KERALA PSC / AGRICULTURE / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

 

KERALA PSC / AGRICULTURE / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

KERALA PSC / AGRICULTURE / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY

·      The chemical contained in tobacco is nicotine in root

·      Quinine, Tannin and Cinnamon are obtained from the bark of the tree

·      Tea leaves contain 18% tannin

·      T ⅹ D and D ⅹ T are high yielding hybrid varieties of coconut.

·      Hybrid is an animal or plant that has been bred from two different types of animals or plants

·      HYV means High Yielding Varieties

·      Foot and Mouth disease occurs in cattle, sheep and pigs

·      Cocoon stage of silkworm produces silk

·      Silk worms are reared on mulberry

·      The most important stimulant in coffee leaves is caffeine.

·      Opium is extracted from the immature fruits of the plant poppy (Papaver somniferum)

·      Paper is chemically cellulose

·      Sunflower oil has the maximum polyunsaturated fatty acids

·      Mint is propagated through rhizomes

·      For sage storage, the moisture contents of food grains should be less than 14%

·      The acid present in the soil and substances formed by the decomposition of decayed green matter is ‘humic acid’.

KERALA PSC / AGRICULTURE / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE / KERALA PSC PRELIMINARY