IARI Question-Paper |   1963

IARI Question-Paper

                                            IARI PhD Entrance Exam Paper

1. Which one is not measure of dispersion?
(A) Range 
(B) Standard deviation
(C) Mean 
(D) Coefficient of variance

2. Ear cockle disease is due to
(A) Heterodera avenae 
(B) Ditylenchus angustus
(C) Anguina tritici 
(D) Meloidogyne inocognita

3. Support price fixed on the recommendation of
(A) NAFED 
(B) CACP
(C) Ministry of Agriculture 
(D) CCI

4. Vitamin B1 is also known as
(A) Thiamin 
(B) Calciferol
(C) Retinol 
(D) Riboflavin

5.Price fixed by government recently for agricultural products
(A) Minimum support price 
(B) Retail price
(C) Wholesale price 
(D) Procurement price

6. If farmer has only one irrigation is available for wheat crop, at which stage it is recommended
(A) CRI 
(B) Booting stage
(C) Tillering stage 
(D) Milking stage

7. Which of the following is not bio-control agent?
(A)Pseudomonas 
(B) Bt
(C) Xanthomonas 
(D) Trichogramma

8. Which of the following is complex fertilizer?
(A) Potassium sulphate 
(B) Urea ammonium Phosphate
(C) Ammonium sulphate 
(D) Calcium ammonium Nitrate

9. IVLP stands for
(A) Integrated Village Linkage Programme
(B) Institute Village Linkage Programme
(C) Intensive Village Linkage Programme
(D) Indian Village Linkage Programme

10. In which type of soil low permeability is present
(A) Alkali 
(B) Saline
(C) Acidic 
(D) None

11. Which is a P solubilizing bacterium?
(A) PSB 
(B) VAM
(C) Clostridium 
(D) Azotobacter

12. Which is natural genetic engineer?
(A) Xanthomonas citri 
(B) Agrobacterium tumifacience
(C) Azotobactor 
(D) Clostridium

13. OBA blood group controlled by
(A) Pseudo allele 
(B) Dominant allele
(C) Recessive allele 
(D) Multiple allele

14. Citrus canker is caused by
(A) Bacteria 
(B) fungi
(C) Nematodes 
(D) Algae

15. Which one is not a monosaccharide in nature?
(A) Lactose 
(B) Galactose
(C) Glucose 
(D) Ribulose

16. Which one is macroni wheat?
(A) T. Dicocum 
(B) T, aestirum
(C) T. Vulgare 
(D) T. Durum

17. In Rice crop which biofertilizer is commonly used
(A) Azatovacter 
(B) Azospirillum
(C) Azolla 
(D) Frankia

18. Which one is macroni wheat ?
(A) T. Dicocum 
(B) T, aestivum
(C) T. Vulgare 
(D) T. Durum

19. Which is the Monophagus Pest
(A) Rice Hispa 
(B) Gall Midge
(C) Yellow Stem borer 
(D) Leaf Roller

20. Silver shoot is due to
(A) Rice Hispa 
(B) Gall Midge
(C) Yellow stem borer 
(D) Leaf Roller

21. Loose smut of wheat is
(A) Extemary seed born 
(B) Soil born
(C) Internary seeed born 
(D) All

22. TRYSEM was introduced in the year
(A) 1989 
(B) 1978
(C) 1982 
(D) 1979

23. First discovered bacterial disease of plants
(A) Fire blight 
(B) Downy mildew
(C) Chestnut blight 
(D) Late blight

24. A day neutral plant is
(A) Maize 
(B) Wheat
(C) Barley 
(D) Rice

25. In the pulse crops, which fertilizer is advised to basal application?
(A) SSP 
(B) Urea
(C) DAP 
(D) CAN

26. Which one of the following is not a green house gas?
(A) N2 
(B) N2O
(C) CO2 
(D) O3

27. The contribution of agriculture in GDP is
(A) 23% 
(B) 40%
(C) 60% 
(D) 30%

28. The National Agricultural Insurance Scheme was started in
(A) 1999-2000 
(B) 2002-2003
(C) 2003-2004 
(D) 2001-2002

29. Loose smut disease of wheat is a/an
(A) Air born 
(B) Soil born
(C) Water born 
(D) Seed born

30. Flaver Savr is a variety of
(A) Potato
(B) Tomato
(C) Brinjal 
(D) Rice

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