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Maximum: 100 marks
Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
1. utilized by the plant from the soil are considered as

Major nutrients Secondary nutrients


Micro nutrients Trace elements


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

Registered Seeds Certified Seeds


Breeder Seeds Foundation Seeds


3. is not a mechanical method of weed control.

Hoeing Hand pulling


Smother Crops Mowing


4. Emitters, filter unit etc are associated with:

Drip Irrigation Sprinkler Irrigation


Over Head Irrigation Flood Irrigation


5. Layering type in plants with flexible branches:

Air layering Simple layering


Mount layering Trench layering


6. Pepper variety cultivated in comparatively open areas:

Panniyur-1 Panniyur-2


Panniyur-4 Pournami


7. Kerachandra is also known as:

Andaman Ordinary Philippines Ordinary


Lakshadweep Ordinary Java


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8. Most appropriate propagating material for banana:

Sword sucker Water sucker


Seeds Pseudostem


9. Micro organism used for the coirpith composting

bacillus Sp eudrillus Sp


pleurotus Sp glomus Sp


10. Irrigation suitable for potato, sugar beat, raddish

Check Basin Ring basin


Flooding Furrow


11. Best species of earthworm for vermi technology

Perinonyx escavatus Pleurotus Sp


Eudrillus euginae Isenia foetida


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

Potassium Phosphorus


Nitrogen Magnesium


13. Maximum permissible moisture content of rice:

13% 15%


18% 20%


14. A Transplanted crop:

Cotton Potato


Chilly Maize


15. Repotting of bush pepper is done in every

One year Three years


Two years Five years


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16. A poisonous weed: Parthenium Cynodon Lantana Cyperus
17. Trickle Irrigation is Ring Irrigation Over Head Irrigation Sprinkler Irrigation Drip Irrigation
18. A mobile element: Calcium Sulphur Iron Magnesium
19. Most beneficial form of soil structure for plant growth: Loamy soil Granular soil Silty soil Platy soil
20. A Selective herbicide for controlling broad leaved weeds: Glyphosphate Dalapon Paraquat
21. Operation that is not related with the processing of rice: Whitening Milling Polishing Dehusking
22. The C:N ratio of coirpith after composting is 112:1 55:1 32:1 24:1
23. Water applied to the soil in the form of thin spray from above: Sprinkler Irrigation Trickle Irrigation Drip Irrigation Flood Irrigation
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24. Whlptail in cauliflower is caused by the deficiency of:

Zinc Manganese


Molybdenum Boron


25. Weeds valued for religious purposes:

Eichhornia crassipes Amaranthus Sp


Imperata cylindrica Ocimum sanctum


26. Generally virippu season of rice extends from:

April-May to Sept -Oct Sept -Oct to Dec -Jan


Dec -Jan to Mar -April April to Aug


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

Rain guarding Tapping


Slaughter tapping Tapping rest


28. A Banana variety suitable for intercropping in coconut:

Poovan Palayan Kodan


Robusta Cavendish


29. Tag to identify registered seed is

Purple Blue


White Yellow


30. Fore wings of bug are called:

Elytra Membranous


Halteres Hemelytra


31. Water Hyacinth is controlled using:

Cryptobagous weevil Neochitinia weevil


Zygogramma beetle Crocidosema moth


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32. A good quality coconut seedling have a collar girth of: 5to6cm 17 to 18 em 10 to 12 em 20 em
33. Whole rice panicle is transformed into cylindrical rod in disease.

Udbatta Stack Burn False smut Brown spot
34. Which is not a predator? Lady bird beetle Spider Cricket Trichogramma
35. Which among the following is not a green manuring Dhaincha Sunnhemp Cow pea Leucaena
36. A bio fertilizer which improves the uptake of phosphorus by inoculated plant: Rhizobium Awtobacter VAM Azospirillum
37. Disease free planting material in banana is obtained through: Tissue culture Suckers Seeds Sword sucker
38. Legless larva: Caterpillar Nymph Maggot Grub
39. Tunnels seen and stunting of rhiwme are associated with: Banana Pseudo stem weevil Aphid Banana rhizome weevil Spindle bug
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40. Which among the following is not a low analysis fertilizer?

Single super phosphate Sodium citrate


Urea Calcium nitrate


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

Primary tillage Secondary tillage


Inter tillage Summer tillage


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

Consumptive Use Water requirement


Critical stages Evapotranspiration


43. Biocontrol agent against Quick Wilt disease of pepper:

Potassium phosphonate Bordeaux mixture


Mancozeb Trichoderma


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

Drones Queen


Worms Workers


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

2-3 months 10-12 months


6-8 months 12-14 months


46. Annual leaf fall of rubber is known as

Wintering Refoliation


Flowering Replanting


47. Annapurna, Jyothy, revathy are:

Early duration rice varieties Medium duration rice varieties


Late duration rice varieties First crop rice varieties


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48. Fruit rot, heavy defoliation are seen of rubber.

