1. Terracing is an effective method of soil conservation in hilly areas. Organic mulches are useful to decrease evaporation. The size of a micro watershed is between 100 to 1,000 hectares.
2. Drip irrigation is the most water efficient irrigation method. It is commonly used for horticulture crops in India. Contour ploughing across slopes helps conserve soil in hilly areas by reducing erosion.
3. World Soil Day is celebrated on December 5th each year to bring awareness to the importance of soil health, sustainability and ecosystem services. Pressure plate apparatus can measure soil moisture tension up to 30 bars.
1. Terracing is an effective method of soil conservation in hilly areas. Organic mulches are useful to decrease evaporation. The size of a micro watershed is between 100 to 1,000 hectares.
2. Drip irrigation is the most water efficient irrigation method. It is commonly used for horticulture crops in India. Contour ploughing across slopes helps conserve soil in hilly areas by reducing erosion.
3. World Soil Day is celebrated on December 5th each year to bring awareness to the importance of soil health, sustainability and ecosystem services. Pressure plate apparatus can measure soil moisture tension up to 30 bars.
1. Terracing is an effective method of soil conservation in hilly areas. Organic mulches are useful to decrease evaporation. The size of a micro watershed is between 100 to 1,000 hectares.
2. Drip irrigation is the most water efficient irrigation method. It is commonly used for horticulture crops in India. Contour ploughing across slopes helps conserve soil in hilly areas by reducing erosion.
3. World Soil Day is celebrated on December 5th each year to bring awareness to the importance of soil health, sustainability and ecosystem services. Pressure plate apparatus can measure soil moisture tension up to 30 bars.
1. Terracing is an effective method of soil 8. Organic mulches are useful to
conservation in- (a) Increases evaporation (a) Hilly area (b) Decrease evaporation (b) Plain area (c) Increase evapotranspiration (c) Desert area (d) Increase potential evapotranspiration (d) Coastal regions 9. The size of a Micro watershed is 2. Ploughing across the slope in hilly area (a) 100 to 1,000 ha is called (b) 1,000 to 10,000 ha (a) Terracing (c) 10,000 to 50,000 ha (b) Crop rotation (d) Greater than 50,000 ha (c) contour ploughing 10. In Wind Erosion Equation (d) No till farming E = f (I x k x C x L x V), I denotes 3. Shifting cultivation practiced in North (a) Soil erodibility index East India is called (b) Soil surface roughness (a) Sawami cultivation (c) Climate factor (b) Jhum cultivation (d) Vegetable cover (c) Harsi cultivation 11. Rain gauge is used for measuring of (d) Solum cultivation (a) Irrigation 4. Advance stage of sheet erosion (b) Drainage (a) Splash erosion (c) Rainfall (b) Rill ersion (d) Runoff (c) Gully erosion 12. Identify the series with decreasing of (d) Rain drop erosion water use efficiency. 5. Which crops cover the largest area under (a) i. Pitcher pot irrigation, ii. Drip drip irrigation in India? irrigation, iii. Sprinkler irrigation, iv, (a) Field crops Surface irrigation (b) Silviculture crops (b) i. Surface irrigation, ii. Sprinkler (c) Horticulture crops irrigation, iii. Drip irrigation, iv. Pitcher (d) Agrisilviculture crops pot 6. Which of the following practice does (c) i. Drip irrigation, ii. Sprinkler NOT contriubute to in-situ moisture irrigation, iii. surface irrigation, iv. conservation? pitcher pot (a) Live mulching (d) i. Sprinkler irrigation, ii. Surface (b) Straw mulching irrigation, iii. Pitcher pot irrigation, iv. (c) Plastic mulching Drip irrigation. (d) Weeding 13. The land capability classes suitable for 7. The quality of water required to cultivation are irrigation one hectare area with 4 cm (a) I - IV deep water is (b) V - VIII (a) 4,00,000 liters (c) II - V (b) 40,000 liters (d) II - VI (c) 4,000 liters (d) 40,00,000 liters 14. The most erosion resistance crop is (d) Wheat (a) Black gram 22. In the rainfed wheat crop fields, susanta (b) Maize soil water potential is normally (c) Jowar (a) Positive (d) Bajra (b) Zero 15. Soil particles size in suspension (c) Negative phenomenon during wind erosion is (d) Unit (a) < 0.1 mm 23. Direct method for the determination of (b) 0.1 – 0.5 mm soil moisture is (c) 0.5 – 1.0 mm (a) Gravimetric method (d) > 1.0 mm (b) Gypsum block method 16. Agronomical measure for soil (c) Tensiometer method conservation is (d) Pressure plate apparatus method (a) Contour furrow 24. Micro sprinkler method of irrigation (b) Contour ridge has the advantages of both (c) Strip cropping (a) Sprinkler and drip irrigation (d) Contour ridge and furrow methods 17. The irrigation likely to be used, where (b) Sprinkler and surface irrigation water supply is ample and market value methods of crop is low is (c) Drip and surface irrigation methods (a) Drip irrigation (d) Surface and subsurface irrigation (b) Check basin irrigation methods (c) wild flooding irrigation 25. Besides Rabi and Kharif which is the (d) sprinkler irrigation thrids crop season in India 18. Silviculture is related with the study of (a) Zaid (a) Grasses (b) Barsati (b) Forestry (c) Sharad (c) Vegetables (d) Winter (d) Agriculture growth 26. Diversified farming system is 19. World Soil Day is celebrated every otherwise known as year on (a) Integrated Farming System (a) 10th September (b) Hilly Farming (b) 5th October (c) Jhum Farming (c) 10th November (d) Terrace Farming (d) 5th December 27. The term Agronomy is derived from 20. Pressure plate apparatus is used for (a) German word measurement of soil moisture tension (b) Latin word Up to (c) Spanish word (a) 4.2 bars (d) Greek word (b) 0.33 bar 28. The most advanced and efficient (c) 30.0 bars practice of fertilization is (d) 15.0 bars (a) Drip fertigation 21. Which of the following crops has (b) Row application of fertilizer minimum water requirement? (c) Ring application of fertilizer (a) Rice (d) Topdressing of fertilizer (b) Sugarcane (c) Maize 29. Which of the following programme has (c) Cold wind makes the surface water considered the “poorest of the poor” to freeze people as its target group? (d) Ice is denser than liquid water (a) Training of Rural Youth for Self- 33. Height of capillary rise of water in soil Employment (TRYSEM) is (b) Indira Awas Yojana (IAY) (A) Inversely proportional to the radius (c) Integrated Rural Development of the tube Programme (IRDP) (B) Inversely proportional to the (d) Jawahar Nehru Rozgar Yojana density of water (JRY) (C) Direct proportional to the radius of 30. The strategic Research Extension Plan water (SREP) is related with (D) Directly proportional to the (a) National Institue of Agriculture hydrostatic pressure difference Extension Management (MANAGE) (E) Inversely proportional to the (b) Agricultural Technology surface tension of water IList I List II Choose the correct answer from the nA. Saturated flow in options given below: I. Wien‟s law fsoil (a) A, B and D only oB. Soil textural II. Darey‟s law (b) A only ranalysis (c) A, b and E only m (d) D and E only C. Wavelength of III. Kirchhoff‟s law a 34. Which of the following is typically a emitted radiation- ttemperature relation non-expanding clay mineral? i (a) Montmorillonite D. Diffusive flux of IV. Stokes law o (b) Illite gas n (c) Vermiculite V. Fick‟s law (d) Kaolinite Centre (ATIC) 35. Match List I with List II (c) Agricultural Technology Choose the correct answer from the Management Agency (ATMA) options given below: (d) National Bank for Agricultural and (a) A – II, B – IV, C – III, D - V Rural Development (NABARD) (b) A – II, B – IV, C – I, D - III 31. Which of the following soil water (c) A – II, B – IV, C – I, D - V matric potential corresponds to field (d) A – II, B – III, C – I, D - V capacity soil water content 36. Given below are two statements, one is (a) pF 2.5 labelled as Assertion A and the other is (b) Pf 4.2 labelled as Reason R (c) Pf 1.0 Assertion A: Mulch conserves soil (d) pF 0 moisture 32. A layer of ice is formed on the surface Reasons R: Mulches cut off solar of lakes in cold regions because: radiation falling on soil surface and (a) Ice is the less dense than liquid reduce evaporation water In light of the above statement, choose (b) There is no exchange of heat the correct answer from the options between water below