CSS Agriculture & Forestry Past Paper 2021

PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks

Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)

PART-II

SECTION-A

Q. No. 2 Discuss the applicability, affordability, and effectiveness of Precision Agriculture in prevailing farming systems.

Q. No. 3 What changes do you foresee in our farming systems in the post-climate change era?

Q. No. 4 Analyze critically the present sugar and wheat flour crisis, keeping in view its socio-economic constraints.

Q. No. 5 Describe zero tillage and mechanized tillage, their merits and demerits. Which one would you recommend and why?

SECTION-B

Q. No. 6 Discuss different silvicultural systems suitable for natural as well as manmade forests.

Q. No. 7 Explain the advantages of different silvicultural operations needed at different growth stages of forests.

Q. No. 8 Desertification is a growing threat. Which climatic and edaphic factors accelerate it, and how?

NOTE: Before 2016 Agriculture & Forestry were Two Different Papers.