BPSC Exam 2025: Integrated 70th Combined Main (Written) Competitive Examination, Optional, Agriculture
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AGRICULTURE
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1. The disease mango malformation was 5. Which of the following chemicals is used
to break the dormancy of potato seeds ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh (A) Aritone
(B) Maharashtra (B) Thiourea
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Agalal
(D) Bihar
(D) Urea
2. Saltpeter is known as
6. Key component of fungal cell wall is
(A) KNO3
(B) K2SO4 (A) Chitin
(C) KCL (B) Lipid
(D) None of the above (C) Cellulose
(D) Protein
3. Which State producing highest Mango ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh 7. Pyranometer is used to measure
(A) wind speed
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(B) solar radiation
(C) Maharashtra
(C) evaporation rate
(D) Tamil Nadu (D) light duration
4. ‘Brown Manuring’ approach of weed
8. GST on seed and planting material is
control is mostly used in which crop ?
(A) Direct seeded rice (A) 12%
(B) Wheat (B) 4%
(C) Sugarcane
(C) 0%
(D) Maize
(D) 18%
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9. Which State has received the GI tag for 13. Brace roots are found in which crop ?
Muga silk ?
(A) Maize
(A) TN
(B) Sorghum
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Rice
(C) Assam
(D) Bihar (D) Wheat
10. Which one of the following is a green 14. The ‘trench method’ of sugarcane
manure crop ? planting is called
(A) Dhaincha (A) Java method
(B) Sunn hemp
(B) Tjeblock method
(C) Clusterbean
(C) Sablang method
(D) All of the above
(D) Rayungan method
11. Central Arid Zone Research Institute is
located at
15. Fat and SNF % in toned milk is
(A) Jodhpur
(A) 4.5% and 9.5%
(B) Shimla (B) 2.5% and 8.7%
(C) Akola (C) 1.5% and 9%
(D) Kanyakumari (D) 3.0% and 8.5%
12. The biggest breed of Indian goat is 16. Which one of the following is not the
class of enzymes ?
(A) Marwari
(A) Polymerases
(B) Jamunapari
(B) Oxzidoreductases
(C) Jhakrana
(C) Ligases
(D) Sirohi
(D) Hydrolases
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17. The concept of T and V system was 20. What is agronomy ?
developed by
(A) Art and Science
(A) Daniel Benor (B) Science
(C) Art
(B) Kelsey and Hearne
(D) None of the above
(C) David K. Berlo
21. The main honey producing bee family is
(D) K.N. Singh
(A) aphididae
(B) meliponidae
(C) bombidae
18.
crops (D) apidae
(A) Azolla
22.
(B) Rhizobium
(A) 31 bar
(C) Azotobacter (B) 15 bar
(C) 1/3 bar
(D) Blue Green algae
(D) None of the above
19. Gully erosion is an advanced stage of
23. 100 p.p.m. is equal to
(A) wind erosion
(A) 0.001%
(B) sheet erosion
(B) 0.01%
(C) splash erosion
(C) 0.1%
(D) rill erosion (D) 1%
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24. Out of these, which is not a buffalo breed ? 28. Glycolysis takes place in
(A) Rathi
(A) Stroma of Chloroplast
(B) Surti
(C) Nili Ravi (B) Thylakoid membrane of Chloroplast
(D) Murrah
(C) Matrix of Mitochondria
25. SREP is an important component of
(D) Cytoplasm
(A) KVK
(B) ATIC
(C) ATMA 29. Who is known as the father of Virology ?
(D) NARS
(A) Anton de Bary
26. Which mango variety is dwarf in nature ?
(B) M. Beijerinck
(A) Amrapali
(C) A. Mayer
(B) Neelam
(D) Bawden and Pirie
(C) Kesar
(D) Dasheri
30. The assimilatory powers in
photosynthesis are
27. The pressure exerted by the hanging
water column is (A) ATP and CO3
(A) hydrostatic forces
(B) NADH and ATP
(B) osmotic forces
(C) matric forces (C) ATP and NADPH
(D) hygroscopic forces (D) ATP
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31. In which animal’s milk insulin is high ? 35. Nitrogen content in groundnut oil cake is
(A) Goat (A) 7.3 Percent
(B) Camel (B) 6.2 Percent
(C) Cow (C) 5.3 Percent
(D) Buffalo (D) 4.3 Percent
32. Fennel matures in 36. Parasitic weed associated with mustard is
(A) 200 – 215 days (A) Cuscuta
(B) 170 – 180 days (B) Striga
(C) 130 – 145 days (C) Orobanche
(D) 100 – 120 days (D) None of the above
33. What is the meaning of climate change ? 37. Which type of DNA contains left handed
helical structure ?
