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Past Questions

MAS Jr. Grade β€’ 2024 β€’ Paper-IV

An extension worker should help farmer to attain a desirable change in the farmers

A) Belief
B) Temperament
C) Health
D) Wealth
Option D is correct: Wealth.
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The national seed corporation was founded in the year

A) 1955
B) 1970
C) 1963
D) 1990
Option C is correct: 1963.
MAS Jr. Grade β€’ 2024 β€’ Paper-IV

Analyzing plans for the use of agricultural resources at the command of the decision maker.

A) Farm budgeting
B) Farm plan
C) Farm needs
D) Farm marketing
Option B is correct: Farm plan.
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Test weight of seed is used to determined how many no of seed

A) 100
B) 1000
C) 1500
D) Both (a) & (b)
Option B is correct: 1000.
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The minimum distance for rice to get a pure seed.

A) 2m
B) 4m
C) 5m
D) 3m
Option D is correct: 3m.
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Characteristics of a good farm plan is

A) Use external forces for profit
B) Solely profitable
C) Increase profit by marketing
D) Balance combination of enterprises
Option D is correct: Balance combination of enterprises.
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The harvest maturity symptoms of wheat is

A) Yellowing of spikelets
B) Red colour stem
C) Yellowing of internodes
D) Brown colour leaf
Option A is correct: Yellowing of spikelets.
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The 12" ministerial conference of WTO from J une, 2022 reach a consensus on

A) Waiver for covid 19 vaccines
B) Fishery subsidies
C) Food security
D) Allofthese
Option D is correct: Allofthese.
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The term Gene was coined by

A) Morgan
B) Mendel
C) Johannsen
D) Bateson
Option C is correct: Johannsen.
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White color certificate is associated to which class of seed?

A) Breeder
B) Registered
C) Nucleus
D) Foundation
Option D is correct: Foundation.
MAS Jr. Grade β€’ 2024 β€’ Paper-IV

Certified should be he progeny of

A) Foundation seed
B) Breeder seed
C) Nucleus seed
D) Certified seed
Option A is correct: Foundation seed.
MAS Jr. Grade β€’ 2024 β€’ Paper-IV

The difference between seed and grain is

A) Seed quality
B) Genetic purity
C) Seed colour
D) Seed coat
Option A is correct: Seed quality.
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The effect of 2 ormore genes to single character to influenced each other’s expression in various ways

A) Gene interaction
B) Complementary gene action
C) Supplementary gene action
D) Allofthese
Option A is correct: Gene interaction.
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The gene Dee-geo-woo-gen is associated with which crop?

A) Cotton
B) Rice
C) Maize
D) Wheat
Option B is correct: Rice.
MAS Jr. Grade β€’ 2024 β€’ Paper-IV

A trait that defines some aspects of produce quality is known as

A) Quality trait
B) Inheritance
C) Resemblance
D) Allofthese
Option A is correct: Quality trait.
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Pure lines and inbred lines are

A) Heterogenous and Heterozygous
B) Homogenous and Homozygous
C) Heterogenous and Homoygous
D) Homogenous and Heterozygous
Option B is correct: Homogenous and Homozygous.
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The superiority or inferiority of an F1 to both its parent is called

A) Inbreeding
B) Hybrid meltdown
C) Heterosis
D) Allofthese
Option C is correct: Heterosis.
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Who is the father of Genetics?

A) Watson
B) Bateson
C) Morgan
D) Mendel
Option D is correct: Mendel.
MAS Jr. Grade β€’ 2024 β€’ Paper-IV

The parental lines showing high performance but have not tested general combing ability (GCA).

A) Inbred lines
B) Composite varieties
C) Hybrid
D) Pure lines
Option A is correct: Inbred lines.
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The capital-that is consumed by a farm in the production process is known as

A) Depriciation
B) Capital cost
C) Marginal lost
D) Production cost
Option D is correct: Production cost.
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The coefficient of variation is

A) Standard deviation/Mean
B) Standard error/Mean
C) Standard deviation/Standard error
D) None of these
Option A is correct: Standard deviation/Mean.
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Which one is a genetically modified crop (GMC)

A) Btbrinjal
B) Btcotton
C) Golden rice
D) Ali ofthese
Option D is correct: Ali ofthese.
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The sudden and heritable change in plant character is called

A) Genetic imbalance
B) Mutation
C) Cytoplasmin inheritance
D) Heredity
Option B is correct: Mutation.
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The oldest, simplest and most commonly used breeding method is

A) Pure line selection
B) Inbreeding selection
C) F2 selection
D) Mass selection
Option D is correct: Mass selection.
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The function ofa seed drill is

A) Digging the soil and lining
B) Open furrow for ridging
C) Open furrow and placement
D) All ofthese
Option C is correct: Open furrow and placement.