Rajasthan Pre PG Old Question Paper 2016

Rajasthan Pre Pg Old Question Paper 2016

Rajasthan Pre Pg Agriculture

1.During replication synthesis of new DNA strand occurs always in?

• 5′ to 3′ direction
• 3′ to 5′ direction
• 5 to 2′ direction
• None of the above

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2.Enzymes have been divided into how many broad classes?

• 4
• 6
• 9
• 5

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3.Only achiral amino acid is?

• Serine
• Glycine
• Phenylalanine
• Glutamic acid

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4.Photorespiration is accomplished by the co-ordination of following Cellular organelles?

• Chloroplast, vacuole and Golgi body
• Chloroplast, mitochondria and lysosome
• Chloroplast, peroxisome and mitochondria
• None of the above

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5.Reserve Carbohydrate of Plant cells is?

• Siarch
• Sucrose
• Glucose
• Glycogen

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6.Phytohormone related to Fruit ripening is?

• Ethylene
• Auxin
• Cytokinin
• Gibberellin

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7.Molecular marker which cannot be detected by Polymerase chain reaction method is?

• SSR
• SNP
• RAPD
• RFLP

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8.Water movement across a semipermeable membrane driven by differences in Osmotic pressure is known as?

• Osmosis
• Diffusion
• Solute potential
• Turgor pressure

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9.Oxidative respiration takes place at?

• Lysosome
• Cytoplasm
• Golgi body
• Mitochondria

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10.Long day plants undergo flowering when.?

• Night length is equal to day length
• Night length falls above their critical photoperiod
• Night length falls below their critical photoperiod
• None of the above

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11.When Organic matter is added to the Soil?

• Bulk density is increased
• Bulk density is decreased
• Bulk density does not change
• None of these

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12.Phosphorus solubilizing Micro-organism?

• E.coli              
• VAM
• Mucor
• Rhizopus

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13.Premature leaf fall is due to deficiency of?

• Iron
• Calcium
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus

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14.Conversion of NO3 into N2 and N2O is called?

• Nitrification
• Mineralization
• Denitrification
• None of these

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15.Those weeds are similar in Morphology with the host crop is called?

• Mimicry
• Allien weeds
• Obligate weeds
• Facultative weeds

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16.The ration of leaf area to covered ground area is called?

• Leaf area ratio
• Leaf area index
• Leaf area duration
• None of these

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17.White bud of Maize is caused by the deficiency of?

• B
• Fe
• Zn
• Mn

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18.Main objective of puddling in Paddy is to?

• Destroy Insects-pests
• Mix the fertilizer in the soil
• Create impermeable layear in the soil
• None of these

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19.Evapotranspiration can be measured by?

• Lysimeter
• Evapotraspimeter
• Bothe of these
• None of these

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20.Nipping is a process generally done in?

• Field pea
• Chick pea
• Cow pea
• Pigeon pea

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21.Soil horizon A, E and B together is called?

• Epipedons
• Soil solum
• Soil profile
• None of these

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22.Elements play direct role in Chlorophyll synthesis are?

• P and K
• Fe and s
• Ca and Zn
• N and Mg

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23.Soil structural units having horizontal axis much longer than vertical axis.?

• Blocky
• Prismatic
• Columna
• None of these

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24.Diagnostic epipedon present in Alfisols is?

• Spodic epipedon
• Oxic epipedon
• Mollic epipedon
• Ochric epipedon

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25.Lime is added to reclaim?

• Alkali soil
• Saline soil
• Acid soil
• Laterite soil

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26.In Electromagnetic spectrum, the range of near infrared band is.?

• 730 cm
• 0.4 to 0.7um
• 0.1 to 30 cm
• 0.7 to 3.0 um

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27.Collection of data about objects which are not in contact with collecting data is known?

• Telegraphy
• Soil survey
• Remote sensing
• None for these

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28.Diagnosis and Recommendation Integrated system is used to evaluate?

• Soil fertility
• Soil salinity
• Water quality
• Soil productivity

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29.Microoranisms which grow at temperature below 10°C are known as?

• Mesophiles
• Psychrophiles
• Thermophiles
• All are correct

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30.Which one is an active soil forming factor?

• Relief
• Biosphere
• Parent material
• All are correct

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31.Who described the first nematode disease, the seed gall ?

• Kuhn
• Burill
• NA Cobb
• Needham

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32.Heterodera avenae is the Scientific name of?

• Lesion nematode
• Cyst nematode
• Root knot nematode
• Burrowing nematode

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33.Which pair is wrongly matched?

• Tylenchulus-Cyst nematode
• Ditylenchus-Bulb nematode
• Pratylenchus-Lesion nematode
• Longidorus-Needle nematode

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34.The nematodes lack organs for?