(A) Long term (>30 years) change in
weather parameters (A) D – DNA
(B) Diurnal change in weather (B) C – DNA
parameters
(C) B – DNA
(C) Monthly change in weather
parameters (D) A – DNA
(D) Weekly change in weather
parameters 38. Alphonso mango is an example of
(A) Agriculture GI
34. Which leaf is the most important supplier
of carbohydrate to grain ?
(B) Manufactured GI
(A) Second leaf from top
(C) Natural GI
(B) Third leaf from top
(C) Flag leaf (D) None of the above
(D) Lowermost leaf
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39. Which agro-climatic region of Bihar has 43. In which year Bihar Rajya Beej Nigam Ltd.
the highest number of districts ? was established ?
(A) South-West (A) 1981
(B) South-East (B) 1979
(C) North-West (C) 1977
(D) 1970
(D) North-East
44. The All India Coordinated Rice
40. First stable product of the dark reaction Improvement Project at Hyderabad was
of photosynthesis is
started in
(A) 1,3-bis PGA (A) 1965
(B) 3 PG Aldehyde (B) 1955
(C) 3PGA (C) 1960
(D) None of the above (D) 1961
45. The most widely cultivated mushroom in
India is
41. Which International Organization oversees
the standards for organic agriculture at a (A) Pleurotus ostreatus
global level ?
(B) Volvariella volvacea
(A) WHO
(B) FAO (C) Agaricus bisporus
(C) IFOAM (D) All of the above
(D) WTO
46. Marwar lies in the _______ part of
Rajasthan.
42. Which fruit is also known as ‘poor man
orange’ ?
(A) Southern
(A) pea
(B) Northern
(B) tomato
(C) pumpkin (C) Eastern
(D) potato
(D) Western
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47. 51. In forecasting of rainfall, the word
‘scattered rains’ denotes area receiving
(A) Capitulum rainfall less than
(A) 100%
(B) Capsule
(B) 75%
(C) Tassel
(C) 50%
(D) Ear (D) 25%
48. The National Demonstration Programme 52. Act of mating in sheep is known as
was launched in the year
(A) Coupling
(A) 1974
(B) Covering
(B) 1964
(C) Tupping
(C) 1979
(D) Serving
(D) 1971
53. The percent of sulphur in ordinary
49. Sowing of one or two rows of blackgram superphosphate is
in between two rows of maize is an
example of (A) 21
(A) Multitier crops (B) 18
(B) Strip crops (C) 12
(C) Guard crops (D) 24
(D) Companion crops
54. The recommended seed rate (kgha-1)of
hybrid varieties of maize is
50. In which crop ‘striga’ is parasitic weed ?
(A) 40 kgha-1
(A) Sugarcane
(B) Wheat (B) 20 kgha-1
(C) Sorghum (C) 30 kgha-1
(D) All of the above (D) 10 kgha-1
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55. IFFCO is a 58. Equivalent acidity of Ammonium sulphate
fertilizer is
(A) Multinational Company
(A) 80
(B) Cooperative
(B) 110
(C) Private Company
(C) 128
(D) Conglomerate
(D) 93
56. Which is the oldest among the ‘Vedas’ ?
59. Which of the following is phosphate
solubilizer bacteria ?
(A) Rigveda
(A) Rhizobium
(B) Samaveda
(B) Azospirillum
(C) Yajurveda
(C) Pseudomonas
(D) Atharvaveda
(D) Azotobacter
57. Propagation of date palm is by
60. The term ‘Leaf Area Index’ (LAI) was
(A) Suckers coined by
(A) Arnon
(B) Of shoot
(B) Buckman
(C) Both of (A) and (B)
(C) Donald
(D) None
(D) Watson
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61. Golden Rice is rich in 64. The lowest point of a business cycle is
called as
(A) Anti – oxidant
(A) peak
(B) Protein (B) summit
(C) Vitamin C (C) trough
(D) recession
(D) Beta Carotein
65. The botanical name of puncture vine is
62. Sweet clover contains which acts as an
anti blood coagulant in animals ? (A) Dendrophthoe falcate
(B) Convolvulus arvensis
(A) Lentra Dene A
(C) Agrostemma githago
(B) Apixaban
(D) Tribulus terrestris
(C) Swainsonine
66. Indian National Soil Archive maintains
(D) Dicoumarol
(A) Soil data
(B) Soil spectroscopy
63. The process of change of state from (C) Digital soil maps
gaseous to liquid or solid state is called
(D) All above
(A) liquidization
67. The ratio of cotton seed to lint is
(B) dew formation (A) 3 : 1
(B) 2 : 1
(C) condensation
(C) 1 : 2
(D) evaporation
(D) 1 : 3
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68. Protandry condition is found in 72. Grey speck disease of oats is due to the
(A) Wheat
(A) Mg
(B) Sorghum
(B) Zn
(C) Bajra
(C) Mn
(D) Maize
(D) Fe
69. Rice, Wheat, Moong are an example of
73. Vikramashila University was established
(A) Cropping system by the kings of which dynasty ?
