CSE, AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE - 2005, (PRELIMINARY) Time Allowed: Two Hours Maximum Marks: 300 1 Consider the following statements: 1. Inaia is the largest producer of safflower oil in the world 2. Areawise, India is the largest cultivator of tea in the world Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2only (c) Both | and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 Which one among the following components of soil organic matter resistant to decomposition? (a) Cellulose (b) Hemicellulose (©) Starch @) Lignin Which one of the following is a measure of the net positive chi soil exchange complex? . (a) Anion exchange capacity (b) Cation oxi Pipe (©) Base exchange capacity @ Elect Volatilisation loss of ammonia in soil inereast (a) Calcium carbonate content of soil (b) Moisture content of soil (©) Clay content of soil (d) Cation exchange capacity of soi ‘The deficiency of which one of wing causes Khaira disease? (a) Copper (©) Phosphorus (@) Zine Which one of the wala is responsible for poor fruit setting in Id on custard apple? (a) Dioecious (b) Heterostyly (©) Dichogam: (a) Self-incompatibility Level Concept for (b) Cate and Nelson (d) Schofield +h List I (Nutrient Element) with List I (Source in Soil) and select the rect answer using the codes given below the lists: List 1 List I A. Caleium, 1. Apatite B. Nitrogen 2. Dolomite C. Phosphorus 3. Feldspar D. Potassium 4. Organics10. nu. 12. 3B. 4 15. 16. 17. A BC D A BC D @2 1 4 3 o 3 4 1 2 Ors 2 a2 @ 2 4 1 3 Which one of the following organisms is involved in the formation of NO? (a) Thiobacillus ferroxidans (b) Paracoccus denitriticans (©) Nitrosomonas europaea (@) Desulfovibrio desulfuiicans Which one of the followi conductivity of soils? (a) Peat > Clay > Loam > Sand (b) Clay > Loam > Sand > Peat (©) Loam > Sand > Peat > Clay (d) Sand > Loam > Clay > Peat Ammonium fixation in the soil is due to is the correct order regarding thermal Which one of the following soil properties does not change by roppfg and cultivation? (a) Bulk density (b) Particle den: o (©) Porosity (d) Permeability Size of the spray drop from a mist sprayer variesf/rom (a) Microbial assimilation (b) Microbial fixation (©) Microbial immobilization (d) Soil exchange reaction ey (a) 1-50 um (b) 50. (©) 100 - 200 wm. (a) 2 Which one of the following is a pest of apple’ (a) Sylepra lunaris dostoma subscota/um (©) Cydia hemidoxa (DNEriosoma /anigerum Cartap hydrochloride, a configt &ytomach poison inseeticide is isolated from (a) Streptomyces grise & (b) Streptomyces avermitifis (©) Lumbriconeseis eterop) (@) Bacillus subjitis The use of flood, jet noz71€iS required for (a) Minimizin icf chemicals (b) Increasing et size (©) Quicldelivgry of spray fluid @ of spray fluid the following statements: the Sequence of nucleotides recognised by a restr -sent in only one strand of DNA, running in 3’ - 5 direction. AL present, more than a hundred restriction endonucleases have been discovered. 3. Reverse transcriptase synthesizes DNA using RNA as a template. Which of the statements given above are correct, (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2and3 (©) Land 3 (@) 1,2and318. Where is National Institute of Agriculture Marketing locatd? (a) Jaipur (b) Kamal (©) Lucknow (@) Vijayawada 19, With reference to photosynthesis, consider the following statements: 1. Ferridoxin is located in the thylakoid membrane. 2. Phaeophytin is actually a chlorophyll b molecule that does not contain a ‘magnesium ion, 3. The reactions that break down water and produce oxygen and protons are located in stroma. