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MPPSC AE 2025: State Engineering Service Exam, AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

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RSAE/2025/A
                                                                                              Question Booklet SI. No.
           Series                    GENERAL STUDIES
                                                     AND                                                  3005525
                         AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING


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SECTION-A
                             GENERAL STUDIES

  1. The Southern Boundary of the            4. In which districts are tropical

     Malwa Plateau is defined by which           moist deciduous forests found in

     geomorphological feature ?                  Madhya Pradesh ?


     (A) Vindhyan range                         (A) Murena, Shivpuri, Gwalior


     (B) Satpura range                          (B) Balaghat, Mandala, Shahdol

                                                (C) Panna,Tikamgarh, Chattarpur
     (C) Aravali range                                                  1               ,




                                                (D) Mandsaur, Dhar, Bhind
     (D) Deccan plateau


                                             5. On which river is the Rajghat Dam
  2. The most significant                                                       i



                                                 built ?
      geomorphological feature of
                k-   ^          '
      the Bundelknand region in                 (A)..Narmada

      Madhya Pradesh                            (B) Betwa

     (A) Residual hills
                                                (C) Sindh
     (B) Erosion surfaces
                                                (D) Chambal
     (C) Alluvial plains

   . (D) Conical hills                       6. In which of the following districts
                                                 of Madhya Pradesh does the Baiga
                                              . ^ tribe reside ?v , ,               -
  3. Which element is less in black soil ?
                                                (A) Jhabua
     (A) Iron and lime
                                                (B) Chindwara
     (B) Phosphorus and nitrogen

     (0) Carbon and hy^ogen                     (C) Hoshangabad
                                                                   '•       I


     (D) Sulfur and zinc ~                      (D) Dindori

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7. Which of the following is the            11, Which of the following
     special backward tribes of                   e-governance project was started
     Madhya Pradesh ?                             by the Government of
                                                  Madhya Pradesh ?
     (A) Saharia
                                                  (A) Lok Mitra
     (B) Gond
                                                  (B) Nai Disha
     (C) Bhil                                     (C) Gyandoot
     (D) Kol                                      (D) Jan Mitra


  8. The'Korku tribe is maiidy found in       12. Method of data storage consisting
                                                   of a loop of flexible celluloid like
     (A) Jhabua
                                                   material that can store data in the
     (B) Betul                                    form of electro-magnetic charges, is
                                                   known as
     (C) Shahdol
                                                  (A) Tape Storage (TS)
     (D) Guna
                                                  (B) - Floppy Disks(FD)
                                                  (0) Optical Disks(CD) •,
  9. According to the 2011 Census,
                                                  (D) Hard Disks(HD)
      the percentage of Scheduled Tribe
      population in the total population of
                                              13. With respect to GPU,the computer
      Madhya Pradesh was
                                                  memory hierarchy is organised as
     (A) 21.09          0H0                     ; follows

     (B) 22.01                                    (A) Primary Memory -> Secondary
                                                       Memory -> Processor Registers
     (G) 21.20
                                                         Cache Memory
     (D) 22.50
                                                  (B) Processor Registers -> Cache
                                                       Memory       Primary Memory ->
 10. Saharia tribe mainly resides in                   Secondary Memory
      which of the following districts ?          (C) Cache Memory -> Processor
                                                      Registers   Primary Memory
     (A) Jhabua
                                                        Secondary Memory
     (B) Khargone '                               (D) Prirnary Memory -> Cache
     (C) Shivpuri ■                                   Memory      Secondary Memory
                                                      -> Processor Registers
     (D) Khandwa
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14. Which of the following is not a type     17.   At which place did Vrishnag, the
        of'Machine Learning'?                       founder of the Naga dynasty,
                                                     estabhshed his dynasty ?
        (A) Supervised Learning                     (A) Ujjaini
        (B) Unsupervised Learning                   (B) Gwalior
                                                    (C) Vidisha
        (C) Refurbished Learning
                                                    (D) Jabalpur
        (D) Reinforcement Learning

                                              18.   The famous poet and dramatist
  15.   With the advancements in                    Rajashekhar received the patronage
                                                    of which Kalchuri king ?
    ■ Artificial Intelligence (AI) a new
                                                    (A) Yuvraj dev
        challenging phenomenon has
                                                    (B) Kokalla
        emerged which refer to those audio,
                                                    (C) Balharsh
        video or images that are generated          (D) Karna
        by AI and it never actually existed
        in the real world. This is'known as   19.    Which Muslim commander defeated
                                                    the Parmar ruler Mahalakdev and
        (A) Deep fake
                                                    captured Ujjain ?
        (B) K —anonymity
                                                    (A) Mir Khwaza
        (C) L — diversity                           (B) Ain-ul-Muik "
        (D) Biases in AI                            (C) Husang Shah

                                                    '(D) Khan Mohammad Shah

 16. Which archaeologist discovered the
        human skull fossil from Hathnora ?    20. Who was the founder of the Faruki
                                                    dynasty of Nimar ?
        (A) Manoranjan Ghosh
                                                    (A) Malik Raja
        (B) Arun Sonkia                             (B) Dilawar Khan
        (0) V.S.Wakankar                            (C) Nasir Khan'

        (D) K. D. Vajpai                            (D) Mohammad Shah       ; .

