Important Agricultural economics mcqs with answers for agriculture department test paper preparation online
Agricultural Economics MCQS With Answers
If the quantity of organic matter is more than 50% is called _____?
A. Clay soil
B. Sandy soil
C. Peat soil
D. All of these
These crops are planted in winter from October to December and harvested in summer from March to May is called _____?
A. Kharif crops
B. Rabi crops
C. Relay crops
D. All of these
The depth of irrigation water required for the full crop period is called _____?
A. Delta of water
B. Water required
C. Crop water required
D. None of these
Plants uptake their nutrients from __________?
A. Air
B. Water
C. So
D. All the above
Generally field crops are cultivated at altitude ______?
A. 20004000 ft
B. 0008000 ft
C. 1200014000 ft
D. 02000 ft
The condition of drying of plant parts due to lack of water is called ______?
A. Water stress
B. Drought
C. Wilting
D. None of the above
Due to phosphorus deficiency in plants _______?
A. Roots do not develop properly
B. Plants mature late
C. Poor flowering and fruil selling occurs
D. All the above
the layer of atmosphere which blocks ultraviolet radiation from sun is _______?
A. Stratosphere
B. Ozone
C. Ozosphere
D. All the above
Partially decomposed organic matter is termed as _______?
A. Humus
B. Farm yard manure
C. Composet
D. All the above
Narcotic crops mainly grown in Pakistan is _______?
A. Pyrethrum
B. Cocon
C. Tobacco
D. Co see
Highly decomposed stage of organic matter is called ____?
A. Cellulose
B. Organic acid
C. Humus
D. All the above
Cultivation of same crop year after year is called ______?
A. Single cropping
B. Monocropping
C. Double, cropping
D. All the above
The oxygen concentration in the air is _____?
A. 30%
B. 21%
C. 16%
D. 45%
Air contains ______?
A. 70% nitrogen
B. 50% nitrogen
C. 78% nitrogen
D. None of the above
Seed leachate conductivity is significantly higher in seeds having _____?
A. Higher shoot weight
B. Lower shoot weight
C. Higher root weight
D. None of the above
Use of linear measurements of plumule growth as a vigour test was first suggested by ______?
A. Woodstock (1976)
B. Germ (1949)
C. Baskin (1972)
D. Maguire (1962)
Electrolytes leakage is found greater in _____?
A. HD grains
B. LD grains
C. All the above
D. non of these
The potential means of enhancing productivity is _____?
A. Quality of seeds
B. Quantity of seeds
C. Seed density
D. All the above
Abnormal seeding growth in rice is more closely related, with _____?
A. IID grains
B. LD grains
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above
Abnormal seeding growth in rice may be due to ______?
A. Intrinsic Mechanism
B. Lack of integrity in seed cells
C. Endogenous inhibitors
D. Al the above
Seed dormancy of nee seeds can be successfully broken by heat treatment at ______?
A. 50°c for 3-7 days
B. 45°c for 3-8 days
C. 54°c for 2-6 days
D. None of the above
Progeny of nucleus seed is called ______?
A. Foundation seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Certified seed
D. Registered seed
Who gave the formula for speed of germination _____?
A. Maguire (1962)
B. Baskin (1972)
C. Moore (1973)
D. Germ (1949)
Who the a method of estimating seed vigour on the basis of color intensity of the stained seeds ?
A. Nicolls & Hey Decker (1968)
B. Kittock &. Law (1953)
C. Moore (1973)
D. Germ (1949)
Seeds of wheat, paddy and maize showed positive correlation germination (%) and viability (%) as determined by ______?
A. Grow put test
B. Tz test
C. Test of genetic purity of seeds
D. Ageing test
Who described the method of estimating seed vigor on the basis of colour intensity of stained seed ______?
A. Woodstock (1976)
B. Kittock and Law (1969)
C. Maguire (1962)
D. Nicolls & Heu Decker (1968)
Oka (1975) has suggested that me population size suitable for maintenance and seed production of a commercial crop of a self pollinated species should be _____?
A. 100 plants
B. 200 plants
C. 300 plants
D. 400 plants
In rice, high silicon content, in shoot confers resistance to ____?
A. Leaf borer
B. Stem borer
C. Root borer
D. All the above
The total dry matter produced by a plant as a resulting photosynthesis is called _____?
A. Biological yield
B. Mass
C. Physical productivity
D. None of the above
Initial vegetation that invades and occupies the area is called ________?
A. Pioneer
B. Range
C. Resin
D. None of the above
The deficient level of N(%) in plants suggested by various workers is ______?
A. <2%
B. <1%
C. <5%
D. 10%
Hot desert has mean annual temperature of _____?
A. 50°C
B. 40°C
C. 30°C
D. None of the above
Removal of branches for forage is _______?
A. Litter
B. Lopping
C. Foraging
D. None of the above
Mesophytes are grown in ______?
A. Dry condition
B. Moist places
C. Desert area
D. None of the above
The technical name of janter is ______?
