A & D
  2. A, B & C
  3. A, B & D
  4. A, C & D

Ans. (d) A, C & D

Q.3 Kharif crops like barley, oats, mustard are generally

  1. Short day crops
  2. Long day crops
  3. Day neutral crops
  4. These are not kharif crops

Ans. (d) These are not kharif crops

Q.4 For which of the following crops, the primary center of origin is not Central or South America?

  1. Maize
  2. Mustard
  3. Tobacco
  4. Sunflower

Ans. (b) Mustard

Q.5 Cereals provide most of the calorie requirement for a human being. Which of the following cereal crops, contains the least quantity of protein?

  1. Rice
  2. Wheat
  3. Maize
  4. Barley

Ans. (a) Rice

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Q.6  There are seven edible oilseeds are grown in India. Which of the following oilseed crop contains the maximum protein and minimum oil?

  1. Sunflower
  2. Mustard
  3. Sesamum
  4. Soybean

Ans. (d) Soybean

Q.7  Mostly leguminous crops are grown as fertility restorer crops as they have the capability to fix atmospheric nitrogen. Which of the following oilseed crop is also a leguminous crop and can fix atmospheric nitrogen?

  1. Sunflower
  2. Groundnut
  3. Mustard
  4. Safflower

Ans. (b) Groundnut

Q.8 Pulse crops are generally protein rich crops and can fix atmospheric N by nodulation and symbiotic action with rhizobium. Which of the following pulse crop is a shy nodular crop and can hardly fix atmospheric N?

  1. Moong bean
  2. Red gram
  3. Kidney bean
  4. Horse gram

Ans. (c) Kidney bean

Q.9 Crops help in the nourishment of other crops by providing shade and acting as climbing stick, called

  1. Guard crop
  2. Cover crop
  3. Restorative crop
  4. Nurse crop

Ans. (d) Nurse crop

Q.10 Crops generally grown along the irrigation and drainage channels are called

  1. Paira crops
  2. Alley crops
  3. Soiling crops
  4. Riparian crops

Ans. (d) Riparian crops

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Q.11 The miracle rice IR8, which was developed by crossing Dee-Gee-Woo-gen and Peta, introduced in India during 1966, was developed by

  1. Henry M Beachell
  2. Peter Bayer
  3. Yuan Long Ping
  4. Dr. Sashtry

Ans. (a) Henry M Beachell

Q.12  Dr. Monty Jones received the world food prize in 2004 for his contribution to

  1. NERICA
  2. STRASA
  3. Golden rice
  4. Hybrid rice

Ans. (a) NERICA

Q.13 The world’s 1st high yielding dwarf variety of rice developed by IARI is Pusa basmati-1. Which of the following is not a mutant variety of rice?

  1. PHB-1
  2. Sattari
  3. Jagannath
  4. Prabhavati

Ans. (a) PHB-1

Q.14  The golden rice developed by Ingo Potrykus and Peter Bayer, rich in beta carotene to address vitamin A deficiency was developed through

  1. Tissue culture
  2. Cytoplasmic male sterility
  3. Conventional breeding
  4. Genetic engineering

Ans. (d) Genetic engineering

Q.15  The photoperiod sensitive, long duration rice varieties have an extended growth phase, called

  1. Germination lag phase
  2. Vegetative lag phase
  3. Reproductive lag phase
  4. Grain filling lag phase

Ans. (b) Vegetative lag phase

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Q.16      The nursery area required for 1ha rice transplanting under Dapog method of nursery raising is

  1. 30-50 square m
  2. 100-200 square m
  3. 200-500 square m
  4. 500-1000 square m

Ans. (a) 30-50 square m

Q.17  The system of rice intensification (SRI) where lesser seed rate, less water and short duration seedlings are transplanted in wider spacing to get more yield, was started in

  1. Philippines
  2. China
  3. Madagascar
  4. India

Ans. (c) Madagascar

Q.18  Aerobic rice cultivation is a technique to increase the water use efficiency in rice cultivation. Suitable moisture tension maintained under aerobic rice cultivation is

  1. 0 kPa
  2. 0-40 kPa
  3. 50-80 kPa
  4. 80-100 kPa

Ans. (b) 0-40 kPa

Q. 19 Basmati rice has huge demand for export earnings. The aroma in basmati rice is due to the compound

  1. 1-Acetyl 1-pyroline
  2. 2-Acetyl 1-pyroline
  3. 1-Acetyl 2-pyroline
  4. 2-Acetyl 2-pyroline

Ans. (b) 2-Acetyl 1-pyroline

Q.20  Puddling in rice is done to save water from excess infiltration and percolation. The effect of puddling on soil BD is

  1. Remains unchanged
  2. Remains same as before
  3. Increases BD
  4. Decreases BD

Ans. (c) Increases BD

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Q.21  Wheat is also known as the king of cereal crops and the area under wheat cultivation is rising since the green revolution period. Which of the following is correct with respect to Wheat crop

  1. C3, short-day crop
  2. C4, short-day crop
  3. C3, long-day crop
  4. C4, long-day crop

Q.22  The most common and widely grown wheat is hexaploidy in nature. Which of the following species of wheat is tetraploid in nature

  1. Triticum aestivum
  2. Triticum vulgare
  3. Triticum spherococcum
  4. Triticum dicoccum

Q.23 Pearling index in wheat is related to

  1. The root characteristics
  2. Leaf arrangement
  3. Kernel hardiness
  4. Grain baking quality

Q.24 The first man made cereal developed by Rimpu by crossing wheat and rye is

  1. Canola
  2. Buck wheat
  3. Karnza
  4. Triticale

Q.25 Maize is known as miracle crop and queen of cereals, contains higher protein content than rice crop, but the amino acid profile is not better than rice due to deficiency of which of the following amino acid

  1. Lysine
  2. Methionine
  3. Alanine
  4. Cystine

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Q.26  In India, maize is an emerging crop and in states like Bihar it is being cultivated in all the three seasons. In which of the following state of India, maize is hardly cultivated

  1. Odisha
  2. Gujarat
  3. Kerala
  4. Rajasthan

Q.27  The camel crop, also known as water sipping crop is tolerant to both drought and waterlogging due to

  1. Waxy coating
  2. Motor cells in the leaf
  3. Restricted transpiration
  4. Deeper root system

Q.28  Millets are also regarded as Shree Anna due to their higher nutritional profile. Which of the following millets is having the longer growing season and the coarsest grains

  1. Finger millet
  2. Kodo millet
  3. Barnyard millet
  4. Little millet

Q.29  Nipping is a practice for increasing branching in chickpea plant. Which of the following chemical is used for nipping in chickpea?

  1. IBA
  2. ABA
  3. NAA
  4. TIBA

Q.30  The 1st hybrid of red gram in the world developed by ICRISAT in 1991 was

  1. CO-1
  2. CSH-1
  3. H-4
  4. ICPH-8

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