IBPS SO Agriculture Field Officer PYQ 2014

  1. Which is the best milk producing breed of cow in India?

A) Sindhi

B) Malwi

C) Haryana

D) Sahiwal

E) Tharparkar

2. Which is the best wool yielding sheep?

A) Southdown

B) Rambouillet

C) Dorper

D) Suffolk

E) Merino (Spain native)

3. Which is the seedless variety of grapes?

A) Sharad seedless

B) Anab-e-Shahi

C) Bangalore Blue

D) Kali Saheb

E) Perlette

4. In hilly areas, which type of farming is adopted?

A) Ley Cropping

B) Contour farming

C) Alley Cropping

D) Shifting cultivation

E) All of these

5. Red soil has?

A) Poor drainage capacity

B) Potash-rich and potassium-low

C) High drainage capacity

D) Very high drainage capacity

E) Medium drainage capacity

6. Planting spacing of Kabuli Chana?

A) 40 x 15 cm

B) 50 x 15 cm

C) 30 x 15 cm

D) 30 x 20 cm

E) 30 x 45 cm

7. Nitrogen content in vermicompost?

A) 3%

B) 5%

C) 7%

D) 10%

E) 15%

8. Where is CFMT&TI situated?

A) Lucknow

B) Hyderabad

C) Bangalore

D) New Delhi

E) Budni (Bhopal)

9. The planting spacing in sunflower is?

A) 40 x 15 cm

B) 50 x 15 cm

C) 30 × 20 cm

D) 30 × 45 cm

E) 30 × 15 cm

10. Plant part used frequently for production?

A) Ex plant

B) Low plant

C) Flower

D) Leaf

E) None of these

11) Rainy maize sowing time?

A) 15 July to 30 July

B) 15 June to 15 July

C) 15 August to 15 September

D) 15 July to 15 August

12) Yellow color of soil due to?

A) Iron

B) Silica

C) Zinc

D) Cobalt

E) Manganese

13) Red color of soil due to?

A) FeO

B) CuSO4

C) H2SO4

D) ZnSO4

E) None of these

14) Indian agriculture contribution in world trade?

A) Approx 1%

B) Approx 3%

C) Approx 5%

D) Approx 10%

E) Approx 15%

15) Isolation distance in cotton foundation seed?

A) 50 Meter

B) 75 Meter

C) 100 Meter

D) 150 Meter

E) 200 Meter

16) Seed rate of winter pigeon pea?

A) 25-30 kg

B) 12-15 kg

C) 15-20 kg

D) 05-10 kg

E) None of these

17) Non-environmental physical character of soil?

A) pH

B) Water

C) Air

D) Humus

E) Sunlight

18) What is the cropping intensity in India?

A) 138%

B) 150%

C) 175%

D) 180%

E) 200%

19) More availability of calcium and magnesium at pH?

A) 6-7.5

B) 7.5-8.5

C) 8.5-10

D) 3.5-5

E) All of these

20) Which instrument is used in secondary tillage?

A) Harrow

B) Dibbler

C) Plough

D) Spade

E) Rotavator

21. Which is an internal seed borne disease?

A) Karnal burnt

B) Black smut

C) Powdery mildew

D) Loose smut

E) All of these

22. Seed treatment for loose smut?

A) Thiram

B) Carboxin

C) Vitavax

D) Alachlor

E) None of these

23. What are Aldicarb and Forete?

A) Contact poison

B) Translocate poison

C) Systemic poison

D) Nonsystematic poison

E) All of these

24. For making sandy soil compact?

A) Conserve water

B) Mix lime

C) Mix fertilizer

D) Making ditch

E) None of these

25. Which nitrogen fixation is symbiosis?

A) PSB

B) VAM

C) Rhizobium

D) Actinomycetes

E) All of these

26. Water use efficiency in drip irrigation?

A) 70%

B) 75%

C) 40%

D) 80%

E) 90%

27. Which crop is sensitive to saline soil?

A) Wheat

B) Lentil

C) Potato

D) Soybean

E) All of these

28. Carbon content in humus?

A) 40%

B) 58%

C) 70%

D) 75%

E) 80%

29. Which poultry breed is native to the USA?

A) Asil

B) Leghorn

C) Bushra

D) Kadaknath

E) Rhode Island Red

30. Relative humidity is measured by which instrument?

A) Thermometer

B) Psychrometer

C) Galvanometer

D) Anemometer

E) None of these

31. What is the seed rate of winter pigeon pea?

A) 10-15 kg/ha

B) 22-25 kg/ha

C) 25-30 kg/ha

D) 15-20 kg/ha

E) 35-40 kg/ha

32. Which crop is grown in more water and low oxygen?

A) Gram

B) Lentil

C) Paddy

D) Wheat

E) Soybean

33. Which is the largest fruit producing state in India?

A) Punjab

B) Gujarat

C) U.P.

D) M.P.

E) A.P.

34. Which is a shallow root crop?

A) Lentil

B) Onion

C) Gram

D) Sugarcane

E) All of these

35. Which is the balanced NPK ratio in cereal crops?

A) 1:02:03

B) 7:08:09

C) 1:05:00

D) 4:02:01

E) None of these

36. National agricultural insurance scheme started in?

A) 1999

B) 2000

C) 2005

D) 2008

E) 2012

37. Which crop period is mismatched?

A) 90-100 Days Soybean

B) 75 Days Lentil

C) Berseem 200 days

D) 110-120 Days Wheat

E) All are correct

38. Black color soil is rich in?

A) Zinc

B) Nitrogen

C) Phosphorus

D) Calcium carbonate, magnesium, potassium

E) All of these

39. Brown color of soil is due to?

A) Humus

B) Iron oxide

C) ZnSO₄

D) Organic matter and manganese dioxide

E) All of these

40. Mismatched breed and fat %?

A) Holstein Friesian - (4% fat in HF milk)

B) Jersey - 5.2% fat

C) Mutamar - 13%

D) Bhadawari - 13%

E) All are correct