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This section includes 448 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Indian Geography knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 251. |
Who announced the introduction of |
| A. | Pranab Mukherjee |
| B. | Manmohan Singh |
| C. | P. Chidambaram |
| D. | Arun Jaitly |
| Answer» B. Manmohan Singh | |
| 252. |
Which of the following has not been a component of the agriculture strategy that brought about the Green Revolution? |
| A. | Greater intensity of crops |
| B. | Guaranteed maximum prices |
| C. | New agriculture technology |
| D. | Package of inputs. |
| Answer» C. New agriculture technology | |
| 253. |
Among the items of export of agricultural and allied products from India during the year |
| A. | Tea |
| B. | Coffee |
| C. | Rice |
| D. | Marine products |
| Answer» D. Marine products | |
| 254. |
When was |
| A. | Mid of 9th Five -Year Plan |
| B. | End of 10th Five-Year Plane |
| C. | Mid of 11th Five-Year Plan |
| D. | End of 11th Five- Year Plan |
| Answer» E. | |
| 255. |
The importance of agruculture in Indian economy is indicated by its conribution to which of the following? |
| A. | National income and Employment |
| B. | Industrial development and international trade |
| C. | Supply of food grains |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 256. |
In India, which of the following have the highest share in the disbursement of credit to agruculture and allied activities? |
| A. | Commercial Banks |
| B. | Co- operative Banks |
| C. | Regional Rural Banks |
| D. | Microfinance Institutions |
| Answer» B. Co- operative Banks | |
| 257. |
Consider the following statements : |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2. |
| Answer» C. Both 1 and 2 | |
| 258. |
Which is the agency the Government has engaged to grade and standardize various products? |
| A. | Food Corporation of India |
| B. | Directorate of Marketing and Inspection |
| C. | Bureau of Indian standards |
| D. | Central Statistical Organisation |
| Answer» C. Bureau of Indian standards | |
| 259. |
What is the contribution of livestock in agricultural sector? |
| A. | 5% |
| B. | 15% |
| C. | 25% |
| D. | 10% |
| Answer» D. 10% | |
| 260. |
Which of the following ministeries is implementing the National Bamboo Mission in India? |
| A. | Ministry of Science and Technology |
| B. | Ministry of Rural development |
| C. | Ministry of Agriculture |
| D. | Ministry of North-Eastern Region |
| Answer» D. Ministry of North-Eastern Region | |
| 261. |
The term Green Revolution has been used to indicate higher production through |
| A. | Creation of grasslands |
| B. | Planting more trees |
| C. | Creation of gardens in urban areas |
| D. | enhanced agricultural productivity per hectare |
| Answer» E. | |
| 262. |
Choose the correct statement in the context of Cooperative Banks in India. |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 1 and 2 |
| C. | 1 and 3 |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. 1 and 2 | |
| 263. |
With reference to the agriculture sector of India, consider the following statements |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2. |
| Answer» B. 2 only | |
| 264. |
Which one of the following five year plans has the highest GDP growth rate in Agriculture sector in India? |
| A. | Eighth Five Year Plan |
| B. | Ninth Five Year Plan |
| C. | Tenth Five Year Plan |
| D. | Eleventh Five Year Plna |
| Answer» B. Ninth Five Year Plan | |
| 265. |
Which one of the following agencies is implementing the National Agricultural Insurance Schemes (NAIS) in India? |
| A. | General Insurance Corporation of India Limited |
| B. | Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited. |
| C. | National Assurance Company of India Limited. |
| D. | Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 266. |
Consider the following statement : |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 267. |
The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research is located at which among the following places? |
| A. | Bhopal |
| B. | Jaipur |
| C. | Lucknow |
| D. | Bengaluru |
| Answer» E. | |
| 268. |
Consider the following reason. |
| A. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| B. | 1 and 3 |
| C. | 2 and 3 |
| D. | 2 only |
| Answer» B. 1 and 3 | |
| 269. |
With reference to agriculture sector of India, consider the following statements. |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» C. Both 1 and 2 | |
| 270. |
Which of the following schemes is not included in the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY)? |
| A. | National mission for protein supplements |
| B. | Saffron mission |
| C. | Accelerated fodder development programme |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 271. |
What is the main aim of the Agriculture and Allied sector in the approach paper to the Twelfth Five Year plan ? |
| A. | To achieve the target of compounded GDP growth rate of 58%. |
| B. | To achieve the growth rate of more than 5%. |
| C. | Redouble the efforts to ensure 4% average growth. |
| D. | Redouble the efforts to ensure 6% average growth. |
| Answer» D. Redouble the efforts to ensure 6% average growth. | |
| 272. |
Consider the following statements about the different seed production cycles. |
