1.
Triticum aestivum is a
(A) Hexaploid (B) Diploid
(C) Tetraploid (D) Euploid
2. Gregor John Mendal worked on
the crop
(A) Sweet Pea (B) Field pea
(C) Beans (D) Garden pea
3. t-test is applicable when
the numbers of treatments are
(A) 2 (B) 6
(C) 8 (D) 12
4. The first Director General of
ICAR
(A) Dr. B. P. Paul (B) Dr. R. S. Paroda
(C) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan (D) Dr. B.
Vishwanath
5. Red and purple colour of maize
(Zea Mays) is due to deficiency of
(A) Ca (B) N
(C)F (D) P
6. Geographical area of India is
(A) 328 Mha (B) 148 Mha
(C) 428 Mha (D) 392 Mha
7. Most common method of
irrigation in India is
(A) Border irrigation (B) Check basin
irrigation
(C) Sprinkler irrigation (D) Drip
irrigation
8. Global warming is attributed to
increase in concentration of green
house gases like
(A) CO2 (B) CFCs
(C)CH4 (D) All of these
9. The cropping intensity of India
during 2004-05 is about
(A) 125% (B) 135%
(C)145% (D) 155%
10. The net gain of ATP during
glycolysis is
(A) 1 (B) 4
(C) 2 (D) 8
11. The error degree of freedom
for a RBD design with 10
treatments and 4 replications is
(A) 20 (B) 27
(C) 40 (D) 36
12. Absorption of solute ions is
regulated by
(A) Nucleus wall (B) Cell organelles
(C) Vacuoles (D) Plant cell membrane
13. One gram of glucose produces (A) C3 (B) CAM
how much fat or oil
(C)C4 (D) All of above
(A) 0.25 g (B) 0.35 g
20. Plants absorb phosphorus in
(C) 0.45 g (D) 0.32 g the form of

14. Total number of State (A) H2PO4 (B) PO4

Agriculture University in India in
the year 2004 was (C) SSP (D) P

(A) 25 (B) 44 21. Principle of Experimental

design is given by
(C) 34 (D) 30
(A) R A Fisher (B) Wilcox
15. Growth of plant towards light
is called? (C)Cox and Cochran (D) WG Cochran

(A)Phototropism (B) Photorespiration 22. An acid derived from green

leaves of chickpea prescribed for
(C) Photocromatism intestinal disorders is
(D) Photoperiodism
(A) Citric acid (B) Sulphuric acid
16. The CO2 content of soil air is
(C) Oxalic acid (D) Prussic acid
(A) 3% (B) 0.3 %
23. Which one of the plant is the C4
(C)0.03% (D) 0.003% plant?

17. The C: N ratio of humus is (A) Maize (B) Potato

(A) 20: 1 (B) 100: 1 (C) Pea (D) Papaya

(C) 10: 1 (D) 400:1 24. Atmosphere extends above mean

sea level to a height of about
18. Densest part of atmosphere
strata is (A) 160 km (B) 1600 km

(A) Troposphere (B) Thermosphere (C) 1600 meter (D) 1600 miles

(C) Stratosphere (D) Mesosphere 25. Criteria for the essentiality of

nutrients for plants was given by
19. The plants which open their
stomata during night for taking (A) Arnon (B) Wilcox
CO4 are known as
(C) Liebig (D) None
26. The Oleoresin compounds occurs
in
(A) Cotton (B) Maize
(C) Chilli (D) Ginger
27. The law of tolerance was
introduced by
(A) Milvert (B) Shelford
(C) Hilaire (D) Ear- net Haeckel
28. End product of glycolysis is
(A) ATP (B) Pyruvate
(C) PEP (D) Glucose
29. Plants capable of growing in rocks
crevices are called
(A) Calciphytes (B) Chosmophytes
(C) Lithophytes (D) Helophytes
30. Plant cells are connected with the
help of
(A) Plsmodesmata (B) Cellwall
(C) Plasma membrane (D)
Plasmoderma
1. Saffron (kesar) belong to the
family
(A) Apiaceae (B) Iridaceae
(C) Orchidaceae (D) Lauraceae
2. The 5- carbon compounds produced
during dark reaction of photosynthesis
is
(A) Ribose phosphate (B) Xylulose
phosphate
(C) Ribulose bis phosphate (D)
Seda heptulose phosphate
3. Most suitable design for experiment
involving varying number of tillage
and nitrogen levels is
(A) Latin square (B) RBD
(C) Strip plot (D) Split plot
4. In a RBD experiment having 9
treatments and 4 replications, the
error degree of freedom will be
A) 24 (B) 32
(C) 27 D) 36
5. The plants with male and female
flowers on different plants are called
(A)Dicot (B) Dichogamy
(C) Dicliny (D) Dioecious
6. The contribution of Agricultural
sector to the gross domestic product
(GDP) in India
in the year 2004-05 has been nearly
(A) 25 % (B) 45 %
(C) 35 % (D) 55 %
7. Which one of the following process
results in release of energy ?
(A) Metabolism (B) Catabolism
(C) Anabolism (D) Physiology
8. Which one of the following element
is a constituent of protoplasm?
(A) Sulphur (B) Calcium
(C) Iron (D) Potassium
9. Which one of the following element
is mobile in plants but immobile in
soil ?
(A) Sulphur (B) Zinc
(C) Boron (D) Phosphorus
10. Which of the following is non-
climacteric fruit?
(A) Litchi (B) Mango
(C) Banana (D) Apple
11. Which of the following process is
not takes place in evolution of plants?
(A)Crossing over (B) Mutation
(C) Linkage (D) Coupling
12. Solar constant is equal to (in
cal/cm2/min)
(A) 1.94 (B) 194
(C) 19.4 (D) 0.194
13. Khaira disease in rice is due to the
deficiency of
(A) Boron (B) Mn
(C)S (D) Zn
14. Which one of the following is a C3
plant?
(A)Wheat (B) Maize
(C) Pearlmillet (D) Sorghum
15. Criteria for the essentiality of
nutrients for plants was given by
(A) Arnon (B) Wilcox
(C) Liebig (D) None
16. Which one of the following is
sulphur-containing amino acid?
(A)Tryptophan (B) Cystine
(C) Proline (D) Lysine
17. Horse latitude lies in between
north and south latitudinal belt of
equator
(A)0 to 50 (B) 30 to 35
(C) 20 to 250 (D) 10 to 15
18. The splitting up of water molecules
in plant cells in the presence of
sunlight is called
(A)Photophosphorylation (B)
Photosynthesis
(C) Photolysis (D) Phosphorylation
19. What does the stomata open?
(I) When the guard cells are in flaccid
condition
(ll) When there is an accumulation of
K ions in the guard cells
(C) UP (D) Rajasthan
24. The process of use of
microorganism to remove salts from
soil is referred as

(III) When water enters into the guard (A) Chelation (B) Bioremediation
cells
(C) Oxidation (D)Phyto – remediation
(IV) When the water potential of guard
cells is lower than that of adjacent 25. Economic part of Isabgol is
cells
(A) Leaf (B) Seed and husk
(A) II, III and IV I and IV (B) I and III
(C)Seed (D) Husk
(C) (D) None
26. Which part of the plant cell is
20. The number of Agro-climatic zones known as power house?
of India is
(A)Golgi bodies (B) Ribosomes
(A) 17 (B) 7
(C)Mitochondria (D) Lysosomes
(C) 15 (D)10
27. Which one of the following clay
21. Norin – dwarf gene was introduced mineral has the highest CEC?
in which cereal?
(A) Vermiculite (B) Montmorillonite
(A) Wheat (B) Oat
(C) Kaolinite (D) Illite
(C) Rice (D) Maize
28. The light generated reducing
22. The centre of origin of Triticum power is
aestivum is
(A) ATP (B) NADPH2
(A)Chilean centre (B) South Mexican
centre (C) FADH2 (D) NADH 2

