Rajasthan Pre PG Previous Year Question paper 2021

  

1. The diameter class (cm) followed in India

(a) 2, 5, 10 (b) 1, 2, 5

(c) 1, 3, 5 (d) 3, 5, 10

2. On farm testing to assess the location specificity of agricultural technologies under various farming systems is the responsibility of

(a) ATIC (b) ATMA

(c) KVK (d) IRDP

3. Main constituent of biogas is

(a) Methane (b) Hydrogen

(c) Carbon dioxide (d) Carbon monoxide

4. Singlie cross hybrids, double cross hybrids, synthetic varieties and composite varities are common in

(a) Wheat (b) Cotton

(c) Sugarcane (d) Maize

5. Loyal timber of poor farmer is

(a) Teak (b) Sal

(c) Deodar (d) Bamboo

6. The best native cattle breed for milk production is

(a) Kankej (b) Tharparkar

(c) Nellore (d) Sahiwal

7. Per cent of P2O5 in single super phosphate is

(a) 18 (b) 16

(c) 46 (d) 48

8. The dominance of new genetic form as a result of environmental change is called

(a) Adaptation (b) Succession

(c) Synergism (d) Natural selection

9. In order to control the quality of processed food th Government of India ipassed the Fruit Products Order (F.P.O) in the year

(a) 1950 (b) 1973

(c) 1949 (d) 1955

10. Low salt tolerant fruit tree is

(a) Pomegranate (b) Ber

(c) Apple (d) Guava

11. Project snow leopard was launched in

(a) 1973 (b) 1995

(c) 2009 (d) 2014

12. Which of the following salt is dominant in alkali soils

(a) Cl (b) HCO3

(c) CO3 (d) SO4

13. Trypan Blue has been perfected for staining egg sac of

(a) Mcloidogyne incognita

(b) Heterodera cajani

(c) Rotylenchulus reniformis

(d) Meloidogyne indica

14. The sugarcane variety covering the maximum area in the country is

(a) Co 0238 (b) Co 86032

(c) CoM 0265 (d) Co 0118

15. Photo respiration is the process ocucs in

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(c) Peroxisomes in association with

(d) Mitochondria in association

16. Which insect pest causes skeletonizations in brinjal leaves

(a) Leucinodes orbaonalis

(b) Myllocerus subfasciatus

(c) Epilachna viginitopuncatat

(d) Urentius echinus

17. The term Nobilization is common in

(a) Wheat (b) Sugarcane

(c) Sorghum (d) Maize

18. White rust of crucifers is caused by

(a) Alternaria alternata

(b) Albugo candida

(c) Fusarium moniloforme

(d) Rhizoctonia solani

19. Combination of Wheat/Maize + Popular + Livestock give rise to a agroforestry system

(a) Silvi Agri Pastoral

(b) Agri Silvi Pastoral

(c) Pastoral Silvi Agriculture

(d) Agri Pastoral Silviculture

20. Which one of the following is not a cooperative principle

(a) No Liability

(b) Limited Area of Operation

(c) Honorary Management

(d) Voluntary Participation

21. The process of heritable structural changes is genes is known as

(a) Corssover (b) Linkage

(c) Penetrance (d) Mutation

22. Backcrossing method is used

(a) In cross pollinated crops

(b) For hybrid development

(c) For developing altogether new variety (d) For improving single unit

23. Which one of the following is not a form of Apomixis

(a) Apogamy (b) Parthenogensis

(c) Apospory (d) Selfing

24. Geographical seed soruce from where seeds propagules of any species are collected is known as

(a) Seed source (b) Seed stand

(c) Provenance (d) Regeneration stand

25. Which one of the following is not a characteristic of iso revenue line

(a) It is a straight line

(b) Iso revenue lines are parallel to each other

(c) Slope of iso revenue line indicates the inverse price ratio of the products

(d) Slope is not affected by price changes

26. Frontline and Method demonstrations are examples of which extension teaching methods

(a) Individual contact

(b) Group contact

(c) Mass contact

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27. To calculate the average speed, which item of central tendency is most suited