| A. | 1, 2 and 3 |
| B. | 1 and 2 |
| C. | 1 and 3 |
| D. | 1 only |
| Answer» E. | |
| 273. |
In which year National Seed Policy was announced ? |
| A. | 2000 |
| B. | 2002 |
| C. | 2003 |
| D. | 2004 |
| Answer» C. 2003 | |
| 274. |
Consider the following statements given above is/are correct ? |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» D. Neither 1 nor 2 | |
| 275. |
Which of the following is the chief characteristic of mixed farming? |
| A. | Cultivation of both cash crops and food crops |
| B. | Cultivation of two or more crops in the same field. |
| C. | Rearing of animals and cultivation of crops together |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 276. |
Consider the following statement about National Watershed Development project for rain-fed areas launched in India ? |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» B. 2 only | |
| 277. |
Total area of land under crops counting the double cropped areas twice is called |
| A. | Cropped area |
| B. | Gross cropped area |
| C. | Net area sown |
| D. | Maximum area sown |
| Answer» D. Maximum area sown | |
| 278. |
In UP the Kharif crop is sown during |
| A. | January-February |
| B. | April-May |
| C. | June-July |
| D. | October-December |
| Answer» D. October-December | |
| 279. |
Consider the following statments |
| A. | 1 only |
| B. | 2 only |
| C. | Both 1 and 2 |
| D. | Neither 1 nor 2 |
| Answer» D. Neither 1 nor 2 | |
| 280. |
The leading producer of opium in India is |
| A. | Rajasthan |
| B. | Gujarat |
| C. | Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | Haryana |
| Answer» D. Haryana | |
| 281. |
Which one of the following methods of |
| A. | Mulching |
| B. | Shelter belt |
| C. | Gully Plugging |
| D. | Terracing |
| Answer» C. Gully Plugging | |
| 282. |
Indian agriculture |
| A. | land surplus, labour scare economy |
| B. | land surplus, labour surplus economy |
| C. | land scare, labour surplus economy |
| D. | land scare, labour scare economy |
| Answer» D. land scare, labour scare economy | |
| 283. |
The term |
| A. | creation of grasslands |
| B. | planting more trees |
| C. | creation of gardens in urban areas |
| D. | enhanced agricultural productivity per hectare |
| Answer» E. | |
| 284. |
As we all know, a lot of people from underdeveloped state migrate to various progressive States as a agricultural labour. What are the major problems of agriculture in India owing to which people have to leave their own land and work as labourer on somebody else's farm/land? |
| A. | Only 1 |
| B. | Only 2 |
| C. | Only 3 |
| D. | All the three |
| Answer» E. | |
| 285. |
In which of the following years was the |
| A. | 1955 |
| B. | 1960 |
| C. | 1965 |
| D. | 1970 |
| Answer» D. 1970 | |
| 286. |
Which of the following provides the |
| A. | Co-operative Banks |
| B. | Regional Rural Banks |
| C. | Commercial Banks |
| D. | Co-operative and Regional Rural Banks |
| Answer» D. Co-operative and Regional Rural Banks | |
| 287. |
The apex institution in the sphere of |
| A. | State Bank of India |
| B. | Reserve Bank of India |
| C. | Regional Rural Bank |
| D. | NABARD |
| Answer» E. | |
| 288. |
Where |
| A. | Kumaraganj, Faizabad |
| B. | Pantnagar |
| C. | Kanpur |
| D. | Naini, Allahabad |
| Answer» C. Kanpur | |
| 289. |
The head office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARAD) |
| A. | Lucknow |
| B. | Hyderabad |
| C. | New Delhi |
| D. | Mumbai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 290. |
The impact of |
| A. | Wheat |
| B. | Rice |
| C. | Pulses |
| D. | Oil Seeds |
| Answer» B. Rice | |
| 291. |
Indian Green Revolution |
| A. | Pantnagar |
| B. | Bangaluru |
| C. | Kanpur |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» B. Bangaluru | |
| 292. |
The apex organisation of |
| A. | FCI |
| B. | NAFED |
| C. | National Co-operative Union |
| D. | National Agriculture Marketing Board |
| Answer» C. National Co-operative Union | |
| 293. |
Under which |
| A. | Third |
| B. | Fifth |
| C. | Seventh |
| D. | Ninth |
| Answer» B. Fifth | |
| 294. |
In India, which of the following have the |
| A. | Commercial Banks |
| B. | Co-operative Banks |
| C. | Regional Rural Banks |
| D. | Microfinance Institutions |
| Answer» B. Co-operative Banks | |
| 295. |
Who is known as |
| A. | M.S. Swaminathan |
| B. | V. Kurien |
| C. | K.N. Bahal |
| D. | B.P. Pal |
| Answer» C. K.N. Bahal | |
| 296. |
Dr. M.S. Swaminathan |
| A. | Nuclear Physics |
| B. | Agriculutre |
| C. | Astrophysics |
| D. | Medicine |
| Answer» C. Astrophysics | |
| 297. |
An objective of the |
| A. | Rice, and wheat only |
| B. | Rice, wheat and pulses only |
| C. | Rice, wheat, pulses and oil seeds only |
| D. | Rice, wheat, pulses, oil seeds and vegetables |
| Answer» C. Rice, wheat, pulses and oil seeds only | |
| 298. |
Agriculture sector |
| A. | 20% |
| B. | 30% |
| C. | 40% |
| D. | 65% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 299. |
Which is NOT a source of |
| A. | Co-operative Societies |
| B. | Commercial Banks |
| C. | Regional Rural Banks |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 300. |
NABARD |
| A. | Fourth Five Year Plan |
| B. | Fifth Five Year Plan |
| C. | Sixth Five Year Plan |
| D. | Eighth Five year Plan |
| Answer» D. Eighth Five year Plan | |