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E MODEL PAPERS FOR CSS | 29, [CSS-2012 eee ae aa a 30, | Css-2013 a 3. |Css-204 | a 32, | CSS—2015-16 : | 4Css COMPULSORY SUBJECTS PAPER I -- ENGLISH ESSAY Rs, Popular English Essays (by Muhammad Sohail Bhatt) 600 PAPER II — ENGLISH (PRECIS AND COMPOSITION) University English Grammar and Composition with Solved Papers 1971 to date 600 Hodern Book of Idioms 600 Modern Book of of Words 300 Modern Book of Vocabulary 200 Modern Book of Common Error ms Modern Book of Precis Writing 150 Modern Book of Synonyms & Antonyms 300 PAPER (GENERAL SCIENCE AND GENERAL ABILITY Encyclopedia of General Science and General Ability 800 (with Solved Papers 1971 ta date) (by, Muhammad Sohail Bhatti) ‘General Ability Tests eno ‘Everyday Science / General Science MCQ'Q & A 500 Encyclopedia of General Ability 600 PAPER IVY — CURRENT AFFAIRS: Contemporary AffairsiCurrent Affairs Subjective’ WCQs 500 Current Affairs Including MCQ's/Objective 500 PAPER V — PAKISTAN AFFAIRS Pakistaa Affairs (by Muhammad Sobail Bhatti) 700 istan Studies/Affairs MCQ's (by M. 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Sohail Bhatti) MUSLIM LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE ‘Muslim Law and Jurisprudence GEOGRAPHY 3A Text Book of Geography YrGeography MCQs JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION ‘YrA Hand Book of Journalism & Mass Communieation (Solved Papers CSS) wrJournatiom & Mass Communication MCQs/Objective EUROPEAN HISTORY ‘YeHistory of Modern Europe (1789 AD to-date) BRITISH HISTORY ‘Sx Modern History of England (1688 AD to-date) HISTORY OF U.S.A. wrHistary of U.S.A, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES A Text Book of Environmental Studies GENDER STUDIES: #rA Text Book af Gender Studies AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY We A Text Book of Agriculture and Forestry ‘tc Ferestry MCQs tr Agriculture MCQs 300 500 00 500 400 700 2000 600 @Agriculture-MCQs CHAPTER — 1 General Agriculture Write the correct answer: 1 Percentage of protein in fish is: Less than 3 ) 30-35 (c) 35-40 (d) Above 40 2 (A«) B.D.0. and A.D.O. (c) Highly paid scientists76. {d)_ Local leaders An indifference curve ts always fa) Coneave te- the origin tb) A vertical straight line (c) A-horzontal straight line (td) Convex to the onpm yy” An indifference curve 1s defined as: (2) Crossing points of two curves of commodities of utility ow Points of various combinations of two commodities of same utility (©) Points of vanous combination of same price (d) Points of crossing points. of various prices and same utility An individual having the genotype AA 1s known as: (a) Heterozygote ee) Hybrid ic) Homozygote¥(d) F, An intensity of Kefixation is maximum in; (a) Kaolinite ib) Chiorite {c) Weumicufite (dp ee An outline of activities 50 arranged as to enable efficient execution of the’ entire programme and it answers the questions such as how, when, where and by whom is to be done is called: (a) A calendar of work (b) A plan of work (c) Extension programme eel ili Project work vanized mass of cells devwloped on an agar medium. is known as (a) Callus~” (by dc) Explant (d) Suspension isa phenomenon, which Mass o ta) When the flower opens first (b>) Afier pollination 80. 33 84 85. 86. 87, 8a. General Agriculture (c) When-anthers are formed in the flower (d) When fruit drops due to low soil moisture Apple crop thrives best within the temperature range: (a) 30-40°F | (b) 40-45°F (co) 45-60°F (dy Above 60°F Application of gypsum is required more for: (a) Paddy (ob) Berseem (c) Luceme — (d)_ Groundnuty/” Application of potash increases (a) Discase resistance in plants“ (>) Resistance for water logging (c) Frost resistance in plants (a) None of the shove Approximately what percent of ail light absorbed by a leaf ts Inst as heat’ (a) 501060 (b) 60to 70 {c) BOtOBS — (d) 901 954 Arachis hypogea 1. is the botanical