Agriculture and Microbiology Quiz
Agriculture and Microbiology Quiz
SCIENCE
1. Match the lists A. March, April B. May, June
(a) Nitrosomonas (1) Denitrifying bacteria 7. Paddy cannot be grown in the winter season, because –
(b) Nitrobacter (2) Soil bacteria A. It needs a hot and humid climate.
(c) Pseudomonas (3) Nitrate bacteria B. It needs annual rainfall above 100 cm.
(d) Azotobacter (4) Nitrite bacteria C. It needs a levelled field of alluvial and clayey soil.
2. The process of loosening and turning the soil is called 9. Which of the following is not a harvesting festival?
3. The organic substance obtained from dead plants and 10. Combines are used for:
animal wastes is –
A. Tilling & sowing
A. Manure B. Fertilizer
B. Weeding & harvesting
C. Weedicide D. Pesticide
C. Manuring & irrigation
4. The conversion of nitrogen into nitrates is known as
D. Harvesting & threshing
A. Nitrogen fixation B. Ammonification
11. Which of the following is not a fertilizer?
C. Nitrate Assimilation D. Nitrogen cycle
A. Ammonium sulphate
5. Horticulture is the study that includes
B. Super phosphate
A. Fruits, vegetables and flowers
C. 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
B. All food crop
D. NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium)
C. Vegetable gardens and lawns near hotels only
12. Green revolution has been most successful in rotation
D. Some bush crops and apples for __________.
6. Kharif crops are sown in A. Wheat & Potato B. Barley & Rice
15. People were nomadic & wandered in groups from C. at the time of harvesting.
place to place in search of food and shelter till ______.
D. No need to remove them.
A. 500 B.C. B. 1000 B.C.
22. Plants contain nearly ____ water.
C. 10000 B.C. D. 500 A.D.
A. 50% B. 90% C. 75% D. 25%
16. Crops which are grown from March to June are called
23. Which of the following statements is not true about
–
manure?
A. Rabi Crops B. Kharif Crops
A. It enhances the water holding capacity of the soil.
C. Zaid Crops D. Monsoon Crops
B. It makes the soil porous due to which exchange of
17. Which of the following is not an example of Rabi gases becomes easy.
crop?
C. It is very rich in plant nutrients like nitrogen,
A. Potato B. Coriander phosphorus and potassium.
18. Loosening of soil is done because – 24. Which of the following precautions should be used at
the time of sowing of seed?
A. it allows the roots to penetrate deep into the soil.
A. There should be appropriate distance between the
B. helps in the growth of earthworms and microbes
seeds .
present in the soil.
B. Seeds should be sown at proper depth that they can
C. Both A & B
come out easily after germination.
D. None of these
C. Seeds should be covered by the soil after sowing.
19. Which of the following is not a traditional irrigation
D. All of these
method?
25. The process of obtaining food from animals by rearing
A. Pulley system B. Drip system
them at large scale is called –
C. Chain system D. Lever system
A. Domestication
20. Which of the following statements is false?
B. Animal husbandry
A. Freshly harvested grains should be stored after drying.
C. Cattle farming
B. Large scale storage of grains is done in silos and
D. Animal farming
granaries.
26. Which of the following pairs of diseases is caused by
C. The method of separating the unpleasant husk from
bacteria?
grains by air blow is called Winnowing.
C. T.B. 34. What causes the dough to rise when yeast is added to
it?
C. polio
A. An increase in temperature.
D. typhoid
B. An increase in amount of substance.
29. Micro-organisms act upon the dead plants to produce
– C. An increase in the amount of released water by yeast
cells.
A. Mushrooms
D. The release of Carbon dioxide gas.
B. Roughage
35. Which process takes place when yeast added to grape
C. Humus
juice and left for a week?
D. Decomposers
A. Decomposition
30. Which of the following is the smallest
B. Fermentation
microorganism?
C. Distillation
A. Bacteria
D. Oxidation
B. Virus
36. Which of the following products is/are produced by
C. Protozoan
using bacteria?
D. Algae
A. Antibiotics
31. Identify W, X and Y ?
B. Yogurt
C. Cheese
A. W- Virus, X- Fungus, Y- Bacteria
D. All of these
B. W- Bacteria, X- Protozoan, Y- Virus
37. Micro-organism which causes diseases is called –
C. W- Virus, X- Fungus, Y- Protozoan
A. Vector
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B. Pathogen D. P- Bacillus, Q- Spirillum, R- Vibrio, S- Coccus
A. Cholera B. Bacteria
B. Malaria C. Virus
C. Jaundice D. Fungi
A. Rhizobium B. Fermentation
B. Nitrosomonas C. Pasteurization
C. Azotobacter D. Centrifugation
42. Observe the given figure and identify P,Q,R and S? A. It should be taken only on the advice of a qualified
doctor.
