Question

Given below are two statements:

Statement (I): Precision agriculture is generally defined as information and technology based farm management system to identify, analyze and manage variability within fields for optimum profitability, sustainability and protection of the land resources.

Statement (II): Precision agriculture is the application of drone technologies in agricultural production.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

• A. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are correct.
• B. Both Statement (I) and Statement (II) are incorrect.
• C. Statement (I) is correct but Statement (II) is incorrect.
• D. Statement (I) is incorrect but Statement (II) is correct.

Hint:

Think about whether drone use alone can capture the full scope of precision agriculture.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

This question checks whether the student can tell a full, accurate definition of precision agriculture from a description that mixes it up with just one of its tools.

1. Statement (I): This describes precision agriculture as a data and technology driven way to manage a farm, built around finding and handling variability inside a field to raise profit, keep the system sustainable, and protect the soil and land. This is the accepted textbook definition, so it holds up as true.
2. Statement (II): This reduces precision agriculture to only drone use. Drones give aerial images and crop stress maps, but precision agriculture also leans on GPS based auto steering, geographic information systems, yield monitors, soil sensors and variable rate applicators. Calling it just drone application misses most of the field, so this statement is false.

Since the first statement gives the real definition and the second one wrongly narrows the concept to a single technology, the correct choice is that Statement (I) is correct and Statement (II) is incorrect.

Let's summarize:

• Precision agriculture covers a whole toolbox of technologies, not just drones.
• Its goal is managing within-field variability for profit, sustainability and land protection together.

So the final answer is option 3.