AGRONOMY TEST SERIES - 1

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AGRONOMY TEST SERIES - 1

PRINCIPLES OF AGRONOMY 

Q1. Agronomy is mainly concerned with:
A) Fruit crop production
B) Field crop production and soil management
C) Plant breeding
D) Animal production
✅ Ans: B

Q2. The term agronomy is derived from:
A) Latin words
B) English words
C) Greek words
D) Sanskrit words
✅ Ans: C

Q3. Which of the following is NOT a principle of agronomy?
A) Timely sowing
B) Proper seed rate
C) Genetic improvement
D) Efficient water use
✅ Ans: C

Q4. Agronomy deals with which relationship?
A) Soil–plant–atmosphere
B) Plant–animal
C) Soil–microbe only
D) Climate–animal
✅ Ans: A

Q5. Optimum plant population helps in:
A) Lodging
B) Weed infestation
C) Efficient utilization of resources
D) Disease spread
✅ Ans: C

Q6. Which factor is MOST important for deciding sowing time?
A) Market price
B) Soil texture
C) Rainfall pattern
D) Seed size
✅ Ans: C

Q7. Agronomy focuses on increasing crop yield mainly by:
A) Genetic modification
B) Cultural practices
C) Chemical synthesis
D) Mechanical harvesting
✅ Ans: B

Q8. Balanced nutrient application results in:
A) Nutrient toxicity
B) Soil degradation
C) Higher yield and soil health
D) Weed dominance
✅ Ans: C

Q9. Which practice reduces cost of cultivation?
A) Excess fertilizer use
B) Proper agronomic practices
C) Late sowing
D) Over-irrigation
✅ Ans: B

Q10. Agronomy is a:
A) Laboratory-based science
B) Pure science
C) Applied science
D) Social science
✅ Ans: C

Q11. Which crop group is mainly studied under agronomy?
A) Plantation crops
B) Medicinal crops
C) Field crops
D) Ornamental crops
✅ Ans: C

Q12. Main objective of agronomy is to:
A) Improve seed quality
B) Maximize yield per unit area
C) Develop new varieties
D) Control pests only
✅ Ans: B

TILLAGE & CROP ESTABLISHMENT (Q13–Q22)

Q13. Tillage is defined as:
A) Sowing of crops
B) Mechanical manipulation of soil
C) Harvesting operation
D) Fertilizer application
✅ Ans: B

Q14. Primary tillage is mainly done to:
A) Pulverize soil finely
B) Turn the soil
C) Apply fertilizer
D) Remove weeds manually
✅ Ans: B

Q15. Which implement is used for primary tillage?
A) Harrow
B) Cultivator
C) Mould board plough
D) Leveler
✅ Ans: C

Q16. Secondary tillage helps in:
A) Soil inversion
B) Seed bed preparation
C) Deep ploughing
D) Land leveling only
✅ Ans: B

Q17. Zero tillage mainly helps in:
A) Increasing erosion
B) Moisture conservation
C) Increasing fuel use
D) Weed growth
✅ Ans: B

Q18. Puddling is mainly practiced in:
A) Wheat
B) Maize
C) Rice
D) Cotton
✅ Ans: C

Q19. Crop establishment by transplanting is common in:
A) Wheat
B) Rice
C) Sorghum
D) Barley
✅ Ans: B

Q20. Line sowing helps in:
A) Uneven plant stand
B) Weed control and interculture
C) Seed wastage
D) Lodging
✅ Ans: B

Q21. Broadcasting method is least suitable for:
A) Paddy
B) Wheat
C) Pulses
D) Fodder crops
✅ Ans: C

Q22. Ideal seedbed should be:
A) Very loose
B) Very compact
C) Fine, firm and moist
D) Dry and hard
✅ Ans: C

CROPPING SYSTEMS & SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 

Q23. Cropping system refers to:
A) Single crop only
B) Pattern of crops grown on a farm
C) Fertilizer schedule
D) Irrigation method
✅ Ans: B

