FIELD SUPERVISOR STATE FARMING CORPORATION SOLVED PAPER 2015

FIELD SUPERVISOR STATE FARMING CORPORATION

EXAM DATE:13-08-2015
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1.’Ca’,’Mg’,and ‘S’ utilized by the plant from the soil are considered as:

A.Major nutrients

B.Secondary nutrients*

C.Micro nutrients

D.Trace elements

Ans:B

2.Class of seed designed for use by farmers in sowing:

A.Registered Seeds

B.Certified Seeds*

C.Breeder Seeds

D.Foundation Seeds

Ans:B

3.-----------is not a mechanical method of weed control:

A.Hoeing

B.Hand pulling

C.Smother Crops*

D.Mowing

Ans:C

4.Emitters,filter unit etc.are associated with:

A.Drip irrigation*

B.Spinkler Irrigation

C.Over Head Irrigation

D.Flood Irrigation

Ans:A

5.Layering type in plants with flexible branches:

A.Air Layering

B.Simple layering*

C.Mount layering

D.Trench layering

Ans:B

6.Pepper variety cultivated in comparatively open areas

A.Panniyur-1*

B.Panniyur-2

C.Panniyur-4

D.Pournami

Ans:A

7.Kerachandra is also known as:

A.Andaman Ordinary

B.Phillippines Ordinary*

C.Lakshadweep Ordinary

D.Java

Ans:B

8. Most appropriate propagating material for banana:

A.Sword sucker*

B.Water sucker

C.Seeds

D.Pseudostem

Ans:A

9.Micro organism used for the coirpith composting:

A.Bacillus Sp

B.Eudrillus Sp

C.Pleurotus Sp*

D.Glomus Sp

Ans:C

10.Irrigation suitable for potato,sugar beat,raddish:

A.Check Basin

B.Ring basin

C.Flooding

D.Furrow*

Ans:D

11.Best species of earthworm for vermit technology:

A.Perinonyx escavatus

B.Pleurotus Sp

C.Eudrillus euginae*

D.Isenia foetida

Ans:C

12.Which of the essential elements imparts dark green colour of the Leaves and promote vegetative growth?

A.Pottassium

B.Phosphorus

C.Nitrogen*

D.Magnesium

Ans:C

13.Maximum permissible moisture content of rice:

A.13%*

B.15%

C.18%

D.20%

Ans:A

14.A Transplanted Crop:

A.Cotton

B.Pottato

C.Chilly*

D.Maize

Ans:C

15.Reporting of bush pepper is done in every:

A.One year

B.Three Years

C.Two years*

D.Five years

Ans:C

16.A poisonous weed:

A.Parthenium*

B.Lantana

C.Cynodon

D.Cyperus

Ans:A

17.Trickle Irrigation is:

A.Ring Irrigation

B.Spinkler Irrigation

C.Over Head Irrigation

D.Drip Irrigation*

Ans:D

18.A mobile element:

A.Calcium

B.Iron

C.Sulphur

D.Magnesium*

Ans:D

19.Most beneficial form of soil structure for plant growth:

A.Loamy soil

B.Silty soil

C.Granular soil*

D.Platy soil

Ans:C

20.A Selective herbicide for controlling broad leaved weeds:

A.2,4-D*

B.Dalapon

C.Giyphosphate

D.Paraquat

Ans:A

21.Operation that is not related with the processing of rice:

A.Whitening

B.Milling

C.Polishing

D.Dehusking*

Ans:D

22.The C:N ratio of coirpith after composting is:

A.112:1

B.32:1

C.55:1

D.24:1*

Ans:D

23.Water applied to the soil in the form of thin spray from above:

A.Sprinkler Irrigation*

B.Drip Irrigation

C.Trickle Irrigation

D.Flood Irrigation

Ans:A

24.Whiptail in cauliflower is caused by the deficiency of:

A.Zinc

B.Manganese

C.Molybdenum*

D.Boron

Ans:C

25.Weeds valued for religious purposes:

A.Eichhornia crassipes

B.Amaranthus Sp

C.Imperata cylindrical

D.Ocimum sanctum*

Ans:D

26.Generally virippu season of rice extends from:

A.April-May to Sep-Oct*

B.Sept-Oct to Dec-Jan

C.Dec-Jan to Mar-April

D.April to Aug

Ans:A

27.Intensive tapping in rubber tress prior to replanting is called:

A.Rain guarding

B.Tapping

C.Slaughter tapping*

D.Tapping rest

Ans:C

28.A Banana variety suitable for intercropping in coconut:

A.Poovan

B.Palayan Kodan

C. Robusta*

D.Cavendish

Ans:C

29.Tag to Identify registered seed is:

A.Purple*

B.Blue

C.White

D.Yellow

Ans:A

30.Fore wings of bug are called:

A.Elytra

B.Membranous

C.Halteres

D.Hemelytra+*

Ans:D

31.Water Hyacinth is controlled using:

A.Cryptobagous weevil

B.Neochitinia weevil*

C.Zygogramma beetle

D.Crocidosema moth

Ans:B

32.A good quality coconut seedling have a collar girth of:

A.5 to 6 cm

B.10 to 12 cm*

C.17 to 18 cm

D.20 cm

Ans:B

33.Whole rice  panicle is transformed into cylindrical rod in-----------disease

A.Udbatta*

B.False smut

C.Stack Burn

D.Brown spot

Ans:A

34.Which is not a predator?

A.Lady bird beetle

B.Cricket

C.Spider

D.Trichogramma*

Ans:D

35.Which among the following is not a green manuring ‘insitu’?

A.Dhaincha

B.Cow pea

C.Sunnhemp

D.Leucaena*

Ans:D

36.A bio fertilizer which improves the uptakes of phosphorous by inoculated plant

A.Rhizobium

B.VAM*

C.Azotobacter

D.Azospirillum

Ans:B

37.Disease free planting material in banana is obtained through:

A.Tissue culture*

B.Suckers

C.Seeds

D.Sword sucker

Ans:A

38.Legless larva:

A.Caterpillar

B.Maggot*

C.Nymph

D.Grub

Ans:B

39.Tunnels seen and stunting of rhizome are associated with:

A.Banana Pseudo stem weevil

B.Banana rhizome weevil*

C.Aphid

D.Spindle bug

Ans:B

40.Which among the following is not a low analysis fertilizer?

A.Single super phosphate

B.Sodium citrate

C.Urea*

D.Calcium nitrate
Ans:C

41.Praparing seed bed,reducing ped size,weed control,incorporating fertilizer are associated with:

A.Primary tillage

B.Secondary tillage*

C.Inter tillage

D.Summer tillage

Ans:B

42.----------------refers to the amount of water required by a crop in its whole production period

A.Consumptive Use

B.Water requirement*

C.Critical stages

D.Evapotranspiration

Ans:B

43.Biocontrol agent against Quick Wilt disease of pepper

A.Pottasium phosphonate

B.Rordeaux mixture

C.Mancozeb*

D.Trichoderma

Ans:C

44.In honey bees honey wax is secreted from the wax gland of:

A.Drones

B.Queen

C.Worms

D.Workers*

Ans:D

45.The period taken by black pepper from flowering to harvest is:

A.2-3 months

B.10-12 months

C.6-8 months*

D.12-14 months

Ans:C

46.Annual leaf fall of rubber is known as:

A.Wintering*

B.Refoliation

C.Flowering

D.Replacing

Ans:A

47.Annapurna,Jyothy,revathy are:

A.Early duration rice varieties*

B.Medium duration rice varieties

C.Late duration rice varieties

D.First crop rice varieties

Ans:A

48.Fruit rot,heavy defoliation are seen in-------------disease of rubber:

A.Powdery mildew

B.Abnormal leaf fall*

C.Pink disease

D.Shoot rot

Ans:B

49.Coconut belongs to the order:

A.Piperaceae

B.Euphorbiaceae

C.Palmae*

D.Musaceae

Ans:C

50.The method of feeding nutrients to  the plants by applying fertilizer to the Foliage:

A.Basal dressing

B.Foliar application*

C.Start solution

D.Fertigation

Ans:B

51.Total desertion of honey bee colony from its nest due to pest/disease attack is known as:

A.Absconding*

B.Swarming

C.Smoking

D.Migratory bee keeping

Ans:A

52.A rice weed that is not a grass:

A.Varinellu

B.Kavada

C.Polla

D.African payal*

Ans:D

53.Rhinolure is the pheromone trap used against:

A.Red palm weevil

B.Ricestem Borer

C.Mango Fruit fly

D.Rhinocerous Beetle*

Ans:D

54.The only method of producing new varieties in plants:

A.Asexual propagation

B.Sexual propagation*

C.Vegetative propagation

D.Leaf cutting

Ans:B

55.Cardamom research station is located at:

A.Odakkali

B.Anakkayam

C.Pampadumpara*

D.Konni

Ans:C

56.Bryophyllum is propagated by:

A.Leaf bud cutting

B.Leaf cutting*

C.Stem cutting

D.Root cutting

Ans:B

57.Thula varsham is:

A.South-west monsoon

B.North-east monsoon*

C.North-west monsoon

D.South-east monsoon

Ans:B

58.Rice varieties Vytilla-1,Vytilla-2 are suitable for

A.Pokkali Area*

B.Kole region

C.Wayanad

D.Onattukara

Ans:A

59.Invitro method of plant propagation is:

A.Sexual propagation

B.Asexual propagation

C.Micro propagation*

D.Vegitative propagation
Ans:C

60.Fungal polluis is also known as:

A.Anthracnose*

B.Pollu beetle

C.Quick wilt

D.Nematode

Ans:A

61.A non flowering tree:

A.Azadirachta indica*

B.Delonix regia

C.Cassia fistula

D.Michalea chempaca

Ans:A

62.Which  is not a bacterial disease?

A.Potato Scab

B.Leaf spot of chilly

C.Citrus Canker

D.Blast of rice*

Ans:D

63.King of spices:

A.Cardamom

B.Ginger

C.Coffee

D.Pepper*

Ans:D

64.Lemom grass,Vetiver etc.are example of:

A.Spices

B.Plantation Crop

C.Aromatic plant*

D.Condiment

Ans:C

65.Parent plant used in asexual propagation is known as:

A.Clones

B.Mother plan

C.Stock plant*

D.Stolons

Ans:C
66.Rapid browning and death of leaves floral parts:

A.Wilt

B.Dieback

C.Blight*

D.Damping off

Ans:C

67.System of rice cultivation where mixture of Non-photosensitive and photosensitive varieties are used in virippu season:

A.Mundakan

B.Oorumundakan

C.Kootumundakan*

D.Pokkali

Ans:C

68.A viral disease of banana:

A.Brunchy top*

B.Panama wilts

C.Sigatoka

D.Spindle leaf minor

Ans:A

69.A variety of tomato released by IIHR Banglore

A.Arka Alok*

B.Pusa early dwarf

C.Pusa ruby

D.Sakthi

Ans:A

70.Little leaf of Brinjal is caused by:

A.Fungi

B.Virus

C.Mycoplasma*

D.Bacteria

Ans:C

71.Nest of honey bee:

A.Kennel

B.Shed

C.Comb*

D.Division Board

Ans:C

72.Budding in which  a ring of bark is removed:

A.I-buding

B.Yemma budding

C.Forket budding

D.Annular budding*

Ans:D

73.West coast tall is not a parent of the following Hybrid Coconut:

A.Kerasree

B.Kerasawbhagya

C.Chandralaksha*

D.Keraganga

Ans:C

74.Silk is secreted by--------------gland of silk worm.

A.Silk gland

B.Salicary gland*

C.Wax gland

D.Thyroid

Ans:B

75.Ananthan,a variety of mushroom takes----------days from spawning to harvest

A.12

B.8*

C.20

D.4

Ans:B

76.Most severe form of rain water erosion:

A.Sheet

B.Rill

C.Splash

D.Gully*

Ans:D

77.A form of Multiple cropping were one crop starts after the growing season for the previous crop has ended:

A.Relay cropping

B.Double cropping*

C.Inter cropping

D.Mono Cropping

Ans:B

78.Alternanthera,dwarf mari gold are example of:

A.Hedge

B.Edge*

C.Flowering tree

D.Flowering

Ans:B

79.Balsam,Begonia are propagated by:

A.Hard wood cutting

B.Soft wood cutting

C.Semi hard wood cutting

D.Herbaceous cutting*

Ans:D

80.Powdered pesticide formulation containing wetting and dispersing agent

A.Dust

B.Granule

C.Emulsifiable concentrate

D.Wettable powder*

Ans:D

81.The first woman president  of Indian National Congress:

A.Sarojini Naidu

B.Sucheta Kripalani

C.Annie Besant*

D.Indira Gandhi

Ans:C

82.Who led the revolt of 1857 at Kannur?

