5.

The most important sucking pests of cotton

PART – I (General Agriculture) and rice are respectively
a) Nilaparvata lugens and Aphis gossypii
Multiple choice questions (No. 1 to 30). b) Aphis gossypii and Thrips oryzae
Choose the correct answer (a, b, c or d) c) Amrasca biguttula biguttula and Scirtothrips
and enter your choice in the circle (by dorsalis
shading with a pencil) on the OMR - d) Thrips gossypii and Orseolia oryzae
answer sheet as per the instructions
6. Which of the following microorganism causes
given on the answer sheet.
fatal poisoning in canned fruits and
vegetables?
1. Who is the present Chairman of Protection of
a) Aspergillus flavus
Plant Varieties and Farmers' Right Authority
b) Penicillium digitatum
(PPV&FRA)?
c) Clostridium botulinum
a) Dr. R.R. Hanchinal
d) Rhizoctonia solani
b) Dr. P.L. Gautam
c) Dr. S. Nagarajan
7. The cause of the great Bengal Famine was
d) Dr. Swapan K. Datta
a) Blast of rice
b) Brown spot of rice
2. Which among the following is another name c) Rust of wheat
for vitamin B12? d) Karnal bunt of wheat
a) Niacin
b) Pyridoxal phosphate
8. Actinomycetes belong to
c) Cobalamin
a) The fungi
d) Riboflavin
b) Eukaryote
c) Mycelia sterilia
3. The largest share in India's farm export
d) None of the above
earning in the year 2011-12 was from
a) Basmati rice
9. A virus-free clone from a virus infected plant
b) Non-basmati rice
can be obtained by
c) Sugar
a) Cotyledonary leaf culture
d) Guar gum
b) Axenic culture
c) Stem culture
4. The National Bureau of Agriculturally
d) Meristem tip culture
Important Insects was established by ICAR
in , was earlier known as . 10. Which of the following is not an objective of
a) Bangalore; PDBC the National Food Security Mission?
b) New Delhi; National Pusa Collection a) Sustainable increase in production of rice,
c) Ranchi; Indian Lac Research Institute wheat and pulses
d) New Delhi; NCIPM b) Restoring soil fertility and productivity at
individual farm level
c) Promoting use of bio-pesticides and organic
fertilizers
d) Creation of employment opportunities
11. Agmarknet, a portal for the dissemination of 19. The term 'Heterosis' was coined by
agricultural marketing information, is a joint a) G.H. Shull
endeavour of b) W. Bateson
a) DMI and NIC c) T.H. Morgan
b) DMI and Ministry ofAgriculture d) E.M. East
c) NIC and Ministry of Agriculture
d) DMI and Directorate of Economics and 20. When a transgenic plant is crossed with a
Statistics non-transgenic, what would be the zygosity
status of the F1 plant?
12. The share of agriculture and allied activities a) Homozygous
in India's GDP at constant prices in 2011-12 b) Heterozygous
was c) Hemizygous
a) 14.1% d) Nullizygous
b) 14.7%
c) 15.6% 21. The highest per capita consumption of
d) 17.0% flowers in the world is in
a) The USA
13. The average size of land holding in India b) India
according to Agricultural Census2005-06 is c) Switzerland
a) 0.38 ha d) The Netherlands
b) 1.23 ha
c) 1.49 ha 22. Which of the following is a very rich source of
d) 1.70 ha betalain pigment?
a) Radish
14. 'Farmers First' concept was proposed by b) Beet root
a) Paul Leagans c) Carrot
b) Neils Rolling d) Red cabbage
c) Robert Chamber
d) Indira Gandhi 23. Dog ridge is
a) Salt tolerant rootstocks of mango
15. In the year 2012, GM crops were cultivated b) Salt tolerant rootstocks of guava
in an area of c) Salt tolerant rootstocks of grape
a) 150 million hectare in 18 countries d) Salt tolerant rootstocks ofcitrus
b) 170 million hectare in 28 countries
c) 200 million hectare in 18 countries 24. Which of the following micronutrients are
d) 1.70 million hectare in 28 countries most widely deficient in Indian soils?
a) Zinc and boron
16. The broad-spectrum systematic herbicide b) Zinc and iron
glyphosate kills the weeds by inhibiting the c) Zinc and manganese
biosynthesis of d) Zinc and copper
a) Phenylalanine
b) Alanine 25. Which of the following fertilizers is not
c) Glutamine produced in India?
d) Cysteine a) DAP
b) Urea
17. At harvest, the above ground straw (leaf, c) Muriate of potash
sheath and stem) weight and grain weight of d) TSP
paddy crop are 5.5 and 4.5 tonnes per
hectare, respectively. What is the harvest 26. What is the estimated extent of salt affected
index of paddy? soils in India?
a) 45% a) 5.42 mha
b) 50% b) 7.42 mha
c) 55% c) 11.42 mha
d) 100% d) 17.42 mha

