UPSC Mains 2024 Agriculture Optional Paper I questions

33 questions from the Civil Services (Main) Examination 2024. Official UPSC paper (PDF) · All Agriculture Optional PYQs

Briefly discuss the principles of agro-ecology.
10 marks
What are the factors responsible for low production and productivity of pulses in India? Discuss strategies adopted for enhancing the pulse production and productivity.
10 marks
Describe the objectives of social forestry. Write down the plant species suitable for social forestry.
10 marks
Discuss the cultural methods of weed control.
10 marks
What are the two steps of nitrification and enlist micro-organisms responsible for each? Write down the importance of nitrification.
10 marks
Write down the physical environmental factors affecting the crop production. Discuss the effects of changing rainfall pattern on crop production in India.
20 marks
Describe the improved cultivation practices of Chickpea under the following heads
20 marks
Improved varieties
Seed rate and row to row spacing
Nutrient management
Weed management
Insect-pest and disease management
Discuss about the cropping patterns of Middle Gangetic Plain and Western Plateau and hills.
10 marks
What is the Arnon and Stout ([939) criteria for plant nutrient essentiality? Give account of forms of each essential plant nutrient element absorbed by plants.
20 marks
What do you mean by Forest products? Write about the value added products from forest.
Give account of soil fertility evaluation techniques. Enlist the points to be considered along with soil test values for fertiliser dose recommendation.
10 marks
Explain the term conventional and conservation tillage. Give account of their comparative effects on soil properties and green house gas emissions.
20 marks
Discuss the Remote sensing system used for ecosystem analysis. Briefly discuss the use of Remote sensing for drought monitoring.
20 marks
Describe in detail about the weed control measures in Black Gram and Sesame.
10 marks
Write down the principles involved in Integrated Watershed Management. Briefly discuss the relevance of Integrated Watershed Management under climate change scenario.
10 marks
Explain the term irrigation scheduling. Elaborate the criteria IW/CPE ratio of irrigation scheduling along with its merits and demerits.
10 marks
Briefly discuss the price instability and its types. Write down the measurements for price instability.
10 marks
Give the account of new tools and methods used in agricultural extension.
10 marks
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.
10 marks
Briefly discuss the crop management practices for stabilising yield in dryland areas. Enlist the crops with their characteristics suitable for dryland agriculture.
20 marks
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.
20 marks
Describe the five steps of effective extension education process as per Leagans (] 967).
10 marks
Discuss the chronological developments of National Extension System of India after independence.
20 marks
Briefly discuss the decisions involved in Farm management. Write down the principles applied in Farm management.
20 marks
Justify the statement that Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) is playing vital role in solving location specific problems and transfer of technologies in agriculture.
10 marks
Explain different types of farming. Discuss the factors affecting types of farming.
20 marks
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.
20 marks
Briefly discuss the factors affecting soil erosion. Write down the agronomic measures for soil conservation.
10 marks

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