NABARD Agriculture
and Rural India MCQ’s (Set – 4)
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questions to maximize your score. The Agriculture and Rural India MCQ’s Section
carries 40 marks. For the clear idea of NABARD Prelims Exam, go through
this NABARD Agriculture and Rural India MCQ’s daily.
1. Name the
international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) which commits its parties or members by setting targets
for international binding emission reduction.
a) Paris
Agreement
b) Kyoto
Protocol
c) Doha
Amendment
d) Rio
Convention
e) Nagoya
Protocol
Answer: B)
Explanation: The Kyoto
Protocol is an international treaty which commits its parties to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. This was adopted in Kyoto, Japan on 11/12/1997 and
came into force on 2/16/2005. This was implemented by the UNFCCC to fight
global warming by reducing the level of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere.
2. Cleaner Air Better
Life, an initiative driven by multi - stakeholder consultations for airshed
management to control air pollution in Northern India, was initiated by
________.
a) PMSKY
b) CII -
NITI Aayog
c) ECOMARK
d) KVK
e) IHHL
Answer: B)
Explanation: ‘Cleaner
Air Better Life’ is an initiative by CII - NITI Aayog along with Ministry of
Environment Forests and Climate Change to formulate various solutions to combat
the poor air quality in Northern India due to burning agricultural waste.
Farmers are given awareness and information to adopt sustainable agricultural
practices for better biomass management.
3. One of the most
powerful mass movements supported by environmentalists, human right activists,
tribals, adivasis, famous personalities, and other general public to save river
Narmada named as Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) was started in the year?
a) 1985
b) 1983
c) 1982
d) 1986
e) 1989
Answer: A)
Explanation: Narmada
Bachao Andolan (NBA) is a mass movement started in 1985 against the
construction of a huge dam on the Narmada River. Narmada is a west flowing
river and supports a large variety of people with distinguished culture and
tradition like tribals and adivasis who have long been inhabited in the jungles
along the river. So, construction of huge dams will displace all these people
and will also disturb the entire ecological system.
4. Which of the
following is not under the eight missions of National Action Plan on Climate
Change (NAPCC)?
a) National
mission on Sustainable Habitat
b) National
Solar Mission
c) National
Mission for Green India
d) National
Mission for Sustainable Bovine Productivity
e) National
Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
Answer: D)
Explanation: The NAPCC
effectively pulls together a number of other national plans on water, energy,
agriculture etc. under eight missions. The Prime Minister’s Council on Climate
Change is in charge of its overall implementation. With the help of these
national measures, the plan pledges to reduce India’s per capita greenhouse gas
emissions. National Solar Mission, National Mission for Enhanced Energy
Efficiency, National Mission on Sustainable Habitat, National Water Mission,
National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem, National Mission for
Green India, National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture, and National Mission
for Strategic Knowledge on Climate Change are the eight missions of NAPCC.
5. The commercial
scale mud crab culture is developed in which ecosystem?
a) Marine
water
b) Cold
water
c) Inland
water
d) Brackish
water
e) Fresh
water
Answer: D)
Explanation: Mud crab
cultures are extensively grown in brackish water system as these crabs,
belonging to the genus Scylla, inhabits in coastal areas, estuaries and
backwaters. Mud crab farming is done either by grow - out culture or fattening
methods, of which, fattening method is the better one as its culture period is
short and profitable.
6. In cold smoking
method of fish preservation, the temperature should be maintained ________.
a) Below
30° C
b) Below 5°
C
c) At 0° C
d) Between
10 - 20° C
e) Above
30° C
Answer: A)
Explanation: Smoking
fish is one of the oldest types of fish preservation. There are four types of
smoking - hot, cold, combined hot & cold method and electrostatic method.
In cold smoking, temperature is maintained below 30℃. The meat
will not be cooked in this method and has to be cooked before consumption.
7. The Central Marine
Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has started a major project for promoting
a) Renovation
of fishing harbor.
b) Open sea
cage farming.
c) Fisheries
management in the EEZ.
d) Marine
fisheries economy.
e) Fish
farming subsidy.
Answer: B)
Explanation: Under the
Blue Revolution, launched by the Prime Minister, the CMFRI has started this
major project of open sea cage farming in Indian waters to provide training to
fishermen on this type of fish farming to boost mariculture. It is a type of
aquaculture production system using floating frames, net materials, and mooring
system with a floating net to hold and culture large number of fishes. These
cages can be installed in water sources of reservoirs, river, lake or sea.
8. Near Real Time
(NRT) Forest fire alert, one of the forest fire management initiatives
developed by Forest Survey of India (FSI) helps to detect forest fires in near
real time. This is done by using data from satellite system named as ________.
a) MODIS
b) INSAT
c) MDPS
d) GOES
e) SATCOM
Answer: A)
Explanation: FSI in
collaboration with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) has initiated this NRT
forest fire alert system and alerts State Forest Departments (SFD) of fire
locations detected by the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro -
radiometer) sensor onboard Aqua and Terra satellite and developed by NASA. As these
satellites pass over our country daily, fire alerts are now given in short
interval periods to SFDs through electronic messaging systems.
9. Taungya system;
also called as Kumari system in Southern India, originated in Myanmar and
meaning hill cultivation, was introduced into India by Dr. Brandis. This system
enables to:
a) Increase
the establishment cost.
b) Grow tea
plantations.
c) Regenerate
lands adjoining forests.
d) Grow
short term crops during the early years of the woody perennial plantations.
e) None of
the above.
Answer: D)
Explanation: Taungya
system, a form of agroforestry originated in Myanmar, enables farmers and
forest plantation workers to grow short term crops during the early years of
the plantation of woody perennials. This is done in order to facilitate
extensive use of the land which thereby helps to reduce establishment cost and
also to generate early income. This also helps to stimulate the growth of the
woody perennials.
10. Single - tree or
group selection cutting methods are terms associated with
a) Even -
aged silvicultural system
b) Uneven -
aged silvicultural system
c) Two -
aged silvicultural system.
d) Multi -
aged silvicultural system.
e) Non -
aged silvicultural system
Answer: B)
Explanation: Uneven -
aged method of silviculture is done to regenerate a forest stand to maintain
trees of three or more well - defined age classes differing in age, height, and
diameter. This is done by various methods like single tree selection, group
selection, and group selection with reserves. Uneven forest stands have an
uneven or irregular canopy.
