IBPS Specialist Agriculture Field Officer Practice Test 2

1. Which of the following is a Horticulture Crop?

Paddy

Bajara

Wheat

Mango

Question 1 of 10

2. Which of the following approaches has been adopted by the Planning Commission in delineation India into agroclimatic zones?

Project approach

Sectoral approach

crop production approach

Holistic approach

Question 2 of 10

3. Consider the following four steps involved in the study of agricultural production economics:

Determine and define the conditions which provide for optimum use of resources.

Delineate means and methods for changing the existing use of resources to the optimum level.

Determine the extent to which the existing use of resources deviates from the optimum.

Analyze the factors of force which are responsible for the existing production patterns and resource use.

The proper sequence of the steps in such study should be

1, 2, 3, 4

1, 3, 4, 2

4, 1, 3, 2

2, 3, 1, 4

Question 3 of 10

4. Though all categories of farmers are interested in higher returns from their enterprises, what they really try to maximise is

net profit

profit as percentage of investment

farm business income

gross profit

Question 4 of 10

5. The term operational holding refers to the

land area owned by a farmer

cropped area cultivated by a farmer

net land area cultivated by a farmer

land area leased in by a farmer

Question 5 of 10

6. Sufficient condition of farm efficiency is generally referred to as choice indicator because it

is a valid criterion of the assumption of certainty

is consistent with the choices made under perfect competition

helps to make allocation compatible with the given objectives

Question 6 of 10

7. Farm budgets are used to

compare economic profitability of different production activities within or among farms

Indicate whether a proposed change will be profitable under a given set of factors

explore conditions under which certain farm practices become profitable or unprofitable

All of these

Question 7 of 10

8. The average carbon/nitrogen ratio of soils is generally…….

25:01:00

5:01

30:01:00

14:01

Question 8 of 10

9. If PE denotes monthly average value of potential evapotranspiration and R stands for monthly average rainfall, the period having PE/4 greater than or equal to R, is designated as………

Moist

Humid

Moderately Dry

Severe Drought

Question 9 of 10

10. If you are provided with root tips of onion in your class and are asked to count the chromosomes, which of the following stages can you most conveniently look into?

Anaphase

Prophase

Metaphase

Telophase

Question 10 of 10