TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
B.Sc. (Hons.) Horti Degree Programme
Final theory Examination, 2021
(2017 SYLLABUS)
Year : 2020 Time : 2 ½ hrs
Semester : VI Max. Marks: 60
VSC 302 Precision Farming and Protected Cultivation (2 + 1)
PART A
(Answer all the questions)
Multiple Choice Questions 30 X 0.5 = 15
1. Remote sensing uses which of the following waves in its procedure?
A) Electric field B) Sonar waves
C) Gamma- rays D) Electro-magnetic waves
2. SSNM refers to
Soil Specific Nitrogen Season Specific Nitrogen
A) B)
Management Management
Season Specific Site Specific Nutrient
C) D)
Nutrient Management Management
3. _________ is not the Open source software used for processing remote sensing
data.
A) IDRISI B) Arc GIS
C) ENVI D) ERDAS
4. Yield Maps
Represent the output of Define spatially variable
A) B)
crop production yield goals
Decide site specific crop
C) D)
management All of the above
5. What branch of the US government first proposed the development of GPS
technology?
Atomic Energy
A) B)
Commission CIA
C) FBI D) Department of Defense (Navy)
6. India’s first exposure to truly hitech protected farming of vegetables
and other high value horticultural produce came through the Indo
Israel Project on Green house cultivation in the year _________
A) 2003 B) 1988
C) 1998 D) 2008
7. Recommended light levels for foliage plants is __________
A) 150-200 moles/m2/sec B) 150-250 moles/m2/sec
C) 250-450 moles/m2/sec D) 450-750 moles/m2/sec
8. Indra is the variety of __________
A) Strawberry B) Cucumber
C) Capsicum D) Tomato
_______________ type of tomato cultivars/varieties are suitable for
9.
year long cultivation under poly house.
A) Indeterminate B) Determinate
Semi-determinate Determinate and semi
C) D)
indeterminate
10. Ideal humidity for rose cultivation in green house is __________
A) 50-60% B) 60-65%
C) 65-70% D) 70-75%
11. Pinching operation is practised in which of the following flowers
A) Lillium B) Anthurium
C) Carnation D) Orchid
12. The brain of precision farming is _______
A) GIS B) GPS
C) DGPS D) VRT
13. GNSS stands for
Global Navigation Sensor Global Navigation Satellite
A) B)
System system
Global Navigation Specific Global Navigation Spread
C) D)
System System
14. Coriander can be cultivated under ---------------- during off season
A) Greenhouse B) Mist chamber
C) Shadenet D) Open field
15. The growth regulator used to set fruits in chillies
A) Ethrel B) NAA
C) GA3 D) ABA
In tropical regions, off season vegetable cultivation can be done in
16.
___________
A) Poly tunnel B) Mist chamber
C) Net house D) Row cover
The primary use of cold frames is _____________of rooted cuttings or
17.
seedlings
A) Forcing B) Hardening
C) Germination D) acclimatization
18. ______________ is the popular training system for cucumber
A) V cordon B) Y cordon
C) Umbrella D) Matted row
19. __________ encourages more flower production in tomato
A) Leaning B) Topping
C) Mulching D) Lowering
20. Fading of spathe colour in anthurium is due to the deficiency of
__________
A) Zinc B) Calcium
C) Magnesium D) Iron
Pro tray seedling production is commercially practiced in which
21
of the following crop
A) Banana B) Bitter gourd
C) Coriander D Turmeric
)
Under precision farming, the nutrient requirement of tomato
22.
hybrid is
A) 200:200:200 kg of NPK B) 200:250 :250 kg of NPK per ha
per ha
C) 200:250:200 kg of NPK D 200:100:100 kg of NPK per ha
per ha )
23. Shade net
A) Rooting of cuttings B) Anthurium
C) Cut Rose D) Capsicum
24. Lath houses
A) Glass B) Wood
C) Polyethylene D) Styrofoam
25. Gherkin
A) Dessert B) Pickling
C) Jam D) Wine
Parthenocarpic varieties are suitable for cultivation under poly
26.
house
A) Capsicum B) Cucumber
C) Strawberry D) Tomato
27. Earthern pots are user for commercial cultivation of
A) Orchids B) Draecena
C) Anthuriums D) Spathyphyllum
28. CO2 level for Cut rose cultivation
A) 1000-1200ppm B) 2000-2200ppm
C) 1500-1800ppm D) 600-800ppm
29. Father of Precision farming
A) Pierre Robert B) Henry Webber
C) M.S. Swaminathan D) Terry A. Brase
30. Temperature requirement for flower induction in chrysanthemum
A) 16-18 0C B) 10-15 0C
C) 20-22 0C D) 25-28 0C
PART-B
(Answer any ten questions) [10 x 3 = 30]
1. Scope and importance of precision farming in India
2. Briefly describe thematic map, its types and its uses in precision farming
3. Define protected cultivation with two advantages
4. Write the advantages of soilless culture with two examples
5. What is soil sterilization? Explain one chemical and manual sterilization
method
6. Mention the special horticultural practices followed in carnation.
7. Mention the growing media used for lilium and orchids
8. What is protray nursery and its advantatges ? Name two crops in which portray
seedling production is commercially practiced.
9. Define fertigation and write its advantages
10. What is bio-control agents and write the bio-control agents used in the
precision farming
11. Write the special practices followed in cut roses
12. Write in detail about cooling systems in green houses
PART-C
(Answer any three questions) [3 x 5 = 15]
1. Define growing structures. Detail on the different growing structures of
protected cultivation
2. Explain Geographic Information System and its application in precision farming
3. Write in detail on the protected cultivation practices of strawberry
4. Enumerate precision farming techniques in turmeric