A. Tuberculosis C. Nitrification
B. AIDS D. Ammonification
C. Hormones reach directly to the target regions A. It is soft, strong and light.
72. Which of the following features is true about the C. it is strong, elastic and light
exocrine glands?
D. it is soft, inexpensive and strong.
A. They are glands with the ducts
78. Which of the following chemicals is responsible for
B. These glands secrete sweat, sebum, mucus, and characteristic smells of fruits?
enzymes
A. Alcohol
C. Pancreas and liver are examples of exocrine glands
B. Ester
D. All of these
C. Yeast
73. Which of the following are types of endocrine glands?
D. Cellulose
A. Thyroid glands
79. PVC is an example of –
B. Adrenal glands
A. Thermosetting plastic
C. Parathyroid glands
B. Acrylic
D. All of these
C. Thermoplastic
74. From which part of sheep is wool is obtained?
D. Polyester
A. Skin
80. Polymer which made by a chain of large number of
B. Toes glucose units is called –
C. Fleece A. Acrylic
75. The process of taking out silk thread from the cocoon C. Cellulose
is known as –
D. Rayon
A. Rearing
81. Which of the following plastic products can be
B. Sorting remoulded?
C. Scouring A. Baseline
D. Reeling B. Melamine
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C. Polythene A. Acrylic
D. Polycot B. Nylon
D. It is remouldable. B. Polycot
C. Ester A. Melamine
C. Metal A. Biodegradable
C. Polyester A. Iron
D. Nylon B. Bromine
A. Teflon D. Phosphorus
C. Polyester A. copper
D. Nylon B. silver
A. Iron D. magnesium
C. Copper A. gold
D. Sodium B. copper
96. Name the gas that evolved when magnesium reacts C. silver
with dilute hydrochloric acid.
D. aluminium
A. Chlorine
102. Iron is galvanised by coating it with –
B. Oxygen
A. chromium
C. hydrogen
B. sodium
D. Nitrogen
C. magnesium
97. The metal which is not corroded by air, water and acid
D. zinc
is –
103. A mineral from which metal can be extracted on the
A. copper
commercial scale, economically is called –
B. zinc
A. ore
C. aluminium
B. metalloid
D. gold
C. corrosion
98. Metals are –
D. metal
A. soft and brittle
104. Which of the following is a non-metal?
106. Metal oxides are – 112. The property of metals by which they can be beaten
into thin sheets is called –
A. neutral
A. malleability
B. basic
B. ductility
C. acidic
C. conduction
D. all of these
D. expansion
107. Which substance is used for making pencil lead?
113. Which one of the following is a metal?
A. Sulphur
A. C
B. Silicon
B. N
C. Graphite
C. Mg
D. Aluminium
D. O
108. Which non-metal is used in making glass?
114. The property of metal by which it can be drawn into
A. Graphite
wires is called –
B. Sulphur
A. conductivity
C. Silica
B. malleability
D. None of these
C. ductility
109. Which metal is used in wrapping materials?
D. flexibility
A. Aluminium
115. Which of the following pairs of compounds undergo
B. Zinc displacement reaction when they react with each other?
B. inexhaustible natural resources 122. A natural gas stored under high pressure is called –
C. Hydrocarbons A. Peat
D. Alcohols B. Lignite
C. Anthracite
D. Bitumen
118. Which one is not a coal product? 124. Products obtained by the process of destructive
distillation are –
A. Coal tar
A. coke, coal-tar, coal gas
B. Coal gas
B. petrol, diesel, kerosene
C. Lime
C. paraffin wax, bitumen
D. Petrol
D. compressed natural gas
119. Which one of the following is a petrochemical?
125. The mining of sand termed as –
A. Ammonia
A. distillation
B. Coke
B. Sand mining
C. Acetone
C. shore mining
D. Paraffin wax
D. destructive distillation
120. Conversion of dead vegetation into coal is called –
126. Main constituent of LPG is –
A. carbonisation
A. methane
B. distillation
B. butane
C. coal gas
C. ethane
D. natural gas
D. octane
121. Full form of LPG –
127. Petroleum is found under the –
A. Light Petroleum Gas
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A. sedimentary rocks 133. What percent of the carbon content is present in
Bituminous coal?
