DDA Section Officer Horticulture 2021 — Agri Master Mind

______ are plants which are employed in gardens for dividing beds, borders, roads, walks or path of demarcating spaces allotted for particular purpose, as flower beds.

Which of the following is the reason for unsuccessful grafting of monocot?

Which of the following crops covered highest acreage in India during 2017-18 year?

The colour of december poinsettia is:

Guimohar (Delonix regia) is recommended for 1st row of avenue plantation along highways in:

Which of the following is national flower of our country?

Acalypha belongs to family of:

Application of water-soluble fertilizer along with irrigation water is known as:

Which of the following Bougainvillea cvs. was developed at Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi?

Volianikara -1 is variety of:

Which of the following common rootstocks is popular in northern plains of India?

Which of the following is the most popular and successful method for multiplying roses?

Which of the following trees adorns with scented white bloom?

The Government Botanical Garden, Udhagamandalam (Ooty) was established in:

Which of the following may be applied if the soil is too acidic for proper turfgrass growth?

Which of the following methods of lawn making is the cheapest but time-consuming method?

Which of the following is area where seedlings, cuttings and grafts are raised with care before transplanting?

Which of the following is not true for cacti and succulents group plants?

Which of the following is active compound in Neem oil?

CHAMAN stands for:

Which of the following methods is generally adopted for Ber propagation?

The lady beetle is popular as:

Which of the following is true for chrysanthemums grown under polyhouses?

The art of growing ground cover plants closely and trimming them to a design or alphabetical letters is called:

How much roots are generally trimmed at the time of repotting the bonsai?

The Persian, Italian and Mughal gardens are example of:

The colour of Portulaca grandiflora flower is:

Green Highways (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification & Maintenance) Policy was launched in year:

Which of the following are small gardens established around village temples with flowering shrubs to offer flowers to various deities?

Botanical name of Spanish jasmine is:

In which state NRCO for orchids is situated?

Which of the following is purpose of growing Grevillea robusta?

World's largest flower auction trade centre is at:

Garden of Fatehpur Sikri was laid out by the king:

Which of the following is permanent bulb suitable for growing well indoors year after year?

Which of the following plant is not suitable for a topiary?

Which of the following is not an importance of shrubs in garden?

Which of the following state has highest area under flower production as of September 2020?

Which of the following is not a type of Japanese garden?

Which of the following is used as laxative?

Which of the following is dwarf variety of coconut?

The headquarters of National Horticulture Board is located at:

Betelvine is generally propagated through:

Stone lanterns are important feature in ______ gardens.

The ideal pH range of the soil for growing the lawn is:

Which of the following medicinal plants contains total alkaloid as major constituent?

Botanically, plants which have the special structure to climb on supports are defined as:

The production of horticultural crops has outpaced the production of food grain since year:

Which of the following rose sp. is grown up for extracting more essential oil?

Which is common problematic weed of lawn?

Lal Bagh Botanical Garden is located at:

Which is used for rising in hanging baskets?

In India, Rayan or Khirni (Manilkara hexandra) is used as commercial rootstocks for:

Which of the following is not a disadvantage of asexual propagation?

Ocimum sanctum is native to:

Which of the ground cover plants belongs to sunflower family?

Which of the following young plants are highly sensitive to chilling injury?

Economic part of the Glory lily (Gloriosa) is:

The most common used hormone for rooting is:

Which of the following propagation method is adopted by black pepper?

First flower show at Udhagamandalam was organized in:

Botanical name of bermuda grass is:

Which of the following plants is suitable for ornamental internal hedges?

Which of the following duration and temperature values are true for breaking dormancy of tulip bulb?

______ must be true to the type and true to the variety in the nursery.

Pomology refers to:

Rose garden of Ludhiana is example of:

‘Swarna Rekha’ is a gamma ray induced mutant cultivar of:

Fragrant flowers of maramalli, which open in the evening, are __ in colour.

Main constituent of bordeaux mixture is:

CO₂ requirement of chrysanthemums grown under polyhouses is:

Which of the following option is true for commercial cultivation of gerbera in poly house?

Calophyllum inophyllum is commonly known as:

Which of the following is unusual chocolate coloured rose variety?

Which of the following irrigation methods has more water use efficacy than rest?

Commonly used medium in air layering is:

Which of the following lawn grass species grows well in acids soil?

