Name of the Organization : Haryana Public Service Commission
Name of the Exam : HCS (Ex.Br.) Preliminary Exam – 2014
Subject : Agriculture
Document Type : Previous Question Paper
Year : 2014
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HCS Preliminary Exam Agriculture Question Paper :
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1. Black soil is used for the cultivation of
(A) Jute
(B) Wheat nitrogenous fertilizer on sugar content in juice
(C) Cotton
(D) Sugarcane
2. Common herbicide used in wheat is
(A) 2,4 -Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
(B) Atrazine 1 l. Amongst the following which is the food
(C) Isoproturon preservative
(D) Pendimethalin
3. Delinting of cotton seed may be done with
(A) Sulphuric acid
(B) Citric acid
(C) Sodium hydroxide
(D) Ammonium chloride
4. Mixed farming is referred only to
(A) Growing of crops together by mixing the seeds
(B) Growing of cash crops and food grains
(C) Crop production combined with dairy
(D) Growing of fruits and vegetables mixed
5. Name the kharif season fodder crop
(A) Oats
(B) Lucerne
(C) Sorghurn
(D) Berseem
6. Phalaris rninor is aweed foundwith
(A) Wheat
(B) Cowpea called
(C) Barley
(D) Oat
7. Arhar (pigeonpea) grows well in which climate
(A) Tropical and subtropical
(B) Temperate
(C) Humid and temperate
(D) Sub-hurnid and temperate
8. Which hormone is found in ripened fruits
(A) Ethylene
(B) Auxin
(C) Gibberellins
(D) IAA
9. Causal agent of anthracnose disease in – sorghum is
(A) Puccinia purpurea
(B) Helminthosporiunt hrcicunt
(C) Colletotrichunt grantinicola
(D) Gleourcospora sorg
10. Active soil forming factors include
(A) Soil horizons
(B) Soil profile
(C) Regolith
(D) Parent material
11. Available phosphorus of less than 10 kg/ha of soil is considered as
(A) Low
(B) Medium
(C) Trace
(D) High
12. The global the earth is
(A) 20%
(B) 40%
(C) 30%
(D) so%
13. Wet black soils are
(A) Very hard
(B) Soft
(C) Iron
(D) Potassium
14. Microbial population of a soil in general
(A) Decreases with depth
(B) Increases with depth
(C) Constant throughout the profile
(D) No specific trend
15. Dasineura /ini is pest of
(A) Castor
(C) Seasamum
(B) Linsecd
(D) Groundnut
16. Red’soils are found maximum in
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Tamil Nadu
17. Saline soils are reclaimed/managed by
(A) Addition of gypsum
(B) Addition of lirne
(C) Leaching the soluble salts
(D) Addition of pyrite
18. The gland which produces pheromone in queen honey bee
(A) Mandibular gland
(B) Maxillary gland
(C) Labial gland
(D) Pharyngeal gland
19. The queen in the honey colony feeds on
(A) Royal jelly
(B) Nectar
(C) Queen substance
(D) Honey
20. Which insecticide is stored in the fat of milch animals ?
(A) Malathion
(C) Lindanc
(B) DDT
(D) Endosulfan