Welcome to your Agronomy Mock Test 2

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1. 
Overgrowth due to the increase in the number of cells is known as

2. 
Alcohol Dehydrogenase activity is low in roots of

3. 
In case of small samples which test is used?

4. 
The repeated application of treatments under investigations is known as?

5. 
Wheat variety contributed highest area & production during Green revolution?

6. 
Which of the following is an example of active remote sensing

7. 
Most commonly used absolute measure of dispersion is

8. 
2,4-D sensitive variety of wheat

9. 
Accepting null hypothesis when it is false is the type of error

10. 
Cropping intensity of India

11. 
Statistical test used to determine the goodness of fit is______

12. 
Which of the following is the simplest measure of dispersion

13. 
Which type of remote sensing uses its own source of energy

14. 
Which irrigation is used for surface undulating areas?

15. 
The essentiality of Mo was given by

16. 
The predominant mechanism of gaseous exchange in soil is

17. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
Herbicide        First synthesized in
A. Metsulfuron  I. 1964
B. Atrazine         II. 1983
C. Metribuzin    III. 1971
D. Glyphosate    IV. 1956

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18. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
Weed                           Bio-Agent
A. Opuntia spp.       I. Zygogramma bicolorata
B. Lantana camara II. Cactoblastis cactorum
C. Parthenium        III. Neochetina bruchi
D. Water hyacinth IV. Crosodosema lantane

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19. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                          List II
A. Domestication of Sheep       I. 3500 BC
B. Wheat & Barley cultivation II. 4400 BC
C. Cultivation of Maize             III. 8700 BC
D. Potato Cultivation                IV. 7500 BC

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20. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
Bio-herbicide         Weed controlled
A. Devine                     I. Mlava pusila
B. Collego                    II. Morrenia odorata
C. Biomal                    III. Johanson grass
D. Bipolaris                 IV. Joint vetch

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21. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
A. CAZRI           I. Barrackpore
B. CRIDA          II. Ludhiana
C. IIMR             III. Jodhpur
D. CRIJAF        IV. Hyderabad

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22. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
A. Stomata closing type  I. CCC
B. Reflectant type            II. Hexadecanol
C. Film-forming type      III. Atrazine
D. Growth retardant        IV. Celite

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23. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
A. IFOAM         I. Ibadan, Nigeria
B. IPCC             II. Beirut, Lebanon
C. ICARDA       III. Bonn, Germany
D. IITA               IV. Geneva, Switzerland

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24. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
Hybrid                     Release Year
A. Maize                     I. 1964
B. Sorghum              II. 1962
C. Pearl millet          III. 1970
D. Cotton                   IV. 1965

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25. 
Match list I with list II

List I                     List II
Crop                     Variety
A. Wheat         I. Aruna
B. Cotton        II. Kent
C. Oat              III. Kundan
D. Castor        IV. Sujata

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26. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
Crop                              Variety
A. Green gram           I. IET 21845
B. Black gram            II. T-309
C. Golden Rice          III. T-1
D. AS resistant rice   IV. T-9

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27. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                                List II
A. Multiple correlation coefficient  I. -1 to 1
B. Partial correlation coefficient     II. 0 to 1
C. Regression coefficient                  III. 0 to ∞
D. f-test                                                 IV. -∞ to +∞

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28. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
Watershed type           Size (ha)
A. Mini watershed        I. >50,000
B. Micro watershed     II. 1-100
C. Milli watershed       III. 100-1,000
D. Macro watershed   IV. 1000-10,000

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29. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
 Particular                      C:N ratio
A. Indian soil                          I. <20:1
B. Humus                                II. 8-12:1
C. Legumes                             III. 10:1
D. For mineralization of N  IV. 20-30:1

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30. 
Match list I with list II

List I                            List II
Fertilizer                     P%
A. DSP                                     I. 8.8
B. SSP                                      II. 14.08
C. DAP                                     III. 7.02
D. AM-phosphate sulphate IV. 20.24

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31. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                         List II
(Element)                        (% in Earth crust)
A. Fe                                    I. 2.09
B. Ca                                    II. 2.59
C. K                                      III. 3.63
D. Mg                                  IV. 5.03


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32. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                         List II
(Pre-existing rocks)      (Metamorphic rocks)
A. Granite                             I. Graphite
B. Basalt                               II. Quartzite
C. Sandstone                       III. Schist
D. Coal                                  IV. Gneiss


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33. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
 Fertilizer                              N%
A. Ammonium sulphate   I. 25
B. Ammonium nitrate     II. 20.5
C. DAP                               III. 33
D. CAN                              IV. 18

