NABARD is (B) Number of independent contrasts

(A) An autonomous body (C) Number of observations in the

(B) Fully owned by Government of design

India y (D) Number of contrasts

(C) Private-public Sector 6 What are the basic principles of

(D) All of these design of experiments?
(A) Randomization
2. Office of AGMARK is located at/ in:
(B) Local control
(A) Mumbai.
(C) Replication
(B) Delhi
(D) All ofthese
(C) Faridabad

. Which of the following design does not

(D) Udayapur
follow localcontrol?
3 The Central Agmark Laboratory is
(A) BIB design
located in
(B) Completely Randomized design.
(A) Jajpur (C) Randomized block design
(B) Mumbai (D) None of these
(C) Kolkata
The causeof experimental error is
(D) Nagpur. (A) Variation intreatment.
A Which is a Scheme of NABARD (6) Unknown factors effects
related with agriculture?
(C) Experimenter's mistakes
(A) Agriclinic (D) None of these
(B) Agribusiness Centres Scheme
9. To find out CD values of a design,
(C) Both (A) and (B).
what test is used ?
(D) None of these
(A) F-test
What do you mean by degrees of
(B) t-test.
freedom?
(C) Z-test
(A) Number of independent obser-
vations (D) Chi-squaretest

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trasts
10. Mintzberg's set of managerial role 13 What do you understand by
n the
'employees believe that they are not
includes how many roles of a
valued' ?
Manager?
(A) High rate of absenteeism
(A) 8 roles (B) Low morale
s of
(B) 7 roles (C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
(C) 10 roles
14 Which is a step of decision making?
(D) 12 roles
(A) To define the problem

11, Who is an Entrepreneur ? (B) To identify limiting factors

(C) To establish a control and

(A) Who performs ceremonial and
s not evaluation system
symbolic duties
(D) All of these
(B) Who directs and motivates
15 Who recommends the MSP and issue
ign subordinates prices ?

(C) Who identifies new ideas and (A) Ministry of Agriculture

(B) Planning Commission
delegate idea responsibility to
(C) Commission for Agricultural
others Costs and Prices

(D) Who takes corrective action (D) NABARD

during disputes 16 Which of the following is the

implementing Agency for National
is the cause of problem of Iow
12What Agricultural Insurance Scheme ?
profit ? (A) Food Corporation of Indiay

(A) Poor market research (B) Commission for Agricultural

Costs and Prices
(B) Organic farming
(C) Agricultural Insurance Company
C) Faulty Government schemes of India Limited

(D) Inflation in country (D) NABARD

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17/Which of the following is a function of (i) It includes a newW category

NABARD ? other than BPL and APL in

(A) Monitoring flow of ground level the PDS

credit to agriculture (A) (i) only

(B) Credit planning and monitoring

(B) (i) only
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(C) Formulation of operational
(D) None ofthese.
guidelines for rural financial
Read the following statements and
institutions 20
identifythe right ones:
(D) All ofthese
() TheAgricultural Price Policy
aims at providing assured
8) Read the following statements and

identify the right ones: price to the farmers.

) The Kisan Credit

Scheme (i) It aims at inducing farmers to
bring in their surplus produce
was launched in 2015.
to the market.
(ii) The Scheme provides
(A) () only
adequate and timely credit
(B) () only
support to the farmers for C) Both (A) and (B)
their cultivation needs.
(D) None of these

(A) ) only 21. Indian Agriculture is typically

(B) (Gi) only characterized as
Both (A) and (B) (A) Land surplus, labour scarce
)
None of these
economy
(D)
(B) Land surplus, labour surplus
Read the following statements and
19. economy
identify the right ones (C) Land scare, labour surplus

() TheAntyodaya Anna Yojana economy

provides food security to the (D) Land scare, labour scarce
poorest families. economy