and the cold air given below above (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT Choose the correct answer from the the correct explanation of A options given below: (c) A is true but R is false (a) A, B and D only (d) A is false but R is true (b) A, B, and C only 37. The term „GPS‟ stands for: (c) B, D and E only (a) Geographical Positioning System (d) A, D and E only (b) Global projection System 42. Evapotranspiration is directly measured (c) Global Positioning Science by (d) Global Positioning System (a) Pan evaporimeter 38. Indian Space Research organization is (b) Penman- Monteith equation located in (c) Hygrometer (a) New Delhi (d) Lysimeter (b) Ahmedabad 43. Which of the following radiation laws (c) Hyderabad describes the relations between peak (d) Bangalore wavelength and temperature of an 39. Arrange the following forms of soil emitting body? consistency in relation to increasing (a) Kirchhoff‟s soil wetness (b) Planck‟s (a) Soft (c) Stefan-Boltzmann‟s (b) Friable (d) Wien‟s (c) Sticky 44. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is (d) Plastic measured in the field by (e) Harsh (a) Constant head permeameter Choose the correct answer from the (b) Tensiometer options given below (c) Infiltrometer (a) A, B, C, D, E (d) Guelph permeameter (b) A, C, D, B, E 45. The soil infiltrability is (c) C, D, A, B, E (a) Supply controlled (d) E, B, A, D, C (b) atmosphere controlled 40. Which of the following is NOT true?(a) (c) soil profile controlled Soil aeration depends on volume (d) only top few cm layer controlled fraction of air – filled pores 46. Who among the following is creadited (b) Soil air has similar gaseous for developing the concept of SRI composition as of atmosphere (System of Rice Intensification) (c) Soil aeration is restricted in (a) Henri de Laulanie compacted soil (b) Yuan Longping (d) Manuring increases CO2 content in (c) MS Swaminathan soil (d) Norman E. Borlaug 41. The Indian Remote Sensing Satellite 47. Golden rice is rich in (IRS) (a) Vitamin A (A) look over a fixed point at the same (b) Vitamin B local time. (c) Vitamin C (B) are at a low altitude (<1000 km) (d) Vitamin K (c) are used for weather forecasting 48. What is the percentage of freshwater (d) have large agricultural and natural used in agriculture globally? resource applications (a) 90% (b) 70% (c) 50% (d) Although limited to < 1 bar matric (d) 30% potential this range can be increased by 49. Which of the following compound increasing permeability of its porous releases heart when dissolved in water? cup (a) Barium chloride Choose the correct answer from the (b) Ammonium chloride options given below? (c) Lead chloride (a) A, B and C only (d) Calcium chloride (b) A, B and D only 50. When dissolved in water, which of the (c) A and D only following produces an ionic solution? (d) A, B, C and D only (a) O2 55. Given below are two statements one is (b) CH4 labelled as Assertion A and the other is (c) CaCl2 labelled as Reason R (d) C12H22O11 Assertion A : Equilibrium water 51. Spectroscopy deals with interaction of content in soils at a certain matric electromagnetic radiation with matter. potential is higher when the soil is What is the speed of this radiation in under drying process (desorption) vacuum in m/s? compared to when the soil is under (a) 6 ×108 wetting process (sorption). (b) 5 ×108 Reason R : Contact angle between (c) 4 ×108 water and the soil solid phase is greater (d) 3 ×108 during imbition of water than during 52. Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR) drainage. is located at In light of the above statements, choose (a) Hyderabad the most appropriate answer from the (b) New Delhi options given below (c) Indore (a) Both A and R are correct and R is (d) Karnal the correct explanation of A 53. „Hidden hunger‟s in plants means (b) Both A and R are correct but R is (a) Visual deficiency symptoms only NOT the correct explanation of A when the nutrient is deficient (c) A is the correct but R is not correct (b) Severe yield reduction may occur (d) A is not correct but R is correct without appearance of deficiency 56. Volumetric composition of soil solid is: symptoms (a) 25% (c) The nutrient is