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Subject: Agriculture

  • With reference to the current trends in the cultivation of sugarcane in India, consider the following statements

    With reference to the current trends in the cultivation of sugarcane in India, consider the following statements:
    1. A substantial saving in seed material is made when ‘bud chip settlings’ are raised in a nursery and transplanted in the main field.
    2. When direct planting of setts is done, the germination percentage is better with singlebudded setts as compared to setts with many buds.
    3. If bad weather conditions prevail when setts are directly planted, single-budded setts have better survival as compared to large setts.
    4. Sugarcane can be cultivated using settlings prepared from tissue culture.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • What is/are the advantage/advantages of zero tillage in agriculture

    What is/are the advantage/advantages of zero tillage in agriculture?
    1. Sowing of wheat is possible without burning the residue of previous crop.
    2. Without the need for nursery of rice saplings, direct planting of paddy seeds in the wet
    soil is possible.
    3 Carbon sequestration in the soil is possible.
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  • Which of the following factors/policies were affecting the price of rice in India in the

    Which of the following factors/policies were affecting the price of rice in India in the
    recent past?
    1. Minimum Support Price
    2. Government’s trading
    3. Government’s stockpiling
    4. Consumer subsidies
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  • With reference to pulse production in India, consider the following statements

    With reference to pulse production in India, consider the following statements:
    1. Black gram can be cultivated as both kharif and rabi crop.
    2. Green-gram alone accounts for nearly half of pulse production.
    3. In the last three decades, while the production of kharif pulses has increased, the
    production of rabi pulses has decreased.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • In India, which of the following can be considered as public investment in agriculture

    In India, which of the following can be considered as public investment in agriculture?
    1. Fixing Minimum Support Price for agricultural produce of all crops
    2. Computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
    3. Social Capital development
    4. Free electricity supply to farmers
    5. Waiver of agricultural loans by the banking system
    6. Setting up of cold storage facilities by the governments
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  • What are the advantages of fertigation in agriculture

    What are the advantages of fertigation in agriculture?
    1. Controlling the alkalinity of irrigation water is possible.
    2. Efficient application of Rock Phosphate and all other phosphatic fertilizers is possible.
    3. Increased availability of nutrients to plants is possible.
    4. Reduction in the leaching of chemical nutrients is possible.
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  • What is the use of biochar in farming

    What is the use of biochar in farming?
    1. ‘Biochar can be used as a part of the growing medium in vertical farming.
    2. When biochar is a part of the growing medium, it promotes the growth of nitrogenfixing microorganisms.
    3. When biochar is a part of the growing- medium, it enables the growing medium/to retain water for longer time.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • With reference to chemical fertilizers in India, consider the following statements

    With reference to chemical fertilizers in India, consider the following statements:
    1. At present, the retail price of chemical fertilizers is market-driven and not administered
    by the Government.
    2. Ammonia, which is an input of urea, is produced from natural gas.
    3. Sulphur, which is a raw material for Phosphoric acid fertilizer, is a by-product of oil
    refineries.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  • The black cotton soil of India has been formed due to the weathering of

    The black cotton soil of India has been formed due to the weathering of

  • With reference to ‘palm oil,’ consider the following statements

    With reference to ‘palm oil,’ consider the following statements:

    1. The palm oil tree is native to Southeast Asia.
    2. Palm oil is a raw material for some industries producing lipstick and perfumes.
    3. Palm oil can be used to produce biodiesel.

    Which of the statements given above are correct?