B. water
A. 90% to 95 %
C. sand
B. 70% to 90 %
D. coke
C. 40% to 60 %
128. In which of the following places natural gas has not
been formed in India? D 30% to 35 %
B. Jaisalmer A. coke
D. Delhi C. tar
B. iron A. Lignite
C. aluminium B. peat
D. nickel C. anthracite
139. In India petroleum deposit was first found in the state C. Natural gas
of –
D. Petroleum gas
A. Gujarat
145. Which gas helps in the process of combustion?
B. Maharashtra
A. Cooking gas
C. Assam
B. Nitrogen gas
D. West Bengal
C. Oxygen gas
140. PCRA stands for –
D. Producer gas
A. Petroleum conservation research association
146. The amount of heat energy produced on complete
B. Public conservations research association combustion of 1 kg of a fuel is called –
C. CO2 B. Deodar
D. F2 C. Banyan
156. Long, long ago, which of the following trees was B. Arthritis
used to produce matchsticks?
C. Asthma
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D. Bone cancer B. use of biological control
A. Middle region < inner region < outermost region D. Kaziranga – Sea turtle
B. Outermost region < inner region < middle region 169. The process of conversion of fertile lands into deserts
is known as:
C. Inner region < outermost region < middle region
A. Famine
D. Inner region < middle region < outermost region
B. Acid rain
164. Combustion is a _____ chemical reaction –
C. Drought
A. volatile
D. Desertification
B. exothermic
170. A group of the population that are capable of
C. endothermic
interbreeding is known as:
D. none of the above
A. Species
165. No external heat is required to start –
B. Flora
A. simultaneous combustion
C. Sal
B. spontaneous combustion
D. Fauna
C. splendid combustion
171. Re-establishment of forest on a land that was cleared
B. spreading fire combustion for commercial/personal purpose is:
B. Biota C. Methane
D. migratory birds 182. Which of the following is not the effects of global
warming?
177. Which act was aimed at the preservation and
conservation of natural forests in India? A. Soil erosion
A. Destruction of habitats
C. It is the post office of the cell. 191. I am a double-membraned cell organelle. I produce
energy-rich molecules called ATP. I have my own genetic
D. Involved in detoxifying chemicals.
material. Who am I?
187. Which among the following is not the function of
A. Cell membrane
lysosomes?
B. Plastid
A. Breaking down of food particles.
C. Nucleus
B. Protection against the pathogens.
D. Mitochondrion
C. Perform photosynthesis.
192. Which of the following is the non-living part of the
D. Digest worn-out cells.
cell?
188. Assertion (A): Chromosomes are responsible for the
A. Cell membrane
transfer of characteristics from parents to offspring.
Statement 2: Amoeba and WBCs are both capable of D. All living organisms are composed of cells.
independent existence.
200. Who propounded Cell theory?
Statement 3: Amoeba and WBCs can change their shapes.
A. Matthias Schleiden
Statement 4: Amoeba and WBCs have cell membrane.
B. Theodor Schwann
A. Statement 3 is incorrect.
C. Robert Hook
B. Statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.
D. Both A and B
C. Statement 1, 2, 3 and 4 are incorrect.
201. Living cells were first discovered by –
D. Statement 4 is incorrect
A. Leeuwenhoek
196. If your father has brown eyes, you may also have
B. Robert Hooke
brown eyes. If your mother has curly hair, you might also
end up having curly hair. This transfer of characteristics C. Schwann
is due to the transfer of ______.
D. None of the above
A. Mitochondria
202. Endoplasmic reticulum was discovered by –
B. Lysosomes
A. Albert Claude & Keith Porter
C. Chloroplasts
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B. Schleiden & Schwann A. Golgi Apparatus
D. Leeuwenhoek A. Nucleus
C. Christian de Duve, 1949 213. Which of the following cell organelles is involved in
the breakdown of organic matter?
D. Felice Fontana, 1774
A. Lysosomes
208. Which of the following is a membrane less
organelle? B. Cytoplasm
D. Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum 220. How many parents are involved in sexual
reproduction?
215. Which of the following statements is true about
chromosomes? A. 0
B. Fertilisation C. Merino
D. Embedding 231. From which part of Finn Dorset, cell was obtained?
C. vegetative propagation 243. Statement 1: Sweat glands, salivary glands and oil
glands do not release their secretions directly into the
D. pollination
blood.
238. Which of the following is the female reproductive
Statement 2: These glands do not have ducts.
organ in plants?
