1. What is common between the following:

	(a) AgFind,      (b) AgriSurf, 	
	(c) Web-agri,    (d) @gricculture online, and 
	(e) AgMetaSearch?

2. When and where was the first World Conference on Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources (WCCA) held?

3. What are the following:

	(a) WAICENT,    	(b) FAOSTAT, 
	(c) EMPRES,     	(d) FIVIMS, and     (e) AGRIS?

4. If these are regional / international / national-level organisations in the field of information technology (IT) in agriculture, also called AgIT organisations, what are the following:

(a) EFITA, (b) AFITA,
(c) PanAFITA, (d) INFITA-InfoNet
(e) JSAI, (f) INSAIT, and (g) IIAA?

5. (a) If this claims itself to be the largest database of agricultural information worldwide, what is AGRICOLA, (b) If this provides access to over 400 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences, what is AGORA?

6. Kisan, meaning farmer, is a very popular word for use in various schemes for the Indian farmer. If so, what are the following:

	(a) ikisan, 		(b) MahindraKisan Mitra, 
	(c) KisanBazaar, 	(d) Kisan Dehydration, and 
	(e) e-Kisan credit card?

7. Name the milking robot - a fully automated milking unit - has its own software, the Crystal software, which operates under Windows™. It is manufactured and assembled at the Fullwood factory in Shropshire, England.

8. To use computer technology at the grass roots level, Village Computer and Internet Program (VCIP) has been undertaken at Madhupur in Tangail district, about160 km from Dhaka, in Bangladesh. Who started the programme?

9. (a) If it has been a bellwether application of eGovernance in India as early as 1986, what is CRISP, and (b) If these have been created by National Informatics Centre (NIC), New Delhi, what are the following: (i) RuralBazar, (ii) RuralSoft 2000, (iii) PriaSoft, and (iv) eNRICH?

10. If these are important official networks in agriculture sector in India, what are

	(a) DACNET, 		(b) ARISNET, 
	(c) AGMARKNET, and          	(d) AGRISNET?

11. What are the following:

	(a) Agricultural Gateway of India (AGI), 
	(b) Indusscitech.net,      		(c) The AIM Lab, 
	(d) Cyberfarm, and 		(e) CCNet?

12. 120 farmers pooled land in 1994 to create this 400-acre cyber city in western India. Name the cyber city.

13. If this is the brand name under which a private company markets its automatic milk collection systems to milk co-operatives in Gujarat and Maharashtra, what is AKASHGANGA™, literally meaning the milky way?

14. It claims to be the single largest producer of vermicompost in the world. Starting with a small beginning in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan in 1995, this foundation has emerged as a major organisation offering various services for organic agriculture in India. What is its name?

15. What are dairy information services kiosk (DISK) and dairy portal (DP) projects and who is implementing them?

16. If this was the first call centre for farmers set up by a state government in India, what is Parishkaram (Solution)?

17. When did the Government of India set up a National Commission on Farmers (NCF) for recommending policies, programmes and measures for alleviating rural poverty and raise standards of living of the farming community?

18. Name the Indian satellite, launched on October 17, 2003 from Sriharikota space cntere (SHAR), 100 kilometres north of Chennai, is expected to enhance the remote sensing applications in agriculture, land and water resources management, and disaster management?

19. Where has the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE-AP) for enhancing the capabilities of the member states in space science and technology been established at the initiative of the United Nations (UN)?

20. What are the following: (a) Surapala’s Vrikshayurveda, (b) Kashyapiyakrishisukti, (c) Krishi Parashara, (d) Nuskha Dar Fanni-Falahat, and (e) Vishvavallabha?