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[#496] Match List-I (Vegetable Crops) with List-II (Insect Pests) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists. List I (Vegetable Crops) List II (Insect Pests) a. Cauliflower 1. Thrips b. Chilli 2. Diamond back moth c. Okra 3. Cut worm d. Potato 4. Shoot and fruit borer
Correct Answer

(A) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3

Explanation

Solution: Cauliflower is infected by Diamond Back Moth, It is one of the serious pests of cauliflower in India and worldwide. The greyish brown moth has typical white patches, which form a diamond-like appearance on the wings while in rest. It feeds on leaves and makes bite holes, causing excessive defoliation, mostly on the growing part i.e primordial. Chilli thrips are caused by Scirtothrips dorsalis . The infected leaves develop crinkles and curl upwards, Elongated petiole, Buds become brittle and dropdown. Early stage, infestation leads to stunted growth and flower production and fruit sets are arrested. Okra shoot and fruit borer are considered to be the major insect pest of the crop, which interferes with its economic production in almost all okra-growing countries. The larva bores into tender terminal shoots in the vegetative stage and flower buds, flowers and young fruits in the fruit formation stage. Potato is infected by cutworms. The caterpillars cause crop damage. They feed at night on young shoots or underground tubers. After tuber formation, they bore and nibble into the tubers affecting both tuber yield and market value.

[#497] Pusa Early Dwarf, Pusa Ruby and Angurlata are improved varieties of
Correct Answer

(B) Tomato

Explanation

Solution: Pusa Early Dwarf, Pusa Ruby and Angurlata are improved varieties of Tomato . Pusa Early Dwarf is typically dwarf, 50 - 55 cm in height with compact fruiting, slightly flat in shape, medium large, uniformly red, ribbed, obscure furrow, 5 - 6 locules, 30 - 40 fruits per plant. Maturity 55 - 60 days after transplanting. Suitable for the rainy season in plains and March sowing in Hills. Pusa Ruby is an Early maturity (60 - 65 days) variety suitable for autumn, winter & spring summer. Fruits are flattish round, small to medium, 4 - 5 locules and slightly acidic. 25 - 30 fruits per plant. Good for juice & ketchup. Angurlata is a vine variety of tomatoes.

[#498] Floating gardening is very much common in . . . . . . . . state.
Correct Answer

(D) Jammu and Kashmir

Explanation

Solution: Floating gardening is very much common in Jammu and Kashmir . A planting on soil buoyed up (as on the surface of a lake) by rafts of interlaced branches or other floating support is found chiefly in the Mexico City area and parts of Kashmir. Islands or floating gardens on the Dal Lake in Kashmir are formed from the weeds, after collecting them from the lake itself. Such weeds mostly consist of Typha augustata and Phragmites communis which are in the Kashmiri language known as Pech and Nargasa, respectively.

[#499] Bean used for making wine is
Correct Answer

(B) Broad bean

Explanation

Solution: Broad Bean is used for making wine. Any legume pods can be used to make wine, whereas broad beans are grown for wine processing as they have heavy pods. In addition to adding a slightly more rounded flavour to the wine, their sweet sugars should prevent the pod’s overall essence from being lost.

[#500] The seed requirement for carrot cultivation is
Correct Answer

(B) 5 - 6 kg/ha

Explanation

Solution: The seed requirement for carrot cultivation is 5 - 6 kg/ha. Carrot is a cool season crop and will develop a good colour when grown at 15°C to 20°C. The crop needs deep loose loamy soil. It requires a pH ranging from 6.0 to 7.0 for higher production. Carrot can be grown throughout the year at an elevation above 1500 metres with assured irrigation.