IFS Agriculture 2006
Paper-I

Section A
1. Write critical comments on any four of the following, each not exceeding 150 words: (10 × 4 40)
a. Allelopathy effects of weeds
b. Problems of dryland agriculture
c. Effect of mulching
d. Integrated nutrient management system
e. Benefits of crop rotation in intensive cropping
2. What do you mean by watershed management? Discuss the important steps to be considered in integrated watershed management
3. Answer the following questions
a. Define Intercropping System. Enlist the advantages and disadvantages of intercropping system. Support your answer with suitable examples.
b. Which are the pre-requisites of successful intercropping system (20 × 2
4. Answer the following questions

Section B
5. Differentiate between the following pairs in not more than 150 words each. Attempt any four: (10 × 4 40)
a. Partial and Complete budgeting
b. Selective and Non-selective herbicides
c. Saline and Alkaline soils
d. Surface and Sub-surface drainage
e. Organic and Conventional fanning
6. Define the term training. Give basic principles of training and explain in brief its need for extension worker
7. Answer the following questions
a. What do you understand by social forestry? State the advantages of social forestry
b. Explain the characteristics of different problem soils. Suggest the ways for reclamation of problem soils (20 × 2 40).
8. Discuss the scope of micro-irrigation in Indian Agriculture. State the types of micro-irrigation and explain merits and demerits of drip irrigation system