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Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana Maharashtra

The government of Maharashtra has launched the Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana (Atal Solar Krushi Pump Yojana). The aim of the scheme is to reduce losses due to non-payment of electricity and promote the usage of solar energy. The state has planned to install one lakh solar pumps across the state. The government aims to support farmers of remote areas where agriculture feeder is not possible.

Features of Atal Solar Krishi Pump Yojana

The government will provide two LED bulbs, a DC fan and a mobile charging socket as freebies to farmers.

It provides a subsidy of up to 95% on solar pump sets.

The farmers with land holding of less than five acres will have to pay 5% of cost of a 3HP solar pump. Whereas the farmers with land holding of more than five acres will be provided 5HP solar pump at Rs 30000

Implementing Agency

The implementing agency of the scheme is Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd.

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 IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR NABARD 2019 EXAM
ROLE OF WATER FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CROPS 

  1. Water is a constituent of protoplasm
  2. Water acts as a solvent. Plants can absorb nutrients when these nutrients are dissolved in water
  3. Water is used for transpiration carrier of nutrients from the soil to green plant tissues.
  4. They are used for photosynthesis and the end product is also conveyed through water to various plant parts
  5. Water forms over 90% of the plant body by green or fresh weight basis.
  6. Plants can synthesis food through photosynthesis only in the presence of water in their system.
  7. Water helps to maintain the turgidity of cell walls. Water helps in cell enlargement due to turgor pressure and cell division which ultimately increase the growth of plant.
  8. Water is essential for the germination of seeds, growth of plant roots, and nutrition and multiplication of soil organism.
  9. Water is essential in hydraulic process in the plant. It helps in the conversion of starch to sugar.
  10. Water helps in the transpiration, which is very essential for maintaining the absorption of nutrient from the soil.

11.Water regulates the temperature and cools the plant.12.Water helps in the chemical, physical and biological reaction in soil.So, water is applied externally, if availability seems limited through soil, not sufficient to meet the requirement due to drought or excess losses. We call the external application of water to the soil to supplement the requirement as `Irrigation'.
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*Animal Husbandry & Dairy Science*

1 What is the mean of ration? *It is allowance feed given to animal for a period of 24 hours.* ✅

2 Roughages are the feed stuff which contains more than of crude fiber and less than of TDN.? *18% , 60%*✅

3 What should be the maximum concentration of crude fiber in poultry ration? *6 to 8%*✅

4 What should be the temperature of water present in an artificial vagina while collecting the semen? *45°C*✅

5 Dairy cow with “Very Good” grade scores points in judging score card ? *85-90*✅

6 Colostrum is given to:? *New born calves only*✅

7 Berseem contains __ of crude protein? *17-19%*

8 Back crossing means? *Mating of crossbred female to one of its pure breed parent*✅

9 Onion is which kind of crop? *Long day plant*✅

10 Scab or wart like lesions on featherless part of body such as comb and wattles is symptom of which of the following disease? *Fowl pox*✅

11 Nutrients which are required by plants in small quantity are referred as? *Micro nutrients*✅

12. 2 kg bran plus 1kg jaggary or molasses moistened with lukewarm water is given to? *Freshly calved cow or buffalo*✅

13 Milk secreting hormone oxytocin is secreted from? *Posterior pituitary gland*✅

14 Milk produced by which of the following method is more hygienic? *Machine milking*✅

15 Which is the oldest method for poultry keeping? *Free Range system*✅

16 Which is the best crop for hay making? *Green oat*✅

17 Which acid is used in the Gerber fat testing method? *Sulphuric acid*✅

18 Which part of ruminant stomach contains 100 folds from inside called as laminae? *Omasum*✅

19 Which of the following is not a productive roughage? *Green maize*✅

20 Which is not the part of male reproductive system? *Fallopian tubes*✅


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AGRICULTURE MCQS FOR NABARD DA EXAM 2019

IMPORTANT MCQS

1. The science concerned with vegetable culture is called

(a) floriculture

(b) olericulture

(c) horticulture

(d) agriculture

*Ans. (b)*

2. Which of the following elements is almost non essential for plants?

(a) Ca

(b) Mo

(c) Zn

(d) Na

*Ans. (d)*

3. Although a deficiency of any one of the elements listed may result in chlorosis, only one of these elements is an element found in chlorophyll. Which is it?

