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NFL Exam 2023 Previous Year Question Paper

 


51. ICRISAT deals with____? 

a) Millets 

b) Wheat 

c) Maize 

d) Cotton 

Answer (a): Millets 



 

52. Mutations are? 

a) Rarely useful 

b) Always useful 

c) Mostly useful 

d) Always harmful 

Answer (a): Rarely useful 



 

53. How many factors have been identified for influencing plant growth  

up till now? 

a) 55 

b) 52 

c) 50 

d) 60 

Answer (b): 52 



 

54. NPV refers to _____? 

a) Nuclear polyhedrosis Virus 

b) Non Polyhedrosis 

c) Nuclear polyhedrosis viroids 

d) None of these 

Answer (a): Nuclear polyhedrosis Virus 


 

57. Which among these is not an inorganic matter? 

a) Magnesium 

b) Fat 

c) Iron 

d) lodine 

Answer (b): Fat 



 

55. A manager who acts as a crisis manger is playing which of the roles? 

a) Resource allocator 

b) Entrepreneur 

c) Negotiator 

d) Disturbance handler 

Answer (d): Disturbance handler 


 

56. Arrangement of soil particles is referred to_____? 

a) Soil texture 

b) Soil structure 

c) Soil organization 

d) All of these  

Answer (a): Soil structure 


 

58. The ability to exert influence is called as? 

a) Leadership 

b) Authority 

c) Administration 

d) Power 

Answer (b): Authority 


 

59. Natural forests are being taken care of by professionals of_____? 

a) Horticulture 

b) Forestry 

c) Farming 

d) Agriculture 

Answer (b): Forestry 


 

60. The point at which the customer enters the supply chain is called____? 

a) Customer penetration point 

b) Order penetration point 

c) Customer entry point 

d) None of these 

Answer (b): Order penetration point 


 

61. What resources is a manger mainly concerned with? 

a) land 

b) raw material 

c) Building 

d) People 

Answer (d): People 


 

62. Irradiation is also known as _____? 

a) Hot sterilization 

b) Pascalization 

c) Cold sterilization 

d) None of these  

Answer (c): Cold sterilization 


 

63. Managing is best defined as _______? 

a) Getting things done through subordinates 

b) Planning 

c) Creating a climate conducive to goal accomplishment 

d) Decision making 

Answer (c): Creating a climate conducive to goal accomplishment 


 

64. Which stage of the decision making process helps the manager in  

locating the problem? 

a) Intelligence stage 

b) Selection stage 

c) Design stage 

d) Implementation stage 

Answer (a): Intelligence stage 


 

65. The types of animal tissues include ______? 

a) Epidermal tissues 

b) Muscular tissues 

c) Synthetic tissues 

d) Ground tissue 

Answer (b): Muscular tissues 


 

66. Supply chain lead time is the sum of time taken for _____? 

a) Sourcing the materials 

b) Manufacturing the product 

c) Delivering the finished product to the end customer 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 


67. Where do grasshoppers lay eggs? 

a) In water 

b) In nests 

c) In the soil 

d) All of these  

Answer (c): In the soil 


68. Which is a single use plan that covers a relatively large set of activities? 

a) Rule 

b) Program 

c) Procedure 

d) Project 

Answer (b): Program 


69. Indicator plant for P deficiency indication is ______? 

a) Maize 

b) Tomato 

c) Both Maize and Tomato  

d) None of these  

Answer (c): Both Maize and Tomato 


70. Which is a common crop which is grown of natural autopolyploid? 

a) Tomato 

b) Rice 

c) Cotton 

d) Potato 

Answer (d): Potato 


71. Income elasticity of inferior goods is ______? 

a) Between zero to one 

b) Positive 

c) Infinite 

d) Negative 

Answer (d): Negative 


72. What is the most effective attribute of an effective leader? 

a) Behaviour 

b) Drive 

c) Character 

d) Influence 

Answer (b): Drive 


73. 3PL stands for? 