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v category 22? The Blue Revolution is related with (B) River Management Mission
and APL in (A) Fish production
(C) Mission to save rainwater for
(B) Food grain production
irrigation
(C) Oilseed production
(D) Mission to increase underground
(D) Milk production
water
23. Where is the Central Rice Research
27 Which of the following organisations
Institute located ?
nents and approves the Fair and Remunerative
(A) Bangaluru
(F. R. P.) of the Sugarcane?
rice Policy (B) Kanpur
(A) Cabinet Committee on
assured (C) Coimbatore
5. Economic Affairs.
(D) Cuttack.
armers to (B) Commission for Agricultural
24. Under which Five Year Plan agriculture
produce Costs and Prices
register negative growth?
(C) Directorate of Marketing and
(A) Third
Inspection Ministry ofAgriculture
(B) Fifth
(D) Agricultural Produce Market
(C) Seventh
Committee
(D) Ninth

oically 25 What do you mean by MSP ? 28) The difference of the Government

Minimum Support Price (MSP) and

.(A) Minimum Support Prioes
carce Market Prices, which is paid directly
(B) Minimal Support Price
to the farmers under W.T.O. is called
(C) Maximum Support Price
rplus (A) Blue box subsidies
(9 Minimum Support Price
(B) Green box subsidies,
rplus 28. "Operation Flood" is a:

(C) Yellow box subsidies

(A) Mission to Increase Performance
arce Pink box subsidies
of the Dairy Sector (D)

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ontd
 A (geographic) field is a geographic
29. Green Revolution was confined to: (33)
phenomena for which, for every point
(A) Rice in West Bengal
in the study area
(B) Cotton in Maharashtra A) A value can be determined

(C) Wheat in Punjab and Haryana. (B) A value cannot be determined

(C) A value is not relevant

(D) Oilseeds in Andhra Pradesh
(D) A value is missing

30 Pink Revolution is concerned with

34 The first talk about nano-technology

(A) Prawn Production was given by :

(B) Egg Production (A) Albert Einstein

(C) Potato Production (B) Newton
(C) Gordon E. Moore
(D) Solar Energy
(D) Richard Feynman

31, GIS deals with which kind of data ?

35. Nano materials are the materials with

(A) Numeric data at least one dimension measuring

(B) Binary data

lessthan
(A) 1 nm
(C) Spatial data (B) 10 nm
(D) Complex data
(C) 100 nm

data that (D) 1000 nm

By 'spatial data' we
mean
32.
has OAvailable water held between
(A) Saturation to wilting point
(A) Complex values

(B) Field capacity to hygroscopic

(B) Positional values
coefficient
(C) Graphic values
(C) Only field capacity
(D) Decimal values (D) Field capacity to wilting point

(6) Contd.
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 37. Mica is a type of clay mineral: (C) 6.5-7.5

(A) 1:1 (D) 7.5-8.5

(B) 2:1
(42. Improper development of wheat
(C) 2:1:1
inflorescence is due to deficiency of:

(D) None of these.

-
(A) Molybdenum
(38) Denitrification is a proces (B) Boron

(A) Oxidation (C) Calcium.

(B) Reduction, (D) Magnesium

(C)Hydration 43 Organic matterobtained

(D) Carbonation (A) OC x 1.724

(B) OC x 2.24
39/Microorganism involved in conversion
from nitrite to nitrate: (C) OC x 1.55

(D) OC x 1.64
(A) Nitrosomonas
(B) Nitrobactor mineral that
44. Feldspars is primary
(C) Pseudomonas occurs pre-dominantlyin:
(D) Bacillus (A) lgneous rock

is (B) Sedimentary rock

40 Most of the soil organism
(C) Metamorphic rocks
(A) Psychrophiles

(D) All of these

(B) Mesophiles.

