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Q1. Common bread wheat is
- Triticum aestivum
- Triticum durum
- Triticum diccocum
- Triticum monococcum
- None of these
Explanation:- Common wheat (Triticum aestivum), also known as bread wheat, is a cultivated wheat species.
Q2. Crown root initiation stages of wheat
- 5th days after sowing
- 45th days after sowing
- 21st days after sowing
- 15th days after sowing
- None of these
Explanation:- First irrigation 20-25 days after sowing (Crown root initiation stage)
Q3. Maximum exporter of rice in the world
- China
- India
- Philippines
- Thailand
- None of these
Explanation:- India had the highest export volume of rice worldwide, at 15.5 million metric tons as of 2020/2021. Vietnam was the second-largest rice exporter, with about 6.4 million metric tons of rice worldwide in that year.
Q4. In which crop a special process puddling is requiring?
- Sugarcane
- Wheat
- Paddy
- Maize
- None of these
Explanation:- Puddling is an important process in the field of paddy. It is compulsory to do this process when transplanting.
Q5. Which of the following advantages of minimum support price (MSP)?
- Food security
- Price fluctuation
- Increase farmer’s income
- Surety for farmer
- All of the above
Explanation:- The minimum support price (MSP) scheme protects farmers from price fluctuations and market imperfections.
Q6. In the PDS system, which organizations assumed the responsibility for procurement, storage, transportation, and bulk allocation of food grains to the State Governments?
- Central Warehouse Corporation
- State Food Supplies Departments
- Food Corporation of India
- Departments of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- None of these
Explanation:- Ensuring food security of the nation by maintaining a satisfactory level of operational buffer stocks of food grains. Distribution of food grains throughout the country for Public Distribution System. Effective Price Support Operations for safeguarding the interest of farmers.
Q7. Which of the following are the advantages of food processing?
- Employment Generation
- Reduce food wastage
- Preserve the nutritive quality of food and prolongs the shelf life
- Enhance the quality and taste of food
- All of the above
Explanation:- Employment generation, Doubling farmer’s income, Reduce malnutrition, Reduce food wastage, Boost trade and earns foreign exchange, curing migration, Curing food inflation, Crop diversification, Preserve the nutritive quality of food and prolongs the shelf life, Enhance the quality and taste of food, Enhance consumer choices.
Q8. How many percent of total food processed in India?
- 10%
- 2%
- 3%
- 30%
- None of these
Explanation:- India is the world’s second-largest producer of fruits & vegetables after China but hardly 2% of the produce is processed.
Q9. Which of the following are methods of food processing?
- Preservation
- Addition of food additives
- Drying
- All of the above
- None of these
Explanation:- Food processing methods such as preservation, the addition of food additives, drying, etc.
Q10. The Revamped Public Distribution System (RPDS) was launched in
- 1991
- 1992
- 1999
- 2014
- None of these
Explanation:- The Revamped Public Distribution System (RPDS) was launched in June 1992 in 1775 blocks through the country.
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