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) Lonly (b) Land 2 (©) Land 3 (@) 2and3 Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched substance Part of the plant yielding Goa (a) Cocaine Leaves (b) Colchicin Bulb o (©) Digitalin Root @ (a) Opium Fruit 21. With reference to flowering plants, consider, statements: 1. Pollen grains contain auxin, 2. Pollination prevents ovary abscission: 3. Normal seeds synthesise auxins ins & eytokis statements given above are co (a) Land 2 ) Zand 3 (©) Land 3 (@) 1,2and3 Directions: ‘The following 9 consist of two statements: one labelled as the "Assertion (A)' and the othe mn (R)’, You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the a ese items using the codes given below: (a) Both AandR vidbally true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both AandR © wR @ 22, fn) idually true but R is not the correct explanation of A ) + In order to overcome the problems facing Indian agriculture, the Government of India evolved the Macro Management of Agriculture by integrating 27 idemtfied schemes. feason (R)_: As Agriculture is a subject under Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India, the primary responsibility for increasing agricultural production rests with the Union Govt. 23, Assertion (A) : Without NAD+, ATP cannot be formed in glycolysis. Reason (R)__: Without NAD+, 3-phosphoglyceraldehyde cannot be oxidized to 1, 3-diphosphoglycerate 24, Assertion (A) : Ethephon is used to hasten ripening in banana. Reason (R) _ : Ethephon releases auxin,2. 31. 32, 33. Assertion (A) : A change in the ratio of input-prices correspondingly changes the slope of the iso-cost line, Reason (R) _: The slope of the iso-cost line indicates the ratio of factor-prices. Assertion (A) : Dwarf wheat is always sown shallow compared to tall wheat, Reason (R) _: The coleoptile length is longer if! case of mexican wheat as compared to tall wheat. Assertion (A) : The rosette habit of cabbage can be changed drastically by the application of Gibberellic Acid (GA). Reason (R) _ : Since Gibberellic Acid helps in cell division and differentiation, the rosette habit of cabbage is changed. Assertion (A: With reference to soils, isomorphous substitution is an importgit mechanism through which negative charges are develope Reason (R) _: Isomorphous substitution of lower valent ions occurs G valent ions, Assertion (A): The rotating disc aerosol generator is not useful erm aerosol of pesticides like pyrethrum, Reason (R) _ : Pyrethrum is a heat sensitive pesticide of, Assertion (A: All young soils are deficient in nitrogen. Reason (R) _: Nitrogen is not a significant compogfent of, Which one of the following pairs is not corre Crop Imporffin me sensitive stage (a) Rice (cle ihitiglion, flowering (b) Sugarcane ation (©) Cotton, sing, boll development (a) Chillies lowering amin C than a gram of orange fruit. Consider the following 1. A gram of guava fruit 2. Papaya does nougoitain ¥ivafnin C. 3. Jack fruit hassagigesine enzyme bromelin, Which of the ven above is/are correct? (a) Lon) (b) 1 and 2 © lank » (4) 2and3 irug vineristin is obtained from 2. The chloroplast DNA does not code for all chloroplast proteins. Which of the nigrum (b) Rawwotfia serpentina femidesmus indicus (@) Carharanthus roseus Consider the folk RY P All the proteins of mitochondria are encoded by mitochondrial genome. statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2only (©) Both | and 2 (@) Neither I nor235. Match List I (Plant) with List I (Propagation) and select the correct answer 3. using the codes given below the lists: List A. Pineapple B. Citrus, € Peach D. Sapota A BC D @4 3 2 1 @5 3 2 4 Consider the following statements : I. The strawberry propagates by runners, 2. ‘The chrysanthemum propagates by suckers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?” (b) 2only o (@) Neither | crops is highly seen salinity? (a) 1 only (©) Both I and 2 Which one of the following fr (a) Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) (b) Ber (Zizyphus jujuba) (e) Pomegranate (Punica granarum) (d) Almond (Amygdalus communis) Which one of the following is (a) Colour of the fruit, (b) Sweetness and change (©) Softness of the fruit (d) Ease of separati List If 1. Soft wood cutting Root cutting Budding Sucker Stone grafting A BC OD ® 5 2 3 4 @ 4 2 3 1 for ripeness of table grapes? Match List 1 ith List 11 (Cultivar) and select the correct answer using the cod low the lists: List List It AB o 1. Sonaka B.Gr 2. Poovan 3. Superstar Jose 4, Pusa Kesar ‘A BOC OD D3 1 4 2 @2 4 1 3 Consider the following statements: A BC OD ) 3 4 1 2 @ 2 1 4 3 1. In Indian agriculture, oil seeds are next to sugarcane in area coverage, production and value. 