Top 100 Important Everyday Science Mcqs Set-7

61- Which of the following is not a cereal?

A. Rice
B. Mustard
C. Barley
D. Maize

Answer : B. Mustard

62- Which of the following is a balanced fertilizer for plants?

A. Urea
B. Nitrates
C. Compost
D. Ammonium

Answer : C. Compost

63- Blight disease of potato can be cured by:

A. Diathane
B. Bordeaux mixture
C. Dionine T-4 
D. Agrimycin and ceresin

Answer : B. Bordeaux mixture

64- Niab-86 is a variety of:

A. Rice
B. Millet
C. Cotton
D. Wheat

Answer : A. Rice

65- Lime is sometimes applied to soil in order to:

A. Increase the acidity of soil 
B. Increase the alkalinity of soil 
C. Make the soil more porous 
D. Restore nitrates to the soil

Answer : B. Increase the alkalinity of soil

66- Which of the following is adapted to grow in dry places?

A. Sciophytes
B. Xerophytes
C. Heliophytes
D. Hydrophytes

Answer : B. Xerophytes

67- The process of separating grain from chaff and hay with the help of wind is called:

A. Sieving
B. Threshing
C. Winnowing
D. None of these

Answer : C. Winnowing

68- Cotton fibre is obtained from:

A. Leaf
B. Root
C. Stem
D. Seed

Answer : D. Seed

69- Seeds can best be preserved in:

A. Hot and dry condition 
B. Hot and wet condition 
C. Cool and wet condition
D. Cool and dry condition

Answer : D. Cool and dry condition

70- The science of vegetable culture is known as:

A. Agriculture
B. Horticulture
C. Floriculture
D. Arboriculture

Answer : B. Horticulture

71- Higher plants take up nitrogen as:

A. Urea
B. Nitrites only 
C. Nitrates only 
D. Nitrates and ammonia

Answer : D. Nitrates and ammonia

72- Mixed cropping is useful when:

A. Crops with same maturity periods are sown together 
B. Crops with varying maturity periods are sown together 
C. Different soils are used for same crop
D. Crops with different nutritional requirements are grown

Answer : D. Crops with different nutritional requirements are grown

73- Plant identical to mother plant can be had from:

A. Seeds
B. Stem cutting
C. Both A and B
D. None of these

Answer : B. Stem cutting

74- Cochineal insects are used to eradicate the weed called:

A. Javi
B. Chaulai
C. Bathua
D. Opuntia

Answer : D. Opuntia

75- Sound waves cannot travel through:

A. Air
B. Water
C. Vacuum
D. Solid

Answer : C. Vacuum

76- The most common weed which grows along with almost every crop is:

A. Amaranths
B. Wild oat 
C. Chenopodium
D. Convolvulus

Answer : A. Amaranths

77- Khaira is a plant disease caused due to deficiency of:

A. Iron
B. Nitrogen
C. Zinc
D. Carbon

Answer : C. Zinc

78- What is mixed farming?

A. Cultivating different crops alternatively 
B. Cultivating different crops in the same farm 
C. Cultivating different varieties of same crop 
D. Cultivating crops and keeping livestock in the same farm

Answer : D. Cultivating crops and keeping livestock in the same farm

79- Plants that are derived from the vegetative organs of a single plant are known as:

A. Clones
B. Hybrids
C. Polyploids
D. Haploids

Answer : A. Clones

80- The green fodder plants for animals which are used in winter are:

A. Bajra and jowar
B. Berseem and Lucerne
C. Maize and jowar 
D. Sorghum and maize 

Answer : B. Berseem and Lucerne

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