Commercial propagation is of gladiolus through:

Which of the following is the most common as well as popular and successful method for multiplying chrysanthemum?

Which of the following fungi is responsible for powdery mildew in mango?

Complete the given series by finding the missing term:

7, 14, 78, 252, 620, 1290, ?

There are few rows in the garden. If 4 plants are planted in each row, then 3 rows are left unoccupied. However, if 3 plants are planted in each row then 3 plants are left. How many plants are there?

Complete the given series by finding the missing term:

7, 1100, 990, 1089, 980.1, 1078.11, ?

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

a. All Structures are Peaks.

b. All Glasses are Peaks.

c. Some Peaks are Casements

Conclusion:

I) Some Casements are Glasses.

II) Some structures are Casements.

III) Some Peaks are glasses.

Below in each question are given two statements (A) and (B). Read both the statements and decide which of the following answer choice correctly depicts the relation between two statements:

A. People are willing to ensure the cost of not using plastics.

B. Many countries have taken this step to reduce the plastic waste.

Choose the odd one out:

Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.

Car : Garage :: Wine : ?

A street vendor sells goods of Rs. 5 on 1st day, on every subsequent day he sells which is just double of that sale made on the previous day. What will be the selling of the last day of the week?

Manjeet wants to open a Protein Shake store in his city. He is looking for a place, in the center of the town with least people. Which of the following locations Manjeet should choose for attention of customers?

Read the following information carefully and answer the following question-

All members of family P, Q, R, S, T, U are having dinner together. Q is the son of R but R is not the mother of Q. P is married to R. T is the younger brother of R. S is daughter of P and U is elder sister of Q.

How many children does R have?

Two trains are running in the opposite direction with the same speed. If the length of each train is 120 meters and they cross each other in 12 seconds, then what is the speed of each train in km/hr hour?

The average monthly income of A and B is Rs. 6050. The average monthly income of B and C is Rs. 5500 and the average monthly income of A and C is Rs. 6250. The monthly income of A is:

The average weight of 9 workers increases by 3 kg when a new worker comes in place of one of them weighing 68 kg. What is the weight of the new worker?

Simplify : 64 ÷ 4 × 3 + 2

What is the value of 18.05 × 0.001 = ?

A shopkeeper earns a profit of 75% on selling an item. If the cost of the item increases by 15%, but the selling price remains unchanged, then by approximately what percentage does his profit decrease?

Ramesh bought a cloth for Rs. 500 and sold it to Suresh at 10% loss. Suresh then sold it to Rajesh at 20% profit and Rajesh sold it to Raj at 10% profit. How much did Raj pay for the cloth?

Simplify:

A can finish a task in 9 days which B can finish in 12 days. In how many days they can finish if they work together?

Arjun had Rs. 1800 left after spending 40% of the money he took for shopping. How much money did he take along with him?

Which of the following monuments of India has been included in the UNESCO world heritage list in 2007?

Which of the following organizations has successfully demonstrated the hypersonic air-breathing scramjet technology with a flight test of the Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle on 7 August 2020?

The Brahmaputra has its origin in the ______ glacier of the Kailash range near the Mansarovar lake.

When was the first English factory established in Bengal on the banks of the river Hugli?

Who became the 66th Grandmaster of the India?

When did Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, discover the sea route to India?

Which bank has introduced, “Liberty Savings Account” for the Indian youth?

Which of the following sections of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 is related to the election agents?

Who among the following is Not a part of the appointment committee appointed for the appointment of state chief information commissioner?

Which of the following parts of the Indian Constitution is related to the citizenship?

Following sentences is jumbled. Rearrange the parts of the sentence to make it coherent.

each individual /differs with / leisure / what constitutes/

A B C D

Find the word spelt correctly.

Choose the appropriate word from the given option to fill in the blank.

Shruti has shown her extreme courage and commitment in the work ______ of her illness.

Following sentence has an error in one of its parts. Find the part which has the error and mark it accordingly.

Rajendra is/ one of the member/ in the committee/ who supported the bill

A B C D

Which is the opposite of the word 'lethargic'?

Which word in the passage means ‘foolish’? (according to passage)

Which of the following statements is true? (according to passage)

Which of the following statement is true?

What does ‘spur-of-the-moment sport’ mean?

According to the author girls are smarter than boys because ______