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1.
_______ has been recommended for the control of weed in blackgram:
A. Atrazine 0.5 kg/ha B. 2, 4-D 0.75 kg/ha
C. Fluchloralin 0.75 kg/ha D. Simazine 0.5 kg/ha
Answer & Explanation
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
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2. _______ comprises important mechanisms of herbicide detoxification in soil under field conditions
especially surface incorporation subsequent to rainfall or irrigation:
A. Thermo decomposition B. Blodecomposition
C. Chemodecomposition D. Photodecomposition
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
3. _______is considered to be most important of the soil organisms bringing about the conversion of
NH4+ to NO2-
A. Nitrosomonas B. Nitrobacter
C. Azotobacter D. Azospirillum
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
4. _______ is probably the most important growth limiting factor in acid soils especially those having
pH below 5.0 - S.S:
A. Nitogen B. Calcium
C. Potassium D. Sluminium
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
5. _______ of the NH4+ in a region of alkaline microsite helps to restore the conditions suitable for
the normal conversion of NO2- to NO3-
A. Diffusion B. Dilution
C. Both (a) & (b) D. None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
6. _______ degradation plays a major role in the persistence and behaviour of herbicides in the soil:
A. Microbial B. Physical
C. Chemical D. Thermal
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
7. ________ generally augments the utilization of phosphorus which is water soluble:
A. Broadcast B. Broadcast and incorporation
C. Band placement D. None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
8. ______ in 1909 developed an equation that related growth to the supply of plant nutrients:
A. V.J. Kilmer B. R.B. McKercher
C. J.W.Friedrich D. E.A.Mitscherlich
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
9. ______ ion effect represents the effect of adsorbed ion on the release of another from the surface
of a colloid:
A. Supplementary B. Complementary
C. Coordinated D. Integrated
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
10. _______ a.i./ha has been recommended for the control of weeds in mungbean:
A. Basalin @ 1 kg B. 2, 4-D @ 1 litre
C. Simazine @ 1 kg D. Atrazine @ 1 kg
Which of the following soil is of ashy grey in colour?
A. Brown earth B. Chernozems
C. Tundra soil D. Podsols
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
12. Which of the following is perennial weed?
A. Goat weed B. Pig weed
C. Black Jack D. Field bindweed
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
13. Ratooning' is practised as a matter of routine in:
A. Sugarbeet and sugarcane B. Sugarbeet and maize
C. Sugarcane and napier grass D. Sugarcane only
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
14. V' notch is a:
A. Parshall flume B. Orifice
C. Weir D. Submerged orifice
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
15. Scientific name of Cogon grass is:
A. Avena fatua B. Imperata cylindrica

C. Paspalum conjugatum D. Portulaca oleracea
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
16. Velocity of Gale is:
A. 62.4 to 73.6 km/hr B. 50.4 to 54.8 km/hr
C. 88.2 to 90.4 km/hr D. 104.2 to 112.8 km/hr
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
17. Arrowing refers to:
A. Flower primodia initiation in wheat B. Flowering of cotton
C. Flowering of maize D. Flowering of sugarcane
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
18. Boll shedding in cotton is due to:
A. Plant is over loaded with bolls B. Inhibitory effect of ABA (Abscisic acid)
C. Heavy dressing of urea D. Frequent irrigation
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
19. Hot water treatment of sugarcane sets is done because:
A. It increases germination B. It controls the seed borne diseases
It promotes the conversion of

C. It breaks dormancy D.
sucreose into glucose
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
20. In Instrument that indicates the direction of the wind is:
A. Anemometers B. Hygrometer
C. Evaporimeter D. Wind Vane
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
21. Reclamation disease due to copper dificiency occurs in plants grown on newly reclaimed acid soil:
A. Histosols B. Alfisols
C. Aridosols D. Ultisols
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
22. Trap crops refer to:
Crops grown around the main crop,

Crops which are resistant to pest and
A. which is more susceptible to insect B.
diseases
pest and diseases than the main crop
Crops efficient in trapping solar
C. D. Crops efficient in trapping rainfall
radiation
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
23. 2, 4-D is a herbicide:
A. Selective B. Non-selective
C. Contact D. Selective and systemic
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
24. What is the effect of potassic fertilizers?
It makes the plants more resistant to

A. B. It improve the grain quality
disease
It makes the plants susceptible to

C. D. All of the above
disease
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
25. 2, 4-D is an important herbicide of:
A. Pulses B. Oilseed crop
C. Small grain crop D. Millet

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
26. 2, 4-D is the :
A. Translocated herbicicide B. Contact herbicide
Contact herbicide as well as