18. Crossing over between non-sister 27. Which of the following is not a feature of
chromatids of homologous chromosomes watershed?
takes place during a) Hydrological unit
a) Leptotene b) Biophysical unit
b) Pachytene c) Socio-economic unit
c) Diplotene d) Production unit
d) Zygotene
28. Correlation coefficient 'r' lies between 35. The geographically distributed information
a) 0 and 1 can best be stored analyzed and printed by
b) -1 and 1 using the following software
c) -1 and 0 a) MS Office
d) 0 and  b) PRO Engineer
c) ILWIS
29. For the data 1, -2, 4, geometric mean is d) AUTOCAD
a) 2
b) 4 36. Closeness of the instrument output to the
7 true value of measured quantity is known as
c) -  a) Precision
3
b) Resolution
d) -2 c) Accuracy
d) Threshold
30. The relationship between Arithmetic mean
(A), Harmonic mean (H) and Geometric 37. Indicate the value of (2+3i) (1-i)
mean (G) is a) 1+i
a) G2=AH b) 1-i
b) G= A+H c) 5-i
c) H2=GA d) 5+i
d) A2=GH
38. Force of attraction between similar particles
is known as
31. The system of linear equations has a) Cohesion
a + 3b + 4c = 11 b) Adhesion
2a + 6b +8c = 22 c) Magnetesin
a) Unique solution d) Gravitation
b) Many solution
c) No solution 39. The rate of change of volume of a ball with
d) Imaginary solution respect to its radius (r) is
a) 4/3  r3
32. The conjugate of a complex number a+bi is b) 4/3  r2
denoted by c) 4  r2
a) b+ai d) 3/4  r2
b) b-ai
c) a2-b2 40. Coordinates of point which divides the line
d) a-bi segments joining point A (0,0) and B(9,12) in
the ratio 1:2 are
33. Archimedes' principle is used in determining a) (-3,4)
the b) (3,4)
a) Shape of a solid c) (3,-4)
b) Surface area of an irregular solid d) (4,-3)
c) Centre of gravity of a floating body
d) Volume of an irregular solid 41. The angle between the lines 2x-y+5=0 and
3x+y+4=0 is
34. The torque can be measured using a) 30o
a) Strain gauge b) 45o
b) Algometer c) 60o
c) Durometer d) 90o
d) Inclinometer
42. The lines 2x-3y=5 and 3x-4y=7 are diameter
of a circle of area 154 sq. units. Then the
equation of the circle is
a) x2+y2+2x-2y=62
b) x2+y2+2x-2y=47
c) x2+y2-2x+2y=47
d) x2+y2-2x+2y=62
 sinmx m+n sinnx n+p sinpx p+m 49. If 
a is a non-zero vector of modulus a and
43. If f(x) = n   p   m 
sin x sin x sin x m is a non-zero scalar, then ma is a unit
vector, if
then f(x) is equal to
a) m=1
a) 0
b) a=m
b) 1
c) Cosm+n+px 1
c) a = 
d) sinm+n+px m
1
dy d) a =
44. If y = log tan x, then the value of  at 
dx m

