Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy, employing over 50% of the workforce and contributing to over 15% of the GDP. India is the world's second-largest producer of food grains and the largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices.

Here you are given Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on the Agriculture in Indiathe topic of General Knowledge. First of all, you have to read all the GK questions related to Agriculture in India and click on one correct answer for each question. If your answer is correct, you will be displayed with a ✅ sign, but if your answer is wrong, a ❌ sign will be displayed, so that you can identify the correct answer you have given.

Q. The number of workers employed in the agriculture sector is what percent of the total number of workers in India?

 ◉ About 86%

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 ◉ about 64%

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 ◉ About 69%

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 ◉ About 54%

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Q. What does commercialization of agriculture refer to?

 ◉ production of crops for sale

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 ◉ Proclamation

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 ◉ Timber enhancement

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 ◉ Garden

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Q. Which was cultivated as Rabi crop by the people of Indus Valley?

 ◉ Maize

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 ◉ gather

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 ◉ rice

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 ◉ wheat

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Q. When is Kharif crop sown?

 ◉ At the beginning of the north-west monsoon

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 ◉ Eastern-Western monsoon starts

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 ◉ On the onset of south-west monsoon

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 ◉ At the beginning of the western-east monsoon

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Q. When are the Kharif crops harvested?

 ◉ in March-April

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 ◉ in October-November

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 ◉ in January-February

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 ◉ in december-january

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Q. Which is the most hardy crop in cereals?

 ◉ Sesame

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 ◉ High tide

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 ◉ Rice

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 ◉ Millet

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Q. If more than one crop is grown on a land in a year, then what is that farming called?

 ◉ intensive farming

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 ◉ Co -operative agriculture

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 ◉ Subsistence agriculture

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 ◉ Collective agriculture

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Q. Which crop can make the soil fertile with nitrogenous compounds?

 ◉ Oilseed crop

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 ◉ Cash crop

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 ◉ Rabi season crop

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 ◉ pulse crop

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Q. Which are the fiber crops?

 ◉ Cotton, Flax, Jute and Mesta

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 ◉ Wheat, gram and lentils

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 ◉ Gram, paddy and cotton

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 ◉ Cotton, lentils and wheat

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Q. The weather variable that most affects crop production in India?

 ◉ Spring

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 ◉ Summer

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 ◉ Sharad

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 ◉ Rain

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Q. Which state is associated with both "Coffee and Tea" as its main crops?

 ◉ Karnataka

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 ◉ Meghalaya

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 ◉ Kerala

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 ◉ Tripura

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Q. What is the benefit of adopting crop rotation?

 ◉ increases the production capacity of the land

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 ◉ Crops saved safely from pests

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 ◉ The production of crops is high

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 ◉ None of them

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Q. Out of the total area of crops in India, the maximum is used for the cultivation of?

 ◉ Wheat

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 ◉ rice

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 ◉ Gram

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 ◉ Lentils

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Q. What is the main food crop of India in terms of production?

 ◉ Wheat

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 ◉ rice

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 ◉ Soybean

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 ◉ Oilseed

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Q. Which of the following manure crops has the maximum protein content?

 ◉ Soybean

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 ◉ Gram

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 ◉ Vegetables

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 ◉ Lentils

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