C. D. All of above
translocated herbicide
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
27. The most sensitive stages of sunflower to water stress lie between:
A. Germination and seedling B. Germination and flowering
C. Seedling and flowering D. Flowering and grain filling
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
28. A basal dose of phosphorus at ______ g/m2 to tobacco nursery area has been recommended:
A. 5.5 - 6.5 B. 7.5 - 8.0
C. 9.0 - 9.5 D. 10.0 - 10.5
Answer: Option B
Explanation:

29. A cloud type that occurs in low height in the atmosphere is:
A. Stratus B. Cumulus
C. Nimbus D. Cumulo-nimbus
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
30. A farmer is to select suitable crops for a drought prone un-irrigated area. Which one of the
following groups of crops should be chosen for mixed cropping?
A. Sesame, maize, oats B. Sorghum, whet
C. Sesame sorghum/pearl millet, niger D. Maize, upland rice, berseem
31. A good crop of potato yielding about 400 q/ha on an average removes _______ N + P2O5 +
K2O kg/ha, respectively:
A. 170-180 + 100 + 250 B. 170-180 + 25 + 250
C. 170-180 + 50 + 125 D. 170-180 + 25 + 100
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
32. Zero tillage system ws first used successfully in 1950 in pasture renovation in:
A. Germany B. Japan
C. United Kingdom D. U.S.A.
Answer: Option D
Explanation:

33. A lentil crop grown with improved package of practices may record the yield upto t/ha:
A. 1.0 - 1.5 B. 3.0 - 3.5
C. 1.5 - 2.0 D. 2.0 - 2.5
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
34. A main shortcoming that was observed during green revolution:
A. Pulse crops were neglected B. Paddy was neglected
C. Big farmer were neglected D. Use of fertilizers neglected
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
35. A millet crop is:
A. Sugarcane B. Bajra
C. Barley D. Jute
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
36. A minor portion of the phosphorus absorption capacity of soils originates from:
A. Sodium bicarbonate B. Sodium carbonate
C. Calcium oxide D. Calcium carbonate

Answer: Option D
Explanation:
37. A screen which is used to measure the temperature of atmosphere is know as:
A. Clark screen B. Symon's screen
C. Thermocouple D. Stevenson's screen
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
38. A short duration crop in between two main crops is termed as:
A. Cash crop B. Catch crop
C. Companion crop D. Ephemeral
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
39. A tuber represents:
A. Enlarged underground root B. Enlarged underground stem
C. Enlarged underground nodules D. None of these
Answer: Option B
Explanation:

40. A weed that spreads asthma is:
A. Colotropis B. Parthenium
C. Kanuch weed D. Common grass weed
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
41. According to the modern concepts; the major function of inter-row tillage is:
Moisture conservation through soil

A. B. Improved soil aeration
mulching
Moisture conservation through weed

C. Improved soil granulation D.
destruction
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
42. Addition of ammonium sulphate to a herbicidal spray solution enhances the ______ against
Agropyron repens:
A. Glyphosphate B. Amylase
C. Reductast D. Oxi-reductase
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
43. Adsali crop of sugarcane takes a period of maturity of:
A. 8 months B. 12 months
C. 18 months D. 24 months

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
44. Affinity of the enzyme RuDP carboxylase for crbon dioxide is enhanced by:
A. Sulphur B. Phosphorus
C. Nitrogen D. Magnesium
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
45. Winter application of phosphorus is followed in:
A. Warm areas B. Cool areas
C. Both of these D. None of these
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
46. American cotton should normally be planted at the distance of ______ cm:
A. 4 x 30 B. 30 x 30
C. 60 x 45 D. 90 x 45
Answer: Option C
Explanation:

47. Ammonium sulphate is preferred for nitrogen application in groundnut because it also
provides:
A. Calcium B. Magnesium
C. Sulphur D. Boron
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
48. Among small grain crops _____ has an exceptional tolerance to low levels of soil copper
supply:
A. Barley B. Wheat
C. Bye D. Oats
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
49. Which wystem of irrigation is not practiced usually?
A. Canal irrigation B. Sprinkler irrigation
C. Underground irrigation D. Lift irrigation
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
51. Amorphous aluminosilicate minerals like allophane have ______ negative charge, which is
partly or entirely balanced by complex aluminium cation:
A. Small B. Zero
C. Large D. None of these

