IBPS-SO Old Question paper 2017

1. Hen required how much sq/ft as per NABARD norms?

• a. 1 sq ft
• b. 0.5 sq ft
• c. 0.5 sq ft
• d. 3 sq ft
• e. 4sq. ft

Ans: a 2. How much percentage of subsidy given by govt of India for 10 hp pumps?

• a. 10000 and 50%
• b. 10000 and 40%
• c. 20000 and 50%
• d. 30000 and 60%
• e. 5000 and 50%

Ans: a 3. Money allocated for 1 ha horticulture crop as per national horticulture mission programme?

• a. 15 lakh per„nursery
• b. lakh per nursery
• c. 10 lakh per nursery
• d 5 lakh per nursery
• e. 12 lakh per nursery

Ans: a 4) What is maximum optimal temperature for wheat crop?

• a. 25 degree C
• b. 20 degree C
• C. 30degree C
• d. 40 degree C
• e. 35 degree C

Ans: a 5. Which of the following is not a macronutrient?

• a. Zn
• b. Mn
• c. cu
• d. N
• e. Fe

Ans: d 6. Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh lies under which agro-climatic zone?

• a. eastern Himalayas
• b. western Himalayas
• c. mid Himalayas
• d none of these
• e. southern Himalayas

Ans: b 7. What is the plant population for long rice?

• a. 33,000
• b. 10,000
• c. 5,000
• d 3,33,000 (20* 15 spacing for long duration)
• e. 11,111

Ans: d 8. What is the plant population for medium cotton crop?

• a. 35,000
• b. 20,000
• c. 10,000
• d 55,000 (60*30cm spacing for medium duration)
• e. 33,333

Ans: d 9. Maximum export agriculture product in India

• a. Grain
• b. Onion
• c. Fenugreek
• d. Carrot
• e. sesamum

Ans: b 10. Which state have highest percentage area of forest?

• a. UP
• b. Bihar
• c. Madhya Pradesh
• d. Odisha
• e. Kerala

Ans: c 11. What is minimum temperature wheat crop?

• a. 10-12 Degree C
• b. 5-10 Degree C
• c. 19-25 Degree C
• d. 10-15 Degree C
• e. 20-25 degree C

Ans: b 12. Which state/union territory has minimum percentage of area?

• a. Daman Diu
• b. Rajasthan
• c. Arunachal Pradesh
• d. Karnataka
• e. Mizoram

Ans: a 13. MB plough, for tractor pull can work in per day (2 bottom)?

• a. 1.5-2.0 Ha. per day
• b. 2-4.0 Ha. per day
• c. 1.5- 3.0 Ha. per day
• d. 1-2.0 Ha. per day
• e. 3-4 Ha. per day

Ans: a 14. Which soil is maximum in hills and gigantic plans?

• a. Black soil
• b. Clay loamy soil
• c. Lateritic soils
• d. None of these
• e. silt loam soil

Ans: c 15. Which tillage is used in which no soil particles are disturb?

• a. Minimum tillage
• b. Stubble mulching
• c. Zero Tillage
• d Both A and C
• e. Conventional tillage

Ans: d 16. How many Soil health card has been distributed?

• a. I .25 crore
• b. 4.25 crore
• c. 6.25 crore
• d. 7.00 crore
• e. 8 crore

Ans: b 17. Water use efficiency is highest for drip irrigation. What is the water use efficiency for drip irrigation?

• a.60%
• b. 90-95%
• c. 70-80%
• d. 85 %
• e. 75 %

Ans: b 18. If farmer has to pay Interest on 3 lakh loan, after interest subvention farmer have to pay what percentage of interest

• a. only 1 %
• b. only 4%
• c. only 5 %
• d. only 7%
• e. only 2%

Ans: b 19. In which method of seed sowing, seed is manage to sown at required depth in a hole?

• a. Harrowing
• b. Dibbling
• c. Sowing manually
• d. Kera method






• e. None of these

Ans: b 20. The method in which seed is sown and closed by soil in a regular process?

• a. Sowing by seed drill
• b. Harrowing
• c. Sowing behind plough
• d. Sowing by planter
• e. All of the

Ans: c 21. Which of the following is temperate crop/fruit?

• a. Wheat
• b. Jute
• c. Cotton
• d. Mango
• e. banana

Ans: a 22. Causal agent of Black mildew in mango plant?

• a. Penicillium expansum
• b. Botrytis Cinereal
• c. Meliola mangiferae
• d. Aspergillus niger
• e. Xanthomonas campestris

Ans: c 23. Causal agent of Bacterial spot in citrus?

• a. Pseudomonas syringae
• b. Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri
• c. Xanthomonas campestris pv. citrumelo
• d. None of these
• e. Pseudomonas solani

Ans: b 24. Economic Life span of coconut in years for coconut palm?

• a. 25 years
• b. 35 Years
• c. 45 Years
• d. 50 years
• e. 60 years

Ans: e 25. ICAR was established in the year?

