ifs agriculture 2010(1)

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AGRICULTURE

Paper I

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Time A.llowed: Three II ours

Candidates. s l

f_

t if

a_ttempt

questio11s_

1

a _d

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wh1ch a a J ~ l l s o r y and Oll.V _TliREE of the

re-1

ailu

v q u e s t i ~ I I S selcctillg

at

least

ON

questiou

fr olll each

Section.

l

number of 111itrks carried by each qnestio11

is indicated at

the end.

of

the questiol_l.

Al1swers must be written

ill

EJVGLISII.

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Section 'A'

1. Answer any our of the following :

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(a)

Resource n1anagement

for Sustainable Agri

cuJture

(b)

i v ~ r s i f i c a t i o n

and Intensification in

,

culture

(c)

(d) Problems of herbicide resistanc

(e)

Bio-inoculants

in

relation t

ops

2

Describe. m detail

management, weed

ment and

producti v .

(a)

(b)

(c)

ain the following : .

nutrient

water. manage-

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Classical biological control vs Rio-herbicides

Soil solarization as a tool for weed control

(c) Significance of C : N Rat o

(d) Phosphorus fixation _in r e J a t i o ~ to soil pH

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(Contd.)

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4.

Discuss the following

in

brief;

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a) Integrated u t r i e ~ t Management INM)

b) Factors affecting nitrogen losses

c) Resource Conservation T e c h ~ o l o g i e s . in

modern agriculture

d)

S.ignificance of Sulphur and Zinc nutrition

. intensive agriculture.

Section 8

S Answer any

our

of

the followin , .

a) Manpgemenl of ~ s t e

p r ~ d u c t i o ~

b)

technology

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g d c ~ I ural

c) of a g r ~ c u l t u r a l

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(Contd.)

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L

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-7

. Answer .

the followi

ng :

(a)

P r o b l ~ m

s

i_n

.dry land a

griculture; so i

l and crop

. tnan

agen1ent

strategies f

or stabiliz

ing yields

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c)

Shortt emfand

ton

tenn effects of agt

me

chanizatio

n

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r>

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Describ

e

b

riefly

the

fo

1lowing .:

.

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(a)

-Techniques

of rechargi

(b)

(c)

d)

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l

e

lin1a

te ch

ange on a

griculturc

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f ~ s t ~ e Y v f c . e ExQm.., 20 0

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Sl. No.

AGRICULTURE

. Paper

11

Time Allolved Three

lours

:

INSTRUCTION

following in .about

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Explain genetically nl.odified

cror>s

citing one

successful example

in

India.

.

b)

hat

is gene ? BrietJy discuss the classical,

modern

and

rno1ecular

concepts

of

gene.

~ ) Discuss the mechanism. of fruit ripening.

.

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(d) What is heterosis ? Briefly d i s ~ u s s its

significance

in

enhancing crop'

yields.

(e) Explain

s ~ e d

health

t e s ~ i n g

and its

i m p o r t ~ n e

.

in

quality

seed production.

. . .

2. Answer the following

in

about 150 w o r ~ s

each:

'3.

. .

(a) Discuss the phcnoinenon { _totipotency

cell and its significance in

tissue culture.

_ Briefly d e s ~ r i b e the different types o i tecu

nr

ent

. selection. Give the advantages

of

l ~ r r

n t

selection.

+ 10

(c)

D i ~ c u s s

the

~ m p O r t a n c e

f ~

- { J

r t i f i c a t i o n

Bnefiy ~ e s n ~ e the ce process. 1

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(d) Discuss briefly . ous theories on

\

flowering in re ,.

to

photopcriodistn and

vernalization. 1

(a) significance

of

cytoplastnic .

i , ~ n ~

in crop

plants wtth exampJes. l0

(b) }

sc

ss the need , for CQnservation and

S t a i ~ a b l e use

of

plant

g ~ n e t i

resources.

. Give the methods for characteri'sation of

germplasm resources. . I 0

of

p u h ~ and

pnvatc

sectors m seed

production and

marketing.

I 0

. (d) Discuss the importance of drought resistance

and

gi.ve

_ntethods for induction of drought

res\stance. 1

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(Contd.)


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4.

D i s t i n g u i ~ h

between the f o l l o ~ i n g in about

150 words each :

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(a) Euptoids and Ancup1oids

(b)

Horizontal

and

Vertical Resistance

. (c) Au:x_ins

and

Gibberellins

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(d) .

Seed donnancy

and viability

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Section B

5. Answer t h ~ following .in about 150 ord\ each :

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a} \Vhat

t

balanced

importance of fruits a

nutrition.

(b)

D i s ~ u s s the

i a

o

mode111 agriculture

on

pests scenario.

c) ea x mixture ? DesCJibe method

J

rr

ation ~ u i d give its uses and

d).

richogramma

and

richoderma

(c) Green

car

and white

car

(d) Fruit fty and White

fly

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7 A n s Y e r . ~ h e following in about 150 words

each:

(a) What .are

the chronic

p r o b k ~ n 1 s in the

p r o d u c ~ i o n of tnango? Discuss the recent

technologies to ovcrcornc then1 10

. (b) Discuss t ~ e procure1nent and

constraints

o

food grains in India.

.

(c) Discuss the production technolog

Gerbera under greenhouse conditions.

.

(d) Give

package

o

practices

for

om

tion.

8 Write short notes

1 50 words each :

(a)

(b)

. .

Design and layout

o

a rock garden

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cultiva-

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in about

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