ISI Associate Scientist A Agriculture Question Paper

Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata Associate Scientist Agriculture Sample Paper Section II
Sample Questions on Agriculture for Online Test Scientis ISI Kolkata

Note – For each of the questions there are four suggested answers, of which only one is correct. You will score
4 marks for each correctly answered question,
0 mark for each incorrectly answered questions, and
1 mark for each unattempted question.

Which among the plants have the highest water use efficiency?
(a) C3
(b) C4
(c) CAM
(d) All of these

______% depletion of available moisture is optimum for ploughing
(a) 0 – 25
(b) 25 – 50
(c) 50 – 75
(d) All of these

Growth regulator used in hybrid rice seed production programme is
(a) NAA
(b) GA3
(c) ABA
(d) CCC

Which of the following is a ripening hormone
(a) GA-3
(b) Auxin
(c) Cytokinin
(d) Ethylene

Browing of cauliflower is caused by the deficiency of
(a) Zinc
(b) Iron
(c) Boron
(d) Manganese

Which of the following is a carbamate pesticide?
(a) Aldicarb
(b) Heptachlor
(c) Malathion
(d) Endosulfan

Nematicide that liberate methyl isohtiocyanate is
(a) Oxamyl
(b) Carbofuran
(c) Aldicarb
(d) Dazomet

For preparation of 5 litres of 0.5% Brodeaux mixture, the amount of CuSO4 required is
(a) 0.5 gm
(b) 5.0 gm
(c) 25 gm
(d) 50 gm

Availability of which of the following nutrients increases under waterlogged condition?
(a) P
(b) Fe
(c) Mn
(d) All of these

What are the basic principles of design of experiments?
(a) Randomization
(b) Local control
(c) Replication
(d) All of the above