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Maximum: 100 marks Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
1. Union Minister for agriculture:

A.K. Antony Sarad Pawar


Sushil Kumar Shinde K.P. Mohanan


2. Instrument used for measuring atmospheric pressure:

Anemometer Thermometer


Hygrometer Barometer


3. Agricultural Malayalam magazine published by Kerala agricultural university:

Karshakan Karshakasree


Kerala Karshakan Kalpadhenu


4. Yellow revolution is related to

Milk Oil seeds


Fish Pulses


5. Red variety of rice:

Vyttila 7 Swarnaprabha


Vyttila 8 Neeraja


6. The first stage in water erosion:

Rill Sheet


Splash Gully


7. To ensure genetic purity in rice seed production minimum isolation distance:

3 m 2m


1 m 4 m·


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8. Photo insensitive rice variety:

Kunjukunju Dhanya


Thulam Dhanu


9. The small instrument to find out velocity of water flowing through a stream:

Current meter Water meter


Flow meter Volt meter


10. Father of Genetics:

Borloug Weissmann


Mendal Lamark


11. Bordeaux mixture was developed by

Anton Deberry Millardet


Butler Walker


12. The plant nutrient which enhances root growth:

Phosphorus Nitrogen


J>otassium Boron


13. World Nature Conservation day:

March 21 July 28


June 5 April 22


14. Predominant soil type of Kerala

Laterite Red


Alluvial Forest


15. IRRl is situated in

Japan Malaysia


Philippines India


16. Eudrillus eugineae belongs to the group:

Bacteria Fungus


Earthworm Insect


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17. Carbon Nitrogen ratio in normal soil
10:1 5:1
30:1 13:1
18. Indian Agricultural Research Institute is situated in

Mumbai Pune


Delhi Kerala


19. Fertilizer recommendation of high yielding medium duration rice variety:

90:45:45 60:30:30


40: 20:20 70: 35: 35


20. In which District Rubber Research Institute is situated:

Kottayam Kozhikode


Alappuzha Pathanamthitta


21. Which species of honey bee is not Indian?

Apis flora Apis dersata


Apis cerana indica Apis mellifera


22. Breeding method exclusively used in vegetatively propagated plants:

Clonal selection Heterosis breeding


Pureline breeding Polyploidy breeding


23. Scientific name of Kasthurimanjal

Curcuma aromatica Curcuma amada


Curcuma angustifolia Curcuma longa


24. Egg parasitoid of rice stem borer:

Macrocentrus (BY Xanthopimpla


Trichogramma Charops


25. Important variety of Thippali

Viswam Jeeva


Mridhula Agni


26. Buffalo grass is known as

Congo signal


Para grass


27. Cardamom Research Station is situated in

Wayanad


Kottayam


28. Pre emergent herbicide used in rice:

Almix





29. Biofertilizer found in the root of pulses:

Pseudomonas


Azalia


30. Semi·trailingvarietyofcowpea:

Kairali


Vyjayanthi


3l. Father of Green Revolution:

M.S. Swaminathan


Griger Mendal


32. Oleoresin is extracted from:

Coconut


Pepper


33. IFOAM related to

Precision farming


High·tech farming


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Gamba grass
Guinea grass

Idukki
Ernakulam
Pretilachlor
Clincher
Rhizobium
Azotobacter
Bhagyalakshmi Artaswara
N.E.
Borlogue

T.
B. Flectcher


Cocoa Sesamum

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34. Aquaculture is related to Fish Silk worm Bird Honey bee
35. Number of Krishivigyan Kendras in Kerala 12 10 16 14
• 36. Gall midge attack symptom in rice: Dead heart Silver shoot White ear head Stackburn
37. Medicinal plant used for preventing soil erosion: Chethikoduveli Tulasi Chittarathu Vetiver
38. Silkworm rearing in caster: Eri Muga Tassar Mulberry
39. Grasserie disease in silk worm is caused by Nosema bombyscis Beauveria bassiana Borrelina virus Spicaria prasina
40. Micronutrient available in soil of alkaline pH Copper Molybdenum Zinc Manganese
41. Seed rate per hectare in transplanted rice: 60-85 Kg 80-90Kg 80-100 Kg 24-34Kg
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42. Plant having both insecticidal and manurial property:

Calapagonium Teak


Neem Mango


43. Sree Nandini is a high yielding variety of:


Dioscorea Tapioca


Colocasia Sweet potato


44. Acute rodenticide:


Warfarin Zinc phosphide


Cyclohexamide Dinocap


45. VAM (Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae) are found to be important in the process of:

Uptake of available P Water uptake


Dormancy break Retardation of flowering


46. Hybrid coconut variety: . West coast tall Keraganga
Komadan Kalpadhenu
47. Spacing of coconut in triangular planting:

10m 8.2m


6m 7.6m


48. Entomopathogenic fungus used in pest control:

Metarrhizium Baculo virus


Pseudomonas Rhizoctonia


49. Crop with maximum fibre content:

Biter gourd Curry leaf


Cowpea Amaranthus


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50. Flavonoid in bittergourd which help to reduce blood sugar:

Lycopene Anthocyanine


Carotenoid Peratin


51. The alkaline soil types in Kerala

Black cotton soil Sandy Onattukkara


Pokkali soil Laterite


52. Crop recovers applied N fertilizer to the tune of:

10-15% 25-30%


40-50 60-70


53. Practice not followed in Conservation agriculture:

Permanent soil cover Reduced tillage


Intensified tillage Crop rotation


54. Crop known as "Biological Plough"

Red gram Black gram


Green gram Horse gram


55. Oil yield (Kg from Jasminum sambac is nearly:

10 16


28 30


56. CAZRI is located at

Jhansi Varanasi


Jodhpur Dehradun


57. Soil erosion is prevalent in almost-----lakh hectares in Kerala.

3 . 16


26 30


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58. In Biology a sudden heritable change is known as

Heterosis Migration


Mutation Polypoidy


59. One cubic meter is liters.

100 1000
60. The vertical distance between two consecutive contours is called:

Contour interval Contour map


Contour level Vertical level


61. Advanced stage of sheet erosion:

Splash Rill


Gully Stream bank


62. FAO is situated in:

Italy USA


UK Russia


63. ICRISAT is situated in

Hyderabad Delhi


Pune Kamal


64. Casual organism of Panama wilt in banana:

Bacteria Virus


Fungus Insect


65. Kerala soil in general has high content of:

Copper Molybdenum


Iron Calcium


66. Low cost green house where the side are kept open:

Poly house Mist chamber


Rain shelter None ofthe above


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76. Application of fertilizer through irrigation system:

Chemigation (Bl Fertigation


Chlorination Acidification


77. Mechanism that promote self pollination:


Dicliny Heterostyly


Herkogamy Cleistogamy


78. Water useful for plant growth:


Hygroscropic Capillary


Gravitational Percolated


79. High yielding coleus variety


Sree Harsha Sree Vijaya


Nidhi Haritha


80. Element showing deficiencies symptom in younger leaves:

Magnesium Sulphur


Pottassium Molybdenum


81. Concentrated organic manure:

Cow dung Poultry manure


Groundnut cake Green leaf


82. Soil acidity is corrected by application of:

Ca(OH)2 CuSO.


ZnSO. H 2SO.


83. Nutrient content of N is Ammonium Nitrate

26%· 36.3


33.5 46


84. Plant breeding method which is used in cross pollinated crop:

Mass selection Recurrent selection


Pedigree selection Back cross


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85. CTCRI is situated in Kasaragod Kollam Thiruvananthapuram Kozhikode
86. Percent content of Nitrogen in Urea: 42 43 46 18
87. Organo phosphorous insecticide: Thiamethoxam Indoxacarb Dirnethoate Ipropenpos
88. Whip tail symptom in cauliflower is due to Copper deficiency Insect attack Molybdenum deficiency Disease
89. Copper fungicide: Mancozeb Bordeaux mixture Wettable sulphur Dinocap
90. Non systemic fungicide: Hexaconazole Propiconazole Thiram
91. Dendrobium Orchid: Saprophyte Lithophyte Epiphyte Terrestrial
92. Ccrlocybe indica is Paddy straw mushroom Oyster mushroom Button mushroom Milky mushroom
93. Sheath blight in rice is caused by Pyricularia grisea Helminthosporium oryzae Rhizoctonia solani Xanthomonas
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94. Root knot nematode:


Meloidogyne Pratylenchus


Rhizoctonia Radopholus


95. Bio fertilizer which can be used as green manure and cattle feed:

Awlla


VAM


96. Major organic nutrient source of phosphorous:

Oil cakes


Comppst


97. Soil having low cation exchange capacity:

Sandy


Silty


98. Heart of drip irrigation system:

Filter


End cap


Azospirillum
Azotobacter
Bone meal
Cow dung
Loamy
Clayey
Lateral
Emitter


99. Bio-control agent effective against foot root disease of pepper:

Ganoderma


Phytophthora


100. An orchid spice:

Dendrobium


Pepper



Trichogramma


Trichoderma



Loranthus


Vanilla



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