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21. Who has been awarded the Nobel     24.    Who is the author of the novel

      Prize in Literature 2025 ?               "Sarag-Narak Yan Che"?

     (A) Annie Ernaux                         (A) Makhanlal Chaturvedi

     (B) Hah Kang                             (B) Balkavi Bairagi

     (C) Laszlo Krasznahorkai                 (C) Ram Narayan Upadhyay

     (D) Louise Gluck                         (D) Jagdish Chandra Joshila



 22. Who became the first person to     25. In which district of Madhya Pradesh

      successfully ski down Mount              is India's first Pradhan Mantri

      Everest without supplemental *           Mega Integrated Textile Region

      oxygen ? '                               and Apparel(PM MITRA)Park
                                               being established ?
     (A) Reinhold Messner
                                              (A) Indore
     (B) Andrzej Bargiel
                                              ^ (B) Khargone             , '
     (C) Bartek Bargiel
                                              (C) Ujjain "
     (D) Donald Tusk               ^
                                              (D) Dhar
                                                         •   's *    *


 23. In which Indian city has it been
                                        26. Which is the conibined initer-state
      announced that the 2030
                                               project of Madhya Pradesh,
     ■ Commonwealth Games will be
                                               Uttar Pradesh and Bihar ?
      held ?               '
                                              (A) Harsi Project'
     (A) New Delhi
                                              (B) Bansagar Project
     (B) Mumbai

     (C) Ahmedabad                            (C) Rajghat Project

     (D) Chennai                              (D) Sindh Project

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27. Where was Chandni thermal power         31, Under which Rule of the Madhya
     station established ?.                        Pradesh Panchayat Provisions
     (A) Chhindwara                                (Extension to Scheduled Areas)
                                                   Rules 2022(PESA Act),.the Gram
     (B) Dewas
                                                   Sabha has the right to return
     (C) Amalai                                    the land of Scheduled Tribes
     (D) Nepanagar             •,                  transferred by fraud ?
                                                   (A). Rule —19
 28. In which area is Amarkantak
                                                   (B) Rule — 20
      thermal power plant located ?
                                                   (C) Rule-21
     (A) Baidhan
                                                   (D) Rule — 22
     (B) Budhar
     (C) Chachai .
                                             32.   In which year was the State Level
     (D) Father Kheda                              Kol Tribe Development Agency
                                                   whose name has been changed to
 29. What is the percentage of urban               Kol Tribe Development Authority
     population in Madhya Pradesh                  formed ?
      according to the 2011 Census ?               (A) Year 2009
     (A) 21 to 23 percentage
                                                   (B) Year 2010
     (B) 24 to 26 percentage
                                                   (C) Year 2011
     (0) 27 to 29 percentage
                                                   (D) Year 2012
     (D) 30 to 32 percentage

                                             33.   How many districts of Madhya
 30. Which of the following districts              Pradesh were benefited under the
      of Madhya Pradesh shares its                 Pradh'an Maiitri Jan Jati Nyay
      borders with Uttar Pradesh and               Mahaabhiyan(P.M. Janman-2)in
      Ghhattisgarh both ?                          the year 2024-25 ?
                                                                *       ,   *   *
     (A) Anuppur                                   (A) 20
     (B) Singrauli                                 (B) 24

     (0) Rewa                                      (C) 28

     (D) Shahdol.                                  (D) 30           -

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34.   Which Section of the Scheduled              37.   Which department was constituted
       Castes and Scheduled Tribes
                                                         in the year 2001 for the purpose
                                                         of better utihsatiori of biological
       (Prevention of Atrocities) Act                    (organic) resources in Madhya
                                                         Pradesh ?
       1989 provides for punishment
       for derehction of duty by a public
                                                         (A) Madhya Pradesh istate
                                                              Biodiversity Board
       servant who is not a member of
                                                         (B) Madhya Pradesh Council of
       a Scheduled Caste or Scheduled                        Biotechnology
       Tribe ?                                           (C) Madhya Pradesh Bio(hversity
                                                             Department
       (A) Section -2
                                                         (D) Madhya Pradesh Biodiversity
       (B) Section — 3                                     . Ministry