A. Both the statements are correct.
A. Pistil
B. Only statement 2 is correct.
B. Pollen grain
C. Both the statements are incorrect.
C. Stamen
D. Only statement 1 is correct.
D. Ovule
244. Number of sex chromosomes in a human kidney cell
239. The transfer of pollens from the anther to stigma of
is
a flower is called –
A. One pair
A. fragmentation
B. Two pairs
B. fertilisation
C. Three pairs
C. pollination
D. Four pairs
D. reproduction
245. A female gamete carries ________ chromosome(s).
240. Which of the following is not the part of female
reproductive system in plant? A. one Y
B. Style C. two X
D. Growth of facial hair 261. Name the gland that is located at the base of the
throat, just inferior to the laryngeal prominence (Adam's
256. A human gamete has ________ sex chromosome(s).
apple).
A. Four
A. Pituitary
B. Half
B. Pineal gland
C. Two
C. Hypothalamus
D. One
D. Thyroid
257. The pituitary gland is located below the ______.
262. The endocrine gland responsible for the body's
A. Thalamus circadian rhythm is the:
B. A, B and C D. Parathyroid
C. Pancreas
A. Diabetes
D. Pituitary
B. Goitre
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266. Which part of a body secreted bile? C. Thyroxine
C. Pancreas A. Lipase
267. Which of the given organs of the body stored bile? C. Lecithin
A. Appendix D. Polythene
B. Pancreas A. Serotonin
C. Pituitary B. Endorphins
D. Thyroid C. Dopamine
293. The force exerted by a charged body on another A. Sum of two forces
charged body is called -
B. Difference between two forces
A. Gravitational force
C Both of these
B. Electrostatic force
D. None of these
C. Non-contact force
299. The strength of force is expressed by its
D. Contact force
A. Weight
294. Force changes the
B. Mass
302. A container is filled with water as shown in the given D. None of the above
figure. Which of the following statements is correct about
307. Force of friction always acts on moving objects and
pressure of water?
its direction shall be ____
A. On any direction
A. Pressure at A > Pressure at B > Pressure at C
B. Along the direction of motion
B. Pressure at A = Pressure at B = Pressure at C
C. Perpendicular to the direction of motion
C. Pressure at A < Pressure at B > Pressure at C
D. Opposite to the direction of motion
D. Pressure at A < Pressure at B < Pressure at C
308. If In a tug-o-war, when two teams are pulling a rope,
303. Two objects repel each other. This repulsion could and the rope does not move towards any team, it implies
be due to that
A. Frictional force only A. Equal force is being applied in the same direction
304. A brick is kept in three different ways on a table as 309. An example of a non- contact force is
shown in given figure. The pressure exerted by the brick
A. Force exerted by us to lift a bucket
on the table will be –
B. Push a stationary car
312. A batsman hits the ball for a boundary after the 318. Dimensions of Density is –
bowler i.e. four runs. The batsman thus
A. [M1 L1 T-2]
A. Changes the direction & speed of the ball
B. [M1 L-1 T-2]
B. Does not change the direction but speed only
C. [M-1 L1 T-3]
C. Does not change the speed but direction only
D. [M1 L-3 T0]
D. Does not change either direction or speed
319. The pressure of the water at the bottom of the pond
313. Density of a substance is defined as - is _______ at the surface of the pond.
314. SI unit for density is 320. A charged balloon attaches to a wall because of
______
A. kg cm-3
A. Electrostatic force
B. g cm-3
B. Gravitational force
C kg m-3
C. Muscular force
D. g m-3
D. Magnetic force
315. The density of water is
321. A dropper to fill ink works because of which of the
A. 100 kgm-3
following?
B. 10 kgm-3
A. Air pressure
C. 1000 kgm-3
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B. Electrostatic force 327. With increase of temperature, the frictional force
acting between two surfaces—
C. Friction
A. Increase
D. Magnetic force
B. Remain the same
322. The strength of a force is usually expressed by its
__________ C. Decreases
323. The ratio of force, acting perpendicular to the area, C. The density of air decreases with altitude
on which it acts is known as ________.
D. The buoyant force exerted by the air on the balloon is
A. Pressure greater than the weight of the balloon
324. A body is said to be under balanced forces when the C. High speed of the aeroplane
resultant force applied on that body is_____
D. Temperature difference
A. Zero
330. A sprayer works on the principle expounded by—
B. Infinite
A. Newton
C. One
B. Archimedes
D. None of these
C. Boyle
325. Pick out the scalar quantity—
D. Pascal
A. Velocity
B. Angular momentum
C. Speed
D. Torque