A. Sesbania sesban
B. S. aphylla
C. S. oleaides
D. S. mavretiana
Hyderabad district area is in _____?
A. Thai range area
B. Raygistan range area
C. Cholistan range area
D. None of the above
What is SAZDA ____?
A. Sindhi Agricultural Zonal Development Authority
B. Sindhi Arid Zone Development Authority
C. None of the above
D. non of these
A warm summer and pronounced winter is called ______?
A. Arid
B. Tropical
C. Temperature
D. None of the above
Very hot and winterless condition is _____?
A. Tropical
B. Temperature
C. And
D. None of the above
Controlled run off, water supplies, irrigation, soil fertility is called as _____?
A. Catchmento protection
B. Agriculture conservation
C. Soil protection
D. Saw logs
When one set of vegetation follows the oilier set of vegetation with passage of time is known as ______?
A. Succession
B. Retrogression
C. Biodiversity
D. Linear planting
The depth of irrigation water required for the full crop period is called _____?
A. Consuptive use of water
B. Delta of water
C. Optimum use of water
D. non of these
EC of saline soil is equal to or greater than ___?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D non of these
The critical stages in cotton is ____?
A. Budding
B. Flowering
C. Boll .formation
D. All the above
The movement of water in soil profile is.known as _______?
A. Diffusion
B. Percolation
C. Absorption
D. All the above
Drip method of irrigation is not suitable to close spaced crops because _____?
A. High water requirements
B. High pump pressure
C. High cost on pipes
D. Unavailable of technology
The maximum working depth of disc plow is _____?
A. 300 mm
B. 200 mm
C. 400 mm
D. 450 mm
In country’s GDP, the cotton accounts for _____?
A. 5%
B. 2%
C. 2%
D. 10.15%
A treeless arctic plan is called as _______?
A. Glaciers
B. Barren land
C. Tundra
D. None of the above
A. income farm where the operator is producing primarly his family’s needs rather than for sale is called ______?
A. Family farming
B. Subsistence farming
C. Intensive farming
D. Progressive farming
Pasturing system that allows short periods of heavy use followed by recover, period is called as ____?
A. Differed grazing
B. Hay grazing
C. Forage grazing
D. Rotational grazing
Precise assessment of pest pressure to evaluate Economic risk from pest infestations is called _______?
A. Economic threshold
B. Crop scouting
C. Economic mjury level
D. None of the above
Among the important green house gases two are found in higher concentration _____?
A. Methane and carbon mono oxide
B. Methane and nitrogen
C. Carbon and nitrogen oxide
D. None of the above
Primary air polluted is _____?
A. SO2
B. SO3
C. SO4
D. None
Diversity of animals and crop species in different ecosystems is called as ____?
A. Mirgation
B. Biodiversity
C. Ecology
D. Ecosystem
A process in which most of the organisms are killed is known as ____?
A. Heating
B. Sterilization
C. Pasteurization
D. Neutralization
The control and preservation of natural resources For present and future use is _____?
A. Substainability
B. Conservation
C. Biodiversity
D. Environment
Organisms which are genetically modified are called _____?
A. Hybrid
B. Mutagens
C. Transgenic organisms
D. Strange organisms
The substance that an enzyme acts upon is known as ______?
A. Product
B. Substrate
C. Mycotoxin
D. None of the above
Seed bag labeled with white colour indicates ______?
A. Certified seed
B. Basic seed
C. Pre-basic seed
D. Pure seed
Hitting the seed with force against a hard surface to break seed dormancy is called _____?
A. Impaction
B. Abrasion
C. Stratification
D. Scarification
The value of regression and correlation is the same when the correlation between two variables is _____?
A. Imperfect
B. Perfect
C. Positive
D. Negative
A crop grown on residual moisture after harvesting rice is called ______?
A. Barani crop
B. Dubari crop
C. Ratoon crop
D. Sure crop
The given off water vapours from the surface of leaves is called ______?
A. Transpiration
B. Respiration
C. Exudation
D. Evaporation
Mg in plants act as _______?
A. Protein activator
B. Enzyme activator
C. Starch activator
D. None of the above
Tensiometer is used for measuring ______?
A. Soil moisture
B. Water pressure
C. Wind pressure
D. None of the above
The contact herbicides are less effective to _____?
A. Broad leaved weeds
B. Perenial plants
C. Seasonal plants
D. All the above
Two much Mg may create deficiency for ______?
A. P
B. Ca
C. N
D. K
In wheat total crop N uptake per ton of grain is about _____?
A. 50-60 Kg
B. 20-30 Kg
C. 15-20 Kg
D. 70-80 Kg
The sever salinity problem has taken lands out of production as _____?
A. 50%
B. 10%
C. 45%
D. 30%
Pakistan has a total forest area of about ______?
A. 22 million ha
B. 32 million ha
C. 12 million ha
D. 20 million ha
The contribution of agriculture in the GDP of the country is _____?
A. 25%
B. 35%
C. 30%
D. 40%
One rooting hormone occurring naturally in plant is ____?
