AFO Previous Year Paper 2015

1. Social forestry is an important program of?

• a). MNREGA
• b). JRY
• c). IRDP
• d). IADP
• e). SJGSY

Ans: c) IRDP

2. Community development program (CDP) was started on the birthday of?

• a). Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
• b). Vivekananda
• c). Sardar Vallabhbhai patel
• d). Mahatma Gandhi
• e). Smt. Indira Gandhi

Ans: d). Mahatma Gandhi

3. Which of the following is not an institutional agency?

• a). Cooperatives
• b). Commercial Bank
• c). Government
• d). Traders
• e). Land Mortgage Banks

Ans: Traders

4. The physical aspects of farm planning expressed in monetary term is called 

• a). Farm planning
• b). Farm budgeting
• c). Farm partial budgeting
• d). Both a & b
• e). Farm assets

Ans: b). Farm budgeting

5. Long term loan in Cooperative credit organization have

• a). Two-tier system
• b). Three-tier system
• c). four-tier system
• d). Both a & b
• e). None of these

Ans: b). Three-tier system

6. Which of the following is not a component of project life cycle

• a). Preparation
• b). Appraisal
• c). Awareness
• d). Conception
• e). Organizing

Ans: b). Appraisal




 

7. Preparing a Farm budget in advance is known as

• a). Farm budget
• b). Partial budgeting
• c). Farm planning
• d). advanced statement
• e). None of these

Ans: c). Farm planning

8. The most common method exist in regulated market is

• a). Close tender system
• b). Open auction system
• c). Dara sale
• d). Moghum sale
• e). None of these

Ans: b). Open auction system

9. Regional rural bank under the sponsorship of Nationalized Bank was established in the year

• a). 1972
• b). 1973
• c). 1974
• d). 1975
• e). 1976

Ans: d). 1975

10. Directorate of rice research is located at

• a). Hyderabad
• b). Cuttack
• c). Patna
• d). Andhra Pradesh
• e). New Delhi

Ans: a). Hyderabad

11. Crop Insurance Scheme in India was started in year

• a). 1981
• b). 1985
• c). 1987
• d). 1992
• e). 1990

Ans: b). 1985

12. Best planning is concerned with

• a). Fixing of objective
• b). determining of strategies policy
• c). Prescribing the procedures for future action
• d). All of these
• e). None of these

Ans: d). All of these

13. In which year National agricultural credit fund was established

• a). 3
• b). 5
• c). 7
• d). 9
• e). 11

Ans: a). 3

14. In which year National agricultural credit fund was established

• a). 1953
• b). 1954
• c). 1955
• d). 1956
• e). 1975

Ans: d). 1956

15. Cooperation has failed in India but must succeed was told by the committee under the chairmanship of

• a). A,M. Khusro
• b) A.D. Gorwala
• c). R.G. Saraya
• d). D.R. Gadgil
• e). Shivaraman

Ans: c). R.G. Saraya

16. Which of the following breeds is the highest milk producer in the world

• a). Jersey
• b). Red Sindhi
• c). Red dane
• d). Holstein-Friesian
• e). Sahiwal

Ans: c). Red dane

17. Aseel is breed of

• a). Duck
• b). Turkey
• c). Hen
• d). Ostrich
• e). Swan

Ans: c). Hen

18. What is the percentage optimum moisture content for paddy storage is

• a). 6
• b). 8
• c). 12
• d). 16
• e). 20

Ans: b.

19. Sprinkler method of irrigation is most suitable for

• a). Undulating soil
• b). Well levelled soil
• c). Heavy soil
• d). All of these
• e). None of these

Ans: a.

20. Straight-line method of estimating annual depreciation of tractor is

• a). Depreciation the tractor zero at the end of its useful life
• b). Largest amount during early life;
• c). Decreasing amount during later life
• d). Equal amount each year during its useful life
• e). All of these

Ans: e.

21. Symptom of citrus canker appear o which of the plant parts

• a. Larves
• b. Fruits
• c. Branch
• d. All the above
• e. None of these

Ans: d.

22. Crop rotation is suggested against

• a. Airborne disease
• b. Seed borne disease
• c. Aphid born disease
• d. Soil born disease
• e. None of these

Ans: d.

23. Nozzle is a part of 

• a. Hand compression sprayer
• b. Cyno gas pump
• c. Rotary duster
• d. Both a & b
• e. knapsack sprayer

Ans: a.

24. At which stage of Gram crop is damaged by Helicoverpa armigera

• a. Germination stage
• b. Pod formation stage
• c. Maturity stage
• d. both c and d
• e. None of these

Ans: b.

