Village Agriculture Assistance Question Paper Andhra Pradesh
Village Agriculture Assistance Question Paper 2019
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Water use efficiency is the highest in case of?
(1) Flood irrigation
(2) Sprinkler irrigation
(3) Drip irrigation
(4) Check basin irrigation
Blue colour tag is used for?
(1) Foundation seed
(2) Breeder seed
(3) Nucleus seed
(4) Certified seed
Who gave the_call for ‘Evergreen Revolution in India’?
(1) M.S. Swaminathan
(2) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(3) Manmohan Singh
(4) M.S. Ahluwalia
The weed, Echinocloa colonum, commonly associated with the crop is?
(1) Maize
(2) Rice
(3) Jowar
(4) Bajra
The prices at which the Government purchases food grains for maintaining the public distribution system and for building buffer stock are known as?
(1) Minimum Support Prices
(2) Procurement Prices
(3) Issue Prices
(4) Ceiling Prices
Burrow fumigation for Rodent control is done with?
(1) Zinc phosphide
(2) Zinc sulphide
(3) Aluminium phosphide
(4) Zinc sulphate
EPA stands for?
(1) Environmental Protection Act
(2) Entomological Protection Agency
(3) Environmental Pest Act
(4) Environmental Protection Agency
ISTA stands for?
(1) International Soil Testing Association
(2) Indian Soil Testing Association
(3) International Seed Testing Association
(4) Indian Seed Testing Association
Wind velocity is measured by an instrument called?
(1) Barometer
(2) Anemometer
(3) Seismograph
(4) Rain gauge
Payment made to labour for its assistance in production is called?
(1) Rent
(2) Interest
(3) Wage
(4) None of the above
Some middlemen do not buy and sell directly but assist in the marketing process. They are known as?
(1) Speculated middlemen
(2) Commission agents
(3) Facilitative middlemen
(4) Brokers
Seed rate per acre of SRI rice is?
(1) 30 kg
(2) 20 kg
(3) 10 kg
(4) 2 kg
Spindle shaped spots on leaves of rice are due to the incidence of?
(1) Blast
(2) Bacterial leaf blight
(3) Sheath mite
(4) Sheath blight
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The following is popularly productive capital of the soil?
(1) Soil Biota
(2) Soil Reaction
(3) Soil Profile
(4) Soil Organic Matter
The colour of lower triangle in highly toxic insecticide labels is?
(1) Blue
(2) Red
(3) Green
(4) Yellow
Which one of the following is not a PRA technique?
(1) Transect walk
(2) Resource mapping
(3) Venn diagram
(4) Mind mapping
Which one of the following is exhaustible source of energy?
(1) Petrol
(2) Solar energy
(3) Wind power
(4) Tidal power
The law of variable proportion is generally referred to as?
(1) Law of absolute advantage
(2) Law of equimarginal returns
(3) Law of diminishing returns
(4) Law of comparative advantage
Simple and most efficient agronomic measure to minimize soil erosion and to conserve rainwater in dry farming areas?
(1) Bench terracing
(2) Grassed waterways
(3) Graded bunding
(4) Contour cultivation
Most of the crop seeds are stored at seed moisture content ranging between?
(1) 20% – 25%
(2) 10% – 15%
(3) 15% – 20%
(4) 5% – 10%
The rice combine harvester takes the following time to complete harvesting one acre?
(1) 1 to 1.5 hours
(2) 2.5 to 4 hours
(3) 2 to 2.5 hours
(4) 3 to 3.5 hours
Which one of the following belongs to the group of non-renewable energy?
(1) Wind energy
(2) Solar energy
(3) Biomass energy
(4) None of the above
Alternate wetting and drying of the rice field is a recommended practice against?
(1) Rice stem borer
(2) Rice gall midge
(3) Brown plant hopper
(4) Rice leaf folder
Nature of learners in Extension Education is?
(1) Homogeneous
(2) Cosmopolitan
(3) Localite
(4) Heterogeneous
“Gowri’ is a popular variety of the following crop?