(C) Mediterranean centre (D) Near
eastern region
23. Which state of India leads in area
under wheat crop?
29. Under seventh approximation soil
classification, the number of soil
orders is
(A) 15 (B) 14

(A)Punjab (B) MP (C) 8 (D) 11

30. The grand period of rainfall in India
is

(A) Post monsoon (B) North-east

monsoon

(C) Cold weather period (D) South –

west monsoon
1. Agroclimatic zones in India are
(A)18 (B) 15
(C) 20 (D) 17
2. Law of Minimum was given by
(A)Liebig (B) Blackman
(C) Shelford (D) Oement
3. Sulphur containing amino acid
(A)Lysine (B) Methionine
(C)Glutamine (D) Glycine
4. Contribution of agriculture in GDP is
(A) 23% (B) 30%
(C) 40% (D) 60%
5. The specific heat of water is
(A) 0.5 Cal/g (B) 2 Cal/g
(C) 1 Cal/g (D) 4 Cal/g
6. Disease caused by Zn deficiency is
(A) Khaira (B) Mosaic
(C) Die-back (D) Whip tail
7. Mat nursury is related to
(A) Papaya (B) Tobacco
(C) Rice (D) Wheat
8. ANOVA’ was given by
(A) AL. Bowley (B) Horace Secrist
(C) R A Fisher (D) Karl Pearson
9. Karnal bunt is caused by
(A)Albugo candida (B) Nevosia indica
(C) Phytophthora infestans (D) None of
these
10. Bonneville, Early Badger, Arkel are
the improved varieties of
(A) Frenchbean (B) Pea
(C) Sunflower (D) Soybean
11. Most of the wheat varieties are
(A) Quantitative long day plants (B)
Short day plants
(C) Day neutral (D) None of these
12. The simplest measure of variability
in a data set is
(A) Mean (B) Range
(C) Median (D) Mode
13. The crop having the highest
pesticide use is
(A) Cotton (B) Oilseeds
(C) Rice (D) Wheat
14. Double cross hybrid maize
production technique was introduced
by
(A) G.H. Shull (B) Mendel
(C) D.F.Jones (D) E.M.East
15. ‘Vertisol’ is related to
(A) Laterite soil (B) Red soil
(C) Alluvial soil (D) Black soil
16. The square of standard deviation is
(A) Coefficient of variance (B)
Standard deviation
(C)Variance (D) Mean deviation
17. The principle of making use of
greater homogeneity in groups of
experimental units
reduce the experimental error is
(A) Local control (B) Experiment
(C) Replication (D) Experiment Error
18. Sugarcane inflorescence is
(A)Racemose (B) Spikejet
(C)Compound (D) Capitulum
19. Country having the maximum area
of hybrid rice is
(A) China (B) India
(C) Indonesia (D) U.S.A.
20. Transgenic crop having maximum
cultivated area in the world is
(A) Maize (B) Rice
(C) Soybean (D) Cotton
21. Rice grain is deficient in
(A) Lysine (B) Alanine
(C) Glycine (D) Isoleucine
22. An ideal type of rice with small,
thick and erect leaf was proposed by
(A) Yoshida (B) Tsunoda
(C) Murata (D) Tanaka
23. Net cultivated area in India is
(A) 143 Mha (B) 150 Mha
(C) 180 Mha (D) 328 Mha
24. Soil air contains CO2 (%)
(A)0.03 (B) 2.50
(C) 0.25 (D) 3.0
25. When the fertility gradient of the
field is in two directions, the most
appropriate
experimental design is
(A) CRD (B) RBD
(C) Split (D) LSD
26. Biurate content in urea is
(A)1.5% (B) 4%
(C)2% (D) 5%
27. Maximum productivity of
sugarcane in India is
(A) Punjab (B) Uttar Pradesh
(C)Haryana (D) Tamil Nadu

28. Greenhouse gas having largest

contribution to global warming

A) Carbon dioxide (60%) (B) Nitrous

oxide (5%)

(C) Methane (15%) (D) CFC

29. Non-edible plant suitable for

biodiesel

(A) Jatropa (B) Castor

(C) Coconut (D) Rapeseed

30. Total geographical area of India is

(A) 328.9 Mha (B) 328.9 ha

(C) 328.9 sq.km (D) 328.9 Mile

1. PAR (Photo-synthetically active
radiation) is measured in
(A)Photon (B) Watts
(C) Einstein (D) Quantum
2. The study of relationship between
properties and plant production is as
(A) Agronomy (B) Pedology
(C) Edaphology (D) Soil chemistry
3. Triticale is a cross between:
(A) Wheat x Rye (B) Wheat x Barley
(C) Barley x Oat (D) t x Oat
4. Maximum number of treatment
accommodates in RBD without loss of
efficiency is
(A) 20 (B) 60
(C) 40 (D) 10
5. Photo-respiration rate is highest in
which group of plants?
(A) C3 plants (B) CAM plants
(C)C4 plants (D) None of these
6. The first maize hybrid in India was
(A) Ganga-l (B) Kisan
(C) Vijay (D) Vikram
7. Aflatoxin contamination generally
found in
(A) Arher (B) Groundnut
(C) Chickpea (D) Soybean
8. Which crop is also known as white
gold?
(A) Maize (B) Opium
(C)Soybean (D) Cotton
9. Required seed rate for raising
tomato nursery is
(A) 1000 gm (B) 400 Kg
(C) 400 gm (D) 2.0 Kg
10. In Indo-gangatic plains, rice-wheat
cropping system covers about
(A) 5 m ha (B) 10 m ha
(C) 15 m ha (D) 20 m ha
11. Test between two population
variance is done by
(A) F – test (B) Z test
(C) t – test (D) Arithmetic mean
12. Which test is used for comparing
two means from independent
samples?
(A) F – test (B) t – test
(C) Chi – square – test (D) Z – test
13. CO2 accepter in C4 plants is
(A) PGA (B) RuBP
(C)OAA (D) All
14. The chemical responsible for
lathyrism in mammals is
(A) BOAA (B) HeN
(C) 2,4- DB (D) NAA
15. Which element is involved in bio-
synthesis of IAA ?
(A) Nitrogen (B) Boron
(C) Zinc (D) Copper
16. The area under Bt – cotton in India
is about
(A) 6.4 mha (B) 5.4 mha
(C) 4.4 mha (D) 3.4 mha
17. The dwarfing gene in rice is:
(A) Opaque – 2 (B) Tift – 23 A
(C) Dee – Gee – Woo – Gen (D) Norin
-10
18. The net gain of ATP in glycolysis is
(A) 12 ATPs (B) 24 ATPs
(C)1 ATP (D) 2 ATPs
19. The precursor of ethylene is
(A)Histidine (B) Glycine
(C)Tryptophane (D) Methionine
20. Which state contributes maximum
pulse production?
(A) U. P. (B) M.P.
(C) Punjab (D) Maharastra
21. Which of the following crops has
the largest area under transgenic
globally?
(A) Cotton (B) Soybean
(C) Tobacco (D) Maize
22. Sugar-beet is an indicator plant for
(A) Sodium (B) Molybdenum
(C) Zinc (D) Phosphorus
23. Which of the following gases
contributes maximum to global
warming?
(A) CFC (B) CO2
(C) Methane (D) NO 2
24. In India, area under rice is about
(A) 25 Mha (B) 28 Mha
(C) 45 Mha (D) 57 Mha
25. Sunflower is also known as
an individual plant for the deficiency
of
(A) Nitrogen (B) Zinc
(C) Boron (D) Potash
26. Soil air contains CO2 (%)
(A)0.03 (B) 2.50
(C) 0.25 (D) 3.0
27. When the fertility gradient of the
field is in two directions, the most
appropriate

