113/2015

Maximum: 100 marks

Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
1. Agrostology is the study of Fruits Grasses Trees Soil
2. IISR is connected with: Soil conservation Live stock Spices Tuber crops
3. Dendrobium is a species of; Anthurium Jasmine Rose Orchid
4. Intensity of sunlight is measured by Sunshine recorder lIygrograph Luxmeter Wet bulb thermometer
5. The best soil structure for plant growth: Crumb Blocky Platy Columnar
6. The reclamation of a soil with pll 8 to 9 is best with: Lime Silica Gypsum Iron
7. A Chittur area is associated with: Forest loams Kari soils 3 Laterite soils Black cotton soils

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8. Pick the odd-man out:

Sheet erosion Saltation


Surface creep Suspension


9. Sub-soiling is a method of soil conservation it is

Agronomic method Mechanical method


Cultural method Protective method


10. Which of the following is a Macronutrient for plants?

Iron Zinc


Magnesium Manganese


11. The nutrient that gives tolerance to plants against drought, pest and diseases:

Nitrogen Potassium


Magnesium Sulphur


12. Oil cakes are

Bulky organic manure Concentrated organic manure


Straight fertilizer Complex fertilizer


13. 1 hectare is

10,000 sq.m 4,000 sq.m


250 sq.m 40 sq.m


14. The class of seed given to farmer:

Breeder seed Foundation seed


Registered seed Certified seed


15. Which of the following is a secondary tillage implement?

MBPlough Harrows


Wooden Plough Chisel Plough


16. Ludwigia is a weed, which is
Aquatic Upland
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17. The surface irrigation method giving 35 to 50 percent irrigation efficiency is

Sprinkler irrigation Drip irrigation


Flood irrigation Furrow irrigation


18. The disease of rice seen from nursery to harvest:

Sheath blight Blast


Sheath rot Bacterial leaf blight


19. Dicofol is generally used to control a Coconut pest. Which of the following is that pest?

Rhinocerus beetle Red Palm weevil


Coconut caterpillar Eryophid mite


20. A dual purpose variety of banana:

Chenkadali Monthan


Nendran Njalipoovan


21-Bunchy top of banana is transmitted by

Aphid White fly


Fruit fly Virus


22. The vegetable which is best grown in summer months:

Coleus Brinjal


Bitter gourd Bhindi


23. Which of the following is propagated by root cuttings?

Rose Begonia


Amaranthus Curry Leaves


24. Air-layering is widely practised in

Guava Jack


Mango Rubber


25. Alternanthera and Duranta come under:

Climbers Hedges


Shrubs Edges


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26. Which of the following is a non-insect pest?

Beetle Mite


Bug Fly


27. A biocontrol agent that controls soil borne pathogens is:

Trichogramma Trichoderma


Azotobactor Azospirillum


28. Phytosanitary certificate is associated with:

Cultural control of plant pests and diseases


Biological control of plant pests and diseases


Legal control of plant pests and diseases


Physical control of plant pests and diseases


29. Which of the following insecticide formulation is used against pest control in go-downs?

Dusts Granules


EC Fumigants


30. The LD-50 value of Extremely toxic insecticide varies from (MgIKg)

1-50 51-500


501 -5000 5000


31. An organophosphorous fungicide:

Zineb Mancozeb


Carbendazim Ediphenphos


32. A farmer is having 2 hact. of coconut trees in his house hold. For spraying plant protection chemicals, which of the following sprayers can he opt?

Atomizer Knapsack sprayer


Rocker sprayer None of the above


33. Which of the following cropping system guarantees maximum production per unit area?

Multitier cropping Sequential cropping


Relay cropping Mixed cropping


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34. Moisture content of paddy grains for safe storage.