x=  is 50. A body starts from rest and moves in a
4 straight line with uniform acceleration. The
a)  distance covered by it in second, fourth and
b) 0 eighth seconds are
c) 1 a) in A.P.
1 b) in G.P.
d)  c) in the ratio 1:3:7
2
d) in the ratio 3:7:15
dy
45. xy=ex-y, then is equal to
dx 51. The maximum and minimum value of (33)
log x determinant whose element belong to {0,1} is
a)  2 a) 1,-1
(1+log x) b) 2,-2
x-y c) 4,-4
b)  
(1+log x) d) None of these
x-y
c)   52. There are 'n' persons sitting in a row. Two of
(1+log x)2 them are selected at random. The probability
1 that two selected persons are not together, is
d) 
1+log x 2
a) 
n
46. The domain of the function 2
f(x)=log10( x-4 + 6-x) is b) 1- 
a) (4,6) n
b) [4,6] n(n-1)
c) [4,6) c)  
(n+1) (n+2)
d) (6,4)
d) None of these
47. Bernoulli's principles is based on the
conservation of 53. The wavelength of emitted radiation is
a) Mass a) Directly proportional to the surface
b) Momentum temperature
c) Energy b) Directly proportional to the square of the
d) None of these surface temperature
c) Inversely proportional to the square of the
48. The radius of sphere is changing at the rate surface temperature
of 0.1 cm/sec. The rate of change of its d) Inversely proportional to the surface
surface area when the radius is 200 cmis temperature
a) 8  cm2/sec
54. Unit of velocity potential is
b) 12  cm2/sec
a) m/d
c) 160  cm2/sec b) m/d2
d) 200  cm2/sec c) m2/d
d) mm/d

55. Uniformity coefficient is

a) d60/d10
b) d60/d5
c) d60/d30
d) d30/d60
56. Electron volt is unit of 65. A rectangular channel 40 cm wide is carrying
a) Charge a discharge of 0.1 m3/s at a depth of 20 cm.
b) Potential State whether the flow is
c) Energy a) Critical
d) Electric power b) Subcritical
c) Supercritical
57. The dimensional formula for change in d) None of these
momentum is same as that for
a) Force 66. Hydraulic conductivity of soil depends on
b) Impulse a) Property of porous medium only
c) Acceleration b) Property of fluid only
d) Velocity c) Property of porous medium and fluid
d) None of these
58. If the displacement of a particle is zero, then
distance covered 67. The extreme alkali soil can be reclaimed by
a) Must be zero using
b) Can not be zero a) Soil amendments like gypsum
c) Is negative b) Nitrogen fertilizer
d) May or may not be zero c) Leaching of salts
d) Green manuring
59. Sudden fall of pressure at a place indicates
a) Storm 68. Percolation tanks are used for
b) Rain a) Storage of water to be used for irrigation and
c) Fair weather domestic purpose
d) Cold wave b) To increase the water carrying capacity of
stream
60. How does ploughing help in retaining sub- c) To hold the surface water for recharge
soil water? d) Flood control
a) By creating capillaries
b) By breaking capillaries 69. The dimensions of specific coefficient of an
c) By turning the soil upside down aquifer are
d) None of these a) L/T
b) L2
61. Reynold's number is defined as the ratio of c) L-1
a) Inertia force to gravity force d) Dimensionless
b) Viscous force to gravityforce
c) Viscous force to elasticforce 70. In case of submersible pump set, the motor
d) Inertia force to viscousforce is
a) Completely submerged in water
62. The topographical details of any area can be b) Partially submerged in water
derived using the remote sensing data of the c) Not submerged in water
following type d) Kept on the ground surface
a) PAN data
b) Multi-spectral band data 71. If the value of dy/dx = 0 in the dynamic
c) Stereoscopic high resolution remote sensing equation of gradually varied flow, then the
data flow is
d) Multi-spectral multi-date data a) Steady
b) Uniform
63. The process of removing soluble c) Laminar
constituents from the soil layer by action of d) Non-uniform
percolating water is known as
a) Diffusion 72. The velocity distribution across a pipe
b) Percolation flowing full is
c) Leaching a) Uniform
d) Infiltration b) Triangular
c) Parabolic
64. A sodic soil has d) Semicircular
a) ESP>15, EC>4 ds/m
b) ESP>15, EC<4 ds/m
c) ESP<15, EC<4 ds/m
d) ESP<15, EC>4 ds/m
73. A unit hydrograph is the runoff hydrograph of 81. Sum of specific yield and specific retention is
unit equal to the
a) Rainfall duration a) Porosity
b) Rainfall excess b) Void ratio
c) Watershed area c) Degree of saturation
d) Rainfall intensity d) Storage coefficient

