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Name of the Organization : Haryana Public Service Commission
Name of the Exam : HCS (Ex.Br.) Preliminary Exam – 2014
Subject : Agriculture
Document Type : Previous Question Paper
Year : 2014

Website : http://hpsc.gov.in/en-us/
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HCS Preliminary Exam Agriculture Question Paper :

Time Allowed : Two Flours
CODE : 01
Max.marks : 100

Instruction :
1. Use only BLUE Ball Point Pen.
2. In case of any defect – Misprint, Missing Question/s Get the booklet changed.
3. No complaint shall be entertained after the examination.

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4. Before you mark the answer, read the instruction on the OMR Sheet (Answer Sheet) also before attempting the questions and fill the particulars in the ANSWER SHEET carefully and correctly.

5. There are FOUR options to each question. Darken only one to which you think is the right answer. There will be no Negative Marking.
6. Answer Sheets will be collected after the completion of examination and no candidate shall be allowed to leave the examination hall earlier.

7. The candidates are to ensure that the Answer Sheet is handed over to the room invigilator only.
8. Rough work, rt any, can be done on space provided at the end of the Question Booklet itself. No extra sheet will be provided in any circumstances.

9. Write the BOOKLET SERIES in the space provided in the answer sheet, by darkening the corresponding circles.
10. Regarding incorrect questions or answers etc. Candidates kindly see NOTE at the last page of the Booklet.

1. Black soil is used for the cultivation of
(A) Jute
(B) Wheat nitrogenous fertilizer on sugar content in juice
(C) Cotton
(D) Sugarcane

2. Common herbicide used in wheat is
(A) 2,4 -Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
(B) Atrazine 1 l. Amongst the following which is the food
(C) Isoproturon preservative
(D) Pendimethalin

3. Delinting of cotton seed may be done with
(A) Sulphuric acid
(B) Citric acid
(C) Sodium hydroxide
(D) Ammonium chloride

4. Mixed farming is referred only to
(A) Growing of crops together by mixing the seeds
(B) Growing of cash crops and food grains
(C) Crop production combined with dairy
(D) Growing of fruits and vegetables mixed

5. Name the kharif season fodder crop
(A) Oats
(B) Lucerne
(C) Sorghurn
(D) Berseem

6. Phalaris rninor is aweed foundwith
(A) Wheat
(B) Cowpea called
(C) Barley
(D) Oat

7. Arhar (pigeonpea) grows well in which climate
(A) Tropical and subtropical
(B) Temperate
(C) Humid and temperate
(D) Sub-hurnid and temperate

8. Which hormone is found in ripened fruits
(A) Ethylene
(B) Auxin
(C) Gibberellins
(D) IAA

9. Causal agent of anthracnose disease in – sorghum is
(A) Puccinia purpurea
(B) Helminthosporiunt hrcicunt
(C) Colletotrichunt grantinicola
(D) Gleourcospora sorg

10. Active soil forming factors include
(A) Soil horizons
(B) Soil profile
(C) Regolith
(D) Parent material

11. Available phosphorus of less than 10 kg/ha of soil is considered as
(A) Low
(B) Medium
(C) Trace
(D) High

12. The global the earth is
(A) 20%
(B) 40%
(C) 30%
(D) so%

13. Wet black soils are
(A) Very hard
(B) Soft
(C) Iron
(D) Potassium

14. Microbial population of a soil in general
(A) Decreases with depth
(B) Increases with depth
(C) Constant throughout the profile
(D) No specific trend

15. Dasineura /ini is pest of
(A) Castor
(C) Seasamum
(B) Linsecd
(D) Groundnut

16. Red’soils are found maximum in
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Assam
(D) Tamil Nadu

17. Saline soils are reclaimed/managed by
(A) Addition of gypsum
(B) Addition of lirne
(C) Leaching the soluble salts
(D) Addition of pyrite

18. The gland which produces pheromone in queen honey bee
(A) Mandibular gland
(B) Maxillary gland
(C) Labial gland
(D) Pharyngeal gland

19. The queen in the honey colony feeds on
(A) Royal jelly
(B) Nectar
(C) Queen substance
(D) Honey

20. Which insecticide is stored in the fat of milch animals ?
(A) Malathion
(C) Lindanc
(B) DDT
(D) Endosulfan

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