• Excretory
• Circulation
• Respiration
• Respiration and Circulation

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35.The soil commando and green commando are?

• Bt formulations
• NPV formulations
• Fungus formulations
• Nemotode formulations

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36.Who is father of Indian Plant Pathology?

• K.C. Mehta
• E.J. Butler
• Prasad
• N.A. Cobb

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37.Which disease first time controlled by Bordeaux mixture?

• Late blight of potato
• Powdery mildew of pea
• Damping off seedlings
• Downey mildew of grapevine

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38.Which fungicide is used against Downey mildew?

• Vitavax
• Oxathin
• Karathane
• Metalaxyl

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39.Which microbial agent is commercially exploited as biocontrol agent ?

• Penicillium notatum
• Bacillus viridae
• Albugo candida
• Trichoderma viridae

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40.The causal organism rice blast is?

• Alternaria solani
• Fusarium udum
• Pyricularia oryzae
• Helminthosporium oryzae

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41.Who recognized two main phases in locust?

• Uvarov
• Pradhan
• H.S. Pruthi
• T.B. Fletcher

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42.Which insecticide has been banned by Hon’ble Supreme court ?

• Malathion
• Quianlphos
• Endosulfan
• Chlorpyriphos

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43.In Embryonic stage insect head have how many segments?

• 6
• 1
• 4
• 3

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44.Which pest cause damage both in field as well as storage ?

• Pulse beetle
• Khapra beetle
• Lesser grain borer
• Redrust flour beetle

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45.Which stage of Silkworn hibernates?

• Pupa
• Egg
• Larva
• Adult

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46.Which pest causes dead heart’ and ‘White ear’?

• Borers
• Shoot fly
• Yellow Stem borer
• None of the above

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47.The Mustard saw fly belongs to order?

• Diptera
• Hemiptera
• Lepidoptera
• Hymenoptera

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48.The cottony cushion scale is an important pest of?

• Apple
• Citrus
• Cotton
• Sugarcance

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49.National Institute of Biotic Stress Management is located at?

• Ranchi
• Raipur
• Baramati
• Hyderabad

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50.The adult stage of which pest cause damage ?

• Pinkboll worm
• Tomato fruit borer
• Fruit sucking moth
• Tobacco caterpillar

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51.Which of the following methods is most commonly used method of gene transfer in plants?

• Microinjection
• Electroporation
• Agrobacterium mediated
• Microinjectile bombardment

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52.Potato is an autotetraploid and its basic chromosome number is?

• 6
• 12
• 18
• 24

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53.Universal donor ‘O’ blood type exhibit?

• Presence of A & B antigenes
• Presence of A & B antibodies
• Absence of A & B antigens
• Absence of A & B antibodies

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54.When single breaks in two non-homologous Chromosomes produce an exchange of chromosome sections between them. This is recognized as?

• Shifts
• Inversion
• Simple translocation
• Rceiprocal translocation

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55.The capacity described as “Cellular Totipotency involve?

• Differentiation
• Redifferentiation
• Both 1 and 2 phenomena
• None of the above

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56.The sum total of genes in reproductive gametes of a population is known as?

• Synthetic
• Gene Pool
• Germplasm
• Bulk Population

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57.In Maize natural cross-pollination is supported by?

• Diocy
• Monoecy
• Protandry
• Monoecy and Protandry

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58.In branase-barster system transgenic hybrids involve transgenic male-sterile plants with?

• Barnase gene
• Barstar gene from Bacillus thuringiensis
• Barnase gene from Bacillus thuringiensis
• Barstar gene from Bacillus amyloliquifaciens

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59.A random change in gene frequency due to sampling error is referred to as?

• Genetic load
• Genetic drift
• Genetic erosion
• Genetic vulnerability

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60.Superiority of F1 hybrid over mid-parent is known as?

• Heterobeltiosis
• Relative heterosis
• Standard heterosis
• Economic heterosis

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61.Fruits in which ripening process continues even after harvest are called?

• Pairi
• Hormoning
• Panelling
• Climactric

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62.The Main objective of hardening of seedling is?

• to induce arely harvesting
• reduce the rate of transpiration
• to indue better quality in produce
• to reduce mortality and withstand unfavourable conditions

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63.Squash contains at least fruit juice?

• 21 percent
• 25 percent
• 30 percent
• 35 percent

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64.Canning of fruits on a commercial scale was introduced by?

• Angielbert
• Pater Durand
• Raymond Chevalin
• William Underwood

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65.What is inarching method of propagation ?

• Stooling
• Layerage
• Detached method of grafting
• Attached method of grafting

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66.Calculate the number of Plants if RXR and PXP distance is kept 7 meter for 1 hectare Guava orchard?