A. Indolebutyric
B. Indolacetic acid
C. Naphthalene acetic acid
D. None of the above
The systematic arrangement of soil in to groups or categories is called _____?
A. Classification
B. Annuals
C. Perennials
D. Ranking
Hybrid seeds are developed because they ______?
A. Produce better crop
B. Provide greater vigour
C. Are more uniform
D. All the above
genetic purity is assessed through _____?
A. Inspection
B. Seed testing
C. Germination
D. All the a b c
A method of estimating seed vigour on the basis of color intensity o the stained seeds was described by _____?
A. Germ and Keitreiber (1954)
B. Kittock and Law (1963)
C. Maguire (1963)
D. Moore (1973)
The available form of nitrogen for plants is ____?
A. NO3
B. NH4
C. Both a and b
D. non of these
Foliar application of nitrogen means applying nitrogen in solution form to ____?
A. Whole plant
B. Leaves
C. Stem only
D. Flowers only
Tillage is field operation which help in cutting, loosening and inverting the soil for _____?
A. Fertilization
B. Irrigation
C. Seed bed preparation
D. Transplantation
Part of embryonic axis which develops into root is called ______?
A. Plumule
B. Radicle
C. Coleoptile
D. Coleorluza
Root nodules in plant help in ______?
A. Photosynthesis
B. Aeration
C. Nitrogen fixation
D. Respiration
There is _____?
A. 43560 Sq ft in an acre
B. 40560 Sq ft in an acre
C. 46560 Sq ft in an acre
D. 47560 Sq ft in an acre
Fertilizer requirements of wheat under medium loamy soil is ____?
A. 75-90 NP kg/ha
B. 100-70 NP kg/ha
C. 110-60 NP kg/ha
D. 136-85 NP kg/ha
Agro ecological regions of sindh are ____?
A. 5
B. 3
C. 4
D. 1
A crop grown on residual moisture after harvesting rice is called ______?
A. Barani crop
B. Dubari crop
C. Ratoon crop
D. Sure crop
Integrated pest management involves ____?
A. Chemical and cultural method
B. Only chemical control method
C. Chemical, cultural, and biological method
D. Only biological method
A foreign variety that is directly recommended for commercial cultivation is called _____?
A. Blended variety
B. Pure line variety
C. Exotic variety
D. Hybrid variety
Resistance of plants to living organism is called ______?
A. Abiotic resistance
B. Biotic resistance
C. Vertical resistance
D. Horizantal resistance
Gaseous loss of a substance from the soil or from fertilizer or manure is called ____?
A. Volatilization
B. Evaporation
C. Transpiration
D. Evapotranspiration
The lowest pest population that will cause economic damage is called _____?
A. Economic pest
B. Economic threshold
C. Economic damage
D. None of the above
Which one of the following is C4 plain ____?
A. Sugarcane
B. Sorghum
C. Make
D. All the above
Melilotus alba is objectional weed of ______?
A. Okra
B. Methi
C. Cucurbits
D. Wee
The significance of difference among several means is tested with the level of _____?
A. F-test
B. t-test
C. Z-test
D. X-test
The ratio of treatment variance to error variance is known as _____?
A. Correlation
B. F-value
C. Critical difference
D. I-value
In pulses, limiting amino acids are ______?
A. Lysine
B. Theronine
C. Tryptophan
D. Methionine
The series of transformation which a nutrient undergoes in the biosphere before returning to its original formed is called ____?
A. Carbon cycle
B. Nutrient cycle
C. Nitrogen cycle
D. None of the above
Auxins and cytokinins are ______?
A. Growth regulators
B. Herbicides
C. Insecticides
D. Fungicides
Conducting experiments in glasses is called ____?
A. Invitro
B. Invivo
C. In-ova
D. In-sin
What do you mean by WTO ______?
A. World trade organization
B. Western training organization
C. World trade order
D. non of there
A good source of vegetable protein is _____?
A. Com
B. Egg
C. Pulses
D. non of there
The pH of urea fertilizer is _____?
A. 4.00
B. 3.5
C. 8.0
D. non of these
The allelochemicals are broadly classified as _____?
A. Cytokinin and ethylene
B. Phenolics and. terpenoids
C. Trytophan
D. non of there
Allelocliemicals may enter in the soil through the process of ____?
A. Diffusion
B. Mass flow
C. Root exudation
Sunflower is allelopathic crop to many ______?
A. Microorganisms
B. Weeds
C. None of the above
Allelochemicals are used as growth regulators and natural pesticides to promote _____?
A. Ecosystems
B. Community
C. Both a and b
D. non of there
IPM stands for _____?
A. International pest management
B. Interior pest management
C. Integrated pest management
D. non of there
Causal organism of root rot of cotton is _____?
A. Rhizoeionia solani
B. Rhizoctonia bataticola
C. Both of them
One of the following insect act as a vector for CLCV ____?
A. White fly
B. Aplud
C. Jassid
D. Heliothus
Total cropped area of Sindh is _____?
