ICAR AIEEA-PG — Physical Science group (sub-subject 3.6 Environmental Science) · India · National Testing Agency for ICAR
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersThe principles, practices, standards and certification of organic agriculture: soil fertility without synthetic fertilisers, organic pest management, conversion, inspection and the main national and international standards.
In the exams: ICAR AIEEA-PG 3.5 Organic Farming (Physical Science group); ICAR AICE Agronomy; IOIA organic inspector training
ICAR AIEEA-PG Physical Science group (Organic Farming 3.5 and Environmental Science 3.6)
IFOAM principles, history and pioneers, organic manures and composting methods, nutrient content of manures, biofertilisers and their organisms, biological and botanical pest control, conversion periods, NPOP and PGS-India, organic standards and labelling. Recall with short calculations such as manure requirement.
How our questions for ICAR AIEEA-PG spread across the units of Organic Farming & Certification. Difficulty: 12 easy, 29 medium, 3 hard.
| Organic soil fertility: manures, composts, biofertilisers | 11 | |
| History and global status of organic farming | 9 | |
| IFOAM principles of organic agriculture | 6 | |
| Organic pest, disease and weed management | 6 | |
| Organic standards: Codex, EU, USDA NOP, NPOP and others | 4 | |
| Conversion planning | 3 | |
| Participatory Guarantee Systems | 3 | |
| Organic livestock and aquaculture | 2 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
Sir Albert Howard's book An Agricultural Testament (1940) drew on his composting work at:
B. Indore
Howard developed the Indore method of composting at the Institute of Plant Industry, Indore.
Typical well-rotted cattle farmyard manure contains roughly:
D. 0.5% N, 0.2% P2O5 and 0.5% K2O
FYM averages about 0.5-0.2-0.5, with wide variation.
A legume green manure with stem nodules, used in lowland rice, is:
C. Sesbania rostrata
Sesbania rostrata forms stem nodules and tolerates flooding.
Trichoderma and Pseudomonas fluorescens are used in organic farming mainly against:
C. Soil-borne fungal diseases
Both are antagonists of soil-borne pathogens.
Under EU rules, the conversion period for dairy animals is:
B. 6 months
Dairy animals: 6 months. Bovine meat: 12 months; layers 6 weeks; broilers 10 weeks.
Which practice is permitted in organic livestock farming?
B. Vaccination against disease
Vaccination is generally allowed; the others are prohibited.
Under India's NPOP, the standard conversion period for perennial crops is:
B. 3 years before harvest
NPOP: 2 years for annuals, 3 years for perennials; the certifier may extend or reduce it.
The Codex Alimentarius organic guidelines are numbered:
D. CAC/GL 32-1999
CAC/GL 32-1999 covers production, processing, labelling and marketing of organic foods.
Participatory Guarantee Systems are based mainly on:
A. Stakeholder participation, trust and peer review
IFOAM defines PGS as locally focused quality assurance built on participation, trust and knowledge exchange.
PGS-India was launched in 2011 under the:
D. Ministry of Agriculture
PGS-India is run through the National Centre of Organic and Natural Farming under the Ministry of Agriculture.
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