name of: (a) Soyabean _(b) Rapeseed (c) Groundnun (4) Sugarbeet Which one of the dioecious plant? (a) Peach (e) Pes (a) Pointed wan, following is (b) Pomegranate Which ane of the following 1s complex fertiljzer? (a) Dan’ (b) CAN fc) SSP (d) MOP Which one of the following is an Audio-Visual Aid? (a) Flannel Graph (b) Photograph (c) Transparent slide (d) Motion picture Arrowing is known as: (a) Tillenmg of sugarcane (>) Emergence of inflorescence m sugarcane, 7MCQ: Arrow like shape of sugarcane leat ne of the above application of water to th purpose of crop productio iscalled (a) Onp irrigation (b) Flow irrigation (c} Irrigation (d) None af the above As an examples of a synthetic culture medium may be cited: (a) Potato Dextrose Agar (b) Malt Agar fc) Heart Infusion Broth (id) Richard Agar ~~” As the oxygen concentration increases zero, the rate of aerobic Decreases (b} Stops Hydrogen bands (d) De-oxyribose Which one following 1s a warm season ve (a) Okray* thy Pi (c) Cabbage (d) Tumip At higher pH, the availability of molybdenum ts in soils: fa) Lower ib) Lowest fer Higher {di Not affected At molecular wel thutition represents a change in ta) Base-puir sequence tb) Phosphute-sigar hickbune (ci Hydrogen honds 4d Dewan hose At owhat pH value phos availability 1s the highest in the 50 ta) 55 (hy 63 ter te (dp BS 1P and NADPH are produced aide surface of the Tyla’ e fe) Membrane (s) None of above Awxin is: (a) Anenzyme (b} A-vitamin tc) A hormond(d) A protein Auxins: (a) Induce elongation in shoot cel (b) Resemble indole-3-ucetic acid in physiological action (cl Are generally acids with an unsaturated eyclic nucteus (d) All of the above,” Availability of phosphorous is in acidic soils: (a) Lessery-~ (b) More (c) Maximum — (d)- Equal Available water 1s; (a) Field capacity minus wilting (b) Wilting point minus Oven dry weight i (ec) Field capacity mint Hygroseopie coefficient id) Percent water present minus Field capacity Average gestattan period of cow is (a) 261 days (by 282 days {c) 296days {d) 310-days Average lacttion pened of buffalo is of (a) 280days (bh) 270 days ic) 300days td) 350-days Average length of pregnancy (gestation) period in sheep 18; fa) 100days (by LTB days fc) 147 days (d) 62 days Which one of the following isa synthetic pyrethroid’? fa) Pyrethum tb) Fenvalerate te) Rotenone {d) Woodward Avogadro Constant (No) 15 equal to fa) 602 thy 02217 * 10 te) 02217 0° 10*mol107. 108. 109, 110, 113. General Agriculture (d) 6.02217 * 10" mol! Bacillus thecingsts is: (a) Virus (b) Bactena (ce) Fungi (d) Insecticide Bacterial diseases are controlled by use of chemicals: (a) Anubroties (bh) Viricides (c) Fungicides (d) Kelthane Bacterial leaf blight of nce is caused by: (a) Xanthomonas (6) Erwinua (©) Pseudomonas (d) Bacillus Balance sheet provides # picture of: (a) Onl (by Only habilities (c) Net worth (d) Expenditure Bavistin is a (a) Conte (c} Biological (d) None-of the above ending of oat coleoptile im response to unilateral illumination is termed as: (a) Photo-petiodism (bh) Photomerphogenesis (c)Photo-tropism (d) None of these Ber in generally propagated by fa) Layering (hb) Budding (c) Grafting = (d)— Cutting Who offen referred to as the “father of plant physiology"? Systemic ta) Papay (b) Van Helmont (c) Hales (d) Woodward Bitter test in brinjal fruits is due to (a) Glycoalkaloids (by Allyl propyl disulphide (ce) Carotenoids (d) Lycopene Biuret content in urea should not exceed in fohar on wheat more than the fallowing one: 116. 117, 118. 119, 12 122. 