Agriculture Plant products/Parts -Uses Poppy (Papaver Somniferum)- The plant from which opium (rich source of morphine) is obtained Cinchona- The plant from which anti-malarial drug quinine is obtained Cannabis – The plant from which Marijuana is obtained Coca plant- The plant from which the drug cocaine is obtained … Read more
Agriculture Scientific Name Common Name Allium Sativum- Garlic Zingiber officinale- Ginger Piper nigrum- Black Pepper Curcuma longa- Turmeric Syzygium aromaticum- Clove Bamboosa Aridinarifolia- Bamboo Ficus Benghalensis- Banyan Santalum Album- Sandalwood Azadhirachta Indica- Neem Murraya koenigii- Curry plant (leaves) Nicotina Tobaccum- Tobacco … Read more
Agriculture in India -Important Points 1- The history of Agriculture in India dates back to Indus Valley Civilization Era and even before that in some parts of Southern India. 2-India ranks second worldwide in farm output. 3-India exported $39 billion worth of agricultural products in 2013, making it the seventh largest agricultural exporter worldwide … Read more
Agriculture 1-The scientific study of soil is called pedology. 2-The Minimum Support Price for Foodgrains was introduced in the year 1964. 3-Triticum aestivum, the common bread wheat is hexaploid. 4- In 1966 , the adoption of High Yielding Variety Programme in Indian Agriculture has started. 5-The Black rust of disease of wheat is caused by … Read more
Names of Botanical Gardens and their locations Agri Horticultural Society of India Alipore, Kolkata Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden Shibpur, Kolkata Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden Guwahati Aligarh Fort Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Botanical Garden of the Department of Applied Botany Mangalore University, Karnataka Botanical Garden Chandigarh Curzon Park, Mysore Karnataka Empress Garden Pune Government … Read more
Agriculture -Facts 1-More than 6,000 different kinds of apples are grown around the world. 2-Tractors were invented in the 1880s to pull plows through fields 3-Guinea pig farms can be found in Peru and other Latin American countries 4-There are around 2.2 million farms in the United States 5-Pigs, a common farm animal, are thought … Read more
Scientific Names of Vegetables ,Fruits ,Spices and others – Vegetables: Common Name – Scientific Name Onion – Allium Cepa Tomato – Lycopersicon Esculentum Pumpkin – Cucurbita Moschata. Cauliflower – Brassica Oleracea Chilli – Capsicum Annuum Eggplant – Solanum Melongena Beans – Phaseolus VulgarisPalak – Spinacea Oleracea Soyabean – Glycine Max Pea – Pisum Sativum Lady … Read more
Agriculture -Important Points(Multiple Choice Q and Ans) 1-Aamrapali is the cross of— (A) Neelam x Dashaheri (B) Dashaheri x Langra (C) Langra x Dashaheri (D) Dashaheri x Neelam Ans : (D) 2-The size of clay particles are— (A) 1•0 mm (B) 0•2 – 0•02 mm (C) < 0•02 mm (D) < 0•002 mm Ans : … Read more
Agriculture G.K 1. The sub scheme of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana was started w.e.f. – 2011-12 2. Watershed Development Project in shifting Cultivation Areas scheme was started w.e.f.- 1992-93 3. Presently, the land degraded soils in India is about- 120.41 million hectares 4. National Bamboo Mission a centrally sponsored scheme was launched in the year- … Read more