Agriculture Test Papers

1. The quantity of malathion 50 EC required for mixing 250 litre of water to obtain 0.05% spray solution for one acre of paddy to control leaf webber is:
(1) 150 ml
(2) 200 ml
(3) 250 ml
(4) 300 ml

2. Example of granular insecticide is
(1) Malathion
(2) Carbofuran
(3) Acephate
(4) Diclorvos

3. Insect which can survive at high temperature and low humidity is —————-
(1) Khapra beetle
(2) Rice weevil
(3) Red flour beetle
(4) Angoumois grain moth

4. Use of resistant varieties in IPM is an example of
(1) Legal control
(2) Chemical control
(3) Biological control
(4) Cultural control

5. The flowers do not open and give rosette appearance in cotton is due to
(1) American boll worm
(2) Spotted boll worm
(3) Pink boll worm
(4) Red cotton bugs

6. Red hairy caterpillar is controlled by —
(1) Ploughing the field
(2) Trenching around the field
(3) Burning the larvae
(4) Trap crops

7. In maize due to damage of ___________ central shoot withers and leading to “dead hearts”.
(1) Shoot fly
(2) Stem borer
(3) Pink stem borer
(4) Corn worm

8. Mustard saw fly belongs to order
(1) Hemiptera
(2) Hymenoptera
(3) Diptera
(4) Lepidoptera

9. Lac insect belongs to family
(1) Kerridae
(2) Kermesidae
(3) Lacanodiaspididae
(4) Stictococcidae

10. Calculate the area covered per hour by a plough of 30 cm size ploughing at 5 km/hour speed.
(1) 0.15 hectare
(2) 1.5 hectare
(3) 0.015 hectare
(4) 15.0 hectare

11. Fuel is injected in the cylinder at the end of
(1) Suction stroke
(2) Compression stroke
(3) Power stroke
(4) Exhaust stroke

12. Equation for calculating the discharge through Cipoletti weir is
(1) Q=0.0186 LH3/2
(2) Q=0.0186 LH3
(3) Q=0.186 LH3/2
(4) Q=0.0186 LH5/2

13. One hectare cm (1 ha.cm.) water is equal to
(1) 10000 m3
(2) 1000 m3
(3) 100 m3
(4) 10m3

14. For four cylinder engine, the most commonly used firing order is
(1) 2-3-4-1
(2) 1-3-4-2
(3) 1-4-3-2
(4) 2-4-3-1

15. What is the value of tilt angle in a disc plough?
(1) 42°- 45°
(2) 5°- 10°
(3) 30°- 35°
(4) 15°- 25°

16. The swing basket water lift is most suitable when the depth of water surface is —
(1) <1.2m
(2) 2.2-3.5m
(3) 3.5-5.0m
(4) 5.0-10.0 m

17. Suitable harrow in orchards is
(1) Tandem disc harrow
(2) Blade harrow
(3) Off-set disc harrow
(4) Triangular harrow

18. A pump is discharging 0.8 m3/min., the amount of water discharged in one hour will be
(1) 120 litre
(2) 1200 litre
(3) 4800 litre
(4) 48000 litre

19. Differential lock in tractor is used to run the tractor on
(1) Road
(2) Farm
(3) Mud
(4) lawn

20. No. of sections in Parshall flume is
(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5

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21. Dibbling is a method of
(1) Ploughing
(2) Harvesting
(3) Levelling
(4) Sowing seed

22. If the increment in both demand and supply is equal, then equilibrium price will be
(1) Increasing
(2) Decreasing
(3) Remains constant
(4) Maximum

23. A curve which represents different combinations of two items giving equal satisfaction is called
(1) Indifference curve
(2) Production possibility curve
(3) Iso-quant
(4) Iso-revenue curve

24. A curve which shows optimum quantity of a commodity purchased at different levels of income is called
(1) Engel’s curve
(2) Lorenz curve
(3) Demand curve
(4) None of these

25. The demand for a product that is not associated with the demand of other product is called
(1) Derived demand
(2) Composite demand
(3) Autonomous demand
(4) Cross demand

26. What will be the numerical value of elasticity of demand when demand is said to be elastic?
(1) >1
(2) <1
(3) =1
(4) =0

