Top 1000 Most Repeated Past Papers Agriculture Questions PDF 2026

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Top 1000 Most Most Repeated Past Papers Agriculture Questions 

Q: _______ has been recommended for the control of weed in blackgram
Answer: Fluchloralin 0.75 kg/ha
Q: _______ comprises important mechanisms of herbicide detoxification in soil under field conditions especially surface incorporation subsequent to rainfall or irrigation
Answer: Photodecomposition
Q: _______ is considered to be most important of the soil organisms bringing about the conversion of NH4+ to NO2-
Answer: Nitrosomonas
Q: _______ is probably the most important growth limiting factor in acid soils especially those having pH below 5.0
Answer: Aluminium
Q: _______ of the NH4+ in a region of alkaline microsite helps to restore the conditions suitable for the normal conversion of NO2- to NO3-
Answer: Both diffusion and dilution
Q: _______ degradation plays a major role in the persistence and behaviour of herbicides in the soil
Answer: Microbial
Q: _______ generally augments the utilization of phosphorus which is water soluble
Answer: Band placement
Q: _______ in 1909 developed an equation that related growth to the supply of plant nutrients
Answer: E.A. Mitscherlich
Q: _______ ion effect represents the effect of adsorbed ion on the release of another from the surface of a colloid
Answer: Complementary
Q: _______ a.i./ha has been recommended for the control of weeds in mungbean
Answer: Basalin @ 1 kg
Q: Doddar is a serious weed of
Answer: Lucerne
Q: Which one of the following terms is used to denote the relative land area under sole crop required to produce the same yield as obtained under a mixed or an intercropping system at the same management level
Answer: Land equivalent ratio
Q: Dry land farming means
Answer: Cultivation of drought resistant, short duration and high yielding varieties of crops, with package of soil and water management including water harvesting
Q: During kharif reason sunflower takes _____ days to mature
Answer: 80 – 90
Q: Dwarfing gene in rice is
Answer: Dee-gee-woo-gen
Q: Each unit increase in pH brings about a decrease in solubility of Fe2+ of _____ folds
Answer: 100
Q: Embryo seed dormancy is mainly found in
Answer: Temperate climate seeds
Q: Enzyme responsible for hydrolysis of urea is
Answer: Urease
Q: Excess of chlorides in tobacco
Answer: Inhibits the leaf burn and reduces leaf storage capacity
Q: Fertilizer dose recommended for a crop of groundnut is N + P2O5 + K2O kg/ha, respectively
Answer: 20 – 40 + 50 – 60 + 30 – 40
Q: Fertilizer requirement of castor has been recommended at ____ of N+ P2O5 + K2O kg/ha, respectively
Answer: 60 + 40 + 40
Q: Field water use efficiency is calculated by
Answer: WUE = Y/WR
Q: Which one of the following system needs irrigation throughout the year
Answer: Mixed cropping system
Q: First Agriculture University of Pakistan is
Answer: Faisalabad
Q: First herbicide produced in world is
Answer: 2, 4-D
Q: First irrigation to linseed is normally recommended _____ after sowing
Answer: 30 – 40
Q: Fluchloralin can be used for weed control in soyabean as
Answer: Pre-plant incorporation
Q: Alchlor is used as
Answer: Pre-plant
Q: For a fibre crop of sannhemp, recommended seed rate for one hectare is _____ kg/ha
Answer: 20 – 25
Q: For common plants transpiration ratio is
Answer: 250 to 1000
Q: For each unit increase in pH, the concentration of Mn2+ decreases by _____ folds
Answer: 100
Q: For fibre purposes, jute crop may be harvested at my time
Answer: Before flowering
Q: For harvest of sugarcane the brix ratio of the lower and above portion of the stem should be
Answer: 0.9 – 1.0
Q: Which one of the following is the principal ‘N’ fixing algal community of blue-green algae
Answer: Anabaena
Q: Which one of the following is not a dicot weed
Answer: Cyprus rotundus
Q: For more effective weed control in soyabean fluchloralin should be used as
Answer: Pre-plant soil incorporation
Q: For mungbean the period between _____ days after sowing has been regarded as critical for weed control