not actually deficient (b) 45% but apparently seems to be deficient (c) 50% (d) Visual deficiency symptoms of a (d) 5 % element are suppressed by other 57. Which oil has the maximum bulk elements density 54. Which of the following statement(s) (a) Silty Clay Loam is/are true for tensiometer? (b) Clayey (a) It measured soil water matric (c) Loamy potential (d) Sandy (b) It is simple in operation and very 58. Which of the following step is NOT useful for scheduling irrigation associated with particle size analysis? (c) It can also be used for measuring (a) Dispersion soil water flux (b) Fractionation (c) Flocculation (a) A horizon (d) Sedimentation (b) B horizon 59. The angle formed between oxygen and (c) C horizon hydrogen in water molecule is (d) E horizon (a) 50° 65. Which of the following is the active (b) 75° farmers in soil development (c) 100° (a) Parent Material (d) 105° (b) Topography 60. Given below are two statements (c) Organisms Statement I: Chemical weathering (d) Time or Age of the soil involves with disintegration and 66. Match List I with List II decomposition of minerals Statement II: Biological weathering List I List II accelerates physical and chemical Weathering Weathering process weathering reactions In light of the above statements, choose A. Removal I. Elluviation the correct answer from the options of iron and given below aluminium (a) Both Statement I and Statement II oxides humus are true etc in a humid (b) Both Statement I and Statement II climate are false B. Reduction II. Podisation (c) Statement I is true but Statement II of iron in the is false waterlogged (d) Statement I is false but Statement II horizon is true C. III. Gleisation 61. Who is called Father of Pedology Intermixing (a) N.C. Brady of the (b) E.W. Hillgard horizons (c) H. Jenny D. IV. Pedoturbation (d) V.V. Dokuchaev Mobilisation 62. Which of the following soil types has and highest clay content? translocation (a) Silty clay loam of Fe & Al (b) Silty clay oxides humus, (c) Sandy loam CaCO3 and (d) Silty loam other salts 63. Which does NOT belong to the soil Choose the correct answer from the options order in Soil Taxonomy? given below: (a) Oxisols (a) A – III, B – II, C- I, D- IV (b) Andisols (b) A – II, B- III, C – IV, D – I (c) Podsols (c) A – I, B – III, C – II, D - IV (d) Gelisols (d) A – IV, B – III, C-III, D- I 64. Which of the horizons of a soil profile 67. Given below are two statements represents the zone of accumulation of Statement I: The epipedon which is clay sesquioxides, humus alone or in light in colour and contains < 1% combination? organic matter is known as ochric List I List II epiopedon Structural Type of the Statement II: Dark coloured epipedon characteristics of the clay having > 50% base saturation and minerals mineral organic matter of >1% is known as A. Presence of K ion in I. Histic epipedon the interlayer space of Vermiculite In light of the above statements, choose crystal structure in clay the correct answer from the options minerals given below B Mg ions are adsorbed II. Smectite (a) Both Statement I and Statement II between the crystal are true units of clay minerals (b) Both Statement I and Statement II C. Presence of one III. Illite are false brucite layer (Mg3) (c) Statement I is true but Statement II (OH)6 along with 2 : 1 is false type of clay mineral in (d) Statement I is false but Statement II the crystal lattice is true D. 2 : 1 type of IV. Chlorite 68. Which of the following relationship is expanding minerals correct Choose the correct answer from the (a) CH+ + COH - = 14 options given below: (b) CH+ X COH - = 14 (a) A – II, B -IV, C – III, D - I (c) pH + pOH = 14 (b) A – I, B – III, C – II, D - IV (d) pH x pOH = 14 (c) A – III, B- I, C – IV, D - II 69. In the irrigation water quality (d) A – II, B – I, C – IV, D - III classification high salinity class 73. Which of the following structure is represent EC (dS/m) in the rate of - most desirable for agriculture (a) 0 – 0.25 operations (b) .025 – 0.50 (a) Prismatic (c) 0.50 – 0.75 (b) Platelike (d) 0.75 – 2.25 (c) Subangular blocky 70. Which of the following soil suborder (d) Crumb belongs to the soil order of inceptisols? 