Answer Choices S.No. Question A B C D Correct Answer 1 What do you understand by a ? In economics, A commodity is are All the Three All the Three a commodity is an defined as a most often used as economic good or tangible good that inputs in the service that has full or can be bought and production of other substantial fungibility sold or exchanged goods or services. for products of similar value 2 A soft commodity refers to a commodity Grown (Cultivated) mined manufactured None of these Grown (Cultivated) that is 3 A hard commodity is one that is Mined/Extracted Grown Manufactured None of these Mined/Extracted 4 Among these, which is a soft commodity? Gold diamond copper wheat 5 Among these, which is a hard commodity? rice soybean silver turmeric silver

6 What type of commodity does live cattle is? Agricultural energy livestock precious metal livestock

7 Which stock exchange is having major share MCX NCDEX ICEX BSE NCDEX in trading volumes in agricultural contracts? 8 Which stock exchange is having major share NCDEX MCX NSE BSE MCX in trading volumes in non agricultural contracts? 9 Which is the important cash crop in India? Cotton turmeric bajra Cotton

10 Which factor from amongst the given Demand-supply Previous of Production and Prices of jute Prices of jute products options, does not influence the of scenario cotton prices of synthetic products cotton? fibre 11 Which Exchange serves as reference price NCDEX NYBOT BSE MCX NYBOT for cotton? 12 Palm oil is extracted from Mature fresh fruit Dry fruit bunches Stem Leaves Mature fresh fruit bunches bunches 13 RBD Palmolein is the derivative of Coconut kernel Soybean Rapeseed Crude palm oil Crude palm oil (CPO) 14 Which factor amongst the given option Prices of Rapeseed oil Prices of coconut oil Prices of CPO Prices of sunflower Prices of CPO directly influences the price of RBD oil palmolein 15 Soy oil is the derivative of CPO Soybean Groundnut Sunflower Seed Soybean 16 Which of the market reflects the price of Indore Delhi Ahmedabad Jaipur Indore domestically crushed refined soy oil? 17 Which of the market reflects the price of Mumbai Kolkata Visakhapatnam Kandla Mumbai imported refined soy oil? 18 Physical settlement involves the physical An accredited Stock Exchange Buyer requested Seller requested An accredited warehouse delivery of the underlying commodity warehouse destination destination through

BSE - INTERNAL Answer Choices S.No. Question A B C D Correct Answer 19 Typically, in all commodity derivatives Letter of credit Warehouse receipt Undertaking Advance payment Warehouse receipt transactions, delivery notice is required to between seller and be supported by a buyer 20 Jute cultivation in India is concentrated in Ganga Godavari Brahmaputra Mahanadi Ganga the delta area of which river?

21 The eyes of potato are useful for Nutrition Respiration Vegetative Protection from Vegetative Propagation Propagation predators 22 Rotation of crops means growing of different shifting of area of growing two or alternating crops growing of different crops crops in the same area same crops. more crops with fruits over a in the same area in in sequential seasons. simultaneously to period of time sequential seasons. increase productivity. 23 The nitrogen present in the atmosphere is not useful to plants injurious to plants directly utilized by utilized through utilized through micro- plants micro-organisms organisms 24 Which is the largest cotton growing State in Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Gujarat India? 25 Which variety of coffee is largely grown in Old Chicks Coorg Arabica Kents Arabica India? 26 Under which Five Year Plan, did the Second Five Year Plan Third Five Year Plan Fourth Five Year Fifth Five Year Plan Fourth Five Year Plan Government introduce an agricultural Plan strategy which gave rise to Green Revolution 27 Besides Rabi and Kharif, which is the third Zaid Sharad Jhum Barsati Zaid crop season in India 28 Kharif crops are sown in the months of June - July October - May - June March - April June -July November 29 Rabi crops are sown during which period March - April June - July October - May - June October - November November 30 Kharif crops are harvested in June - July October - May - June March - April October - November November 31 Rabi crops are harvested during which April-May June - July October - May - June April -May period November 32 zaid crops are grown in which season March-June April- May June -July October- March-June November 33 Among these, which group of crops are Rice, Cotton, Onion, Potato, Mustardseed, Wheat, gram, oat Rice, Cotton, Groundnut, grown during Kharif season? Groundnut, Urad barley sesame seed Urad 34 Among these, which group of crops are Wheat Barley gram Rice Cotton Urad Turmeric Jowar Maize Bajra Wheat Barley gram potato grown in the Rabi season? potato Groundnut sugarcane 35 Among these which group of crops are cucumber watermelon tomato jute cardamom pepper Coriendarseed cucumber watermelon grown in the Zaid season? Muskmelon, sunflower seed Jeera nutmeg Muskmelon,

BSE - INTERNAL Answer Choices S.No. Question A B C D Correct Answer 36 Among these, which crop is preferred for Wheat Gram Sunflower Mustardseed Gram sowing in order to enrich the soil with nitrogen? 37 For Black soil is not very suitable for which Cotton Wheat Ground nut Potato Groundnut of the crops from amongst the given options? 38 Which crop is grown mainly on mountain Tea paddy groundnut Potato Tea slopes? 39 Transport function of marketing creates place form utility time utility possession utility place utility 40 Converting groundnut into oil creates form utility time utility place utility possession utility form utility 41 Storing agriculture production, like food form utility time utility place utility possession utility time utility grains, pulses, oilseeds create 42 Marketable surplus will be less in case of rice sugarcane cotton tomato sugarcane 43 Which Stock Exchange launched agricultural ICEX NSE NCDEX MCX NCDEX futures trading index 'Agridex'?