(1) Castor
(2) Sunflower
(3) Sesame
(4) Safflower
Striga’ is a parasitic weed that occurs most commonly in the following crop?
(1) Tobacco
(2) Maize
(3) Wheat
(4) Sorghum
The ICAR Institute working on soil and water conservation in India is?
(1) CSSRI
(2) ICRISAT
(3) IISWC
(4) LISS
The most commonly observed micronutrient deficiency in rice growing soils of Andhra Pradesh is?
(1) Molybdenum
(2) Copper
(3) Boron
(4) Zinc
The fraction of organic matter completely resistant to microbial degradation is?
(1) Cellulose
(2) Protein
(3) Lignin
(4) Hemicellulose
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Sub-soiling in rainfed areas helps in the following way/s?
(1) Increase in conservation rainwater
(2) Breaks hard subsoil
(3) Decreases run-off and soil erosion
(4) All of the above
Organic carbon in a measure of?
(1) Available magnesium in soil
(2) Available nitrogen in soil
(3) Available phosphorus in soil
(4) Available potassium in soil
The scheme to increase agricultural productivity launched by Gol with a mission of water for every field’ and ‘more crop per drop’ of water is?
(1) NFSM
(2) PMKSY
(3) RKVY
(4) NMSA
Golden rice is rich in?
(1) Vitamin A
(2) Vitamin B
(3) Vitamin C
(4) Vitamin D
The owner of the land in peasant farming is the?
(1) Government
(2) Company
(3) Farmer himself
(4) Co-operative society
A day is called a ‘Rainy Day’ if the rainfall (in mm) received per day exceeds?
(1) 2-5
(2) 3.5
(3) 6.0
(4) 4.0
The recommended quantity of monocrotophos for stem application in cotton to cover one acre when applied at 40 DAS is?
(1) 240 ml
(2) 180 ml
(3) 120 ml
(4) 60 ml
The National Seed Corporation (NSC) was established in the year?
(1) 1966
(2) 1945
(3) 1979
(4) 1963
The suggested minimum size of farm pond for one hectare of catchment area (in cubic metres) is?
(1) 2.5
(2) 25.0
(3) 250.0
(4) 2500.0
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Cotton Dora Sannalu, Vijetha and Chaitanya are varieties of which crop?
(1) Cotton
(2) Groundnut
(3) Rice
(4) Sorghum
Application of gypsum at flowering in groundnut is recommended?
(1) to increase flowering
(2) to control foliar diseases
(3) to increase pod-filling
(4) to control soil erosion
A groundnut thresher is a type of?
(1) Spike tooth
(2) Rasbar
(3) Sheller
(4) Huller
Over-polishing of rice during milling results in loss of?
(1) Vitamins and Carbohydrates
(2) Vitamins and Protein
(3) Vitamins, Fibre and Protein
(4) Vitamins and Fat
The harvest index of a crop with a grain yield of 2000 kg/ha and a straw yield of 3000 kg/ha is?
(1) 30%
(2) 40%
(3) 50%
(4) 60%
The father of hybrid rice is?
(1) Cheng Shihua
(2) Hei Leung
(3) Yuan Longping
(4) C.T. Patel
The long East Coast has become an opportunity and a threat to the following State of India?
(1) Kerala
(2) Telangana
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu
The following does not come under natural disasters?
(1) Tsunami
(2) Earthquake
(3) Twister
(4) Stampede
The best stage for in-situ incorporation of green manure crop is?
(1) Seedling
(2) Flowering
(3) Podding
(4) Maturity
World Environment Day is celebrated on the?
(1) 5th of June
(2) 22nd of March
(3) 5th of December
(4) 22nd of June
Which one of the following districts of Andhra Pradesh is most suitable for harvesting wind energy?
(1) Krishna
(2) Prakasam
(3) Anantapur
(4) Vizianagaram
Depth of sowing of a crop depends on?
(1) Seed size
(2) Monocot or Dicot
(3) Coleoptile length
(4) All of the above
One hundred kilograms of DAP supplies the following quantity of nitrogen?
