WBPSC 2020: All papers, Assistant Horticulturist
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l. The 73rd Amendment Act (1993) 6. What is the maximum sum of the numbers
introduced of saturdays and sundays in a leap year?
(A) Voting rights to the people of lndia (A) 104
(B) Centralizarion of Power (B) l0s
(C)-.Panchayat sYstem in India (c) 106
(D) Municipal Corporation in lndia (D) 107
2, When did the Queens Proclamation declare 7. If the difference between the compound
the end of rule by East India Company in India? interest and the simple interest on a certain sum at
(A) 1858 15% per annum for 3 yrs is Rs.283'50, then the
sum is
(B) 1856
(c) 1857 (A) Rs.3,500
(D) 1859 (B) Rs.4,000
(C) Rs.4,500
(D) Rs.5,000
3. If Sangeeta's daughter is my daughter's
mother, then how am I relate to Sangeeta?
(A) Son is the only possibility 8. ?he expression 'to get the better of means
(B) Son-inJaw is the only possibility (A) become better
(C) Daughter is the only possibility (B) gain an advantage over another
(D) Son-in-Iaw or daughter (C) to get a better deal
@) to get more
4. Fill in the blank :
He is muslc. 9. The synonym of cerebral is
(A) for (A) intellectual
(B) of (B) fierce
(C) about (C) ritual
(D) to (D) rare
5. If the length of a rectangle is increased bv 10. HCF and LCM of two numbers are 16 and
207c and the breadth is reduced by 20%, what will 240 respectively. If one of the lumber is 48, then
be the effect on its area? the other number is
(A) 4olc increase (A) 32
(B) 67c increase (B) 64
(C) 47o decrease (c) 80
(D) None of these (D) 160
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11. When is the United Nations Dav observed? 16. Which ofthe fbllowing sentences is correct?
(A) 24 October (A) The buses are not going in the city
(B) 23 September today.
(C) 23 October (B) The buses are not playing in the city
(D) 24 September today.
(C) The buses are not plying in the city
today.
(D) The buses are not coming in the city
today.
12. Where was 2014 FIFA World Cup held?
(A) Columbia
(B) Brazil
(C) Russia 17. The synonym of nonconformist is
(D) Qarar (A) individualist
(B) unconventional
(C) nor-cooperative
(D) unyielding
13. Complete the sentence with a suitable word:
Make _ while the sun shines.
(A) fun 18. A train crosses 210 and 122 meters long
(B) game tunnels in 25 and, 17 seconds respectively. The
(C) hay speed of the train is
(D) rice (A) l0m/sec.
(B) l lm/sec.
(C) l2mlsec.
(D) l3m/sec.
14. lf 9O9o of A = 3OVo of B and,B = xVo of A,
then the value ofr is
(A) 600 19. Where is the Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuar),
(B) 800 located?
(c) 900 (A) Gujarat
(D) 300 (B) West Bengal
(C) Assam
(D) Madhya Pradesh
15. Fill in the correct preposition:
The book is the box. 20. What does 'GST' stand for?
(A) in (A) General Goods & Services Tax
(B) beside (B) Goods & Sales Tax
(C) inside (C) Goods & Services Tax
(D) within (D) General Sales Tax
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21. What is the capital of North Korea? 26. Change into indirect speech:
(A) Pyongyang "Shall I close the door?"
(B) Washington (A) He asked if he could close the door.
(C) Moscow (B) He asked if the door could be closed.
(D) Kuala Lumpur (C) He asked if the door was closing.
(D) He asked if he should close the door.
27. In a room, we have one grandfather, two
22. The phrases "Liberty", "Equality" and fathers, two sons and a grandson. The age of one
"Fratemity" a-re associated with the father is seven times the age of his son. The age of
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(A) American War of IndePendence the other father is twice his son's age. Assuming
that there arc onty 3 people in the room and the
(B) Glorious Revolution grandfather is 70 years old, how old is the grandson?
(C) Independence of India (A) 1
(D) French Revolution (B) 2
(c) 3
(D) s
23. The antonym of selfless is
2E. Whois the authorof thebook'Brief History
(A) egoistic of Time'?
(B) considerate (A) Joseph Stiglitz
(C) liberal (B) Stephen Hawkirg
(D) selfish (C) Salman Rushdie
(D) Deepak NaYYar
29. The statement-"The father of my son is
24. Fill in the blank with the correctpreposition: the only child of your Parents".-
She bought it a shoP near her (A) can never be true.
school (B) is true in only one type of relation.
(A) in (C) can be true for more than one type of
(B) at - relations.
(C) beside (D) can be true only in a PolYgamous
(D) to farnilY.
30. One day morning Ajay and Bijoy were
talking to each other standing face to face. The
25. tnwhichyearthe Beijing World Conftrence shariow of Ajay was on his left side. Bijoy was
on Women held? facing towards
(A) re96 (A) north
(B) r 995 (B) south
(c) 1994 (C) north-east
(D) I993 (D) east
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31. Polyploidy variety of Mango 36. Which of the following is commercially
(A) Vellaicollamban - propagated by bulbs?