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34. 
Match list I with list II

List I                           List II
 Mineral               Hardness (Moh’s scale)
A. Talc                        I.    7
B. Calcite                   II.   2
C. Gypsum                III.  3
D. Quartz                  IV.   1

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35. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                List II
Rhizobium spp.               Crop
A. R. meliloti                  I. White clovers
B. R. leguminosarum  II. Alfalfa
C. R. phaseoli               III. Pea
D. R. trifoli                   IV. Green gram

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36. 
The K bearing mineral dominated in soil is

37. 
Biotite is the example of which type of rock-forming mineral?

38. 
Assimilatory nitrate reduction results in the formation of

39. 
The drought tolerant leguminous green manures are

40. 
Which of the following organisms is not free living

41. 
The process of enrichment of surface water bodies with nutrients is called

42. 
The ratio of the total mass of soil solids to the total volume of soil solids is called

43. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                         List II
A.  Gleization          I. Desilication
B.  Laterisation      II. Process of decomposition of organic matter
C.  Humification    III. Concretion of Fe & Mn
D.  Podzolization    IV. Removal of oxides of Fe & Al

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44. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                         List II
A.  Darcy's law          I. Diffusion of gases
B.  Fick's law            II. Sedimentation of soil particles
C.  Fourier's law      III. Water movement in soil
D.  Stock's law         IV. Heat conduction
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45. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                         List II
A.  B          I. C Sperengel
B.  Zn       II. Sachs And Knop
C.  P         III. K Warington
D.  S          IV. AL Somner & CP Lipman
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46. 
Geohydrological unit of land which drains through a common point is known as

47. 
DDT has stable and high persistence in

48. 
The bacterium which protects the rice plants from H2S injury is

49. 
The first step in aggregate formation is

50. 
Match list I with list II

List I                                                  List II
A.  Robinson       I. Colour chart
B.  Yoder              II. Consistency limit
C.  Munsell          III. Pipette method
D.  Atterberg       IV. Wet sieving

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51. 
With respect to chickpea, which of the following statement is incorrect?

A) Cicer arietinum contains more anthocyanin as compare to Cicer kabulium.
B) Heavy rainfall after sowing or at the flowering and fruiting stage is useful.
C) The crop cannot tolerate frost at any stage of growth.
D) Chickpea is well adapted to arid and semi-arid regions and a cool and dry climate

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

52. 
Foliar plant pathogens are pigmented in nature and cause crop losses in major staple crops in the world as

A. Pigments help them to tolerate high radiation.
B. They cause diseases only on monocots.
C. They cause disease only on dicots.
D. They move from one plant to another plant with the help of wind.
E. They cause polycyclic diseases.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

53. 
Which of the following statements are correct with respect to fibers or fiber yielding plants?

A. Vegetable fibres are mainly composed of cellulose.
B. Vegetable fibres are mainly composed of proteins.
C. Fiber durability is conditioned by the diameter of the fiber or fibrous aggregate.
D. The flexible wall of cotton fiber contains no lignin.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

54. 
Which disease greatly stimulated interest in the cause and control of plant disease?

55. 
The genes are linked or not can be ascertained by

56. 
The tag for Breeders Seed is issued by

57. 
Maximum assimilation of nitrate takes place in which part of the plant?

58. 
The isolation distance required for production of certified seeds of maize composite variety is

59. 
Given below are two statements

Statement-I)
Many viral diseases are transmitted by insect vectors.

Statement-II)
Few insects transmit bacterial diseases.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

60. 
Biogas production from cattle dung involves which of the following types of bacteria?

A. Hydrolytic
B. Methanogenic
C. Transitional

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

61. 
Given below are two statements

Statement-I)
The process of CTC in tea stands for crushing, Tearing, and Curling.

Statement-II)
 India is the largest producer and consumer of Tea in the world.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

62. 
UPASI-10 is a variety of

63. 
Translocation of carbohydrates in plants usually occurs in the form of

64. 
"Fluid mosaic model" is relates to the structure of

65. 
Yellow colour of egg is due to

66. 
During prophase-I of meiosis crossing over occurs at

67. 
Ooze test is done to detect

68. 
Number of chromosome in wheat endosperm is

69. 
Find out the gross amount of water to be irrigated in wheat crop if the net amount of irrigation is 65cm and irrigation efficiency is 75%

70. 
If the yield per plant in wheat field spaced at 1m x 1m is 475 gm what is expected yield from 3 ha field if the final plant stand is 90%

71. 
A soil sample drawn using a core sampler of 8 cm diameter and 4 cm height on oven drying weight 310.75 g find out the Bulk density