A. 2.8 million hac
B. 3.75 million hac
C. 4.00 million hac
D. 4.5 million hac
In wheat, production of certified seed needs an isolation distance of _____?
A. 5 Meters
B. 4 Meters
C. 3 Meters
D. 2 Meters
Breeder seed is the progeny of ______?
A. Certified seed
B. Nucleus seed
C. Foundation seed
D. Registered seed
In Sunflower, production of foundation seed requires as isolation distance of _____?
A. 400 meters
B. 800 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 100 meters
In Bindi, production of foundation seed needs an isolation distance of ____?
A. 100 meters
B. 50 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 3 meters
International institute for Tropical Agriculture is located at ____?
A. Mexico
B. Nigeria
C. Syria
D. Columbia
The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, a measure of the acidity of a solution is called ____?
A. pH
B. EC
C. Cl
D. Saliruiy
A region with an annual rainfall less than 10 inches comes under ____?
A. And climate
B. Semi-and climate
C. Wet climate
D. None of the above
The amount of water required to rise a crop to matunty with in a given period of time is called _____?
A. Water frequency
B. Water depletion
C. Water balance
D. Crop Water requirement
The practice of producing two successive crops of same species from same piece of land in one year is called ____?
A. Intercropping
B. Doubling cropping
C. Monocropping
D. Cropping pattern
Ratio of economic yield to biological yield expressed in percentage is called ____?
A. Harvest index
B. Seed index
C. Total yield
D. Dry matter
The control and preservation of natural resources for present and future use is called ____?
A. Sustainability
B. Conservation
C. Crop residue management
D. None of above
Plants having no defined limits of vegetative and reproductive element is called ____?
A. Absolute growth
B. Assimilation
C. Indeterminate growth
D. Determinate growth
Ratio of crop yield to the amount of water utilized is called ____?
A. Soil water use
B. Crop water use efficiency
C. Soil plant water relationship
D. Water intensity
Percentage of area irrigated by a cusec of water during the season is called ______?
A. Intensity
B. Base period
C. Cusec
D. Irrigation frequency
The leguminous plants are important in agriculture because _____?
A. They need very little water to grow
B. Six crops are harvested in a year
C. They are disease resistant
D. Help in nitrogen economy of nature
One of the plant introduced from new world to the old world is ______?
A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Sugarcane
D. Potato
Which is the most important cereal crop of temperature region _____?
A. Paddy
B. Maize
C. Wheat
D. Barley
Delta of water for cotton crop is ______?
A. 30 acre inches
B. 25 acre inches
C. 18 acre inches
D. non of these
In cotton the recommended R x R distance is ____?
A. 75 cm
B. 90 cm
C. 45 cm
Seed rate of cotton per acre is _____?
A. 10-22 kg
B. 5-6 kg
C. 14-21 kg
CCRI stands for _____?
A. Cotton crop research institute
B. Center for crop research institute
C. Central cotton research institute
D. non of these
The productive branches of cotton are called _____?
A. Monopodial branches
B. Sympodial branches
C. Fruiting branches
D. non of these
On the basis of season cotton is a _____?
A. Kharif crop
B. Rabi crop
C. Zaid Kharif crop
In B.T cotton B.T. stands for _____?
A. Bacillus thuringensis
B. Bemisia tabaci
C. Bemisia trachyplerus
The root of cotton plant goes up to depth of ____?
A. 2-3 ft
B. 4-6 ft
C. 8-10 ft
D. non of these
Cotton plant has mode of germination ____?
A. Determinate type of growth
B. Indeterminate type of growth
C. Semi-determinate
D. Buslry growth habit
APTMA stands for _______?
A. All Pakistan textile mills association
B. All Pakistan trade monitoring association
C. All Pakistan trade monitoring agency
D. All Pakistan textile mill management authority
In 1992-93 the greatest decrease in the production of cotton was due to attack of ____?
A. American boll worm
B. CLCV
C. Spotted boll worm
D. Aphids
Delta pine variety of cotton was imported in Pakistan in the year _____?
A. 1970
B. 1968
C. 1971
D. 1978
On the basis of yield of cotton per hectare which of the following country occupies second position ___?
A. Pakistan
B. Turkey
C. China
D. non of these
Among the cotton exporting countries the number of China is ______?
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th
Among the cotton exporting countries the number of America is ___?
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th
First ginning machine was invented in ____?
A. 1893 AD
B. 1880 AD
C. 1793 AD
D. 1650 AD
England cotton was imported from the time in ______?
A. 1430 AD
B. 1435 AD
C. 1530 AD
D. 1500 AD
Gassypium barbadense was developed from a cross between ______?
A. G. herbaceum and G. raimondii
B. G. arborieum and G. raimondii
C. G. hirsutum and G. raimondii
Gassypium barbadense was originated in ____?
A. Central and North America
B. Central and South America
C. Central and South Asia
D. North Mexico and North America
Genus of cotton is _____?
A. Hirsutum
B. Triticum
C. Gassypium
D. Hordeunt
Gassypium hirsutum is _____?
