FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2011.

COMPULSORY

Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (20)


(i) Sorghum inflorescence is called:
(a) Panicle
(b) Flower
(c) Ear
(d) Spike
(e) None of these

(ii) The first carboxylation enzyme in C4 plants is:
(a) Rubisco
(b) Carbon anhydrase
(c) Phosphenol pyruvate carboxylase
(d) Rubisco activase
(e) None of these

(iii) Barnyard grass is an important weed of?
(a) Maize
(b) Rice
(c) Wheat
(d) Sunflower
(e) None of these

(iv) Plants take nitrogen from the soil in the form of:
(a) Nitrate
(b) Ammonium
(c) Ammonia
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) None of these

(v) Photo respiration is mostly observed in:
(a) CAM plants (Please confirm it)
(b) C4 plants
(c) C3 plants
(d) Xerophytes
(e) None of these

(vi) KS-282 and KS-133 are the cultivars of:
(a) Maize
(b) Wheat
(c) Coarse rice
(d) Fine rice
(e) None of these

(vii) Green revolution refers to the development of:
(a) Cultivars with more green foliage
(b) Dwarf varieties
(c) Dwarf high fertilizer responsive varieties
(d) Fertilizer responsive varieties
(e) All of these

(viii) Which is the example of root crop:
(a) Potato (Please confirm as sweet potato and carrot are also root vegetables)
(b) Sweet potato
(c) Ground nut
(d) Carrot
(e) None of these

(ix) Bread wheat is:
(a) Monoploid
(b) Diploid
(c) Tetraploid
(d) Hexaploid
(e) None of these

(x) Castor bean is:
(a) Ornamental plant
(b) Cereal crop
(c) Pulse crop
(d) Oil seed crop
(e) None of these

(xi) Bolting refers to emergence of inflorescence in:
(a) Sugarcaner
(b) Sugarbeet
(c) Potato
(d) Sweet potato
(e) None of these

(xii) Sericulture is the study of:
(a) Silkworm
(b) Lac insect
(c) Honey bee
(d) White fly
(e) None of these

(xiii) Which one is not the source of phosphorus:
(a) Nitrophos
(b) DAP
(c) MOP
(d) SSP
(e) None of these

(xiv) CLCV is a major disease of:
(a) Corn
(b) Cotton
(c) Wheat
(d) Citrus
(e) None of these

(xv) International maize and wheat improvement centre (CIMMYT) has its headquarter in:
(a) Switzerland
(b) France
(c) USA
(d) Mexico
(e) None of these

(xvi) In plants assimilates are translocated in the form of:
(a) Glucose
(b) Fructose
(c) Sucrose
(d) Amylose
(e) All of these (Please confirm it)

(xvii) Delta of water for wheat is:
(a) 12 acre inches
(b) 16 acre inches
(c) 19 acre inches
(d) 24 acre inches
(e) None of these

(xviii) Relative proportion of different soil particles is known as:
(a) Soil structure
(b) Soil texture
(c) Soil profile
(d) Soil tilth
(e) None of these

(xix) Tensio meter is used for the determination of:
(a) Soil moisture
(b) Soil minerals
(c) Soil organic matter
(d) Plant moisture
(e) None of the above

(xx) Kajli is the famous breed of:
(a) Sheep
(b) Goat
(c) Cow
(d) Buffalo
(e) None of the above

Corrections are welcomed