Agriculture KP PMS Paper 2018

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE POSTS OF PMS-2018

Agriculture

TIME ALLOWED: 03 HOURS MAX: MARKS: 100

Note: i) Attempt any five (05) questions all question carry equal marks
ii) Extra attempt of any question or any part will not be considered

Q.1 Soil fertility is low in Pakistan. why? Give reasons and discuss how fertilizer use efficiency could be increased to improve soil fertility and get higher yields.

Q.2 What is sustainable agriculture? Elaborate the role of sustainable agriculture in food security in the changing climatic scenario.

Q.3 Climate change: A burning issue of today’s agriculture. Elaborate in detail the negative and positive effects of climate change on agricultural productivity of Pakistan.

Q.4 There are some principles and elements of cesigns in landscape gardening. what are these? Describe each in detail in the present scenario of climate change.

Q.5 What are the main causes of post harvest losses in horticultural produce? Write in detail on how to minimize these losses to the minimum level?

Q.6 How do plant diseases/insects affect the quality and quantity of agricultural produces? Suggest general measures of plart diseases/insects control to improve the quality and quantity of these produces

Q.7 Differentiate between the Agricultural Extension System of India and Pakistan. Explain the reasons that why India is a head of Pakistan with special regards to crop production/yield. Suggest measures to minimize the gape.

Q.8 Write short notes on any four (04) of the following:
(i) Overview of biotic and a biotic stress resistance in plants
(ii) Concept of bio-fertilizers and bio-pesticides
(iii) Host resistance, its main types and their merits & demerits
(iv) Bio-safety concerns and bio-ethics on CM crops.
(v) Improvement of plants via plant cell culture
(vi) Events occurring in apoplast during plant pathogens interaction