GENERAL SCIENCE #42
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. How
much increase in cultivable land occurred in India from 1952 to 2010?
(a) 20%
(b) 25%
(c) 35%
(d) 40%
Answer:
(b)
2. How
many nutrients are essential for plants?
(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 26
(d) 36
Answer:
(a)
3. Which
of the following species of the honey bee is an Italian species?
(a) Apis cerana indica
(b) Apis dorsata
(c) Apis florae
(d) Apis mellifera
Answer:
(d)
4. How
many micronutrients are required by plants?
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 7
(d) 12
Answer:
(c)
5. Weeds
are the unwanted plants that grow along with the cultivated plants. How do they
affect the crop plants?
(a) By killing plants in the field before they grow
(b) By dominating the plants to grow
(c) Competing for various resources of plants causing low
availability of nutrients
(d) All of above
Answer:
(c)
6. Among
the following statements choose the option which does not describe the benefit
of fish culture?
(a) A large number of fishes are raised in the small area
(b) Economically important desired fishes are made
available
(c) There is more mortality in the younger stages of the
fishes
(d) Through selective hybridization, yield and quality of
fishes are improved
Answer:
(c)
7. Who
is known as the Father of White Revolution?
(a) Dr. G Nammalvar
(b) Abdul Rashid
(c) Dr. Jagadish Chandra Bose
(d) Dr. V. Kurien
Answer:
(d)
8. There
are present numerous exotic breeds of poultry which have been successfully
acclimatized in India. One of the most popular exotic breeds of fowl in India, which produces long white eggs, has
a very small body size, so needs less feed for its maintenance. Choose the
right name for the breed with all these characteristics.
(a) Rhode Island Red
(b) White Leghorn
(c) Light Sussex
(d) Black Minorcha
Answer:
(b)
8. Along
with the indigenous breeds, the exotic varieties of honey bees are also widely
used for commercial production of honey in India. The Italian bee, named Apis
Mellifera is the most commonly breed domesticated in India. Which of the
following is not a reason for the preferential use of this breed?
(a) It is gentle in nature
(b) It has the ability to protect itself from enemies
(c) It has good honey collection capacity
(d) It has prolific queen with more swarming
Answer:
(d)
9. Growing
different crops in the same field in a pre-planned succession, to improve the
quality and quantity of the crop yield and maintain the fertility of soil is
known as which of the following?
(a) Crop rotation
(b) Plant breeding
(c) Intercropping
(d) Crop management
Answer:
(b)
10. Which
of the following statement is incorrect?
(a) White revolution is meant for increase in milk
production
(b) Blue revolution is meant for increase in fish
production
(c) Increasing food production without compromising with
environment quality is called as sustainable agriculture
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(d)
11. Rahul
often used to go with his father to collect milk from the milk man. One day,
the milk man told his father that he is going to purchase a Murrah breed
buffalo as he is not able to fulfil the demand of his customers to supply good
quality milk. Rahul asked his father about the Murrah buffalo. Among the
following statements which might not be the answer by his father?
(a) It is a high milk yielding variety of buffalo
(b) It gives goods quality of milk
(c) It is a very popular exotic breed
(d) It is a breed with massive body
Answer:
(c)
12. Which
of the following is a fungus disease causing maximum deaths of poultry birds?
(a) Pullorium
(b) Coryza
(c) Rickets
(d) Aspergillosis
Answer:
(d)
13. Which
of the following is the hybrid breed of buffalo yielding maximum milk?
(a) Jamunapari
(b) Murrah
(c) Shaiwal
(d) Barbary
Answer:
(b)
14. Which
of the following breed of cow gives more milk?
(a) Bhadawari
(b) Jaffrabadi
(c) Murrah
(d) Sahiwal
Answer:
(d)
15. Which
hybrid breed of hen has the world record of laying maximum eggs?
(a) White leghorn
(b) Minorca
(c) Karaknath
(d) Vasra
Answer:
(a)
16. Which
goat is known as queen of milk?
(a) Barbary
(b) Jamunapari
(c) Sannen
(d) Bikaneri
Answer:
(c)
17. Which
of the following nutrients is not found in common fertilizers?
(a) Nitrogen
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Iron
(d) Potassium
Answer:
(c)
18. Dairy
animals suffer from various types of diseases, one of which are the infectious
diseases. Infectious diseases are mainly caused by viruses and bacteria. These
diseases are spread by contact from animal to animal. Identify which of the
following are not the infectious diseases?
i. Ringworm
ii. Foot and mouth disease
iii. Salmonellosis
iv.Anaemia
(a) (i) and (ii)
(b) (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i) and (iv)
(d) (i) and (iii)
Answer:
(c)
19. Which
of the following management practices should be followed in order to obtain the
good quality and quantity of yield in dairy and poultry farming?
i. Proper housing facilities having hygienic conditions
ii. Preventing the entrance of sunlight into the cattle
farms
iii. Prevention and control of diseases and pests
iv. Maintenance of proper temperature
(a) (i) and (iii)
(b) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(c) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(c)
20. “Drones”
in the honeybee colony are stingless and are unable to gather food. Their main
role is to mate with queen bee and help in breeding. Drones are born out from
which of the following?
(a) Fertilized eggs and well-nourished larvae
(b) Unfertilized eggs
(c) Fertilized eggs giving heat treatment
(d) Same way as the worker bee is born
Answer:
(b)
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