CSS 2013, Paper of Agriculture CSS held on 03-March-2013 FEDERAL
2. What are the sources of irrigation water in Pakistan? Explain different methods of irrigation to agricultural crops
3. Write a detailed note on prospects of Farm Mechanization in Pakistan
4. Explain the process of Biological Nitrogen fixation. Discuss the factors which affect this process
5. What is hybrid vigour? Explain the procedure of developing a hybrid corn
6. Expalin the process of protein synthesis in plant cell
7. What are major insects, pests and diseases of cotton crop in Pakistan? Suggest and explain an economical strategy to be
adopted by the farmers to minimize the losses due to these menaces
8. Notes (Any Four)
i.Land tenure system in Pakistan
ii.Status of Horticulture in Pakistan
iii.Water logging and salinity in Pakistan
iv.Role of Organic matter in soil
v.Livestock as an important component of Agriculture in Pakistan
vi.Agro Forestry
1.Ratio of additive variance to phenotypic variance
Heritability (Broad sense)
Heritability (Narrow sense)
Co- Heritability
Gene Action
None of these
2.Inflourescece of wheat plant
Spike
Panicle
Arrow
Cob
None of these
3.Nullisomic individual
2n-1
2n+1
2n-2
2n+2
None of these
4.Ribosomes are site of
Fat Synthesis
Protein Synthesis
Photo Synthesis
Anaerobic Respiration
None of these
5.Type of sugar in DNA
Pentose
Hexose
Heptose
Triose
None of these
6.Maize has 10 pairs of chromosomes. How many linkages groups will be present in maize if all genes are mapped
10 (Not sure)
20
40
15
None of these
7.Ph of Urea
4
3.5
8
7
None of these
8.According to 1972 Land reforms, ceiling of land
1000 acres irrigated and 2000 acres Barani
500 acres irrigated and 1000 acres Barani
250 acres irrigated and 500 acres Barani
150 acres irrigated and 300 acres Barani
None of these
9.Type of soils hold more water
Sandy (Not sure)
Stony
Clayey
Silty
None of these
10.Hydrosphere refers to
Zone of water
Zone of earth crust
Zone of atmosphere
Zone of air
None of these
11.Compound used for reclamation of saline sodic and sodic soils?
Apartite
Calcite
Dolomite
Gypsum
None of these
12.Carrot, raddish , Beet are
Annual
Biennial
Perenial
Woody perennial
None of these
13.Which is not fruit?
Tomato
Potato
Musk melon
Water melon
None of these
14.Body of sheep covered with
Hairs
Fleece
Wool
Fuz
None of these
15.Bovine is term used for
Cattle
Buffalo
Sheep
Goat
None of these
16.Act of giving birth to young ones is
Ovulation
Fertilization
Parturition
Conception
None of these
17.Type of mouth parts of grass hopper
Chewing
Sucking
Piercing and sucking
Biting and sponging
None of these
18.Bacteria reproduce asexually
Fragmentation
Budding
Binary fission
Multiplication
None of these
19.All goods and services produced in country in one year are called
GNP
GDP
NDP
NNP
None of these
20.Uniform removal of soil in thin layer from sloping land is called
Sheet erosion
Rill erosion
Gully erosion
Stream channel erosion
None of these