(1) 36 kg
(2) 18 kg
(3) 46 kg
(4) 24 kg
‘Trichogramma’ is a/an?
(1) Egg Parasitoid
(2) Larval parasitoid
(3) Pupal parasitoid
(4) Adult parasitoid
The Prakasam district comes under the following agro-climatic zone of Andhra Pradesh?
(1) Scarce rainfall zone
(2) Krishna zone
(3) Southern zone
(4) High Altitude Tribal zone
Who decides the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the agricultural crop produce in India?
(1) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Gol
(2) NABARD
(3) Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP)
(4) Ministry of Commerce, Gol
The International Research Institute mostly doing research on maize and wheat is in the following country?
(1) Nigeria
(2) Germany
(3) USA
(4) Mexico
The following implement can also be used for puddling in rice cultivation, in addition to its usage in dryland agriculture?
(1) Rotavator
(2) Chisel plough
(3) Blade harrow
(4) Mould board plough
The process of parboiling enhances the following?
(1) Milling percentage
(2) Nutritional quality
(3) Cooking quality
(4) All of the above
Goal directed behaviour is known as?
(1) Performance
(2) Motivation
(3) Achievement
(4) Encouragement
Clipping of tips of rice seedlings at transplantation eliminates the egg masses of?
(1) Leaf folder
(2) Stem borer
(3) Brown plant hopper
(4) Green leaf hopper
Staggered sowing in hybrid seed production is practised for?
(1) Good field establishment
(2) Tolerance to pests and diseases
(3) Synchronization of flowering
(4) Easy processing
The herbicide ‘Atrazine’ is mostly used in the following crop?
(1) Soyabean
(2) Groundnut
(3) Maize
(4) Bengal gram
Formation of soil mulch can be done by the following implement?
(1) Cultivator
(2) Blade harrow
(3) Mould board plough
(4) Disc plough
Foliar application of ‘Annabedi’ is aimed to correct the following nutrient deficiency in crops?
(1) Zinc
(2) Boron
(3) Iron
(4) Copper
Recently, the following pest occurrence is challenging the cultivation of maize?
(1) Cutworm
(2) Pink worm
(3) Fall army worm
(4) Wire worm
The farm equipment that completes both harvesting and threshing in one pass is?
(1) Mower
(2) Reaper
(3) Harvester
(4) Combiner
Fungi, which can grow only on living host-plant are called?
(1) Obligate saprophytes
(2) Facultative parasites
(3) Saprophytes
(4) Obligate parasites
Groundwater mining in coastal areas can result in?
(1) Increase in water table
(2) Decrease in the toxicity of groundwater
(3) Decrease in salinity of groundwater
(4) Increase in salinity of groundwater
The yellow mosaic virus in blackgram is transmitted by?
(1) White flies
(2) Jassids
(3) Thrips
(4) Aphids
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Extension method best suited for tackling a burning problem is?
(1) Campaign
(2) Field visit
(3) Group discussion
(4) General meetings
Rural marketing network ‘e-Chaupal’ was initiated by?
(1) Dabur
(2) ITC
(3) Hindustan Lever
(4) Procter and Gamble
Drying is a process of?
(1) Heat transfer
(2) Mass transfer
(3) Heat and mass transfer
(4) Momentum transfer
Eutrophication’ means?
(1) Growing of eucalyptus in tropics
(2) Enrichment of natural bodies of water with nutrients
(3) Siltation of water bodies
(4) Cultivation of plants in water
The term “Dark Area’ refers to?
(1) Area suffering from darkness
(2) Area suffering from non-availability of gas
(3) Area suffering from non-availability of groundwater
(4) Area suffering from non-availability of foodgrains
Carbon requirement of plants is met by absorbing?
(1) Carbon from soil minerals
(2) Carbon from soil organic matter
(3) Carbon dioxide from atmosphere
(4) All of the above
National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA) was initiated in the year?