experimental design is

(A) CRD (B) RBD

(C) Split (D) LSD

28. Plants capable of growing in rocks

crevices are called

(A) Calciphytes (B) Chosmophytes

(C) Lithophytes (D) Helophytes

29. The C: N ratio of humus is

(A) 20: 1 (B) 100: 1

(C) 10: 1 (D) 400:1

30. Densest part of atmosphere strata

is

(A) Troposphere (B) Thermosphere

(C) Stratosphere (D) Mesosphere

1. Dangerous gas for depletion of
ozone layer is:
(A)Ethane (B) Methane
(C)CFC (D) Carbon-dioxide
2. Which of the following is not a
biopesticide?
(A) Bioneem (B) Carbaryl
(C) Biolap (D) Dipel
3. Major cropping system of trans-
gangatic plains is
(A)Soybean – wheat (B) Rice – rice
(C) Rice –wheat (D) Maize – wheat
4. Photosynthetic inhibition by 02 is
called:
(A) Reaction (B) Warburg’s effect
(C) Back inhibition (D) Competitive
effect
5. Crop logging is done in
(A) Sugarcane (B) Maize
(C)Tobacco (D) Cotton
6. Blue revolution is related with:
(A) Crops (B) Energy source
(C) Fish (D) Oilseeds
7. Inflorescence in rice is known as
A) Ear (B) Raceme
(C) Spike (D) Panicle
8. Alluvial soils are found in :
(A) Deserts (B) Forests
(C) River delta (D) Mountains
9. Weight of one cotton bale is
(A)170 Kg (B) 160 Kg
(C) 180 Kg (D) 190 Kg
10. Hybrid cotton in India was evolved
for the first time in
(A) 1975 (B) 1980
(C) 1970 (D) 1985
11. Net cultivated area in India during
2004- 05 was
(A)138 million hectare (B) 141 million
hectare
(C) 135 million hectare (D) 144 million
hectare
12. The relative proportion of sand, silt
and clay is called
(A) Soil texture (B) Soil aggregation
(C) Soil structure (D) Soil taxonomy
13. Which of the following crops is
thermo-insensitive?
(A) Sunflower (B) Wheat
(C) Rice (D) Jowar
14. The IARI was established in : 24.
(A)1907 (B) 1909
(C) 1904 (D) 1905
15. In which of the following crops GM
varieties are available for cultivation in
India
(A) Mustard (B) Cotton
(C) Soybean (D) All of the above
16. Photo-periodically rice is a
(A)Day neutral plant (B) Long day
plant
(C) Short day plant (D) None of
these
17. The present level of carbon-dioxide
in atmosphere is :
(A)190 ppm (B) 295 – 300 ppm
(C) 420 – 460 ppm (D) 490 ppm
18. Maize belongs to the category :
(A)Bisexual (B) Monoecious
(C) Dioecious (D) None of these
19. Pheromone trap attracts:
(A)Female moths (B) Female bugs
(C) Male moths (D) Caterpillars
20. Origin place of soybean is
(A)Brazil (B) Mexico
(C) China (D) Peru
21. India rank first in the production of
the following crops in the world:
(A)Rice (B) Wheat
(C) Soybean (D) Pigeon-pea
22. In plants, enzyme responsible for
the synthesis of the malic acid is :
(A) Rubisco (B) PEP carboxylase
(C)Kinase (D) Urease
23. Which soil has highest efficiency?
(A)Loamy soil (B) Sandy soil
(C) Clay soil (D) None of these
24. Which of the following insecticides
may be recommended for the control
of
termites?
(A)Chlorpyriphos (B) Nimbicidine
(C) Dimethonate (D) Methyl- 0 –
demetone
25. Correct order of rice producing
countries is
(A) China> India> Indonesia>
Thailand (B) India> China>
Indonesia> Thailand
(C) Indonesia> Thailand> China>
India (D) None on these
26. The depth of seeding in wheat is
depends on
(A) Length of mesocotyl (B) Length of
radical

(C) Length of coleoptiles (D) None

of these

27. IGFRI is located at:

(A) Jallandhar (B) Jodhpur

(C) Jhansi (D) Jorhat

28. The photosynthetically active

(PAR) falls in the range of

(A) 400 – 700 nm (B) 100- 400 nm

(C) 700- 1000 nm (D) None of the

above

29. Missing data are calculated by

using

(A) Field plot technique (B) Missing

plot technique

(C) ANOVA (D) None of these

30. Soil mulch is useful in:

(A) Minimize evaporation losses (B)

Improving aeration

(C) Improving drainage (D) Removing

weeds
1. The average concentration of
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
is :
(A) 0.03 ppm (B) 30 ppm
(C)0.3 ppm (D) 300 ppm
2. Agrostology is the study of:
(A) Root (B) Grasses
(C) Flower (D) Fruit
3. Atmospheric layer nearest to
earth Surface is
(A) Biosphere (C) Exosphere
(B) Thermosphere (D)
Troposphere
4. Plant that grow on extremely
dry soil are classified under :
(A)Thalophytes (B) Hydrophytes
(C)Xerophytes (D) Hydroponics
5. Ground water table is measured
by :
(A) Tensiometer (B) Piezometer
(C) Pressure plate (D) Neutron
probe
6. Mycorrhiza is associated with
what part of plants?
(A) Roots (B) Leaf
(C) Stem (D) Fruits
7. The most Suited N fertilizer for
tea is:
(A) Urea (B) Calcium nitrate
(C) Ammonium chloride (D)
Ammonium sulphate
8. Which food is designated as
“Boneless meat”?
(A)Banana (B) Potato
(C)Soybean (D) Tapioca
9. Which of the following control
the root initiation, cell elongation
and apical
dominance?
(A)Auxins (B) ABA
(C) Gibberellins (D) Ethylene
10. Study of soil from the stand point
of higher plant is known as :
(A) Pedology (B) Physiology
(C)Edaphology (D) Geo physics
11. Pruning is most essential for:
(A)Cauliflower (B) Rubber
(C)Tea (D) Chinchona
12. The progeny of breeder seed is:
(A)Formation seed (B) Nucleus seed
(C) True seed (D) Certified seed
11. The basis of farm budgeting is:
(A)production function analysis
(B) Linear programming
(C) Cost – benefit analysis (D) Farm
planning
13. The largest tea production state in
India is:
(A)Tamil Nadu (B) Assam
(C)Meghalaya (D) Kerala
14. The plant nutrient which help in
translocation of sugars and starch is :
(A) Mg (B) Mo
(C) K (D) Na
15. Saffron is largely produced in:
(A) J & K (B) Kerala
(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
16. A crop that can supply oil for
petrochemicals is:
(A) Neem (B) Rubber
(C)Macadamia (D) Jatropha
17. IA market guided by rules and
regulation is called :
(A) Perfect market (B) Regulated
market
(C) Seasonal market (D) Terminal
market
18. Most widely cultivated mustard
type in India is:
(A)Yellow / brown sarson (B) Black
mustard
(C) Toria (D) Indian mustard
19. C4 plant normaly produce more
biological yield than C3 plant because
of:
(A) More photorespiration (B) Less
photorespiration
(C) Less photophosphorylation (D)
More photophosphorylation
20. Absolute zero is:
(A)- 273 C (B) 273  C
(C) 273 K (D) 273 F
21. In India maximum area under
wheat is occupied by the Species?
(A)Triticum aestivum (B) Triticum
dicoccum
(C) Triticum durum (D) Triticum
vulgare
22. Which among the following colures
absorbs more radiation?
(A) Blue (B) Black
(C)Red (D) White
23. Impect of green house effect is:
(A)Global warming (B) Ice melting
(C) Sea formation (D) Sea level rise (C) Clay soil (D) None of these

24. Which of the following elements is

most mobile in soil ?

