Question : Statement 1: Sustainable agriculture practices aim to minimize the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, promote soil conservation, and ensure food security.

Statement 2: These practices reduce the negative impacts of conventional farming on the environment and human health.

Option 1: Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true, and statement 2 is the correct explanation of statement 1 .

Option 2: Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true, but statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1 .

Option 3: Statement 1 is true, but statement 2 is false.

Option 4: Statement 1 is false, but statement 2 is true.

Question : Assertion: The Green Revolution in India resulted in an increase in agricultural productivity but also led to ecological imbalances.

Reason: Excessive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides caused environmental issues during the Green Revolution.

Option 1: Both the assertion and reason are true, and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
 

Option 2: Both the assertion and reason are true, but the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.
   

Option 3: The assertion is true, but the reason is false.

Option 4: The assertion is false, but the reason is true.

Question : Statement 1: Horticulture plays a vital role in promoting environmental sustainability.

Statement 2: Horticulture minimizes the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

Option 1: Both statement 1 and statement 2 are true.
 

Option 2: Both statement 1 and statement 2 are false.
  

Option 3: Statement 1 is true, but statement 2 is false.

Option 4: Statement 1 is false, but statement 2 is true.

Question : Directions:
A statement is given followed by two inferences I and II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance with commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given inferences, if any, follow from the given statement.
Statement:
Extensive use of pesticides in agricultural production contaminates soil and water, remains in the crops, and finally enters the food chain, thereby posing a threat to human beings.
Inferences:
I. Excessive use of pesticides in agricultural production is not good for people.
II. Excessive use of pesticides in agricultural production can have a bad effect on water.

Option 1: If only II follows

Option 2: If neither I nor II follows

Option 3: If only I follows

Option 4: If both I and II follow

Question : Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.

A. These fields in the countryside have often been treated with pesticides which are harmful to bees.
B. There is a new buzz in towns and cities in Great Britain.
C. Bee-keepers living in the towns have begun to outnumber those in the country because plants growing in towns can offer more exciting nectar than fields in the countryside.
D. Bee-keeping, normally practised by people living in the country, has become a fashionable hobby for those who live and work in the cities.

Option 1: CBAD

Option 2: BDCA

Option 3: CDAB

Option 4: BCAD