Unit 6: Production Technology of Plantation Crops - Practice Quiz

1 What is the botanical name of the tea plant?

2 Which portion of the tea plant is commonly harvested to produce high-quality tea?

3 Which type of soil is generally suitable for tea cultivation?

4 What is the main purpose of pruning tea bushes?

5 Which coffee species is widely known for producing mild and aromatic coffee?

6 The coffee plant belongs to which botanical family?

7 What is the fruit of the coffee plant commonly called?

8 Which field condition is commonly provided for young coffee plants?

9 What is the botanical name of cocoa?

10 Which commercial product is mainly prepared from cocoa beans?

11 What does cauliflory in cocoa mean?

12 Which climate is most suitable for cocoa cultivation?

13 What is the botanical name of cashewnut?

14 The cashew plant belongs to which botanical family?

15 Where is the cashew nut located in relation to the cashew apple?

16 Which propagation method is commonly used to multiply elite cashew plants?

17 What is the botanical name of the commercial rubber tree?

18 What is the milky liquid obtained from a rubber tree called?

19 What is the process of collecting latex from a rubber tree called?

20 Which propagation method is commonly used for commercial rubber planting material?

21 A tea estate receives frequent rainfall, but plants in a low-lying block show yellowing and root decline. Which corrective measure is most appropriate?

22 A manager wants to produce high-quality made tea while maintaining sufficient foliage for continued shoot growth. Which plucking standard should generally be followed?

23 During one plucking round, 8,000 marketable tea shoots are harvested, with an average shoot weight of . What is the approximate green-leaf yield?

24 An old tea block has developed tall, irregular bushes with a declining plucking surface. Which field operation would most directly restore a manageable productive frame?

25 After a prolonged dry period, a coffee plantation needs uniform flowering before the normal rains begin. Which irrigation practice is most suitable?

26 A grower plans to establish coffee in a warmer, lower-elevation site where coffee leaf rust is common. Which species is generally the more suitable choice?

27 A producer wants to prepare washed coffee with a clean cup profile. What should be done soon after harvesting ripe berries?

28 Coffee plants in an exposed block show leaf scorching and excessive soil-moisture loss during hot months. Which management change is most appropriate?

29 A farmer wishes to introduce cocoa beneath an established coconut garden. Which condition most strongly supports the suitability of this system?

30 A cocoa grower dries freshly extracted beans immediately and obtains chocolate with weak aroma and excessive bitterness. Which omitted operation most likely caused the problem?

31 Vigorous upright shoots arise below the jorquette of a bearing cocoa tree and begin competing with the main canopy. How should these shoots be managed?

32 A worker searches only among the outer branches for harvestable cocoa pods and misses a large proportion of the crop. Which growth characteristic explains the error?

33 A grower wants a new cashew orchard with uniform tree type and early bearing. Which planting material is most appropriate?

34 A cashew farmer carries out severe pruning of healthy terminal shoots immediately before flowering. What is the most likely effect on the next crop?

35 An old cashew orchard contains healthy trees of poor genetic quality and gives consistently low yields. Which method can replace their canopies without replanting the entire orchard?

36 A farmer collects cashew nuts by shaking trees while many apples are still green. Which practice would better improve nut maturity and kernel quality?

37 A budded rubber tree has not yet reached the recommended trunk girth for opening. Why should tapping be postponed?

38 A tapping schedule is written as . How should it be interpreted?

39 Latex collection drops sharply during a rainy period because water repeatedly wets the tapping panel and collection cup. Which intervention is most appropriate?

40 A rubber tapper repeatedly cuts too deeply and injures the cambium. What is the most likely long-term consequence?

41 A new tea field is to be established on a 35% slope in a region receiving intense monsoon rainfall. Which layout best limits soil erosion while maintaining root-zone aeration?

42 During clonal propagation of tea, a worker removes the leaf from every single-node cutting but retains the axillary bud. What is the most likely consequence?

43 A tea estate receives a premium for liquor quality, but recent harvests contain many coarse shoots. Which plucking adjustment is most appropriate?

44 A mature tea field has a healthy frame, but its plucking surface has become slightly elevated and uneven. The manager wants minimal crop interruption and no removal of major branches. Which operation is most suitable?

45 After a prolonged dry period, coffee bushes receive blossom irrigation and flower uniformly. No rain follows flowering. Which subsequent practice most directly reduces flower and young-fruit loss?

46 An exhausted coffee stem must be replaced without changing the root system. Which shoot should be selected to form the new stem?

47 A coffee lot contains selectively harvested ripe cherries intended for a high-quality washed product. Which processing sequence best preserves this objective?

48 An estate must allocate two sites: a cool high-elevation site with moderate leaf-rust pressure and a warmer lower-elevation site. Which allocation is agronomically most appropriate?

49 Cocoa trees under a very dense coconut canopy flower profusely but set few pods. The floor is dry and repeatedly cleared of organic residues. Which integrated change is most likely to improve production?

50 A seedling cocoa block flowers abundantly but repeatedly shows poor pod set because many trees are self-incompatible and genetically related. Which intervention most directly addresses the constraint?

51 In formative pruning of cocoa, which decision correctly distinguishes chupons from fan branches?

52 A batch of dried cocoa beans is strongly astringent and shows a high proportion of slaty-purple cotyledons. Which earlier processing failure most plausibly caused this defect?

53 A breeder has identified an elite cashew tree with high nut weight and shelling percentage. Which method is most appropriate for establishing a genetically uniform commercial orchard from it?

54 A cashew orchard flowers normally, but fruit set falls sharply after repeated broad-spectrum insecticide sprays during peak bloom. What is the most defensible diagnosis and response?

55 Which statement correctly relates the harvested components of cashew to their botanical and commercial roles?

56 An adult cashew orchard has dense, interlocking canopies and declining flowering. Because cashew bears mainly on terminal shoots, which canopy-management schedule is most suitable?

57 In rubber tapping notation, what does the system S/2 d2 6d/7 indicate?

58 Under standard practice for opening a uniform stand of budded rubber, which condition most appropriately indicates tappability?

59 A high-yielding rubber block develops increasing tapping-panel dryness after frequent tapping and repeated stimulant application. Which immediate response is most appropriate?

60 Fresh latex is intended for production of ribbed smoked sheets. Which sequence is technically appropriate?