PSC Vocational Instructor In Agriculture - VHSE Examination · 34, Moisture content of paddy grains for safe storage. (A) l4o/o (B) l8o/o (c) roo/o (D) t6% 35. The best post-harvest

Date of Test : 16.06.2015

Medium of Questions: English

Question Paper Code: 113/2015

Exam Name: Vocational Instructor In Agriculture - VHSE

PSC Vocational Instructor In Agriculture - VHSE Examination

Previous Year Question Paper

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(B)

(D)

Time : t hour and 16 minutes

Agrostology is the study of(A) Fruits

(C) Grassee

IISR ie connected with :

(A) Soil conservation

(C) Live stock

Dendrobium is a species of :

(A) Anthurium

(C) Jasmine

Intensity of sunlight ie measured by :

(A) Sunshine recorder

(C) Hygrograph

6. . fire beet aoil structur€ for plant growth :

(A) Crumb

(C) Blocky

(A) r.img

(C) Silica

Trees

Soil

Spices

Rose

Orchid

Luxmeter

\{et bulb thermometer

Platy

Columnar

Gypaun

Iron

(B)

(D)

(B)

(D)

(B)

(D)

(B)

(D)

lte reclamatioa of a soil with pH 8 to 9ie best with :

7. Chittur area is aeeosiated with :

(A) Forcet loama

(C) Kari soils

A

. (B) Laterite soilg

@) Black cotton eoilg

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8. Pick the odd-man out :

(A) Sheet erosion @) Saltation

(C) Surface creep @) SusPension

9. Sub-soilin! is a method of soil conservation it is :

(A) Agronomic method (B) Mechanical method

(C) Cultural method @) Protective method

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

(A) Iron (B) Zinc

t (C) Magnesium @) Manganese

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

(A) Nitrogen (B) Potassium

(C) Masnesium (D) SulPhw

itz. Oil cakes are :

(A) Bulky organic manure @) Concentrated organic manure

(C) Straight fertilizer @) Complex fertilizer

13. t hectare is :

(A) 10,000 sq.m (B) 4,000 sq.m

(C) 250 sq.m (D) 40 sq.m

14. The claes of seed given to farmer :

(A) Breeder seed (B) Foundation seed

(C) Regietered seed (D) Certifred seed

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

(A) MB Plough (B) Harrows

(C) Wooden Plough (D) Chisel Plough

16. Ludwigia is a weed, which is :

(A) Aquatic (B) Upland

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The surface inigation method giving 35 to 50 percent irrigation efficiency is :

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

(A) Sheath blisht

(C) Sheath rot

(B) Blast

@) Bacterial leaf blight

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

(A) Sprinklerirrigation

(C) Flood irrigation

(A) Rhinocerus beetle

(C) Coconutcaterpillar

20. A dual purpose variety of banana :

(A) Chenkadali

(C) Nendran

21, Bunchy top of banana is transmitted by :

(A) Aphid

(C) Fruit fly

(A) Coleue

(C) Bitter gourd

(A) Rose

(C) Amaranthus

Air-layering is widely practised in :

(A) Guava

(C) Mango

26. Alternanthera and Duranta come under:

(A) Climbers

(B) Drip irrigation

@) Furrow irrigation

(B) Red Pal- weevil

@) Eryophid mite

(B) Monthan

@) Njalipoovan

(B) White fly

@) Virus

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

(B)

@)

(B)

(D)

Brinjal

Bhindi

Begonia

Curry L.,eaves

Jack

Rubber

Hedges

Edgee

(B)

(D)

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(C) Shrubs



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

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

(A) Beetle

(C) Bus

(A) Trichogramma

(C) Azotobactor

(A) Dusts

(c) EC

(A) 1- 50

(c) 501 - 5000

31. An organophosphorous fungicide :

(A) Zineb

(C) Carbendazim

(A) Atomizer

(C) Rocker sprayer

. (A) Multitier cropping

(C) Relay cropping

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(B) Mite

(D) Flv

(B) Tlichodrjrma

(D) Azospirillum

G) Granules

@) Fumigants

(B) 51- 5oo

(D) > 5000

(B) Mancoz,eb

@) Ediphenphos

(B) Knapsack Bprayer

(D) None of the above

(B) Sequentialcropping

@) Mixed cropping

28. Phytosanitary certificate is associated with :

(A) Cultural control ofplant pests and diseases

(B) Biological control ofplant pests and diseases

(C) l,egal control of plant pests and diseases

(D) Physical control of plant pests and diseases

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

S0. The LD-50 value of Extremely toxic insecticide varies from (Me1Kg) :

A farmer is having 2 hact. of coconut trees in his house hold. For spraying plant protection

chemicals, which of the follbwing sprayers can he opt?

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



34, Moisture content of paddy grains for safe storage.