(A) Ca (B) K

(C) Mg (D) N

25. The most deficient micro – nutrient

in Indian soil is :

(A)Cu (B) Mn

(C) Zn (D) B

26. Magnesium is a constituent of :

(A) Nucleic Acid (B) Enzyme system

(C) Cell wall (D) Chlorophyll

27. The C : N ratio of arable soil

commonly ranges from :

(A) 6 : 1 to 7: 1 (B) 18: 1 to 19: 1

(C) 8 : 1 to 15:1 (D) 3 : 1 to 4: 1

28. Dwarfing gene in wheat is :

(A) Nif – gene (B) Norin

(C) Dee – gee – woo – gen (D) Proteina

29. Which of the following element

immobile in soil but mobile in plants?

(A)S (B) B

(C) Zn (D) P

30. Which soil has highest efficiency?

(A)Loamy soil (B) Sandy soil

1. Which one of the following is not a
legume crop?
(A)Wheat (B) Peas
(C) Beans (D) Groundnut
2. Total cultivated area in India is close
to
(A) 500 Mha (B) 400 Mha
(C) 180 Mha (D) 60 Mha
3. Nitrogen deficiency in plants leads
to
(A) Chlolorosis (B) Excessive growth
(C) Profuse flowering (D) Dark green
colour
4. The two major races of rice are.
(A) Europian and tropical (B) Indica
and Japonica
(C) Asiatic and American (D)
Temperate and tropical
5. N:P:K requirement in legume is
generally
(A) 3:1:1 (B) 3:1:0
(C) 1:2:2 (D) 4:2:1
6. Which of the following state has the
largest geographical area
(A) U.P. (B) Bihar
(C) M.P. (D) Rajasthan
7. The highest production in terms of
million tones per year in India is that
of
(A) Pulses (B) Groundnut
(C) Potatoes (D) Sugarcane
8. Respiration in plant is essentially a
process related to the following
(A) Evaporation (B) Transpiration
(C) Oxidation (D) None of these
9. Linkage between gene affects
(A) Vernalization (B) Fertilization
(C) Anaphase (D) Independent
assortment
10. NPK are required in plant nutrition
as
(A) Trace element (B) Microelement
(C) Micro nutrient (D) None essential
11. DNA contains following number of
nitrogenous base
(A)One (B) Two
(C) Four (D) Ten
12. Animal and plant cell can be
differentiated by
(A) Conductivity (B) Size
(C) Presence or absence of cell wall
(D) Shape
13. In temperate countries, sugar is
generally obtained from which of the
following
crops
(A)Maple (B) sugar beet
(C) Wheat (D) Sugarcane
14. The idea of particulate nature of
inheritance was given by
(A) Darwin (B) Mendel
(C) Jones (D) Bateson
15. Cultivated rice Oryza sativa has
the following number of cromosomes
(A) 2n =32 (B) 2n =20
(C) 2n =24 (D) 2n =18
16. In the presence of sunlight CO2
and H2O (with the help of chlorophyll)
and
converted in to carbohydrate, this is
known as
(A) Photosynthesis (B) Respiration
(C) Metabolism (D) Solar radiation
17. Soil productivity takes in to
account the following
(A) Soil structure (B) Soil moisture
(C) Soil fertility (D) Soil fertility and
productivity
18. If chromosome compliment of two
diploid species is combined in one, the
result
species would be
(A) Amphidiploid (B) Haploid
(C) Monogenic (D) Polygenic
19. Alternate form of gene at the same
locus are referred to as
(A) Allele (B) Plastid
(C) Dominant (D) Chromosome
20. Sequence of growing crops in a
piece of land is known as
(A) Crop insurance (B) crop rotation
(C) Crop production (D) Crop
management
21. India has to provide for its
population
(A) 2 billion (B) 1 billion
(C) 600 million (D) 1 million
22. In diploid species generally a
following number of the chromosomes
are involved in
the pollen mitosis
(A) 4n (B) 2n
(C) 1n (D) 3n
23. Sulphur fungicides can be freely
used on all vegetable except the
following
(A) Beans and peas (B) Okra
(C) Root vegetable (D) Cucurbits
24. Karnal bunt is a serious disease of
(A) Apple (B) Tomato
(C) Wheat (D) Mung
25. Zinc is required for the synthesis
of
(A) Tryptophane (B) Sugar
(C) Fats (D) Proteins
26. Contour system of orchard
planting is generally followed in
(A) Saline soils (B) U.P.
(C) Hills (D) Punjab
27. NARS refers to
(A) National Agricultural Research
Streams
(B) National Agricultural ayurvedic
System
(C) National Agricultural Review
System
(D) National Agricultural Research
System
28. Cryo-preservation is done in liquid
nitrogen at a temperature of
(A) -196C (B) 200C
(C) 0 C (D) 4C
29. Crossing over during meiois results
in
(A) Breaking linkage (B) Promoting
linkage
(C)Help mutation (D) None of these
30. The simplest measure of variability
in data set is
(A) Range (B) Mean
(C) Mode (D) Median
1. Nationalization of banks was in (C) Mg (D) Mn
the year
8. In nitrification process ammonium is
(A) 1955 (B) 1969 converted to nitrite by

(C) 1971 (D) 1982 (A) Pseudomonas (B) Nitrobacter

2. Livestock loan is a (C) Nitrosomonas (D) Both b & c

(A) Short Term (B) Medium term
(C) Long term (D) None
3. Correlation co-efficient is
independent of
9. Red soils mainly come under the
order
(A) Aridisol (B) Entisol
(C) Alfisol (D) Ultisol

(A) Origin (B) Scale 10. Central Agmark Laboratory is

located at
(C) Both (D) None
(A) Mumbai (B) Pune
4. Accept when null hypothesis is false
(C) Nagpur (D) New Delhi
(A) Type 1 error (B) Type II error
11. Buffer stock is maintained by
(C) Both (D) None
(A) FCI (B) DMI
5. Richmond Lang effect is associated
with (C) Agmark (D) NABARD

(A) Auxin (B) GA 12. The Chairman of National

Commission for Farmers
(C) Cytokynin (D) Ethylene
(A) M.S. Swaminathan (B) Sharad
6. The soil pH range in which most of Pawar
the nutrients are available
(C) Sompal (D) Mangala Rai
(A) 6-7 (B) 7.5-8.5
13. Who discovered Bordaux Mixture?
(C) 6.5-7.5 (D) 5-7
(A) Millardet (B) Debary
7. Pahala blight of sugarcane is due to
the deficiency of (C) Prevost (D) EM Fries

(A) B (B) Zn
14. First discovered bacterial disease 21. High yielding variety program was
of plants launched in

(A) Fire blight (B) Downy mildew (A) 1955 (B) 1960

(C) Chestnut blight (D) Late blight (C) 1965 (D) 1970

15. Alternate host of P. graminis triticii 22. The Chairman of national

is development of council in India

(A) Berberis (B) Prusiner (A) President (B) Prime Minister

(C) D’Herelle (D) Biener (C) Finance Minister (D) Rural

Development Minister
16. Organic matter generally
contains…………….% organic carbon 23. NARP was launched by

(A) 50 (B) 1.724 (A) ICAR in 1976 (B) Govt. of India in

1976
(C) 48 (D) 58
(C) ICAR in 1979 (D) Govt. of India in
17. % of nitrogen in urea 1979