A. Tetraploid
B. Diploid
C. Triploid
D. Hexaploid
The Cotton plant belong to family ?
A. Gramineae
B. Fabaceae
C. Malvaceae
D. Leguminaceae
Which one of the following is a major fiber crop of Pakistan ?
A. Sugarcane
B. Cotton
C. Sesame
D. Jute
Organic farming, is a copping system in which ______?
A. Fertilizers and pesticides are widely used
B. Fertilizers and pesticides are net used
C. Farm yard manure r not used
D. Green manuring
A nutrient element is said to be essential if ______?
A. Plants can not complete their life cycle in absence of that element
B. Nutrients has some physiological function in metabolism of plant
C. Deficiency symptoms can be removed by application of that putrid
D. All the above
The vegetation found on high altitude mountain is _____?
A. Alpine vegetation
B. Tundra vegetation
C. Conferous vegetation
D. None of the above
The soil are contains ______?
A. Less oxygen as compared 10 atmosphere
B. More carbon dioxide as compared to atmosphere
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above
The plants which, grow neither in dry nor in wet condition are _____?
A. Xerophytes
B. Amphibiophytes
C. Mesophytes
D. Hydrophytes
Plants adopted to arid regions are _____?
A. Mesophytes
B. Hydrophytes
C. Xerophytes
D. Aridic plants
Mutual association between fungi and roots of plants is known as _____?
A. Rhizospher
B. Mycorrhizae
C. Root fungi
D. None of the above
Zinc deficiency is generally observed in ______?
A. Wheat
B. Vegetables
C. Race
D. Cotton
Fertilizer application before seed sowing is called ______?
A. Top dressing
B. Broadcasting
C. Basal application
D. Drilling
Sowing seed without any tillage in the soil is called ______?
A. Minimum tillage
B. Zero tillage
C. Secondary tillage
D. None of the above
The CO, content of air is ______?
A. 1%
B. 10.3%
C. 0.03%
D. 0.002%
Azolla which fixes nitrogen in rice field is _____?
A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Ferm
D. None of the above
Electrolytes leakage is defendant on ____?
A. Condition of cell membrane
B. Cracking of seed test
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above
Vigor index of seedings in rice can be determined on _______?
A. Quantitative basis
B. Qualitative basis
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above
The higher leachate conductivity is associated with _____?
A. Mature seeds
B. Immature seed?
C. Abnormal seeds
D. All the above
Better crop establishment especially for direct seeded rice can be obtained by using _____?
A. High density grain
B. Low density grain
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above
High density grains are found mostly at ______?
A. Top of panicle
B. Middle of panicle
C. Bottom of panicle
D. All the above
The seed dormancy of rice seed can be broken by putting into the oven at ______?
A. 50°c for 5 hrs
B. 53°c for 6 hrs
C. 45°c for 6 hrs
D. none of the above
genetic purity of seed is determined by ___?
A. Ageing test
B. Grow out test
C. Tz test
D. All the above
Who gave the formula for coefficient of velocity of germination ?
A. Kotowski (1926)
B. Germ (1949)
C. Deloucle & Baskin (1972)
D. Moore (1973)
Who gave the formula for mean germination time?
A. Nicolls &Heydecker (1968)
B. Kotowski (1962)
C. Baskin (1972)
D. Maguire (1962)
Who showed a positive correlation between tetrazolium staining with seed quality in soybean seeds ?
A. Maguire (1963)
B. Barries ei al. (1969)
C. Moore (1973)
D. Woodstock (1976)
Who described. the use of letrazolium for assessing, seed quality and the basis of topographical patterns ____?
A. Moore (1973)
B. Burries etc (1969)
C. Maguare (1962)
D. Kotowski (1926)
Breeders seed production is taken up from the nucleus seed B and A lines are pollinated in an isolation of 1 Km in a ratio of _____?
A. 1:2
B. 1:3
C. 1:4
D. 1:5
In pulses, for the production of nucleus seed we require minimum of _____?
A. 300 plant progenies
B. 400 plant progenies
C. 500 plant progenies
D. 200 plant progenies
In fanning system cultivation of two or more crops is known as ______?
A. Sequential cropping
B. Strip cropping
C. Multiple cropping
D. All the above
The role of boron and zinc has been recognized in crop ____?
A. Mustard
B. Sugarcane
C. Rice
D. None of these
A region with an annual rain fall of less than 10 inches comes under _____?
A. Arid climate
B. Semi arid climate
C. Wet climate
D. Temperature
Plants that can tolerate drought are _____?
A. Xerophytes
B. Trunk plants
C. Hydrophytes
D. None of the above
The plants which grown on stream bank are ______?
A. Pheritophytes
B. Bryophytes
C. Xerophytes
D. None of the above
The environment where an organism lives is _______?
A. Habitat
B. Logging
C. Girding
D. None of the above
What is catchment _____?
A. An area which drains in to pond
B. An area of woody plantation
C. Ail area of waterlogged condition
D. None of the above
In Raygistan area which districts of Sindh are included _____?