       (C) Section — 4                             38.   On what basis was the division of
                                                         forests done in Madhya Pradesh ?
       (D) Section — 5                                   (A) Based on the tropics
                                                         (B) Based on vegetation and
                                                             geographical region
 35.   What is the total number of
                                                         (C) Based on the forest division
       Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and
                                                         (D) On the basis offorest villages
       Members prescribed in the Tribal
       Advisory Council ?                          39.   In the marketing year of 2024-25
                                                         which crop is included in price
       (A) 10                                            support scheme first time at
                                                         minimum support price of earning
       (B) ,15                                           value ?                     : ..
                                                         (A) Chickpea(Gram)
       (C) 20
                                                         (B) Soyabean
       (D) 25                                            (C) Lentil
                                                         (D) Mustard
 36. Madhya Pradesh Forest                         40.   What was the Gross State
       Development Corporation                           Domestic Product(GSDP)of
       was established in                                Madhya Pradesh at current prices
                                                         for the financial year 2024-25 ?
       (A)" 24 July 1975       ' '                       (A) Rs. 13,53,809 crore
       (B) 15 August 1984                                (B) Rs. 14,00,000 crore

       (C)- 27 August   2008                             (C) Rs. 15,03,395 crore
               'I V • -

                                                         (D) Rs. 16,00,000 crore
       (D) 10 July 1975
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41. Under whose editorship was               46. The tenure of Up-Lokayukt in
     "Dainik Lokmat" started from                 Madhya Pradesh is
      Jabalpur in February 1930 ?                   (A) 3 years
     (A) Madhav Agarkar                             (B) 4 years
     (B) Seth Govind Das                            (C) 5 years
     (C) D.RMishra                                  (D) 6 years
     (D) Girija Shankar
                                              47.   Who among the following was the
                                                    longest serving Chief Secretary of
 42. Under what name was Arya Samaj                 Madhya Pradesh ?
     established in Bhopal in 1890 ?                (A) H. S.Kamath
     (A) Jan Sabha                                  (B) R.P. Naronha
     (B) Lok Sabha                                  (C) B.KDubey
     (C) Jagriti Sabha                              (D) K. S. Sharma
     (D) Mitra Sabha
                                              48.   Which was the first State in India
                                                    fo implement Panchayati Raj as per
 43. Who is the author of"Papers                    73^ Constitutional Amendment A^?
     Relating to.the Aboriginal Tribes              (A) Gujarat
      of the Central Provinces"?                    (B) Maharashtra
     (A) Russel                                     (C) Uttar Pradesh
     (B) Stephen Hislop                             (D) Madhya Pradesh
     (G) Hiralal
                                              49.   Which of the following is not a part
     (D) R. B. Foote                                of the committee to select State
                                                    Information Commissions ?
                                                    (A) Chief Minister
 44. Which tribe of Madhya Pradesh
                                                    (B) Leader of Opposition Legislative
     mainly worship Meghnath as their
                                                        Assembly
     deity ?
                                                    (C) Cabinet Member nominated
     (A) Korku                                          by CM
     (B) Gond                                       (D) Chief Justice of High Court
     (C) Baiga
                                              50.   According to 'Madhya Pradesh
     (D) Oraon                                      Govansh Vadh Pratishedh
                                                    Adhiniyam 2004', which of the
 45. When was Bhopal State Praja                    following is/are included under
      Mandal established ?                           definition of"Cow progeny" ?
     (A) 1942                                       (A) Cows only
                                                    (B) Cows and Calves
     (B) 1944                                       (C) Cows, Bulls, Bullocks and
     (C) 1946                                            Calves

     (D) 1938                                       (D) Cows, Bulls and Calves

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SECTION-B
                       AGRICULTUEAL ENGINEERING

 51. Wliicli pump is suitable for                  55. Whatis the range ofJackson Candle
     pumping water from deep wells                       Turbidimeter for short tube ?
     and high heads ?
                                                         (A) 100-1000
       (A) Reciprocating pump
       (B) Submersible pump                              (B) 1100-1200

       (C) Centrifugal pump                              (C) 1400-1500
       (D) Artesian wells                                (D) 700-800


 52.   Which method is used for                    56. Contour bunding used to
       estimating safe jdeld of alluvial
       basin ?                  0i5E                     (A) Increase slope gradient

       (A) Hill method          s«-
                                                         (B) Reduce runoff and soil erosion
                                0[
       (B) Rill method                                   (C) Increase evaporation
       (C) Jacob method                                  (D) Divert water to pond
       (D) None of these

                                                   57.   Non-arable lands in watershed
 53.   The flow is said to be          when              management are treated with
       its path lines are irregular curves
       which continually cross each other.               (A) Deep ploughing

       (A) Laminar flow                                  (B) Contour cultivation
       (B) Steady flow                                   (C) Revegetation
       (C) Turbulent flow                                (D) Intensive fertilizer application
       (D) None of these

