1.

‘Akiochi’ disease in rice is due to the toxicity caused by

a) Zinc
b) iron sulphide
c) phosphorus
d) Hydrogen sulphide
Ans:D

2. Odd number in maize variety indicates

a) Yellow maize
b) White maize
c) Purple maize
d) Black maize
Ans:b

3. Nicotine is mainly produced in

a) Leaves
b) Roots
c) Flower
d) Fruit
Ansb

4. Linolenic acid content in linseed

a)76%
b)66%
c)56%
d)46%
ans b

5. progenitor of soybean is

a) G.max
b) G.sinensis
c) G.ussuriensis
d) G.usitattisimum
Ansc

6. Tropical and subtropical fruits have the highest level of

a) Maltose and starch

b) Glucose and fructose
c) Cellulose and lactose
d) Starch and glucose
Ans a

7. Curd of cauliflower is an example of

 a) Hypertrophy
b) Hypotrophy
c) Hyperplasia
d) Hypoplasia
Ansa

8. Femaleness in papaya is controlled by genotype

a) M1M2
b) M2M
c) M1M
d) MM
Ansd

9. Fairy ring disease of lawn is caused by an attack of

a) Insect
b) Nematode
c) Fungus
d) Parasites
Ansc

10. Best time for rose pruning is

a) April-may
b) May-june
c) June-july
d) Sep-oct
Ansd

11. Enzyme involve in the fermentation of tea is

a) Ppo
b) Lipase
c) Protease
d) None
Ansa

12. Peeling of rock due to the effect of temperature is called

a) Exfoliation
b) Foliation
c) Pneumatification
d) Sterilization
Ansa
13. The highly available form of phosphorus at PH 7.5 is

a) H2po4-
b) Po3
c) HPO4
d) Inositol
Ansc

14. Zine sulfate should not be mixed with

a) D.A.P
b) Compost fertilizer
c) Ammonium chloride
d) Urea
Ans a

15. Moisture content from the lower upper plastic limit is known as

a) Sticky point
b) Field capacity
c) Plastic number
d) All of the above
Ans c

16. Machine for harvesting grasses and forages

a) Reaper
b) Mower
c) Combine harvester
d) Scraper
Ansb

17. Which of the following is carried out by two theodolite method?

a) Circular curve ranging

b) Tachometric survey
c) Geodetic survey
d) Astrological survey
Ansa

18. Which of the following layer silicate clay mineral fixed more k in soil clay complex?

a) Illite
b) Vermiculite
 c) Kaolinite
d) Montmorillonite
Ansa

19. Which crop thrives well in higher PH valued soil?

a) Tea
b) Millet
c) Apple
d) Paddy
Ans b

20. The law of minimizing returns

a) Is a short run occurrence

b) Can occur either the short or long run
c) Occurs only in the long run
d) Is only a textbook concept
Ans a

21. For Giffens’ goods demand curve is

a) Parallel to vertical slope

b) Parallel to horizontal axis
c) Positively sloped
d) Negatively sloped
Ans c

22. A part of indifference curve approach is;

a) Cardinal utility
b) Total utility
c) Ordinal utility
d) Fixed utility
Ans c

23. Goodwill of a business is a:

a) Material goods
b) Non material goods
c) Material and non- material goods
d) None of the above
Ans b

24. Into how many terms whittaker described for measuring biodiversity over spatial scales?

a) One
b) Two
 c) Three
d) Four
Ans c

25. What does the acronym “HIPPO” full form, which describes the main causes for threats to
biodiversity?

a) Habitat destruction, invasion species, pollution, polarization, and over-harvesting

b) Habitat destruction, invasion species, pollution, population, and over-harvesting
c) Habitat destruction, increase in the species, pollution, population and ozone depletion
d) Human- wildlife conflict, invasion species, polarization, population and over-harvesting
Ans b

26. Stockholm convention is a global treaty associated with which of the following?

a) Protect the environment from persistent organic pollutants

b) Phasing out hydro- fluorocarbons
c) Control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal
d) Sustainable use of biodiversity
Ans a

27. Multiple factor hypothesis was proposed by

a) Hardy and weingberg

b) Ingram
c) Nilsson and ehle
d) Johannsen
Andc

28. Which of the following is non- PCR based marker?

a) RAPD
b) RFLP
c) AFLP
d) SSR
Ansb

29. Approximately what fraction of the human genome encodes proteins?

a) 2%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 90%
Ans a

30. Only effective method of controlling citrus canker is:

 a) Streptomycin
b) Tetracycline
c) Bordeaux mixture
d) Burning of affected trees
Ans d

31. Foot rot disease of rice is cause by?

a) Gibberellana fujikuroi
b) Rhizoctonia solani
c) Phytophthora infestans
d) Fusarium oxysporium
Ans a

32. Family of the spodoptera litura:

a) Chrysomelidae
b) Pyralidae
c) Anobiidae
d) Noctuidae
Ansd

33. Juvenile hormone is a terpene secreted by:

a) Corpora cardiaca
b) Corpora allata
c) Cuticle
d) Accessory glands
Ans b

34. The virus disease tungro is associated with?

a) BPH
b) White backed planthopper
c) Green leafhopper
d) Rice blue leafhopper
Ans c

35. The pedicel is the name for the:

a) 1st leg segment

b) 1st antennal segment
c) 2nd leg segment
d) 2nd antennal segment
Ans d

36. Father of extension work

 a) Dr. seamen A. knapp
b) Edger dale
c) T.paul leagens
d) Augeste comte
Ans a

37. Alfa Alfa is

a) Self-pollenated
b) Cross pollinated
c) Often cross pollinated
d) All of the above

Ans b

38. Hardy-weinberg equilibrium generally assumes all of the following except

a) A large population
b) Genetic drift
c) Random mating
d) Absence of selection
And b

39. Agallo is used for:

a) Seed treatment
b) Soil treatment
c) Crop spray
d) Aerial spray
Ans a

40. Which stage of BPH causes damage to paddy crop?

a) Only adult
b) Only nymphs
c) Both a and b
d) Only males
Ans c

41. Person who influences innovation decision informally in a social system is termed as

a) Facilitator
b) Opinion leader
c) Change agent
d) Key communicator
Ans b
42. What is the relation between SD and variance?

a) Variance=SD
b) Variance=SD/n
c) Variance =SD2
d) None of these
Ansc

43. In a strip plot design, which is type of the contrast given more importance?

a) Vertical main effect

b) Horizontal main effect
c) Interaction effect
d) None of these
Ans c

44. Germination cereals are source of:

a) Sucrose
b) Maltose
c) Amylose
d) Maltase
Ansb

45. photosystem ll occurs in

a) Stroma
b) Cytochrome
c) grana
d) mitrocondrial surface
ans c

46.world biodiversity day is celebrated in

a) may22
b) march 22
c) june22
d) july22
ansa

47. T and V system was firstly evolved in

a) turkey
b) Germany
c) Isarel
d) Norway
Ansa

48. Paraquat is …….herbicide

 a) Selective
b) Non selective
c) Both
d) None
Ansb

49. Which cost increase with output?

a) Total variable cost

b) Total fixed cost
c) Total cost
d) Both a and c
Ans c

50. Absorbed hydrogen and aluminium are largely responsible for

a) Soil acidity
b) Soil alkalinity
c) Neutrality
d) None of above
Ans a