(A) 20.6 (B) 40 24. Director General, ICAR

(C) 41 (D) 46 (A) Dr. Mangla Ray (B) R.S. Paroda

18. Mousam Bhavan is located at (C) Sharad Pawar (D) S. Nagarajan

(A) Bombay (B) Pune 25. Largest state in India

(C) Calcutta (D) New Delhi (A) Rajasthan (B) MP

19. Which among the following is a (C) UP (D) AP

herbicide?
26. Father of hybrid rice
(A) Imidacloprid (B) Glyphosate
(A) Y.L. Ping (B) B.P. Paul
(C) Bavistin (D) Hexaconazole
(C) Maheswari (D) Barber
20. TRYSEM was introduced in the year
27. A day neutral plant is
(A) 1989 (B) 1978
(A) Maize (B) Wheat
(C) 1982 (D) 1979
(C) Barley (D) Rice

28. Famous Indian pathologist,

extensively studied about cereal rust

(A) K. C. Mehta (B) Sadasivan

(C) Flor (D) None

29. Grey speck of oat is due to the

deficiency of

(A) Fe (B) Mg

(C) Mn (D) Mo

30. Prominent foul smell of Karnal bunt

is due to

(A) Trienthyl amine (B) Trimethyl

amine

(C) Dimethyl amine (D) None

Answer Keys

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. C 9.
C 10. C 11. A 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. A
16. D 17. D 18. D 19. B 20. D 21. C 22.
B 23. D 24. A 25. A 26. A 27. A 28. A
29. C 30. B
1. Prominent foul smell of Karnal
bunt is due to
(A) Triethyl amine (B) Trimethyl amine
(C) Dimethyl amine (D) None
2. The most important process in
chemical weathering
(A) Hydration (B) Hydrolysis
(C) Oxidation (D) Carbonation
3. Vector of leaf curl disease of
cotton and tobacco
(A) Myzus persicae (B) Aphis gossypi
(C) Bemesia tabaci (D) Thrips tabaci
4. Vector of tomato spotted wilt
(A) Myzys persicae (B) Aphis gossypi
(C) Bemesia tabaci (D) Thrip tabaci
5. The level to which given pest
population should be reduced to
achieve the point where marginal
revenue just exceeds marginal
cost
(A) EIL (B) ETL
(C) GEP (D) DB
6. Reagent used for the extraction
of phosphorus in alkaline soils
(A) Bray No.1 (B) Bray No.2
(C) Olesensreagent (D) Both A & B
7. Pusa delicious is ……………. Type of
papaya
(A) Gynecious (B) Gynodiecious
(C) Both (D) None
8. The first insect resistant variety
‘under hill’ is related to
(A) Apple (B) Rice
(C) Wheat (D) Peach
9. Odomos the mosquito
repellent contains
(A) Pyrithrin (B) Camphor oil
(C) Citronella Oil (D) Neem oil
10. Based on Severity of damage
Wheat pests which have been ranked
in the order
(A) Brown rust >Loss
smut>Termites>Karnal bunt
(B) Termites>Brown rust>Karnal
bunt>Loos smut
(C) Brown rust>termites>karnal
bunt>Loos smut
(D) Karnal bunt>Loos
smut>Termites>Brown rust
11. India has monopoly in the
production of
(A) Mulberry silk (B) Tassar silk
(C) Eri Silk (D) Muga silk
12. The pest which is a result feature 19. In photorespiration NH3 evolution
and confined to a particular locality take place at

(A) Epidemic (B) Endamic (A) Mitochondria (B) Chloroplast

(C) Seasonal (D) Sporadic (C) Cytosol (D) Nucleolus

13. Bundle sheath chloroplast 20. Organelles involved in

photorespiration
(A) Lack stroma (B) Lack granna
(A) Chloroplast, Mitochondria,
(C) Both A&B (D) Both present Peroxisome

14. High auxin and low cytokinin (B) Chloroplast, Mitochondria,

favours…….. Glyoxysome

(A) Root (B) Shoot (C) Mitochondria, Peroxisome,

Glyoxysome
(C) Bud (D) Flower
(D) Mitochondria and Chloroplast only
15. Presursor of ethylene
21. Which one is a total root parasite
(A) Tryptophan (B) Ethane
(A) Custuta (B) Loranthus
(C) Ethionine (D) Methionine
(C) Santalum (D) Rafflesia
16. Kraz anatomy is seen in
22. Particle size of colloids is (in
(A) Rice (B) Amaranthus microns)

(C) Pineapple (D) B & C (A) < 2 (B) 1-100

17. An international pest? (C) >100 (D) None

(A) Helicoverpa (B) Spodoptera 23. Term genetics was coined by

(C) Schistocera (D) Pectinophora (A) Johnson (B) Batson

18. Carbohydrate factory of cell is (C) Punnet (D) Morgan

(A) Golgi body (B) Chloroplast 24. Components of prokaryotic

ribosome are
(C) Cytosol (D) Peroxisome
(A) 50s & 20s (B) 40s & 30s
(C) 60s & 40s (D) 50s & 30s B 23. B 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. C 28. B
29. A 30. B
25. Plasma membrane is

(A) Permeable (B) Non permeable

(C) Selectively permeable (D) Partially

permeable

26. ABO blood group is an example of

(A) Multiple alleles (B) Linkage

(C) Pleotropy (D) Over dominance

27. ………………… is a sex limited

character

(A) Colour blindness (B) Hemophelia

(C) Baldness (D) None

28. The most common form of DNA is

(A) A DNA (B) B DNA

(C) C DNA (D) Z DNA

29. Replication of DNA is

(A) Semi conservative (B) Dispersive

(C) Continous (D) Conservative

30. ………… is the first cotton hybrid

(A) Varalakshmai (B) H4

(C) Varuna (D) Jayalakshmi

Answer Keys

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. C 7. A 8. C 9.
A 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. D
16. B 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. A 21. D 22.
1. The net cultivated area in India
is
(A) 150 mha (B) 143 mha
(C) 180 mha (D) 328 mha
2. The Wheat and
Maize Improvement Centre is
located at
(A) Karnal (B) USA
(C) Philippines (D) Mexico
3. In cereals, grain starch is
consists of
(A) Amylopectin (B) Amylase
(C) Both a and b (D) Galactose
4. The National Agricultural
Insurance Scheme was started in
(A) 1999-2000 (B) 2002-2003
(C) 2003-2004 (D) 2001-2002
5. Loose smut disease of wheat is
a/an
(A) Air born (B) Soil born
(C) Water born (D) Seed born
6. Flaver Savr is a variety of
(A) Potato (B) Tomato
(C) Brinjal (D) Rice
7. Cotton leaf curl virus is
transmitted by
(A) White fly (B) Aphid
(C) Leaf hopper (D) Jassid
8. The region in India where boron
deficiency is mostly occurs
(A) Coastal region (B) Central region
(C) Southern region (D) NW region
9. The brown box dots on food
package indicates
(A) Egg product (B) Pure vegetarian
product
(C) Meat and animal produce product
(D) Organically produce product
10. The first DG of ICAR was
(A) Dr.R.S. Paroda (B) Dr. M. S.
Swaminatan
(C) Dr. B.P. Pal (D) Dr. Mangla Rai
11. Land resources in India as a whole
world is
(A) 2% (B) 10%
(C) 12% (D) 16%
12. The soil order vertisol is related to
(A) Red soil (B) Black soil
(C) Alluvial soil (D) Laterite soil
13. Which of the following transgenic
crop has maximum cultivated area in
the world
(A) Soybean (B) Rice
(C) Cotton (D) Maize
14. The estimate food grain production
during 2004-05 as per economic
survey is
(A) 174.8 mt (B) 206.4 mt
(C) 210.5 mt (D) 212 mt
15. Which state has a maximum area
in fruit production?
(A) Gujarat (B) U.P.
(C) M.P. (D) Maharashtra
16 The statistical test used to
determine the goodness of fit is
(A) Z-test (B) F-test
(C) t- test (D) Chi- square test
17. The cartigen quato protocol for
agriculture product was came in the
year of
(A) 2004 (B) 2003
(C) 2005 (D) 1998
18. The citrus canker disease of lemon
was introduced in India from
(A) Mexico (B) USA
(C) Japan (D) Argentina
19. The organization related to export
of agricultural processed product is
(A) APARI (B) NABARD
(C) CACP (D) APEDA
20. Utera cultivation is practiced
mainly in
(A) Chhattisgarh (B) M.P.
(C) Uttaranchal (D) Bihar
21. In the pulse crops, which fertilizer
is advised to basal application?
(A) SSP (B) Urea
(C) DAP (D) CAN
22. Which one of the following is not a
green house gas?
(A) N2 (B) N2O
(C) CO2 (D)O3
23. The agricultural and allied
commodity has maximum contribution
to GDP
(A) Wheat (B) Rice
(C) Milk (D) Sorghum
24. The contribution of agriculture in
GDP is
(A) 23% (B) 40%
(C) 60% (D) 30%
25. The soil amendment mainly usede
fpor reclaimation of sodic (alkali) soil is
(A) Lime (B) Pressmud
(C) Gypsum (D) Pyrites
26. The political personality who got
Norman Borlaug award

