Dear students, these are memory based questions of 2016 Mains Exam of IBPS SO Agriculture Field Officer. Go through them thoroughly and you’ll get some idea of the type of question IBPS is asking in this exam.
Q. What should be the spacing for standard variety of Apple tree?
Answer– 20-30 ft
Q. Khapra beetle is a pest of
Answer– Stored grain
Q. The Apex organization of marketing cooperatives for agriculture produce in India is –
Answer– NAFED
Q. Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute was established in –
Answer– 1959 (Kolkata)
Q. Which of the following Indian Sheep Breeds is known for producing superior quality carpet wool?
Answer– Chokla
Q. Barium carbonate and aluminum phosphide are generally used as-
Answer– Rodenticide
Q. Chausa, Dasheri, Langra varieties of Mango are available from –
Answer– May-June
Q. The movement and filtration of water through soils and permeable rock is termed as –
Answer– Percolation
Q. Little leaf in mango, litchi and cashew is due to deficiency of
Answer– Zinc
Q. In North India rivers are perennial during the period of
Answer– Whole year
Q. What is the ideal time for planting the unrooted cuttings of grapes directly in the field?
Answer– October
Q. Black heart and hollow heart in potatoes occur due to –
Answer– Environmental conditions
Q. Which seed rate should be adopted for maize crop grown for fodder purpose?
Answer– 50 kg per hectare
Q. No till planter is used for
Answer– Preventing soil erosion
Q. Propping in banana is
Answer– Giving support to the banana plant
Q. AGMARK standards do not cover quality guidelines for which of the following commodities?
Answer– Processed fruit products
Q. Which state has largest area and production of potato in India?
Answer– UP
Q. Which of the following is manufacturer of Mitsubishi Shakti Tillers?
Answer– VST Tillers
Q. National organic farming research institute is located at?
Answer– Gangtok
Q. Which mango variety yields on an average 16 t/ha and about 1600 plants can be accommodated in one hectare?
Answer– Amrapali
Q. Which of the following is a technique for reclamation of saline sodic soils?
Answer– HFT
Q. Dieback in citrus and cracking of apple is due to the deficiency of?
Answer– Copper
Q. Conversion factor for conversation of organic carbon to organic matter is usually taken as?
Answer– 1.72
Q. Which of the following is used for primary tillage?
Answer– Plough
Q. The publisher of “Indian Journal of Fertilizer” is –
Answer– FAI
Q. Where are the National Academy of Agriculture Research and Management (NAARM) located?
Answer– Hydrabad
Q. The pH value of alkali soil is
Answer– 8
Q. Indian institute of pulses research is located at?
Answer– Kanpur
Q. In india, micro propagation in fruit crops is most common and popular in –
Answer– Banana
Q. The pungency (smell) in uninjured garlic is due to the presence of
Answer– Allinase
Q. Which of the following onion varieties is suitable for kharif crop?
Answer– Bhima Super
Q. Trichogramma are
Answer– Bio Pesticides
Q. Kabuli chamatkar and Udai are chickpea varieties from
Answer– Haryana
Q. Pramalini, Vikram and Chakradhar are varieties of?
Answer– Lime
Q. To get maximum yield, the spacing of banana plantation for dwarf Cavendish/Robusta varieties is
Answer– 1.8 x 1.8
Q. Which of the following is/are the advantages of practicing drip irrigation?
Answer– Reduction of weed, Reduction of soil erosion
Q. Milk fever is also known as-
Answer– Parturient paresis
Q. Chemical delinting of cotton seed can be done with
Answer– Sulphuric Acid
Q. Cost of growing crops per hectare is known as –
Answer– Cost of Production
Q. Milk of which of the following indigenous buffalo breed has high content of buttermilk fat?
Answer– Murrah
Q. Which of the following is not a criteria for selection of watershed?
Answer– Watershed, where minimum wages are significantly lower than actual wages
Q. Symptoms of which nutrient deficiency appears first on older leaves and then advance up the stem to younger leaves?
Answer– Nitrogen Deficiency
Q. Internal necrosis in mango and internal cork in apple is due to the deficiency of –
Answer– Boron
Q. Which of the following is an example of sorosis type of fruit?
Answer– Jackfruit
Q. The most popular grape variety in india is
Answer– Thompson seedless
Q. The plant indicator which shows the presence of gold in soil is-
Answer– Vallozia Candida
Q. Algae, Which is used in monitoring the water quality of estuaries is –
Answer– Ulva
Q. Which of the following commodity group has maximum share of trade standard notified under AGMARK?
Answer– Fruits and Vegetables
Q. “Spongy tissue” is a serious problem of which mango cultivar?
Answer– Alphonso
Q. Which nutrient deficiency is responsible for little leaf in mango and mottle leaf of citrus –
Answer– Zinc
Q. The finest and most popular variety of Mandarin oranges is-
Answer– Clementine
Q. Vasantrao Naik Award is given by ICAR for research application in-
Answer– Dryland Agriculture