Karnataka PSC Paper

                                               Karnataka PSC Placement Paper

1. Which year was celebrated as the International year of Rice ?
(a) 1974
(b) 1984
(c) 1994
(d) 2004

2. Which among the following fruit crops tolerates salinity ?
(a) Citrus
(b) Datepalm
(c) Grapes
(d) Anona

3. A sudden heritable discontinuous change refers to :
(a) Mutation
(b)Dominance
(c) Linkage
(d) Co-dominance

4. The Banker's bank is :
(a) SBI
(b) RBI
(c) NABARD
(d) RRB

5. Atmosphere contains percent of nitrogen.
(a) 72
(b) 78
(c) 82
(d) 50

6. The herbicide first manufactured in India :
(a) Butachlor
(b) 2,4-D
(c) Atrazine
(d) None of these

7. The company that has patented round-up ready group of transgenic plants is :
(a) Monsanto
(b) BASF
(c) Mahyco
(d) None of these

8. A naturally occuring auxin is :
(a) 2,4-D
(b) NAA
(c) IBA
(d) IAA

9. Fruit with high carotene content is
(a) West Indian Cherry
(b) Mango
(c) Papaya
(d) Banana

10. Central Potato Research Station is located at :
(a) New Delhi
(b) Ooty
(c) Shimla
(d) Pant Nagar

11. Branch of agriculture dealing with cultivation of grasses is :
(a) Agronomy
(b) Agnostology
(c) Edaphology
(d) Nematology

12. Which among the following is "Super fast" rice ?
(a) l-leera
(b) IR-8
(c) Pankaj
(d) Jaya

13. "Golden Revolution" refers to :
(a) Agriculture
(b) Horticulture
(c) Sericulture
(d) Apiculture

14. India's first agricultural university was established in :
(a) 1950
(b) 1948
(c) 1962
(d) 1960

15. Line joining places having same rainfall is termed as
(a) Isobar 
(b) Isotherm 
(c) Isohyet 
(d) Isotach

16. Papain is obtained from which crop :
(a) Papaya
(b) Strawberry
(c) Walnut
(d) Guava

17. The father of agricultural chemistry is :
(a) Davy
(b) Dokuchayev
(c) Amon
(d) Tustus Von Liebig

18. NABARD was established in the year :
(a) 1982
(b) 1975
(c) 1950
(d) 1985

19 An insecticide with very short residual nature is :
(a) Tenthion
(b) Malathion
(c) Neemguard
(d) Quinalphos

20. The scheme which envisages bringing people above poverty line taking into account family as a unit is :
(a) Integrated Rural Development Programme
(b) Panchavat Raj
(c) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana
(d) None of these

23. A fruit crop now commercially propogated by tissue culture is :
(a) papaya
(b) citrus
(c) banana
(d) strawberry

24. Expanding clay mineral is :
(a) chlorite
(b) kaolinite
(c) smectite
(d) illite

25. To safeguard the interest of specific commodities government of India has setup:
(a) regulated markets
(b) co-operative markets'
(c) commodity Board
(d) ISI

26. The World Environment day is celebrated on :
(a) 7th July
(b) 5th June
(c) 25th June
(d) 12th April

27. The branch of science that deals with the study of origin of soil, its classification and its description is known as :
(a) Edaphology
(b) Ecology
(c) Pedology
(d) Taxonomy

28. Phosphorus is necessary participant in :
(a) Photosynthesis
(b) Synthesis of starch, fats and proteins
(c) Glycolysis
(d) All of the above

29. Barograph measures the :
(a) changes in air pressure
(b)changes in air temperature
(c) changes in atmospheric humidity
(d) wind speed

30. Nitrogen content in ammonium sulphate is :
(a) 28.5
(b) 20.5
(c) 26
(d) 40