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
52. Snaerobic environment in paddy soil is responsible for gaseous loss of fertilizer nitrogen by:
A. Denitrification B. Volatilization
C. Nitrification D. Ammonification
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
53. Application of nitrogen in cowpea at the time of planting is known as:
A. Basic dose B. Synergistic dose
C. Starter dose D. Additional dose
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
54. Application of propanil after ______ in rice-paddies causes prohibitive vegetative injury:
A. DDT B. Endosulfan
C. Carbofuran D. Sevin
Answer: Option C
Explanation:

55. Application of urea, aqua-ammonia, anhydrous ammonia and diammonium phosphate form
alkaline microsite at the point of application, and in rice ______ encourage the taking up of
nitrite:
A. High NH4+ concentration B. High pH
C. Both of these D. None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
56. Area required for raising seedlings for one-hectare normal sown crop of paddy:
A. 250 sq meter B. 500 sq meter
C. 750 sq meter D. 1000 sq meter
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
57. Arhar (pigeon pea) is commonly known as:
A. Red gram B. Black gram
C. Bengal gram D. Green gram
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
58. As per principles of crop rotation pulses should be included in rotation because:
They release land quickly for the

A. They increase total pulse production B.
second crop
They help in maintenance of soil They increase the yield of
C. D.
fertility succeeding cereal crop
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
59. Which portion of sugarcane stalk is preferred for sowing purposes?
A. Top one-third to half portion B. Top one-fourth portion
C. Bottom one-fourth portion D. Bottom on - third to half portion
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
60. At pH ______ H+ ion toxicity is lessened by the removal of these ions:
A. 4.5 or less B. 5.5 or less
C. 6.0 or less D. 5.0 or less
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
61. Autumn sown crop of sugarcane requires fertilizer than that of winter sown?
A. Equal B. More
C. Less D. Half
Answer: Option B
Explanation:

62. Availability of phosphorus is maximum at pH:
A. Neutral B. Acidic
C. Alkaline D. All of the above
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
63. Azolla is a:
A. Water fern B. Water algae
C. Water bacteria D. Water protozoa
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
64. Azotobacter spp fix nitrogen:
A. As symbiouts on sugarcane B. As symbiouts on rice
C. As symbiouts on legume D. In free soil
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
65. Bacteria responsible for nitrification are:
A. Nitrosomonas B. Nitrobacter
C. Above both D. VAM

Answer: Option C
Explanation:
66. Balanced fertilizer is used:
A. To increase production B. To improve quality of seed
C. To maintain soil productivity D. All of these
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
67. Barley requires _____ climate:
A. Cool B. Dry
C. Humid D. Hot
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
68. Based on dark metabolism, glucose consumption for protein production is about _____
percent when nitrogen is provided as nitrate rather than as ammonium:
A. 20 B. 30
C. 40 D. 50
69. Begasse, a by product of sugar manufacturing industry, is used for the production of:
A. Paper B. Alcohol
C. Confectionaries D. Glass
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
70. Black soils are deficient in:
A. Potash B. Iron
C. Nitrogen D. Lime
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
71. Black soil is used for the cultivation of:
A. Jute B. Wheat
C. Cotton D. Sugarcane
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
72. Botanical name of Sixed row barley:
A. Hordeum irregular B. Hordeum distinction
C. Hordeum vulgare D. None of above
Answer: Option C
Explanation:

73. Brassica Juncea is the scientific name of:
A. Rai B. Toria
C. Soyabean D. Wheat
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
74. Broadcast potassium is ________ than banded:
A. More efficient B. As efficient as
C. Less efficient D. None of these
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
75. Brown strips downy mildew of maize can be controlled by use of:
A. Bordeaux mixture (4:4:50) B. Bavistin
C. Karathane-45 D. Diathane M-45
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
76. Build up of soluble sugars and amino acids (due to inadequate potassium), low molecular
weight compounds encourage the activity of:
A. Plant hormones B. Plant pathogens
C. None of these D. Both of these

Answer: Option B
Explanation:
77. Butylate stimulates germination in ______ seeds by enhancing gibberellic activity or by

changing membrane of seed permeability:
A. Potato B. Pigeon pea
C. Safflower D. Barley
Answer: Option D
Explanation:
78. By which of the following method of raising seedlings of rice, we can get the ready seedling in
early time:
A. Dapog method B. Dry bed method
C. Wet bed method D. None of the above
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
79. Indirect methods of measuring soil water content consist of resistance method and:
A. Gravimetric B. Volumetric
C. Neutron scattering D. None of these
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
80. Capillary water will not be available to the plants it is held at a tension of:
A. Less than 15 atmospheres B. 20 atmospheres
C. More than 15 atmospheres D. Less than 5 atmospheres
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
81. Castor belongs to family:
A. Euphorbiaceae B. Leguminosae
C. Cruciferae D. Composite
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
82. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Relay cropping: Sowing pulse in rice