• a. 16 July 1929
• b. 16 OctoberA929
• c. 01 July 1929
• d. 16 august 1947
• e. 16 July 190S

Ans: a 26. Which element is most useful for root growth?

• a. Nitrogen
• b. Phosphorus
• d. Calcium
• c. Boron
• e. Iron

Ans: b 27. Seed rate for rice in line sowing method?

• a. 20 kg per ha
• b. 30 Kg per ha
• c. 60 kg per ha
• d. 100 kg per ha
• e. 40 kg per ha

Ans: c 28. Shallow depth consist of which of the following?

• a. 5-10cm
• b. 10-20 cm
• c. 15-25 cm
• d. 25-30 cm
• e. None of these

Ans: a 29. Which nutrient helps in a chlorophyll formation?

• a. manganese
• b. Copper
• c. Zinc
• d. Nitrogen
• e. Boron

Ans: a 30. Wheat production in India-

• a. 20-30 M tonnes
• b. 96.64 M tonnes
• c. 76.95 M tonnes
• e. 86.99 M tonries
• d. 56.95 M tonnes

Ans: b 31. Which one is variety of onion?

• a. Pusa kiran
• b. Agri found
• c. Pusa jal
• d. Pusa jyoti
• e. None of the above

Ans: b 32. Alkali soil having pH of-

• a. 6-7
• b. >8.5
• c. <8.5
• d. less than 5
• e. None of these

Ans: b 33. Reinfiltration through soil surface is called-

• a. Seepage
• b. Cumulative infiltration
• c. Runoff
• d. Percolation
• e. leaching

Ans: d 34. Blackheart of potato is a –

• a. Oxygen deficiency disorder
• b. Physiological disorder
• c. Disease symptom
• d. Insect attack
• e. oxygen toxicity

Ans: a 35. National Research Centre for Groundnut is located

• a. Jhansi
• b. Punjab
• c. Junagarh
• d. Maharashtra
• e. Telangana

Ans: c 36. Dual purpose breed of cow in India

• a. Haryana
• b. Sindhi
• c. Malvi
• d. Glr
• e. Kangyam

Ans: a 37. Highest % of fat in Buffalo breed

• a. Bhadawari
• b. Murrah
• c. Zafarabadi
• d. Toda
• e. None of These

Ans: a 38. Citrus cracking is due to

• a. Deficiency of calcium
• b. Deficiency of nitrogen
• c. Deficiency of boron
• d. Deficiency of zinc
• e. toxicity of boron

Ans: c 39. Deficiency symptom first appears on older or lower leaves

• a. Potassium
• b. Nitrogen
• c. Molybdenum
• d. Magnesium
• e. Chlorine

Ans: b 40. Which one is calculated in Quintal per ha-

• a. Cost of production
• b. Cost of cultivation
• c. Benefit cost ratio
• d. Net cost of cultivation
• e. None of these

Ans: a 41. Seed rate (kg/ha) of Maize is

• a. 10-15
• b. 18-20
• c. 20-25
• d. 30-45
• e. 25-30

Ans: b 42. No-till planter used for-

• a. Weeding
• b. Sowing
• c. Irrigation
• d. Harvesting
• e. All of these

Ans: b 43. Aluminium phosphide is a kind of ?

• a. Fungicide
• b. Weedicide
• c. Insecticide
• d. Rotendicide
• e. Acaricide

Ans: d 44. Khapra beetle is related to

• a. Storage food grain pest
• b. Diseases
• c, Rice field insect
• d. Nematodes
• e. None of these

Ans: a 45. What is the pattern of assistance for women beneficiary for purchase of power tiller (8 H.P and above) under Sub-mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SNAM)?

• a. 30%
• b. 35%
• c. 50%
• d. 60%
• e. No assistance

Ans: c 46. What is the aggerate loan limit from banking system for the category of food and agro-processing under Ancillary Agriculture under priority sector lending?

• a. Rs. 250 Crore
• b. 200 Crore
• c. 500 Crore
• d. 150 crore
• e. 100 Crore

Ans: e 47. What is the minimum amount of assistance under National horticulture Mission for adoption of organic farming?

• a. Rs. 7000/ha
• b. 10000 ha
• c. 5000/ha
• d. 4000,ha
• e. 6000/ha

Ans: b 48. What is the target for lending to small and marginal farmers within the target for agriculture sector by domestic scheduled commercial banks by March 2017 bank credit or credit equivalent amount of off-balance sheet exposure, whichever is higher, as per RBI guidelines?

• a. 800
• b. 10%
• c. 25%
• d. 1500
• e. 30%

Ans: a 49. Which of the following is disease causing pathogen in citrus group?

• a. Oidium Caricae
• b. Plasmopara viticola
• c. Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes
• d. Phytophthora parasitica
• e. Cercospora spp

Ans: d 50. Which of the following is disease causing-pathogen in mango group?

• a. Oidium Caricae
• b. Plasmopara viticola
• c. Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes
• d. Phytophthorå parasitica
• e. Cercospora spp

Ans: c