FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS
IN BPS – 17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2013.
COMPULSORY
Q.1. Select the best option/answer and fill in the appropriate box on the Answer Sheet. (20)
1. Ratio of additive variance to phenotypic variance is called:
(a) Heritability (Broad sense)
(b) Heritability (Narrow sense)
(c) Co- Heritability
(d) Gene Action
(e) None of these
2. Inflorescence of wheat plant is called:
(a) Spike
(b) Panicle
(c) Arrow
(d) Cob
(e) None of these
3. A Nullisomic individual is represented by:
(a) 2n-1
(b) 2n+1
(c) 2n-2
(d) 2n+2
(e) None of these
4. Ribosomes are the sites of:
(a) Fat synthesis
(b) Protein synthesis
(c) Photosynthesis
(d) Anaerobic respiration
(e) None of these
5. Type of sugar present in DNA is:
(a) Pentose
(b) Hexose
(c) Heptose
(d) Triose
(e) None of these
6. Maize has 10 pairs of chromosomes. How many linkage groups will be present in maize if all genes are mapped?
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 40
(d) 15
(e) None of these
7. pH of Urea fertilizer is:
(a) 4.00
(b) 3.5
(c) 8.0
(d) 7.0
(e) None of these
8. According to 1972 Land Reforms, ceiling of land was:
(a) 1000 acres irrigated and 2000 acres Barani land
(b) 500 acres irrigated and 1000 acres Barani land
(c) 250 acres irrigated and 500 acres Barani land
(d) 150 acres irrigated and 300 acres Barani land
(e) None of these
9. Which type of soil holds more water?
(a) Sandy
(b) Stony
(c) Clayey (Please confirm)
(d) Silty
(e) None of these
10. Hydrosphere refers to:
(a) Zone of water
(b) Zone of earth crust
(c) Zone of atmosphere
(d) Zone of air
(e) None of these
11. Which compound is mostly used for the reclamation of saline-sodic and sodic soils?
(a) Apartite
(b) Calcite
(c) Dolomite
(d) Gypsum
(e) None of these
12. Carrot, Radish , Cabbage and Beet are:
(a) Annual
(b) Biennial (Please confirm)
(c) Perennial
(d) Woody perennial
(e) None of these
13. Which one of the following is not a fruit?
(a) Tomato
(b) Potato
(c) Musk melon
(d) Water melon
(e) None of these
14. The body of a sheep is covered with specialized fibres known as:
(a) Hairs
(b) Fleece
(c) Wool
(d) Fuz
(e) None of these
15. Bovine is a term used for:
(a) Cattle (Please confirm)
(b) Buffalo
(c) Sheep
(d) Goat
(e) None of these
16. The act of giving birth to young ones in animals is called:
(a) Ovulation
(b) Fertilization
(c) Parturition
(d) Conception
(e) None of these
17. The type of mouth parts of the grass hopper are:
(a) Chewing
(b) Sucking
(c) Piercing and sucking
(d) Biting and sponging
(e) None of these
18. Bacteria reproduce asexually by means of:
(a) Fragmentation
(b) Budding
(c) Binary fission
(d) Multiplication
(e) None of these
19. All goods and services produced in a country in one year are called:
(a) GNP
(b) GDP
(c) NDP
(d) NNP
(e) None of these
20. Uniform removal of soil in thin layer from sloping land is called:
(a) Sheet erosion
(b) Rill erosion
(c) Gully erosion
(d) Stream channel erosion
(e) None of these
Corrections are welcomed