A. Karachi
B. Hyderabad and N.Shah
C. Sukkar and. Khairpur
D. None of the above
AZR1 is ____?
A. Arid zone research institute
B. Agriculture zonal research institute
C. Attock Zonal research institute
D. None of the above
A long severe winter and short summer is called _____?
A. Arctic
B. Sub-temperature
C. Semiarid
D. Semi arctic
Hot with a cool winter is ________?
A. Temperature
B. Arid
C. Subtropical
D. None of the above
Which province the only source of income is livestock grazing in range lands ____?
A. Punjab
B. NWFP
C. Balochistan
D. Sindhi
When the course of water is blocked at some places if is called ______?
A. Lake
B. Dam
C. River
D. Head works
PASSCO stands for ____?
A. Pakistan Agriculture Sugar Supplies Corporation
B. Pakistan Agriculture Seed Supplies Corporation
C. Pakistan Agriculture Service Supplies Corporation
D. non of these
Sugar beet belongs to family ?
A. Poaceae
B. Cucurbitaceae
C. Chenopodiaceae
D. non of these
The crops which are grown to reduce the soil erosion and natural losses by leaching is known as ____?
A. Companion crops
B. Cover crops
C. Mixed crops
D. Ratooning crops
The actual amount H2O present in the air is called _____?
A. Relative humidity
B. Absolute humidity
C. Both A and B
D. non of these
Losses of soil moisture vapour form is called as ______?
A. Evaporation
B. Transpiration
C. Translocation
D. Both A and B
Field capacity and permanent wilting point are different indifferent _____?
A. Crops
B. Soils
C. Seasons
D. Regions
The Indus basin irrigation system has _____?
A. 11 Barrages
B. 19 Barrages
C. 25 Barrages
D. 41 Barrages
Organisms which feeds on dead and decaying organisms are called as ____?
A. Saprophytes
B. Halophytes
C. Xerophytes
D. All the above
Simple plains that lack photosynthesis pigments are called as ______?
A. Fungi
B. Bacteria
C. Virus
D. None of the above
Fumigating and warming soil by covering it with black plastic is called _____?
A. Mulching
B. Fumigation
C. Soil solarization
D. None of the above
A gas produced by anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds is called as _____?
A. Ethane
B. Methane
C. Ammonia
D. CO2
Green vegetables are the source of ____?
A. Biotin
B. Carbohydrates
C. Folate
D. Vitamin
Solar energy emitted by sun reaches the earth surface absorbed and returned back in the form of ______?
A. Infra blue radiation
B. Infra red radiation
C. X rays
D. None of the above
Plants grown in dry region are _____?
A. Xerophytes
B. Thermophyts
C. Mesophytes
D. Halophytes
The ratio of actual cultivated’ area to a total farm area over the year is called ____?
A. Cropping pattern
B. Cropping intensity
C. Cost benefit ratio
D. Cropping system
Accumulation of transported material A to B horizon is known as _____?
A. Eluviation
B. llluviation
C. Alluviation
D. Deposition
Removal of cellular water followed by shrinkage of protoplasm is due to
A. Oxidation
B. Deplasmolysis
C. Osmosis
D. Plasmolysis
Geographical area of Pakistan in million hectare is _____?
A. 60
B. 80
C. 95
D. none of the above
The equipment used for separating, cleaning and grading small seeds from given sample is _____?
A. Seed blower
B. Seed sorter
C. Seed divider
D. a and b
The enzyme responsible for biological nitrogen fixation is _____?
A. Lipase
B. Nitrogenase
C. Isomerase
D. Kinease
The major source of foreign exchange earning is ____?
A. Wheat
B. Sugarcane
C. Cotton
D. Jute
Green revolution came into being due to evolution of _____?
A. Wheat varieties
B. Sugarcane varieties
C. Cotton varieties
D. All the above
Root nodules in plants help in _______?
A. Photosynthesis
B. aeration
C. Nitrogen fixation
D. Respiration
Excess of nitrogen to plants causes _____?
A. Delay in ripening
B. Delay in growth
C. Delay in germination
D. All the above
Penetrometer are used for measuring _____?
A. Soil tilth depth
B. Soil moisture
C. Soil compaction
D. Soil seepage
2,4-d is synthetic herbicide derived from ____?
A. Amino acid
B. Valine
C. Auxins
D. Cytokmins
In wheat total crop P uptake per ton of gram is about; ______?
A. 5-20 Kg
B. 2-3Kg
C. 5-7 Kg
D. 20-25 Kg
N mineralization is effected by soil pH ____?
A. Below 6
B. Above 6
C. Above 10
D. None of the above
Low soil pH is the indication of ____?
A. High Mg and Ca
B. High N and S
C. Low N and Ca
D. Moderate Mg and Ca
The K is predominantly in _____?
A. Leaves
B. Straw
C. Grain
D. All the above
In Pakistan the area effected due to water erosion is about _____?
A. 12 million to
B. 13.05 million lia
C. 22 million ha
D. 15 million lva
In Pakistan, the total length of canal system exceeds ____?
