Agriculture Assistant Old Papers 2020

AP Grama Sachivalayam Agriculture Assistant – Part B Previous Questions

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Following are the previous questions related to Village Agriculture Assistant (VAA) asked in the exams conducted in 2019. The questions are related to PART – B of Agriculture subject. Part B is very important as it is for 100 marks and related to the core subject. More questions and online exams are available. See details below.

Rural Marketing Network e-Chaupal was initiated by

  1. Dabur
  2. ITC
  3. Hindustan Lever
  4. Procter and Gamble
    ANSWER: 2
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Drying is a process of

  1. Heat Transfer
  2. Mass Transfer
  3. Heat and Mass Transfer
  4. Momentum Transfer
    ANSWER: 3

Eutrophication means

  1. growing of eucalyptus in tropics
  2. enrichment of natural bodies of water with nutrients
  3. siltation of water bodies
  4. cultivation of plants in water
    ANSWER: 2
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The term Dark Area refers to

  1. Area suffering from darkness
  2. area suffering from non availability of gas
  3. area suffering from non availability of groundwater
  4. area suffering from non availability of foodgrains
    ANSWER: 3

Carbon requirement of plants is met by absorbing

  1. Carbon from soil minerals
  2. Carbon from soil organic matter
  3. Carbon dioxide from atmosphere
  4. all of the above
    ANSWER: 3

National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA) was initiated in the year

  1. 1976-77
  2. 1986-87
  3. 1996-97
  4. 1966-67
    ANSWER: 1/2/3/4

The microorganisms group that shares more in terms of number in soils is

  1. bacteria
  2. fungi
  3. protozoa
  4. nematodes
    ANSWER: 1

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The best approach to minimize the problem of weed shift is

  1. repeated use of the same herbicide
  2. rotating the use of herbicides
  3. using low dose of same herbicides
  4. use of high volume sprayers
    ANSWER: 2

Crop bound and crop associated weeds can be effectively controlled by

  1. monocropping
  2. setline cultivation
  3. crop rotation
  4. thick sowing
    ANSWER: 3

On a day of high rainfall, ponding of water occurs sooner on the following soil

  1. sandy laom
  2. clay loam
  3. saline sandy loam
  4. alkali clay loam
    ANSWER: 4

A short duration crop grown in between two main crops is termed as

  1. cash crop
  2. catch crop
  3. relay crop
  4. companion crop
    ANSWER: 2

Initial seed from improved variety is called

  1. breeder seed
  2. foundation seed
  3. nucleus seed
  4. certified seed
    ANSWER: 3

The process of removal os husk in rice is known as

  1. polishing
  2. hulling
  3. parboiling
  4. winnowing
    ANSWER: 2

The micronutrient needed for N2 fization in legumes is

  1. Fe
  2. Mo
  3. Mn
  4. B
    ANSWER: 2

The following soil type dominates in rainfed areas of Andhra Pradesh.

  1. black cotton soil
  2. red soil
  3. sandy loam
  4. alluvial soil
    ANSWER: 2

Warld water day is observed on the

  1. 22nd of June
  2. 22nd of March
  3. 22nd of October
  4. 22nd of April
    ANSWER: 2

The following is not an approach in micro watershed

  1. soil conservation
  2. soil improvement
  3. soil crusting
  4. water conservation
    ANSWER: 3

Which of the following is not a farming system on the basis of land use and cultural practices?

  1. specialised farming
  2. tenant farming
  3. mixed farming
  4. diversified farming
    ANSWER: 2

The repaying capacity of loan of a farmer is decided on the basis of

  1. Total cultivated area
  2. crops and livestock raised
  3. gross income of farmer
  4. net income of farmer
    ANSWER: 4

The responsibility of seed certification in Andhra Pradesh is vested with the following

  1. APSSDC
  2. APSSCA
  3. ANGRAU
  4. ATMA
    ANSWER: 4

AP Grama Sachivalayam Agriculture Assistant Exam Previous Papers, Online Exams

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Government of Andhra Pradesh has released new notification for the recruitment of various posts in Grama / Ward Sachivalayams. Agricultural Assistants exam was held in September 2019. There are good number of vacancies in 2nd notification released in January 2020. Following are some questions asked in the Agricultural Assistants exam conducted in 2019. Details of our online exams / mock tests for Agricultural Assistants exams also given.