(A) Mode

(B) Median

(C) Weighted HM

(D) GM

28. The ability of a singlie cell to regenerate into a whole plant from which it was derrivel is known as

(a) Regeneration

(b) Transformation

(c) Totipotency

(d) Sub culturing

29. Upon which of the following host plants, only kusmi strain of Kerria lacca can be developed

(a) Butea monosperma

(b) Ziziphus mauritiana

(c) Shorea olosea

(d) Acacia auriculiformis

30. Used as visual extension aids, these are the series of cards which when presented before the audience in proper sequence, tell a complete story

(a) Flip chart (b) Poster

(c) Flash cards (d) Slide projector

31. Rust pathogen belongs to which group of fungi

(a) Accomyeete

(b) Oomyeetes

(c) Basidomyeetes

(d) Myxomyeetes

32. Hydronomics is the technique of

(a) Growing plantsin sand supplemented with nutrient solution

(b) Growing plants in soil filled in pots

(c) Growing plants in utrietn solutions (d) Growing plants with their roots bathered in the nutrient mist.

33. Bio diesel is

(a) Obtained from fermentation of sugar

(b) Obtained from pyrolysis process

(c) Exudates of plants

(d) An upgraded vegetable oil

34. Ruby hybrid of pomegranate is developed at

(a) CAZRI, Jodhpur

(b) IIHR, Bengaluru

(c) CIAH, Bikaner

(d) IARI, New Delhi

35. The species of root knot nematode that attacks wheat is

(a) Pratylenchus loosi

(b) Pratylenchus indicus

(c) Pratylenchus thonei

(d) Pratylenchus vulnus

36. Under alkaline condition

(a) DNA is rapidly hydrolyzed

(b) RNA is rapidly hydrolyzed

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37. The common shrub used for green leaf minuring is

(a) Dhanicha (b) Cluster bean

(c) Sunhemp (d) Glyricidia

38. Turnover of vermicompost

(a) 75% (b) 50%

(c) 90% (d) 100%

39. Fireflies belong to which order

(a) Diptera (b) Neuroptera

(c) Coleoptera (d) Mecoptera

40. 55 Community Development Projects were launched on different parts of the country in which year

(a) 1954 (b) 1952

(c) 1964 (d) 1975

41. Muddy runoff from the field in an indicator of

(a) Splash erosion (b) Gully erosion

(c) Rill erosion (d) Sheet erosion

42. Keikies and pseudobulbs are propagation units of which cut flower

(a) Orchids (b) Gladiolus

(c) Bird of paradise (d) Anthurium

43. Red not disease of sugarcane is caused by which fungus

(a) Puccinia recondita

(b) Colelotrichum gloeospriodes

(c) Collectotrichum falcatum

(d) Fusarium oxysporum

44. Whole pad edible variety of pea is

(a) Kashi Nandini (b) Lincoln

(c) Arka Apporva (d) Little Marve

45. In which system of drainage arrangement, dread furrows are formed

(a) Parallel system (b) Random sysatem

(c) Bedding sysatem

(d) Interception system

46. Who suggest the term functional nutrients

(a) Griss (b) Leibig

(c) Nicholus (d) Amon

47. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research launched this innovative technology assessment and refinement programme in 1995 which was bsed on the concept of participator mode snruing greater linkage between scientist and farmer in a bottom up appraoch

(a) ATMA (b) KVK

(c) IVLP (d) NATP

48. In NorthAmerica, temperate grasslands are called

(a) Prairies (b) Savannas

(c) Steppes (d) Biomes

49. Which one of the following is an undiscounted measure of project appraisal

(a) Net Present Worth (NPW)

(b) Benefit Cost Ratio (BC Ratio)

(c) Internal Rate of Return (IRR)

(d) Pay back period

50. A symbiosis association of a fungus with the roots of a higher plant is called

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(c) Nodulation (d) Mycorrhiza

