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Vegetable Culture papers combine a lot of knowledge from the area of vegetable growing, selling and also their nutritional values and importance in our diets. The students who know their biology well enough will have an advantage in the paper. The paper is mostly objective type, such as naming and filling in the blanks but also has a few essay type questions. The students should know all the biological names of fruits and vegetables and the various factors that affect their cultivation. Questions may be asked on the botanical name, name of improved variety and the seeds needed per hectare to cultivate vegetables such as tomato, potato etc. short notes on Vegetable nursery, kitchen garden, seed production of peas, cash crops etc are important. There is one essay type question on topics pertaining to vegetable culture, such as the importance of vegetable processing industry, role of Vitamin-A rich vegetables etc.