A. B. Intercropping: Wheat after rice
crop prior to harvest
Multiple cropping: Coconut-pepper-

C. D. Sole cropping: potato
cacao-pineapple
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
83. Chickpea pod borer can be controlled by the spray of:
A. Monocrotophos @ 1 ml/litre of water B. Aldrin (5%) @ 15 kg/ha
Seed treatment by Captan (0.25%)

C. D. BHC @ 10 kg/ha
@ 4 gh/kg of seed
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
84. Clays wuch as kaolinite will fix larger quantities of phosphorus with _____ SiO2/R2O3 ratio:
A. Low B. High
C. Equal D. None of these
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
85. Common herbicide used in wheat is:
A. 2, 4-D B. Atrazine
C. Isoproturon D. Pensimethalin
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
86. Content of starch in maize is approximately:
A. 95% B. 70%
C. 55% D. 25%
Answer: Option B
Explanation:

87. Cotton belongs to the _____ family:
A. Malvaceae B. Compositeae
C. Crucifereae D. Lineaceae
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
88. Blackgram grown in summer should be seeded at ______ kg/ha:
A. 10 ? 15 B. 20 - 25
C. 15 ? 20 D. 25 - 30
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
89. Cowpea grown for grain purpose should be seeded at ______ kg/ha.
A. 10 ? 15 B. 15 ? 20
C. 20 - 25 D. 25 - 30
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
90. Crop lodging refers to surface:
Falling of the plants horizontally on

A. B. Cutting of tree crops into loggs
the ground surface
Record of the progress of the crop Determination of nutrient status of
C. D.
from sowing to harvesting the plant
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
91. Crop mixture have proved biologically most dynamic under:
A. Water stress conditions B. Irrigated condition
C. High soil fertility conditions D. Large holding conditions
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
92. Crop production and animal husbandry collectively is know as:
A. Mixed cropping B. Relay farming
C. Mixed farming D. None of the above
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
93. Crop rotation is defined as a:
System of growing different kinds of System of growing different crop in

A. B.
crops on the same land succession on the same land
System of growing the same crop on

C. A method of growing different crop D.
different fields
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
94. Cropping intensity is:
The extent of the use of land for

The extent of the use of land for
A. B. cropping purposes during a given
purposes other than cropping
year
C. Net cropped area D. Gross cropped area
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
95. Cropping intensity means:
Percentage ratio of gross cropped Percentage ratio of net-cropped area

A. B.
area to net cropped area to gross cropped area
Percentage ratio of the number of

Percentage ratio of gross cropped
C. crops in rotation to period of one D.
area to the net-cropped area
rotation
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
96. Cropping pattern is defined as:
The proportion of area under Growing different crops in a

A. B.
different crops recurrent succession
The proportion of area under

C. different crops at a particular point D. A method of growing different crops
of time
Answer: Option B
Explanation:

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1.

_______ has been recommended for the control of weed in blackgram:

A. Atrazine 0.5 kg/ha B. 2, 4-D 0.75 kg/ha

C. Fluchloralin 0.75 kg/ha D. Simazine 0.5 kg/ha

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A. Thermo decomposition B. Blodecomposition

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C. Both (a) & (b) D. None of these

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7. ________ generally augments the utilization of phosphorus which is water soluble:

A. Broadcast B. Broadcast and incorporation

C. Band placement D. None of these

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A. V.J. Kilmer B. R.B. McKercher

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A. Basalin @ 1 kg B. 2, 4-D @ 1 litre

Which of the following soil is of ashy grey in colour?

A. Brown earth B. Chernozems

C. Tundra soil D. Podsols

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12. Which of the following is perennial weed?

A. Goat weed B. Pig weed

C. Black Jack D. Field bindweed

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13. Ratooning' is practised as a matter of routine in:

A. Sugarbeet and sugarcane B. Sugarbeet and maize

C. Sugarcane and napier grass D. Sugarcane only

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14. V' notch is a:

A. Parshall flume B. Orifice

C. Weir D. Submerged orifice

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15. Scientific name of Cogon grass is:

A. Avena fatua B. Imperata cylindrica

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16. Velocity of Gale is:

A. 62.4 to 73.6 km/hr B. 50.4 to 54.8 km/hr

C. 88.2 to 90.4 km/hr D. 104.2 to 112.8 km/hr

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17. Arrowing refers to:

A. Flower primodia initiation in wheat B. Flowering of cotton

C. Flowering of maize D. Flowering of sugarcane

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