123 fa) 0.5% () 10% (c) 1.5% (d) 2.0% Black heart disorder in potato is caused by: (a) Rapid growth (b) Sub-oxidanion (c) Frost (d) Exposure to sun Black soils are generally rich in fa) NPAK (b>) B,Na& Cu fc) Mg, AlL& Fe (d) Mn, Zn & B Black soils of central high land and lateaus have high content of: Kaolinitic clay (by Mlitic clay (c) Montnorillonitic clay (d) None of the above Blast disease of rice can be controlled te (a) Urea (b) Agrosan (c) BHC (d) DDT Blue colour tag is used for seed production (a) Nuclear (b) (©). Foundation (d) “Registered seed Whichkone of the following is # non. projected visual teaching aid? (8) Blackboard (b) Film strips (ec) Epidaiscope (d) Overhead projector Botanically pineapple fruit is: (a) Sorosis (b) Balusta (o} Berry (a) Pome Both chlorophyll ‘at and ‘b’ show absorption maxima in the: (a) Blue - violet region (>) Orange red region (©) Bath {d) None of Breeder ay tb) Certified Ove nduiced hy AuenciesAgneulture ~ MCQs (c) Registered Growers (4) NSC Bricf visual messages on poster cards flashed before a group of audienee to emphasis important points in a presentation is called: (a) Flannel Graph (b) Flannel Board (c) Bulletin Board (d) Flash Card Brown rot of potato is caused by: (a) Erwinia (b) Psewdonianas (c) Xunthomonm (d) Saccharomyces Brown rust af wheat is called by fa) Puccinia recondita (by Puccinia graminis trittet {c) a strifarmis (a) inia hordes Bud necrosis of groundnut is transmitted by (a) Thrips (>) White fly (c) Aphids (dj) All of the above Budget, which considers estimates of ost of returns from the farm as a whole is (a) Partial budget (b) Enterprise budget (e) Complete budget (d) Family budget |, Buff colour tag is used for: (a) Nuelcar seed (bh) Certified seed (c) Foundation seed (d) Registered seed Bulk population breeding is suitable for (a) Fruit crops (b) Vegetable crops (¢) Small grain crops (a) Flower crops Bunchy top 1 sugarcane ts caused by: {a} Root borer (b) Stock borer {c) Internode borer (4) Top shoot borer By means of ‘Bulbils’ which of the following crop is propagated? (a) Rose (b) Garlic (c) Lemon (d) Sugareane By which of the following method of raising seedlings of rice, we can get the ready seedling in early time? (a) Dapog method th) Dry bed method (c) Wet bed method (d) None of the above Which one of the following 1s a monocot vegetable? (a) Radish {b) Spinach beet fel Garlic (d) Pointed gourd C:N ratio for rapid decompisition is ia) 30 tb) 38 (ce) 40 id) 50 C2N ratio of orgaic matter is fa) Lt0 10 (b) 120 te) 10101 (é) 20101 Which one of the following fruits 1s rich in vitamin A? (fa) Aonla (b) Litehi (c) Banana (d) Mango Cabbage is cross-pollinated owing to (a) Floral morphology (b) Protandry — (c)-Protogyny (4) Self-incompatibility Cajenus cajon belongs to family: (a) Compositae (b) Euphorbiacea (c) Leguminaceac (d) Cruciferae Calvin selected the green algae particularly adapted w studics dealing with the assimilation af CO; are: (a) Chlorella and Tropacolum (>) Chlorella only (c) Chlorella and Scenedesmus (d) Elodea and Chlorella142, 143. 145, 146, 14 149) General Agricul Cane killer weed of sugarcane crop 1s the name of ta) A weed (by (ec) Adisease (4) None of them Carbon dioxide content in soil air is. An insect (a) 0.03% (b) 0.003% (ce) 0.25% {d) 0.50% Carotenoids: fa) Are source of vitamin A (b) Protect against photo-oxidation (c) Absorb and transfer light energy ta chlorophyll ‘at (d) All of the above Cat face is a physiological disorder of {a} Cauliflower “(b) Chillies {c) Tomate (d) Potato Cation exchange capacity of soil is expressed as: (a) Percentage (b) Parts per million (c) Millequivalent per 100 zm (4) Milligram per 100 gm Cattle semen is frozen and stored for long. periods: in liguid nitrogen at temperature: (a) bs tb) 79°C deh 2s5C id) - 196°C ‘Cause of deterioration of variety is: (a) Mendelian variation only (6) Mutation only (c) Mechanical mixture only (dj) All of the above Certified seed ts produced from (a) Foundation seed ‘hy Rewistered sced te) Certified seed fh Allo the above Charagteritic « formal gardening (a) Uneven ground can he wsed ib) Mis study oF space relation in Teast donminated by rule My torlatiss a lorrial andening 153, 134, 156. 158. 