Plantation and Horticulture MCQ Quiz in मल्याळम - Objective Question with Answer for Plantation and Horticulture - സൗജന്യ PDF ഡൗൺലോഡ് ചെയ്യുക

The correct answer is Latin.

• The term Horticulture is derived from the Latin word: “hortus” meaning garden and "cultura” meaning cultivation.
• In ancient days the gardens had protected enclosures with high walls or similar structures surrounding the houses.
• The enclosed places were used to grow fruit, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants.
• Therefore, in original sense “Horticulture refers to cultivation of garden plants within protected enclosures".

The correct answer is Potassium

Key Points

• Potassium enhances the ability of plants to resist diseases, insect attacks, colds, and other adverse conditions.
• It plays an essential part in the formation of starch and in the production and translocation of sugars and is thus of special value to carbohydrate-rich crops.
• It involves in working of enzymes
• It helps in the production and movement of photosynthates to sink. 
• It helps in the proper uptake of other nutrients
• It influences tillering or branching of plants and the size and weight of grain.
• Over 80% of the absorbed potassium by the plant is found in straw.

The correct answer is UAE.

• Banana (Musa acuminata), also known as tree of wisdom, adams fig, apple of paradise.
• Humid tropical herb and day neutral plant.
• India is the leading country in banana production.
• Total production 32% of total fruit production.
• Area: Karnataka > Kerala > Andhra Pradesh.
• Production: Andhra Pradesh > Gujarat > Maharashtra.
• Productivity: Madhya Pradesh > Gujarat > Punjab.
• Export: UAE > Iran > Saudi Arabia.

The correct answer is Paddy.

Key Points

• The response of plants to the daylight period especially flowering behavior is called photoperiodism. 
• The term photoperiodism was coined by Garner and Allard (1920).

They classified plants into three categories: 

1. Short-day plants:  Such plants require a day length of lesser than 12 hours for flower initiation. 

                                   Examples are tobacco, soybean, paddy, generally Kharif crops, and many tropical plants. 

2. Long-day plants:  Such plants require more than 14 hours of daylight for flower initiation.   

                                   Examples are wheat, barley, sugar beet, castor, and generally Rabi crops 

3. Day-neutral plants: Such plants are unaffected by the day length.

                                      Examples are maize, tomato, buckwheat, sunflower, cotton, and cucumber.

The correct answer is Cotton.

Key Points

• Ginning is a process of separation of fiber from the cottonseed.
• In general, the ginning percentage ranges from 30-35% in cotton.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Pneumatic secateur.

1. Grafting knife:

• For cuting and defoliation of scion stick, making of chiesel point and "V" grooves for grafting.
• Slashing of thin twigs and for general purpose cuttings.

2. Shear:

• ​It is used for prunning and cutting of the orchard trees in standing position which are beyond reach.

3. Pneumatic secateur:

• It is used for prunning vines.

4. Dah:

• ​Used for cutting of small trees, shrubs and clearance of jungle growth.

The correct answer is Fungus

Key Points

• Rice blast caused by fungus Magnaporthe Oryzae, is generally considered the most important disease of rice worldwide because of its extensive distribution and destructiveness under favorable conditions
• Rice blast can affect most of the rice plants with the exception of the roots.
• The fungus can infect plants at any growth stage.
• The pathogen infects and produces lesions on the following parts of the rice plant: leaf (leaf blast), leaf collar (collar blast), culm, culm nodes, panicle neck node (neck rot), and panicle (panicle blast)

The correct answer is Israel.

Key Points

• Israel and Haryana Government have partnered to set up a Horticulture Project in the Karnal district.
• The Haryana government has set up an Indo-Israel horticulture project at Gharaunda in Karnal district at a cost of Rs 6 crore to enable farmers to grow unseasonal vegetables.
• The farmers could contact this vegetable center of excellence for increasing their income.
• This was stated by Chief Parliamentary Secretary Dharambir Singh.
• This project would provide an opportunity to the farmers to grow new kinds of vegetables, which would help them increase their income. 
• Under the project, farmers would be provided saplings of the unseasonal vegetables and they would be able to get more yield of the vegetables with less water.
• The unseasonal vegetables would fetch better prices in the mandis.

Additional Information

• The project has been set up over an area of 25 acres of land.
• Under the project, seedlings of various vegetables like tomato, seedless cucumber, and capsicums would be prepared in the greenhouse, poly house, net house and these saplings would be provided to the farmers on subsidy.
• The farmers could contact this vegetable center of excellence for increasing their income.

The correct answer is Marigold.

• Classification of crops according to their nature:

The correct answer is Silos
Key Points

• Large-scale modem storage structures known as silos and bins are used for bulk storage of foodgrains and oil seeds.
• These are vertical cylindrical storage structures with inbuilt facilities for loading, unloading, drying, cleaning, and bagging of foodgrains and oil seeds.
• Aeration, fumigation, and temperature recording facilities are also provided.
• Wheat, paddy, barley, and soybean can be safely stored in these structures.
• The silos are made of either steel or cement concrete.
• The metal silos are cheaper than the cement concrete silos.
• The silos are equipped with facilities to receive the grain in bags as well as in bulk.
• An integrated bulk handling, storage, and transportation system consist of silos in producing areas. bulk movement rail wagons with top loading and bottom discharge facilities.