14% 18%


10% 16%


35. The best post-harvest technology adopted for fruits with high pectin content is making.

Jam Squash


Jelly Pickle


36. 'Malabari' is a breed of

Cow Poultry


Goat Pig


37. An extension method used for popularizing an improved variety of a crop is

Mass contact Participatory rural appraisal


Method demonstration Result demonstration


38. The honeybee species that cannot be kept in hives:

Apis cerana indica Apis dorsata


Apis mellifera Trigona iridipennis


39. 'Grasserie' of silkworm is caused by

Protowa Bacteria


Fungus Virus


40. The medicinal plant used against cancer:

Brahmi Sarpagandhi


Asparagus Kacholam


41. 'Ananthan' is a variety of:

Honey bee Anthurium


Mushroom Orchid


42. Cashew Research Station is situated at

Kasaragod Thrissur


Kozhikode Kollam


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43. WQich of the following is a pulse crop?

Black mustard Green gram


Ground nut Lady's finger


44. Tea and orange are examples of

Temperate plants Tropical plants


Sub-tropical plants None of the above


45. The major share of rainfall in Kerala is from:

South -West Monsoon North -East Monsoon


Summer rains North -West Monsoon


46. The layers of soil is termed as

Soil horizon Soil profile


Soil regolith Soil solum


47. The type of water erosion which cannot be corrected.

Splash erosion Sheet erosion


Rill erosion Gully erosion


48. 'Flame cultivation' is associated with:

Weeds Insects


Diseases Non-insect pests


49. The biological control ofAfrican Payal is usually done with a Weevil. Name it

Neochaetina Cyrtobagus


Agromyza Zygogramma


50. Which of the following is a hybrid variety of coconut?

Laksha ganga Chandra kalpa


Kerachandra WCT


51. The era in geological time -scale during which dinosaurs existed.
Arcaeozoic Mesozoic
Cainozoic Paleozoic 113/2015 8A
52. The theory of evolution by natural selection was put forward by Charles Darwin and:

De Vries August Weissman


Alfred Russel Wallace Gregor Mendel


53. The appearance of ancestral characters as abnormal characters in the course of evolution is

Differential reproduction Introduction


Analogy Atavism


54. Which of the following is not a cause of evolution?

Inbreeding Variation


Mutation Hybridisation


55. An auxin used in plant tissue culture.

Kinetin Creatine


BAP IAA


56. Among the following the plant grown for its beautiful foliage is

Cosmos Croton


Aster Salvia


57. An equipment for sterilization:

Centrifuge Calorimeter


Microtome Autoclave


58. Tuberculate rhizoids are seen in

Riccia Marchantia


Funaria None of these


59. "Clamp connections" are noticed in the genus:

Xylaria Agaricus


Peziza Penicilium


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60. Vegetative phase of Mushroom is known as:

Basidiospore


Basidiocarp


61. Both the stock and scion are rooted in

Bud grafting


Approach grafting


62. Apical cell theory was proposed by

Bernstein


Nageli


Basidium
Mycelium
Cleft grafting
Whip grafting
Hanstein
Schmidt

63. A anomalous secondary thickening is found in the stem of

Vernonia Boerhaavia


Tinospora Thithonia


64. The characteristic inflorescence of the family Asteraceae is a

Cyathium Cyme


Veticillaster Capitulum


65. Solanaceae comes under the order:

Rosales Parietals


Polemoniales Passiflorales


66. Periderm tissue was derived from:

Bark Phellogen


Lenticels Phelloderm


67. World Environment Day:

June 5 July 20


March 30 May 10


68. Corbett National Park is in
Karnataka Orissa
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69. Minmata Disease is associated with:
CA) CC) Mercury Cadmium CD) Lead Arsenic
70. In which algae cap cells are found: CA) Oedogonium CC) mothrix CD) Volvox Chara
71. Precursor of phytohormone auxin is: CA) Lysine CC) Tryptophan CB) CD) Methionine Argenine
72. Yeast are included in
CA) CC) Basidiomycetes Deutromycetes CD) Ascomycetes None of the above
73. Penicillin was discovered by CA) Alexander Fleming CC) A.F. Blakeslee CD) Robert Hook F.W. Went
74. Tikka disease is caused by CA) Puccinia CC) E.Coli CD) Phytophthora Cercospora
75. The primary target of HIV is CA) RBC CC) T4 Lymphocytes CD) Thrombocytes None of these
76. Pteridophytes are lI1so known as CA) Vascular Cryptogams CC) Gymnosperms CD) Phanerogams None of these
77. A Six Kingdom classification was put forward by CA) Zimmermann CC) Carl Woese 11 CD) Whittaker Engler 113/2015 [P.T.O.]

78. The term Heterosis was introduced by

George Shull P.B. Sumner


Mc Dougall Charles Darwin


79. Bacterial cell wall is composed of

Lignin Suberin


Peptidoglycan Cellulose


80. Common name of Piper longum is

Turmeric Thippali


Clove Pepper


81. The fundamental rights of our constitution was borrowed from:

Russian constitution U.S. constitution


British constitution Irish constitution


82. In 2015, Ezhuthachan Puraskaram was awarded to

a.N.V. Kurupu


Benyamin


T.Padmanaban


Vishnu Narayanan Nampoothiri


83. Who named Sree Narayana Guru as Second Budha?

G.Sankara Kurupu Ayyankali


Mannathu Padmanaban Sahodaran Ayyappan


84. Temple Entry Proclamation was on

1934 Nov. 1 1926 Nov. 12


1936 Nov. 12 1930 Nov. 1


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85. 2014 common wealth games was held at

India Scottland


Japan Brazil


86. Which one of the new directive principle aimed to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard forests and Wild Life?

Art.48A Art. 38


Art. 43 A Art. 43 B


87. Who translated 'Sakunthalam' to Malayalam?

Kodungallur Kunhikuttan Thampuran


Kumaranasan


Vallathol Narayana menon


Keralavarma Valiya koyi Thampuran


88. Constitution Day in India is celebrated every year on

26th Nov. 26th Jan.


15th Aug. 1,t Nov.


89. Who among the following awarded Keerthi Chakra award of 2014?

Captain Sandeep Bhartiya Major Gaurov Thakur


Major Mandeep Singh Shri Bhrigu Nandan Choudhary


90. 'Viswadarsanam' was the work of:

Ponkunnam Varkey Changampuzha


G.Sankara Kurupu Vaikam Muhammed Basheer


91. Founder ofPrathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha.

Moorkoth Kumaran M.C. Joseph


Pampadi John Joseph Poikayil Sreekumara Devan


92. Shri Muhammed Abdul Rahiman was the Chief Editor of

Vivekodayam AI -Ameen


Kesari Prabhatham


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93. Which of the following works was not related to Lalithambika Antharjanam?

Agnisakshi Manikyan


Gosayi Paranja Kadha Balidweep


94. The smallest Mahakavya

Chithrayogam Umakeralam


Kesaveeyam Krishnagadha


95. Central Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development.

Smt. Manekha Gandhi Smt. Smriti Irani


Shri. Ramvilas Paswan Smt. Sushama Swaraj


96. Who gave great support to channar revolts (upper cloth revolts)?

Dr.Palpu Ayya Vaikundar


Ayyankali Sree Narayana Guru


97. Freedom of Information Act, 2002 applies to all states and Union territories of India EXCEPT:

Delhi Goa


Jammu and Kashmir Assam


98. Who was known as Kerala Subash Chandra Bose?

K.Kelappan Muhammed Abdul Rehman


AK. Gopalan V.T. Bhattathirippad


99. In India First Printing Press was commenced at

Goa Surat


Kochi Kozhikodu


100. Who won 3 gold medals for Kerala in swimming events in National Games 2015?
Anjumol Joseph Sajan Prakash J Ashish Kumar C.P. Rathilal
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