                                                   58. By means of cultural practices,
 54.   Which method is used for                          farmers can influence the
       estimating approximate well yield ?
                                                         (A) Work structure
       (A) Bailer Test
                                                         (B) Slope structure
       (B) Deep Test
       (0) Coat Test                                     (C) Rock structure

       (D) Rate Test                                     (D) Soil structure

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59. Which slope is causing maximum            62. The effective field capacity of
                                                   " tillage equipment is calculated
      erosion ?
                                                    from
     (A) Gentle slope                              (A) , Actual area covered by the
                                                        implement based on its total
     (B) Moderate slope
                                                       - time consumed and its width
     (C) Steep slope                               (B) Rate of field coverage of the
                                                       implement, based on
     (D) Depositional slope
                                                        100 per cent of time at the
                                                        rated speed covering 100 per cent
 60. An Increment in cropping intensity                 of its rated width

      resulted into
                                                   -(C) Both (A) and (B)
                                                   (D) None of the above-
     (A) Increased peak runoff

     (B) Reduced infiltration                  63. In a standard disc plough, the
                                                    angle at which the plane of the
     (C) Increased evapotranspiration
                                                    cutting edge of the disc is incUned
     (D) Decreased soil cover                       to the vertical line is

                                                   (A) Gang angle
                                                   (B) Disc angle
 61. The plough bottom is the basic
                                                '(0) Tilt angle
      unit of a walking plough and is a
                                                   (D) None of the above
      combination of

     (A) Share, mould board, land side         64. Tool that operate at greater depth,
          and Frog                                  break the hardpan and do not
                                                    pulverize the surface soil
     (B) Frog, coulter and jointer                 (A) Listers

     (0) Mould board, bean, shoe and               (B) Disc plough

          shovel                                   (G) Sub-soiler
                                                   (D) MB plough
     (D) Both(A)and (B)

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65. The procedure of testing a seed               68. During crop residue burning,
                                                       which of the following proportions
       drill when it is first built and
                                                        of nutrients are lost into the
       during its use to ensure the correct             atmosphere as gaseous and
       seed rate is                                     particulate matter ?
                                                       (A) Entire C, 40 - 50% N, 50% P,
       (A) Calculation                                      30% K and 25% S
       (B) Calibration                                 (B) Entire C, 80 - 90% N, 25% P,
                                                            20% K and 50% S
       (C) Metering
                                                       (C) 80% C, 60- 70% N, 40% P,
       (D) None of these                                    30% K and 20% S
                                                       (D) Entire C, 25% N,80-90% P,
                                                            50% K and 20% S
 66.   When the rate of increase in

       Earth's temperature exceeds the             69. National Remote Sensing Centre is
       threshold level of 0.1®C per decade              located at

       due to human activity, it is called             (A) New Delhi
                                                       (B) Bengaluru
       (A) Carbon sequestration
                                                       (C) Hyderabad
       (B) Climate change                              (D) Jodhpur
       (C) Global warming
                                                   70. Choose the correct requirement
       (D) Greenhouse effect                           of precision farming from the
                                                       following:
                                                        • 1. Ability to identift^ each field
 67. Blue baby syndrome is caused                           location.
       due to
                                                        II. AbiHty to capture, interpret
       (A) Excess fluoride in drinking                      and analyse agronomic data
                                                            at an appropriate scale and
            water                                           frequency.
       (B) Excess nitrate in drinking                  III. Abihty to adjust inputs and
                                                            farming practices to maximize
            water
                                                            benefits from each field
                                                            location.
       (C) Excess arsenic in drinking
                                                       (A) Only I
            water
                                                       (B) Only I and II
       (D) Iron deficiency in drinking
                                                       (C) Only II and III
            water
                                                       (D) I,nandin

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71. Which is the major loss caused by          75. Particle size most detachable by
      sheet erosion in affected areas ?               raindrop impact is
     (A) Sub soil                                     (A) < 0.002 mm (less than 0.002 mm)
     (B) Gravel particles                             (B) 0.063-0.250 mm
     (C) Organic matter, clay and                           00 mm (more than 2 mm)
                                                      (C) > 2
            nutrients
                                                      (D) Gravel size
     (D) Stones"

                                                76. Stroke-Bore ratio for tractor engines
 72. Bio-engineering methods mainly                   is about
                                                         r'
      use
                                                      (A). • 0.5
                                                              1
     (A) Concrete'
                                                      (B)"
     (B) Steel .
                                                      (C) 1.25
     (C) Living plant materials
                                                      (D) 1.75
     (D) Plastics

