Mock Test-1 (General Agriculture)

Date : 28-11-2014 ICAR-JRF Exam- 2015 Time : 1:15 hrs Dr. Jagadish

Deptt. of Seed Science

Technology

1. U.N. World Food Day is celebrated on :

A) 23rdDecember B) 16thJuly
C) 16thOctober D) Birthday of Norman Borlaug
2. Who is the recipient of World Food Prize for the year 2014
A) Dr. Surinder K. Vassal B) Mr. B.R. Bharwale
C) Dr. Sanjay Rajaram D) Dr. Gurudev S. Kush
3. ‘ Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan ‘ programme to make India a
clean country by :
A) 2018 B) 2019 C) 2020 D) 2025
4. In northern India, sometimes rain takes place in winter,
which is due to:
A) South- west monsoon B) North-east monsoon
C) Eastern disturbance D) Western disturbance
5. National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre
Technology (NIRJAFT) is located at
A) Barrackpore B) Ranchi C) Jhansi D) Kolkata
6. National Research Centre for Water Technology (NRC-WT) is
located at
A) New Delhi B) Pune C) Bhubaneshwar D) Patna
7. National Research Center for Women in Agricultural
Research (NRC-WAR) is located at
A) Cuttack B) Ghaziabad C) Faridabad D) Bhubaneshwar
8. Jagjivan Ram Abhlnav Kisan Puruskar is given to the
A) Best innovative woman farmer in the field of Agriculture
and Allied sciences
B) Best innovative farmer in the field of Agriculture and Allied
sciences
C) Best innovative farmers association in the field of
Agriculture and Allied sciences
D) Group of innovative farmers from the same village in the
field of Agriculture and Allied sciences
9. Project on Indian mustard oil with higher B- carotene is
initiated by
A) Directorate of Rapeseed and Mustard
B) Tata Energy Research Institute
C) Pro-Agro Seed Company Ltd.
 D) Company of Bayer Crop Sciences, Germany
10. Who is the father of Nanotechnology
A) Richard Feynman B) Eric Betzig C) Stefan Hell D) William
Moerner
11. With a view to enhancing the production of which crops by
10, 8 and 2 million tonnes, the centrally sponsored National
Food Security Mission has been launched from the Rabi 2007-
08 season
A) Wheat, Rice and Pulses respectively
B) Pulses, Rice and Wheat respectively
C) Wheat, Pulses and Rice respectively
D) Rice, Wheat and Pulses respectively
12. Objectives of Agricultural Technology Management Agency
(ATMA) are:
A) To operationalize the extension reforms at village level
with the active participation of farmers/farmers groups, NGOs,
KVKs and Panchayat Raj institutions
B) 30 per cent of resources on programmes and activities are
allocated for woman farmers
C) 30 per cent of reservations is given to the woman
agriculture graduates in the recruitment at various level
 D) All of these E) None of these
13. Virusoid is also called as
A) sat DNA B) sat RNA C) DNA D) RNA
14. Which of the following phenomenon is marked by higher -
than- normal sea surface temperature in the equatorial Pacific
and their effects can ripple globally – from putting India and
Australia at a higher risk of drought, while touching off floods in
Latin America.
A) E1 Nino B) La Nino C) Western disturbance D) Both A and B
15. Pungency in mustard is due to
A) Quercetin B) Anthocyanin C) isothicyanate D) Sinigrine
16. Percentage of Sulphur in Single Super Phosphate
A) 18 B) 16 C) 14 D) 12
17. Kaolin is……… type of anti-transpirant ?
A) Growth retardant B) Film forming C) Reflrcting D) 1:1
18. Origin of Tobacco is?
A) China B) USA C) South America D) Mexico
19. How many nutrients are termed as essential elements for
plants?
A) 16 B) 17 C) 18 D) 19
20. Pusa giants is a variety of?
A) Papaya B) Napier grass C) Both A and B D) Berseem
E) None of these
21. Tillage operation
A) Increase the water holding capacity of soil
B) Increase the infiltration of water into soil
C) Reduces the bulk density of soil
D) Both A and B E) All of these F) None of these
22. Which of the following wheat variety contributed maximum
