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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Briefly discuss the principles of agro-ecology.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
What are the factors responsible for low production and productivity of pulses in India? Discuss strategies adopted for enhancing the pulse production and productivity.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Describe the objectives of social forestry. Write down the plant species suitable for social forestry.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Discuss the cultural methods of weed control.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
What are the two steps of nitrification and enlist micro-organisms responsible for each? Write down the importance of nitrification.
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20 Marksmedium
Write down the physical environmental factors affecting the crop production. Discuss the effects of changing rainfall pattern on crop production in India.
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20 Marksmedium
Describe the improved cultivation practices of Chickpea under the following heads: Improved varieties
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20 Marksmedium
Seed rate and row to row spacing
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20 Marksmedium
Nutrient management
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20 Marksmedium
Weed management
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20 Marksmedium
Insect-pest and disease management
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10 Marksmedium
Discuss about the cropping patterns of Middle Gangetic Plain and Western Plateau and hills.
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20 Marksmedium
What is the Arnon and Stout (1939) criteria for plant nutrient essentiality? Give account of forms of each essential plant nutrient element absorbed by plants.
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20 Marksmedium
What do you mean by Forest products? Write about the value added products from forest.
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10 Marksmedium
Give account of soil fertility evaluation techniques. Enlist the points to be considered along with soil test values for fertiliser dose recommendation.
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20 Marksmedium
Explain the term conventional and conservation tillage. Give account of their comparative effects on soil properties and green house gas emissions.
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20 Marksmedium
Discuss the Remote sensing system used for ecosystem analysis. Briefly discuss the use of Remote sensing for drought monitoring.
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10 Marksmedium
Describe in detail about the weed control measures in Black Gram and Sesame.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Write down the principles involved in Integrated Watershed Management. Briefly discuss the relevance of Integrated Watershed Management under climate change scenario.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Explain the term irrigation scheduling. Elaborate the criteria IW/CPE ratio of irrigation scheduling along with its merits and demerits.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Briefly discuss the price instability and its types. Write down the measurements for price instability.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
Give the account of new tools and methods used in agricultural extension.
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10 Marks150 Wordsmedium
It is proposed to give four (4) irrigations to six (6) hectare area of wheat crop. Depth of each irrigation is 60 mm, which will be given with a pump of discharge @ 5 litre/second. Find out the duration (in days) of pump operation to discharge the required quantity of water.
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20 Marksmedium
Briefly discuss the crop management practices for stabilising yield in dryland areas. Enlist the crops with their characteristics suitable for dryland agriculture.
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20 Marksmedium
Discuss the changes in irrigated area through different sources of irrigation in India since independence. Classify the irrigation projects based on cultivable command area, purpose served and financial return.
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10 Marksmedium
Describe the five steps of effective extension education process as per Leagans (1967).
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20 Marksmedium
Discuss the chronological developments of National Extension System of India after independence.
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20 Marksmedium
Briefly discuss the decisions involved in Farm management. Write down the principles applied in Farm management.
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10 Marksmedium
Justify the statement that Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is playing vital role in solving location specific problems and transfer of technologies in agriculture.
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20 Marksmedium
Explain different types of farming. Discuss the factors affecting types of farming.
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20 Marksmedium
Explain the term water use efficiency in relation to crop production. Discuss the role of pressurised irrigation methods to achieve the objectives of more crop per drop programme.
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10 Marksmedium
Briefly discuss the factors affecting soil erosion. Write down the agronomic measures for soil conservation.