(A) l4o/o (B) l8o/o

(c) roo/o (D) t6%

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

(A) Jam (B) Squash

(C) Jelly (D) Pickle

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

(A) Mass contact (B) Participatory rural appraisal

(C) Method demonstration (D) Result demonstration

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

(A) Apis cerana indica (B) Aois dorsata

(C) Aois mellifera (D) Trieona iridioennis

39. 'Grasserie' of silkworm is caused by :

(A) Protoma (B) Bacteria

(C) Fungus @) Virus

36. 'Malabari is a breed of :

(A) Cow

(C) Goat

40. The medicinal plant used against cancer:

. (A) Brahmi

(C) Asparagus

41. 'Ananthan' is a variety of:

(A) Honey bee

(C) Mushroom

42. Cashew Research Station (CRS) ie eituated at:(A) . Kasaragod

(C) Kozhikode

@) Poultry

(D) Pie

(B) Sarpagandhi

@) Kacholam

(B) Anthurium

(D) Orchid

(B) Thrissur

(D) KollamrL}t20t5

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43. W\ich of the following is a pulse crop?

(A) Black mustard (B) Green gram

(C) Groundnut (D) Lady's finger

44. Tea and orange are examples of:(A) Temperate plants (B) Tropical plants

(C) Sub-tropical plants (D) None of the above

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

(A) South - Weet Monsoon (B) North - East Monsoon

(C) Strmmer rains (D) North - West Monsoon

46. The layers of soil is termed as :

(A) Soil horizon

(C) Soil regolith

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

(A) Splash erosion

(C) Rill erosion

48. 'trlame cultivation'is associated with :

(A) Weeds

(C) Diseases

(B) Soil profile

(D) Soil solum

(B). Sheet erosion

@) Gully erosion

(B) Insects

(D) Non-insect pests

49. The biological control of African Payal is usually done with a Weevil. Name it:(A) Neochaetina (B) Cyrtobagus

(C) Agromyza (D) Zygogramma

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

(A) Laksha ganga (B) Chandra kalpa

(C) Kerachandra (D) WCT

51. The era in geological time - scale during which dinosaurs existed.

(A) Arcaeozoic (B) Mesozoic

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62. The theory of evolution by natural selection was put forward by Charles Darwin and :

The appearance of ancestral charactere ab abnormal characters in the course of evolirtion is :

(A) De Vries

(C) Alfred Russel Wallace

(A) Differentialreproduction

(C) Analogy

(A) Inbreeding

(C) Mutation

An auxin used in plant tissue culture.

(A) Kinetin

(c) BAP

(B) August Weissman

(D) Gregor Mendel

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

(B) Introduction

(D) Atavism

(B) Variation

(D) Hybridisation

(B) Creatine

(D) IAA

oo.

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

(A) Cosmos

(C) Aster

67. An equipment for sterilization :

(A) Centrituge

(C) Microtome

68. T\rberculate rhizoids are seen in

(A) Riccia

(C) Funaria

(B) Croton

(D) Salvia

(B) Calorimeter

. @) Autoclave

"Clamp connections-' are noticed in the genue :

(A) Xylaria

(C) .Peziz,a

(B)

(D)

(B)

(D)

Marchantia

None of thege

Agaricus

Penicilium

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61.

Vegetative phase of Mushroom is known as :

(A) Basidiospore

(C) Basidiocarp

Both the stock and scion are rooted in :

(A) Bud grafting

(C) Approach grafting

Apical cell theory was proposed by :

(A) Bernstein

(C) Nageli

(A) Vernonia

(C) Tinospora

@) Basidium

(D) Mycelium

(B) Cleft grafting

(D) Whip grafting

Hanst€in

Schmidt

(B) Boerhaavia

@) Thithonia

(B) Cyme

(D) Capitulum

Parietals

Paesifloraleg

Phellogen

Phelloderm

(B) July 20

(D) May 10

(B) Orissa

(D) UP

(B)

(D)

63. A anomalous secondary thickening ie found in the stem of:

64. The characteristic inflorescence of the familv Asteraceae is a :

(A) Cyathiun

(C) Veticillaster

65. Solanaceae comes under the order:(A) Rosales

(C) Polemoniales

Periderm tigsue was derived from :

(A) Bark

(C) Lenticels

World Environment Day :

(A) June 5

(C) March 30

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(D)

(B)

(D)

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69. Minmata Disease is agsociated with :

(A) Mercury

(C) Cadmium

In which algae cap cells are found :

(A) Oedogonium

(C) Ulothrix

Precursor of phytohormone auxin is :

(A) Lysine

(C) Tryptophan

(B) Lead

@) Arsenic

@)' Volvox

(D) Chara

(B) Methionine

(D) Argenine

@) Ascomycetes

@) None of the above

(B) RobertHook

@) F.W. Went

(B) Phytophthora

@) Cercospora

(B) Thrombocytes

@) None of these

(B) Phanerogams

(D) None of these

(B) Whittaker

@) Engler

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12.

