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APEDA stands for _____________________________.

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  1. Agricultural and Pure Food Products Export Development agency

  2. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

  3. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development agency

  4. Arid and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

APEDA stands for Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority. It was established by the Government of India under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act passed by the Parliament in December 1985. 

It has the following functions: development of industries relating to the scheduled products for export, registration of persons as exporters of the scheduled products, improving packaging and marketing, etc.

A farmer has been using excess quantities of chemical fertilizer in fields for a number of years.The crop yield began to reduce in spite of using chemical fertilizers.Which of the following statements are true?
a) The soil has become more acidic
b) The soil has become more alkaline
c) The yield can be improved by adding slaked lime to the soil.
d) The yield can be improved by adding some organic matter.
e) The yield can be improved by adding common salt.

civics agriculture in india - i : introduction agricultural reforms indian agriculture problem and policies plantation of crops

  1. A and E

  2. B and D

  3. B and E

  4. A and C

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The soil has become more acidic and the soil acidity can be decreased by adding slaked lime

Find out the negative effect of Green Revolution.

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  1. It has enabled us to have surplus food grains.

  2. The income of farmers has increased.

  3. It has led to rise in employment and development of nation.

  4. Fertility of the soil and human health has been adversely affected.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Green Revolution was a period of great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century. It has some negative effects as below:
1. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides caused erosion and pollution.
2. Loss of genetic diversity.
3. In drier locations, wheat yield gains fell drastically.
4. Excessive irrigation led to problems like leaching, water logging, etc.

Where in the world is horticulture commonly used as a subsistence pattern today?

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  1. Europe and North America

  2. Central Africa and the Amazon Basin of South America

  3. Japan, Korea, and China

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of growing plants is called horticulture. This branch of agriculture is the source of subsistence or survival for the people of Central Africa and the Amazon Basin of South America in which people have horticulture has their major occupation.

In which year was the Green Revolution implemented in India?

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  1. 1960-1962

  2. 1966-1967

  3. 1968-1969

  4. 1970-1972

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
There were two consecutive droughts in the country in the mid-1960s which resulted in a shortage of food supply and subsequent food crisis. This resulted in the import of food grains from other countries and with this was bought the Green Revolution. The new variety of HYV ( High Yielding Variety) of seeds was introduced which resulted in the boost of crop production in the country. Wheat seeds came from Mexico and that of rice came from the Philippines. These new HYV seeds were introduced along with the chemical fertilizers in the irrigated fields of Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat.

Which of the following helps in the 'greening process' of crops?

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  1. Sunshine

  2. Phosphatic fertilizers

  3. Nitrogenous fertilezers

  4. Potassic fertilizers

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Nitrogenous fertilizers take the foremost place among fertilizers since the deficiency of nitrogen in the soil is the foremost and crops respond to nitrogen better than to other nutrients. More than 80 per cent of the fertilizers used in this country are made up of nitrogenous fertilizers, particularly area.

Nitrogenous fertilizers helps in the greening process of crops

Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Cauvery, Narmada, Godavari and Krishna are extensive areas of _________.

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  1. Inland fisheries

  2. Estuarine fisheries

  3. Coastal fisheries

  4. Deep sea fisheries

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ganges, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Cauvery, Narmada, Godavari and Krishna are extensive areas of Inland fisheries. Inland fisheries are any activity conducted to extract fish and other aquatic organisms from inland water.

Which of the following fertilisers provides maximum amount of nitrogen?

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  1. Calcium Nitrate

  2. Urea

  3. Ammonium Sulphate

  4. Nitrolium

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Urea.
Of the commonly used dry fertilizers, urea contains the highest percentage of nitrogen and is rapidly replacing ammonium nitrate. When surface applied, urea is the most readily volatilized of the dry nitrogen materials. After application to the soil, urea will hydrolyze (combine with water) to form ammonium carbonate.

Green revolution encouraged ____________.

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  1. Plantation of more trees

  2. Organic farming

  3. Use of HYV seeds

  4. More use of machinery

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Green Revolution first started in Mexico and in 1964, the Government of India took up this concept to increase the foodgrain yield in India. Some 18,000 tonnes of High Yielding Varieties of wheat seeds and plenty of fertilisers were imported.