51. What kind of a nesting behavior is seen in Apis crana indica

(a) Singlie unit

(b) Depend on environment

(c) Parallel comb

(d) Octogonal

52. In which fruit trees buds borne terminally

(a) Mango (b) Grape

(c) Peach (d) Ber

53. Main content of Katha is

(a) Catechin

(b) Cetechu tannic acid

(c) Aetic acid

(d) Catehoides

54. Which is not a component of contingent cropping growing under

(a) Normal weather conditions

(b) Aberrant weather conditons

(c) Encounter emergency conditions

(d) Suitable crop in place of normal crop

55. Pearl millet + black gram is an important intercropping of which state

(a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan

(c) Jammu (d) Karnataka

56. Abujh Maria tribes are found in

(a) Manipur (b) Nagaland

(c) Meghalaya (d) Madhya Pradesh

57. Progeny for which oonly one parent is known

(a) Full Sib (b) Half Sib

(c) Unknown (d) Genetic drift

58. Anaerobic respiration in certain microorganism result

(a) Production of ethanol lactic acid and CO2

(b) Production of ethanol lactic acid and H2O

(c) Production of CO2 and H2O

(d) Production of ethanol lactic acid and O2

59. Which of the following type of soil survey ius most stuaible for watershed planning

(a) Exploratory survey

(b) Detailed survey

(c) Reconnaissance survey

(d) Semi detailed survey

60. Environmentally sustainable dry land farming system emphasis

(a) Inclusion of more cropping system

(b) Conservaton tillage

(c) Conservation and utilization of natural resources

(d) None of these

61. How much carbon content in organic matter

(a) 58% (b) 92%

(c) 49% (d) 5%

62. If soils have pH 4.5 than which type soil required more amount of lime for reclaimation

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(c) Silty (d) Sandy

63. Which microbial species are used as biological control agent for the plant pathogen under field condtion

(a) Trichoderma (b) Puccinia

(c) Sacchromyees (d) Colletotrichum

64. Which of the most popular type of washing operation for fruit and vegetables

(a) Water flooding (b) Spray washing

(c) Drum washer (d) Barrel washing

65. Culling is the process of

(a) Eliminating surpluse and undesirable animals

(b) Allocating identification number to animals

(c) Removal of horns

(d) Separating young one from the mother

66. Rancidity of lipds in lip rich foddstuff is because of

(a) Reduction of fatty acids

(b) Hydrogenation of unsaturated fatyy acids

(c) Dehydrogenation of saturated fatty acids (d) Oxidation of fatty acids

67. Mr F L Brayne was asscoaited with

(a) Marthandam

(b) Gurgaon experiment

(c) Etawah pilot project

(d) Firka development scheme

68. Dwarf Cavendish belongs to which genomic group

(a) AB (b) AA

(c) AAAA (d) AAA

69. Farming System Research involves

(a) Low cost location specific technology

(b) High cost location specific technology

(c) Medium cost location specific technology

(d) None of these

70. Detachment, transportation and despotision of soil particles fom one place to another place is termed as

(a) Soil degradation (b) Soil erosion

(c) Soil flow (d) Soil movement

71. Recombination fraction expressing the proportion of cross overs verses perential combinations in a progeny is known as