?3.

Yeast ar€ included in :

(A) Basidiomycetes

(C) Deutromycetee

Penicillin wae discovered by :

(A) Alexander Fleming

(C) A.F. Blakeslee

74. Tjlka dieease is caused by:(A) Puccinia

(C) E.Coli

76. The primary target of HIV is :

(A) RBC

(C) Ta Lynphocytes

76. Pteridophytes are also known as :

(A) Vascular Cryptogams

(C) G5rmnosperme

77. Six Kingdom classification was put forward by :

(A) Zimmermann

(C) Carl Woeee

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78. The term Heterosis was introduced by:

(A) George Shull

(C) Mc Dougall

(B) P-B. Sumner

(D) Charles Darwin

79. Bacterial cell wall is composed of:

(A) Lignin (B) Suberin

(C) Peptidoglycan (D) Cellulose

80. Common name of Piper longum is :

, (A) Turmeric (B) Thipp"Ii

(C) Clove (D) Pepper

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

(A) Russian constitution (B) U.S. constitution

(C) British constitution @) Irish constitution

E2. In 2015, Ezhuthachan Puraskaram was awarded to:

(A) O.N.V. Kurupu

(B) Benyamin

(C) T.Padmanaban

@) Viehnu Narayanan Nampoothiri

83. Who named Sree Narayana Guru as Second Budha?

(A) G.Sankara Kurupu (B) Ayyankali

- (C) Mannathu Padmanaban (D) Sahodaran Ayyappan

84. Temple Entry Proclamation was on :

(A) 1934 Nov. I(C) 1936Nov. 12

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(D) 1930 Nov. 1

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86.

86. 2014 common wealth games was held at :

(A) India

(C) Japan

(A) tut.48A(C) Art. 43 A

89.

Which one of the new directive principle aimed to protect and improveto safeguard forestg and Wild Life?

(B) Scottland

(D) Brazil

(B) Art. ss

(D) AIt. 43 B

266 Jan.

ld Nov,

the environmeht and

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E7. Who translated 'Sakunthalam' to Malayalam?

(A) KodungallurKun}ikuttanThampuran(B) Kumaranasan

. (C) Vallathol Narayana menon

@) Keralavarma Valiya koyi Thampuran

Constitution Day in India is celebrated every year on :

(A) 266 Nov.

(C) 15sAug.

(B)

(D)

Who among the following awarded Keerthi Chakra award of 2014?

(A) Captain Sandeep Bhartiya

(C) Major Mandeep Singh

Tiswadarsanan' wae the work of :

(A) Ponkunnam Varkey

(C) G.Sankara Kurupu

@) . Major Gaurov Thakur

@) Shri Bhrigu Nandan Choudhary

Founder of Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha.

(A) Moorkoth Kumaran (B) M.C. Joseph

(C) Pampadi John Joseph (D) Poikayil Sreekumara Devan

92. Shri Muhammed Abdu] Rahiman was the Chief Editor of :

(B) Changanpuzha

(D) Vaikam Muhammed Basheer

@) Al - Ameen

@) Prabhatham

(A) ViveLodayam

(C) Kesari

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

95. Central Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development.

(A) Agnisakshi

(C) Gosayi Paranja Kadha

The emallest Mahakavya :

(A) Chithrayogam

(C) Kesaveeyam

(A) Smt. Manekha Gandhi

(C) Shri. Ramvilas Paswan

(A) Dr.Palpu

(C) Ayyankali

97. Freedom of Information Act, 2OO2

EXCEPI:

(A) Delhi

(C) Jammu and Kaehmir

(B) Manikyan

(D) Balidweep

(B) Umakeralam

(D) Krishnagadha

(B) Smt. Smriti Irani

(D) Smt. Sushama Swaraj

@) Ayya Vaikundar

(D) Sree Narayana Guru

applies to all states and Union territories

Goa

Assam

Muhammed Abdul Rehman

V.T. Bhattathirippad

(B) Surat

@) Kozhikodu

(B) Sajan Prakash

(D) C.P. Rathilal

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

of India

(B)

(D)

98. Who was known as Kerala Subash Chandra Bose?

(A) I(Kelappan (B)

(C) A.K. Gopalan (D)

99. In India First Printing Press was commenced at :

(A) Goa

(C) Kochi

(A) Anjumol Joseph

(C) Ashish Kumar

100. Who won 3 gold medals for Kerala in swimming events in National Games 2015?

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PSC Vocational Instructor In Agriculture - VHSE Examination · 34, Moisture content of paddy grains for safe storage. (A) l4o/o (B) l8o/o (c) roo/o (D) t6% 35. The best post-harvest