74. Given below are two statements (a) Aquents Statement I : Higher exchangeable (b) Ustalfs sodium (>15%) makes the soil (c) Andepts dispersed and favours soils crustation. (d) Udults Statement II: Exchangeable calcium in 71. Stokes law suggests that the velocity of soil helps in forming stable soil fall of particles is directly proportional aggregates by its effect of flocculation. to In light of the above statement choose (a) Density of the particle the correct answer from the options (b) Density of the suspension given below? (c) Radius of the particle In light of the above statements, choose (d) Viscosity of the medium the correct answer from the options 72. Match List I with List II given below (a) Both Statement I and Statement II are true (b) Both Statement I and Statement II 81. which of the following is NOT related are false to anion exchange capacity? (c) Statement I is true but Statement II (a) Dissociation of carboxyl and is false phenolic group on broken crystal edges (d) Statement I is false but Statement II (b) Dissociation of OH ions from AI- is true OH group on the broken crystal edges 75. In which of the indices of soil structure, and addition of H ion on these sites the logarithm of mean diameter is used (c) Dissociation of OH ion from Al-OH (a) Mean weight diameter group on the broken crystal edges and (b) Geometric mean diameter addition of H ion on these sites (c) Structure coefficient (d) Addition of H ion on humus micelle (d) Dispersion coefficient 82. Phosphorus is taken up by the plant 76. The organisms Cyanobacteria were form the soil in the form of formerly known as (a) H2PO4- only (a) Blue green algae (b) HPO4 only (b) Beijerinckia (c) PO43- only (c) Green green algae (d) Both H2PO42- (d) Streptococci 83. Die-back symptoms is citrus are 77. Which of the following biofertilizer is observed due to the deciency of used to fix Nitrogen from the (a) Copper atmosphere non symbiotically (b) Boron (a) Rhizobium (c) Potassium (b) Azolla (d) Calcium (c) Azotobactor 84. Soil pH is measured from the soil water (d) Azospirillum suspension in the ratio of 78. The oxygen diffusion rate (ODR) is (a) 1 : 1 measured by the method of (b) 1 : 2.5 (a) Neutron scattering (c) 1 : 5 (b) Gamma – ray attenuation (d) 1 : 10 (c) Platinum microelectrode 85. The structural formula of (d) Thermocouple psychometer Phyllosilicates is 79. Rate of flow of water through a porous (a) SiO44- medium under unit hydraulic gradients (b) Si2O76- is known as (c) Si2O52- (a) Flux density (d) SiO32- (b) Hydraulic conductivity 86. Which of the following is the (c) Permeability concentrated organic manure (d) Infiltration capacity (a) FYM 80. Which of the following element is the (b) Compost latest inclusion as the essential nutrient (c) Bone meal element. (d) Cow dung (a) Boron 87. Which of the following methods (b) Cobalt CANNOT be used to prevent N loss (c) Chlorine through denitrification? (d) Nickel (a) Use of non – nitrate fertiliser (b) Use of nitrate fertilizer (c) Split application of fertiliser (d) Deep placement of fertiliser subsurface horizon 88. Match List I with List II Choose the correct answer from the options given below: List I List II (a) A – III, B – IV, C – II, D - I Role of the nutrient Nutrient elements (b) A – II, B – I, C – IV, D - III A. Energy carrier I. MO (c) a – II, B – IV, C – III, D- I B. Constituent of II. P (d) A – IV, B – II, C – I, D - III chlorophy II 92. In which of the following Aozlla C. Nitrate reductase III. Zn symbiotically associates to fix D. Khaira disease IV. Mg atmospheric nitrogen Choose the correct answer from the options (a) Bacteria given below: (b) Algae (a) A- I, B – III, C- II, D - IV (c) Virus (b) A – IV , B – II, C – III, D - I (d) Fungi (c) A – II, B – II, C – III, D - I 93. The organisms involved in the process (d) A – II, B – IV, C – I, D - III of conversion of nitrate to nitrogen gas 89. Which soil has more K fixation capacity is (a) Montmorillonite (a) Nitrobacter (b) Vermiculite (b) Azotobactor (c) Illite (c) Thiobacillus (d) Kaolinite (d) Nitrocystis 90. The process by which protein and 94. Given below are two statements proteinaceous compounds are Statement I : The permanent negative