                                                77.   Thermal efficiency of a diesel
 73. Which one is the basic objective of
                                                      engine varies
      rmnwater harvesting ?
                                                      (A) 25-28%          ..
     (A) Increase runoff
                                                      (B) 28-30%
     (B) Reduce infiltration
                                                      (C) 32- 38%
     (0) Store excess rainwater for                            •      *   I '''



            productive use                            (D) 45-49%

     (D) Increase erosion
                                                78.   The energy equivalent produced
                                                      per kg of bibmass is calculated
 74. What is the impact of overgrazing
                                                      assuming an energy eqmvalent
      on soil ?
                                                      (A) 4200 kcal/kg
     (A) Soil aggregation
                                                      (B) 4200 kJ/kg
     (B) Vegetative loss ..
                                                      (0) 4200 cal/kg
     (C) Increased infiltration
     (D) Soil formation
                                                      (D) 4206j/k'g               -   -

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79.   Engiae power is transmitted                82. Which reasoning method is
       through a series of intermediaries
                                                      illustrated by the following
       to the driving wheels is called
       (A) Power stroke                               statement ?

       (B) Power brake                                "Given two well-formed formulas
       (C) Power trains
                                                      (A    B)and (B), for any expression
       (D) Power steering
                                                      A and B,if it is consistent to

 80.   The device located in between the              assume A, do so".
       engine fljnvheel and gear box is
       called              SiSEl                      (A) Deductive Reasoning
                            svr-
       (A) Clutch
                                                      (B) Inductive Reasoning
       (B) Governor
       (G) Connecting link                            (C) Abductive Reasoning

       (D) Reserve device                             (D) Resolution

 81.   Consider the following statements
       regarding frames.                          83. In Dempster-Shafer theory, the
       Statement I: A frame is a                      plausibility of a hypothesis s is
       collection of slots and associated
       values that describe some entity in             defined in terms of the behef

       the world.                                      assigned to its complement.
       Statement II: Frames do not
                                                       Which of the following expressions
       support inheritance and all slot
       values must be expHcitly defined.              correctly represents the plausibihty
       (A) Both Statement I and                       function ?
           Statement II are true

       (B) Statement I is true and                    (A) Pl(s)= Bel(s) + Bel(-.s)
           Statement II is false
                                                      (B) Pl(s)= 1- Bel(s)
       (C) Statement I is false and
           Statement 11 is true                       (C) Pl(s)= l-Bel(-.s)
       (D) Both Statement I and
           Statement II are false                     (D) Pl(s)= Bel(s)-Bel(-ns)


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84.   Consider the following statements.           86.   Precision farming is sometimes
       Statement I: The inference
                                                          called by which of the following
       engine acts as an interpreter that
       applies rules from the knowledge                   name ?
       base to solve problems.
       Statement II: The knowledge                        (A) Site-specific farming only
       base contains both general domain
       knowledge and case specific                        (B) Variable rate farming only
       information.
       Which of the following is correct for
       rule-based expert systems ?
                                                          (C) Site-specific fuming and
       (A) Statement I is true and                             prescription farming only
          • Statement'H is false
       (B) Statement I is false and                       (D) Prescription farming,
           Statement II is true                                site-specific farming and
       (C) Both Statement I and
           Statement 11 ^e true                               variable rate farming

       (D) Both Statement I and
           Statement II are false
                                                    87.   What does the acronym LASER

 85.   Consider the following statements                  stand for ?
       regarding reinforcement learning.
       Statement I:In reinforcement                       (A) Light Absorbent and Stimulated
       learning, an agent learns by
       interacting with the environment                        Emission of Radiations
       and receiving rewards or penalties
       based on.its actions.                              (B) Light Amplification by
       Statement 11: Q-learning is a
       reinforcement learning technique                       Stimulated Emission of
       that learns the optimal action-                        Radiation
       value function without requiring a
       model of the environment.
                                                          (C) Linear Alternation by
       Which of the following is correct ?
       (A) Both Statement I and                               Stimulated Emission of
           Statement II are true
                                                              Radiation
       (B) Statement I is true and
           Statement II is false
                                                          (D) Laser Amplification by
       (C) Statement I is false and
           Statement II is true                                Systematic Emission of
       (D) Both Statement I and                                Radiation
           Statement II are false

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88. What is the "4E," principle of             91. Intrinsic capacity of agent to cause

      site-specific nutrient management?              soil erosion is termed as


     (A) Right source, right duration,                (A) Erodibility
          right depth, right place                    (B) Land slide
     (B) Right soxirce, right crop, right             (C) Erosivity
          duration, right place
                                                      (D) Saltation
     (C) Right place, right rate, right
          crop, right depth
                                                92.   Graded bunds are constructed for
     (D) Right product, right rate, right             controlling water erosion under
          time, right place                           conditions


                                                      (A) High annual rainfall, fine
 89. One petagram (Pg)is equal to                         textured soil

     (A) 10^^ grams                                   (B) Low annual rainfall, medium
                                                          textured soil
     (B) 10^^ grams
                                                      (G) Low annual rainfall, coarse
     (C) 10^ grams
                                                          textured soil
     (D) 10^® grams
                                                      (D) Moderate annualrainfall, coarse
                                                          textured soil
 90. DBMS stands for