A. 59000 Km
B. 52000 Km
C. 58000 Km
D. 60000 Km
Number of crops grown on the same piece of land in a year and expressed in percentage is known as ____?
A. Cropping pattern
B. Cropping index
C. Crop rotation
D. Cropping intensity
The transport of a substance across a biological membrane against a concentration gradient is called ______?
A. Passive transport
B. Active transport
C. Absorption
D. Dissolution
A method of control of pests in which natural predators and parasites are used without causing serious adverse environmental side effects is called _____?
A. IPM
B. Allelopathy
C. Insect control
D. Chemical control
Use of tetrazolium staining for assessment of seed quality was suggested by ___?
A. Woodstock (1973)
B. Moore (1973)
C. Maguire (1962)
D. Germ (1950)
Progeny of nucleus seed is called ______?
A. Basic seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Foundation seed
D. All the above
Water courses are lined to avoid _____?
A. Transpiration
B. Evaporation
C. Seepage
D. Erosion
The herb plants have ______?
A. Woody stem
B. Non-woody stem
C. Trunk
D. All the above
The best soil for cotton cultivation is _____?
A. Sandy soil
B. Loamy soil
C. Silty soil
D. Clay loam soil
The crop which are cultivated for grain purposes are called _____?
A. Fodder crops
B. Cereal crops
C. Fiber crops
D. Leguminous crops
A condition of green plants in which they become unhealthy and pale fellow in colour is known as ______?
A. Chromoplast
B. Leucoplast
C. Chlorosis
D. Chromoplast
Growing more then one crop in a season in the same land is called _____?
A. Monocropping
B. Double cropping
C. Intensive cropping
D. Intercropping
Wheat is predominantly _____?
A. Self pollinated crop
B. Often cross pollinated crop
C. Cross pollinated crop
D. Apomictie crop
Yield losses of rice crop due to weed infestation are _______?
A. 10-20%
B. 5-15%
C. 20-50%
D. 20-60%
Dwarf varieties of wheat are more resistance to ____?
A. Disease
B. Insect pest
C. Lodging
D. Viruses
The cotton plant sheds more fruits mainly due to _____?
A. More number of irrigations
B. Higher temperature
C. Higher dose of fertilizer
D. Insects and pest
The organisms which do not prepare their own food and depend on the dead organisms are called ______?
A. Saprophytes
B. Parasites
C. Obligatory parasites
D. Bacteria
When crop plants adopt to a new environment are called ______?
A. Accaumatization
B. Domestication
C. Selection
D. Introduction
Plants which change from the vegetative to the reproductive stage by producing flowers and fruits when the day become longer is called _____?
A. Long day plants
B. Short day plants
C. Photoperiod
D. Phototropism
The process of converting food nutrients to carbohydrates in plants is called ____?
A. Metabolism
B. Photosynthesis
C. Absorption
D. Assimilation
There has been emphasis on the conservation of wild relatives of cultivated plants because wild plants ____?
A. Grow better then cultivated plants
B. Serve, as valuable fodder plants
C. Needed to understand the origin of cu;cultivated plants
D. Carrying many useful genes which are lost in cultivated plants
Soil reaction of preference of sugarcane is _____?
A. 6.00 pH
B. 7.03 pH
C. 8.00 pH
D. 6.5 pH
Drought is measuring in terms of _____?
A. Yield performance
B. Photosynthesis
C. Root length of seeding
D. All the above
The experimental design which control fertility level in two directions is known as ____?
A. RBD
B. SPD
C. AD
D. LSD
Crop ideotype refers to _____?
A. Model plant type
B. Good plant type
C. Ideal plant type
D. All the above
The management of kind by planting a series of crops, pastures or following to maximize production with sustaining land quality is called _____?
A. Crop rotation
B. Crop sequence
C. Cropping system
D. Crop management
The soil has got ____?
A. Six horizons
B. Five horizons
C. Seven horizons
D. Two horizons
The climates of sindh province comes under ______?
A. tropical
B. Temperature
C. Sub tropical
D. all
One hectare is equal to ______?
A. 3.47 acre
B. 2.471 acre
C. 1.71 acre
D. 1.9 acre
Critical factors for crop production is ______?
A. Land
B. Water
C. Pure seed
D. fertilizer
Crop rotation means growing ____?
A. Same craps
B. Growing green manures
C. Growing different crops
D. Growing fodder crops
Plants which grow on dry region are ______?
A. Xerophytes
B. Thermophytes
C. Hydrophytes
D. Haplophytes
Allclopatluc interactions in general and the allelochemicals in particular are viewed as an important tool for ___?
A. Pest and insect management
B. Disease and pest management
C. Weed and pest management
D. non of these
Allelopathy is an important component in the development of future integrated strategies for ___?
A. Soil management
B. Weed management
C. Water management
D. non of these
Annual rye grass releases a chemical through its root that prevents _____?
A. Crop seeds
B. weed seed
C. Both a and b
D. non of these
Effects of allelopathic compound in the life cycle of plants cause inhibition of ______?
