Exam Details
| Subject | agriculture | |
| Paper | paper 1 | |
| Exam / Course | civil services main optional | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | union public service commission | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | 2002 | |
| City, State | central government, |
Question Paper
IAS Mains Paper: Agriculture 2002
Paper-I
Section A
Write short notes in about 200 words each on any three of the following:
Production Economics
Producer's Surplus
Integrated Nutrient Management
Role of Agricultural Extension
What are the advantages and principle characteristic of farm planning? Name the different techniques which can be used for farm planning under ideal conditions.
Suggest suitable measures for evergreen revolution on sustainable basis to meet food and nutritional requirements in the new millenium.
Discuss the criteria for scheduling irrigation in field crops. Give their merits and demerits also.
Section B
Write short notes in about 200 words each on any three of the following:
Crop Diversification
Azolla as Bio-fertilizer
Land Equivalent Ratio
Wind Erosion
Why is rice-wheat cropping sequence considered important among other crop sequences in the country? Describe briefly the limiting factors and remedial measures associated with this crop sequence for their higher production.
Give in tabular form sowing time, seed rate, spacing, fertilizer and irrigation schedules of paddy, wheat, pigeon pea, mustard, linseed and berseem for their higher productivity.
Write the role of dryland agriculture and its problems. Briefly describe the suitable technologies for increasing and stabilising agricultural production from such areas on watershed basis.
Paper-I
Section A
Write short notes in about 200 words each on any three of the following:
Production Economics
Producer's Surplus
Integrated Nutrient Management
Role of Agricultural Extension
What are the advantages and principle characteristic of farm planning? Name the different techniques which can be used for farm planning under ideal conditions.
Suggest suitable measures for evergreen revolution on sustainable basis to meet food and nutritional requirements in the new millenium.
Discuss the criteria for scheduling irrigation in field crops. Give their merits and demerits also.
Section B
Write short notes in about 200 words each on any three of the following:
Crop Diversification
Azolla as Bio-fertilizer
Land Equivalent Ratio
Wind Erosion
Why is rice-wheat cropping sequence considered important among other crop sequences in the country? Describe briefly the limiting factors and remedial measures associated with this crop sequence for their higher production.
Give in tabular form sowing time, seed rate, spacing, fertilizer and irrigation schedules of paddy, wheat, pigeon pea, mustard, linseed and berseem for their higher productivity.
Write the role of dryland agriculture and its problems. Briefly describe the suitable technologies for increasing and stabilising agricultural production from such areas on watershed basis.
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