     (A) Data Backup Management
                                                93. Soil erosion caused by wind is also
          System
                                                      termed as
     (B) Database Manipulation
                                                      (A) Pluvial erosion
          Software
                                                      (B) Fluvial erosion
     (C) Database Management System
                                                      (C) Aeolian erosion
     (D) Digital Base Management
                                                      (D) Organogenic erosion
          System

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94. Cultivable area lost(m )per                 97. 'Flood irrigation' method of
      hectare of land under bund                      irrigating fields works best on
      construction is calculated as
                                                     (A) Level or gently rolling terrain
      [B = Bottom width of bund (m);
                                                     (B)'" Steeply rolling terrain
      S = Land slope in percentage,
      VI = Vertical Interval between
                                                     (C) Both(A) and (B)

      bunds(m); HI = Horizontal                      (D) None of the above
      Interval between bunds(m)]
     (A) 100 SBm                                 9i8. Which one of the following does
                                                      not contribute to water logging ?
     (B) 100 SB/HI
                                                     (A) Inadequate drainage
     (G) lOOVI/SB          .   .
                                                     (B) Seepage from unlined canals
     (D) 100 HI/SB
                                                     (C) Frequent flooding
                                                     (D) Excessive tapping of groimd
 95. In hilly areas of low rainfall or                    water

      shallow soil depth, most suitable
      bench terrace is                           99. Available moisture is the highest in
     (A) Table top                                              at soil moisture tension
                                                     of 4 atmospheres.
     (B) Sloping outward
                                                     (A) Sand
     (0) Sloping inward
                                                     (B) Clay
     (D) Puerto Rican tj^e terrace                   (C) Loam
                                                     (D) All of the ai3ove
 96. The water application efficiency
                                                100. Hooghoudt's formula for drain
      does not depend upon
                                                     spacing is not apphcable'for
     (A) Geometry of the conveyance                  (A) Steady fLow     ■
          system ■                 ^
                                                     (B) Homogeneous soil '
     (B), Intake characteristics of soil             (C) Permeable layer underhes the
                                                          drain
     (C) Topography of field
                                                     (D) Darcy's law is valid for flow of
     (D) Climatic conditions                             water through soil

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101. A watershed having size of                   105. Which of the following practice
     1 — 10 km classified into
                                                         increases soil moisture retention ?
      watershed based on its size.

     (A) Macro            SI?®                           (A) Increasing slope gradient
     (B) MiUi                                            (B) Deep ploughing across the
     (C) Micro
                                                             slope
     (D) Mini
                                                         (C) Removal of vegetation cover

102. Amongst the eight land capability                   (D) Mulching
     classes, which land classes are fit
      for cultivation ?

     (A) I, II, III, IV                           106. The most common depth of filter
     (B) V, vi,'vni,vii                                  points in deltaic alluvial formations
     (C) I, III, V, VII                                  usually ranges from
     (D) ii,iv,vi,vin
                                                         (A) 7-9 meter

103. Which vegetative condition falls                    (B) 10 - 12 meter
     under the poor hydrologic condition ?
                                                         (C) 14- 16 meter
     (A) Heavily grazed or regularly
          burnt                                          (D) 13- 15 meter
     (B) Grazed but not burnt
     (G) Protected from grazing
                                                  107.   Which one is accurate flow
     (D) None of the above
                                                         measuring device for flows less

104. An increment of sediment yield                      than 30 litre/second ?
      index is on decrease of
                                                         (A) V-notch weir
     (A) Area of erosion intensity unit
     (B) Weightage of erosion intensity                  (B) Volumetric method
          .unit
                                                         (C) Stage discharge curve
     (C) Dehvery ratio
                                                         (D) Current meters
     (D) Area of watershed

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108. The water retain under the space             112. Major portion of soil movement
      of sediments during its deposition                 during wind erosion occurs by
      and remains entrapped is refers to
                                                         process
     (A) Connate water
     (B) Magmatic water                                  (A) Saltation

     (C) Meteoric water                                  (B) Suspension
     (D) Available water
                                                         (C) Surface creep
                                                                      ••   ••   f




109. Which concentrated discharge of                     (D) Wash load
     water appears on ground surface ?
     (A) Springs
                                                  113. The stage in gully development,
     (B) Depression
                                                         when vegetation begins to grow
     (0) Seepage
     (D) None of these                                   in the gully channel and further

                                                         erosion ceases is

110. Bored wells are generally referred                  (A) Formation stage
      to as

     (A) Small diameter wells                            (B) Development stage

     (B) Medium diameter wells                           (0) Healing stage
     (0) Large diameter wells
                                                         (D) Stabilization stage
     (D) None of these