159 th (b) The land in forced te» fit in tl plants (c) Highly dominated by mules (4) All of the above Characteristics not —_generall influenced by environment will have (a) Low heritability {b) Medium heritability (c) High heritebrhty (d)_ None of the above Charcol rot of sorghum pathogen hav host range> (a) Verynarrow (b) Narrow (ce) Wide (@) None of above Chemical formule of gypsum salt ix (a) Cs SO, 2,0 (b) 2 CaSO4. H20 fc) CaSO, 5H,0 id) CaSO. H20 Chemical formula of sigile super phosphate is fa) Ca(H:PO4) (b) CaliPOy (ce) Cas{PO,)y (d)} Ca(H)PO4),.Ca80y.2H sO Chemical, which regulates openin and closing of stomata, is: (a) Kaoline (by (c) PMA (a) 24D Paraquat 7. Chicken-pox is related wath: (a) Helminth (6) Fumgus tc) Bacter {d) Virus Chiorophy! ‘b' ustuilly appears (a) Blue-green th) Yellow green tc) Red td) Chlorophyll (a) Blue green tb) Yellow pieen ict Kedlp (d) Brown green Chiorophyiis ‘cd and" aoe only an Red gree: isteally appeaurs~MCQs Angiosperms Fungi Gymnosperms Algae Chioroplasts are absent in (a) Fung: th) Blue-green algee {¢) Photosynthetic bacteria id) All of the above | Chorchorus capsutaris belongs to farnily (a) Tikaceae — (b) Malvaceae (c) Fuphorbiaceae (d) Compositae . Citrus gummosis is spread through: (Air (b) Insects (c) Irrigation water (dd) Man . Club root of crucifers is caused by: (a) Colletotrichum (b) Puccinia {s)_ Plasmodiophora (d)_Selerospora . Conidia are the:-sources of inoculum in ergot of bajra: (a) Primary (b) Secondary (ec) Tertiary (d) All of the above Conservation of rainwater by collecting run-off precipitation for supplemental irrigation is called; (a) Moisture conservation (6) Water harvesting (co) Water collection (d)_ Watershed management Cartagious abortion in cow is caused by: (a) Clostridium (b) Streptococcus: {c) Brucella (d) Entodinium Yellow coloured fruits and vegetables are rich source of: @) Vit 'E thy Vic (ce) Vina’ (d) Vie BY Conversion of nitrate nitrogen to molecular nitrogen is known as: (a) Denitrification (b) Nitrification (¢) Ammonification (d) Nitrogen fixation Conversion of proteins into wmmonia is called: (0) Ammonification (o) Nitrification (c) Nitrogen fixation (d) None of above Cooperative society is basie institution for (8) Political growth of the villagers (b) Social growth of the villagers (¢) Cultural growth of the villagers (d) Socio-economic growth of the villagers , Coordination ts: (2) Subordination (6) Disordination {c)__ Integration {qd} Between near equals . Corpara ailata is associated with: {a) Nervous system (o) Circulatory system {c) Digestive system (qd) Exeretary system Covered floor space for each cow should be: (a) 10-15 Sq. 8 (bh) 16-198q. ft () 20430 Sq. ft. (@) 31-355q.8 Crop, which can be propagated by vegetative parts: (a) Pineapple (b)- Coeonut (c) Papaya (dd) Phuilsa Cucurbits in early stage are mainly damaged by; (a) Aphids (b) Jassids (ce) Borers {@) Red pumpkin beetle178, 181 182. 183. 185. Which ane of the following fruits is 2 rich source of iron? ja) Mango (bh) Date-palm te) Apple (d) Kuranda Cultivation of the apicul meristems, particularly of shoot apical meristem. is known as: (a) Embryo culture (bh) Merstem culture (c) Pollen culture (d) Tissue culture . Which ong of the following fruit is monocot in nature? (a) Mango {b) Pineapple (c)Litchi (a) Papaya Cut worm is a pest of (a). Gram (b) Potato fe) Wheat (d) Maize Cutting of braches of a tree is also called: {a} Coppicing (b) Bashing (ec), Lopping © (a) Prunning Cytogenetic male sterility is utilized in: fa) Pure line selection (b) Hybrid seed production (c) Bulk method (d) Progeny test Dahetia, Marigold and Gaillardia belong to the family: (a) Inidaceae —(b) (c) Malvaceae (4) Compositeae Dairy cows are kept in covered area the floor apace required per adult cow is (a) 10-15 sq 8 ‘Oleaceac {b) 20-30 sq. ft, tc) 30-4059. f. (6-105. Decomposition of organic matter in submerged soil is carried out by: (a) Bacteria {b} Actinomycetes (o) Fungi (d) Earthworm 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192. 