1. How many agro-climatic zones have been classified under the National Agricultural Research Project (NARP)?
A) 20
B) 127
C) 90
D) 150
Answer: B) 127
2. What is an agroecological region?
A) A land unit on the earth’s surface characterized by distinct ecological responses to macroclimate
B) A region that is divided based on administrative units
C) A region classified based on rainfall patterns
D) A region characterized by the length of growing period (LGP)
Answer: A) A land unit on the earth’s surface characterized by distinct ecological responses to macroclimate
3. Who has delineated the 20 agro-ecological regions in India?
A) ICAR
B) National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS & LUP)
C) FAO 1978
D) The State Agricultural Universities
Answer: B) National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS & LUP)
4. Which of the following is NOT an example of an arid ecosystem?
A) Western Himalayas
B) Western plain Kachohh
C) Deccan plateau
D) Northern plain
Answer: D) Northern plain
5. Which of the following agro-ecological regions has an LGP of 90-150 days?
A) Arid ecosystem
B) Semiarid ecosystem
C) Subhumid ecosystem
D) Humid-Perhumid ecosystem
Answer: B) Semiarid ecosystem
6. Which of the following agro-ecological regions is characterized by red and lateritic soils?
A) Eastern plateau (Chotanagpur) and Eastern ghats
B) Western Ghats and coastal plain
C) Eastern Himalayas
D) North eastern hills
Answer: A) Eastern plateau (Chotanagpur) and Eastern ghats
7. Which of the following agro-ecological regions is characterized by alluvial soils?
A) Eastern plain
B) Western Himalayas
C) Bengal and Assam plain
D) Eastern coastal plain
Answer: A) Eastern plain
8. Which of the following agro-ecological regions has an LGP of 210+ days?
A) Bengal and Assam plain
B) Eastern Himalayas
C) North eastern hills
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above
9. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of LGP?
A) It is an indicative of moisture availability
B) It is based on total rainfall
C) It is affected by landform and soil conditions
D) It is the direct indicative of moisture availability
Answer: B) It is based on total rainfall
10. Which of the following agro-ecological regions is characterized by real loamy and sandy soils?
A) Andaman Nicobar and Lakshadeep
B) Western Ghats and coastal plain
C) Eastern Himalayas
D) North eastern hills
Answer: A) Andaman Nicobar and Lakshadeep