111. In areas, where the subsoil is more          114.   Construction of contour trenches
     resistant to erosion as compared
                                                         should be started
     to surface soil,- the gully developed
     has which of the following shapes ?                 (A) First in upper area
     (A) Trapezoidal
                                                         (B) First in lower area
     (B) Very irregular
                                                         (C) First in side boundaries
     (0) U Shape

     (D) V Shape                                         (D) Anywhere in the target area

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115. Ratio of sediment yield of                 118. The ratio of output power to the
      watershed outlet and gross soil                 input power for a traction device is
      erosion from the watershed is
                                                      called
      termed as
                                                     (A) Tractive efficiency
     (A) Relief ratio
                                                     (B) Fuel efficiency
     (B) Sediment delivery ratio
                                                     (C) Net traction coefficient
     (C) Bowen ratio

     (D) Entrenchment ratio                          (D) Djmamic load




116. Normally the weight transfer from          119, Full form ofPTO is

      the front axle to the rear axle is
                                                     (A) Power Torque Off
      allowed to
                           >vr-
                                                     (B) Pressure Take Off
     (A) 10-20%
                                                     (C) Power Take Off
     (B) 20-30%
                                                     (D) Pressure and Torque Off
     (C) 30-40%

     (D) 40-50%

                                                120. The measurement of the physical

                                                      features and functions of the
117. The pressure of oil in the
      lubrication system of a tractor                 human body is called

      engine is around
                                                     (A) Metrology
     (A) Skg/m-^
                                                     (B) Meteorology
     (B) 3 kg/cm'
                                                     (C) Agronomy
     (C) 6kg/m^
                                                     (D) Anthropometry
     (D) 6 kg/cm'

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121. Vacuum filters are limited by the            124. Freezing refers to cold preservation
     cost of vacuum generation to a                     of foods maintained in a frozen
     pressure difference of about
                                                        condition. Most foods are frozen at
       (A) 20 X 10® KPa                                              ®C or lower.
       (B) 10 X 10® Pa
                                                       (A), -4°C
       (C) 200x10® Pa
                                                       (B) -18°C
       (D) 100x10® Pa
                                                       (C) -8°C

122.   The mixing time is related to the               (D) 0°C
       mixing index using
       (A)
       ^'
           lnM = Ktm                              125. The degree of mixing of solids
       (B)
       ^'
           M;=-Ktm                                      depends on
       (C) lnM =-Kt
                                                       (A) The relative particle size, shape
       (D) M = ln(-Kt^)                                      and density of each component

                                                       (B)'The tendency ofthe materials to
123.   Heat utilization factor of a dr3dng
                                                             aggregate
       system is the ratio of
       (A) Drop in dry bulb temperature of             (C) Neither (A) nor(B)
           (hying air and increase in dry              (D) Both (A) and (B)
           bulb temperature of ambient
           air

       (B) Drop in dry bulb temperature of        126. Discharge Q in a triangular weir
           ambient air and increase in dry              varies as
                                                         t

           bulb temperature of drying air               (Where H = Depth offlow in
       (C) Drop in relative humidity of                 upstream)
           drying air and increase in
                                                              rl/2
           relative humidity of ambient                (A)
           air                                                3/2
                                                       (B) H
       (D) Drop in relative humidity of                       5/2
                                                       (C) H
           drjdng air and no change in wet
                                                              7/2
           bulb temperature of ambient                 (D) H
           air


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127. The modular limit               of              130.   The relationship between the Duty
                                                            'D"in ha/cumec, the water depth
        standing wave flumes is
                                                            "A"(Delta)in cm, and base period
        to avoid the region of transition                   "B" in days is given by

       from the free to submerged-flow                                864B
                                                            (A) D =
        mode.                                                           A

                                                                      864A
      (A) 0.25                                              (B) D =
                                                                        B
      (B) 0.5
                                                                      8.64A
                                                            (C) D =
      (C) 0.75                                                          B


      (D) 1                                                           8.64B
                                                            (D) D =
                                                                        D


128. Lining of irrigation channels for a             131.   The equipment used for placing
                                                            seeds in a flow in furrows at a
        given discharge is done to                          xmiform rate and at a controlled
 •   11 *    ^   '          ,
                                                            depth, with or without an
      (A) increases command area                            arrangement for covering them
                                                            with soil
      (B) increases water logging
                                                            (A) Planter
      (C) increases charmercross-section                    (B) Trans-planter
      (D) increases chances*of breaching                    (C) Seed drill
                                                            0) AU bf the above

129. Irrigation water is usually applied
        when the available soil moisture in          132    Annual depreciation of a

        the root zone of the crop is depleted               equipment is included in

        by what percentage ?                                (A) Hiring cost
      (A) 0-10%
                                                            (B) Fixed cost
      (B) 10-25%
                                                            (C) Variable cost
      (C) 50-60%
                                                            (D) None of the above
      (D) 100%