a) Third party life 

b) Third Party logistics 

c) Third product life 

d) Third product logistics 

Answer (b): Third Party logistics 


74. The word "Agronomy" has originated from ______? 

a) Latin words 

b) English words 

c) German words 

d) Greek words 

Answer (d): Greek words 


75. Complete metamorphosis is found in ______? 

a) Exopterygota 

b) Endopterygota 

c) Apterygota 

d) None of these 

Answer (b): Endopterygota 


76. India receives most of its rainfall from _____ monsoon? 

a) N-W 

b) N-E 

c) S-W 

d) S-E 

Answer (c): S-W 


77. One honey bee hive has ____ drones? 

a) More than 300 

b) 200 to 300 

c) 1 to 5 

d) 10 to 20 

Answer (b): 200 to 300 


78. In jute growing areas the usual alternate crop is ______? 

a) Cotton 

b) Sugarcane 

c) Wheat 

d) Rice 

Answer (d): Rice 


79. Most effective pesticides are ______? 

a) Carbamates 

b) Organochlorine 

c) Organophosphates 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 


82. Crop grown for sale to bring money immediately is termed as ______? 

a) Catch crop 

b) Cash crop 

c) Trap crop 

d) All of these 

Answer (b): Cash crop 


80. The ability of a microorganism to cause disease is called ______? 

a) pathogenesis 

b) Inoculum potential 

c) Pathogenicity 

d) Disease potential 

Answer (c): Pathogenicity 


81. Factors affecting international product planning is ______? 

a) Political environment 

b) Demography 

c) Income of customers 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 

 

83 Sunflower is an _______? 

a) Annual herb 

b) Biennial herb 

c) Perennial herb 

d) None of these 

Answer (a) : Annual herb 


84. Development of precision GIS/GPS auto negative systems increased  

the efficiency of field operations in _______? 

a) Precision farming 

b) Terra-farming 

c) Cooperative farming 

d) Multistorey farming 

Answer (a): Precision farming 

 

85. Industrial relations consists of the relations between _______? 

a) Employer and employees 

b) State and Management 

c) Union and management 

d) All of these  

Answer (a): Employer and employees 


86. Price theory is a part of ______? 

a) Macro economics 

b) Farm management 

c) Marketing 

d) Micro economics 

Answer (d): Micro economics 


87. Yellow revolution represents the production of _____? 

a) Oilseeds 

b) Forage 

c) Pulse 

d) Cereal 

Answer (a): Oilseeds 


88. Group thinking has a danger of _____? 

a) Erroneous decision 

b) Biased decision 

c) Ambiguous decision 

d) Conflicting decision 

Answer (a): Biased decision 


89. An advance form of organizational design is ______? 

a) Matrix organization 

b) Divisional organization 

c) Simple organization 

d) Functional organization 

Answer (d): Functional organization 


90. Adaptation of a product refers to ______? 

a) Standardisation of product 

b) Adoption 

c) Customisation 

d) None of these 

Answer (b): Adoption 


91. Which process is used to make the harvested tobacco leaf ready for  

the market? 

a) Bulking 

b) Curing 

c) Loading in the barn 

d) None of these 

Answer (b): Curing 


92. The practice of cultivation in the air is termed as _____? 

a) Monoponic 

b) Geoponic 

c) Hydroponic 

d) Aeroponic 

Answer (d): Aeroponic 


93. The agricultural prices are recommended by ______? 

a) R.B.I 

b) C.A.C.P 

c) C.S.I.R 

d) C.A.C.P. 

Answer (b): C.A.C.P. 


96. Genes do not occur in pairs ? 

a) Somatic cells 

b) Zygote 

c) Endosperm cells 

d) Gametes 

Answer (d): Gametes 


94. Average share of agricultural credit to total priority sector lending  

decreased from 63.73 per cent in 2009-10 to ……………% 2019-20. 

a) 18% 

b) 24% 

c) 58% 

d) 26% 

Answer (c): 58% 


95. Which of these is included in the mental process of acceptance or  

rejection of a new product? 

a) Awareness 

b) Knowledge 

c) Evaluation 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 


97. ECR stands for? 

a) Effective customer reply 

b) Effective customer response 

c) Efficient consumer response 

d) Effective consumer response 

Answer (c): Efficient consumer response 

 

98. The excess of income over consumption is called _____? 

a) Surplus 

b) Income 

c) Services 

d) Goods 

Answer (a): Surplus 


99. Which system provides the accurate positional information, which will  

be more useful in locating the spatial variability with accuracy? 

a) GPS 

b) GIS 

c) DSS 

d) All of these 

Answer (a): GPS 


100. Covering the soil surface by any organic material is termed as_____? 

a) Green manuring 

b) Mulch 

c) Nurse crop 

d) None of these 

Answer (b): Mulch 


101. Global Food Security Index is published by? 

a) The Economist Intelligence Unit 

b) Food and Agricultural Organization 

c) Amnesty International 

d) World Economic Forum 

Answer (a): The Economist Intelligence Unit 

 