74. If the saturated hydraulic conductivity of a 82. The water harvesting scheme is
soil is 1 m/day, the rate of water transmission recommended for
across a rectangular area 100 m long and 1 a) Sandy soil having infiltration rate higher than
m height under a unit hydraulic gradient will rainfall intensity
be b) Water-logged area
a) 1 m3/day c) Area with relatively low slope with adequate
b) 10 m3/day provision of water storage
c) 100 m3/day d) None of these
d) 1000 m3/day
83. The understanding of soil-water-plant
75. While designing an earth dam, care should relationship is important for
be taken so that the resultant of the forces a) Tillage operation
a) Passes through the middle of the base b) Sowing of crops
b) Meets the base within 2/3rd distance from the c) Harvesting of crops
toe d) Design and management of irrigation system
c) Meets the base within 2/3rd distance from the
heel 84. The most accurate method of averaging
d) Passes the downstream at 1/3rd the height precipitation over an area is
from the base a) Arithmetical averaging
b) Thiessen method
76. A Parshall Flume works on the principle of c) Grid point method
a) Hydraulic jump d) Isohyetal method
b) Hydraulic drop
c) Uniform flow 85. The stilling well for water stage recorder is
d) Turbulent flow used basically
a) To protect the float
77. Darcy's law is valid in a porous media flow if b) To protect the counter weight cables
the Reynold number is c) To suppress fluctuations from surface waves
a) <2000 in the stream
b) >2000 d) To keep away the silt content of water of the
c) <1 stream
d) >10
86. The intrusion of salty ground water in any
78. The term 'VES', with reference to area is caused due to
geohydrology, stands for a) Lowering of water table
a) Visibly Efficient Systems b) Raising of the water table
b) Visibly Equitable Systems c) Application of irrigation water
c) Variable Echo Sounding d) Rain water flooding
d) Vertical Electrical Sounding
87. If the speed of a centrifugal pump is doubled,
79. A gypsum block is used as a the power required will be increased by
a) Replacement of brick a) 2 times
b) Soil ameliorant b) 4 times
c) Dessicator c) 6 times
d) Device for soil moisture measurement d) 8 times

80. The infiltration rate curve after a long time 88. In a soil if the porosity is 0.2, the void ratio
becomes will be
a) Vertical a) 0.2
b) Horizontal b) 0.25
c) Asymptotic to rate axis c) 0.75
d) Asymptotic to time axis d) 0.8
89. The flow towards a sub-surface drain at mid- 97. Along the direction of flow, the base of a
spacing is Parshall flume at the throat is
a) Vertical a) Sloping downwards
b) Parallel b) Sloping upwards
c) Radial c) Narrowed
d) Horizontal d) Broadened

90.An Archimedean screw is 98. Distribution of irrigation water for a fixed

a) A reverse threaded screw duration and in proportion to the holding size
b) A popular water lift is called
c) A device for lifting water from shallow and a) Shejpali
open water body b) Warabandi
d) The item that helped Archimedes discover c) Block system
the law of buoyancy d) Zonal system

91. The drainable porosity of soil is important 99. In surge irrigation, water is applied
parameter for designing a) Under pressure
a) Surface drainage system b) Intermittently
b) Surface irrigation system c) Through pipes
c) Drip irrigation system d) In small plots
d) Sub-surface drainage system
100. Multi-slot divisors are used for studying
92. The secondary salinization in an irrigation a) Wind effect on rainfall
command is caused by b) Space distribution of rainfall
a) Heavy rainfall c) Drop size distribution of rainfall
b) Application of chemical fertilizer d) Soil loss from experimental plots
c) Excessive irrigation leading to water-logging
d) Lack of irrigation 101. When ground water flows into a stream to
augment its discharge, the stream is called
93. Under irrigated conditions, the flow towards a) An influent stream
sub-surface drain is b) An effluent stream
a) Gradually varied c) A perennial stream
b) Spatially varied d) An ephemeral stream
c) Uniform
d) Non-steady 102. A current meter is used to measure
a) Alternating current
94. Local atmospheric pressure is measured by b) Direct current
a) Hydrometer c) Flow velocity in a canal
b) Hygrometer d) Discharge of water in a pipe
c) Barometer
d) Altimeter 103. An electric analog model utilizes the
similarity between
95. The instrument used to measure the area of a) The Darcy's law and the Kirchoff's law
a map is known as b) The Darcy's law and the Ohm's law
a) Dumpy level c) The Darcy's law and the Coulomb's law
b) Theodolite d) The Darcy's law and the Laplace's equation
c) Planimeter
d) Current meter 104. Weibull's plotting position is defined as
n+1
a) p =
96. A trapezoidal channel has a bottom width of 
m
1 m, side slope 1:1 and depth 1 m. Its cross- m
sectional area will be b) p =

