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Why is vivipary an undesirable character for annual crop plants?

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  1. It reduces vigour of the plant

  2. It adversely affects the fertility of the plant

  3. The seeds exhibit long dormancy

  4. The seeds connot be stored under normal conditions for next season

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following is true for Cash crop farming?

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  1. Cash crop farming is for profit

  2. Monocropping or sole cropping, which is the growing of a single crop on a piece of land, is

    common with cash crop

  3. It is called commercial farming

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Explanation: A cash crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term cash crop is applied exclusively to the agricultural production of plants; animal agriculture is not a part of the terminology.

A crop plant which can grow in nitrogen deficient soils without external supply of it is?

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  1. Allium sativum

  2. Gossypium herbaceum

  3. Cajanus cajan

  4. Helianthus annus

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Correct Option: C

Feathery stigma occurs in.

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  1. Pea

  2. Wheat/ Jowar

  3. Datura

  4. Caesalpinia

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Correct Option: B

Krishna/Ratna and 'Jaya' are varieties of

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  1. Maize

  2. Wheat

  3. Rice

  4. Barley.

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Correct Option: C

Principal cereal crop of India is

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  1. Wheat

  2. Rice

  3. Maize

  4. Barley.

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following plants is used to extract the blue dye?

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  1. Trifolium

  2. Indigofera

  3. Lupin

  4. Cassia

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The name of the plant is Indigofera tinctoria , which is under the family fabaceae.  This plant is used to produce blue denim jeans. On average a single pair of blue denim jeans need 3-12 gram of indigo.

This plant is required to do dye wool and silk products. This plant is normally found in tropical area. Indigo is very safe for the human skin and it is also chemical free.
Correct answer is B.

_____________ is a practice of clearing and burning the forest area for cultivation of crops for 3-4 years and shifting.

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  1. Jhum cultivation

  2. Horticulture

  3. Taungya cultivation

  4. Agrisilviculture

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Correct Option: A

When a fertilizer contains at least two or more nutrients is called as _____ fertilizer.

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  1. Simple

  2. Complex

  3. Chemical

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Complex fertilizers (also known as compound fertlizers) are made from mixing two or more of macro-nutrient type fertilizers. They may also be further blended with elements that provide some of the less-common plant nutrients (known as secondary or trace nutrients, such as sulfur, calcium and magnesium).

Thus, the correct answer is option B.

In high yielding `hybrid crop varieties', to exploit hybrid vigour, the farmers need to purchase fresh hybrid seed every year, because

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  1. They are not allowed to grow their own seed

  2. The hybrid vigour is lost due to inbreeding depression

  3. The government of India has accepted Dunkel's proposals

  4. It is cheaper to purchase fresh seed

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Correct Option: B