(a) Linkage (b) Linkage map

(c) Linkage value (d) Pleiotropy

72. Which one of the following is not a common class of certified seed in india

(a) Breeder seed (b) Foundation seed

(c) Registered seed (d) Certified seed

73. Bagging of fruits with paper bag and muslin cloth in pomegranate is done against which pest

(a) Duodrix (virachola) isocates

(b) Siphonius phillyrae

(c) Coclosterna spinator

(d) Scirtothrips dorsalis

74. Which is not a component of Sustainable agriculture

(a) Sustainable utilization of land & water resources

(b) Sustainable utilization biodiversity

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(d) Soil degredation

75. Gelatinous matrix in Meloidogyne iss sected by

(a) Uterine cells (b) Hypodermal glands

(c) Vaginal glands (d) Rectal glands

76. Which is the national representative body of all fertilizer manufacturers in India

(a) FAI (b) ISSS

(c) FCO (d) NBSS & LUP

77. Purchase of dairy animals should be done based on

(a) Age of an animal

(b) Breed characteristics

(c) After assessing actual milk yield for 2-3 consecutive days

(d) Social status of the owner of animal

78. One cycle of simple recurrent selection is completed in

(a) 2 years (b) 3 years

(c) 4 years (d) 5 years

79. Which word means from the beginning a new

(a) In situ (b) De novo

(c) In vitro (d) Ex situ

80. A farmer applied 100 litres or solution having concentration of 0.2%. Calculate the amount of herbicide applied

(a) 20 g (b) 200 g

(c) 2000 g (d) None of them

81. Collection of facts analysis of the situation identification of problems, determination of objective development of the plan of work execution of the plan of work evaluation and reconsideration are the steps of

(a) Extension teaching process

(b) Programme planning proces

(c) Extension evaluation process

(d) Grow more food campaign

82. Fruit tree pollinated by birds are

(a) Apple and Pear

(b) Banana and Pineapple

(c) Papaya dn Pomegrante

(d) Mango and Guava

83. Phytoplasma belongs to which group of microrganism

(a) Algae (b) Bacteria

(c) Ungi (d) Virus

84. Filter chamber is seen in which of the following insects

(a) Aphids (b) Mites

(c) Louse (d) Fleas

85. Drip irrigation system is not suitable for

(a) Row crops (b) Fruits

(c) Vegetables

(d) Close growing crops

86. Calyx splitting is main post harvest disorder of cut flower

(a) Rose (b) Gladiolus

(c) Camation (d) Orchid

87. Soil water potential at FC ranges from Mob. – 95115-93126

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(a) -0.01 to -0.03 bars

(b) -0.1 to -0.3 M Pa

(c) -0.01 to -0.03 M Pa

(d) -0.001 to -0.003 M Pa

88. Which of the following crop is nown as poor’s man meat

(a) Barley (b) Soybean

(c) Potato (d) Cobbage

89. Pollination and fertilization in an unpened flower bud is called

(a) Inbreeding (b) Cleisotogamy

(c) Cross pollination

(d) Cross over

90. Which of these enzymes required ATP/GTP

(a) Lyases (b) Ligases

(c) Hydrolases (d) Dehydrogenases

91. Apni Mandi is also called

(a) Dudh Mandi (b) Anaj Mandi

(c) Kisan Mandi (d) Phal Mandi

92. To provide the research workers an opportunity to get frist hand knowledge of problems being faced by the farmers in adopting hyighe yleding varieties and recommended package of practices, was one of the objectives of

(a) Lab to Land Programme

(b) ORP

(c) IRDP

(d) National Demonstration

93. Is independent of origin but not of scale

(a) Correlation coefficient

(b) Arithmetic mean

(c) Regression coefficient

(d) Parameter

94. The middle men which act as representatives of their clients are called

(a) Merchant Middle Men

(b) Itinerant Traders

(c) Agent Middle Men

(d) Mashakhores

95. Temperature requirement for Snowball type cauliflower varieties is

(a) 10-15°C (b) 20-25°C

(c) 12-16°C (d) 20-27°C

96. Okra yellow vein mosaic virus and cowpea mosaic virus are transmitted by which insects respectively

(a) Aphis gossypii and Bemisia tabaci

(b) Bemisia tabaci and Aphis craccivora

(c) Bemisia tabaci and Aphis gossypii

(d) Aphis craccivora and Bemisia tabaci

97. Individual selection is preferred when heritability of the trait considered is

(a) Low (b) Very low

(c) Medium (d) High to very high

98. Which microbe is commonly used in production fo Alcoholic bevarages

(a) Lactobacillus lactis

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(c) Penicillium chryogenum

(d) Becillus subtillis

99. The idea of controlling insects by sterilizing them was first conceived by

(a) Robson (b) E.F Knipling

(c) A.G. Tansley (d) T.H. Morgan

100. method of classification is used for continuous variable

(a) Discrete (b) Exclusive

(c) Random (d) Inclusive