• 244
• 224
• 204
• 214

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67.Bhagwa is an important variety of a fruit plant name?

• Peach
• Guava
• Pomegranate
• Custard apple

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68.Name most important commercial cut flower for winter season for Northern plains of India?

• Tuberose
• Carnation
• Gladioni
• Cheti rose

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69.Seed spices are very important and their maximum area is in the States.?

• Bihar-Rajasthan
• Kerala-Tamilnadu
• Gujarat – Maharashtra
• Gujarat- Rajasthan

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70.For spring-summer crop of hybrid tomato which is the optimum time of sowing in nursery/pro-trays?

• July-August
• February-March
• September-October
• November-December

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71.Contribution of Livestock Sector to National GDP at current prices during 2012-13 was.?

• 2%
• 3%
• 4%
• 5%

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72.Space requirement (m2) for a cow under covered area is?

• 4
• 2.5
• 3.5
• 7.0

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73.Anaplasmosis in Cattle and Buffaloes is caused by?

• Virus
• Fungi
• Bacteria
• Protozoa

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74.DCP (%) content of maintenance type roughage is.?

• 0
• >5
• <3
• 3-5

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75.Mohair producing Goat breed is.?

• Nubian
• Angora
• Saanen
• Toggenberg

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76.Mating of unrelated animals within the same pure breed is termed as.?

• Inbreeding
• Out crossing
• Out breeding
• Cross breeding

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77.Best method of Animal selection is.?

• Tandem method
• Selection Index
• Independent culling level
• None of the above

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78.Which of the following diseases is not due to Morphological defects of reproductive tract?

• Servogina
• Freemartin
• Hermaphroditism
• White heifer disease

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79.Incubation period (days) of Muscovy duck egg is.?

• 21
• 28
• 35
• 42

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80.pH of very good quality silage is.?

• > 4.8
• 4.2-4.5
• 4.5 – 4.8
• 3.7-4.2

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81.Processing of Wheat into flour is an example of?

• Time utility
• Place utility
• Form utility
• Possession utility

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82.If TPP, APP and MPP denote total, average and marginal physical product, the elasticity of production (EP) is.?

• TPP/APP
• TPP/MPP
• APP/MPP
• MPP/APP

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83.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was established in.?

• 1982
• 1969
• 1935
• 1947

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84.The Apex Central AGMARK laboratory is situated at?

• Delhi
• Chennai
• Mumbai
• Nagpur

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85.The Law of Diminishing return is also known as.?

• Law of Factor Substitution
• Law of Variable Proportion
• Law of Equi-marginal return
• Law of Product Substitution

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86.Out of the following project analysis measures, the undiscounted measure is.?

• Pay Back period
• Net Present worth
• Benefit-Cost ratio
• Internal Rate of Return

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87.Coefficient of Variation (CV) is calculated as percentage of?

• AM/SD
• SD/AM
• AM/Median
• Median/Mode

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88.Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation will lie between?

• (+1, +2)
• (-1,0)
• (-1, +1)
• (0,+1)

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89.The equality of variance of two population is tested using?

• SND test
• F-test
• t-test
• chi-square test

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90.Randomized complete block design follow.?

• Three-way Anova
• Four-way Anova
• Two-way Anova
• One-way Anova

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91.Experssion of the ends towards which our efforts are directed is called as.?

• Aim
• Goal
• Objective
• Programme

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92.Intensive Agricultural District Programme started in.?

• 1947-48
• 1955-56
• 1960-61
• 1970-71

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93.T&V system of extension was the Brainchild of?

• Swanson
• Neils Rolling
• Daniel Benor
• Robert Chamber

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94.Method demonstration works on the principle of?

• Learning by Teaching
• Learning by Doing
• Learning is Believing
• Learning by Practicing

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95.Extension Education basically produces?

• Change in Human behaviour
• Better understanding of Farm technology
• Greater Knowledge of Science in Agriculture
• Change is skills for handling improved technology

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96.Which of the following is not a feature of Formal Education?

• Sequential
• Subject-centred
• Non-authoritarian
• Hierarchically oriented

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97.To Correct sequence of steps in Extension Teaching is?

• Attention, interest, desire, conviction, action, satisfaction
• Attention, conviction, interest, desire, action, satisfaction
• Attention, desire, conviction, interest, action, satisfaction
• Interest, desire, attention, conviction, action, satisfaction

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98.Extension originated in.?

• USA
• India
• Canada
• England

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99.The first KVK was established at?

• Etawah
• Gwalior
• Sahabad
• Pondicherry

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100.FL Bryne was associated with?

• Eatwah Project
• Sevagram Project
• Gurgaon Project
• Marthandam Project

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