ICAR JRF exam Agronomy old paper

Is there any buddy to provide me the ICAR JRF exam AGRONOMY old question paper?????

[Kiran Chandar]

As per your request here I am sharing the ICAR JRF exam AGRONOMY old question paper:

1. PAR (Photo-synthetically active radiation) is measured in

(A)Photon (B) Watts

(C) Einstein (D) Quantum

2. The study of relationship between properties and plant production is as

(A) Agronomy (B) Pedology

(C) Edaphology (D) Soil chemistry

3. Triticale is a cross between:

(A) Wheat x Rye (B) Wheat x Barley

(C) Barley x Oat (D) t x Oat

4. Maximum number of treatment accommodates in RBD without loss of efficiency is

(A) 20 (B) 60

(C) 40 (D) 10

5. Photo-respiration rate is highest in which group of plants?

(A) C3 plants (B) CAM plants

(C)C4 plants (D) None of these

6. The first maize hybrid in India was

(A) Ganga-l (B) Kisan

(C) Vijay (D) Vikram

7. Aflatoxin contamination generally found in

(A) Arher (B) Groundnut

(C) Chickpea (D) Soybean

8. Which crop is also known as white gold?

(A) Maize (B) Opium

(C)Soybean (D) Cotton

9. Required seed rate for raising tomato nursery is

(A) 1000 gm (B) 400 Kg

(C) 400 gm (D) 2.0 Kg

10. In Indo-gangatic plains, rice-wheat cropping system covers about

(A) 5 m ha (B) 10 m ha

(C) 15 m ha (D) 20 m ha

11. Test between two population variance is done by

(A) F – test (B) Z test

(C) t – test (D) Arithmetic mean

12. Which test is used for comparing two means from independent samples?

(A) F – test (B) t – test

(C) Chi – square – test (D) Z – test

13. CO2 accepter in C4 plants is

(A) PGA (B) RuBP

(C)OAA (D) All

14. The chemical responsible for lathyrism in mammals is

(A) BOAA (B) HeN

(C) 2,4- DB (D) NAA

15. Which element is involved in bio- synthesis of IAA ?

(A) Nitrogen (B) Boron

(C) Zinc (D) Copper

16. The area under Bt – cotton in India is about

(A) 6.4 mha (B) 5.4 mha

(C) 4.4 mha (D) 3.4 mha

17. The dwarfing gene in rice is:

(A) Opaque – 2 (B) Tift – 23 A

(C) Dee – Gee – Woo – Gen (D) Norin -10

18. The net gain of ATP in glycolysis is

(A) 12 ATPs (B) 24 ATPs

(C)1 ATP (D) 2 ATPs

19. The precursor of ethylene is

(A)Histidine (B) Glycine

(C)Tryptophane (D) Methionine

20. Which state contributes maximum pulse production?

(A) U. P. (B) M.P.

(C) Punjab (D) Maharastra

21. Which of the following crops has the largest area under transgenic globally?

(A) Cotton (B) Soybean

(C) Tobacco (D) Maize

22. Sugar-beet is an indicator plant for

(A) Sodium (B) Molybdenum

(C) Zinc (D) Phosphorus

23. Which of the following gases contributes maximum to global warming?

(A) CFC (B) CO2

(C) Methane (D) NO 2

24. In India, area under rice is about

(A) 25 Mha (B) 28 Mha

(C) 45 Mha (D) 57 Mha

25. Sunflower is also known as an individual plant for the deficiency of

(A) Nitrogen (B) Zinc

(C) Boron (D) Potash

26. Soil air contains CO2 (%)

(A)0.03 (B) 2.50

(C) 0.25 (D) 3.0

27. When the fertility gradient of the field is in two directions, the most appropriate

experimental design is

(A) CRD (B) RBD

(C) Split (D) LSD

28. Plants capable of growing in rocks crevices are called

(A) Calciphytes (B) Chosmophytes

(C) Lithophytes (D) Helophytes

29. The C: N ratio of humus is

(A) 20: 1 (B) 100: 1

(C) 10: 1 (D) 400:1

30. Densest part of atmosphere strata is

(A) Troposphere (B) Thermosphere

(C) Stratosphere (D) Mesosphere

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Originally Posted by harsha B R

anybody JRF MSC agronomy students help to read for ths year JRF exam by sharing ur immense knowledge and type of questions asked?

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sir I required agronomy oldest paper

plz let m know recommended book for ICAR NET in plant breeding and genetics

[prakashrathod]

The interculture operation in standing broadcast rice
crop commonly known as
(a) Thinning (b) Spudding (c) Rotation (d) Beushening
2. For getting 10% advantage, the LER should be
(a) 1.00 (b) 0.50 (c) 1.10 (d) 110
3. From the following select one medium duration rice
cultivar
(a) Pankaj (b) Masuri (c) Jaya (d) Sabita.
4. The optimum row spacing of wheat is
(a) 22.5cm (b) 15.5cm (c) 30cm (d) 5cm.
5. Triple super phosphate is
(a) Water soluble (b) alkali soluble (c) Acid soluble (d)
Citrate soluble.
6. The optimum temperature for germination of rice
seeds is
(a) 18 - 200 C (b) 20 - 220 C (c) 30 - 320 C (d) 37 -
390 C
7. Which one of the following parts of the tobacco plant
synthesises nicotine?
(a) Root (b) Stem (c) Branch (d) Leaf
8. LER is a index to assess
(a) Light intensity (b) Intercropping advantage (c) Crop
rotation advantage (d)
Leaf area.
9. Which of the following disease affects young
seedlings at nursery stage
(a) Fusarium wilt (b) Little leaf (c) Early blight (d)
Damping off.
10. In a RBD experiment with ten sowing dates of wheat
replicated thrice, the
error MSS value is estimated as 24.6. Select the correct
CD value.
(t at 0.05 P = 2.101)
(a) 5.32 (b) 7.57 (c) 8.51 (d) 10.02.
11. Alluvial soil according to soil taxonomical
classification can be called as
(a) Entisol (b) Vertisol (c) Ultisol (d) Oxisol.
12. IW/CPE ratio in wheat under alluvial soil condition is
(a) 0.92 (b) 0.88 (c) 0.78 (d) 0.67.
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13. Which should be lime requirement of a sandy loam
lateritic soil with pH
5.4?
(a) 5.3 q/ha (b) 10.5 q/ha (c) 14.2 q/ha (d) 16.8 q/ha.
14. In a 120 days rice variety initiation of panicle
primordia is noticed after
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 70 (Days after transplanting)
15. In an intercropped plot mixture of ij and ji crop
yielded 3867 and 1254
kg/ha respectively whereas as sole crops ii and jj
yielded 4775 and 4321
kg/ha. LER calculated is
(a) 1.10 (b) 1.34 (c) 1.00 (d) 1.24

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