Agriculture

Questions in mind?

• I heard that agriculture is very vast to be

taken as an optional ?

• I am from engineering background, can I ?

• Do I have to read too many books ?

 Subjects

Paper-1 Paper-2
• Soil science • Genetics
• Agronomy • Plant breeding Covered

• Agricultural • Plant pathology in Botany

paper-2
extension • Plant Physiology
• Seed science
• Agricultural
• Horticulture
Economics
• Agricultural
entomology
• Miscellaneous
 Paper - 1
• Soil science

• Agronomy (Field crops, sustainable

agriculture, resource management ,
irrigation, conservation agriculture etc.,)

• Agriculture economics

• Agriculture extension
 Soil science
• 2010 – 90 marks
• 2011 – 40 marks
• 2012 – 36 marks
• 2013 – 48 marks
Weed science
• 2010- 20 marks
• 2011 – 10 marks
• 2012- 10 marks
• 2013- 10 marks
 Agronomy
 2010 – 150 marks
 2011 – 140 marks
2012 – 108 marks
 2013 – 82 marks
 Sample questions in soil science
 Phosphorus fixation in relation to soil pH. (10 marks-2010)

 Phosphorus fixation in soils and its release for crop (10 marks-2011)

 Process of phosphorus fixation in the soil. (10 marks-2013)

 Factors affecting nitrogen losses from soil. (10 marks-2010)

 Fate of nitrogen in low land rice. (10 marks – 2011)

 Soil nitrogen loss through de-nitrification. (10 marks – 2012)

 Loss of nitrogen? How its loss can be controlled in water logged soil. (10
marks – 2013)
 Questions in Agronomy
• Crops

Give planting pattern, nutrient management, weed

management, water management, irrigation
scheduling, spacing, seed rate, recommended dose
of fertilizers, yield and productivity of the following
crops ?
Direct seeded rice, chick pea, sunflower, maize, low
land rice, wheat, pegion pea, sesame, potato,
lucern.
 Questions in Agronomy

o Impact of climate change on agriculture. (10 marks-2010)

o Impact of global warming on Indian agriculture. (10 marks- 2011)

o Impact of changing environment on cropping pattern. (10 marks-

2011)

o What is global warming? What are effects of global warming on

cropping pattern in India? (10 marks-2013)
 Agricultural extension

• 2010 – 30 marks
• 2011 – 50 marks
• 2012 – 100 marks
• 2013 – 66 marks
Agricultural economics
 2010 – 40 marks
2011 – 40 marks
2012 – 38 marks
2013 – 60 marks
 Paper -2
• Genetics
• Plant breeding
• Seed Science
• Entomology
• Plant pathology
• Horticulture
• Plant physiology
• Miscellaneous
 Genetics
• 2010 – 30 marks
• 2011 – 50 marks
Plant breeding
• 2010 – 50 marks
• 2011 – 10 marks
• 2012 – 50 marks
• 2013 – 88 marks
Biotechnology
• 2012 – 10 marks
• 2013 - 10 marks
 Seed science
• 2010- 70 marks
• 2011 – 20 marks
• 2012 – 40 marks
• 2013 – 60 marks
Plant physiology

• 2010 – 20 marks
• 2011 – 30 marks
• 2012- 40 marks
• 2013 – 58 marks
 Sample questions in seed science
• Differentiate between seed dormancy and seed viability (2010)
• Define seed dormancy and its significance for crop production
(2010)
• Differentiate between scarification and stratification (2012)
• Seed dormancy and methods of breaking seed dormancy. (2013)

 Importance of seed certification. Briefly describe certification

process. (2010)
 Requirements for seed certification for production of quality
seeds.(2012)
 Requirements of certified seeds. (2013)
 Horticulture
• Crops
Fruits
Vegetables
Plantation crops
Spices and condiments
Flowers
Medicinal and Aromatic crops

• Landscape and gardening

• Post harvest technology and Processing
• Landscape and gardening
• 2010 - 30 marks
• 2012 - 10 marks
• Nutrition
• 2010 – 10 marks
• 2011 – 30 marks
• 2012 - 10 marks
• Food processing
• 2011 - 10 marks
• 2012 - 10 marks
• 2013 – 8 marks
• Growth and development
• 2011 – 20 marks
• 2012 – 20 marks
• General horticulture and crops
• 2010 – 20 marks
• 2011 – 50 marks
• 2012 – 10 marks
Over all
• 2010 – 60 marks
• 2011 – 90 marks
• 2012 – 60 marks
• 2013 - 8 marks
 Sample questions ?
• Horticulture

Explain fruit maturity and ripening ? (2011)

Discuss the mechanism of fruit ripening ? (2012)
Factors responsible for retarding the fruit ripening? (2012)
Respiratory changes during fruit ripening? (2011)

How fruits and vegetables help in adding nutritive value to

human food? (2012)
What is balanced diet ? Importance of fruits and vegetables in
human nutrition ? (2010)
 Agricultural Entomology & Plant pathology
• General and applied questions

• Very rarely questions on particular

pest.

• Economically important or
historical importance.

• 2010 -2011 – 120 marks

• 2012 - 70 marks
• 2013 – 30 marks
 Recommended books
• Soil science – Introductory soil science (D K Das)
• Agronomy – Yelmanna reddy
• Weed science – Modern weed management (O P Gupta)
• Handbook of Agriculture (ICAR)
 Genetics – Phundan singh
 Plant breeding – Phundan singh
 Horticulture – (N Kumar), Hand book of horticulture,
(Preservation – Srivastava), (Floriculture and gardening –
Randhava).
 Entomology – D S Reddy
 Pathology – R S Singh
 Seed science – R L Aggarwal
 Biotechnology – B D Singh
 Agricultural economics- V T Raju, Extension- Adivi reddy