(a) Zinc

(b) Iron

(c) Magnesium

(d) Chloride

*Ans. (c)*

4. Which of the following elements is not present in a nitrogenous base?

(a) Hydrogen

(b) Carbon

(c) Phosphorus

(d) Nitrogen

*Ans. (c)*

5. A water-fern, which is used as a green manure in rice fields, is

(a) Salvinia

(b) Mucor

(c) Aspergillus

(d) Azolla

*Ans. (d)*

6. Green manure plants used by farmers mainly belong to

(a) compositae

(b) leguminosae

(c) solanaceae

(d) poaceae

*Ans. (b)*

7. Major food crops of the world belongs to

(a) leguminosae

(b) gramineae

(c) solanaceae

(d) cruciferae

*Ans. (b)*

8. The principal cereal crop of India is

(a) wheat

(b) rice

(c) barley

(d) sorghum

*Ans. (b)*

9. Which one among the following chemicals is used for causing defoliation of forest trees?

(a) Posphon D

(b) Malic hydrazide

(c) 2, 4-D

(d) Amo 1618

*Ans. (c)*

10. Bioherbicides have been recommended

(a) to prevent ecodegradation

(b) because of their ready availability

(c) because of their cheap rates

(d) because of their abundance

*Ans. (a)*

11. The most important weed against which eradication measures would be taken on war

footings is

(a) Eichhornia

(b) Dactylis

(c) Parthenium

(d) Ageratum

*Ans. (c)*

12. Water logging of soil makes it physiologically dry because

(a) this condition does not allow the capillary force to work

(b) this condition does not allow oxygen to enter the soil

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of these

*Ans. (b)*

13. Which one of the following is natural insecticide?

(a) pyrethrum

(b) nicotine

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of these

*Ans. (C)

14. The process by which nutrient chemicals or contaminants are dissolved and carried away by water, or are moved into a lower layer of soil

(a) mulching

(b) desertification

(c) incineration

(d) leaching

*Ans. (d)*

15. Which of the following is an example of a weed of rabi season that infest wheat crop?

(a) Chenopodium

(b) Motha

(c) Jangali jowar

(d) None of the above

*Ans. (a)*

16. First bioinsecticide developed commercial scale was

(a) quinine

(b) DDT

(c) organophosphate

(d) sporeine

*Ans. (d)*

17. Composted manure is produced from

(a) farmyard manure and green manure

(b) farm refuse and household refuse

(c) organic remains of biogas plants

(d) rotten vegetables and animal refuse

*Ans. (d)*

18. Norin-l0 gene from Japan is a

(a) dwarf gene of wheat

(b) dwarf gene of rice

(c) dwarf gene of maize

(d) disease resistant gene of rice

*Ans. (a)*

19. Aims of plant breeding are to produce

(a) disease-free varieties

(b) high-yielding varieties

(c) early-maturing varieties

(d) all of the above

*Ans. (d)*

20. Growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land is called

(a) mixed cropping

(b) mixed farming

(c) intercropping

(d) fanning

*Ans. (a)*

21. The Mexican dwarf wheat variety was developed by

(a) Swaminathan

(b) Borlaugh

(c) Watson

(d) Khush

*Ans. (b)*

22. The desired varieties of

economically useful crops are raised by

(a) vemalisation

(b) mutation

(c) natural selection

(d) hybridisation

*Ans. (d)*

23. High-yielding varieties of wheat were primarily developed by Indian scientist by crossing- breeding traditional varieties with

(a) American varieties

(b) Mexican varieties

(c) European varieties

(d) African varieties

*Ans. (b)*

24. A plant breeder: waists to develop a disease resistant variety. What should he do first?

(a) Hybridisation

(b) Mutation

(c) Selection

(d) Production of crop

*Ans. (c)*

25. Selection of homozygous plant is

(a) pure line selection

(b) mass selection

(c) mixed selection

(d) introduction

*Ans. (a)

