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Indian Forest Services (Main)
Examination-2025 DJSM-B-AGRC
AGRICULTURE
Paper - 11
Time Allowed : Three Hours Maximum Marks : 200
Question Paper Specific Instructions
Please read each of the following instructions carefully before attempting
questions 2
There are EIGHT questions in all, out of which FIVE are to be attempted.
Questions no. 1 and 5 are compulsory. Out of the remaining SIX questions, THREE are
to be attempted selecting at least ONE question from each of the two Sections A and B.
Attempts of questions shall be counted in sequential order. Unless struck off, attempt of a
question shall be counted even if attempted partly. Any page or portion of the page left
blank in the Question-cum-Answer Booklet must be clearly struck off:
All questions carry equal marks. The number of marks carried by a question/part is
indicated against it.
Answers must be written in ENGLISH only.
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Explain variation along with various components of variation. Discuss
the method of plant breeding useful for creation of variability in plants.
Name the public sector institutions involved in seed sector in India, with
their specific roles.
Discuss the term ‘transpiration’ and its role in plants.
Enlist different organelles of a plant cell with suitable diagram and
discuss the role of cell wall in a cell.
Discuss the role of hybrids in enhancing productivity of major cereal
crops in India.
Write the various phases of history of plant breeding and describe the
importance of genetic engineering phase of plant breeding.
What do you understand by plant genetic resources ? Explain the
methods of conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources.
What are 03 and ୦4 plants ? Discuss their basic differences with
examples and their adaptation to changing climatic conditions.
Explain gene pool concept along with different groups of gene pools.
Name the scientist who proposed centres of origin along with the total
number of centres of origin of plants in the world.
Describe the suitable methods of plant breeding along with their
application for development of disease-resistant varieties in crops, with
suitable examples.
Write the various laws of heredity given by Mendel. Discuss the
significance of the law of dominance in plant breeding.
Describe cytoplasmic inheritance along with sex-linked, sex-limited and
sex-influenced characters with suitable examples.
Define various parameters of field and seed standards adopted in quality
seed production programmes in cross-pollinated crops in India.
Write the various types of male sterility available in plants and describe
the commercial application of male sterility in vegetable seed
production.
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Describe the plug-tray nursery production technology in vegetables,
along with its advantages.
Enlist the major fungal and bacterial diseases of Solanaceous vegetables
along with their effective management.
What are the different types of fungi invasions in storage of pulses in
India ? Explain the different methods of their control.
Write a short note on microbial toxins.
Discuss the prime features of National Food Security Act, 2013.
Describe the package of practices of Pomegranate cultivation in India
along with major challenges in its cultivation in arid and semi-arid
regions.
Why are millets called ‘Nutri-cereals’ ? Discuss the initiatives of
Government of India to increase production and consumption of millets
in the country.
Explain seed dormancy and its types, with reasons for induction.
Discuss in brief about the mechanisms to break dormancy in seeds.
Describe the major problems in marketing of fruits and vegetables along
with important suggestions for stabilization of prices of tomato, onion
and potato in India.
Write the package of practices of Okra cultivation during Kharif season
in India.
Explain the photoperiodic responses of plants. What is the significance
of vernalization in flowering of plants ?
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Q8. (৪) Enlist the major constraints of food procurement in India. How can
National and International food policies help in sustainable food
security ?
(b) Explain Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Discuss the biological
control of pests and diseases in horticultural crops with special reference
to Thrips and Mites.
(€) Describe the role of biofortification in horticultural crops in human
nutrition, with suitable examples.
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