102. The tillage operation that is done in a field with standing water is  

called____? 

a) Ploughing 

b) Planking 

c) Hoeing 

d) Puddling 

Answer (d): Puddling 


103. Which of the following is not a factor of production? 

a) Customer 

b) Land 

c) Labour 

d) Capital 

Answer (a): Customer 

 

104. Which system provides the accurate positional information, which  

will be more useful in location the spatial variability with accuracy? 

a) DSS 

b) GPS 

c) GIS 

d) All of these 

Answer (b): GPS 


105. legumes crop also known as oilseeds ______? 

a) Lentil 

b) Urdbean 

c) Soybean 

d) Chickpea 

Answer (c): Soybean 


106. An exchange of genetic material between homologous chromosomes  

is called ______? 

a) Deletion 

b) Mutation 

c) Recombination 

d) Crossing over 

Answer (d): Crossing over 


107. Urban agriculture contributes to ______? 

a) Food security 

b) Food safety 

c) Both of these 

d) None of these 

Answer (c): Both of these 

 

108. Which one of the following techniques is used to monitor crop health? 

a) Surveillance 

b) Vigilance 

c) Remote sensing 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 


109. Which cooperative bank acts as a link between state cooperative  

bank and primary agricultural cooperative Society? 

a) Central land development bank 

b) District central cooperative bank 

c) Primary land development bank 

d) Regional Rural bank 

Answer (b): District central cooperative bank 


110. Which stage of the product life cycle causes the profit to improve  

substantially? 

a) Introduction stage 

b) Maturity stage 

c) Growth stage 

d) All of these 

Answer (c): Growth stage 


111. The substance which causes a definite change in genes is called  

____? 

a) Alkaloid 

b) Toxin 

c) Cytotoxin 

d) Mutagene 

Answer (d): Mutagene 


112. Different forms of a gene are called _____ ? 

a) Supplementary genes 

b) inhibitory genes 

c) Alleles 

d) Heterozygotes 

Answer (b): Alleles 


113. Soil is always acidic in nature? 

a) Laterite 

b) Calcareous 

c) Alkaline 

d) Saline 

Answer (a): Laterite 


115. Products which can be purchased frequently, immediately and with  

little efforts are called Durable and non durable products? 

a) Durable and non durable products 

b) Homogenous products 

c) Heterogenous products 

d) Convenience products 

Answer (d): Convenience products 


117. Termites are very active during ______? 

a) Day 

b) Night 

c) Day and night 

d) None of these 

Answer (c): Day and night 


114. What are the factors of production? 

a) Land 

b) Labour 

c) Capital 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 


116. Flying foxes are ______? 

a) Bats 

b) Porcupine 

c) Parrot 

d) None of these 

Answer (a): Bats 


118. PLAM is a computerized prediction system for______? 

a) Fire blight of apple and pear 

b) Pea root rot 

c) Peanut leaf spot 

d) Potato late blight 

Answer (a): Fire blight of apple and pear 

 

119. Which is an element of the international environment? 

a) Micro environment forces 

b) Macro environment forces 

c) Micro and macro environment forces 

d) None of these 

Answer (a): Macro environment forces 


120. Which of these marketing systems was prevalent in the ancient  

times? 

a) Barter system 

b) Modern system 

c) Both a and b 

d) None of these 

Answer (a): Barter system 


121 Insecticides kill _______? 

a) Harmful insects 

b) Only plant pests 

c) Both harmful insects and useful insects 

d) Specific insects 

Answer (a): Harmful insects 


122. Coordination is involved in which of the following functions? 

a) Organizing and leading 

b) Staffing and leading 

c) Planning and controlling 

d) Planning, Organizing, staffing, leading and controlling 

Answer (d): Planning, Organizing, staffing, leading and controlling 


123. Soils most suitable for agriculture are those whose PH value is  

between ______? 