Powdery mildew Abnormal leaf fall


Pink disease Shoot rot


49. Coconut belongs to the order:

Piperaceae Euphorbiaceae


Palmae Musaceae


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

Basal dressing Foliar application


Starter solution Fertigation


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

Absconding Swarming


Smoking Migratory bee keeping


52. A rice weed that is not a grass:

Varinellu Kavada


Polla African payal


53. Rhinolure is the pheromone trap used against:

Red palm weevil Ricestem Borer


Mango fruit fly Rhinocerous Beetle


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

Asexual propagation Sexual propagation


Vegetative propagation Leaf cutting


55. Cardamom research station is located at

Odakkali Anakkayam


Pampadumpara Konni


56. Bryophyllum is propagated by

Leaf bud cutting Leaf cutting


Stem cutting Root cutting


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57. Thula varsham is

South-west monsoon North-east monsoon


North-west monsoon South-east monsoon


58. Rice varieties Vytilla-l, Vytilla-2 are suitable for:

Pokkali Area Kole region


Wyanad Onattukara


59. Invitro method of plant propagation is

Sexual propagation Asexual propagation


Micro propagation Vegitative propagation


60. Fungal polluis is also known as

Anthracnose Poilu beetle


Quick wilt Nematode


61. A non floweriiIg tree:

Azadirachta indica Delonix regia


Cassia fistula Michalea chempaca


62. Which is not a bacterial disease?

Potato Scab Leaf spot of chilly


Citrus Canker Blast of rice


63. King of spices:

Cardamom Ginger


Coffee Pepper


64. Lemom grass, Vetiver etc are example of:

Spices Plantation Crop


Aromatic plant Condiment


65. Parent plant used in asexual propagation is known as

Clones Mother palm


Stock plant Stolons


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66. Rapid browning and death ofleaves, floral parts:

Wilt Dieback


Blight Damping off


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

Mundakan Oorumundakan


Kootumundakan Pokkali


68. A viral disease of banana:

Bunchy top Panama wilts


Sigatoka Spindle leaf minor


69. A variety of tomato released by IIHR Banglore

ArkaAlok Pusa early dwarf


Pusa ruby Sakthi


70. Little leaf of Brinjal is caused by

Fungi Virus


Mycoplasma Bacteria


71. Nest of honey bee:

Kennel Shed


Comb Division Board


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

I-buding Yemma budding


Forket budding Annular budding


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

Kerasree Kerasawbhagya


Chandralaksha .Keraganga


74. Silk is secreted of silk worm.

Silk gland Salivary gland


Wax gland Thyroid


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

12


20 4


76. Most severe form of rain water erosion:

Sheet Rill


Splash Gully


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

Relay cropping Double cropping


Inter cropping Mono cropping


78. AIternanthera, dwarf mari gold are example of:

Hedge Edge


Flowering tree Flowering climber


79. Balsam, Begonia are propagated by

Hard wood cutting Soft wood cutting


Semi hard wood cutting Herbaceous cutting


80. Powdered pesticide formulation containing wetting and dispersing agent

Dust Granule


Emulsifyable concentrate Wettable powder


81. The first woman president of Indian National Congress:

Sarojini Naidu Sucheta Kripalani


Annie Besant Indira Gandhi


82. Who led the revolt of 1857 at Kanpur?

Nana Sahib Kunwar Singh


Bahadur shah II Rani Laxmi Bai


83. 'Ananda the first novel in Bengali was written by

Rabindranath Tagore Kesav chandrasen


Rajaram Mohan Roy Bankim Chandra Chatterjee


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84. The newspaper published by Bala Gangadhar Tilak

Common wheal Kesari


Sambad kaumudi Viveka Vardhini


85. The viceroy who partitioned Bengal:

Lord Curzon Lord William Bentick


Lord Hardinge Lord Wellesley


86. Write the name ofthe river which flows towards the west;

Mahanadi Godawari


Narmada Kaveri


87. Founder of Hindustan Democratic Federation:

J.M. Chatterjee Sachindra Sanyal


V.D Savarkar Pramod mittar


88. The Konark sun temple is situated in

Karnataka Odisha


Gujarat Madhya Pradesh


89. Who presided over the Lahore congress in 1929?

Mottilal Nehru Surendranath Banerjee


Dr. Ansari Jawaharlal Nehru


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

1955 1952


1950 1956


91. The national highway which connects Varanasi -Kanyakumari

NH-15 NH-5


NH-7 NH-8


92. The installation at Aruvippuram by Sree Narayanaguru was in the year:
1885 1882
1887 1888
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93. The mountain pass wluch connects Tirunelveli in Tamilnadu is Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala:

Bodinayakanur pass Aramboli pass


Thamarasseri pass Kambam pass


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

Bharatapuzha Periyar


Chaliyar Pamba


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

Kulasekhara Varman Rajasekhara Varman


Bhaskara Varman Stanu Ravi Varman


96. The first president of Travancore State Congress:

Mannath Padmanabhan T.M. Varghese


Pattom Thanupillai N.V. Joseph


97. The ruler who abolished the Devadasi system in Travancore

Rani Sethu Lakshmi Bai Sri Mulam Thirunal


Rani Gowri Parvathi Bai Swathi Tlurunal


98. Who was the editor of the Malayalam journal 'Mitavadi' wluch fought against untouchability in Kerala?

C.v. Kunhiraman AK Gopalan


C. Krishnan T.K Madhavan


99. Sri Poikayil yohannan was later known as

Vagbhadanandan Chattampi swamikal


Aagamananda swamikal Sree Kumara gurudevan


100. The person who is known as the 'Subhash Chandra Bose of Kerala'

Ali musaliyar Muhammed Abdul Rahman


Vakkom Abdul Khader Maulavi C.H. Muhammed Koya


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