44 Which of the given factors influence prices demand -supply dependence on Government all the three all the three of agri commodities? mismatch agro climatic intervention in conditions like terms of stock limit, rainfall import-export policy

45 Co-operative marketing movement was cotton pulses edible oil milk milk successful in India in which of the given commodities? 46 Quality of agricultural commodities is AGMARK ISI BSI ISO AGMARK ensured by 47 From amongst the given options, which is maize rice wheat sorghum wheat the largest grown crop in the world? 48 Which is the most efficient system for crop Drip sprinkler solar pump irrigation through Drip irrigation? canal 49 Which state is the largest producer of Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Goa Andhra Pradesh chillies and turmeric in India? 50 Which is the central nodal agency for Food Corporation of National Bank for National Agricultural Reserve Bank of NAFED implementing price support operations for India (FCI) Agriculture and Cooperative India (RBI) commercial crops? Rural Development Marketing (NABARD) Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED)

51 Which state among the given options, has West Bengal Kerala Maharashtra Punjab West Bengal the largest production of rice 52 Yellow colour in turmeric is caused due to boron curcumin iron none of these curcumin presence of

BSE - INTERNAL Answer Choices S.No. Question A B C D Correct Answer 53 Among these, which crop is not part of high- jowar pulses wheat rice Pulses yielding varieties programme? 54 Which state contributes highest share in Madhya Pradesh Bihar Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Madhya Pradesh pulses production in India? 55 Among Indian States, which state has the West Bengal Kerala Karnataka Goa West Bengal highest yield (per hectare) of rice? 56 Among the Indian States, Uttar Pradesh is Groundnut Sugarcane Maize Bajra Sugarcane the largest producer of which of the given crops? 57 White rust is fungal disease of Wheat Mustard Rice Jawar Mustard 58 Which crop requires water-logging for its Tea coffee rice mustardseed rice cultivation? 59 The adoption of High Yielding Variety 1966 1967 1965 1968 1966 Programme in Indian Agriculture started in

60 Among these, which is a food crop? Palm Jute Cotton Maize Maize 61 Among these, which is an oilseed crop? clove mustardseed garlic almond mustardseed 62 Among these, which is not an agricultural cotton copper Jowar cardamom copper commodity? 63 Which is the usual alternate crop in Jute rice cotton wheat sugarcane rice growing areas? 64 Among these, which state does not produce Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Tamilnadu Tamilnadu chana? 65 Which crop is affected by pink bollworm? cotton gram Mustardseed maize cotton 66 Where National Institute (NSI) is Delhi Kanpur Varanasi Lucknow Kanpur located? 67 The green revolution has mainly been rice maize wheat gram wheat successful for 68 Which crop is affected by Tobacco Jute sugarcane bajra wheat jute caterpillar? 69 Which state contributes highest in the Kerala Tamilnadu Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Karnataka production of coffee in India? 70 Which states are the highest & lowest Uttar Pradesh and Bihar & Assam Uttar Pradesh & Maharashtra & Uttar Pradesh and producers of potato crop? Jharkhand Himachal Pradesh Karnataka Jharkhand 71 What is used by feed manufacturers as a guar churi soybean meal guar -korma none of these soybean meal prime ingredient in high-protein animal feed for poultry and livestock? 72 Among all, in which commodity India is refined soy oil chana groundnut oil urad chana largest producer as well as importer in the world? 73 Among all, which basket of commodities foodgrains pulses oilseeds all the three all the three have been procured by NAFED under price support system?

BSE - INTERNAL Answer Choices S.No. Question A B C D Correct Answer 74 Which among these commodities is free wheat castorseed rice maize castorseed from any regulatory intervention by the government in terms of procurement, MSP, import duty, export duty and stock limit?

75 India is major producer and exporter in the fenugreekseed Chilli nutmeg black pepper Chilli world for which of the given spices? 76 Which commodity, from among the given refined soy oil mustardseed guarseed soybean guarseed options, is free from any regulatory intervention? 77 Which commodity is neither exported nor groundnut oil cottonseed oil cake refined soy oil cardamom cottonseed oil cake imported? 78 Which is internationally benchmarked agri sugar turmeric isabgulseed bajra sugar commodity? 79 Which commodity from the given options, is urad crude palm oil tur moong crude palm oil not produced in India and thus, imported on (CPO) a large scale? 80 India imports crude palm oil (CPO) from South Korea Malaysia China Brazil Malaysia 81 How crude palm oil is being traded? wholesale market APMC mandi open market NAFED open market 82 In which commodity there is no specific Mentha oil Rubber Rapeseed/mustard Maize Mentha oil regulator for physical market? seed 83 Where is the headquarter of Indian Council Mumbai Bangalore New Delhi Jaipur New Delhi of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

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