Goa Board Class 10 Question Paper 2022 Horticulture

2022 XI 26 0230 Seat No.

Time : 1½ Hours FIRST-TERM HORTICULTURE (E)
Pre-Vocational (Agriculture Group)
Subject Code

S 1 0 4 9

Total No. of Questions : 20 (Printed Pages : 8) Maximum Marks : 20

INSTRUCTIONS : (i) Question paper contains 20 questions.

(ii) Every question has four choices for its answer (A), (B),

(C) and (D) and only one of them is the correct answer.

(iii) On the OMR sheet, for each question number, darken

with a ball point pen ONLY ONE bubble corresponding

to what you consider to be the most appropriate answer,

from among the four choices.

(iv) Please note that it is not possible to change the answer

once you have filled up the bubble with a ball point

pen. Hence sufficient care must be taken while

darkening the bubbles.

(v) For each question, you will be awarded ONE mark if

you have darkened only the bubble corresponding to

the correct answer, in all other cases, you will get zero

mark. There is no negative mark.

(vi) Only one OMR sheet will be provided.

(vii) Use only Black or Blue ball point pen.

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1. To increase the fertility of soil naturally, ........................... is added to the soil.

(A) Farm yard manure

(B) Lime

(C) Fungicide

(D) Insecticide

2. In the refilled pit for planting fruit graft, some ......................... is sprayed to

prevent the attack of termites.

(A) Plant growth regulator

(B) Fungicide

(C) Insecticide

(D) Liquid fertilizer

3. If the soil is less fertile, we have to add ........................ to increase the fertility

of soil.

(A) Compost

(B) Bactericide

(C) Fungicide

(D) Insecticide

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4. In the selected area, land marking of pits and planting should always be
done with the help of ......................................

(A) Ruler

(B) Planting board

(C) Measuring tape

(D) Scale

5. The marking position of the plants in the field is referred to as .................

(A) Plan

(B) Layout

(C) Diagram

(D) Draft

6. Layout plan includes .....................................

(A) Gate

(B) Market

(C) Labour

(D) Transport

7. Every unit of ......................... plants form a square in square system of planting.

(A) 3

(B) 5

(C) 6

(D) 4

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8. In Rectangular planting system, plants are planted at four corners of the
..................................... is straight rows.

(A) Square

(B) Rectangle

(C) Triangle

(D) Hexagon

9. ........................... plant gives additional income to the farmer in early period
in Quincunx system of planting.

(A) Mother

(B) Root stock

(C) Filler

(D) Main crop

10. Short duration crop such as ....................... can be planted at the center of each
square in Quincunx planting system.

(A) Jackfruit

(B) Coconut

(C) Mango

(D) Papaya

11. Panama wilt is a disease of .............................. crop.

(A) Mango

(B) Cashew

(C) Coconut

(D) Banana
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12. The main pest of coconut crop is .................................

(A) Tea mosquito

(B) Leaf eating caterpillar

(C) Rhinoceros beetles

(D) Rhizome weevil

13. .................................... is a fungicide.

(A) Carbendazim

(B) Monocrotophos

(C) Endosulphan

(D) Thimate

14. Stem borer attacks ...................................... crop.

(A) Coconut

(B) Cashew

(C) Banana

(D) Papaya

15. Powdery mildew is the most common disease that occurs during flowering
and fruit setting in .................................. crop.

(A) Mango

(B) Coconut

(C) Cashew

(D) Banana

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16. Open centre method of training is followed in .........................

(A) Mango

(B) Grapes

(C) Lime

(D) Guava

17. The process of removal of excess, unwanted, dead branches, shoots, roots or

any other parts of the plant so as to allow the remaining parts to grow

normally is called as .......................................

(A) Pruning

(B) Training

(C) Grafting

(D) Air layering

18. In ...................... system of training, the main stem is allowed to grow straight

to the top of the tree and side branches are allowed to grow in all direction.

(A) Modified leader

(B) Central leader

(C) Open centre

(D) Multi-stem

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19. ............................ system of training horticulture crops is a combination of

Central leader system and Open centre system.

(A) Central leader

(B) Open centre

(C) Single stem

(D) Modified leader

20. There are .............................. main methods of Pruning horticulture crops.

(A) 2

(B) 4

(C) 3

(D) 5

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