(A) J.L. Nehru (B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(C) C. Subramanium (D) Sharad Pawar

27. The biogas has major content with

CO2 is

(A) CO (B) CH4

(C) N2 (D) C2H2

28. IVLP stands for

(A)Institute Village Linkage Project (B)

Integrated Village Linkage Programme

(C) Integrated Village Linkage Project

(D) Institute Village Linkage
Programme

29. The most common method of

hybridization for wheat is

(A) Hot water dips (B) Gogo method

(C) Open stigma (D) Floral dip

30. Hatch and slack pathway is found

in

(A) Maize (B) Wheat

(C) Rice (D) Soybean

Answer Keys

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. D 9.
D 10. C 11. A 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. D
16. D 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. A 21. A 22.
A 23. C 24. A 25. C 26. C 27. B 28. D
29. B 30. A
1. Alternate host of P. graminis
triticii is
(A) Berberis (B) Prusiner
(C) D’Herelle (D) Biener
2. TRYSEM was introduced in the
year
(A) 1989 (B) 1978
(C) 1982 (D) 1979
3. First discovered bacterial
disease of plants
(A) Fire blight (B) Downy mildew
(C) Chestnut blight (D) Late blight
4. A day neutral plant is
(A) Maize (B) Wheat
(C) Barley (D) Rice
5. An international pest?
(A) Helicoverpa (B) Spodoptera
(C) Schistocera (D) Pectinophora
6. Term genetics was coined by
(A) Johnson (B) Batson
(C) Punnet (D) Morgan
7. The most common form of DNA
is
(A) A DNA (B) B DNA
(C) C DNA (D) Z DNA
8. Whip tail of cauliflower is the
deficiency of
(A) B (B) Ca
(C) Mo (D) Mn
9. NRC for orchids is at
(A) Cochin (B) Gangtok
(C) Bangalore (D) Pune
10. Which represents median?
(A) Second quartile (B) 5th deciles
(C) 50th percentile (D) All
11. The relation between AM, GM, HM
(A) AM>GM>HM (B) GM>HM>AM
(C) GM<HM<AM (D) Any one
12. Which one is the Indian
Sugarcane?
(A) Sachharum officinarum (B) S.
Spontaneum
(C) S. Barberea (D) S. Spondium
13. Concentration of carbon dioxide in
Atmosphere
(A) 330 ppm (B) 350 ppm
(C) 370 ppm (D) 400 ppm
14. Which one is macroni wheat?
(A) T. Dicoccum (B) T. aestivum 21. Which of the following sequence of
minerals is correct as per their degree
(C) T. Vulgare (D) T. Durum of

15. In Rice crop which biofertilizer is decreasing weathering resistance?

commonly used
(A) Muscovite<Gypsum<Olivine<Quar
(A) Azatovacter (B) Azospirillum tz

(C) Azolla (D) Frankia (B)

Olivine<Muscovite<Gypsum<Quartz
16. Which one is macroni wheat ?
(C)
(A) T. Dicocum (B) T, aestirum Gypsum<Olivine<Muscovite<Quartz

(C) T. Vulgare (D) T. Durum (D)

Quartz<Muscovite<Gypsum<Olivine
17. Which is the Monophagus Pest
22. Vitamin B12 contains
(A) Rice Hispa (B) Gall Midge
(A) Mo (B) Co
(C) Yellow Stem borer (D) Leaf Roller
(C) Cu (D) Ca
18. Silver shoot is due to
23. KVK was started in
(A) Rice Hispa (B) Gall Midge
(A) 1975 (B) 1974
(C) Yellow stem borer (D) Leaf Roller
(C) 1979 (D) 1970
19. Loose smut of wheat is
24. ……….. is the only carbohydrate of
(A) Extemary seed born (B) Soil born animal origin in man’s food supply is

(C) Internary seeed born (D) All (A) Sucrose (B) Lactose

20. Polymer of different mono (C) Glucose (D) Glycogen

saccharides is termed as
25. Molya disease is caused due to
(A) Muco polysaccharide (B) Homo
poly saccharides (A) Fungi (B) Bacteria

