FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2003.
COMPULSORY QUESTION
8. Write only the correct answer in the Answer Book. Do not reproduce the questions.
(1) Texture of soil is:
(a) Arrangement of soil particles
(b) Relative proportion of soil particles
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of these
(2) Inqlab-91 is a cultivar of:
(a) Brassica
(b) Wheat
(c) Rice
(d) None of these
(3) Cotton is:
(a) Cereals
(b) Legumes
(c) Fiber
(d) None of these
(4) NMR stands for:
(a) Non Molecular Resistance
(b) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(c) Nuclear Membrane resistance
(d) None of these
(5) Water stress is:
(a) Shortage of water
(b) Water logging
(c) Both a & b
(d) None of these
(6) Free living animal that attacks and feed on other organisms is:
(a) Predator
(b) Parasite
(c) Scavengers
(d) None of these
(7) A decrease in the governmentally define value of currency:
(a) Inflation
(b) Cheapness
(c) Devaluation
(d) None of these
(8) Seed cotton means:
(a) Seed with lint
(b) Seed without lint
(c) Lint
(d) None of these
(9) Sex nucleus that fuses with another in sexual reproduction is:
(a) Cell
(b) Gamete
(c) Spore
(d) None of these
(10) Motile spores are:
(a) Aplanospores
(b) Chlamydospores
(c) Conidia
(d) None of these (Please confirm it)
(B) Fill in the blanks:
(11) The science of vegetable production is called
olericulture.
(12) The actual amount of water present in air is called
absolute humidity.
(13) Rearing of honeybees is called
Apiculture.
(14) The treatment given to counteract the effect of poison is called ___________ .
(15) The artificial removal of the stamens from flower before they dehisce is called
emasculation.
(16) Plants which drop their leaves during winter are called
decidious plants. (Not sure please confirm)
(17) An individual with both male & female genitalia is called
hermaphrodite.
(18) TLC stands for
Thin Layer Chromatography.
(19) Arid agriculture means
agricultural practices in arid areas.
(20) Botanical name of wheat is
Triticum aestivum.