AGR 302.

Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management (1+1)

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dryfarming is practised mostly in which of the following regions in India?

a. North Eastern regions
b. Indo-Gangetic plains
c. Deccan region
d. Coastal plains

2. Which of the following statements about rainfed farming is incorrect?

a. disposal of excess water is a problem
b. maximum crop yields are impossible
c. involves use of high level of inputs
d. water erosion is a constraint.

3. Identify the incorrect statement from the following

a. All the dry farming areas are located in arid and semi arid regions only
b. Not all the arid and semiarid regions come under dry farming areas
c. When irrigation facilities are available, irrigated farming is practiced in arid and
semiarid regions also
d. Arid or semiarid refers to temperature regimes where as tropical or temperate
refers to moisture regimes of an area

4. Tamil Nadu can be classified under which of the following categories

a. Arid tropics
b. Arid temperate
c. Semiarid tropics
d. Semiarid temperate

5. International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) is located at_______
a. Rome, Italy
b. Geneva, Switzerland
c. Aleppo, Syria
d. Tainan, Taiwan

6. Which among the following statements about aridity and drought is incorrect
a. Aridity is a permanent feature
b. Drought is caused by deficit rainfall
c. Aridity is culmination of all climatic features
d. Drought is description of climate

7. Which among the following types of drought occurs in arid and semiarid regions only?
a. Permanent drought
b. Contingent drought
c. Seasonal drought
d. Invisible drought
8. Soil conservation practice recommended for slopes ranging from 16-33% is ---------------
a. Contour bunding
b. Basin listing
c. Graded ridging
d. Bench terracing

9. During drought which among the following plant hormones decreases?

a.Absicisic acid
b. Gibberelic acid
c. Ethylene
d. Betain

10. Regions which fall under Land capability classification of more than IV are not suitable for
a. Dryland Horticulture
b. Sylviculture
c. Hortipasture
d. Sylvipasture

11. Which among the following insitu moisture conservation practices is best suited for vertisols
a.Broad bed and furrow
b. Compartmental bunding
c. Basin listing
d. Tied ridging

12. Practice of growing fodder grasses and legumes and annual crops in rotation is called as
a. Contour farming
b. Ley farming
c. Alley cropping
d. Strip cropping

13. In which type of intercropping systems, interploughing is not feasible?

a. Strip intercropping
b. Row intercropping
c. Mixed intercropping
d. Multi-tier intercropping

14. Which among the following water harvesting structure is mainly aimed at recharging the
ground water?
a. Farm ponds
b. Percolation ponds
c. Dug out ponds
d. Embankment ponds

15. Type of mulching created by stirring the surface soil to break the continuity of capillary pores
for moisture conservation is called ---------
a. Vertical mulching
b. Dust mulching
c. Stubble mulching
d. Live mulching
16. Kaolin is an example for which of the following types of anti-transpirants?
a. Film forming type
b. Stomatal closing type
c. Growth retardant type
d. Reflectant type

17. Under deep vertisols, due to sticky nature of soil, which of the cropping systems is best
suited?
a. Single rainy season cropping
b. Assured double cropping
c. Single post rainy season cropping
d. Intercropping during monsoon

18. Which among the following trees are not suited for dryland horticulture
a. Mango, amla and cashew
b. Ber, guava and pomegranate
c. Sapota, jamun, custard apple
d. Banana and papaya

19. Which among the following crops can be ratooned and regrowth grown as grain crop as a
contingency measure?
a. Sorghum
b. Pearl millet
c. Maize
d. Redgram

20. Which of the following forage crops is an example for perennial grass?
a. Stylosanthus
b. Lucerne
c. Cenchrus
d. Desmanthus

21. Which among the following practices is considered as non monetary input?
a. Seed treatment
b. Integrated weed management
c. Integrated pest management
d. Optimum time of sowing

22. Which of the following components is not suitable for dryland integrated farming systems?
a. Sheep
b. Cow
c. Goat
d. Buffalo

23. Which among the following statements about labour management is true?
a. Services of labor cannot be stored
b. Management of human labor requires specific skill
c. Labour comes in divisible unit
d. In small farms family labor constitutes a considerable share
24. The type of intercropping system which promotes maximum utilization of solar radiation is
a. Row intercropping
b. Strip intercropping
c. Relay intercropping
d. Multi-tier intercropping