Answer: 5 and 25
Q: For nitrogen and phosphorus application in groundnut _____ fertilizers are normally preferred
Answer: Ammonium sulphate and single super phosphate
Q: For raising a healthy nursery of tobacco on highly leached soils, besides other nutrients, borax are _____ g/m2 is also recommended
Answer: 0.1 – 0.2
Q: For spring crop of soyabean seed should be than that of kharif planting
Answer: More
Q: For urdbean, the suitable climate is
Answer: Hot and humid
Q: For wetland rice the best nitrogenous fertilizer is
Answer: Calcium ammonium sulphate
Q: Glutathion-s-transferase is responsible for selectivity of
Answer: Triazines
Q: Grain to straw ratio in most of the Mexican wheat varieties is
Answer: 1:1
Q: Gravitational water is held in soil at a tension of
Answer: Less than 1/3 atmosphere
Q: Green manuring of sannhemp adds approximately ______ kg N/ha to the soil on decomposition
Answer: 40 – 60
Q: Which one of the following crops has high transpiration ratio
Answer: Potato
Q: Groundnut pegs when developed in the soil from
Answer: Fruits
Q: Groundnut seed normally contains protein and oil _____ percent, respectively
Answer: 25 and 45
Q: Growing more than two crops in a year in the same field is known as
Answer: Multiple cropping
Q: Growing of a crop after the failure of main crop is called
Answer: Catch crop
Q: Which one of the following parts of the tobacco plant synthesizes nicotine
Answer: Leaf
Q: What does ‘jhuming’ mean
Answer: Conventional method of cultivation in hilly tracts
Q: Heavy rainfall or irrigation during fruiting periods of cotton may cause
Answer: Shedding of flowers and young bolls
Q: Herbicide is a chemical, which used to
Answer: Destroy weeds
Q: Herbicide used for weed control in sorghum is _____ kg a.i./ha
Answer: Atrazine at 0.5 – 1.0
Q: Heteromorphic seeds of the plant families asteraceae and chenopodiaceae do not permit _____ exchange
Answer: Gaseous
Q: High humidity is harmful to field pea as it accentuates
Answer: Incidence of disease
Q: High temperature above 41°C flowering of castor results in
Answer: Blasting of flower and poor seed-set
Q: Which one of the following chemicals is used to treat seed potato to break its dormancy
Answer: Thiourea
Q: High yielding varieties of which crop cover maximum area
Answer: Wheat
Q: High-yielding maize is obtained in regions where the atmospheric temperature during the growing season is
Answer: High during the day and high during the night
Q: How many irrigation is required in wheat crop
Answer: 6
Q: How much area of nursery is needed for sowing of paddy
Answer: 1/10 of total area
Q: How much nitrogen will be supplied by 500 kg of Ammonium Sulphate
Answer: 100 kg
Q: How much percent of khandsari can be obtained from gur refined
Answer: 37.50%
Q: Hybrid maize should be fertilized with kg/ha of N + P2O5 + K2O, respectively
Answer: 120 + 60 + 40
Q: Hygroscopic water, which occurs as thin film held tenaciously around soil particles with a tension of 31 atmosphere or more, is
Answer: Not available to plants
Q: If a crop requires some amount of nitrogen and phosphorus which of the following fertilizers, farmer should apply in his field
Answer: DAP
Q: If an acid soil is limed to the pH level it enhances nitrification
Answer: 5.5 – 6.5
Q: If farmer practises ‘sugarcane-cotton-wheat’ the cropping intensity at his farm will be
Answer: 300%
Q: If temperature is high during maturation of sunflower, the linoleic acid
Answer: Decreases
Q: If the average panicle density per square meter is 260, the average numbers of filled grains per panicle and test weight of rice are 136 and 20 g, respectively. The rice crop will yield
Answer: 7.08 t/ha
Q: If the germination and purity percentage; and test weight of weed are 95, 90 and 46 g, respectively and the wheat crop was planted at 20 x 3 cm. The seed rate of wheat per hectare will be
Answer: 89.67 kg
Q: If the land utilization index (LUI) of a crop is 0.5 then the duration will be
Answer: 183 days
Q: If the moisture content of the seed is 8-10% then seed can be stored upto
Answer: 2 yrs.