193. General “Agricul Demund for luxurious goodls is: (a) Elastic (b) More Elustic (ce) Inelastic (d) Less Ela Which one of the follarwing ff contains maximum vitamin, C? (o) Papaya (by Pineapple (co) Lime (d) Ania Desuckering is dane in (a) Potato (b) Tomato (c) Sugarcane (dp) Tobacco Diethane M-45 15 a local, fa) Inseoticide (hb) Fungivide (c) Nematicide (dy Weedicid Difference in the energy off water 1f solution and pure water ait the sat temperature and pressure is: termed 4 (a) Diffusion (b)- Osmosis (c)_ Water potential (@) Matric potential Demand for necessary commoditi is (a) Elastic (bp (©) Zero elastic (@) Infinite elastic Diplanetism in fungi refers. to: (a) Presence of sexual aind asexd Enelastic phases (b) Presence of two types of 4 hormones (e) Presence of two compatit mating types (ad) Presence of two swimmil periods with changes: shape Dissociation of iphosphor ‘pentachloride is favouned bry: (a) High temperature and hij pressure (b) High temperature md if pressure (©) Low temperinare end ie pressure (4) Low temperuture nd hi pressureAgriculture - MCQs 19 194. Dormancy due to condition within the 204, Economically ‘Relevant Zone dormant organ itself is culled: according to law of diminishing retum: (a) Innate dormancy TH (b) Imposed dormancy (a) Zone-1 (b) Zone-II (c) Induced dormancy {c) Zone-IIl (d) None of above (d) None of these Dawny mildew disease is caused by: |. “Economics is a science of wealth", (a) Phytophthora (b) Erysiphe this definition is given by: {ch} Peronospora (dj) Cercospora (a) J.K. Mehta (b) Marshall 196, Downy mildew of bajra is:called by: {e} Robbins (a) Exysiphe graminis (d) Adam Smith (6) Claviceps purpurea » EDCT mixture is effective against: (c) Claviceps microcephala (a) Storage pests (d} Scferospora graminicola {b) Fruit crop pests Downy mildew of bajra pathogen is (©) Vegetable crop pests parasite: ({d) Field crop pests (a) Facultative (by) Obligate . Edible banana fruit is seedless because (c) Nat serious of: (4) None of above {a) Embryo abortion . Dry and coarse are usually found at: (b) Absence of ovule (a) High lands (6) Low levels (c) Vegetative parthenocarpy (c)_ Flooded area (d) Stimulated parthenocarpy (4) Coastal area . Edible banana is: . During photorespiration: (a) Diploid {b) Triploid (a) No energy liberation occurs (c) Tetraploid (>) 0, is up taken (d) None of these (©) CO) is liberated Effect of one gene on the phenotypic (@) All of the above Shonen of Senter nen ats eee |. During praphase-1 of meiosi is called: aan il {a} Dominance (6) Epistasis (a) Zygotene = (b)_-Pachytene (c) __ (d)_ Penetrance (c) Diplotene (@)-Diakinesis é fay (ec) Shortcutne the breeding cycle (4) All of the above Endosulfan belongs ta. (} Chlonnated hydrocarbons (b) Organophosphates {c) Carbamates (4) Thiooynates . Erisitk worms are commercially reared on: (a) Mulberry leaves @) All of the above (b) Castor leuves20 213 214, 216, {¢) Tobaccofleaves (d) None of the above Establishments where disease free and quality seeds (fishes) are produced on scientific lines are called: (a) Filatures (b) {c) Seed farms (d) All of the above Ethylene dibromide is: (u) An insecticide (by Nematicide (c) Weedicided (d) None of the above Etiolated plants contain proplastid is termed as: Grain-gages (a) Chloroplast (b) Etioplast (c) Carotene (4) Xanthophyll Eubacteria belong to: {a) Eukaryote (b) Prokaryote (c) Cyanobacteria « fd) None of these 217%, 220. Evaluation of an inbred includes: (a) Single cross evaluation (6) Top-cross test {c) Phenotypic evaluation {d) All of the above . Evaluation of extension programme means (a) Measuring performance against predetermined goat (b) Making progressive adjustments (c) Achievinga set of objective (d) Knowing what is to be evaluated and how Evolution of | moles of ©; is accompanied by the reduction of aK moles of NADP: (a) 6 (b) 4 t) 3 @) 2 Examples of auxin-hormones are (a) IAA.IBA, NAA ib) MCPA. 2, 4-D, ATP (co) IPA,GA, PA (d) KCN, DNP, IPA 221 222. 