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1. Which among the following operation is conducted in pseudo stem of banana

after bunch harvesting?
a. Clinching b. Ablation c. Propping d. Dehaulming e. Mettocking

2. Deposition of soil by gravity-

a. Colluvial Soil b. Alluvial soil c. Aeolian soil d. Red Soil e. Black Soil

3. Boar which is fattened for market should be castrated at which age?

a. 1 to 2 weeks b. 2 to 4 weeks c. 4 to 6 weeks d. 6 to 9 weeks
e. After 6 months

4. Which of the following essential nutrient is considered as micronutrient?

a. Ca b. Mg c. K d. Fe e. None of these

5. Which among the following crop is hexaploid and developed by using

outcrossing? – Wheat
a. Banana b. Potato c. Mango d. Barley e. Wheat

6. Mehsana is the cross of? –

a. Murrah× Surti b. Surti×Murrah c. Brown Swiss× Sahiwal
d. Hariyana x Brown Swiss e. Sahiwal x Holstein

7. A Cow in heat can be bred in which phase?

a. Oestrum phase b. Proestrus c. Metestrus
c. Diestrus d. Ovulation
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8. Which of the following is used to map subdivisions of land and gives length
and direction to owners land and boundaries?
a. Cadastral map b. Google map c. Land records
d. Soil map e. Agriculture map

9. What is the SNF content for recombined toned milk?

a. 8.5 % b. 8.0% c. 9% d. 3% e. 1.5%

10. When to harvest gerbera flower?

a. Few florets open b. When bud fully mature
c. Outer florets furl out d. When bud is immature
e. Only one petal is open

11. The index used to determine the effect on intercropping on suppression of

weeds in comparison to sole crop stand?
a. Weed Smothering efficiency b. Weed index
c. Weed control efficiency d. Weed control index
e. Weed comparison index

12. Which among the following is the most serious pest of cotton which eat
cotton boll and boll will fall down after attack and remaining unable to open
properly and moth will be brown in colour and larvae will be pink in colour
which puncture into the boll?
a. Pink bollworm b. Red cotton bug c. Spotted bollworm
d. American bollworm e. Cotton aphid

13. Which among the following scheme is related to organic farming in the
country?
a. Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojna
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b. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
c. National Mission For Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA)
d. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
e. Integrated watershed management programme

14. A system in which agriculture crops, trees and fruit trees or ornamental trees
are grown together in same land?
a. Agri horticulture b. agri silvi culture c. Agri silvi pastoral
d. silvi horticulture e. Agri silvi horticulture

15. Which fish is having highest cost and highest demand in market?
a. Striped murrel b. Giant murrel c. Spotted murrel
d. Singhi e. Magur

16. Retting is related to which crop?

a. Jute b. Cotton c. Mesta d. Jowar e. Wheat

17. Farming system which provides more time to absorb runoff water and later
it is supplied to crops?
a) Contour farming b) Run-off farming c) Inter cropping
d) Mixed cropping e) Multiple cropping

18. Characteristics of Mastitis disease in goat?

a. Large, hot swollen udder with blood flakes in milk
b. Severe lameness
c. Hot swollen joints, weight loss, and fever
d. Animals develop diarrhea and increased respiratory rates
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e. None of these

19. This is the practice of mating of animals within the same breed but having
no common ancestors on either side of their pedigree up to 4-6 generations.
a. Outcrossing b. Inbreeding c. Outbreeding d. Cross Breeding
e. Inbreeding depression

20. Which among the following fish lives in fresh water and bred in salt water?
a. Catadromous b. Anadromous c. Salmonids d. Lampreys e. Shad

21. Which among the following silkworm which have more than three
generations in a year?
a. Multivoltine b. Univoltine c. Quadravoltine d. Trivoltine e. Bivoltine

22. Poultry- boiler per bird sq ft floor space:

a. 0.8-1 Sq. Ft. b. 0.5-0.8 Sq. Ft. c. 1-1.5 Sq. Ft.
d. 1.5-2 Sq. Ft. e. 2-2.5 Sq. Ft.

23. Grafting method in which germinating seeds less than 2 weeks are wedge or
splice graft on success depends on temperature and high RH:
a. Stone Grafting b. Saddle grafting c. Veneer grafting
d. Bridge grafting e. None of these

24. Coorg honey dew variety of? –

a. Papaya b. Mango c. Orange d. Grapes e. Sapota

25. Which is correct Bacterial wilt of tomato symptom?

a. Leaves do not turn yellow but wilting is seen. Vascular bundles show
brownish discoloration
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b. Water-soaked spots c. Rotting of plant
d. Circular lesions on leaves later turn necrotic e. None of these
26. Which is NOT correct about Saline soil?
a. In saline soil due to precipitation Salt content increase
b. EC of saline soil is more than 4
c. ESP of saline soil is less than 15
d. Accumulation of Na & Ca chloride in saline soil
e. In saline soil even if water available in root zone but plant can't uptake it

27. Find the correct match of seed colour and seed tag? –
a. Breeder seed-golden yellow b. Foundation seed – blue tag
c. Certified seed- white tag d. Nucleus seed- red seed
e. None of these

28. Which of the following organic material has lowest C: N ratio?

a. Rye straw b. Wheat straw c. Saw dust d. Solid cattle manure
e. Soil microbes

29. Which of the following matching is correct with respect to its site of
synthesis
1) ABA- Old leaf
2) gibberellin- root
3) cytokinin- young fruits
a. 1 and 2 b. 1,2 and 3 c. only 1 d. 1 &3 e. only 2

30. Which of the following is not correct regarding fertilizer?

a) soil having same available nutrient may not supply same amount of
nutrient even if to the same crop
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b) same amount of fertilizer to same soil
c) Organic fertilizers are not the only route to plant nutrition
d) Hidden hunger is seen in plantation crops liked tea, coffee for Zn,
e) None of these

31. Hormone which induces and maintains seed dormancy?

a. Gibberellin b. Cytokinin c. ABA d. Ethylene e. Auxin

32. Calculate the plant population for hexagonal system of orchard if Plant to
plant spacing -10m, row to row- 8.66 m ?
a. 115 b. 98 c. 137 d. 198 e. 221

33. Implement used for harrowing having several rotating discs fitted on the
common shaft?
a. Cultivator b. Disc harrow c. Rotavator d. Wooden ploughs
e. Inversion ploughs

34. Which is natural mutant variety of coffee?

a. Kent b. Caturra c. Heirloom d. SL28 e. Catimor

35. Interest rate of Kisan Vikash Patra?

a. 6.9% Per annum b. 7.1% Per annum c. 8.2% Per annum
d. 9% Per annum e. 12% Per annum

36. In which crop pair there is least isolation distance:

a. Wheat and rice b. Cabbage and cauliflower
c. Chillies and tomato d. Safflower and sunflower e. Cotton and jute
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37.What is International seed certificate colour, sampling is done in one country
and analysis in other country? (RRB-SO)
a. Orange b. Green c. Blue d. White e. None of these

38. Which is not true about soil health card:

a) It provides financial assistance to farmers for amelioration of problematic soil
b) In every 5 years soil health card issued to all farmers
c) it gives deficiency-based fertilizer recommendation district wise
d) it is launched with objective of reducing fertilizer consumption to 20%
e) None of these

39. In genetic engineering which bacteria is known as work horse?

a. Diplococcus b. E. coli c. Rhizobium d. Agrobacterium
e. Actinomycetes

40. Yellowing starts from terminal portion and later moves towards older leaves
due to which among the following?
a. Aphid attack b. Water stress c. N deficiency d. Fe deficiency
e. Mn deficiency