1. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of which of the following in India?
a) Cereal crops
b) Pulse crop
c) Oilseeds
d) Spice crops
Answer. a) Cereal crops
2. The commercial crop of Uttar Pradesh is
a) Jute
b) Sugarcane
c) Cotton
d) Oilseeds
Answer. b) Sugarcane
3. What is the total share of arable land ( Fertile land) of India in Uttar Pradesh?
a) 9.5 %
b) 10.5 %
c) 17 %
d) 20 %
Answer. b) 10.5 %
4. Which of the following crops of Uttar Pradesh has the shortest growing period?
a) Gram
b) Masoor
c) Tur
d) Mung
Answer. d) Mung ( 60 days)
5. What is the share of the population working in the agriculture sector in Uttar Pradesh?
a) 60 %
b) 62 %
c) 73 %
d) 75 %
Answer. a) 60 % ( 59.3 %)
6. Saffron cultivation is being done in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
a) Mathura
b) Aligarh
c) Sonbhadra
d) Saharanpur
Answer. b) Aligarh
7. What is the crop intensity of Uttar Pradesh?
a) 110 %
b) 135 %
c) 157.53%
d) 175 %
Answer. c) 157.53%
8. Which of the following is the most effective way to increase the productivity of crops?
a) High quality of seeds
b) Access to agriculture credit
c) Kisan Credit Card
d) Developing research facilities
Answer. a) High quality of seeds
9. Mostly Soybean crops are grown in which region of Uttar Pradesh?
a) Eastern UP
b) Central UP
b) Vindhya region
d) Bundelkhand region
Answer. d) Bundelkhand region
10. The cropping areas of which of the following pulse crops is the largest in Uttar Pradesh?
a) Mung
b) Tur
c) Pea
d) Gram crop
Answer. d) Gram
11. Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of which of the following crops in India?
1. Sugarcane
2. Paddy
3. Potato
4. Corn
Codes
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 3 and 4
d) 1 and 3
Answer. d) 1 and 3
12. Uttar Pradesh is not the largest producer ( number one in India) of which of the following crops in India?
a) Wheat
b) Barley
c) Sugarcane
d) Paddy
Answer. d) Paddy, West Bengal is number one in Paddy production.
13. Which of the following states is known as the "Bread Basket" of India after the Green Revolution?
a) Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab
b) Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana
c) Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Karnataka
d) None of the above
Answer. b) Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana
14. What is the share of production of Mentha Oil of Uttar Pradesh in India?
a) 60 %
b) 85 %
c) 75 %
d) 90 %
Answer. d) 90 %
Badayu, Rampur, Muradabad, Bareilly, Pilbhit, etc are the major producers of Mentha oil.
15. The largest irrigation source of Uttar Pradesh is
a) Canal irrigation
b) Tank irrigation
c) Tubewell
d) Well
Answer. c) Tubewell
Tubewell: 75 %
Canal: 15 %
Well: 9 %
16. The sowing period of Kharif Crop in Uttar Pradesh is
a) January to February
b) April to May
c) June to July
d) October to November
Answer. c) June to July
17. In which of the following places the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Research Council is located?
a) Lucknow
b) Varanasi
c) Noida
d) Kanpur
Answer. a) Lucknow
18. Match of the following
List I ( Product) List II( District)
A. Garlic 1. Mainpuri
B. Onion 2. Gazipur
C. Chilli 3. Devaria
D. Turmeric 4. Lalitpur
Codes:
A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 4 3 2 1
c) 4 3 1 2
d) 3 4 2 1
Answer. a) 1 2 3 4
19. The largest production of Amla happens in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
a) Pratapgarh
b) Jaunpur
c) Raibareily
d) Sonbhadra
Answer. a) Pratapgarh
20. In which of the following States, the area under Tube-well irrigation is the highest? ( UPPSC 2016)
a) Bihar
b) Haryana
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Punjab
Answer. c.
Uttar Pradesh > Rajasthan > Punjab > MP
21. The largest Sugar Mill in Asia is located at which of the following places in Uttar Pradesh? ( UPPSC 2016)
a) Khatouli
b) Balrampur
c) Bulandshahar
d) Najibabad
Answer. a,
The largest Sugar Mill in Asia is located at Khatouli, Muzaffarpur, UP.
Nine Jain temples are also located in Khatouli.
22. Which of the following is not correctly matched? ( UPPSC 2017)
Nitrogen-fixing agents Crop
a) Blue-green algae - Paddy
b) Rhizobium Leguminisarum: Pea
c) Azotobacter Wheat
d) Azolla Maize
Answer. d.
Azolla is the nitrogen-fixing agent in the paddy field and Laos works as a water purifier.
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