(B) Olour (A) Gladiolus
(C) Kurukkan (B) Lily
(D) All of the above (C) Camation
(D) Rose
32. Most suitable packaging material for cut
flower is 37. The unit of fre ezing rate is denoted by
(A) Wooden boxes (A) 'C cm/hr
(B) Plastic boxes (B) cm/hr
(C) Cardboard boxes (C) 'C/ min
(D) Crates (D) cm "C
38. Litchi is stored at low temperature at
33. Yellowingof lawn grassindicates deficiency
relative humidity of
of which nutrienl?
(A) 807o
(A) Nitrogen
(B) 85Sc
(B) Phosphorous
(C) 90Vo
(C) Potassium
(D) 957c
(D) Calcium
39. In which of the following vegetables
34. Roots ofwhich ofthe following are used for Vitamin-C is maximum?
oil extraction? (A) Chilli
(A) Sweet pea (B) Coriander leaves
(B) Iris (C) Drumstick leaves
(C) Gardenia (D) Bathua leaves
(D) Rose
40. Pre harvest application of which growth
35. In which of the following medicinal plaat substances in citrus retards chlorophyll
roots is used for medicinal purpose? disappearance?
(A) Brahmi (A) Ethylene
(B) Dill (B) Benzylaminopurine
(C) Aswagandha (C) Gibberellic acid
(D) Datura (D) Maleic Hydrazide
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41. In controlled atmosphere storage 46. Which of the following chemical is used
composition of which of the following sets of for polyploidy breeding?
gases is controlled? (A) MH
(A) O: + Nz (B) CCC
(B) CO? + N, (C) NAA
(C) CzHa+ N: (D) Colchicine
(D) CO: + O:
47. Which watermelon variety is strictlv
seedless?
42. Theobromin in cocoa is extracted from
(A) Bark (A) Pusa Bedana
(B) Fruit (B) Tetra-2
(C) Root (C) Sugar Baby
(D) Seed (D) PKM-1
48. Vengurla-3 is a variety of the following
43. Cultivated strawbery is plantation crops:
(A) Diploid (A) Oil palm
(B) Octaploid (3) Areca nut
(C) Hexaploid (C) Coconut
(D) Triploid (D) Cashew nut
44. For drying of pea, tenderometer reading 49. Whip tail in cauliflower is due to deficiency
should be about
of
(A) 85-9s (A) Boron
(B) 9s-10s (B) Mc
(C) Mn
(c) r0s-1 r0
(D) l l5 (D) Mo
50. Which ofthe following species oforchid is
45. Man-made hybrid is temperate?
(A) Pineapple (A) Dendrobium
(B) Strawberry (B) Vanda
(C) Pomegranate (C) Cymbidium
(D) Apple (D) Cattleya
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51. French bean is a native of 56. Most commonly used vegetative
(A) Mediteranean region propagation method in rose is
(B) Asia (A) Layering
(C) South and Central America (B) Cutting
(D) Northern Africa (C) Budding
(D) Tissue Culture
52. Male sterility in beet is due to
57. Which one of the following is a fragrant
(A) single recessive gene. shrub?
(B) plasmic and gene interaction. (A) Cestrwn noctunlum
(C) staminal sterility. (B) Hamaelia patens
(D) functional pollen sterility. (C) Ixora pan ifloru
(D) Thevetia peruviana
53. Pink fleshed variety of Papaya-
(A) Sunrise solo 58. Seed rate of tomato in general is
(B) Taiwan (A) 200 to 300g/ha
(C) Surya (B) 400 to 500g,fta
(D) Coorg Honey Dew (C) 600 to 700g,ha
(D) 800 to 1000g/ha
54. Which is a heavy climber?
59. Respiration mte of which of the following
(A) Arttigonon leptoltus vegetables is very low?
(B) Sweet pea (A) Onion
(C) Petea volubilis (B) Sweet pepper
(D) Clitoria ternatea (C) Okra
(D) Carrot
55. Storage temperature and relative humidity
of ginger for long storage litt is 60. Pusa Ruby has been developed by crossing
(A) 0'C and 65% (A) Sioux x Improved Meeruti
(B) l3"C and 65 c/c (B) lmproved Meeruti x Red Cloud
(C) l5'C and 85 7c (C) EC-55005 x Punjrb Tropic
(D) l3'C and 857c (D) Long Style x Roma
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61. Turnip belongs to genus 66. Tagetis patula is
(A) Eeta (A) Triploid
(B) Brassica (B) Diploid
(C) Raphanus (C) Tetraploid
(D) Daucus (D) Aneuploid
67. Which enzyme is used for clarification of
62. Which flower is most suitable tbr drying?
fruit juice?
(A) Poppy (A) Oxidase
(B) Tuberose
(B) Polygalucturonase
(C) Acroclinium
(C) Phelonase
(D) Cosmos
(D) Pectinol
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63, Seedless vlriety ol Mango - 68. Which one is sensitive to high water table?