A.Nana Sahib*

B.Kunwar Singh

C.Bahadur Shah II

D.Rani Laxmi  Bai

Ans:A

83.’Ananda Mutt’,the first novel in Bengali was written by:

A.Rabindranath Tagore

B.Kesav chandrasen

C.Rajaram Mohan Roy

D.Bankim Chandra Chatterjee*

Ans:D

84.The newspaper published by Bala Gangadhar Tilak:

A.Common wheal

B.Kesari*

C.Sambad Kaumudi

D.Viveka Vardhini

Ans:B

85.The viceroy who partitioned Bengal:

A.Lord Curzon*

B.Lord William Bentick

C.Lord Hardinge

D.Lord Wellesley

Ans:A

86.Write the name of the river which flows towards the west:

A.Mahanadi

B.Godawari

C.Narmada*

D.Kaveri

Ans:C

87.Founder of Hindustan Democratic Federation:

A.J.M. Chatterjee

B.Sachindra Sanyal*

C.V.D.Savarkar

D.Pramod mittar

Ans:B

88.The Konark sun temple is situated in:

A.Karnataka

B.Odisha*

C.Gujarat
D.Madhya Pradesh
Ans:B

89.Who presided over the Lahore congress in 1929?

A.Mottilal Nehru

B.Surendranath Banerjee

C.Dr.Ansari

D.Jawaharlal Nehru*

Ans:D

90.The states re-organization act was passed by the Indian parliament in:

A.1955*

B.1952

C.1950

D.1956

Ans:A

91.The national highway which connects Varanasi-Kanyakumari:

A.NH-15

B.NH-5

C.NH-7*

D.NH-8

Ans:C

92.The installation at Aruvippuram by Sree Narayanaguru was in the year:

A.1885

B.1882

C.1887

D.1888*

Ans:D

93.The mountain pass which connects Tirunelveli in Tamilnadu is Thiruvanathapuram in Kerala:

A.Bodinayakanur pass

B.Aramboli pass*

C.Thamarasseri pass

D.Kambam pass

Ans:B

94.Thirunavai,the place where the famous pan-kerala assembly ‘Mamankom’was conducted is situated on the banks of the river:

A.Bharatapuzha*

B.Periyar

C.Chaliyar

D.Pamba

Ans:A

95.Sankara Narayana,the famous astronomer of south  India was lived in the court of:

A.Kulasekhara Varman

B.Rajasekhara Varman

C.Bhaskara Varman

D.Stanu Ravi Varman*

Ans:D

96.The first President of Travencore State Congress:

A.Mannath Padmanabhan

B.T.M.Varghese

C.Pattom Thanupillai*

D.N.V.Joseph

Ans:C

97.The ruler who abolished the Devadasi system in Travancore:

A.Rani Sethu Lakshmi Bai*

B.Sri Mulam Thirunal

C.Rani Gowri Parvathi Bai

D.Swathi Thirunal

Ans:A

98.Who was the editor of the Malayalam journal ‘Mitavadi’ which fought against untouhability in Kerala?

A.C.V.Kunchiraman

B.A.K.Gopalan

C.C.Krishnan*

D.T.K.Madhavan

Ans:C

99.Sri Poikayil Yohannan was later  known as:

A.Vagbhadanandan

B.Chattampi swamikal

C.Aagamananda swamikal

D.Sree Kumara gurudevan*

Ans:D

100.The person who is known as the ‘Subhash Chandra Bose of Kerala’:

A.Ali musaliyar

B.Muhammed Abdul Rahman*

C.Vakkom Abdul Khader Maulavi

D.C.H.Muhammed Koya

Ans:B