IBPS AFO 2021 Mains Previous Year Paper with Answer - AgriInsights
IBPS AFO Mains - 2021 Memory-Based Questions
Q.1 Which crop is the Botanical name Oryza sativa?
A. Rice ✅
B. Wheat
C. Gram
D. Pea
E. Maize
Q.2 European Honey bees called?
A. Apis Mellifera ✅
B. Apis Florea
C. Apis Cerena
D. Melipona Irridepensis
E. Apis Dorsata
Q.3 Retting is a process of which crop?
A. Jute ✅
B. Tomato
C. Rice
D. Maize
E. Wheat
Q.4 Which of the following is known as silk protein?
A. Sericin ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.5 Removal of off-type plants?
A. Rouging ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q. 6 Hybridization-related question?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.7 Decreasing order of water holding capacity is?
A. Clay > Silt > Sand ✅
B. Sand > Silt > Clay
C. Silt > Sand > Clay
D. Silt > Clay > Sand
E. Clay > Sand > Silt
Q.9 Alkaline Soil can be reclaimed by using ____?
A. Gypsum ✅
B. Lime
C. Ammonium Phosphate
D.
E.
Q.10 Act of parturition in sow is?
A. Kidding
B. Lambing
C. Farrowing ✅
D. Pupping
E.
Q.11 Pungency in onion is due to?
A. Allyl Propyl Disulphide ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.12 Bordeaux Mixture is?
A. Copper Fungicide ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.13 Which of the following chemicals is used in polyploidy breeding?
A. IAA
B. NAA
C. Colchicine ✅
D. Cytokinin
E. Gibberellins
Q.14 What is the fruit type of pineapple?
A. Berry
B. Drupe
C. Pome
D. Sorosis ✅
E.
Q.15 Late blight is the disease of?
A. Potato ✅
B. Tobacco
C. Maize
D. Rice
E. Paddy
Q.16 Zoonosis diseases are infectious diseases that spread between them?
A. Non-human/animal to Human ✅
B. Human to Animal
C. Human to Human
D. Animal to Animal
E.
Q.17 The Superiority of the F1 hybrid over both the parents in terms of yield or some other characteristics is known as?
A. Heterosis ✅
B. Dominance
C. Hybrid Vigour
D. Inbreeding
E.
Q.18 Dropping the seeds in furrow lines in a continuous stream and covering them with soil is known as?
A. Drilling ✅
B. Dibbling
C. Broadcasting
D.
E.
Q.19 Which of the following is a family of Mustard?
A. Cruciferae ✅
B. Cucurbitaceae
C. Solanaceae
D. Gramineae
E. Leguminosae
Q.20 Mould board instrument used for?
A. Ploughing ✅
B. Weeding
C.
D.
E.
Q.21 Soil moisture is measured by which of the following instruments?
A. Hygrometer
B. Tensiometer ✅
C. Anemometer
D. Lux meter
E. Berometer
Q.22 Blossom end rot is a disorder of ______ crop due to the deficiency of _______?
A. Tomato, Calcium ✅
B. Tomato, Mg
C. Onion, Mg
D. Potato, N
E. Onion, Ca
Q.23 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid is used as a hormone and it is also used as a?
A. Herbicide ✅
B. Insecticide
C. Fungicide
D. Nematicide
E.
Q.24 Two well-developed breeds crossed alternatively will be known as?
A. Criss Cross ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.25 Tree + Crop + Pasture/Animal combination of agroforestry called?
A. Agri-Silvi Pasture system ✅
B. Horti-Silvi
C. Agri-Horti
D. Tree-Horti
E. Agri-Silvi
Q.26 Which of the following is not a sedimentary rock?
A. Granite ✅
B. Sandstone
C. Shale
D. Conglomerate
E. Limestone
Q.27 As per FSSAI Standards, what is the SNF of cow milk?
A. 8
B. 8.5 ✅
C. 9.0
D.
E.
Q.28 The R.M. test is related to which dairy product?
A. Ghee ✅
B. Whole Milk Powder
C. Curd
D. Paneer
E. Butter
Q.29 Buffalo milk is more white than cow milk due to the?
A. High-Fat content than cow
B. High Calcium content than cow
C. Due to the conversion of beta-carotene into colourless Vitamin A ✅
D.
E.
Q.30 Progeny of Breeder seed which should maintain certain germination standards and should be approved by a certification agency?
A. Foundation Seed ✅
B. Certified Seed
C. Nucleus Seed
D. Registered seed
E. Truthfully Labelled
Q.31 Japanese encephalitis is mainly transferred by?
A. Cattle
B. Pig ✅
C. Dog
D. Horse
E. Mosquito
Q.32 The credit for the success of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) goes to?
A. Dr. Chandrika Prasad ✅
B. Dr. Mangla Rai
C. Dr. RS Paroda
D.Dr. MS Swaminathan
E. Dr. Mohan Singh Mehta
Q.33 Pendimethalin is used against?
