Post : Vocational Teacher Agriculture
Department : Vocational Higher Secondary Education
Category Code : 160/2016
Qualification : Degree in Agriculture ( 60% marks ) from Kerala Agricultural University or an equivalent qualification
Question Paper Code : 56/2017/OL
Date of Test : 11-07-2017
- The horticulture crop having the highest productivity
- Banana
- Pineapple
- Mango
- Apple
- Genome composition of Poovan variety of Banana
- AA
- AAA
- AAB
- AAAA
- A plant growth regulator considered as growth retardant.
- PCPA
- NAA
- CCC
- IBA
- A jack variety released from Kerala Agricultural University having red flesh
- Theen Varikka
- Muttom Verikka
- Red Lady
- Sindhoor
- The parentage of mango variety Ratana
- Neelum x Alphonso
- Deshari x Neelum
- Mallika x Alphonso
- Deshari x Alphonso
- A variety of Banana most suitable for export
- Poovan
- Nenthran
- Grand Nine
- Robusta
- The parentage of coconut hybrid Kera Ganga
- LO x GB
- WCT x CDO
- WCT x CDG
- WCT x GB
- A coconut variety reported to have tolerance to coconut root-wilt disease.
- T × D Hybrid
- NCD
- Malyan Green Dwarf
- Malyan Orange Dwarf
- A coconut variety having a knob in one of the chromosomes.
- WCT
- Lakshadeep Ordinary
- Gangabanthum
- Spiketa
- A chemical widely used to induce flowering in mango in high density planting.
- GA 3
- Paclobutrazol
- NAA
- Ethrel
- Garlic crop does not produce seeds due to
- Male sterility
- Self incompatibility
- Protogyny
- Meiotic irregularity
- Spotted wilt virus is a comman disease of
- Tomato
- Water melon
- Cucumber
- Cow pea
- Butter bean is a cultivar of
- Lima bean
- Broad bean
- Field bean
- French bean
- Shogoin is a gynoecious cultivar of
- Cucumber
- Watermelon
- Snake gourd
- Pumpkin
- A variety of pumpkin belongs to Cucurbita maxima
- Arka Chadan
- Arka Suryamuki
- Ambily
- Saras
- Seed rate per hectare for okra is
- 7-8 kg
- 4-5 kg
- 15-18 kg
- 20-22 kg
- A species of Amaranth grown for grain
- Amaranthus tricolor
- A. dubious
- A. viridus
- A. hypochondriacos
- Extent of heterosis reported in chilli is
- 50%
- 75%
- 200%
- 250%
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- Basic chromosome number of Solonum tuberosum
- 10
- 12
- 6
- 14
- Concentric fruit cracking is a disorder in tomato due to
- Over irrigation
- Delayed planting
- Genetic factors
- High temperature
- Varieties developed by systematic breeding effort, once commercially estimated but no more grown
- land races
- obsolete varieties
- breeding lines
- wild forms
- The gradual loss of variability from cultivated species, and their wild forms and wild relatives
- gene pool
- acclimatisation
- genetic erosion
- gene bank
- The scientist who proposed the eight main centres of origin of cultivated plants
- Vavilov
- Harlan
- Darwin
- Mendel
- A cross in which more than two parents are mated to produce a hybrid
- Complex cross
- Simple cross
- Intervarietal cross
- Interspecific cross
- Inbreeding depression is more in
- self-pollinated crops
- often cross pollinated crops
- homogenous populations
- cross pollinated crops
- In backcross breeding, the recurrent parent is otherwise known as
- recipient parent
- donor parent
- top cross parent
- male parent
- Mutation frequency is higher in
- spontaneous mutations
- induced mutations
- nonsence mutations
- vital mutations
- D × T hybrids are produced for exploitation of heterosis in
- tapioca
- rice
- maize
- coconut
- A single superior plant selected from a variable population can form the basis of a new variety (under conventional method)
- tapioca
- rice
- maize
- coconut
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- Higher leaf number and early leaf splitting denote quality scedlings in
- tapioca
- rice
- maize
- coconut
- Minimum isolation distance for certified seed production will be higher in
- self-pollinated crops
- cross pollinated crops
- often cross pollinated crops
- vegetatively propagated crops
- The removal of smaller and shriveled seeds from well-filled healthy seeds is termed
- grading
- cleaning
- treating
- testing
- One of the following is not a seed production organization
- NSC
- SSC
- SSCA
- WWF
- The 'real value' of seed is the product of
- purity % and viability %
- purity % and germination %
- germination % and viability %
- germination % and moisture content
- Which of the following is not patentable
- a substance isolated from nature
- the novel process used for isolation
- artificially synthesized gene
- novel process for genetic modification of gene
- One of the following is not a criterion that a plant variety must satisfy for claiming protection under UPOV 1991 Act.
