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Agriculture Mcqs 7387 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.

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
If there is a little slope in the field, the soil erosion can be prevented by:
A Contour terracing
B Contour strip cropping
C Confour farming
D All of these
Correct Answer: Contour strip cropping