All Free Agriculture MCQs with Answers
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- A. TSP
- B. DAP
- C. None of the above
- D. MAP
Explanation: Zorawar is used as a brand name for mono-ammonium phosphate (MAP), a fertilizer supplying nitrogen and a high proportion of phosphorus.
Correct answer: MAP- A. Phosphorus
- B. Nitrogen
- C. Organic
- D. Zinc
Explanation: Phosphorus is especially important for early root development and proliferation, which is why phosphorus deficiency often produces a…
Correct answer: Phosphorus- A. C12H24O12
- B. C6H12O6
- C. C3H6O6
- D. C5H12O6
Explanation: Photosynthesis converts carbon dioxide and water into glucose, represented by C6H12O6, while oxygen is released as a by-product.
Correct answer: C6H12O6- A. Compress metter
- B. Micrograph
- C. Farinograph
- D. All the above
Explanation: A farinograph measures dough development, consistency and stability by recording resistance during mixing.
Correct answer: Farinograph- A. 150
- B. 175
- C. 201
- D. 225
Explanation: One cup of cooked white rice contains roughly 200 to 205 kcal, depending on serving size and water absorption.
Correct answer: 201- A. All the above
- B. Potassium acetate
- C. Calcium acetate
- D. Sodium acetate
Explanation: Sodium, potassium and calcium acetates can inhibit mould growth in baked products, so the combined option is intended.
Correct answer: All the above- A. Silicoaluminate
- B. Phosphate salts
- C. Magnesium carbonate
- D. All the above
Explanation: Phosphate salts are common chemical leavening agents because they react with bicarbonate to release carbon dioxide, which expands the…
Correct answer: Phosphate salts- A. Ether
- B. Alcohol
- C. Monosodium glutamic acid All the above
- D. All the above
Explanation: Monosodium glutamate, commonly called MSG, enhances savoury or umami flavour by intensifying existing taste.
Correct answer: Monosodium glutamic acid All the above- A. All the above
- B. Aldehydes
- C. Ketones
- D. Esters
Explanation: Esters, aldehydes and ketones are all important classes of compounds used to produce synthetic flavour notes.
Correct answer: All the above- A. Warner-Bratzler sheer
- B. Short meter
- C. Compress meter
- D. All the above
Explanation: A shortometer measures the shortness or brittleness characteristic of pastries, cookies and crackers.
Correct answer: Short meter- A. Spectrophotometer
- B. Tint meters
- C. All the above
- D. Disc colourimetry
Explanation: Food colour can be measured instrumentally with spectrophotometers, tint meters and disc colourimetry.
Correct answer: All the above- A. Lactic fermentation
- B. Non of the aboveFood
- C. Alcoholic fermentation
- D. Acetic fermentation
Explanation: Vinegar results when acetic acid bacteria oxidise ethanol into acetic acid in the presence of oxygen, a process commonly called acetic…
Correct answer: Acetic fermentation- A. Coffee
- B. Bread
- C. Season ting
- D. Chapati
Explanation: Bread is produced by fermenting cereal flour dough, usually with yeast, which converts sugars into carbon dioxide and ethanol; the carbon…
Correct answer: Bread- A. Wheat
- B. Com
- C. Barley
- D. Rice
Explanation: Barley is the traditional principal grain for beer because malting develops enzymes that convert its starch into fermentable sugars.
Correct answer: Barley- A. Acetic acid + H2O
- B. All the above
- C. Ethyl alcohol + H2O
- D. Ethyl alcohol + CO2
Explanation: In alcoholic fermentation, yeast converts sugars mainly into ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide: glucose is broadly represented as ethanol…
Correct answer: Ethyl alcohol + CO2- A. Food preservation
- B. Food science
- C. Food technology
- D. Food processing
Explanation: Food preservation includes the scientific and engineering methods used to delay spoilage and extend shelf life.
Correct answer: Food preservation- A. Food Science
- B. Food processing
- C. Nutrition
- D. Food technologyEveryday Science Mcqs
Explanation: Nutrition studies the fate of food after ingestion, including digestion, absorption, metabolism, and utilization by the body.
Correct answer: Nutrition- A. Citric cycle
- B. Calvin-Benson cycle
- C. Fermentation
- D. Glycolysis
Explanation: Glycolysis is the pathway that breaks one glucose molecule into two molecules of pyruvic acid, producing a small amount of ATP and NADH.
Correct answer: Glycolysis- A. Cell division
- B. Cell elongation
- C. Cell differentiation
- D. Cell production
Explanation: Auxin primarily promotes cell elongation by loosening cell walls and increasing water uptake.
Correct answer: Cell elongation- A. 10ºC
- B. 4ºC
- C. -1ºC
- D. 2ºC
Explanation: For many crop plants, essential physiological activities become greatly reduced and may cease around the minimum temperature of 4°C.
Correct answer: 4ºC