a) 1 m2 n+1
b) 2 m2 m
c) 2 m2 c) p = + 1

d) 4 m2 n
m+1
d) p =

n+1
105. The formula Q=CiA is used to estimate the 113. In the universal soil loss equation (USLE),
a) Peak flow rate of runoff the soil erodibility factor K
b) Average flow rate of runoff a) is a measure of the susceptibility of soil
c) Cumulative flow of runoff particles to detachment and transport
d) Instantaneous rate of runoff b) Slope length gradient factor
c) Crop management factor
106. A submersible pump is required when one d) Rainfall-runoff factor
of the following is too high
a) Suction lift 114. Permeability is measure of
b) Delivery head a) Available soil moisture
c) Diesel cost b) Porosity
d) Water demand c) Water holding and transmitting capacity
d) Ability to transmit water
107. The pump efficiency, motor efficiency and
drive efficiency of a centrifugal pump set are 115. The difference between observed total
80%, 90% and 75%, respectively. The rainfall hyetograph and the excess rainfall
overall efficiency of the pump set is hyetograph is termed as
a) 50% a) Soil moisture storage
b) 54% b) Abstractions
c) 75% c) Ground water recharge
d) 90% d) Detention storage

108. The peak of unit hydrograph is the 116. A soil has available water capacity 200 mm
discharge per unit of per meter of soil depth. For a crop root zone
a) Total rainfall depth of 1.5 m the depth of applied irrigation
b) Watershed area water should not exceed
c) Rainfall duration a) 20 cm
d) Rainfall excess b) 30 cm
c) 40 cm
109. A rainfall of 5.0 mm recorded between d) 60 cm
14.00 h and 14 h 15 min has occurred with
an intensity of 117. In arid and semi-arid region, the additional
a) 5 mm/h irrigation is needed to
b) 10 mm/h a) Control the temperature
c) 20 mm/h b) Soften the soil for plant roots penetration
d) 50 mm/h c) Control soil salinity
d) For ground water recharge
110. Graded bunds are used in
a) Low rainfall areas for soil conservation 118. Open channel flow takes place
b) Low rainfall areas for water conservation a) Under pressure
c) Low rainfall areas for soil and water b) Under gravity
conservation c) Both pressure and gravity
d) Relatively high rainfall areas for safe d) None of these
removal of excess rainfall
119. Atmometer is used to measure
111. A soil is categorised as 'Group C' soil. It has a) Rainfall
a) Very low infiltration rate b) Wind velocity
b) Low infiltration rate c) Evaporation
c) Moderate infiltration rate d) None of these
d) High infiltration rate
120. Why the dam of water reservoir is thick at
112. The main cause of sheet erosion is bottom?
a) Raindrop splash a) Quantity of water increases with depth
b) Strong winds b) Density of water increases with depth
c) Tillage c) Pressure of water increases with depth
d) Cultivation of cereal crops d) None of these
121. The hydraulic head in salt water is 30.0 m 128. In hydrologic routing
above the reference level that coincides a) Flow is calculated as a function of space
with the bottom of the piezometer. Mass only
density of the saline ground water is 1025 b) Flow is calculated as a function of time
kg/m3. The length of the column of fresh alone at given location
water is c) Flow is calculated as a function of time and
a) 30.75 m space
b) 3.075 m d) Flow is calculated as a function of depth at
c) 35.20 m given location
d) 40.00 m
129. Geometric similarity among watersheds is
122. Water level in a well is 6.8 m from the described by
surface. The most suitable pump to lift the a) Comparing the land use pattern in
water is watersheds
a) Axial flow pump b) Comparing the slope and soil type in
b) Submersible pump watersheds
c) Reciprocating pump c) Time of concentration for watersheds
d) Horizontal centrifugal pump located in same region
d) Quantitative study of land forms in
123. The equation tc=KL0.77/S-0.385 is watersheds
a) Boussinesque equation
b) St. Venant equation 130. In case of saturation overland flow theory
c) Kirpich formula a) Soil is saturated from above by infiltration
d) Darcy's equation b) Soil is saturated from below by sub-surface
flow
124. For a channel cross section and discharge c) Entire watershed contributes to overland
the specific energy in a channel section is a flow
function of d) The top of the watershed contributes to
a) Velocity only overland flow
b) Depth of flow and velocity
c) Depth of flow only
d) None of these Matching type questions (No. 131 to 140);
all questions carry equal marks. Choose
125. For a critical flow with velocity 'v' and the correct answer (a, b, c, d or e) for
hydraulic depth 'D' each sub-question (i, ii, iii, iv and v) and
v enter your choice in the circle (by
a) = D
2g shading with a pencil) on the OMR -
b) v2=gD answer sheet as per the instructions
c) v2=2gD given on the answer sheet.
d) None of these
131.
126. Chezy formula assumes that i) Ernst a) Confinedaquifer
a) The force resisting the flow per unit area of ii) Theis b) Fresh water - Saline
the stream bed is proportional to the water interface
velocity iii) Ghyben-Herzberg c) Infiltration
b) The effective component of the gravity force iv) Ficks d) Drainage
causing the flow is equal to the total force of v) Kostikov e) Concentration gradient
resistance
c) The force resisting the flow per unit area of 132.
the stream bed is inversely proportional to i) Transmissivity a) T
the velocity ii) Leakage factor 2 -1