233. 224. a. 226, 227. 228. General Agriculture Examples of cytokinin are: (a) KCNand NAA (b) GA and 2, 4, 5-1 (c) BA and Kn (4) AMP and GTP Exanthema disease is caused due to deficiency of: (a) Copper (by Zine (ce) Boron (d) None of the above Which one of the following fiactor is responsible for higher yield! under protected cultivation? (a) High photosynthetic efficiency (b) High ©; avatlability (c) High temperature (d) All of the above Exchange of homologous segment of chromatin between —_harmologous chromosomes is known as: (a) Linkage —(b) Segregation (c) Crossing over (d) Repuilsion Exhausting température of canned fruits and vegetables is (a) 70-72°C (b) 80-82% (c) 90 —92°C (gd) 100 1929C World Environment Day is cetlebratedt on (a) May {b) June s te) July s (d) August $ Extension is: (a) Helpmg = people tor help) themselves (b) Helping people who help other (©) Helping people who help himself | (d) Helping people who are helpless Factor, which affects the dormancy of seed: (a) Dormant embryo (b) Rudimentary embryo (c) Germination inhibitor (d) All of the above factorsAgriculture — MCQs False smut of rice pathogen is placed in the family: 229. 230), 234. 2s 236. (a) Clavicipitaceae (by Tilletiaceae (c) Ustilaginacac (d) Dematiaceae Farm management is an (a) Intra-farm science (b) — Inter-farm science (ec) Inter-regional farm science (d) International farm science Farm planning helps in increasing the: (a) Resources (b) Farm income (ce) Farmasset (d) Farm cost Which one of the following crop is nat correctly matched with its test weight (amy? (a) (b) fe) Wd) Pearl-tillet = 5-7 i Wheat = 20-22 Mungbean = 34 ~ 36 Sunflower = 60-62 . Filter chamber in insects is associated with: (a) (b) Digestive system Circulatory system (c) Respiratory system (d) Exeretory system Fine sand fraction in International Soil Science Soctety (ISSS) ranges ‘between: (a) 0.06-0.20 (b) 0.10-0.25 {c) 0.02-0.20 (dy 0.05-0.25 First discovery of bacteria as. plant pathogen was made by: (a) EJ. Butler (b) (c) T.J. Burl (a) A. 8. Sussman First products of photosynthesis in Cy and Ca plants respectively are: E.F, Smith (a) Citric acid and Malic acid (b) Aspartic acid and Glutamic acid. (c) Pyruvie acid and Glycolic acid (d) Phosphoglycetic acid «and Onaloacetic acid 27. 238, 239. 240. 241. 242. 243, 244, ioe JE First successful atternpt at purification and crystallization of a virus was that of: (a) S.A, Wakeman (b) W.M. Stanley (c) F.C, Bawden (d)_ F.0, Holmes Fish contains percent fat @ 3 (b) 0.61075 {c) 15 (@) 18-20 Foot and Mouth disease is caused by: (a) Clostridium (4) Virus (c) Pasteurella (@) Streptococcus For a perfect incompressible liquid flowing in a continuous stream, the total energy of a particle remains the same, while the particle moves from one point to another is called: (a) Equation of continuity (b) Bernoulli's equation {c) Rate of flow {d) Vena contracta For biological control of tomato, fiavit borer, the idea trap crop is: (a) Marigold = (by) Mustard, (c) Tobacco (d) Garlic For foundation seed production etour tag is used in the field: 's: r (a) White (b) Buff {co} Blue (d) None of above For improving self-pollinated crops, hybridization leads to: {a) Pedigree method (b) Bulk method (c) Back eross method (d) All of the above For most of the buffalces breeding season is (a) October ~ February (b) March — June {e) July ~ September (4) Throughout the year2 245 246. 247. 249, 250, 251. 