- Distinctiveness
- Uniformity
- Stability
- Variability
- A crop that shows protogyny is
- topioca
- maize
- coconut
- rice
- The minimum number of field inspections essential for seed certification is higher in
- self-pollinated crops
- cross-pollinated crops
- often cross-pollinated crops
- vegetatively propagated crops
- This quality seed class is essentially under the direct supervision of the originating breeder
- Breeder seed
- Foundation seed
- Registered seed
- Certified seed
- The percentage seed germination required for certification in rice is
- 65%
- 70%
- 75%
- 80%
- A rice variety resistant to gall midge
- Jyothi
- Kanchana
- Nila
- Pavitra
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- The biocontrol agent used for the management of coconut rhinocerous beetle
- Beauveria
- Metarhizium
- Paecilomyces
- Bacillus thuringiensis
- The ETL for rice stem borer at mid tillering stage is
- 10% dead heart
- 5% dead heart
- 2 moths/M2
- 1 egg/M2
- The chemical group which mimic the action of Acetyl Choline is
- Organophosphates
- Pyrethrins
- Avermectins
- Neonicotinoids
- The mite pest that causes severe malformation of tender parts of vegetables similar to viral infection symptoms is
- Tetranychus sp.
- Polyphagotarsonemus latus
- Raoiella indica
- Oligonychus indicus
- A vitamin used as a rat poison is
- Vit. K3
- Vit. K1
- Vit. B12
- Vit. D1
- The biological control agent used for managing nematoes is
- Verticuillum chlamydosporium
- Paecilomyces lilacinus
- Bacillus macerans
- All these
- A fumigant used for managing storage pests which is known to deplete ozone layer is
- Ethylene dibromide
- Carbon tetrachloride
- Methyl bromide
- Phosgene
- The spray droplet size in low volume spray ranges from
- 20-50 micrones
- 50-150 micrones
- 100-200 micrones
- 20-150 micrones
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- The pest which cause immature nutfall in arecanut is
- Mircarvalhoia arecae
- Halyomorpha marmorea
- Aspidiotus destructor
- Aspongopus janus
- The casual organism of amaranthus leaf blight is
- Rhizoctonia
- Fusarium
- Phyllosticta
- Cercospora
- The group of fungicides which could manage both downy mildew at the same time is
- Carboxamides
- Phenyl urea
- Strobilurins
- Triazoles
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- Greenish grey irregular lesions with dark line on leaf margins, lesions large and develop indefinetly on older plants is the symptom of
- Rice blast
- Rice sheath blight
- Bacterial leaf blight
- Leaf scald
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- The causal organism of charcoal pod rot of cocoa is
- P.palmivora
- B. theobromae
- C. gloeosporioides
- Diplodia natalensis
- A self motile asexual spore is called
- Zoospore
- Zygospore
- Chlamydospore
- Ascopspore
- The chemical suitable for managing diseases caused by fungi belonging to the class Oomyces is
- Dimethomorph
- Propiconazole
- Myclobutanil
- Triadimefon
- The disease in which black powdery mass of spores are produced by the fungus is known as
- Rust
- Smut
- Anthracnose
- Scab
- Siderophores are produced by P. flurescens which
- induced systemic resistance is host plants
- sequester iron
- have antibiotic properties
- compete for nutrition and food with pathogens
- Sulphur containing fungicides are mainly used for the management of
- Downy mildews
- Powdery mildews
- Rusts
- Antracnose
- The causal organism of blister blight of tea is
- Pestalotia theae
- Phellinus noxius
- Exobasidium vexans
- Hemileia vastatrix
- Latest element added to the list of essential for plant growth is
- Ni
- Mo
- Cu
- Zn
- The most popular and important soil and water conservation method practiced in India is
- Compartmental bunding
- Bench terracing
- Strip cropping
- Contour bunding
- Goal 23.5% Ec is a commercial formation of _________ herbicide
- Diuron
- Glyphosate
- Pendimethalin
- Oxyfluorfen
- A selective post emergence herbicide recommended for the control of Echinochloa species in rice crop is
- Butachlor
- 2,4, -D
- Cyhalofop butyl
- Glyphosate
- The average C:N ratio of the top most plough depth layer of soil varies from
- 20:1 to 30:1
- 10:1 to 12:1
- 30:1 to 40:1
- 100:1 to 110:1
- The WR (Water Requirement) of sugarcane crop with a growing duration of 300 days is ____ mm
- 500
- 1000
- 1500
- 2000
- Low salinity water which is good for most crops and soils has an EC range (d`S^-1`) of
- 0.25 − 0.75
- 0.75 − 2.25
- 2.25 − 3.00
- less than 0.25
- The ideal IW/CPE ratio for scheduling irrigation for cowpea crop is 0.6. If required CPE is 50 mm, __________ is the depth of water (IW) to be provided for the irrigation
- 50 mm
- 40 mm
- 30 mm
- 15 mm
- The maximum amount of water that a soil will after allowing free drainage is known as
- Permanent wilting point
- Field capacity
- Hygroscopic water
- Unavailable water
- _________ is the rotation of arable crops requiring annual cultivation with grasses for two years or longer for improving the physical, chemical and biological properties of soil.
