Rajasthan Pre Pg Old Question Paper 2018

Rajasthan Pre Pg Old Question Paper 2018

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1.The temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated is known as?

• Frigid Point
• Cold Point
• Dew Point
• Frost Point

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2.A Hydrological unit, where from surplus rup-off drains through a common point is known as?

• Watershed
• Run-off unit
• Water pond
• Conservation unit

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3.Which one of the following is not a variety of Isabgol crop ?

• GI-2
• SI-20
• HI-5
• JI-4

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4.Sugarcane crop is considered matured, if simples of juice taken from the middle portions of the stalks show the Hand Refractometer reading from?

• 32 to 34
• 19 to 22
• 14 to 15
• 10 to 12

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5.Which one of the following is micronutrient anion?

• B
• Zn
• Fe
• Mn

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6.Which one of the following is “Macaroni Wheat” ?

• Triticum durum
• Triticum aestivum
• Triticuni dicoccum
• Triticum Sphaerococcum

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7.The type of germination of soybean seed is?

• Epigial
• Semigial
• Decigial
• Hypogeal

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8.The moisture content of groundnut pods for safe storage should?

• Not more than 5%
• Not more than 12%
• Not more than 15%
• Not more than 18%

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9.Recommendation to control weeds in pearl millet crop through herbicides is pre-emergence application of?

• 2, 4-D at 0.5 kg a.i./ha
• Atrazine at 0.5 kg a.i./ha
• Clodinafop at 0.5 kg a.i./ha
• Metsulfuron at 0.5 kg a.i./ha

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10.The staple length of cotton fibre of short Staple grade is?

• 30 to 32 mm
• 33 to 34 mm
• Less than 24 mm
• More than 34 mm

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11.Excess water from precipitation that moves out of field and finds way to river, lakes and oceans is called?

• Run off
• Seepage
• Percolation
• Water harvesting

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12.The land capability class II is shown by?

• Green
• Pink
• Brown
• Yellow

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13.Recent soil with no diagnostic horizon other than octric epipedon and slight degree of profile development are classified as?

• Entisol
• Oxisol
• Ultisol
• Inceptisol

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14.Manufacture of SSP is?

• Acidulation of rock phosphate with nitric acid
• Acidulation of rock phosphate with oxalic acid
• Acidulation of rock phosphate with sulphuric acid
• Acidulation of rock phosphate with phosphoric acid

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15.Elements which are not universally essential but improve the growth of some plant species are?

• Iron and Boron
• Boron and Copper
• Cobalt and Vanadium
• Zinc and Molybdenum

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16.Khaira disease of rice is caused by?

• Aspergillus Spp
• Rhizoctonia Spp
• Xanthomonas Spp
• Deficiency of Zinc

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17.Soil aeration status is best measured by?

• Percent Porosity
• ODR measurement
• Percent Microposity
• WHC measurement

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18. Beta oxidation of fatty acids yields the product ?

• Glucose
• Citric acid
• Acetyl CoA
• Pyruvic acid

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19.As per guidelines of FAO (1977), gently undulating land, surface has a slope of.?

• 2-5 per cent
• 6-10 per cent
• 11-15 per cent
• Less than 2 per cent

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20.Mehlich’s cunninghamella plaque method of soil fertility valuation is for?

• Zinc
• Boron
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus

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21.White rust fungus, Albugo Candida belongs to?

• Oomycetes
• Ascomycetes
• Basidiomycetes
• Deuteromycetes

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22.Viruses which can kill the bacteria are known as?

• Virion
• Viroids
• Antibodies
• Bacteriophages

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23.Microscope was developed for the first time by?

• Micheli
• Shakespeare
• Theophrastus
• Leeuwenhoek

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24.Which one of the following disease is internally seed borne?

• Peach leaf curl
• Black rust of wheat
• Sheath blight of rice
• Loose smut of wheat

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25.Karathane is a?

• Fungicide
• Insecticide
• Bactericide
• Nematicide

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26.Late blight of potato is caused by?

• Rhizopus oryzae
• Plasmopara viticola
• Phytophthora infestans
• Pythium aphanidermatum

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27.Bordeaux mixture was developed by?

• J. Butler
• C. Walker
• Anton de Bary
• M. A. Millardet

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28.Who is the father of Nematology?

• Kuhn
• Siddiqui
• Needham
• A. Cobb

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29.Golden Cyst Nematode is first reported and restricted to which part of India?

• Shimla hills
• Nilgiri hills
• North Eastern hills
• Indo gangetic plains

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30.Which of the following body part of the nematode play a vital role in host finding?

• Vulva
• Cloacay
• Amphids
• Phasmids

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31.May fly belongs to order?