a) 7 to 8 

b) 5 to 6 

c) 8 to 9 

d) 6 to 7 

Answer (d): 6 to 7 


124. Chromosome numbers in somatic cells of a maize plant are _____? 

a) 10 

b) 7 

c) 34 

d) 20 

Answer (d): 20 


125. Which of these are steps of new product development? 

a) Creation of ideas 

b) Screening of ideas 

c) Business analysis 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 


128. Standardisation relates to ______? 

a) Kinds 

b) Tools 

c) Production techniques 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 


126. Supply chain mapping is the study of_____? 

a) Logistics network 

b) Activities sequence 

c) Value and non value added activities 

d) All of these 

Answer (c): Value and non value added activities 


127. The break even pricing strategy is also called ______? 

a) Marginal pricing 

b) Target return pricing 

c) Learning pricing 

d) Markup return pricing 

Answer (b): Target return pricing 


130. According to Tuckman's theory, the end phase of group development  

stage is called as ______? 

a) Adjourning 

b) Performing 

c) Storming 

d) Norming 

Answer (a): Adjourning 

 

129. Insects are studied in _______? 

a) Taxonomy 

b) Entomology 

c) Immunology 

d) Palaeontology 

Answer (b): Entomology 


131. Management is ______? 

a) Power of getting things done 

b) People who manage 

c) An organized body of knowledge 

d) The board of directors 

Answer (a): Power of getting things done 


132. Which is the first step involved in the implementation of the supply  

chain management system? 

a) Purchasing (sourcing) 

b) Planning (scheduling) 

c) Logistics (delivery) 

d) All of these 

Answer (b): Planning (scheduling) 


133. Which of the following is an external, material and non-transferable  

good? 

a) Skill of a doctor 

b) Conduct certificate of student 

c) Good will of business 

d) Table 

Answer (b): Conduct certificate of student 

 

136. Which state in India is leading in tea production? 

a) Darjeeling (WB) 

b) Assam 

c) Nilgiree hills (TN) 

d) Kerala 

Answer (b): Assam 


137. The department of agriculture, revenue and commerce was set up in  

______? 

a) 1861 

b) 1891 

c) 1899 

d) 1871 

Answer (d): 1871 


134. Which is the essential base for all metabolic processes? 

a) Water 

b) Carbohydrates 

c) Proteins 

d) Vitamins 

Answer (a): Water 


135. Genetics deals with _____? 

a) Heredity 

b) Heredity and variations 

c) Variations 

d) Genes 

Answer (b): Heredity and variations 


138. Which is not a preservation method in fruit and vegetables? 

a) Refrigeration 

b) Peeling 

c) Canning 

d) Pickling 

Answer (b): Peeling 


141. The scope of product planning is ______? 

a) Wide 

b) Narrow 

c) Medium 

d) None of these 

Answer (a): Wide 


139. Terracing helps in soil conservation in ______? 

a) Hilly areas 

b) Deserts 

c) Wet areas 

d) Plains 

Answer (a): Hilly areas 


140. The practice of raising plants and animals is called ______? 

a) Agronomy 

b) Horticulture 

c) Silviculture 

d) Agriculture 

Answer (d): Agriculture 


142. The branch of agriculture which deals with the principles and  

practices of crop production and field management is called? 

a) Agriculture 

b) Sericulture 

c) Agroforestry 

d) Agronomy 

Answer (d): Agronomy 


143. Which of the following countries is the centre of origin of rice? 

a) Russia 

b) India 

c) Indo-Malayan region 

d) China 

Answer (b): India 


144. What is a product?  

a) Physical goods 

b) Services 

c) Ideas 

d) All of these 

Answer (d): All of these 


145. Sweet potato aphid attacks mainly on _____? 

a) Leaves 

b) Stem 

c) Roots 

d) All of these 

Answer (a): Leaves 


146. Who introduced tobacco cultivation in India? 

a) Portuguese merchants 

b) Americans 

c) Persians 

d) Chinese 

Answer (a): Portuguese merchants 


147. The desirable depth of ploughing for shallow rooted crops is _____  

cm? 

a) 31 to 35 

b) 6 to 8 

c) 15 to 30 

d) 10 to 20 

Answer (d): 10 to 20 

 

148. Nymphs of red cotton bug also damage 

a) Gram 

b) Wheat 

c) Sugarcane 

d) Okra 

Answer (d): Okra 


149. Situational approach is otherwise called as______? 

a) System approach 

b) Contingency approach 

c) Human resource approach 

d) Quantitative approach 

Answer (b): Contingency approach 

 

150. The main purpose of a farmer is______? 

a) High net profit 

b) High living standards 

c) Minimum cost of cultivation 

d) High production 

Answer (d): High production 


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