PSC Soil Survey Officer / Research Assistnt / Cartographer / Technical Assistant - Soil Survey And Soil Conservation Examination
Previous Year Question Paper
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(A) Milk (C) Fish
Red variety of rice :
.(A) Rill
(C) Splash
(A) 3m
(C) 1m
l,
(B)
(D)
(B) 2m
(D) 4m'
7. To eneure genetic purity in rice seed production rninimum isolation distance:
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(C) Thulam. (D) Dhanu
9. The emall instrument to find out velocity of water flowing through a stream :
(A) Current meter (B) Water meter '
(C) Flow meter (D). Volt meter
10. Father of Genetice :
(Al Borloug (B) Weigsmann
(C) Mendal (D) Lamark
(A) Anton Deberry (B) Millardet (C) Butler (D) Walker
12. The plant nutrient which enhanceg root growth :
(A) Phosphorue (B) Nitrogen (C) Potasgium @) Boron
' 13. World Nature Coneervation day: (A) March 21 (B) JuIy 28
(C) ' June 5 (D) April 22
14. Predominant eoil type of Kerala : (A) Ldterite (B) R€d
(C) Alluvial @) Forest.
(A). Japan @) Malaysia (C) Philippinee . @) India
16. Eudrillus ewgincoe belonge to the group :
(A) Bacteria. (B) Fungus
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17. Carbon Nitrogen ratio in normal soil :
(A) 10: 1
(A) Apis flora (C) Apis cerana indica
(A) Clonal selection
(C) Pureline breeding
(A) Curcuma aromatica
(A) Macrocentrus (C) Trichogramma
Important variety of Thippali :
19. Fertilizer recommendation of high yieliling medium duration rice variety :
(A) 9O:45:45 (C) 40:2O:20
@) (D)
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(C) Para grass @) Guinea grass
27. Cardamom Research Station is situated in :
(A) Wayanad
(C) Kottayam
(A) Almix
(c) 2,4-D
(A) Coconut
(C) Pepper
(C) High-tech farming
(A) Pseudomonag (B) Rhizobium
(A) Katuali (B) Bhagyalakshmi
(A) M.S. Swaninathan (B) N.E. Borlogue
(C) Griger Mendal (D) T. B. Flectcher
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36. Number of Krishivigyan Kendras in Kerala :
.(A) 12
(c) 10
(A) Dead heart
(C) Silver shoot
(A) Chethikoduveli
(C) Tulaei
(A) Eri
(C) Muga
(A) Nosema bombyscis
(A) Copper
(C) Molybdenum
(A) 60-85 Ks
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43. Sree Nandini is a high yielding variety of:
(A) Dioscorea (B) Tapioca
44. Acute rodenticide :
(C) Cyclohexanide (D) Dinocap
45. VAM (Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae) are found to be important in the procees of: ' (A) Uptake of available P (B) Warer uptake
(C) Dormanry break (D) Retardation of flowering
46. Hybrid coconut varieer :
(C) I(omadan (D) Kalpadhenu
(A) l0 m (B) 8.2 m
(C) 6 m (D) 2.6 m
48. Entomopatholenic fungus used in pest control :
(A) Metanhizium . (B) kculo virus
Pseudamonas @) Rhizoctonia
(C) ,Cowpea (D) Amaranthus
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Flavonoid in bittergourd which help to reduce blood sugar :50.
51.
(B)
(D)
52.
(A) Black cotton soil
(A) 10-16oA
(A) , Permanent soil covei (B)
. (C) Intensifietl fillage (D)
(A) Red gram
(C) Green gran. @)
66.
at.
(A) 3
(c) 26
(B) 16
(D) 30
(B) Varanasi
(D) Dehradun
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58. In Biology a eudden heritable change is known as :
(A) Contour interval (C) Contour level
61. Advanced etage cif sheet erosion :
(A) Splaeh
(C) Gully
68. ICRISAT is situated in :
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Migration (D) Polypoidy
(B) USA
(A) 1
(c) r00
60. The vertical dietance between two cunsecutive contours ie called:
64. Caeual organiem of Panama wilt in banaha :
(A) Bacteria
(C) Fungus
66. Kerala eoil in general hae high content of: (A) Copper (B)
(C) Iron (D)
66. I-ow cost green houge whefe the side are kept open: (A) Poly house
(C) Rain ehelter
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(A) Solarization
(C) Dehydration
(A) Azotobacter
(C) Pleurotes
(C) Pseudomonas
(A) 15 cm
(C) 10 cm
73. Pulses are the group of plant belongs to the family :
(A) Compositae
(C) Leguminoseae
(A) Rhizobium
(C) Azolobacter
(A) Allium cepa
(C) Allium bulbosa
(B) Azosprilliurn
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(A) Chemigation (B) Fertigation (C) Chlorination (D) Acidification
77 . Mechanism that promote self pollination :
(A) Dicliny (B) Heterostyly (C) Herkogamy (D) Cleistogamy
78. Water useful for plant growth :
(A) Hygroscropic (B) Capillary (C) Gravitational (D) Percolated
75. High yielding coleus variet5r: (A) Sree Harsha (B) Sree Vijaya (C) Nidhi (D) Haritha
80. Element showing deficiencies symptom in younger leaves :
(A) Magnesium (B) Sulphur (C) Pottassium ) Mo\bdenum
8f. Concentrated organic manure :
(A) Cow dung (B) Poultry manure (C) Groundnut cake (D) Green leaf
82. Soil acidity is corrected by application of: (A) Ca(OH), (B) CuSOn
(C) ZnSOo. (D) H2SO4
(A) 26 o/o (B) 36.3 o/o
(c) 33.5 d/o (D) 46 %
84. Plant breeding method which is used in cross pollinated crop :
(A) Mass selection (B) Recurrent selection (C) Pedigree selection (D) Back cross
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(A) Kasaragod
(C) Kollam
(A) 42
(c) 43
(A) Copper.defrciency
(C) Lithophyte
(C) Oyster mushroom
93. Sheath blight in ricq is caused by: (A) hricul'aria gisea
(C) Helminthosporiwn.oryzcte,
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(C) Rhiaoctonia @) Radophohls
95. Bio fertilizer which can be used as green manure and cattle feed :
(A) Azolla (B) Azospirillum
(C) VAM P) Azntobacter
(A) Oil cakee (B) Bone neal
(C) Compost (D) Cow dung
97. Soil haviag low cation exchange capacity :
(A) Sandy (B) Loany
(C) SilW (D) Clayey
(A) Filter (B) Lateral
. 99. Bio-control agent effective againet foot root dieease of pepper :
(A) GarndBrrna (B) TYiclwgramma
(C) Phytaphtloora (D) T'rbladcrma
100. An orchid epice :
(A) Dendrobium (B) Loranthus
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