(C) Thermophiles
45 Red colour of soil is due to
(D) All of these (A) Hematite.

in pH (B) Geothite
(41) Fungigrowth optimum
(A) 2.5-4.5 (C) Glauconite

(B) 4.5-6.5 (D) Maghemite

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 in
Which fertilizer produce acidity
4G. Olsen method is used for phosphorus 50
soil?
estimation
(A) Ammoniumsulphate.
(A) Acidic soil
(B) Sodium nitrate
B) Neutral to alkali soil

(C) Calcium ammonium nitrate

(C) Salinesoil
(D) Calcium nitrate
(D) All of these

47. Which instrument is used for the 51/Green manure plants are
estimation of potash (K) ? (A) Poaceae

(A) Spectrophotometer (B) Solanaceae

(B) Flamephotometer (C) Leguminosae

(C) Colorimeter (D) Compositae

(D) Atomic absorption is not included in organic

52/This

48. Base saturation in lateritic soil: farming

(A) Crop rotation
(A) <40%

(B)40% (B) Chemicalfertilizer.

(C) Green manures
(C) 20%
(D)>20% (D) Compost and farmyard manures

Maximum N content found in N- 63, In children, this disease is caused due

49.
fertilizer to excess nitrate fertilizers usage:

(A) Urea (A) Mumps

(B) Anhydrous ammonia (B) Jaundice

(C) Sodium nitrate (C) Septicemia »

(D) Ammonium sulphate (D) Methaemoglobinaemia

Contd.
HM-2C/15 (8)
54 Green manure is 58Which of the following substance can
(A) Maize be used for soil reclamation?

(B) Rice (A) Gypsum

(B) Citric acid
(C) Sorghum
(C) Phosphoric acid
(D) Sesbania.
(D) Oxalic acid

55Azolla is used as a biofertilizer as it

59, Which of the following in deficient in
possesses:
saline soils?
(A) Humus in large quantities
(A) Nitrogen
(B) Rhizobium
(B) Sulphur
(C) Mycorrhiza (C) Oxygen
) Cyanobacteria O) Calcium
on acidic
56 Which of the following ions is not found 60Crops that are grown

in excess in acidicsoils? sulphate soils gets destroyed due to

nutrient deficiency caused due to
(A) A

(B) Fe
(A) Aluminium toxicity,
(B) Sodiumtoxicity
C) Mg.
(C) Oxygen toxicity
(D) Cu
(D) Nitrogen toxicity
is majorly found
57,Which of the following
GKReclamation is process of removal of
in acid sulphate soils ?
saltsfrom
(A) Pyrite (A) Salinesoil
(B) Copper (B) Saline sodic soils
C) Aluminium.
(C) Degraded sodic soils
(D) Magnesium> (D) Sodic soils

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 In water logged soil, crops should be 66, Nucleus seed is produced by
(A) Breeder seeds
sowing
(A) On leveled soil (B) Foundation seed

(B) On ridges (C) Plantbreeders

(C) On flat top ridges (D) Nucleus seeds

(D) On round top ridges Seed

67. Headquarter of National

In waterlogged soils the aeranchyma Corporation

3.
formationtakes placein:me (A) New Delhi.
(B) Mumbai
(A) Leaves

(B) Stem (C) Bangalore

(D) Kolkata mice
(C) Roots

(D) Shoots is the colour tag of certified

68What
seed ?
64: In acidic soil in rice crop the alternate
(A) White
wetting and drying in early growth
(B) Azure blue
season. s ob ir sn
(C) Golden brown
(A) Improve the aeration
(D) None of these
(B) Reduce the severity of reducing

condition G4. Given

c) Both (A) and (B). Purity % ofseed 99.97

(D) Save water Germination % = 91.66

Then, what will be real value ofseed?

Sodic soils are generally high in
65.
(A) 92.78
(A) Naco
(B) 95.80
(B) NaHCO
c ) 91.63
e) Both (A) and (B).
(D) 94.66
(D) CaCl2
HM-2C/15 (10) Contd.
 J0. The seed viability test is also known (C) Test cross
as (D) All of these
(A) T-test
5. Which term represents a pair of
(B) Z-test
contrasting characters?
(C) Germination test
JA) Heterozygous
P) TZ-test.
eed (B) Homozygous
71/1solation distance is necessary to : (C) Codominant genes
(A) Avoid cross pollination (D) Allelomorphs.
(B) Avoid self pollination
76. The Origin of Species's is written by :
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(A) Charles Darwin.
(D) None of these
(B) Mendel

72/Test Weight is: (C) Jeoen Bakker

fied
(A) Weight of 10 seeds (D) Meindent Boon

(B) Weight of 1000 seeds

77Theterm Genetics was given by
(C) Weight of 100 seeds
(A) Bovery
(D) Weight of 10000 seeds
(B) Y.L. Ping
Who is known as the "Father of
73. (C) Suttan
Genetics"?
(D) Beston
(A) Morgan
8. Which is true abouttriticale?
(B) Mendel
(C) Watson
(A) It is high degree of fertility.