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133. The tj^e of furrow opener                 136. Which separator separates the
      recommended for working well                    grains as per their roundness ?
      in poorly prepared seedbeds or in
      trashy soils is                                (A) Indented cylinder separator

      (A) Shoe type                                  (B) Spiral separator
      (B) Hoe type                                   (C) Specific gravity separator
      (C) Chisel point type
                                                     (D) Stone separator
      (D) Inverted T-tjrpe

                                                137. Rate of filtration is
134. Threshing is the removal of
     grain from the plant and can be                 (A) Inversely proportional to the
     accomplished by the following                         pressure difference across
       methods                                            filter
      (A) Rubbing action only •
                                                     (B) Directly proportional to the
      (B) Impact action only                              pressure difference across
      (C) Stripping action only                           filter
      (D) Any ofthe above actions or their
                                                     (C) Directly proportional to the
           combination
                                                          resistance to flow'   •


135. A power-operated groundnut                      (D) Both (A) and (C)
     decorticator performs the following
      functions
                                                138. 500 kg of paddy at 22% moisture
        i. Groundnut feeding in to the                content(wb)is dried to 14%
           decorticator
                                                      moisture content(wb)for milling.
       ii. Groundnut shelling
                                                      How much moisture is removed
       iii. Cleaning the nuts from the                during drying ?
           mixture '•
                                                     (A) 40.51 kg
      (A) Only i and ii
           Only ii and iii                           (B) 42.51kg

      (C) Only i and iii                             (C) 46.51kg        '■
      (D) i, ii and iii                               (D) 44.51kg

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139. One rat consumes nearly,                          142. Which of the following search
                     kg of grains in a year
                                                                strategies belongs to the category
      and contaminates more than
                                                                of blind search ?
                       times what it actually
      eats, with its'urine and excreta.
                                                            (A) Best-first search
     (A) 5 kg,5 times
                                                            (B) A* se^ch
     (B) 5 kg, ib'^^times
     (C) 10 kg, 10 times                                    (C) Hill climbing search
                     ■ t   ''';

     (D) 10 kg,5 times
                                                            (D) Breadth-first search


140. Banana fruits are generally stored
      at              (Recommended Temp.
                                                       143. Which ofthe following conditions
 " andRH)             '
                                                                guarantees that the A* algorithm
     (A) 3-7°Cand85-90%RH
                                                                wiQ always find the optimal
     (B) 13-15°C and 90-95% RH
                                                                solution, provided a solution exists ?
     (C) 4°Cand9p-95%,RH
     (D) None of the abpvej                                 (A) The heuristic function used is

                                                          , ^      .admissible
141. In the early.days of Artificial • -
                                                            (B) The search,space is large and
      intelligence, wMch among the
      given,programming lan^ages                                    finite

      became the dominant one for
                 '          • j         ;   I
                                                            (C) The algorithm expands nodes
      symbolic AI,and expert,systems ?
                                                                    in a depth-first manner
      (A) LISP

      (B) Java                                              (D) The cost of all actions in the

      (C) Pjrthon                 ■ ,                               problem is uniform

     (D) C++               , :          .

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144.   Identify the false statement               147.   Which Gullies classification is refer
       regarding the minimax search                      when depth greater than 9 meters ?
       algorithm.
                                                         (A) G-1            HiSH
       (A) Alpha-beta pruning improves
           the efficiency of the minimax                 (B) G-2            igi
           search                                        (C) G-3
       (B) Minimax search assumes that
                                                         (D) G-4
           the opponent always plays
           optimally
       (C) Minimax search is                      148. How contour farming will help in
           implemented as a depth-first,                 soil conservation ?
           depth united search procedure
                                                         (A) By increasing slope length
       (D) In minimax, terminal node
           values are obtained using                     (B) By increasing runoff velocity
           rule-based inference                          (C) By holding water in furrows
                                                         (D) By removing crop residues
145.   Which of the following correctly
       describes the two search strategies
       that are combined in simiilated            149. Which erosion process involves
       annealing ?                                     lifting of fine particles into the air
       (A) Depth-first search and                      for long distances ?
            Breadth-first search                         (A) Saltation
       (B) HiU climbing and random walk                  (B) Suspension
       (C) Hill climbing and beam search
                                                         (0) Surface creep
       (D) Genetic algorithm and hill
           climbing                                      (D) Splash


146.   What kind of soil erosion is caused        150. Which is the first stage of water
       under natural conditions ?                        erosion ?

       (A) Wind erosion                                  (A) Sheet erosion
       (B) Accelerated erosion                           (B) Rill erosion
       (G) Geologic erosion
                                                         (0) Splash erosion
       (D) Gully erosion
                                                         (D) GuUy erosion




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