• Zoraptera
• Plecoptera
• Dictyoptera
• Ephemeroptera

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32.The term microbial control was first used by?

• Slama
• Smith
• Patton
• Steinhaus

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33.The two phases of locust given by?

• Uvarov
• Pradhan
• B. Fletcher
• Rama Chanda Rao

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34.The Tubular gull popularly known as……. in rice is caused by?

• Orseolia oryzae
• Sitophilus oryzae
• Corcyra cephalonica
• Trogoderma granarium

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35.The Mycoplasmal disease, Sesamum phyllody transmitted by?

• Thrips tabaci
• Cestius phycitis
• Orosius albicinctus
• Nephotettix virescens

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36.The insect infestation occurs in a severe form in a region or locality at a particular season or time is called as?

• Endemic
• Sporadic
• Epidemic
• Occasional

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37.Icerya purchasi is a pest of?

• Citrus
• Mango
• Cotton
• Banana

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38.The malarial parasite was discovered by.?

• Patton
• Fletcher
• Stebbing
• Sir Ronald Ross

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39.The gall Midges belongs to order?

• Diptera
• Plecoptera
• Dermaptera
• Lepidoptera

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40.Epi pyropes melanoleuca is a parasitoid of?

• Sugarcane top borer
• Sugarcane leaf hopper
• Sugarcane Whitefly
• Sugarcane root borer

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41.Difference between Animal and Plant cell is?

• M RNA
• Cell wall
• Centriole
• Mitochondria

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42.Power house of the cell is?

• Vacuoles
• Risosomes
• Golgi body
• Mitochondria

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43.Seed less bananas are on account of?

• Nullisomye
• Monosomy
• Allopolyploidy
• Autopoliploidy

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44.Segregation means?

• Separation of two genes
• Separation of two alleles
• Separation of Sister Chromatids
• Separation of Homologous Chromosomes

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45.An individual with blood group ‘AB’ can donate blood to individuals having blood group?

• A
• B
• AB
• A or B

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46.Maize is cross polinated because of?

• Monoecism
• Monoecism and Protandry
• Diocism and Protogyny
• Monoecism and Protogyny

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47.Three line male sterility system is commonly used in Hybrid seed production ?

• Rice
• Bajra
• Sorghum
• All the above

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48.The effect of pollen genes on parts of the seed developed from the mothe tissues, is known as?

• Xenia
• Meta xenia
• Maternal effect
• Paternal effect

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49.In Pedigree selection method the selection within family is no longer very effective so emphasis shifts entirely to selection among families?

• F2
• F7
• F3 or F4
• F5 or F6

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50.Adjustment of the plants in new environment is called?

• Stability
• Selection
• Domestication
• Acclimatization

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51.Most important winter season cut flower?

• Gladioli
• Marigold
• Carnation
• Tuberose

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52.Japanese style of gardens also known as?

• Formal garden
• English garden
• Mughal garden
• Informal garden

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53.Name plant growth regulator which control lower and fruit drop?

• gA
• 1 BA
• 1 AA
• 2, 4-D

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54.Name winter season vegetable which is photo and thermo sensitive?

• Pea
• Cabbage
• Broccoliy
• Cauliflower

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55.Name district having maximum forest.cover is Rajasthan?

• Udaypur
• Banswara
• Chittorgarh
• Dungarpury

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56.Canning of fruits on commercial scale was introduced by?

• Angilbert
• Underwood
• Peter Durand
• Raymond Chavalier

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57.Highest area under Cumin crop in India is in state?

• Gujarat
• Rajasthan
• Uttar Pradesh
• Himachal Pradesh

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58.Squash should contain atleast fruit juice?

• 20 percent
• 22 percent
• 25 percent
• 30 percent

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59.Leaves and pods of Senna (Cassia Angustifolia) are useful to control?

• Constipation
• Caugh & Cold
• Diabetes – Sling
• Blood Pressure

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60.Optimum media to grow vegetable seedling in Pro-trays is?

• Only Perlite
• Only Vermiculite
• 1:1:1 cocopeat, sand and soil
• 2.1:1 cocopant, saned and soil

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61.Concentrate contain crude fibre?

• >18%
• <18%
  
• >60%
• <60%
  

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62.Hemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS) disease caused by?

• Virus
• Bacteria
• Protozoa
• Parasites

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63.Buffalo breeds have sickle shape horn?

• Surti
• Murrah
• Jafarabadi
• Pandharpuri

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64.Best draft breed or cattle found in Rajasthan?

• Gir
• Nagori
• Kankrej
• Tharparkar

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65.Chicken breed native of Rajasthan?

• Mewari
• Marwari
• Kadaknath
• Pratapdhan

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66.Mating of closely related animals is called?