252. For obtaining haploid plant_—_—_is useful: (a) Multiplication stage of a variety (b) Level of genetic purity (c) Level of physical purity (d) All of the above For proper storage wheat grain should contain moisture percent: @) 0-5 (b) 5-10 (cs) 10-14 (ad) 14-18 For the calibration of other pressure gauges in laboratory we use: (a) Inverted differential manometer (0) Differential manometer (c) Dead weight pressure gauge (d) All of the above . For the incorporation of a disease resistance gene in an otherwise agronomically superior variety, the breeding method to be employed is: (a) Pedigree method (b) Backeross method (ec) Mass selection methed (d) Mass pedigree method For trellis culture of tomato most suited variety belongs to: (a) Indeterminate group (6) Determinate group (¢) Simple raceme group (d)} All of the above Foundation seed is obtained from (a) Certified seed. (b) Registered seed (c) Farmer's seed (d) Breeder seed Free living microorganisms. which convert molecular nitrogen ito its compounds in the soil, are: (@) Azotobacter (b) Rhizobium (ce) Nitromonas (qd) Bacillus mycoides Freezing point depression solution is measured with: of a (a) Viscometer 253. 254. 255. 256. 257, 258. 259, 261. General Agneulture (6) Osmometer {c) Calorimeter (qd) Spectrophotometer Fruits are blanched before canning at @) 80°C tb) 90°C () 100°C (d) None of the above Garlic contains a colourless and odourless amino acid, (®) Metheonine (b) (©) Allicin {@) Allof the above Gene to gene host pathogen Serine relationship was propounded by: (a) Stakman (>) Walker (c) Flor (d) Horsfall Generally all kinds of nematodes can be destrayed at: (a) 30-45°C (bh) 35 -40rc () 40-45°C (qd) 50-s5°C Generally seediess watermelon is: (a) Diploid —(b)-Triploid (c) Tetraploid (4) Hexaploid Generally viruses are composed off: (a) Nucleic acid (>) Protein (@) Nucleic acid and protein (d) Nucleic acid and carbohydrates Generally which acid is used to supplement the acidity of fruit for jam making? (a) Citric acid (b) Tartaric acid (6) Maleie acid (d) All of the above Generally, when carbohydrate is respired in the cell the RO is: fa) 1 fb) 05 ds) 12 fd) 15 Genetic basis of evolution is: (a) Availability of genetic variability (b) Selection from diversity {c) Isolation (d) All of the aboveGenetically the purest eed 1s: (a) Breeder's seed tb) Foundation seed (ce) Certified seed (d) Nucleus seed Genotypes of zygoles” of crass- pollinated crass are: (a) Homozygous (b) Heterozygous {c) Homogenous (d) Hetrogenous Goal of Extension education is: (a) To promote income of the farmers (b) To promote production of the erops (ec) To promote new crops: (d) To promote scientific outlook Goat consumes feed in proportion to its body weight (a) Equal (b) More ic) Less (d) Any amount of Grapes are good example of (a) Tree (bo) Shrub {c) Vine (@) Herb ‘Groundnut is a (a) Fruit (b) Modified stem {c) Modified leaf (a) Storage root . Growing agricultural crops with tees grown in and around wet land with other bodies of water in which fish até, can be grown, the combination is called (a) Aqua-forestry (b) Agro-silvi-aquaculture {e}Silvi-agriculture +(d) Aqua-silvieulrure Wind break are planted in Grchards towards South-West (b) West-North North-East (d) East-South 23 . Growing of honey producing tees with bee keeping is valled (a) Sericulture (b) _ Silvieuliure (ec) Apiculture (d) Aqua-silvicultuis Guava plants be fa) Current se (by Spurs (d) Matured hoor |. Haemorrhiagic septicemia disease ts taused by: (a) Virus (b) Streptococcus bovis (¢) Clastridium septica (@) Pasteurella boviseptica Haploids are having: (a) Somatic chromosome number {b) Small chromosomes {c) Very long chromosomes (@) Gametic chromosome number Helithis armigera is: {a} Monephagous (hb) Oligophagous (c) Polyphagous (¢) Saprophyte Heterosis can be easily fixed in: (a) Self pollinated craps (b) Cross pollinated crops {c) Apomictic crops (a) Cleistogamaus crops . High salt concentration in the medium surrounding germinating seeds inhibits germination due to: (a) Poistoning of plasma membrane (b) Increased carbon-dioxide availability (6) Lack of oxygen (d)_ Exosmosis Higher doses of nitrogenous fertilizers are known {0 accentuate the population growth in: (a) Heliothis armigera (>) Pyrilla ssp (c) Chilo partellus (a) Earias spp