Horticulture MCQ Question and Answer | Agriculture MCQ Question

In this classification, all the vegetable crops requiring similar cultural requirements are grouped. This method of classification is of much practical value for farmers and students of Olericulture.
Based on culture is the most convenient method of classification of vegetables and these are:
Cole crops, leafy vegetables, salad vegetables, Root vegetables, cucurbit crops, solanaceous crops, pea and beans (Pod vegetables), bulb vegetables, perennial vegetables and tuber vegetables.

Papaya is the most susceptible fruit crop to water logging.
It is highly susceptible to waterlogging, even 2.5 cm of water standing around the tree for a few hours is likely to kill the plants.
Papaya can grow on a variety of soils, yet the best soil is deep, rich, alluvial soil on the banks and deltas of rivers in India.
The most important requirement for successful papaya cultivation is that the soil should have good drainage and be properly prepared before planting.

The preservative used in the canning of mango pulp is Potassium metabisulphate.
Mango pulp was preserved with the addition of potassium sorbate (PS), sodium benzoate (SB) and citric acid in combination while potassium metabisulphite (KMS) is used alone.
Mango should be packed relatively tightly in the jars because the fruit will shrink in the canner during processing.

The edible portion of Elephant Foot Yam is a Modified stem, much of the elephant foot yam can be eaten. When the leaves of the plant wither and die, the corm or tuber can be dug up and eaten. It is a remunerative and profitable stem tuber crop.
Elephant foot yam is a tropical tuber crop and can be raised as a cash crop.
The crop is gaining popularity due to its shade tolerance, easiness in cultivation, high productivity and less incidence of pests and diseases.

Bajrang and Swarna are the cultivars of Cabbage.
Bajrang: heads are dark green, smooth, highly compact, outer leaves are upright, mature in 65 days but can stand on the field for 45 days after maturity, and tolerate high temperatures up to 36 degrees Celcius. It is resistant to Fusarium wilt.
Swarna: the head is round, head weight 3 kg, strong smooth outer leaves, matures in 110 days.

Tag colour of the foundation seed is White, which means a white colour certificate is issued for the foundation seed by seed certification agencies.
Foundation seed stocks grew by or under the supervision of a public agency for use in the production of registered and certified seeds.
And the tag is the assurance that the seeds were analyzed and went through laboratory procedures for certification.

Knol khol comes under the Brassica family of vegetables. It is rich in antioxidants and is a good source of dietary fiber.
The edible part of knol-khol is the swollen stem. It is a greenish-white-colored big and round vegetable, similar to cabbage, although it does not have leaves covering it. There are long light green coloured extrusions. Which come out as its shoots.

AGMARK (Grading and Marketing) act was passed in the 1937 year.
AGMARK is a certification mark employed on agricultural products in India, assuring that they conform to a set of standards approved by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection.
The term AGMARK was coined by joining the words 'Ag' for agriculture and 'mark' for a certification mark. The head office is situated in Faridabad, Haryana.
The present AGMARK standards cover quality guidelines for 224 different commodities spanning a variety of pulses, cereals, essential oils, vegetable oils, fruits and vegetables and semi-processed products like vermicelli.

Granulation is drying up, becoming hard with greyish colour and enlargement of the juice vesicles with an increase in pectin, lignin, etc. resulting in a reduction of the juice content.
It is a common physiological disorder of postharvest citrus fruit. It results in the rapid deterioration of sugars and organic acids of fruit, disordered juice sacs become hard and even lose their edible value. Thus, granulation was emerging as a heavy threat to the citrus industry development.

All the given options are Mango, Banana, Bael, Jackfruit, Aonla, Phalsa, etc. are indigenous fruits to India. These fruits are locally produced, socially and culturally accepted as local foods and eaten by previous generations or introduced for a very long time.
Indigenous foods are plant and animal-based foods that are naturally existing and produced in specific locations and consumed as part of traditional diets.