2. India's share in the world production of mango is more than 45%. Which of the statements given above is/are correct”i. 42, 43. 45. (a) 1 only (b) 2only (©) Both I and 2 (@) Neither | nor2 Which one of the following fruits is good in curing diabetes? (a) Bel (Zizyphus jujuba) (b) Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) (©) Apple (Pyrus malus) (d) Jamun (Eugenia jambofana or Syzygium cumiwi) Consider the following statements: 1. The medicinal plant Glycyrrhiza glabra is a legume. 2. The leaves of Cassia angusti/o/ia are purgative. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2only (©) Both | and 2 (@) Neither 1 nor2 Which one of the following chemicals is used to keep tH. frufjs and vegetables firm? (a) Calcium chloride (b) Sodium benz o (©) Ascorbic acid (@) Sodium ch Ry Consider the following statements: 1. Sunn hemp is obtained from Crotalaria ju Papilionaceae. 2. Jute (Corchorus capswaris) fibres are acfra ‘elerenchymatous tissue of secondary phloem. 3. The stem of narcotic plant Cannai and sacks. Which of the statements .given afove Wige correct? (a) Land 2 ) 2and 3 (©) Land 3 (@) L2and3 ‘The heat treatment as inning of vegetables with boiling water or yields fibres used in making ropes steam followed by (a) Blanching (b) Brining (©) Clinching (@) Exhausting Consideg the folldWing statements: The euseSof dBterioration in canned fruit products are 2. Iron salts. 3\ coppers of the statements given above is/are correct? ») L only: (b) Land 2 (©) 2and3 @ 1,2and3 . When should the fertilizer be applied to lawn grass? (a) When itis available at the lowest price (b) In summer time for cool season grasses (c) When the grass begins the dormant rest cycle (a) Just before the beginning of the active growth cycle of the grass49, 51. With reference to mutagenie agents, consider the following statements: 1. Acridine dyes cause frame shift mutations. 2. Ultraviolet light causes point mutations. 3. Five-bromouracil causes transition mutation. Which of the statements given above are correct? (a) Land 2 (b) 2and3 (©) Land 3 (@) L2and3 What is the amount of ammonium nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen presence in 25 kg of calcium ammonium nitrate (20 % N)? (a) 1.5 kg ammonium nitrogen and 3.5 kg nitrate nitrogen (b) 2.5 kg ammonium nitrogen and 2.5 kg nitrate nitrogen (©) 3.5 kg ammonium nitrogen and 1.5 kg nitrate nitrogen (d) 4.5 kg ammonium nitrogen and 0.5 kg nitrate nitrogen Match List I (Disease) with List 11 (Crop) and select the wf ier using the codes given below the lists: List List ° Late blight 1. Wheat! Loose smut 2 A B. C. Blast 3 D. Fire blight A BoC D BoC D @3 4 1 2 4 13 @2 1 4 3 301 4 2 The interspecific semiochemi provide adaptive advantage to the ‘emitter (producer) speci as (a) Allomones (b) Hormones (©) Kairomones (@)_ Pheromones In which one of ing crops has the outbreak of woolyaphid been noticed recer (a) Maize (b) Barley (d) Cotton res€arch carried out on farmer's field with active participation is called rm research (b) Adaptive research )perational research, (@) Diversified research latch list I (Weed) with List IT (Family) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I List I ‘A. Parthenium hysterophorus 1. Aizoaceae B. Trianthema portulacastrum 2. Compositae C. Bichhornia crassipes 3. Pontederiaceae61. AB C A BoC @ 1 2 3 ) 3 1 2 @2 3 1 OQ 2 i: With reference to root hairs of plants, consider the following statements: 1. Root hairs are the extensions of the cortex cells of the root, 2. The cell wall of root hairs acts as a semi-permeable membrane, Which of these statements is/are correct? (a) Lonly (b) 2only (©) Both 1 and 2 (@) Neither 1 nor2 ‘The nozzle used to produce fog is (a) Gaseous energy nozzle (b) Thermal energy nozzle (c) Centrifugal energy nozzle (d) Kinetic energy nozzle @ ‘The critical stages of irrigation in cotton are (a) Vegetation and flowering (b) Squaring and) foys ie (©) Flowering and boiling, (@) Botting apdhb ing Which one of the following is most remunerative snd farming system? (a) Rice - Fish culture (b) Ri Fish culture (©) Rice - Dairy @ ulture Which one of the following companion GtoppiniySystems