IBPS SO Agriculture Field Officer PYQ 2016

 Q1. Indian Institute of Pulses Research is located at?

A) Kanpur

B) Bhopal

C) Lucknow

D) Jaipur

E) Kolkata

Q2. National Research Centre for Groundnut is located at?

A) Anand

B) Surat

C) Karnal

D) Junagarh

E) Ahmedabad

Q3. Dual purpose breed of cow in India is?

A) Haryana

B) Gir

C) Sindhi

D) Sahiwal

E) Deoni

Q4. Highest percent of fat in buffalo breed?

A) Murrah

B) Bhadawari

C) Jafrawadi

D) Mehsana

E) Neeli Ravi

Q5. Citrus cracking is due to?

A) Zinc

B) Iron

C) Boron

D) Manganese

E) None of the above

Q6. Deficiency symptom of which of the following nutrients first appears on older or lower leaves?

A) Zinc

B) Iron

C) Copper

D) Manganese

E) Potassium

Q7. Which of the following is calculated in quintals per hectare?

A) Cost of cultivation

B) Cost of production

C) Biological yield

D) Crop cutting

E) None of these

Q8. Seed rate (kg/ha) of maize is?

A) 12-15 kg/ha

B) 20-25 kg/ha

C) 25-28 kg/ha

D) 30-35 kg/ha

E) 17-20 kg/ha

Q9. No till planter is used for?

A) Sowing

B) Ploughing

C) Harrowing

D) Weeding

E) Harvesting

Q10. Aluminium phosphide?

A) Fungicide

B) Weedicide

C) Rodenticide

D) Herbicide

E) Insecticide

Q11. Khapra Beetle is related to?

A) Storage food grain pest

B) Gram pest

C) Lentil pest

D) Maize pest

E) None of these

Q12. Which agriculture product is exported in large numbers from India?

A) Onion

B) Marigold

C) Wheat

D) Chilli

E) Potato

Q13. Which of the following is a variety of onion?

A) JBL1

B) Agri Found

C) Kufri Jyoti

D) JG11

E) All of these

Q14. Maximum production and area of potato is under which state?

A) U.P.

B) M.P.

C) Punjab

D) Haryana

E) Himachal Pradesh

Q15. Central Agricultural University is located in?

A) Imphal

B) Bhopal

C) Lucknow

D) Kanpur

E) Jodhpur

Q16. Which of the following is a famous variety of Mandarin?

A) Encore

B) Kinnow

C) Pixie

D) Alankar

E) None of the above

Q17. Delinting of cotton is done using?

A) HCl

B) CuSO₄

C) ZnSO₄

D) H₂SO₄

E) FeO

Q18. Most popular variety of mango in North India is?

A) Dasheri

B) Langra

C) Alphonso

D) Neelam

E) All of these

Q19. Famous variety of grape in India is?

A) Honeydew

B) Nawab e Shahi

C) Thompson Seedless

D) Kinnow

E) Neelam

Q20. Black heart of potato is a __________.

A) Fungal disease

B) Viral disease

C) Bacterial disease

D) Physiological disorder

E) None of these

Q21. Rain filtration through soil surface is known as __________.

A) Infiltration

B) Percolation

C) Evaporation

D) Transpiration

E) None of these

Q22. Alkali soil has a pH of __________.

A) 7

B) <7

C) >8

D) <8.5

E) >8.5

Q23. Oat production in India is?

A) 2-3 tonnes

B) 4-5 tonnes

C) 1-2 tonnes

D) 5-6 tonnes

E) 6-7 tonnes

Q24. Vasantrao Naik award is for?

A) Variety development

B) Horticultural revolution

C) Milk revolution

D) Best research in dryland farming

E) None of these

Q25. Available water for plant growth is?

A) Hygroscopic water

B) Total water

C) Capillary water

D) Gravitational water

E) None of these

Q26. Indian Journal of Agricultural Science is published in?

A) Yearly

B) Quarterly

C) Weekly

D) Monthly

E) Half-yearly

Q27. "Pramalini" is a variety of?

A) Onion

B) Potato

C) Grapes

D) Kagzi lime

E) Mandarin

Q28. Grape cutting time?

A) Jan-Feb

B) Mar-April

C) Oct-Nov

D) May-June

E) Aug-Sept

Q29. Spacing of Apple?

A) 6M × 6M

B) 5M × 6M

C) 3M × 3M

D) 4M × 4M

E) 5M × 5M

Q30. High density planting in banana?

A) 1.2M × 1.2M

B) 6M × 6M

C) 5.5M × 5.5M

D) 4.2M × 4.2M

E) 3.5M × 3.5M

Q31. Micro propagation is mainly done in fruit crops?

A) Jack-fruit

B) Lilly

C) Guava

D) Marigold

E) None

Q32. Die-back of citrus occurs due to the deficiency?

A) Cu

B) Zn

C) Mn

D) Fe

E) None of these

Q33. Which is the primary tillage implement?

A) Harvester

B) Thresher

C) Winnower

D) Wooden plough

E) None of these

Q34. Egg parasitoid?

A) Trichogramma

B) VAM

C) Tricoderma

D) Mycorrhiza

E) All of these

Q35. Mango variety which is planted at 1600 plants/ha?

A) Langra

B) Neelam

C) Alphonso

D) Dasheri

E) Aamrapali

Q36. Apex Institute for agriculture marketing in India?

A) Nafed

B) CREDA

C) NABARD

D) APEDA

E) ATMA

Q37. Best control method for stored grain pest?

A) Spraying

B) Granular

C) Powder spray

D) Fumigation

E) All of these

Q38. Little leaf of Litchi?

A) Zn

B) Mn

C) Mg

D) Cu

E) Al

Q39. Die-back of citrus?

A) Cu

B) Zn

C) Al

D) P

E) N

Q40. Which one is the main function of Agmark?

A) Production

B) Yield loss

C) Productivity increase

D) Maintain quality of commodity

E) None

Q41. Most popular variety of tomato?

A) Pusa Purple Round

B) Agri Found

C) Pusa Ruby

D) Babydoll

E) Pusa Giant

Q42. Variety of mango available in May-August?

A) Dasheri

B) Amrapali

C) Alphonso

D) None

E) Both (b) and (c)

Q43. The main storage polysaccharide in animal cells is?

A) Fat

B) Glutin

C) Glucose

D) Glycogen

E) None of these

Q44. Indian Journal of Fertilizers is published by?

A) NDRI

B) IVRI

C) IARI

D) ICAR

E) Fertilizer Association of India

Q45. Which variety of radish can be grown throughout the year?

A) Pusa Giant

B) Pusa Himani

C) Pusa Red

D) Pusa Nanha

E) Pusa Ivoti

Q46. Leaf curl of chili is due to?

A) Weevil

B) Khapra Beetle

C) White Fly

D) White Grub

E) Gram Caterpillar

Q47. Which statement is incorrect in relation to drip irrigation?

A) Water application efficiency is high

B) Field leveling is not necessary

C) Soil erosion is lessened

D) Weed growth is lessened

E) Low fertilizer use efficiency

Q48. Propping is done in?

A) Citrus

B) Banana

C) Papaya

D) Mango

E) Litchi

Q49. Which sheep hairs are used in the best carpet wool?

A) Gaddi

B) Barberi

C) Chanthangi

D) Chokla

E) Changa

Q50. Early maturity variety of Maize?

A) Ganga Safeda

B) Lucknow Safeda

C) K-25

D) (a), (b) and (c)

E) None of these