72. 
Standard deviation of a data set is 4.39 and the mean of the data is 11. what is the coefficient of variation?

73. 
The seed dispersal of Xanthium strumarium is through

74. 
NBAIM is located at

75. 
Khad Patrika is published by

76. 
At Hygroscopic coefficient water is held at the pressure of

77. 
If the dry matter yield in 20 days is 750 gm and in 35 days is 1175 gm. What is the growth?

78. 
For applying 59 kg N calculate the amount of DAP

79. 
What is the real value of seed when viability is 96% and germination is 87%

80. 
The American Society of Agronomy was founded in

81. 
Which of the following is correct regarding zero tillage

82. 
Total N content of soil is 750 ppm. find out the quantity of N in one hectare field. considering 6 inch soil depth and 1.5 g/cc B.D. of soil

83. 
Which of the following is a non-conventional oilseed crop

84. 
Oil & protein content in groundnut is

85. 
Which of the following research station developed the world's first nano urea.

86. 
Highest Poly Unsaturated Fatty Acid (PUFA) is found in which of the following oilseed crop

87. 
Clipping of leaf tip of rice is effective against

88. 
Dryland farming refers to the farming in areas which receive annual rainfall

89. 
One bar is equal to

90. 
Given below are two statements

Statement-I)
The Final product of Urea hydrolysis is Ammonium carbamate.

Statement-II)
 The intermediate product of Urea hydrolysis is Ammonium carbonate.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

91. 
Given below are two statements

Statement-I)
Neem-coated urea and DCD are nitrification inhibitors.

Statement-II)
 Neem-coated urea and DCD are Slow-release nitrogen fertilizers.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

92. 
Calculate the seed requirement of wheat for one acre area if crop is to be sown at spacing of 22.5 cm x 2 cm and test weight is 42 gram

93. 
Calculate the amount of water in 5 ha.cm

94. 
How much area can be irrigated from 1,000 m3 liter water at a depth of 7.5 cm

95. 
Calculate rotation intensity of Rice-Sugarcane-Ratoon..

96. 
In a one hectare area, 5 cm irrigation was applied. The salt content in irrigation water was 750 ppm. calculate the amount of salt in irrigation water.

97. 
Given below are two statements

Statement I)
The most accepted climate classifications are Koppen's and Thrnthwaite's classification

Statement II)
ICRISAT uses the Troll's classification whereas CRIDA uses the MAI given by Thronthwaites based classification system.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

98. 
Given below are two statements

Statement I)
Roundup-ready is a trade name for the glyphosate-resistant crop.

Statement II)
Liberty link is the trade name for glufosinate-resistant crops.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

99. 
Given below are two statements

Statement I)
Diagnosis by Aspergillus niger is used for P, K, Ca & Mg.

Statement II)
Liming requirement is calculated through Schoonovers's (SMP) buffer method while Gypsum requirement is calculated through Shoemakers method.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

100. 
Given below are two statements

Statement I)
Saline-Sodic soil dominated by soluble salts has a pH of less than 8.5

Statement II)
Saline-Sodic soil dominated by sodium salts has a pH of more than 8.5

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

101. 
Given below are two statements

Statement I)
IW:CPE ratio is inversely proportional to irrigation interval.

Statement II)
ET has a direct relation with dry matter production and Quadratic relation with yield.
 
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

102. 
Given below are two statements

Statement I)
The rice-Rice cropping system is prevalent in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka.

Statement II)
The rice-wheat cropping system is the largest cropping system occupying 135 mha area in India.
 
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

103. 
Scientist related with ideotype of rice is

104. 
Wheat variety a cross of spring x winter wheat is

105. 
Globally, Bt cotton was first time released in

106. 
Richmond Lang effect is associated with

107. 
Which of the following is the example of S reducing bacteria

108. 
Positive photoblastic seed is the example of which of the following crop seed

109. 
Pusa Tejas is a variety of

110. 
Chemical formulae of Thiourea is

111. 
Unique muscatel flavor is found in which of the following tea

112. 
Which of the followingis an example of calcifugre crop

113. 
Which of the following is the lightest form of pruning in tea

114. 
Tobacco seed contains ________ % oil

115. 
The correct sequence of different operations practiced in tobacco is

A. Curing
B. De-suckering
C. Priming
D. Topping

choose the most appropriate answer from the given options.

116. 
Rabbing is related to which of the following crop

117. 
Indian Journal of weed science published

118. 
Nozzle used for sub-surface application of herbicide is

119. 
Fire curing is used in which type of Tobacco

120. 
The first variety of hybrid bajra HB1 was released from

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