Match the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: List-I A ) Viticulture B) Vegeculture C) Pisciculture D) Olericulture List-II 1) Vegetable farming 2) Fish farming 3) Tree farming 4) Grapes farming

The core of this question is the standard horticulture and fisheries vocabulary. Viticulture is grape cultivation, so A matches 4. Pisciculture is fish farming, so C matches 2. Olericulture is vegetable growing, so D matches 1.

That leaves vegeculture, the weakest term in the set. It is usually defined as raising crops from vegetative parts such as tubers, cuttings, suckers and runners (potato, sweet potato, colocasia). Strictly, it is not tree farming, but among the four options it is the only one that fits the remaining slot. Option B pairs it with tree farming and gets the other three right. Option D puts tree farming under olericulture, which is plainly wrong, and option A and C put viticulture with vegetables or tree farming, which is also wrong.

This sits within the Agriculture and Allied Sectors section, and the same vocabulary helps in Mains answers on diversification of agriculture and allied activities.

Trap: Aspirants often read vegeculture as "vegetable farming" and pick D, then get stuck on olericulture. Remember that olericulture is the vegetable term.