decomposed into amino acids or charges result from the isomorphous amines is known as substitution (a) Aminization Statement II : The permanent negative (b) Ammonification results from exposed crystal edges (c) Immobilization In light of the above statements, choose (d) Nitrification the correct answer from the options 91. Match List I with List II given below (a) Both Statement I and Statement II List I List II are true Diagnostic Soil order (b) Both Statement I and Statement II characteristics are false A. Clay rich, presence I. Alfisols (c) Statement I is true but Statement II of Smectite type of is false clay mineral (d) Statement I is false but Statement II B. Frigid and pergelic II. Inceptisols is true soils temperature 95. Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrihzae play regime active role in increasing the availability C. Immature soil, III. Vertisols of presence of cambic, (a) N (b) P umbric, and mollic (c) Ca (d) S horizon 96. The term oligotrophic refers to D.Ochric apipedon IV. Gleeisols (a) Higher nutrients in water with an argillic (b) High aquatic productivity (c) Algal blooms (d) Low nutrients and low productivity (a) Pyrethrum 97. Organic nutrients in water bodies (b) Permethrin promote- (c) Cypermethrin (a) Growth of natural population of (d) Imidaclorpid aquatic bacteria 105. Which pesticide is most persistent in (b) Biological Oxygen Demand environment ? (c) Eutrophication (a) Malathion Choose the most appropriate answer (b) Dieldrin from the options given below (c) Carbofuran (a) A only (d) Indoxacarb (b) B only 106. Cobalt is a constituent of (c) C only (a) Flolic acid (d) All A, B and C (b) Vitamin B 12 98. The running water is called (c) Niacin (a) Lentic (d) Biotin (b) Lotic 107. The nucleic acid base found in mRNA (c) Mesic but bot in DNA is (d) Xeric (a) Adenine 99. Spent wash is highly polluted effluent (b) Cytosine released from (c) Guanine (a) Pulp and paper industry (d) Uracil (b) Tannery 108. 𝛼-D-Glucose + 1120 →+52.50 ←+190 (c) Sugar industry βD- glucose (d) Distillery industry For glucose, the above reaction 100. Ecological or physiological races are represents also known as (a) Optical isomerism (a) Ecads (b) Mutarotation (b) Ecotone (c) Epimerisation (c) Ecophens (d) D and L isomerism (d) Ecotypes 109. In the diet of a diabetic patient the 101. The first antibiotic discovered was recommended carbohydrate intake (a) Streptomycin should preferably be in (b) Penicillin (a) Monosaccharides (c) Gentamycin (b) Dissaccharids (d) Griessofulvin (c) Polysaccharides 102. Which of the following is used as (d) Oligosacchrides herbicidal agent? 110. Ninhydrin with evolution of CO2 forms (a) DDT a blue complex with (b) BHC (a) Peptide bond (c) 2, 4-D (b) Serotonin (d) Chloroquene (c) 𝛼-Amino acid 103. Butachlor belongs to (d) Histamine (a) Amide group 111. Which one is correctly matched? (b) Sulfonyl urea group (a) Carbamates - malathion (c) Urea group (b) Organophosphates - carbofuran (d) Pyridine group (c) Pyrethroid - parathion 104. Which is plant originated insecticide? (d) Organochlorine - endosulfan 112. Toxins exuded from the roots of plants 120. For the effective control of early blight into sols are called? of potato which fungicide is most (a) Pyrethrins suitable? (b) Repellants (a) Zineb (c) Rotenones (b) Dithane M-45 (d) Phytoallexins (c) Blitox – 50 113. The chemical obtained from (d) Difolatan chrysanthemum that has insecticidal properties is (a) Pyrethrum (b) Pathogen (c) Parasite (d) Parathyroid 114. Which is major component of Bordeaux mixture? (a) Copper sulphate (b) Sodium chloride (c) Calcium chloride (d) Magnesium sulphate 115. Which one is the most effective and most commonly used repellent to control insect? (a) Rutegar-622 (b) Deet (Di ethyl meta-toluanmide ) (c) Oil of citronella (d) Indalone 116. Nicotine belong to (a) Terpenoids (b) An alkaloids (c) Steriods (d) Carotenoids 117. Highly toxic insecticide , according to WHO classification are coded as (a) Red (b) Green (c) Yellow (d) Blue 118. Agrocin – 84 is (a) Antibiotic (b) Bacteriocin (c) Phenolic compound (d) Enzyme 119. Pendimethalin is used as (a) Insecticide (b) Herbicide (c) Fungicide (d) Acaricide