High Yielding Facts for ARS NET Examination

1. Which GM crop occupies largest area in world

• Soyabean

2.Total agro-climatic zones in India

• 15

3.Total agro-ecological  regions in India

• 8

4.Optimum forest area required

• 33% of geographical area

5. Instruments used to measure atmospheric pressure

• Barometer

6. Dominant soil group in India

• Alluvial 

7.  Sedimentary rocks

• Dolomite, Lime stone & Sand Stone

8. Metamorphic rocks

• Quartzite, Slate & Gneiss Marble

9.  Igneous rocks

• Granite, Basalt & Syenite

10. Kharif crop

• Rice, Millets (Bajra &Jowar)

• Kharif  season:June-October

11. Rabi crop

•   Wheat, Barley, Mustard, Gram & Peas

• Rabi season:November-February

12. Farmer's day (Kisan Divas)

• December 23

13. The Precursor of Vitamin A is

• Beta -carotene  
• Vitamin A rich rice: Golden rice

14. Miracle rice

• IR-8 is the cultivar of rice

15. Global Warming is caused due to

• CO2, CFCs and CH4 gases

16. The Student T-test was discovered by

• W.S.Gosset

17. HD-2285 is a variety of 

• Wheat

18. Pectin rich fruit is

• Guava

19. Anti- sterility vitamin is

• Vitamin -E  
• More about Vitamin

20. Father of Pedology (Soil Science)

• Dokuchaev

21 . Dwarfing gene of rice

• Dee-gee-woo-gene

22. ANOVA table stands for 

• analysis of variance

23. Which type of water is most available to plants?

• Capillary water

24. Lab to Land Programme started in the year of 

• 1979 

25. NABARD was established on 

• 12 July,1982

26. International Day for Biological Diversity is

• 22 May

27. Law of Tolerance was introduced by

• Shelford

28. National Biodiversity board is situated in

• New Delhi

29.Beaufort Scale is used to measure

• Wind Pressure

30. Food Corporation of India was established in 

• 1965

31. Piezometer is used for

• Measure the depth of water table

32. Ethephon

• 2-Chloroethyl phosphonic acid

33.Mexican dwarf wheat was evolved by

• Dr.N.E.Borlaug (father of Green revolution)
• Dr.M.S.Swaminathan (father of Indian Green revolution)

34. One bale of Cotton is 

• 170kg 

35. Which Pulse crop doesn't fix nitrogen from atmosphere?

• Rajma

36.Which Indian Scientist shared the World Food Prize for miracle Maize?

• Dr. Sruinder K. Vasal

37.World first super rice variety for saline/alkaline soil:

• Lunishree

38. Khaira disease in rice occurs due to the deficiency of 

• Zinc

39.Maximum oil seed crop produced in India

• Groundnut

40. Pungency of mustard is due to

• Isothiocyanate

41. Queen of Spices is

• Cardamom
• King of spices: pepper

42. The King of Fruits is

• Mango
• King of temperate fruits: Apple
• Queen of beverage fruit: Tea
• King of arid fruit: Ber
• Study of fruits: Pomology 
• Father of systemic pomology: De Condolle

43. World Food Prize 2011 awarded to

a) Smith and Adkisson
            b) Lobato, McClung, Paolinelli
            c) Dr. Mo nkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
            d) John Agyekum Kufuor & Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
            e) David Beckmann & Jo Luck

Ans:John Agyekum Kufuor & Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaFirst world food prize

• Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan received the first World Food Prize in 1987 for spearheading the introduction of high-yielding wheat and rice varieties to India’s farmers.