(1) 1976 – 77
(2) 1986 – 87
(3) 1996 – 97
(4) 1966 – 67
The microorganisms group that shares more in terms of number in soils is?
(1) Bacteria
(2) Fungi
(3) Protozoa
(4) Nematodes
The best approach to minimize the problem of weed shift is?
(1) Repeated use of the same herbicide
(2) Rotating the use of herbicides
(3) Using low dose of same herbicide
(4) Use of high volume sprayers
Crop bound and crop associated weeds can be effectively controlled by?
(1) Monocropping
(2) Setline cultivation
(3) Crop rotation
(4) Thick sowing
On a day of high rainfall, ponding of water occurs sooner on the following soil?
(1) Sandy loam
(2) Clay loam
(3) Saline sandy loam
(4) Alkali clay loam
A short duration crop grown in bet two main crops is termed as?
(1) Cash crop
(2) Catch crop
(3) Relay crop
(4) Companion crop
Initial seed from improved variety is called?
(1) Breeder seed
(2) Foundation seed
(3) Nucleus seed
(4) Certified seed
The process of removal of husk in rice is known as?
(1) Polishing
(2) Hulling
(3) Parboiling
(4) Winnowing
The micronutrient needed for N2-fixation in legumes is?
(1) Fe
(2) Mo
(3) Mn
(4) B
The following soil type dominates in rainfed areas of Andhra Pradesh?
(1) Black cotton soil
(2) Red soil
(3) Sandy loam
(4) Alluvial soil
World Water Day is observed on the?
(1) 22nd of June
(2) 22nd of March
(3) 22nd of October
(4) 22nd of April
The following is not an approach in micro watershed?
(1) Soil conservation
(2) Soil improvement
(3) Soil crusting
(4) Water conservation
Which of the following is not a farming system on the basis of land use and cultural practices?
(1) Specialized farming
(2) Tenant farming
(3) Mixed farming
(4) Diversified farming
The repaying capacity of loan of a farmer is decided on the basis of?
(1) Total cultivated area
(2) Crops and livestock raised
(3) Gross income of a farmer
(4) Net income of a farmer
The responsibility of seed certification in Andhra Pradesh is vested with the following?
(1) APSSDC
(2) APSSCA
(3) ANGRAU
(4) ATMA
The Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering is located at?
(1) Hyderabad
(2) New Delhi
(3) Bhopal
(4) Coimbatore
According to land use classification, soils which are not suitable for crop production are?
(1) Class III
(2) Class IV
(3) Class II
(4) Class VIII
The target year prescribed by Gol to achieve Doubling of Farmers’ Income’ is?
(1) 2021
(2) 2022
(3) 2023
(4) 2024
The NABARD came into existence in the year?
(1) 1972
(2) 1982
(3) 1975
(4) 1985
Who is known as the Father of Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)?
(1) De Candolle
(2) B.P. Pal
(3) Williams
(4) Subhash Palekar
Find the correct match.?
A.Green Revolution i. Fish production
B.White Revolution ii. Foodgrain production
C.Blue Revolution iii.Oilseed production
D.Yellow Revolution iv. Milk production
(1) A-ii B-iv C-i D-iii
(2) A-iii B-i C-iv D-ii
(3) A-ii B-iv C-iii D-i
(4) A-iv B-ii C-i D-iii
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The toll free number of Kisan Call Centre is?
(1) 1800-180-5151
(2) 1800-180-1561
(3) 1800-180-1551
(4) 1800-180-5511
Poster is a/an?
(1) Projected visual aid
(2) Audio-visual aid
(3) Audio aid
(4) Non-projected visual aid
The water holding capacity of different types of soils decreases in the order?
(1) Clay > Silt > Sand
(2) Clay > Sand > Silt
(3) Sand > Silt > Clay
(4) Silt > Sand > Clay
Seed coat is derived from?
(1) Embryo
(2) Testa
(3) Endosperm
(4) Nucleus
The greenhouse gas that is emitted by rice fields is?
(1) Methane
(2) Ethane
(3) Propane
(4) Butane
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