is most prevalent in Andaman and Nicobar Islands? (a) Coconut + Sugareane (b)NCoconut + Maize (©) Coconut + Black pepper !) Coconut + Sunflower Which one of the followi eds on pulses? (a) Rhopalosiphum majiis (b) Myzus persicae (©) Lipaphis erys (@)_ Aphis cracivora Which of the following |s the characteristic of clay particles in the soil? (a) Less than In diameter and consist of primary minerals (b) Lessgthan. mm in diameter and consist of primary and secondary minengls eo s mm in diameter and consist of secondary minerals 1an 0.002 mm in diameter and consist of secondary minerals ider the following: uddlea asiatica 2. Duranta plumerii 3. Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) Which of the above is/are suitable for cut-flower industry? (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2only (©) Land 3 (@) Sonly61. After Kewada or serewpine (Pandanus), an important aromatic plant, is found in plenty in (a) Coastal tracts of Orissa (b) Sand dunes of Rajasthan (©) Foothills of Himachal Pradesh (a) Cold desert of Ladakh ‘The fruit pulp of which one of the following medicinal plants is used as laxative? (a) Atropa belladonna (©) Cassia fistula (b) Anethum graveolens (@) Rauwolfia serpentina Which one of the following pairs is responsible for tundu disease of wheat? (a) Nematode and Bacterium (©) Nematode and Fungus In which one of the following characters do mycoplasm: bacteria? (b) Bacterium and Fungus (@) Virus and Nematode diffe from (a) Reproduction of fission (b) Cell wall By o (©) Culture in cell free medium (@) Visibility und rpftigel microscope Which of the following is correct regarding viroi (a) RNA containing 50 - 100 base pai (b) DNA containing 50 - 100 base pairs with (©) RNA containing 250 - 400 nucleotid (a) DNA containing 250 - 400 nucle: Match List I (Common Name) correct answer using the code wera O A. Ring nematode Hoplolaimus sp. 1 B. Spiral nematode 2. Criconemoide C. Lesion nematode 3. Pratylenchus sp. D. Lance nem 4, Helicotylenchus sp. AB A BC »D @ 1 2 ) 2 4 3 1 © % 2 @ 2 3 4 1 unt of carbendazim 50% wettable powder required to prepare 1000 soltition is in 1 litre of water (b) O.1g in 1 litre of water ) 2g in I Titre of water (@) 0.2g in | litre of water tiation of crown gall disease caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, its spread and development (a) Depend on growth and reproduction of bacteria (b) Depend on auxin production by bacteria (c) Depend on non-plasmid genome of bacteria (a) Is independent of bacterian. n. 2B. 4. 5. 16. Consider the following statements: Modem soil classification (taxonomy) is based on 1. Soil morphology 2. Soil genesis 3. Climate of soil formation 4, Age of soil Which of the statements given above are correct? (a) 1, 2and 3 (b) 2and3 (©) 1,2and4 (@) Land 4 Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? (a) Acid soils AL toxicity (b) Saline alkali soils K toxicity (©) Water logged soils, Methane emission (d) Sandy soils, Nutrient leaching, ‘The bushy appearance with dead heart in sugarcane at 6th int to (a) Excess irrigation (b) Excess nitrogen (©) Top borer (d) Mealy el 4) Which one among the following is the pneumatic (a) Foot sprayer (b) Stirrup mi) (©) Hand compression sprayer (d) Rocker, Match List I (Agroclimatic Zones) Il (Main Strategy of Development) and select the correct at 1e codes given below the lists: List I q ‘A. Lower Gangetic plains feclamation of ravenous area B. Central plateau and i 2° Emphasis on increasing the tree cover C. Wester dry region 3. Crop diversification D. gangs 4, Minor irrigation programmes A BC D (a) : f ob) 4 ie) 3 3 2 @ 4 2 1 3 Considefithe Gi. L easing the production of oilseeds/edible oils and to attain self iénty in their production, a centrally sponsored Oilseeds Production Prdgtumme is being implemented in 28 states. onvergence of Oilseeds Production Programme with Watershed evelopment Programme is one of the thrust areas identified for increasing the production of oilseeds during the Tenth Five Year Plan, Which of the statements given above is/are correct?” (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (©) Both | and 2 (@) Neither I nor2