CSS Agriculture Past Paper 2004
PART-2(Subjective) 80 Marks
Attempt ONLY FOUR Questions from PART-II. (20×4)
PART-II
Q. No. 2. Improvement in price control mechanism of agricultural commodities and their marketing system can break the stagnation in the agriculture sector. Identify the main bottlenecks and suggest the appropriate strategies to overcome the shortfalls of the existing systems.
Q. No. 3. Have Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology made any breakthroughs in crop production so far? Elaborate on the scope of modern techniques in enhancing agricultural productivity within the shortest possible time.
Q. No. 4. The huge import bill of edible oil is a big burden on the national economy for the last quarter-century. What necessary measures would you suggest to boost oilseed crop production and avert this serious crisis?
Q. No. 5. Describe various components of IPM Technology and discuss the usefulness of this approach with reference to the forthcoming WTO regime.
Q. No. 6. Horticultural crops have not been properly exploited according to their potential. How can these crops play a better role than the major crops in the agriculture of the country?
Q. No. 7. Write short notes on any five of the following:
(a) Crop water use efficiency
(b) Livestock as a component of agriculture
(c) Hybrid vigour
(d) Allilon Parasitism
(e) Genetic Diversity
(f) Foot and Mouth disease
(g) Gram blight and gram wilt
Q. No. 8. Differentiate between the following (any five):
(a) Macronutrients and micronutrients
(b) Basic seed and Certified seed
(c) Pathogenesis and Parthenogenesis
(d) Pomes and stone fruits
(e) C3 and C4 plants
(f) Saline soils and sodic soils
(g) Vertical and horizontal resistance
NOTE: Before 2016 Agriculture & Forestry were Two Different Papers.