Q: If there is 500 kg seed then how much samples should be taken for testing
Answer: 5
Q: If urdbean is being grown for the first time in a field, the seed should be inoculated with
Answer: Rhizobium
Q: Which one of the following can be used for foliar spray
Answer: Urea
Q: Imperata cylindrica is associated with
Answer: Tea
Q: Kalyansona is a
Answer: Double gene dwarf
Q: Which of the following statement is correct
Answer: Blue-green algae fixes atmospheric nitrogen in soil
Q: Keeping in view the available technology for the kharif and rabi crops, which one of the following patterns would be more in demand for crop planting
Answer: Multiple cropping
Q: Late planting of autumn sugarcane reduces the germination due to
Answer: Low temperature
Q: Legume crop should be included in rotation, because
Answer: It helps in maintenance of soil fertility
Q: Lentil under late sowing situations should be seeded with
Answer: Enhanced seed rate
Q: Linseed can be used as
Answer: Oilseed and fibre
Q: Linseed crop belongs to the ______ family
Answer: Lineaceae
Q: Linseed has been recommended to be fertilized with ______ kg of P2O5/ha to raise a good crop
Answer: 40
Q: Linseed is a _____ season crop
Answer: Cool
Q: Low total iron content of soil is ______ the basis for plant deficiencies
Answer: Mostly
Q: Maize can grow very well in the soils of pH ranging from
Answer: 5.5 to 7.5
Q: Maize crop pointed a spacing of 50 x 2 cm will have _____ plant/ha
Answer: 1,00,000
Q: Maize protein is deficient in
Answer: Tryptophan and lysine
Q: Maize-potato-wheat-green gram is an example of
Answer: Relay cropping
Q: Major constituent of cotton fibre is
Answer: Cellulose
Q: Major source of water used by the plants is
Answer: Capillary water
Q: Mull is
Answer: Humus
Q: Maximum amount of fertilizers is used in
Answer: Potato
Q: Maximum amount of nitrogen per unit wt. is in
Answer: Poultry manure
Q: Maximum amount of P2O5 is in
Answer: TSP
Q: Maximum fixation of K occurs
Answer: In 2:1 clay minerals
Q: Measurement of irrigation water depends on
Answer: Units of volume and units of soil
Q: Mulch farming indicates
Answer: Agriculture and dairy farming pursued together
Q: Mixed farming referred only to
Answer: Crop production combined with dairy farming at farm
Q: Molasses is a by-product of sugar industry contains about _____ % sugar
Answer: 3
Q: Which of the following soils is most suitable for the cultivation of cereals
Answer: Alluvial soils
Q: Most of the herbicides embody ______ phytotoxicity at lower soil moisture content
Answer: Lower
Q: Most suitable temperature for growth of maize is
Answer: 32°C
Q: Which of the following refers to cover crop
Answer: Rapid growing crops grown to protect the soil from rain and wind action
Q: Mungbean cultured with the improved package of technological practices may yield _____ q/ha
Answer: 12–15
Q: Mustard crop planted at a spacing of 50 x 20 cm will have plants/ha
Answer: 1,00,000
Q: Mustard was planted at a plant to plant spacing of 12.5 cm with a population of 1,60,000 plants/ha, its row spacing will be
Answer: 50 cm
Q: Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between
Answer: Fungi and roots of higher plants
Q: Name a cereal with maximum protein content
Answer: Whole wheat
Q: Name the acid forming fertilizer
Answer: Urea
Q: Name the area where multiple crops are grown
Answer: Crop catchments area
Q: Name the crop, which is used as pulse and oil purpose
Answer: Soyabean
Q: Name the kharif season fodder crop
Answer: Sorghum
Q: Name the mode of leaching
Answer: Displacement
Q: Which of the followings contains the highest protein contents
Answer: Soyabean
Q: Which of the following supplies more plant nutrient
Answer: Castor cake
Q: In the fertilized soil with soil solution concentration of 1 ppm of phosphorus, mass flow contribution to phosphorus nutrition of crops could approach _____ per cent
Answer: 20
Q: Which of the following statements relates correctly to the greenhouse effect
Answer: Trapping of heat in the Earth’s atmosphere by greenhouse gases
Q: In wheat, seminal roots
Answer: Responsible for nourishing the plants during early stages of the crop
Q: Which of the following statement refers to the concept of critical stage of irrigation
Answer: When irrigation is not given reduction of yield is maximum
Q: Zinc deficiency in arhar (Pigeonpea) can be rectified by spraying of
Answer: 5 kg ZnSO4 + 2.5 kg lime/ha
Q: Inherent capacity of soil to supply nutrients in balanced form is called
Answer: Soil fertility
Q: Injury caused by relatively low temperatures above the freezing points is called
Answer: Chilling injury
Q: Intercropping is a system of cropping to make the maximum use of