A. Weed ✅
B. Bacteria
C. Nematode
D. Fungus
E. Virus
Q.34 What is the premium rate payable by PMFBY beneficiaries for Rabi crops (% of SI or Actuarial rate)?
A. 1.5% ✅
B. 2.0%
C. 5.0%
D. 0.5%
E. 3.0%
Q.35 Which of the following centrally sponsored schemes provides rs.6000/Annum for purchasing agriculture inputs like seed, fertilizer, etc.?
A. PM-Kisan ✅
B. PMFBY
C. KCC
D.
E.
Q.36 Which of the following is known as Antheraea mylitta?
A. Tropical Tasar Silkworm ✅
B. Eri Silk
C.
D.
E.
Q.37 Deficiency of which nutrient causes - Rickets in children, osteomalacia in adults, milk fever in animals & reduction in milk yield?
A. Ca ✅
B. Mg
C. K
D.
E.
Q.38 Breed of Buffalo which has sickle-shaped horns, turned downward in the backward direction, skin colour either brown or black & found in Gujarat is -
A. Surti ✅
B. Bhadawari
C. Toda
D. Murrah
E.
Q.39 Symptoms of Powdery Mildew of Pea are first to appear on?
A. Leaves ✅
B. Pods
C. Roots
D. Stem
E. Flower
Q.40 What Fruit type of rose?
A. Hips ✅
B. Baluster
C.
D.
E.
Q.41 Anammox is related to?
A. Carbon Cycle
B. Nitrogen Cycle ✅
C. Sulphur Cycle
D. Hydrogen cycle
E.
Q.42 Smother crops can be defined as?
A. Crops are grown to suppress weed infestation by their dense ground covering ✅
B. Crops are grown to maintain soil moisture through their dense foliage
C. Definition of Catch crop
D. Definition of Intercrop
E.
Q.43 A negative factor in the adoption of an innovation is?
A. Compatibility
B. Complexity ✅
C. Trialability
D. Predictability
E. Observability
Q.44 The process of unwinding silk filaments from the cocoons is called?
A. Weaving
B. Reeling ✅
C.
D.
E.
Q.45 ICMR recommendation for vegetables (g/day) is?
A. 100 g
B. 200 g
C. 300 g ✅
D. 400 g
E. 500 g
Q.46 The principle of this technique is the generation of a nitrogen cycle by maintaining a higher C: N ratio through stimulating heterotrophic microbial growth, which assimilates the nitrogenous waste that can be exploited by the cultured spices as a feed?
A. Biofloc fish farming ✅
B. Integrated Fish Farming
C. Composite Fish Farming
D.
E.
Q.47 Beetle having a horn-like projection on the head, black body, and attacks on the open terminal portion?
A. Rhinoceros Beetle ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.48 Parallel and non-parallel strands in the DNA helix are connected by which bond?
A. Hydrogen Bond ✅
B. Phosphate Bond
C. Covalent Bond
D. Phosphodiester Bond
E.
Q.49 Ratoon sugarcane is different as compared to pure crops because of
A. It requires Zero Nitrogen.
B. More N required ✅
C. Ratooning is costly
D. It matures late
E.
Q.50 Discovery of _____ mosaic in 1886 by Mayer?
A. Tobacco ✅
B. Cucumber
C. Brinjal
D. Chilli
E. Tomato
Q.51 Disintegration of arils in matured pomegranates where disorder cannot be identified externally, whereas the arils become soft, light creamy-brown to dark blackish-brown and unfit for consumption?
A. Internal Breakdown ✅
B. Granulation
C. Fruit crack
D. Uneven ripening
E.
Q.52 Piercing and Sucking type mouth part is found in which order?
A. Hemiptera ✅
B. Isoptera
C. Lepidoptera
D. Orthoptera
E.
Q.53 The process of breaking up the large fat globules into very small sizes is known as?
A. Homogenization ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.54 Price Policy of major agricultural crops related question was there?
A. CACP ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.55 Mandis are which type of market?
A. Local market
B. Primary Market ✅
C. Secondary Market
D. Fair
E.
Q.56 Scratching, Rubbing, and softening seed coat to make it permeable to water?
A. Scarification ✅
B. Stratification
C.
D.
E.
Q.57 Which of the following housing systems is used in the commercial layer farming cage system in poultry having dimensions of 14x16 inches or height of 17 inches?
A. Semi-Intensive system
B. Battery cage ✅
C. Folding cage
D. Deep litter
E. Free range
Q.58 Buffalo milk is whiter than cow milk Why?
A. Casein ✅
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.59 Effluent treatment in the fish pond for??
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Q.60 Pre-seasonal planting of sugarcane followed in Maharashtra and Karnataka?
A. July-August ✅
B. Nov.-Dec.
C. May-June
D. Sep.-Oct
E.
Important Link:
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