25. Plant wilt because of excessive

• a. Absorption
• b. Respiration,
• c. Transpiration
• d. Evaporation
• e. Water Movement

Ans. c.




 

26. Draught resistance in plants is related to

• a. Negative water potential
• b. Positive water potential
• c. Surplus water
• d. Both a & b
• e. None of these

Ans: a.

27. Integrated weed management includes

• a. Tillage operation
• b. Use of herbicides
• c. Close planting
• d. AII of above
• e. Both a and b

Ans: d.

28. How many elements are essential for the growth and development of

plants?

• a. 14
• b. 15
• c. 16
• d. 17
• e. 52

Ans: a.

29. Microbial conversion of nitrate into chemical nitrogen is called

• a. Denitrification
• b. Nitrate reduction
• e. Nitrification
• d. Both a & b
• c. Nitrogen fixation

Ans: a.

30. Which of the following micro-organism grows well in waterlogged soil?

• a. Clostridium
• b. Azatobacter
• C. Rhizobium
• d. Radiobacter
• e. Azola

Ans: b.

31. Which fertilizer is known as Kisan Khad?

• a. Ammonium nitrate
• b. Urea
• c. DAP
• d. CAN
• e. MOP

Ans: d.

32. Nitrification is a process of

• a. Reduction
• b. Hydrolysis
• c. Oxidation
• d. both a & c
• e. None of these

Ans: c.

33. Which of the following crop is more responsive to zinc application

• a. Wheat
• b. Rapeseed
• c. Paddy
• d. Moong
• e. Cotton

Ans: c.

34. pH of alkaline soil

• a. 6
• b. 7
• c. 8
• d. 9
• e. None of these

Ans: d.

35. The chemical formula of Gypsum is 

• a. CaS04
• b. CaS04.l/2 H2O
• c. CaS04 5H2O
• d. CaS04 2H2O
• e. CH4N2O

Ans: d.

36. Forces responsible for retention of soil water

• a. Cohesion
• b Adhesion
• c. Cohesion & Adhesion both
• d. Radiation
• e. Attraction

Ans: c.

37. Seed viability is being tested by

• a. Tetrazolium test
• b. First count test
• c Grow out test
• d. All of these
• e. None of these

Ans: a.

38. Which of the following can change the chromosome structure?

• a. Translocation
• b. Deletion
• c. Publication
• d. ALL
• e. None of these

Ans: d.

39. The use of induced mutation in crop improvement is called

• a. Polyploid breeding
• b. Mutation breeding
• c. Hetrosis breeding
• d. Molecular breeding
• e. None of these

Ans: b.

40. Which of the following is not a kharif crop

• a. Groundnut
• b. Maize
• c. Linseed
• d. Paddy
• e. Bajra

Ans: c.

41. Hybrid variety development, the male sterile line is represented as

• a. R-line
• b. B-line
• c. A-line
• d. C-line
• e. None of these

Ans: c.

42. Which of the following variety of Gladiolus?

• a. Jwala
• b. Gazal
• c. Priyadarshani
• d. All of these
• e. None of these

Ans: d.

43. Which of the following is pear-shaped variety of tomato?

• a. Pant bahar
• b. Pusa Ruby
• c. Hisar lalima
• d. Punjab Chuhar
• e. None of these

Ans: a.

44. UPAS-120 is a variety of

• a. Wheat
• b. Urd
• c. Gram
• d. Pigeon pea
• e. Rice

Ans: d.

45. The component of organic farming are

• a. Organic manure
• b. Bio-fertilizers
• c. Bio-pesticides
• d. All of the above
• e. None of these
• Ans: d.

46. The rotation of maize- potato—wheat- moong is an example of

• a. Intercropping
• b. Parallel cropping
• c. Relay cropping
• d. Both a& c
• e. None of these

Ans: c.

47. The time of planting main crop of potato in Northern plain

• a. First fortnight of October
• b. Second fortnight of October
• c. First fortnight of November
• d. Second fortnight of November
• e. Both A and B

Ans:  a.




 

48. Sugandha-5 is a variety of which crop

• a. Maize
• b. Rice
• c. Moong
• d. Pea
• e. Sugarbeet

Ans: b.

49. Phalaris minor weed is an associated weed with crop

• a. Wheat
• b. Maize
• c. Rice
• d. Chickpea
• e. Bajra

Ans: a.

50. Which of the following manure is considered as biofertilizer

• a. FYM
• b. Compost
• c. Green manure
• d. Blue-green algae
• e. Poultry Manure

Ans: d.