d) None of these b) L T
iii) Hydraulic resistance c) M0L0T0
-1
127. Abstractions includes iv) Hydraulic conductivity d) LT
a) Interception by vegetation above the v) Specific yield e) L
surface
b) Interception by vegetation before surface
runoff begins
c) Interception by vegetation above the
ground, depression storage and infiltration
d) Depression storage and infiltration
133. 137.
i) Rational formula a) Ranking i) Augor hole method a) Anisotropy
ii) Darcy's law b) Runoff ii) Hanging column b) Non-homogeneous
iii) Curve number c) Peak flow rate iii) Inflow-outflow method c) Drainable porosity
iv) Weibull's method d) Filterdesign iv) Directional difference d) Seepage loss
v) Granulometry e) Hydraulic gradient v) Spatial difference e) Saturated hydraulic
conductivity
134.
i) Salinity a) Machinery 138.
ii) Compaction b) Water harvesting i) Water a) Lines
iii) Leveling c) Groundwater recharge ii) Land b) Curved surface
iv) Pond d) Leaching iii) Cone c) Variation
v) Percolation tank e) Earth work iv) Spatial d) Volume
v) Equipotential e) Area
135.
i) pH a) Measure of replaceable Na
ii) EC b) Measure of Na with respect to Ca 139. Match the laws with the corresponding
and Mg properties/activities
iii) CEC c) Measure of salinity i) Horton's law a) Fluid viscosity
iv) SAR d) Measure of soil reaction ii) Stokes' law b) Stream order
v) ESP e) Measure of replaceable cations iii) Darcy's law c) Ground water flow
iv) Fick's law of diffusion d) Momentum
v) Newton's law e) Salt concentration
136.
i) Work a) Kilo-Watt-hr
ii) Power b) Newton 140. Match the following expressions
iii) Momentum c) kg.m/s i) Entrance resistance a) Sprinkler irrigation
iv) Force d) Watt ii) Coefficient of uniformity b) Subsurface tile
v) Energy e) Erg drainage
iii) Saltation c) Critical flow
iv) Hydraulic jump d) Wind erosion
v) Seepage e) Phreatic line