(C) Hetro polysaccharides (D) Oligo (C) Mycoplasma (D) Nematode

poly saccharides
26. The statistical test used to
determine the goodness of fit is
(A) Z-test (B) F-test
(C) t- test (D) Chi- square test
27. The cartigen quato protocol for
agriculture product was came in the
year of
(A) 2004 (B) 2003
(C) 2005 (D) 1998
28. Components of prokaryotic
ribosome are
(A) 50s & 20s (B) 40s & 30s
(C) 60s & 40s (D) 50s & 30s
29. Plasma membrane is
(A) Permeable (B) Non permeable
(C) Selectively permeable (D) Partially
permeable
30. Pahala blight of sugarcane is due
to the deficiency of
(A) B (B) Zn
(C) Mg (D) Mn
Answer Keys
1. A 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. C 9.
B 10. D 11. A 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. C
16. D 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. C 21. B 22.
B 23. B 24. D 25. D 26. D 27. D 28. C
29. C 30.
1. How many member countries
there in WTO from initial to till
January, 2007
(A) 149 (B) 150
(C) 145 (D) 190
2. Random or free segregation of
chromosomes and genes during
gamete formation is known as
(A) Incomplete dominance (B) Law of
independent assortment
(C) Law of purity of gametes (D) Law
of segregation
3. OBA blood group controlled by
(A) Pseudo allele (B) Dominant allele
(C) Recessive allele (D) Multiple allele
4. Citrus canker is caused by
(A) Bacteria (B) fungi
(C) Nematodes (D) Algae
5. Which one is not a
monosaccharide in nature?
(A) Lactose (B) Galactose
(C) Glucose (D) Ribulose
6. Availability of which form of P
is highest at pH 6.7
(A) H2PO4 (B) HPO4
(C) PO4 (D) None
7. Conservation tillage saves
(A) Soil (B) Moisture
(C) Time (D) All
8. Nobel Prize for micro credit was
given to
(A) Mohammad Yunus (B) N.E.
Borlauge
(C) V.S Naipaul (D) None of these
9. Which is formula of leaf area index?
(A) Leaf area / ground area (B) Leaf
area / leaf dry weight
(C) Ground area/ leaf area (D) Leaf
area / area duration
10. Pureline theory was given by
(A) Bateson (B) Johnsen
(C) Lamarck (D) Wolf
11. Exanthema disease is caused by
deficiency of
(A) MN (B) Zn
(C) Fe (D) Cu
12. Contribution of animal husbandry
in agriculture GDP is
(A) 17% (B) 27%
(C) 37% (D) 47%
13. In which type of soil low
permeability is present
(A) Alkali (B) Saline\
C) Acidic (D) None
14. Which is a P solubilizing
bacterium?
(A) PSB (B) VAM
(C) Clostridium (D) Azotobacter
15. Which is natural genetic engineer?
(A) Xanthomonas
citri (B) Agrobacterium tumifacience
(C) Azotobactor (D) Clostridium
16. In maize first product formed
during photosynthesis is
(A) Oxalic acid (B) Malic acid
(C) PGA (D) Aspartic acid
17. Which amino acid is positively
charged?
(A) Aspartate (B) Lysine
(C) Methionine (D) Glycine
18. Translocation of nutrient and water
through xylem is due to
(A) Suction (B) Bundle sheath cell
(C) Transpiration pulls (D) Guard cell
19. Who was the chairman of Farmer’s
Commission till December, 2006
(A) V.L. Chopra (B) R. S. Paroda
(C) M.S. Swaminathan (D) Sompal
Shastri
20. Which instrument used for land
levelling
(A) Pusa leveller (B) Laser leveller
(C) Bhopal leveller (D) None of these
21. Water held between 1/3 bar to 31
bars in the soil is classified as
(A) Gravitational water (B) Capillary
water
(C) Hygroscopic water (D) Available
water
22. Chloropyriphos belongs to which
group
(A) Chlorinated hydrocarbons (B)
Carbamates
(C) Organophosphate (D) Synthetic
pyrethroides
23. Why rice grown easily under
submerged condition
(A) Deep root system (B) O2 transfer
from stem to root
(C) Hydroponic in nature (D) None of
these
24. What is critical difference?
(A) Standard error of difference (B)
standard error of mean
(C) SEm x t value at e.d.f. (D) SEm x
√2 x t value at e.d.f.
25. Global warming potential of
methane (CH 4) in composition to CO2
is ____ (times)
(A) 1 (B) 310
(C) 21 (D) 4,000
26. Father of hybrid rice
(A) Y.L. Ping (B) B.P. Paul
(C) Maheswari (D) Barber
27. A day neutral plant is
(A) Maize (B) Wheat
(C) Barley (D) Rice
28. Famous Indian pathologist,
extensively studied about cereal rust
(A) K. C. Mehta (B) Sadasivan
(C) Flor (D) None
29. Which represents median?
(A) Second quartile (B) 5th deciles
(C) 50th percentile (D) All
30. The relation between AM, GM, HM
(A) AM>GM>HM (B) GM>HM>AM
(C) GM<HM<AM (D) Any one
Answer keys
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. A 6. A 7. D 8. A 9.
A 10. B 11. D 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. B
16. A 17. B 18. B 19. C 20. C 21. B 22.
C 23. B 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. A 28. A
29. D 30. A
1. Which one is not measure of (C) Tillering stage (D) Milking stage
dispersion?
7. Which of the following is not bio-
(A) Range (B) Standard deviation control agent?

(C) Mean (D) Coefficient of variance (A)Pseudomonas (B) Bt

2. Ear cockle disease is due to (C) Xanthomonas (D) Trichogramma

(A) Heterodera avenae (B) Ditylenchus 8. Which of the following is complex

angustus fertilizer?

(C) Anguina tritici (D) Meloidogyne (A) Potassium sulphate (B) Urea
inocognita ammonium Phosphate

3. Support price fixed on the (C) Ammonium sulphate (D) Calcium

recommendation of ammonium Nitrate

(A) NAFED (B) CACP 9. IVLP stands for

(C) Ministry of Agriculture (D) CCI (A) Integrated Village

Linkage Programme
4. Vitamin B1 is also known as
(B) Institute Village Linkage
(A) Thiamin (B) Calciferol Programme

(C) Retinol (D) Riboflavin (C) Intensive Village

Linkage Programme
5. Price fixed by government
recently for agricultural products (D) Indian Village Linkage Programme

(A) Minimum support price (B) Retail 10. In which type of soil low
price permeability is present

(C) Wholesale price (D) Procurement (A) Alkali (B) Saline

price
(C) Acidic (D) None
6. If farmer has only one irrigation is
available for wheat crop, at which 11. Which is a P solubilizing
stage it is bacterium?

recommended (A) PSB (B) VAM

(A) CRI (B) Booting stage (C) Clostridium (D) Azotobacter

12. Which is natural genetic engineer? 19. Which is the Monophagus Pest

(A) Xanthomonas (A) Rice Hispa (B) Gall Midge

citri (B) Agrobacterium tumifacience
(C) Yellow Stem borer (D) Leaf Roller
(C) Azotobactor (D) Clostridium
20. Silver shoot is due to
13. OBA blood group controlled by
(A) Rice Hispa (B) Gall Midge
(A) Pseudo allele (B) Dominant allele
(C) Yellow stem borer (D) Leaf Roller
(C) Recessive allele (D) Multiple allele
21. Loose smut of wheat is
14. Citrus canker is caused by
(A) Extemary seed born (B) Soil born
(A) Bacteria (B) fungi
(C) Internary seeed born (D) All
(C) Nematodes (D) Algae
22. TRYSEM was introduced in the year
15. Which one is not a
monosaccharide in nature? (A) 1989 (B) 1978

(A) Lactose (B) Galactose (C) 1982 (D) 1979

(C) Glucose (D) Ribulose 23. First discovered bacterial disease

of plants
16. Which one is macroni wheat?
(A) Fire blight (B) Downy mildew
(A) T. Dicocum (B) T, aestirum
(C) Chestnut blight (D) Late blight
(C) T. Vulgare (D) T. Durum
24. A day neutral plant is
17. In Rice crop which biofertilizer is
commonly used (A) Maize (B) Wheat

(A) Azatovacter (B) Azospirillum (C) Barley (D) Rice

(C) Azolla (D) Frankia 25. In the pulse crops, which fertilizer
is advised to basal application?
18. Which one is macroni wheat ?
(A) SSP (B) Urea
(A) T. Dicocum (B) T, aestivum
(C) DAP (D) CAN
(C) T. Vulgare (D) T. Durum
26. Which one of the following is not a 1. Highest procurement of wheat
green house gas? in 2009 was________Million tonne

(A) N2 (B) N2O (A) 12 (B) 17.8

(C) CO2 (D) O3 (C) 20.9 (D) 59.9

27. The contribution of agriculture in 2. Contribution of agriculture to

GDP is GDP is

(A) 23% (B) 40% (A) 12% (B) 22

(C) 60% (D) 30% (C) 30 (D) 40

28. The National Agricultural Insurance 3. IVLP stands for

Scheme was started in
(A) Integrated Village Linkage
(A) 1999-2000 (B) 2002-2003 Programme

(C) 2003-2004 (D) 2001-2002 (B) Institute Village Linkage

29. Loose smut disease of wheat is
a/an
(A) Air born (B) Soil born
(C) Water born (D) Seed born
30. Flaver Savr is a variety of
Programme
(C) Intensive Village Linkage
Programme
(D) Indian Village Linkage Programme
4. Which one of these is major
constituent of poultry feed?

