1. What is a crop?
A) A plant cultivated for economic purpose
B) A plant grown and/or harvested for obtaining yield
C) A plant that lives for three or more years
D) A plant grown in a dry region
Answer: B) A plant grown and/or harvested for obtaining yield
2. What are the types of classification used in crops?
A) Based on ontogeny, based on economic use, based on botany, based on seasons, based on climate
B) Based on size, based on color, based on location, based on taste, based on smell
C) Based on height, based on weight, based on width, based on length, based on thickness
D) Based on texture, based on appearance, based on shape, based on pattern, based on smell
Answer: A) Based on ontogeny, based on economic use, based on botany, based on seasons, based on climate
3. What are cereals?
A) Small-grained cereals that are staple foods in drier regions of developing countries
B) Cultivated grasses grown for their edible starchy grains that are used as staple foods
C) Leguminous plants whose seeds are used as food
D) Small grain-like seeds that are used as food
Answer: B) Cultivated grasses grown for their edible starchy grains that are used as staple foods
4. What are millets?
A) Small-grained cereals that are staple foods in drier regions of developing countries
B) Cultivated grasses grown for their edible starchy grains that are used as staple foods
C) Leguminous plants whose seeds are used as food
D) Small grain-like seeds that are used as food
Answer: A) Small-grained cereals that are staple foods in drier regions of developing countries
5. What are pulses?
A) Small-grained cereals that are staple foods in drier regions of developing countries
B) Cultivated grasses grown for their edible starchy grains that are used as staple foods
C) Leguminous plants whose seeds are used as food
D) Small grain-like seeds that are used as food
Answer: C) Leguminous plants whose seeds are used as food
6. What are annual crops?
A) Crops that live for three or more years
B) Crops that have a life span of two consecutive seasons or years
C) Crops that complete their life cycle within a season or year and produce seeds before dying
D) Crops that are grown in drier regions of developing countries
Answer: C) Crops that complete their life cycle within a season or year and produce seeds before dying
7. What are biennial crops?
A) Crops that live for three or more years
B) Crops that have a life span of two consecutive seasons or years
C) Crops that complete their life cycle within a season or year and produce seeds before dying
D) Crops that are grown in drier regions of developing countries
Answer: B) Crops that have a life span of two consecutive seasons or years
8. What are perennial crops?
A) Crops that live for three or more years
B) Crops that have a life span of two consecutive seasons or years
C) Crops that complete their life cycle within a season or year and produce seeds before dying
D) Crops that are grown in drier regions of developing countries
Answer: A) Crops that live for three or more years
9. What are minor millets?
A) Millets that are not considered as important as major millets
B) Millets that are grown in larger areas and are more economically important
C) Millets that are grown in dry regions
D) Millets that are not used as staple foods
Answer: A) Millets that are not considered as important as major millets
10. What is the haulm or stover?
A) The seed coat of pulses, used as nutritious cattle feed
B) The green pods of leguminous plants used as vegetables
C) The waste or stalk of a pulse plant, used as green manure and high-value cattle feed
D) The tap root of a biennial plant, used as a food storage organ
Answer: C) The waste or stalk of a pulse plant, used as green manure and high-value cattle feed