Depth of sowing of a crop depends on

  1. seed size
  2. monocot or dicot
  3. coleoptile length
  4. all of the above
    ANSWER: 4

One hundred kilograms of DAP supplies the following quantity of nitrogen

  1. 36 kg
  2. 18 kg
  3. 46 kg
  4. 24 kg
    ANSWER: 2
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Trichogramma is a / an

  1. egg parasitoid
  2. larval parasitoid
  3. pupal parasitoid
  4. adult parasitoid
    ANSWER: 1

The prakasam district comes under the following agro – climatic zone of Andhra Pradesh

  1. Scarce rainfall zone
  2. Krishna zone
  3. Southern Zone
  4. High altitude tribal zone
    ANSWER: 2

Who decides minimum support price (MSP) for the agricultural crop produce in India?

  1. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt of India
  2. NABARD
  3. Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP)
  4. Ministry of Commerce, Govt of India
    ANSWER: 3

The International Research Institute mostly doing research on maize and wheat is in the following country

  1. Nigeria
  2. Germany
  3. USA
  4. Mexico
    ANSWER: 4

The following implement can also be used for puddling in rice cultivation, in addition to its usage in dryland agriculture

  1. Rotavator
  2. Chisel plough
  3. Blade harrow
  4. Mould board plough
    ANSWER: 1

The process of parboiling anhances the following

  1. milling percentage
  2. nutritional quality
  3. coocking quality
  4. all of the above
    ANSWER: 4

Goal directed behaviour is known as

  1. performance
  2. motivation
  3. achievement
  4. encouragement
    ANSWER: 2

Clipping of tips of rice seedlings at transplantation eliminate the egg masses of

  1. leaf folder
  2. stem borer
  3. brown plant hopper
  4. green leaf hopper
    ANSWER: 2

Staggered sowing in hybrid seed production is practised for

  1. good field establishment
  2. tolerance to pests and diseases
  3. synchronization of flowing
  4. easy processing
    ANSWER: 3
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The herbicide Atrazine is mostly used in the following crop

  1. soyabeen
  2. groundnut
  3. maize
  4. bengal gram
    ANSWER: 3

Formation of soil mulch can be done by the following implement

  1. cultivator
  2. blade harrow
  3. mould hoard plough
  4. disc plough
    ANSWER: 2

Foliar application of Annabedi is aimed to correct the following nutrient deficiency in crops

  1. zinc
  2. boron
  3. iron
  4. copper
    ANSWER: 3

Recently the following pest occurrence is challenging the cultivation of maize

  1. cutworm
  2. pinkworm
  3. fall army worm
  4. wire worm
    ANSWER: 3

The farm equipment that completes both harvesting and threshing in one pass in

  1. mower
  2. reaper
  3. harvester
  4. combiner
    ANSWER: 4

Fungi, which can grow only on living host plant are called

  1. Obligate sanprophytes
  2. facultative parasites
  3. saprophytes
  4. obligate parasites
    ANSWER: 4

Groundwater mining in coastal areas can result in

  1. increase in water table
  2. decrease in the toxicity of groundwater
  3. decrease in salinity of groundwater
  4. increase in salinity of groundwater
    ANSWER: 4

The yellow mosaic virus in blackgram is transmitted by

  1. white flies
  2. jassids
  3. thrips
  4. aphids
    ANSWER: 1

Extension method best suited for tackling a burning problem is

  1. campaign
  2. field visit
  3. group discussion
  4. general meetings
    ANSWER: 1
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