50 Mcqs on Rice Crop For Agri Competitive Exams

Rice Crop Mcqs 

(Part I) 

1. The scientific name of rice is : 
a] Oryza sativa ☑ 
b] Oryza glaberima 
c] Both A&B  
d] None of these

2. Rice belonging to which family?
a] Gramineae 
b] Poaceae 
c] Grass family 
d] All of these ☑ 

3. Origin place of rice is : 
a] SEA(south east asia] 
b] USA 
c] Indo- Burma 
d] A & C both ☑ 

4. Sowing time of Aus rice is : 
a] June-july 
b] Mar-april 
c] April-may ☑ 
d] May-june 

5. Aus rice is also known as : 
a] Aman rice 
b] Boro rice 
c] Autumn rice ☑ 
d] None of these

6. Sowing time of Aman rice is : 
a] June-July ☑ 
b] Mar-april 
c] May-june 
d] Dec-jan

7. Sowing time of Boro rice is : 
a] Nov-dec 
b] Dec-Jan ☑ 
c] Oct 
d] July –august

8. Aman rice is also called as : 
a] Kharif rice 
b] Winter rice ☑ 
c] Both A & B 
d] None of these

9. Boro rice is called as : 
a] Summer rice ☑ 
b] Winter rice 
c] Kharif rice 
d] None of these

10. In which rice lodging doesn’t occur : 
a] Indica rice 
b] Japonica rice ☑ 
c] Javanica rice 
d] All of these

11. Panicle is a type of inflorescence of which crop? 
a] Rice ☑ 
b] Lentil 
c] Urd 
d] Soybean

12. Lemma + palea together called as : 
a] Hull ☑ 
b] Hull-lemma 
c] Palea-hull 
d] None of these
 
13. In SRI system of rice “S” stands for : 
a] System ☑ 
b] Shallow 
c] Same 
d] None of these

14. SRI concept is increasing productivity of rice by changing management of : 
a] Plant 
b] Soil 
c] Water & nutrient 
d] All of these ☑ 

15. SRI first developed at which place : 
a] China 
b] USA 
c] Madagascar ☑ 
d] USSR

16. SRI sytem developed in the year : 
a] 1963 
b] 1983 ☑ 
c] 1945 
d] 1993

17. SRI system developed by : 
a] Fr. H. D Launie ☑ 
b] H. d] Peter 
c] M. S. Swaminathon 
d] N. E. Borlaug

18. Yield of rice is increased by adopting SRI is : 
a] 50-60% 
b] 30% 
c] 50% 
d] 50-90% ☑ 

19. Rice is a which type of plant : 
a] Short Day Plant ☑ 
b] Long Day Plant 
c] Day neutral Plant 
d] None of these

20. Self pollination occurs in : 
a] Bajra 
b] Mustard 
c] Jawar 
d] Paddy ☑ 

21. Test weight of Basmati rice is : 
a] 24 gm 
b] 26gm 
c] 22gm 
d] 21gm ☑ 

22. Cardinal temperature of rice is : 
a] 15-20˚C  
b] 20-25˚C
c] 40-45˚C  
d] 30-32˚C ☑ 

23. Hulling % of rice is : 
a] 60-65% ☑ 
b] 30-50% 
c] 80-85% 
d] 45-55%

24. First variety of rice is : 
a] NT-1 
b] Jaya 
c] NR-8 
d] TN-1 ☑ 

25. Jagannath is the mutant variety of : 
a] Rice ☑ 
b] Wheat 
c] Barley 
d] Oat

26. Jagannath is the mutant variety of : 
a] TN-1 
b] T-14 
c] TN-41 
d] TN-141 ☑ 

27. World’s 1st high yielding variety of rice developed by : 
a] ICAR 
b] IARI 
c] IRRI ☑ 
d] CRRI

28. Maximum rice exporter country is : 
a] USA 
b] China 
c] India ☑ 
d] Thailand

29. SRI is introduced first time in India at : 
a] Punjab 
b] Tamil Nadu ☑ 
c] Haryana 
d] West Bengal

30. Which rice variety is released by private sector : 
a] PHB-30 
b] PHB-71 ☑ 
c] Jaya 
d] Ratna

31. Most critical stage of rice is : 
a] Tillering ☑ 
b] Jointing 
c] Rooting 
d] Booting

32. Fruit of rice is called : 
a] Achene 
b] Grain 
c] Cereal 
d] Caryopsis ☑ 

33. Widely used N-fertilizer in rice is : 
a] Ammonium sulphate ☑ 
b] Calcium sulphate 
c] Urea 
d] DAP

34. White eye of rice is due to deficiency of : 
a] Ca 
b] Mg 
c] S 
d] Fe ☑ 

35. Killer disease of rice is : 
a] Bacterial blight 
b] Tungo virus 
c] Gram leaf hopper 
d] Both A & B ☑ 

36. Chromosome number (2n) of rice is : 
a] 42 
b] 24 ☑ 
c] 36 
d] 56

37. 2n=24 is the chromosome of which crop-plant : 
a] Bajra 
b] Ragi 
c] Wheat 
d] Rice ☑ 

38. Gas emitted from rice field is : 
a] CH4 ☑ 
b] CH3
c] CO2 
d] CO

39. H2S cause which disease in rice crops : 
a] Blight 
b] Leaf spot 
c] Root rot 
d] Akiochi ☑ 

40. Highest N losses in rice field by : 
a] Leaching 
b] Run-off 
c] Percolation   
d] Denitrification ☑ 

41. Paira & Utera cropping system is closely related to : 
a] Wheat 
b] Rice ☑ 
c] Barley 
d] Bajra

42. Puddler is related to which crop plant : 
a] Wheat 
b] Rice ☑ 
c] Barley 
d] Bajra

43. Hydrothermal treatment of rice grain before milling is termed as : 
a] Boiling 
b] Parboiling ☑ 
c] Water treatment 
d] None of these

44. Which vitamin is conserved by paraboiling of rice : 
a] Vit-c 
b] Vit-D 
c] Vit-B 
d] Vit-B12 ☑ 

45. Seed rate in dapog method for rice : 
a] 3-4kg/sq.m ☑ 
b] 10kg/sq.m 
c] 15kg/sq.m 
d] 8kg/sq.m

46. Area required for seedling preparation in DAPOG method is : 
a] 40-50cm² 
b] 70-80cm²
c] 75-85cm²
d] 25-30cm² ☑ 

47. Miracle rice of India is : 
a] Padma 
b] Pusa Rh-10 
c] Sita 
d] Jaya ☑ 

48. Gene responsible for dwarfness in rice is : 
a] N-10 
b] Teasinate 
c] Oryzin-10 
d] Dee-geo-woo-gene ☑ 

49. Khaira disease of rice is due to deficiency of : 
a] Fe 
b] B 
c] P 
d] Zn ☑ 

50. Optimum soil pH required for growing rice is : 
a] 7-8 
b] 6-7 
c] 3-4 
d] 4-6 ☑ 

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