A. Seed deterioration
B. seed germination
C. Seed swelling
D. non of these
Raising of only one crop in a year, when there is seasonal supply of water is called ___?
A. Monocropping
B. Monoculture
C. Specialized farming
D. Intensive cropping
Root rot of cotton is a ______?
A. Bacterial disease
B. Viral disease
C. Fungal disease
Main reason behind the shedding of flower in cotton is ______?
A. Low temperature
B. High temperature
C. Humidity
D. Cloudy day
Indus river is one of the longest river of Asia measuring about ______?
A. 3000 Km
B. 2500 Km
C. 2900 Km
D. 3200 Km
Prescribed germination percentage of foundation seed of ground nut is _____?
A. 70
B. 20
C. 85
D. 90
Seeds which dried at low moisture contents and stored at low temperature without loosing their viability are _____?
A. Recalcitrant seeds
B. Active seeds
C. Orthodox seeds
D. Certified seeds
Certification is not required for _____?
A. Nucleus seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Foundation seed
D. Certified seed
Barani Agriculture institute is located at _____?
A. Peshawar
B. Islamabad
C. Rawalpindi
D. Chakwal
Which one of the following constitute the best defamation of fruit _____?
A. A fruit is a product of flower
B. A fruit is a product of ovary
C. A fruit is a mature ovary that contain seed
D. A fruit is post-fertilization product of the pistil
The harmful influence of one living plant on another living plant by the secretion of a toxic substance is called _____?
A. Allergy
B. Allelopathy
C. Parasitism
D. Antagorusm
The wearing away of the land surface by wind, water, ice or other geological agent is called _______?
A. Seepage
B. Soil conservation
C. Erosion
D. fertility depletion
The ratio of actual cultivated area to a total farm area over a year is called ______?
A. Cropping pattern
B. Cropping intensity
C. Cost-benefit ratio
D. None of the above
Pulling of off- type plants from a cropped field is called ______?
A. Rouging
B. Weeding
C. Pruning
D. None of the above
The living together of two or more species in a prolonged and intimate ecological relationship is called ______?
A. Symbiosis
B. Biosystem
C. Auto environment
D. Climate
Weedicides that kill the foliage of weeds by direct contact are as _____?
A. Trifluration
B. Paraquet
C. Bromoxy nil
D. Loxynil
Soil water in excess of hygroscopic and capillary water which moves downward through the soil by the force of gravity is called _____?
A. Capillary water
B. sub-surface water
C. Gravitational water
D. Run off water
The application of fertilizer nutrients in proportions best suited to the needs of the crop is called _____?
A. fertilizer placement
B. fertilizer use efficiency
C. Nitrogen use efficiency
D. Balanced fertilization
The total dry matter produced by a plant as a result of photosynthesis is called ____?
A. Biological yield
B. Harvest index
C. Dry matter
D. Crop growth
The heating of atmosphere by gases that are transparent to sun light but opaque to radiated heat is called ____?
A. Green house effect
B. Pollution
C. Warming
D. Solar radiation
The depth of water required by crops during the base period is called _______?
A. Frequency of water
B. Acre inch
C. Duty of water
D. Delta of water
Major source of sugar in world is ______?
A. Dates
B. Beet root
C. Water melon
D. Sugarcane
An example of monocot fiber yielding plant is _____?
A. Cocos
B. Clemates
C. Corchorus
D. Crotalaria
Number of irrigation required for cotton crop are _____?
A. 5 irrigations
B. 6 irrigations
C. 8 irrigations
Best time of sowing for cotton is _____?
A. Mid March to mid April
B. Mid May to mid July
C. Mid June to mid July
D. non of these
Recommended method for cotton sowing is ______?
A. Broad cast method
B. Drill method
C. Ridge sowing method
D. non of these
Seed rat of American cotton per acre is ______?
A. 10-12 kg
B. 6-8 kg
C. 15-18 kg
D. non of these
The unproductive branches of cotton are called _____?
A. Sympodial branches
B. Monopodial branches
C. Vegetative branches
Optimum pH for cotton plant lies between _____?
A. 5.2 to 9.0
B. 5.2 to 7.0
C. 3.5 to 5.5
D. non of these
Bacillus thuringensis season cotton is a _____?
A. Virus
B. Bacteria
C. Fungi
D. non of these
Cotton is a crop of ______?
A. Tropical region
B. Sub-tropical region
C. Both A and B
Cotton plant has a mode of germination _____?
A. Hypogeal germination
B. Epigeal germination
C. Both of the above
D. non of these
Cotton plant belong to one of the following categories ___?
A. C4 plant
B. CAM plant
C. C3 plant
D.non of these
CLCV stands for ______?
A. Cotton leaf cover virus
B. cotton leaf curl virus
C. cotton leaf cotton virus
D. cotton leaf complete virus
In 1991-92 the record production of cotton in Pakistan was _____?
A. 12800,000 bales
B. 1200,000 bales
C. 1000,000 bales
D. 1100,000 bales
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