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Agriculture,Productions and
Agricultural statistics

📌 Total agricultural land in the world --7.5%

• Total agricultural based population in the world is --54%

• Highest agricultural based population country - malavi ( AFRICA)-- 92%

• LOWEST agricultural based population country -- UK -- 6%

• India agricultrual population -- 64%

• India agriculture contributes almost 4% of gdp

• Total agricultural land -- out of 100% -- food crops --74% , cash crops --26%


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AGRICULTURE MCQS FOR NABARD DA EXAM 2019

IMPORTANT MCQS

1. The science concerned with vegetable culture is called

(a) floriculture

(b) olericulture

(c) horticulture

(d) agriculture

*Ans. (b)*

2. Which of the following elements is almost non essential for plants?

(a) Ca

(b) Mo

(c) Zn

(d) Na

*Ans. (d)*

3. Although a deficiency of any one of the elements listed may result in chlorosis, only one of these elements is an element found in chlorophyll. Which is it?

(a) Zinc

(b) Iron

(c) Magnesium

(d) Chloride

*Ans. (c)*

4. Which of the following elements is not present in a nitrogenous base?

(a) Hydrogen

(b) Carbon

(c) Phosphorus

(d) Nitrogen

*Ans. (c)*

5. A water-fern, which is used as a green manure in rice fields, is

(a) Salvinia

(b) Mucor

(c) Aspergillus

(d) Azolla

*Ans. (d)*

6. Green manure plants used by farmers mainly belong to

(a) compositae

(b) leguminosae

(c) solanaceae

(d) poaceae

*Ans. (b)*

7. Major food crops of the world belongs to

(a) leguminosae

(b) gramineae

(c) solanaceae

(d) cruciferae

*Ans. (b)*

8. The principal cereal crop of India is

(a) wheat

(b) rice

(c) barley

(d) sorghum

*Ans. (b)*

9. Which one among the following chemicals is used for causing defoliation of forest trees?

(a) Posphon D

(b) Malic hydrazide

(c) 2, 4-D

(d) Amo 1618

*Ans. (c)*

10. Bioherbicides have been recommended

(a) to prevent ecodegradation

(b) because of their ready availability

(c) because of their cheap rates

(d) because of their abundance

*Ans. (a)*

11. The most important weed against which eradication measures would be taken on war

footings is

(a) Eichhornia

(b) Dactylis

(c) Parthenium

(d) Ageratum

*Ans. (c)*

12. Water logging of soil makes it physiologically dry because

(a) this condition does not allow the capillary force to work

(b) this condition does not allow oxygen to enter the soil

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of these

*Ans. (b)*

13. Which one of the following is natural insecticide?

(a) pyrethrum

(b) nicotine

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of these

*Ans. (C)

14. The process by which nutrient chemicals or contaminants are dissolved and carried away by water, or are moved into a lower layer of soil

(a) mulching

(b) desertification

(c) incineration

(d) leaching

*Ans. (d)*

15. Which of the following is an example of a weed of rabi season that infest wheat crop?

(a) Chenopodium

(b) Motha

(c) Jangali jowar

(d) None of the above

*Ans. (a)*

16. First bioinsecticide developed commercial scale was

(a) quinine

(b) DDT

(c) organophosphate

(d) sporeine

*Ans. (d)*

17. Composted manure is produced from

(a) farmyard manure and green manure

(b) farm refuse and household refuse

(c) organic remains of biogas plants

(d) rotten vegetables and animal refuse

*Ans. (d)*

18. Norin-l0 gene from Japan is a

(a) dwarf gene of wheat

(b) dwarf gene of rice

(c) dwarf gene of maize

(d) disease resistant gene of rice

*Ans. (a)*

19. Aims of plant breeding are to produce

(a) disease-free varieties

(b) high-yielding varieties

(c) early-maturing varieties

(d) all of the above

*Ans. (d)*

20. Growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same piece of land is called

(a) mixed cropping

(b) mixed farming

(c) intercropping

(d) fanning

*Ans. (a)*

21. The Mexican dwarf wheat variety was developed by

(a) Swaminathan

(b) Borlaugh

(c) Watson

(d) Khush

*Ans. (b)*

22. The desired varieties of

economically useful crops are raised by

(a) vemalisation

(b) mutation

(c) natural selection

(d) hybridisation

*Ans. (d)*

23. High-yielding varieties of wheat were primarily developed by Indian scientist by crossing- breeding traditional varieties with