produce during green revolution in India
A) Chhoti Lerma B) HD-2009 C) HD-2329 D) Pusa Lerma
23. Total geographical area of college of agriculture, Raichur is
500 ha, gross cropped area is 420 ha, gross irrigated area is 80
ha, net irrigated area is 65 ha and net cropped area is 125 ha.
By using the above data, find the cropping intensity of college
agriculture, Raichur?
A) 119% B) 400% C) 336% D) 123%
24. Cultivation of crops in areas where annual rainfall is more
than 750 mm but less than 1150 mm is known as
A) Dry farming B) Dry land farming C) Rainfed farming
 D) Dry land agriculture
25. Agronomic measures adopted to conserve soil erosion,
where land slope is:
A) <1% B) <2% C) <3% D) <4%
26. Lines joining equal depth of rainfall is known as:
A) Isohels B) Isoclines C) Isotech D) Isopluvial
27. Which one of the following oilseeds have lowest percentage
of protein content
A) Linseed B) Groundnut C) Sesame D) Safflower
28. ‘Miracle rice in India ‘ variety is a cross between
A) TN-1 X IR-8 B) IR-8 X TN-1
C) TN-1 X Type D) IR-8 X Type 141
29. Which of the following cotton species gives highest fibre
length
A) G. arborium B) G. herbaceum
C) G. hirsutum D) G. barbadence
30. Which of the following greatest absorbed at acidic pH
A) HPO4-2 B) H2PO4- C) PO4-3
D) Both A and B E) None of these
31. Which of the following crop having the highest tolerance to
boron
A) Sunhemp B) Sugarcane C) Sugarbeet D) Cabbage
E) None of these
32. Which of the following crop is highly sensitive to boron
toxicity (<0.33ppm)
A) Cauliflower B) Sugarcane C) Sugarbeet D) Cabbage
E) None of these
33. Which of the following nutrient is available at pH more than
6.5
A) Zinc B) Iron C) Both A and B D) Only Phosphorous
E) Calcium F) Molybdenum G) Both E and F
H) None of these
34. Which of the following is the order of hygroscopic nature of
fertilizers
A) Anhydrous ammonia > Urea > Ammonium suplhate >
CAN
B) Urea > Ammonium nitrate > Ammonium sulphate > CAN
C) Ammonium nitrate > Urea > Ammonium sulphate > CAN
 D) Urea > Anhydrous ammonia > Ammonium sulphate >
CAN
35. According to climate, which of the following fruit crop is
classified under sub-tropical
A) Mango B) Papaya C) Pineapple
D) Pomegranate E) Coconut
36. Which of the following fruit juice is useful for patients
suffering from leprosy
A) Sapota B) Papaya C) Pineapple
D) Pomegranate E) Banana
37. Which of the following is a mutant variety of French bean:
A) Pusa supriya B) Pusa Chikni
C) Pusa Parvati D) Pusa Sheetal
38. Which of the following state is having maximum
productivity of vegetable in India
A) West Bengal B) Karanataka
C) Maharashtra D) Tamil Nadu
39. Rashtrapati Bhavan features which style of gardening?
A) Mughal garden B) Japanese garden C) English garden
 D) None of these
40. Which of the following institute has set up India’s first fever
insectorium with a mandate to preserve insects that are
endemic only to India and also serve a purpose in the ecology
of country.
A) PDBC B) NBAIM C) NBAII D) NBPGR
41. Wart disease of potato in the country is restricted to which
region?
A) Sunderban B) Western ghats
C) Darjeeling hills D) Eastern ghats
42. Which of the following nematode cause ‘ mentake disease’
of rice
A) Ditylenchus angustus B) Rodopholus similis
C) Aphelenchoides D) Hirschnynniella spp
43. In which of the following states , the Training and visit (T&V)
system was first introduced
A) Karanataka B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Rajasthan D) Tamil Nadu
44. When marginal utility is zero, then total utility will be
A) Minimum B) Zero C) Maximum
 D) Both are independent of each other
45. Principle of Equi-marginal returns is applied when
A) Resources are limited B) the prices of resources are high
D) Both A and B D) Total assets and liabilities are equal
46. The national centre for agriculture economics and policy
