General Agriculture – ICAR - JRF

1) Which of the following is igneous rock ?

a) Conglomerate b) Marble c) Graphite d) Basalt
2) Marble is obtained from which of the following rock ?
a) Coal b) Shale c) Granite d) Limestone
3) Which of the following agent of transportation formed the Lacustrine
soil?
a) Sea water b) Ice c) Gravity d) Lake water
4) Study of origin, formation and geographic distribution of soils in
nature is called ………..
a) Pedology b) Edaphology c) Ethiology d)Soil morphology
5) The soil materials removed from one layer is called …………
a) Elluvial layer b) Illuvial layer c) R layer d) Solum
6) Who is the father of soil science ?
a) Tisdal & Nelson b) Jenny c) J.V. Liebig d) Dokuchaiev
7) The size of fine sand …………..
a) 2 mm – 0.2 mm b) 0.02 mm – 0.002 mm
c) 0.2 mm – 0.02 mm d) less than 0.002 mm
8) Which law is used for determination of soil texture ?
a) Fick law b) Fourier law c) Darcy law d) Stock law
9) Which physical properties of soil cannot be changed ?
a) Soil texture b) Soil structure c) Bulk density d) Particle density
10) Which structure of soil is the best suited for agricultural crops ?
a) Platy b) Crumby c) Prismatic d) Blocky
11) The value of bulk density is ……………
a) 1.33 Mg/m3 b) 2.65 Mg/m3 c) 1.33 g/cm3 d) Both a & c
12) C:N ratio of organic matter ………..
a) 10:1 b) 14:1 c) 400:1 d)20-30:1
13) The ammonia is converted into nitrite by ………….
a) Nitrosomonas b) Nitrosococcus c) Nitrobacter d) Both a & b
14) Which of the following clay is example for 2:1 non – expanding
type ?
a) Kaolinite b) Montmorillinite c) Vermiculite d) Chlorite
15) Latest orders of soil in soil taxonomy is …………..
a) Andosols b) Inceptisols c) Entisols d) Both b & c
16) Which soil occupy more area in India ?
a) Red soil b) Alluvial soil c) Black soil d) Alkali soil
17) Mark correct pH, EC, ESP of Alkali soil ?
a) >8.5, <4, >15 b) <8.5, >4, >15
c) <8.5, >4, <15 d) >8.5, >4, <15
18) Law of diminishing returns given by ……………
a) Arnon & Stout b) J.V.Liebig
c) Sorenson d) Von schemeling & Kulka
19) Cat clays associated with which of the following soils ?
a) Saline soil b) Alkali soil c)Acid sulphate soil d) Acid soil
20) Ammonium nitrate contain …………. % N.
a) 16% N b) 20.5% N c) 33-35 % N d) 46% N
21) Upto 3m deep and greater than 18 m bed width , side slope vary
…… type.
a) Very small b) Small c) Medium d) Deep
22) Muriate of potash also called as ………….
a) Potassium chloride b) Potassium sulphate
c) Potassium carbonate d) None of the above
23) Particles less than 0.1 mm in diameter ………..type of soil
movement.
a) Saltation b) Suspension c) Surface creep d) Sheet erosion
24) ………….type of erosion is difficult to find out by the farmers.
a) Sheet b) Rill c) Splash d) Gully
25) Universal soil loss (USLE) was given by…………
a) Weischmeir and smith b) Wigglesworth
c) R.H.Painter d) None of the above
26) Which of the following is pomegranate fruit type ?
a) Berry b) Drupe c) Hesperidium d) Balusta
27) Pusa snowball is the variety of ………..
a) Cabbage b) Cauliflower c) Cucurbit d) Rose
28) Seedless variety of mango is ………..
a) Sindhu b) Chausa c) Amrapalli d) Mallika
29) Black tip disorder of mango is due to …………
a) Convection heat b) Low temperature
c) High temperature d) Gases like SO2 ,NO2,Acytelene
30) Flavr savr is the variety of ……………..
a) Tomato b) Bhendi c) Cotton d) Brinjal
31) Cat face is the physiological disorder of ……….
a) Tomato b) Bhendi c) Cotton d) Brinjal
32) Fruit type of Rose is ……………
a) Syconium b) Sorosis c) Pepo d) Hips
33) Thornless variety of rose is ………..
a) First red b) Chitra c) Sonia d) B.P.Pal
34) Strawberry is propagated by …………. method.
a) Off shoot b) Inarching c) Sucker and slips d) Runner
35) Vit – B1 is also called as ……..
a) Riboflavin b) Thiman c) Calciferol d) Ascorbic acid
36) Which of the following is simplest sugar?
a) Erythrose b) Glyceraldehyde c) Glucose d) Arabinose
37) The sweetest sugar among all the sugar is ………….
a) Glucose b) Fructose c) Galactose d) Manose
38) Which of the following sugar is found large amount in germinating
seeds?
a) Sucrose b) Maltose c) Lactose d) Cellobiose
39) Which of the following is reducing sugar ?
a) Maltose b) Sucrose c) Cellobiose d) Both a & c
40) ……………Polysaccharide present only in animal cells.
a) Starch b) Glycogen c) Cellulose d) Hemicellulose
41) ……………Polysaccharide normally present in cell walls.
a) Cellulose b) Hemicellulose c) Pectin d) Glycogen
42) ……………is the muscle protein.
a) Collagen b) Fibroin c) Elastin d) Keratin
43) Proteins that contain non aminoacid components in addition to
aminoacids is called ……….
a) Simple protein b) Conjugated protein
c) Metalloproteins d) Glycoproteins
44) The term enzyme was coined by ………….
a) W.Kuhne b) Buchner c) Funk d) Berzelius
45) Which of the following enzyme is a non protein ?
a) Isozyme b) Ribozyme c) Allosteric enzyme d) All of these
46) Beri-Beri is due to deficiency of …………..
a) Vit – B2 b) Vit – B1 c) Vit – E d) Vit – D
47) Who is the father of Nucleic acid ?
a) Frederick Mischer b) Watson & Crick
c) Wilkins d) Jacob & Monard
48) Cell theory is given by ……….
a) Robert hook b) Robert brown
c) M. Schleiden & Schwann d) Haeckal
49) Bergy ’s manual of systematic bacteriology is standard book for
……….
a) Taxonomy b) Physiology c) Anatomy d) All of these
50) Which of the following is fat soluble vitamin ?
a) Vit A b) Vit B2 c) Vit C d) Vit D
1) a only
2) b & c
3) a & d
4) b only.