27. In a monopoly market, the cross elasticity of demand will be
(1) >1
(2) <1
(3) =1
(4) =0

28. The nature of the relationship between quantity supplied and price of a product is indicated by
(1) Law of supply
(2) Supply function
(3) Elasticity of supply
(4) Supply schedule

29. Per unit cost of production of output at current market price is called
(1) Market price
(2) Real price
(3) Nominal price
(4) All of these

30. A curve which looks like a rectangular hyperbola
(1) Average variable cost
(2) Marginal cost
(3) Total cost
(4) Average fixed cost

31. When average production is at maximum, average variable cost will be
(1) Decreasing
(2) Increasing
(3) Minimum
(4) Maximum

32. Who is the chairman of NITI Aayog?
(1) Finance Minister
(2) Prime Minister
(3) Defence Minister
(4) Home Minister

33. A curve which is also called envelope curve
(1) short run average cost curve
(2) long run average cost curve
(3) short run marginal cost curve
(4) long run marginal cost curve

34. The price that consumer pay for a product is less than the price he is willing to pay is called
(1) consumer benefit
(2) producer benefit
(3) consumer surplus
(4) producer surplus

35. Process of calculating future value using present investment is called
(1) Compounding
(2) Depreciation
(3) Discounting
(4) Appreciation

36. Product differentiation is a distinct feature of ____________.
(1) Imperfect competition
(2) Monopolistic competition
(3) Perfect competition
(4) Monopoly market

37. Who is known as the Father of extension education in Indian Context?
(1) J.P. Leganes
(2) B.K. Roy
(3) Dr. K.N. Singh
(4) D. Ensminger

38. In T & V (Training & Visit) System (1974), the transfer of technology to the farmers, at the farm level was done by
(1) Assistant Agricultural Officers
(2) Contact Farmers
(3) Subject Matter Specialists
(4) Deputy Director of Agriculture

39. “On Farm Testing” is an important activity of which of the following extension programme?
(1) Operational Research Project (OPR)
(2) National Demonstration Project (NDP)
(3) Lab to Land Programme (LLP)
(4) Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)

40. “Sowing Skills, Harvesting Opportunities” is the Tag line of which of the following programme?
(1) Agricultural Skill Development Council of India (ASCI)
(2) National Employability Enhancement Mission (NEEM)
(3) Employability Enhancement Training Programme (EETP)
(4) Jawahar Rojgar Yojana (JRY)

41. The project, to rehabilitate the displaced persons from Pakistan to India was:
(1) Firka Development Project
(2) Marthandam Project
(3) Etawah Project
(4) Nilokheri Experiment

42. During Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), the Chronology of the events, as recalled by the local people is known as
(1) Time Series
(2) Seasonal Diagramme
(3) Time Line
(4) Daily Activity Schedule

43. Use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) by the govt. to promote greater participation of the people in the process of governance is called
(1) e-governance
(2) Government e-Market place (GeM)
(3) e-Chaupal
(4) Gyandoot

44. In S-M-C-R-E model of Communication, C stands for
(1) Communicator
(2) Communication
(3) Coding
(4) Channel

45. An innovation adopted by the people, to lower the probability of future unwanted results is known as
(1) Trustworthy innovation
(2) Valid innovation
(3) Preventive innovation
(4) Complex innovation

46. The leaders emerged during the flood in a village, come under which of the following theory of leadership?
(1) Genetic Theory
(2) Multifactor Theory
(3) Situational Theory
(4) Personal Trait Theory

47. Which is the last step of the process of Extension programme planning?
(1) Reconsideration & Revision of the programme
(2) Evaluation of the programme
(3) Monitoring of the programme
(4) Report writing

48. Under whose supervision, the Front Line Demonstrations are conducted?
(1) Scientists of the National Agriculture Research System
(2) Agriculture Supervisors
(3) Prog. Assistants of the KVKs
(4) Assistant Agriculture Officers

49. Which of the following is not related to effective written communication?
(1) Correctness
(2) Complexity
(3) Completeness
(4) Clarity

50. Which of the following ITK Act came into existence in the year 2002?
(1) The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act
(2) Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmer’s Rights Act
(3) The Biodiversity Act
(4) Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act