Agriculture Technology — Homi Bhabha Exam Biology MCQs with Solutions
Free Homi Bhabha Exam Biology Agriculture Technology MCQs with step-by-step solutions (7 questions). Part of Biotechnology & Applied Biology. Practise online on Prepizo — no login needed.
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Questions with solutions
Q1 — Agriculture Technology · medium · theory
The dramatic increase in food-grain production in India through high-yielding varieties is called the:
A. Blue Revolution
B. Green Revolution ✓ Correct
C. Industrial Revolution
D. White Revolution
Solution: The Green Revolution greatly increased crop yields using HYV seeds, fertilizers and irrigation.
Q2 — Agriculture Technology · hard · theory
HYV seeds used in modern agriculture stand for:
A. Highly Volatile seeds
B. Hybrid Yellow Variety
C. High-Yielding Variety seeds ✓ Correct
D. Heavy-Yielding Vegetables
Solution: HYV = High-Yielding Variety — seeds bred to give a larger yield.
Q3 — Agriculture Technology · medium · theory
Bt cotton, which resists certain insect pests, is an example of a:
A. fertilizer
B. tissue-cultured animal
C. natural wild plant
D. genetically modified (GM) crop ✓ Correct
Solution: Bt cotton is genetically modified to produce a protein toxic to specific pests.
Q4 — Agriculture Technology · hard · theory
A water-saving irrigation method that delivers water drop by drop to plant roots is:
A. sprinkler over the whole field
B. rain only
C. flood irrigation
D. drip irrigation ✓ Correct
Solution: Drip irrigation supplies water directly to the roots, minimising wastage.
Q5 — Agriculture Technology · medium · theory
Biofertilizers improve soil fertility using:
A. salt
B. plastic
C. harmful chemicals
D. living organisms such as nitrogen-fixing bacteria ✓ Correct
Solution: Biofertilizers use microbes (e.g. Rhizobium, blue-green algae) to enrich the soil naturally.
Q6 — Agriculture Technology · hard · theory
Growing different crops on the same field in a planned sequence to maintain soil fertility is called:
A. deforestation
B. crop rotation ✓ Correct
C. over-irrigation
D. monoculture
Solution: Crop rotation alternates crops (e.g. cereals and legumes) to keep the soil fertile.
Q7 — Agriculture Technology · medium · theory
Crossing two different varieties of a crop to combine their good qualities is called:
A. grafting only
B. hybridisation ✓ Correct
C. pollution
D. evaporation
Solution: Hybridisation combines desirable traits of two varieties to create an improved crop.