25. Which of the following is a non-leguminous green leaf manure?

a. Neem
b. Ailanthus
c. Glyricidia
d. Leucaena

26. Which among the following methods is an agrostological insitu moisture conservation?
a. Contour farming
b. Ley farming
c. Terrace farming
d. Strip cropping

27. Which among the following is best suited for sowing small grain seeds?
a. Cup feed seed planter
b. Hill drop planter
c. CRIDA drill plough
d. Air assisted seed drill

28. Growing of crops in between rows of trees is best referred to as ----------------------

a. Intercropping
b. Mixed cropping
c. Alley cropping
d. Strip cropping

29. Cultivation of crops in areas with annual rainfall of less than 750 mm is referred as ______

a. Dryland farming
b. Dryfarming
c. Rainfed farming
d. Response farming

30. Which of the following statements about dryfarming is correct?

a. disposal of excess water is a problem
b. maximum crop yields are possible
c. involves use of high level of inputs
d. wind erosion is a constraint.

31. International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics is located at
a. Hyderabad, Telangana
b. Rome, Italy
c. Jodhpur, Rajasthan
d. Aleppo, Syria
32. Rainfed farming is followed under which of the following regions
a. Arid
b. Humid
c. Semiarid
d. Arid and Semi arid

33. First systematic scientific research on dry farming areas was initiated in 1923 at ----------
a. Hyderabad
b. Sholapur
c. Kovilpatti
d. Manjri

34. Which among the following is a major constraint under rainfed farming regions
a. Wind erosion
b. Poor soil fertility
c. Poor drainage
d. Low rainfall

35. Regions which fall under Land capability classification of less than IV are best
recommended for
a. Crop production
b. Sylviculture
c. Hortipasture
d. Sylvipasture

36. Which among the following droughts is also called as soil drought and caused due to soil
moisture stress?
a. Meteorological drought
b. Hydrological drought
c. Atmospheric drought
d. Agricultural drought

37. Soil conservation practice recommended for slopes ranging from 16-33% is ---------------
a. Contour bunding
b. Basin listing
c. Tied ridging
d. Countour trenching

38. During drought which among the following plant hormones increases?
a. Absicisic acid
b. Gibberelic acid
c. Indole acetic acid
d. Cytokinin

39. In which type of soil is broad bed and furrow recommended?

a. Alluvial soils
b. Red soils
c. Black soils
d. Laterite soils
40. Which of the following alternate land use systems is suitable for marginal drylands
a. Dryland horticulture
b. Sylvipasture
c. Agrisylviculture
d. Alley cropping

41. The size of a small watershed is ---------------- ha

a. 10 – 100
b. 100 - 1000
c. 1000 – 10,000
d. 10,000 – 50,000

42. Intercropping is recommended when the Length of growing period is ----------------

a. < 10 weeks
b. 10 – 20 weeks
c. 20 – 30 weeks
d. > 30 weeks

43. The seed hardening chemical recommended for sorghum is --------------------

a. 2 % Na2So4
b. 2% KH2PO4
c. 1% Cacl2
d. 1% Nacl

44. Phenyl mercuric acetate is an example for which of the following types of anti-transpirants?
a. Film forming type
b. Stomatal closing type
c. Growth retardant type
d. Reflectant type

45. Which of the following contingency cropping practice is recommended if the population
reduction is more than 20 %?
a. Gap filling
b. Mulching
c. Resowing
d. Anti-transpirant spray

46. Which among the following is best suitable if the length of growing period is > 30 weeks?
a. Single cropping
b. Intercropping
c. Relay cropping
d. Double cropping

47. Which of the following insitu moisture conservation practice is recommended for slopes
more than 33%
a. Contour ridges
b. Contour stone wall
c. Contour trenches
d. Contour farming
48. Invisible drought occurs usually in __________ region
a. Arid
b. Semiarid
c. Sub-humid
d. Humid

49. Surface crusting is a constraint in __________

a. Black soils
b. Red soils
c. Lateritic soils
d. Alluvial soils

50. Which among the following methods is a cultural method of moisture conservation
a. Tied ridging
b. Summer ploughing
c. Ley farming
d. Contour Bunding