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National Centre for Organic and Natural Farming is located at :
(A) Karnal (B) Ghaziabad
(C) Hyderabad (D) Kanpur

Given below are two statements :

Statement I: Crop associated weeds are crop specific due to mimicry, need for specific micro
climate and ready contamination with the crops.

Statement II: Crop associated weeds are parasitic in nature.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
(A) Both statement I and II are true
(B) Both statement I and II are false
(C) Statement I is true but statement II is false

(D) Statement I is false but statement II is true

A short duration rice variety :
(A) Jaya ൯) Ponni
(೮) Prathyasa (D) Uma

Kerala is divided into how many agro-ecological units based on climate, land forms and soils
with panchayats as the primary unit :

(A) 20 (B) 15
(C) 23 (D) 5
Which of the following is a water soluble phosphatic fertilizer?
(^) Rock phosphate ൯) Dicalcium phosphate
(C) Basic slag (D) Single super phosphate

Which of the following GM food crop was approved by Indian Government for the
environmental release during 147‘ meeting of Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee
(GEAC) on 18 October, 2022 for its seed production and testing as per existing ICAR
guidelines?

(A) Brinjal (B) Mustard

(C) Chickpea (D) Maize
In controlled atmospheric storage, what is the common practice to regulate the
concentrations of gases, apart from the temperature and humidity of the container?

(A) Only oxygen

(B) Only carbon dioxide

(C) Reduced oxygen and increased carbon dioxide

(D) Reduced carbon dioxide and increased oxygen

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