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Agriculture Mcqs 7388 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Agriculture MCQs cover fundamental and applied concepts related to farming, crop production, soil science, irrigation, fertilizers, plant breeding, pests, and agricultural economics. This topic is designed to strengthen conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills through objective questions. It is especially useful for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, KPPSC, BPSC, NTS, OTS, and other testing services, helping candidates prepare with exam-oriented and up-to-date agricultural knowledge.

Over-all mineral level of soil recedes due to:

A Leaching only
B Utilization by plants
C Both (a) & (b)
D Chemical reactions
Correct Answer: Both (a) & (b)

Odum has described soil erosion as:

A Soil pollution
B Creeping death of soil
C Loss of living stratum
D Loss of feeding zone
Correct Answer: Soil pollution

A slopy land on account of continued rainfall initially under goes:

A Rill erosion
B Gully erosion
C Sheet erosion
D All of these
Correct Answer: Rill erosion

The amount of soil lost to sea each year due to rainfall is around:

A 3,000 million tons
B 3,000,000 million tons
C 3,00,00,000 million tons
D 3,00,000 billion tons
Correct Answer: 3,000,000 million tons

The chief cause of accelerated erosion is:

A Excessive rains
B Wind storms
C Overfelling and overgrazing
D All of these
Correct Answer: Overfelling and overgrazing

The soil erosion on slopes proceeds in the following manner:

A Gully – Rill – ravine
B Rill – Ravine – Gully
C Rill – Gully – Ravine
D Ravine – Rill – Gully
Correct Answer: Rill – Gully – Ravine

Wave erosion is more prevalent and well marked:

A Along rivers
B At the sea shore
C In water falls
D In all these places
Correct Answer: At the sea shore

Soil conservation is the process where:

A Sterile soil is converted into fertile soil
B Soil is aerated
C Soil erosion is allowed
D Soil is protected against loss
Correct Answer: Soil is protected against loss

The plants commonly sown for crop rotation are :

A Cajanus and Dalbergia
B Cajanus and Aeschynomene
C Dalbergia and trigonella
D Trigonella and Trifolium
Correct Answer: Trigonella and Trifolium

In dry farming initially the fertility of the land can be increased by:

A Agrostology
B Basin listing
C Growing grazing fields
D Animal husbandry
Correct Answer: Animal husbandry