research is located at
A) Bengaluru B) Hyderabad C) New Delhi D) Karnal
47. All possible combination of two inputs capable of producing
same level of output refers to
A) Isoquant line B) Isocost line C) Iso-out line D) Iso- in line
48. In WTO, subsidies like those on research, pesticides, water,
fertilizers and subsidies for ecologically fragile zone are counted
under
A) Blue box B) Green box C) Yellow box D) Amber box
49. If the kurtosis of a distribution is less than3, then it is called
A) Platykurtic B) Leptokurtic
C) Mesokurtic D) Normal distribution
50. There are 25 fruits in abag, 7 of them are Apples, 8 of them
are Oranges, 5 of them are Mango, 3 of them are Pomegranate
and 2 of them are Sapota. What is the probability that a Orange
Will be picked?
A) 0.28 B) 0.12 C) 0.20 D) 0.32
51. In which of the following place the WTO summit -2013 was
held
A) Singapore B) Doha C) Geneva D) Bali
52. ‘ Karan Swiss’- a cattle hybrid developed from NDRI, Karnal
is a cross between
A) Friesian X Tharparkar B) Tharparkar X Rriesian
C) Sahiwal X Brown Swiss D) Brown Swiss X Sahiwal
53) The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite index
that measures income, education and life expectancy. HDI rank
of India in the world for the year 2014 is
A) 146 B) 142 C) 135 D) 131
54. National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA),
started from the year:
A) 2009 B) 2010 C) 2011 D) 2012
55. In the year 2014, the Genetic Engineering Approval
Committee (GEAC) gave the green signal for field trails of four
genetically modified (GM), those are
A) Rice, Mustard, Pigeonpea and Brinjal
 B) Cotton, Rice, Pigeonpea and Brinjal
C) Cotton, Mustard, Pigeonpea and Rice
D) Chickpea, Mustard, Rice and Brinjal
56. Cusec (cubic feet per second) is the unit of measurement of
irrigation water is equal to
A) 23.81 litres per second B) 28.31 litres per second
C) 25.50 litres per second D) 20.43 litres per second
57. The year 2014 is celebrated as United Nations
A) International year of pulses B) International year of soils
C) International year of family farming
D) International year of cooperatives
58. If a couple have two daughters in first two births, the
probability of the child being girls is:
A) 1/8 B) 1/2 C) 1/4 D) 1
59. Pressure at mean sea level is:
A) 103.13mb B)1011.00mb C)1013.25mb D)1010.25mb
60. Number of inspection required for the certified seed
production of groundnut is:
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
61. The pH of the solution is 12, then the (OH-) ion
concentration will be:
A) 1012 B) 0.02 C) 0.0002 D) 10-12
62. Magnification power of the phase contrast compound
microscope ranges from:
A) 10-100X B) 20-200X C) 150-1500X D) 40-400X
Match the following
World Food Prize winners Outstanding work
63. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan A) Improved yield potential
Of Rice
64. Dr. Verghese Kurien B) Improvement of Wheat
Crop and Wheat production
65. Dr. Surinder K Vassal C) 1989
66. Dr. Gurudev S. Kush D) 1987
67. Dr. Modaduga V. Gupta E) Quality Protein Maize
68. Dr. Sanjay Rajaram F) Aquaculture
Crop WUE (kg/ha/mm)
69. Maize A) 3.7
70. Rice B) 12.6
71. Groundnut C) 13.4
72. Finger millet D) 8.0
73. Wheat E) 9.2
Herbicides Trade name
74. Isoproturon A) Tok E-25
75. Metachlor B) Stamp F-34
76. Nitrofen C) Stomp
77. Paraquat D) Dual
78. Pendimethalin E) Ronak
79. Propanil F) Leader
80. Sulfosulfuron G) Gramoxone
81. Alachlor H) Plantguard
82. Butachlor I) Mechate
83. 2, 4-D J) Lasso
Livestock Gestation period (days)
90. Cow A) 310
91. Buffalo B) 148
92. Goat C) 114
93. Sheep D) 282
94. Camel E) 390
95. Pig F) 150
Group A Group B
96. Cofactor A) protein component of enzyme
97. Coenzyme B) inactive form of enzyme
98. Holoenzyme C) organic compound and non
Proteinaceous
99. Apoenzyme D) completely active enzyme
100. Proenzyme E) non proteinaceous