(D) Bateson
(B) It is amphidiploid with 54
1?
of chromosomes.
Homozygosity and heterozygosity
be determined by :
(C) It is a cross between Secale
an individual can
cereale and Tritium vulgare.
(A) Back cross

(D) None of these

(B) Self-fertilization

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 79,Which is the base pair of a DNA 83. Crosses between the plants of the

molecule ? same variety are

called:

(A) Adenine - Uracil x

(A) Inter-specific
(B) Thymine- Guanine
(B) Inter-varietal x
(C) Cystine-Guanine
(C) Intra-varietal
(D) Uracil-Guaninex
(D) Inter-generic
80/ The quickest method of plant breeding
84. What is the End Product of the Calvin
is
Cycle?
(A) Introduction
(B) Selection A) PGA
(B) ADP + NADP
(C) Hybridization
(C) RuBP
(D) Mutation breeding

Desired improved variety of

D) PGAL
8
economically useful crops are raised 85. Which Metabolic Pathway produces
by Carbohydrate?
(A) Natural Selection
(A) Glycolysis
(B) Hybridization (B) Krebs cycle
C)Mutation (C) Cyclicelectron pathway
(D) Biofertilisers
(D) Calvin cycle u

82. Progeny obtained as a result of repeat which is C4

self pollination a cross pollinated crop
86 Among the following, a

Plant ?
tocalled:
(A) Pineapple x
(A) Pure line
(B) Pedigree line
(B) Soybean

C) Inbreed line, (C) Corn.

(D) All of these

(D) Heterosis
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87 What is the rate of Photosynthesis in
91- 'Farmers first' model was put
C4 Plants?
forwarded by
(A) Higher (A) Robert Chamber
(B) Moderate (B) A. Reddy

(C) Low (C) Knapp »

(D) Very low (D) D. Berol

88. Among the following, which Acid is a 92. The main mode of extension in the

derivative of Carotenoids? farmersfirst' model is

(A) Gibberellic acid » (A) Farmerto farmer»
(B) Indole butyric acid (B) Agentto farmer

(C) Indole-3-acetic acid (C) Research to agent

(D) Farmertoscientist
(D) Abscisic acid
93. The learning curve in teaching follows
89 What is the reason for Seed
a:
Dormancy?
(A) Starch
(A) S-shape
(B) U-shape
(B) Glucose
(C) V-shape
(C) Ethylene

Abscisic acid
(D)L-shape
(D) .

94 Reading newspaper is which level of

90. Which of the following is an example
communication?
of Gaseous Plant Hormone ?
(A) Inter-personal
(A) IAA
(B) Intra-personal.
(B) Gibberellins
(C) Dyadic
(C) Ethylene
(D) Intra-organization
(D) Abscisic acid

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 education in India
Who is Father of Extension in India ? 98 The role of extension
95.
isperformed by
(A) Robert Chamber

(B) A. Reddy
(A) State Agricultural University
Central Agricultural University
(B)
(C) K. N.Singh
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) D. Berlo
(D) Krishi Vigyan Kendra

96. What is the early adopters

99. KCC was launched by:
percentage?
(A) NABARD.
(A) 2.5
(B) RBI
B) 13.5.
(C) RRB

(C) 16 (D) SBI

(D) 10
100. Kisan Credit Card (KCC) offers credit
97. By nature, extension teaching is to the farmers by:

(A) Horizontal. (A) Cash credit

(B) Vertical (B) Termloan

(C) Both (A) and (B)
C) Vertical- horizontal

(D) None of these

(D) None of these

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