(B) Agro-forestry system (A) Chola
(C) Farming system
(B) Chandel
(D) None of the above
(C) Parmar
70. The optimum plant population for Maize (D) Pala
in one hectare is
(A) 111000 74. The etiology of H.S. disease in animal is
(B) 88000 (A) Protozoa
(C) 66000 (B) Fungus
(D) 44000 (C) Virus
(D) Bacteria
71. The particle size of “clay” is
75. Stone lanterns are important features of
which garden ?
(A) 0.25 – 0.50 mm
(A) English
(B) 1.00 – 2.00 mm (B) Persian
(C) >0.002 mm (C) Japanese
(D) Mughal
(D) <0.002 mm
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76. Land capability classes not capable to 80. Total porosity is more in which soil
support cultivation of crops are
(A) V to VIII (A) Loamy soil
(B) III to V (B) Silty soil
(C) II to VI
(C) Clayey soil
(D) I to III
(D) Sandy soil
77. Maize is a
(A) Cross-pollinated crop
81. The Technology behind crypto-currencies
(B) Self-pollinated crop is known as
(C) Both of the above
(A) Blockchain
(D) None of the above
(B) Investopedia
78. Who is the father of Agronomy ?
(C) Fintech
(A) H.G. Singh
(B) C.R. Bal (D) Bathwater
(C) Pietro de Crescenzi
(D) None of the above
82. The Indian Farming magazine is
published by
79. The term ‘fourth generation pesticides’
refers to
(A) IIFSR
(A) anti-moulting hormones
(B) DARE
(B) moulting hormones
(C) juvenile hormones (C) ICAR
(D) anti-juvenile hormones (D) IARI
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83. 86. What is the title of Viswanathan Anand’s
autobiography ?
(A) Capitulum
(A) Mind Master
(B) Spadix
(B) Mind Moves
(C) Raceme
(C) Mind Games
(D) Spike
(D) Mind Twister
84. Rainfed Area Development Programme
87. In humus, the C:N ratio is
(RADP) was started in
(A) 18 : 1
(A) 2011 – 12
(B) 12 : 1
(B) 2009 – 10
(C) 10 : 1
(C) 2005 – 06
(D) 15 : 1
(D) None of the above
88. The etiology of Foot and Mouth Diseases
85. Chickpea is a/an (FMD) in animals is
(A) Often-pollinated crop (A) Protozoa
(B) Self-pollinated crop (B) Fungus
(C) Cross-pollinated crop (C) Bacteria
(D) None of the above (D) Virus
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89. 92. Pangong Lake lies in
storage of pulses is
(A) The State of Himachal Pradesh
(A) spotted pod borer
(B) The Union Territory of Ladakh
(B) pulse beetle
(C) The Union Territory of Jammu and
Kashmir
(D) The State of Jammu and Kashmir
(D) pod borer
90. Aboriculture is cultivation of tree species 93. Which medicinal plant is known as winter
for cherry ?
(A) Chandni
(A) Fuel
(B) Lily
(B) Timber
(C) Rose
(C) Fruits and Gums
(D) Ashvagandha
(D) All above
91. If an irrigation of 5 cm depth would be 94. Which fruit has maximum production in
India ?
applied to wheat and CPE value is 5.55,
then what will be IW/CPE ratio for wheat ?
(A) Amla
(A) 1.0
(B) Pomegranate
(B) 0.9
(C) 0.7 (C) Banana
(D) 0.5 (D) Guava
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95. The reason for yellow colour of milk in 98.
cattle is
(A) C.N. Acharya
(A) Lactose
(B) Beijerinck
(B) Mineral
(C) N.B. Fred
(C) Carotene (D) P.K. Dey
(D) Keratin
99. ‘Zea Mays Everta’ is the botanical name of
(A) Softcorn
96. The maximum amount of fat is present in
which breed of buffalo ? (B) Waxycorn
(A) Bhadawari (C) Popcorn
(B) Mehsana (D) Sweetcorn
(C) Murrah
(D) Surti 100. Which of the following soils is called
97. The Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley
Research is located at (A) Clay
(A) Nagpur
(B) Silt
(B) Jaipur
(C) Sand
(C) New Delhi
(D) Karnal (D) None of the above
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