August Month Agriculture Current Affairs 2019

August Month Agriculture Current Affairs

August Month Agriculture Current Affairs

Agriculture Current Affairs

1.The portable device to detect bacteria without cell culture or microbiological assays is developed by?

IIT Kharagpur

IIT Bombay

IIT Guwahati

IIT Madras

Answer

2.In how many years census of elephants is undertaken at the national level once ?

4

5

8

10

Answer

 

3.In which states, the One Nation-one Ration Card scheme has been implemented

Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat

Rajasthan Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat

Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat 

Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana

Answer

 

4.‘Save Green, Stay Clean’ campaign launched by  Which state government?

West Bengal

Punjab

Himachal Pradesh

Haryana

Answer

 

5.The Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) is located in which city?

Jaipur

Bhopal

Dehradun

Delhi

Answer

 

6.Which state has become the first state in India to implement the National Policy on Biofuels?

Jharkhand

Uttar Pradesh

Punjab

Rajasthan

Answer

 

7.What is the theme of World Biofuel Day (WBD) 2019?

Production of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil (UCO)

Promote Green Fuels & Save Earth

End use of Fossil Fuels

Save Green Planet

Answer

8.Mercury accumulation in fish, Which IIT with Harvard University studied?

IIT Madras

IIT Delhi

IIT Bombay

IIT Hyderabad

Answer

9.In which district of rajsthan The Khadi and Village Industry Commission (KVIC) has launched

Jhalawar

Sirohi

Bukaner

Jaipur

Answer

10.Which union ministry has launched ‘Samagra Shiksha-Jal Suraksha’ drive?

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Ministry of Jal Shakti

Answer

 

11.The Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been funded by which international organisation?

 IMF

World Bank

AIIB

ADB

Answer

 

12.Which state government has recently classified Nicotine as Class A poison?

Punjab

Karnataka

Haryana

Odisha

Answer

 

13.National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW)  headquarters is located?

 Bhopal

Agra

New Delhi

Jaipur

Answer

 

14.Which IIT have developed bone substitutes from eggshells?

IIT Madras

IIT Delhi

IIT Bombay

IIT Hyderabad

Answer

15.As per Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY), a monthly pension of how much amount will be provided to eligible farmers on attaining the age of 60?

Rs 5000

Rs 6000

Rs 3000

Rs 4000

Answer

 

16.The National Centre for Avian Ecotoxicolog established in which city?

Chennai

Kochi

Coimbatore

Bengaluru

Answer

August Month Agriculture Current Affairs

17.Tropical Forest Research Institute (TFRI) headquarters is located in which city?

Dehradun

Kanpur

Delhi

Jabalpur

Answer

18.Lab grown meat is developed by which IIT?

IIT-Bombay

IIT-Guwahati

IIT-Delhi

IIT-Madras

Answer

 

19.Amazon Rainforest Forests are located in which continent?

South America

Africa

Australia

Europe

Answer

20.Ocean energy as green power has declared by Which Union Ministry?

Ministry of Jal Shakti

Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

Ministry of Environment, Forest anda Climate Change

Answer

 

21.Where is the headquarters of the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network “TRAFFIC”?

France

Germany

United States

United Kingdom

Answer

 

22.Sea Tinkle’ in Chennai beach, is caused by which algae?

Cryptomonad

Diatom

Noctiluca

Wakame

Answer

23.In which IIT have developed method to make biofuel with sugar and salt?

IIT Indore

IIT Bombay

IIT Hyderabad

IIT Kanpur

Answer

 

24.The Gorewada International Zoo is going to set up in which city?

Nagpur

Delhi

Jaipur

Shimla

Answer

 

25.The term ‘Animal spirits’, is associated to which field?

Economics

Environment

Science

Geography

Answer

 

26.Where is the headquarters of Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP)?

Dehradun

Delhi

Mumbai

Kolkata

Answer

27.Which state government has launched ‘Mukhya Mantri Krishi Ashirwad Yojana’ recently?

Rajasthan

Odisha

Madhya Pradesh

Jharkhand

Answer

 

28.Which programme  is launched by KVIC on World Tribal Day.

Kadhi Mela

Silk Mission

Leather Missions

Cotton Mela

Answer

 

29.The first ever upgraded National Food Laboratory (NFL) of FSSAI on Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) has been inaugurated in which city?

Noida

Ghaziabad

Pune

New Delhi

Answer

 

30.At what rate can available loan for animal husbandry and fisheries farmers from bank under Interest subvention scheme ?

1%

2%

3%

4%

Answer

31.India Meteorological Department(IMD) has signed an MoU with Which armed force for occupying the unused Cyclone Detection Radar(CDR) building for meteorological purposes ?

Indian Army

Indian Coast Guard

Indian Air Force

Indian Navy

Answer

 

32.When do we observe the World Biofuel Day?

August 11

August 9

August 10

August 8

Answer

August Month Agriculture Current Affairs