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Question 81. Which of the following statements about Kharif and Rabi is not correct?

Kharif season begins with the onset of monsoon season and harvested in late Spring
Rabi season begins in Autumn after the rains and harvested in late Spring.
Kharif season begins with the onset of monsoon season and harvested in Autumn
Important Kharif crops are rice, millets, jute, maize and cotton; important Rabi crops are wheat, gram, barley and linseed

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Kharif season begins with the onset of monsoon season and harvested in late Spring
Answer: (a)Kharif crops refer to the planting, cultivation and harvesting of any domesticated plant sown in the rainy (monsoon) season on the Asian subcontinent. Such crops are planted for autumn harvest and may also be called the summer or monsoon crop in India and Pakistan.

Question 82. Which one of the following organisms can serve as a biofertilizer for rice crop?

Blue-green algae
Mycorrhizal fungi
Rhizobiumsp
Azotobacter

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Blue-green algae
Answer: (a)

Question 83. The ‘Blue Revolution’ is associated with

Agriculture
Irrigation
Iron and Steel Industry
Fishing

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> Fishing
Answer: (d)

Question 84. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List I
List II
(Area)
(Revolution)
A. Growth in Food Production
1. Green Revolution
B. Milk Production
2. Blue Revolution
C. Fisheries
3. White Revolution
D. Fertilizers
4. Grey Revolution
Codes: A B C D

1 3 2 4
2 4 3 1
3 1 4 2
3 2 4 1

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> 1 3 2 4
Answer: (a)

Question 85. What is India’s rank in the world in milk production ?

Fourth
Second
Third
First

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> First
Answer: (d)India continues to be the largest milk producing nation in the world with close to 17% of global production in 2010-11. The country's estimated milk production for 2010-11 is 121 million tones.

Question 86. Which of the following canal systems irrigate areas of Bihar?

Upper Ganga Canal
Sharda Canal
Triveni Canal
Eastern Yamuna Canal
None of the above/More than one of the above

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Triveni Canal
Answer: (c)Triveni Canal systems irrigate area of Bihar.

Question 87. ‘Yellow Revolution’ is associated with the production of

Poultry
Sunflower
Oil seeds
Gold

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Oil seeds
Answer: (c)The growth, development and adoption of new varieties of oil seeds and complementary technologies nearly doubled oil seeds production by the Technology Mission on Oil seeds, brought about the Yellow Revolution.

Question 88. The term ‘operation flood’ refers to

Flood control
Population control
Milk production
Foodgrain production

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> Milk production
Answer: (c)Operation Flood in India, a project of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) was the world’s biggest dairy development program which transformed India, from a milkdeficient nation, the largest milk producer in the world, surpassing the USA in 1998.

Question 89. India produces more than its need