Dear Aspirants,
Welcome to D2G’s IBPS Agriculture Officer Quiz Section.

1. Gypsum contains?
a) 18.6% Ca and 29.2% S
b) 29.2% Ca and 18.6% S
c) 19.5% Ca and 12.5% S
d) 12.5% Ca and 18.6% S

2. Urea hydrolysis in the soil produces?
a) uric acid
b) amides
c) ammonium carbonate
d) calcium carbonate

3. A straight fertilizer is one which?
a) comes straight from the factory
b) has one major nutrient
c) dissolve quickly
d) dissolve lately

4. Plants absorb nutrients mostly through?
a) stem
b) leaves
c) roots
d) seeds

5. Nitrogen is applied in splits to?
a) increase its efficiency
b) help the dealer
c) reduce the credit needs
d) all of these

6. Efficiency of urea can be increased by?
a) deep ploughing
b) using neem cake
c) early harvesting
d) either (1) or (2)

7. The number 32 in 12-32-16 represents?
a) granule size
b) licene number
c) P2O5 content
d) none of these

8. Seeds of pulses are inoculated with bacteria to?
a) increase nitrogen supply
b) increase phosphorus
c) control insects
d) decrease phosphorus

9. Rice blast is caused by?
a) Pyricularia oryzae
b) Leptosphaeria salvini
c) Xanthomonas oryzae
d) none of these

10. Chromosome number of rice is?
a) 2n=34
b) 2n=52
c) 2n=24
d) 2n=42