- Relay cropping
- Intensive farming
- Mixed farming
- Ley farming
- A high yielding variety of cassava maturing in 5-6 months
- H-4
- Sree Visakham
- Vellayani Hraswa
- H-226
- If elephant foot yam is planted at 1m x 1m spacing, the number of plants in hectare would be
- 1,000
- 10,000
- 1,00,000
- 10,00,000
- The seed rate for dibbling paddy in one hectare is
- 60-70 kg
- 80-90 kg
- 100-110 kg
- 110-120 kg
- The N : P2O5: K2 O recommended for a crop of cowpea in one ha is
- 20-20-20 kg
- 20-30-30 kg
- 30-30-30 kg
- 20-30-10 kg
- The decline in crop yield in India due to depletion of soil organic matter amounts to
- 10%
- 20%
- 30%
- 40%
- A form of sustainable agriculture that optimize local resource utilization including social and human resources, but the use of external inputs are not excluted and seen as complementary to the use of local resources is known as
- organic farming
- biological farming
- HEIA
- LEISA
- A biological agent commonly used for the control of a number of disease incited by species of Phytophthora, Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Colletotrichum, Ralstonia, Xanthomonas etc. is
- Verticillium lecanii
- Trichogramma chilonis
- Elasmus nephantidis
- Pseudomonas fluorescens
- If cassava is repetitively grown on the same land year after year, the practice is called as
- Crop rotation
- Monocropping
- Multiple cropping
- Relay cropping
- The relative land area under sole crop required to give the same yieldas obtained under a mixed or intercropping system at the same level of management is called
- Relative yield total
- Land equivalent coefficient
- Land equivalent ratio
- Crop equivalent yield
- A land management system in which forests are managed for the production of wood as well as for rearing domesticated animals is known as
- Silvi-pastoral system
- Agri-silvi-pastoral system
- Ley farming
- Homestead farming
- Which one of the following place will never get the vertical rays of the sun?
- Srinagar
- Chandigarh
- Kolcutta
- Mumbai
- The minimum distance between the sun and earth occurs on
- July − 4
- June − 21
- December − 22
- January −3
- The fundamental duties of the constitution were in corporated on the recommendations of
- Ashok Mehta Committee
- Swaran Singh Committee
- Govardhan Mehta Committee
- Jitender Singh Committee
- The Bardoli Satyagraha was launched in the year
- 1918
- 1925
- 1919
- 1928
- Which of the following is not an air pollutant?
- Carbon dioxide
- Nitrogen gas
- Smoke
- Sulphur Dioxide
- The remarriage of Hindu widows was first legalized during the Governor-Generalship of
- Lord Canning
- Lord William Bentick
- Lord Dalhousie
- Lord Robert Clive
- Which of the following has maximum speed?
- Sound
- Air
- Light
- Tornado
- Who observed "The Congress is in reality a Civil War without arms"?
- Lord Curzon
- M.A. Jinnah
- Lord Dutterin
- Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Which of the following states has declared a ban on the use of plastic in the state for the first time?
- Gujrath
- Kerala
- Maharashtra
- Punjab
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- The Union Health Ministry announced a plan to eliminate Malaria from the country by
- 2020
- 2025
- 2028
- 2033
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- Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
- Badruddin Taiyabji
- M.A. Jinnah
- Syed Ahmed Khan
- Abdul Kalam Azad
- August 9, 1925 is known in the Indian history for which of the following incidences?
- The seige of cawnpore
- Kakori Train Robbery
- Chauri chaura incidence
- Swarajist party formation
- Which of the following charter Acts ended the commercial monopoly of East India Company in India?
- Charter Acts of 1793
- Charter Acts of 1853
- Charter Acts of 1813
- Charter Acts of 1833
- Who wrote the book "Mokshapradipam"?
- Chattambi Swamikal
- Thycaud Ayya
- Brahmananda Swami Shiva Yogi
- Ayya Vaikundar
- Whose birthday and death anniversary are observed as holiday in Kerala?
- Ayyankali
- Sree Narayana Guru
- Swami Vivekananda
- Sree Sankaracharya
- Who is known as the "Political father of Ezhaves"?
- Sree Narayana Guru
- Kumaravasan
- Ayyathan Gopalan
- Dr. Palpu
- Gandhiji visited Ayyankali in the year
- 1922
- 1934
- 1925
- 1932
- Who is the first president of Travancore Devasam Board?
- Mannathu Padmanabhan
- C. Kesavan
- Prayer Gopalakrishnan
- Ayyathan Gopalan
- India Sagree Dam located in which of the following river?
- Yamuna
- Chambal
- Narmada
- Krishna
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- Aizawl is situated on which of the following river bank?
- Meghna
- Irawadi
- Tlawng river
- Luni
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