(A) Potato (B) Tomato (A)Rice (B) Wheat

(C) Brinjal (D) Rice (C)Maize (D) Sorghum

Answer Keys 5. In binomial distribution

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. (A) Mean > variance (B) Mean<

B 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. A Variance
16. D 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. B 21. C 22.
D 23. D 24. A 25. A 26. A 27. A 28. A (C) Mean= Variance (D) Mean
29. D 30. B >Variance

6. Bordeaux mixture is

(A) Insecticide (B) Pesticide

(C) Fungicide (D) Herbicide
7. Which of the following is used to
turn over the soil?
(A) Khurpi (B) Harrowing
(C) Desi plough (D) Mould bould
plough
8. NBFGR-National Bureau for Fish
Genetic Resource is situated at
(A) Mumbai (B) Lucknow
(C) Cochin (D) Kolkata
9. Which of the following is not bio-
control agent?
(A)Pseudomonas (B) Bt
(C) Xanthomonas (D) Trichogramma
10. Which of the following is complex
fertilizer?
(A) Potassium sulphate (B)
Urea ammonium Phosphate
(C) Ammonium sulphate (D)
Calcium ammonium Nitrate
11. Soil having ESP (Exchangeable
Sodium Percentage) greater than 15
are
(A) Saline soils (B) Alkali soil
(C) Acid soils (D) None of these
12. Rain, mist, fog and cloud all these
phenomena occurs in
(A) Troposphere (B) Stratosphere
(C) Ionosphere (D) Mesosphere
13. Farming system is
(A) Cropping system (B) Cropping
pattern
C) Organic farming (D) All agril. Inputs
and commodities
14. Which nutrient helps in Biological
Nitrogen Fixation?
(A) N (B) P
(C) Mo (D) B
15. Silt is intermediate between
(A) Sand and clay (B) Clay loam and
clay
(C) Loam and clay (D) None of these
16. First CO2 acceptor in C-3 pathway
(A) RuBP carboxylase (B) PEP
carboxylase
(C) PEP decarboxylase (D) Proteinase
17. From 1960’s onward which of the
following operation is in effect for
milk?
(A) Operation flood (B) Green
revolution
(C) Yellow revolution (D) None of these
18. CIMMYT works on
(A) Rice and wheat (B) Maize and
wheat
(C) Wheat (D) Rice and maize
19. Which of the following is highly
salt tolerant fruit crop?
(A) Date palm (B) Mango
(C) Apple (D) Citrus
20. Price fixed by government recently
for agricultural products
(A) Minimum support price (B) Retail
price
(C) Wholesale price (D) Procurement
price
21. If farmer has only one irrigation is
available for wheat crop, at which
stage it is
recommended
(A) CRI (B) Booting stage
(C) Tillering stage (D) Milking stage
22. Disease occurring regularly in the
same area is called as
(A) Sporadic (B) Endemic
(C) Epidemic (D) None of these
23. Which of the following is essential
component of nucleic acid and
protein?
(A) N (B) P
(C) S (D) Mg
24. Widely cultivated wheat species in
India after T. durum
(A) T. diococcum (B) T. monococcum
(C) T. speltoids (D) Aegilops squarossa
25. Banana is
(A) Autotriploid (B) Autotetraploid
(C) Allotriploid (D) Allotetraploid
26. Which crop in India has maximum
area under irrigation?
(A) Rice (B) Wheat
(C) Cotton (D) Maize
27. Which of the following is not found
in plant cell?
(A) Starch (B) Glucose
(C) Glycogen (D) Fructose
28. Family of cotton is
(A) Gramineae (B) Malvaceae
(C) Rutaceae (D) Chenopodiaceae
29. Certified seed is produced from
(A) Breeder seed (B) Nucleus seed
(C) Foundation seed (D) Truthful seed
30. In prophase which is correct
(A) Elongated threads like
chromosome
(B) Darkly stained shorter
chromosome
(C) Chromatics are more condensed
(D) Pairing of the chromosome

Answer Keys

1. B 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. B 9.
C 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. A 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. A 21. A 22.
B 23. A 24. A 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. B
29. C 30. A
1. Study of fresh water is called (C) Sapota (D) Mango

(A) Limnology (B) Sinecology 7. For virus free seed use

(C) Hydrology (D) Hydrometeorology (A) Meristem tip (B) Root tip

2. The GM crops has highest area
in order of preference
(A) Insecticide then herbicide
resistance (B) Herbicide then
Insecticide resistance
(C) Leaf tip (D) Shoot tip
8. Legume crop is recommended NPK
dose of
(A) 4:2:1 (B) 1:2:2

(C) Insecticide then virus resistance (C) 4:2:2 (D) 1:2:4

(D) Herbicide then viroids resistance
9. Which variety of rice is known for
3. “AADHAAR” indicates longest seed length?

(A) Unique Identification card (B) FCI (A) Pusa-1121 (B) Pusa-2212
buffer stock
(C) IR-36 (D) Jaya
(C) Maximum Support Price (D)
Commission on Agriculture Cost and 10. Which one is neutral fertilizer?
Price
(A) CAN (B) Urea
4. Artificial bacteria culture is
developed by (C) DAP (D) SSP

(A) Dr. Kraig Ventor (B) Dr. Beijirinkia 11. Calculate the amount of urea for
applying 50 kg N2
(C) Dr. Jenial James (D) Dr. Lewis
Pasture (A) 100 kg (B) 109 kg

5. Blue tag in insecticide is for (C) 50 kg (D) 119 kg

indication of
12. ELISA test is used to detecting
(A) High toxicity (B) Toxicity free
(A) Insect (B) Virus
(C) Moderate toxicity (D) Slight toxicity
(C) Nematodes (D) Fungi
6. Which one is Indian origin fruit
crop? 13. Common bee species cultivated
worldwide is
(A) Jackfruit (B) Ber
(A) Apis flora (B) Apis dorsata 20. Current rate of fertilizer
consumption in India is
(C) Apis cerana indica (D) Apis
melifera (A) 128 kg/ha (B) 148 kg/ha

14. Murate of Potash is also known as (C) 138 kg/ha (D) 158 kg/ha

(A) HCl (B) NaCl 21. Area under transgenic crop in

India, 2008-09
(C) KCL (D) NH4Cl
(A) 8.4 Mha (B) 4.4 Mha
15. Which organelle is involved in root
gravity pool? (C) 2.4 Mha (D) 10.4 Mha

(A) Amyloplast (B) Mitochondria 22. Which one is not measure of

central tendency?
(C) Nucleus (D) Chloroplast
(A) Mean (B) Median
16. White bud of maize is due to
(C) Mode (D) Mean deviation
(A) Mn (B) Zn
23. Which one is not measure of
(C) Cu (D) Mo dispersion?

17. Mobility stage of seed is due to (A) Range (B) Standard deviation

(A) ABA (B) GA (C) Mean (D) Coefficient of variance

(C) IAA (D) Ethylene 24. Ear cockle disease is due to

18. For which crop Genome is not (A) Heterodera avenae (B) Ditylenchus
sequenced angustus

(A) Papaya (B) Mango (C) Anguina tritici (D) Meloidogyne

inocognita
(C) Sapota (D) Rice
25. Support price fixed on the
19. GDP of agriculture in 2008-09 at recommendation of
constant rate of 2004-05
(A) NAFED (B) CACP
(A) 17.1 % (B) 22%
(C) Ministry of Agriculture (D) CCI
(C) 10 % (D) 26%
26. The correlation coefficient will be
negative when
(A) x increase and y decrease (B) x
decrease and y increase

(C) x increase and y increase (D) x

decrease and y decrease

27. Phalaris minor of what crop

controlled by

(A) 2, 4-D (B) Metrabuzin

(C) Pendemethlin (D) Atrazine

28. Crops Grown on between two main

crops is called

(A) Intercrops (B) Row crops

(C) Trap crops (D) Mixed crops

29. Which one is the source variety of

resistant for stem borer, BLB and Blast
of rice

(A) IR 22 (B) IR 36

(C) IR 24 (D) Pusa Basmati

30. Vitamin B1 is also known as

(A) Thiamin (B) Calciferol

(C) Retinol (D) Riboflavin

Answer Keys

1. A 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. A 8. B 9.
A 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. D 14. C 15. A
16. A 17. A 18. A 19. A 20. A 21. A 22.
D 23. C 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. A 28. A
29. B 30. A