(a) American varieties

(b) Mexican varieties

(c) European varieties

(d) African varieties

*Ans. (b)*

24. A plant breeder: waists to develop a disease resistant variety. What should he do first?

(a) Hybridisation

(b) Mutation

(c) Selection

(d) Production of crop

*Ans. (c)*

25. Selection of homozygous plant is

(a) pure line selection

(b) mass selection

(c) mixed selection

(d) introduction

*Ans. (a)

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Swachh Survekshan 2020 USEFUL FOR NABARD GR A 2020 EXAM

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has announced the results of the first (April-June) and second (July- September) quarters of Swachh Survekshan 2020.

Swachh Survekshan 2020 is the 5th edition of the annual urban cleanliness survey conducted by the Ministry.

Format/ Method of Assessment

Swachh Survekshan 2020 is evaluated for each quarter on the basis of monthly updation of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) online Management Information System (MIS) by cities along with citizen’s validation on the 12 service level progress indicators.

Swachh Survekshan 2020 has been conducted in 3 quarters:

April – June

July – September

October – December 2019

These quarterly assessments will hold 25% weightage in the annual survey which is scheduled to commence from 4th January 2020 across India.

Ranks for Swachh Survekshan 2020 have been assigned based on the population in two categories of the cities :

1 lakh and above with sub-categories of

1-10 lakh

10 lakhs and above.

Less than 1 lakh (under this category, the rankings are given zone and population-wise).

It includes five zones namely, North, East, Northeast, South and West.

Key Points

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) have topped the cleanliness charts for two consecutive quarters among cities with over 10 lakh population and with 1 lakh to 10 lakh population respectively.

Kolkata ranked at the bottom of the ranking of 49 major cities across both quarters as West Bengal did not participate in the nationwide exercise.

Among cantonment boards, Tamil Nadu's St.Thomas Mount Cantt was ranked 1st in quarter 1 whereas Delhi Cantt ranked first in the 2nd quarter.

Secunderabad Cantonment Board in Hyderabad is the worst performer among other cantonment boards.



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HOW TO STUDY ESI & AGRICULTURE RURAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION OF NABARD 2020 EXAM?

Topics or sources you must prepare:

1.Economic Survey 2018-19

2.Budget 2019-20

3.Social Economic Census 2011 Highlights

5.Important bills GST ,National Agriculture Market

6.loan waiver ,bank merger ,demonetization,GST ,

7.Role of NABARD in rural banking ,development ,agriculture development ,financial inclusion ,digital literacy E-Shakti.

8.NCERTs chapters of Agriculture

9 .Basic of agriculture terminology like viticulture etc ,
Govt schemes for Agriculture NFSM, Organic farming ,diversification,Irrigation ,related to animal husbandry and rural specific with Deen Dayal etc .

10. Role of NABARD in rural finance ,as nodal agency , as development institution from NABARD site .

11.You should have a good Geographical knowledge of States and Soils present in the country.

12.Go through Kurukshetra and Yojana Magazines. Focus on the Agriculture part in these Magazines.

13.Go through the Reports provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Rural Development and NABARD on their Website.

14.Also, the report provided by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is important.

15.Cover the Agricultural Census provided by Ministry of Agriculture.

16.Press Releases by Agriculture and Rural Department.Cover State of Forest Report provided Bi-annually by Ministry of Environment,

17.Forest and Climate Change.Prepare Current Affairs (Minimum Past 5 Months), Stats and Economic Survey.


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Objectives of 'Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme'


1.To promote setting up of new/modern dairy farms for clean milk production

2.To encourage rearing of heifer calf

3.To improve the quality & traditional technology to handle milk on commercial scale

4.To bring structural changes in the unorganized sector so that initial milk processing can be taken up at village level itself

5.To generate self-employment & provide infrastructure mainly for unorganized sector


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