• In breeding
• Out crossing
• Out breeding
• Cross breeding

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67.Breeding of sires of a given breed to non descript females and their offspring for generation after generation?

• Grading-up
• Criss crossing
• Cross breeding
• Two breed crossing

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68.Selection on the basis of individual phenotypic performance is called?

• Individual selection
• Family selection
• Sib selection
• Pedigree selection

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69.Best method of selection is?

• Total Score
• Family selection
• Tandem selection
• Independent culling level

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70.The act of parturition is goat is called?

• Calving
• Kidding
• Lambing
• Farrowing

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71.The indifference curve is based on the assumption of ?

• Ordinal Utility
• Cardinal Utility
• Nominal Utility
• Positive Utility

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72.For those goods having relatives elastic demand elasticity of demand will be?

• One
• Zero
• Greater than
• Less than one

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73.Which of the following institution came into existence in 1982 ?

• AFC
• RRB,s
• ARDC
• NABARD

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74.As the number_of marketing channels increases, the producers share in consumers rupee?

• Increase
• Decrease
• Remains steady
• None of the above

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75.The law of diminishing returns relates to?

• Factor – substitution
• Product substitution
• Factor – Factor relationship
• Factor – Product relationship

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76.Discounting method of project analysis implies?

• Present value of Future sum
• Future value of Present sum
• Future value reduced by a given value
• Present value increased by a given value

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77.The markets dealing with agricultural commodities at district head quarter are called?

• Terminal Markets
• Seaboard Markets
• Primary Wholesale Market
• Secondary Wholesale Markets

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78.Coefficient of variation is expressed as percentage of?

• GM/SD
• AM/SD
• SD/AM
• SD/GM

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79.In an RBD with 4 treatments and 5 replications, the degree of freedom for error is?

• 8
• 9
• 10
• 12

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80.The Karl Pearson correlation coefficient will lie between?

• 0,1
• -1,0
• -1, +1
• -3, +3

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81.Which of the following are informal rules of Behaviour ?

• Laws
• Mores
• Norms
• Folkways

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82.Which one is the most important focal point in teaching and learning process?

• Learner
• Teacher
• Subject Matter
• Physical facilities

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83.Which of the stages of adoption process is the “Mental Trial” ?

• Trial
• Interest
• Evaluation
• Awareness

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84.Early adopters in relation to adopters categories are?

• 2.5%
• 16%
• 34%
• 13.5%

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85.The word “Communication” comes from the language of?

• Latin
• French
• Spanish
• Portuguese

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86.Of the following, which one is known as “Picture Drama” ?

• Black Boardy
• Flannel Graph
• Flash Cards
• Postery

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87.Which one is not the group teaching method ?

• Campaign
• Field day
• Result Demonstration
• Method Demonstration

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88.Technology Assessment and Refinement (Tar) took place through?

• T & V
• IVLP
• ATMA
• PMRY

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89.”Entrepreneur” is a loanword from?

• Latin
• Arabic
• French
• Amharic

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90.How many farmers is one group were to be selected as “contact farmers” in case of T & V system?

• 5
• 10
• 15
• 20

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91.Lactose is a sort of milla?

• Monosaccharide
• Disaccharide
• Polysaccharide
• Oligosaccharide

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92.Peptide bond is a characteristic of which biomolecule?

• Lipids
• Proteins
• Nucleic acids
• Carbohydrates

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93.How many hydrogen bonds can be formed when guanine is bonded to cytosine ?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 6

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94.Photosynthesis takes place at?

• Nucleus
• Golgi Body
• Chloroplast
• Mitochondria

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95.Phenols are derived of which of the following?

• Glycine
• Glucose
• Phosphate
• Phenylalanine

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96.Shoot elongation is associated with which of the Phytohormone?

• Auxin
• Cytokinin
• Ethylene
• Abscisic acidy

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97.Plant tissue culture relies on the ability of certain portions/cells of plants to regenerate whole plant. This ability is referred to as?

• Autotomy
• Withering
• Totipotency
• Differentiation

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98.Short day plants undergo flowering when?

• Night length is equal to day length
• Are irresponsive to day/night length
• Night length exceeds their critical Photoperiod
• Night length falls below their critical Photoperiod

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99.Flowering and fruiting in plants is mainly affected by?

• Iron
• Boron
• Magnesium
• Manganese

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100.If a soil contains 25% moisture, calculate the specific heat of the soil (Given: Sp. Heat of water and Sp. Heat of soil solid are 1.0 cal/g and 0.2 cal/g, respectively).?  (The answer is not correct)

• 3.6 Cal/g
• 0.18 Cal/g
• 1.36 Cal/g
• 0.36 Cal/g

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