Q24. Growing two or more crops in a year on same land is called:
A) Mixed cropping
B) Intercropping
C) Multiple cropping
D) Relay cropping
✅ Ans: C

Q25. Intercropping helps in:
A) Increasing pest attack
B) Efficient use of resources
C) Soil erosion
D) Crop failure
✅ Ans: B

Q26. Mixed cropping is mainly adopted to:
A) Increase profit
B) Reduce risk of crop failure
C) Improve quality
D) Reduce labor
✅ Ans: B

Q27. Crop rotation improves:
A) Weed growth
B) Soil fertility
C) Soil erosion
D) Pest incidence
✅ Ans: B

Q28. Which is an example of intercropping?
A) Rice–wheat
B) Cotton + blackgram
C) Soybean–wheat
D) Maize–wheat
✅ Ans: B

Q29. Sustainable agriculture emphasizes on:
A) Short-term yield
B) High chemical use
C) Resource conservation
D) Monocropping
✅ Ans: C

Q30. Which practice improves sustainability?
A) Over irrigation
B) Balanced fertilization
C) Excess pesticide use
D) Burning residues
✅ Ans: B

Q31. Integrated farming system includes:
A) Crop only
B) Livestock only
C) Crop + livestock + allied activities
D) Industry
✅ Ans: C

Q32. Green manuring improves:
A) Soil nitrogen
B) Soil salinity
C) Soil acidity
D) Soil erosion
✅ Ans: A

Q33. Relay cropping means:
A) Crops grown together
B) Next crop sown before harvest of previous crop
C) Only one crop
D) Crop rotation
✅ Ans: B

Q34. Which system reduces pest build-up?
A) Monocropping
B) Crop rotation
C) Continuous cropping
D) Sole cropping
✅ Ans: B

PRACTICAL CROP PRODUCTION (KHARIF & RABI) 

Q35. Kharif crops are sown during:
A) Winter
B) Summer
C) Monsoon
D) Spring
✅ Ans: C

Q36. Major kharif cereal crop is:
A) Wheat
B) Rice
C) Barley
D) Gram
✅ Ans: B

Q37. Rabi crops require:
A) High rainfall
B) Low temperature
C) Monsoon rains
D) Flooded conditions
✅ Ans: B

Q38. Major rabi crop of India is:
A) Rice
B) Maize
C) Wheat
D) Jowar
✅ Ans: C

Q39. Transplanting is followed in:
A) Wheat
B) Rice
C) Gram
D) Mustard
✅ Ans: B

Q40. Pulses are mainly grown for:
A) Oil
B) Protein
C) Fiber
D) Starch
✅ Ans: B

Q41. Soybean is a:
A) Cereal
B) Pulse
C) Oilseed
D) Fiber crop
✅ Ans: C

Q42. Mustard belongs to which season?
A) Kharif
B) Rabi
C) Zaid
D) Perennial
✅ Ans: B

Q43. Ideal time of sowing wheat in Maharashtra is:
A) September
B) October–November
C) December
D) January
✅ Ans: B

Q44. Rice requires maximum water during:
A) Tillering to flowering
B) Maturity
C) Sowing
D) Harvest
✅ Ans: A

Q45. Gram is mainly grown under:
A) Irrigated condition
B) Rainfed condition
C) Flooded condition
D) Waterlogged soil
✅ Ans: B

Q46. Which crop is sensitive to waterlogging?
A) Rice
B) Jute
C) Wheat
D) Sugarcane
✅ Ans: C

Q47. Crop spacing is important to:
A) Increase weed growth
B) Reduce yield
C) Maintain optimum plant population
D) Increase lodging
✅ Ans: C

Q48. Which crop is a kharif pulse?
A) Gram
B) Lentil
C) Pigeon pea
D) Pea
✅ Ans: C

Q49. Which practice increases rice yield?
A) Late transplanting
B) Proper puddling
C) High seed rate
D) Broadcasting seedlings
✅ Ans: B

Q50. Main objective of practical crop production is to:
A) Increase theory knowledge
B) Apply agronomic principles in field
C) Reduce labor
D) Avoid cultivation
✅ Ans: B


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