(A) Mallika (A) Guava
(B) Safari (B) Plum
(C) Ratna (C) Peach
(D) Sindhu (D) Pear
64. Yellow flowering avenue tree is 69. Which of these vegetables is deep rooted
(A) Delonix regia crop?
(B) Cassia fistula (A) Onion
(C) Jacarunda mimosifol ia
(B) Potato
(D) Ingerstroetnio (C) Carrot
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(D) Sweel Potato
70. Which fruit is commonly klown as "Fruit
65. TSS range tbr mature watermelon is of New World"?
(A) 7 9'Brix (A) Jackliuit
(B) l0 I 2'Brix (B) Passion fiuit
(C) 13- 15'Brix (C) Avocado
(D) t 6-l 8'Brix (D) Mango
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7I. Pusa Majestic is a variety of 76. Sweet corn is
(A) Papaya (A) Monoecious annual
(B) Guava (B) Dioecious annual
(C) Mango (C) Herm aphrodite annual
(D) Citrus (D) Monoeciousbiennial
72. Which one of the following is a climacteric 77. Tetrazolium test
fruit?
(A) differentiate between dormant and
(A) Fig non-dormant seed.
(B) Citrus (B) distinguish between normal and
(C) Grape abnormal seedlings.
(D) Ber (C) determines seed viability.
(D) determine seed germination.
73. Ready-to-serve fruit beverage contains at
least
78. iruit set in brinjal is usually in the florver
(A) 107o fruit juice having
(B) l5%o fruit juice (A) Medium style
(C) 20Sa fruit juice (B) Shot style
(D) Z5qo fruit juice (C) Long and Medium style
(D) Short and Medium style
74. Vegetative propagation of date palm is
through
(A) Runners 79. Fig is
(B) Suckers (A) Dioecious
(C) Slips (B) Monoecious
(C) Gynodioecious
(D) Stolen
(D) Andromonoecious
75. Clamp method of storage is a traditional
method of storage of 80. Example of stem vegetable is
(A) Onion (A) Carot
(B) Potato (B) Beet
(C.; Sweet potato (C) Broccoli
(D.1 Cassava (D) Knol-khol
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81. Indigenous cultivar of arecanut is E6. Bush type lablab bean is
(A) Mangla (A) Arka Komal
(B) Sumangla (B) JDL-79
(C) Sreemangala (C) Arka Jay
(D) Mohitnagar (D) Pusa Early Proliftc
82. Tongue grafting is a modified form of
(A) Saddle grafting
E?. In making tomato ketchup
(B) Whip grafting
added
+ of sugar is
(C) Inarching
(A) initially at the start of preparation.
(D) None of the above
(B) at lhe time of commencement of
boiling.
(C) towards the end of cooking process.
83. Disease free plants in micro propagation (D) after the cooking process is over.
can be obtained through
(A) Meristem culture
(B) Anther culture J
(C) Embryo culture 88. Powdery mildew disease is a serious
(D) Cell culture problem of which of the following crops?
(A) Onion
(B) Okra
(C) Pea
84. Open centre system of training is followed
tn
(D) Chilli
(A) Pear
(B) Plum
(C) Apple
(D) Peach 89, Which of the following states is the largest
producer of tea in lndia ?
(A) Assam
(B) West Bengal
85. Which of the following statements is (C) Karnataka
incorrect with regard to problem of jam (D) Tamil Nadu
production?
t
(A) If the invert sugar ofjam is less than
3070, sugar may crystallize.
(B) High per cent ofTSS tends the gum to
become gummy and sticky. 90. Bending is practice in guava to encourage
(C) Low TSS and high pecrin contenr may (A) better sprouting.
cause premature setting. (B) better ripening.
(D) Suface graining is caused by invert (C) berrer fruiring.
sugar more than 507o. (D) better quality.
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91. Which growth regulator is used to retluce 96, Methyl jamonate vapour treatment
period of chilling requirement? followed by MAP increases quality of
(A) NAA (A) Pineapple
(B) rBA (B) Papaya
I (C) GA: (C) Banana
(D) Cytokinin (D) Apple
92. Single seeded berry is 97, The fruit ofbanana is botanicallv a
(A) Areca nut (A) Pepo
(B) Coconut (B) Beny
(C) Cashew (C) Pome
(D) Coffee (D) Drupe
93. Essential oil is extracted fronr 98. Seeds are sown immediately afterextraction
(A) Citronella in which fruit?
(B) Khus (A) Citrus
(C) Jasmine (B) Ber
(D) All of the above (C) Mango
(D) Jamun
94. Which of the causes is not a factor of
weeping jelly? 99. Tea plantation requires a rainfall of about
(A) Excess of acid (A) 25-50 cm
(B) Low concentration of sugar (B) 50-100 cm
(C) Use of nun-clarilied juice (C) 100-150 cm
(D) Insufficient pectin (D) 150-250 cnr
95. Modit]ed stem of banana is 100. Annual flower suited forplanting in shade
(A) Sword suckers (A) Anthurium -
(B) Rhizomes (B) Stock
(C) Water suckers (C) Cineraria
(D; Com (D) Nasturtium
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