Answer: Soil resource
Q: In a cropping sequence of maize-wheat, moong (summer) the cropping intensity is
Answer: 300%
Q: In a predominantly biological system, mineralization of phosphorus from organic matter of crop residues is dependent on soil _____ activity
Answer: Biological
Q: In a sub-tropical area if the average rainfall is 400-500 mm, which of the following crop is most suitable to cultivate
Answer: Sorghum
Q: Which one of the following can be suitably grown as a mixed crop with wheat
Answer: Mustard
Q: In jute growing areas the usual alternate crop is
Answer: Rice
Q: In most of the cases field capacity represents the water held at a tension of
Answer: 1/3 atmosphere
Q: Which one is the most critical tag of irrigation in wheat
Answer: CRI
Q: Which of the species of sugarcane is referred as noble cane
Answer: Saccharum officinarum
Q: Which of the mulch is best and cheap to minimise wind erosion
Answer: Stubble mulch
Q: In phosphorus and potassium deficient soils, field pea crop should be fertilized with ______ kg/ha of P2O5+K2O, respectively
Answer: 60-70 + 30-40
Q: Growing of a crop after the failure of main crop is called
Answer: Catch crop
Q: Which one of the following parts of the tobacco plant synthesizes nicotine
Answer: Leaf
Q: What does ‘jhuming’ mean
Answer: Conventional method of cultivation in hilly tracts
Q: Heavy rainfall or irrigation during fruiting periods of cotton may cause
Answer: Shedding of flowers and young bolls
Q: Herbicide is a chemical, which used to
Answer: Destroy weeds
Q: Herbicide used for weed control in sorghum is _____ kg a.i./ha
Answer: Atrazine at 0.5–1.0
Q: Heteromorphic seeds of the plant families asteraceae and chenopodiaceae do not permit _____ exchange
Answer: Gaseous
Q: High humidity is harmful to field pea as it accentuates
Answer: Incidence of disease
Q: High temperature above 41°C flowering of castor results in
Answer: Blasting of flower and poor seed-set
Q: Which one of the following chemicals is used to treat seed potato to break its dormancy
Answer: Thiourea
Q: High yielding varieties of which crop cover maximum area
Answer: Wheat
Q: High-yielding maize is obtained in regions where the atmospheric temperature during the growing season is
Answer: High during the day and high during the night
Q: How many irrigation is required in wheat crop
Answer: 6
Q: How much area of nursery is needed for sowing of paddy
Answer: 1/10 of total area
Q: How much nitrogen will be supplied by 500 kg of Ammonium Sulphate
Answer: 100 kg
Q: How much percent of khandsari can be obtained from gur refined
Answer: 37.5%
Q: Hybrid maize should be fertilized with kg/ha of N + P2O5 + K2O, respectively
Answer: 120 + 60 + 40
Q: Hygroscopic water, which occurs as thin film held tenaciously around soil particles with a tension of 31 atmosphere or more, is
Answer: Not available to plants
Q: If a crop requires some amount of nitrogen and phosphorus which of the following fertilizers, farmer should apply in his field
Answer: DAP
Q: If an acid soil is limed to the pH level it enhances nitrification
Answer: 5.5–6.5
Q: If farmer practises ‘sugarcane-cotton-wheat’ the cropping intensity at his farm will be
Answer: 300%
Q: If temperature is high during maturation of sunflower, the linoleic acid
Answer: Decreases
Q: If the average panicle density per square meter is 260, the average numbers of filled grains per panicle and test weight of rice are 136 and 20 g, respectively. The rice crop will yield
Answer: 7.08 t/ha
Q: If the germination and purity percentage; and test weight of weed are 95, 90 and 46 g, respectively and the wheat crop was planted at 20 x 3 cm. The seed rate of wheat per hectare will be
Answer: 89.67 kg
Q: If the land utilization index (LUI) of a crop is 0.5 then the duration will be
Answer: 183 days
Q: If the moisture content of the seed is 8-10% then seed can be stored up to
Answer: 2 yrs
Q: If there is 500 kg seed then how much samples should be taken for testing
Answer: 5
Q: If urdbean is being grown for the first time in a field, the seed should be inoculated with
Answer: Rhizobium
Q: Which one of the following can be used for foliar spray
Answer: Urea
Q: Imperata cylindrica is associated with
Answer: Tea
Q: Fertilizer requirement of castor has been recommended at ____ of N+ P2O5 + K2O kg/ha, respectively
Answer: 60 + 40 + 40
Q: Field water use efficiency is calculated by
Answer: WUE = Y/WR
Q: Which one of the following system needs irrigation throughout the year
Answer: Mixed cropping system
Q: First Agriculture University of Pakistan is
Answer: Faisalabad
Q: First herbicide produced in world is
Answer: 2,4-D
Q: First irrigation to linseed is normally recommended _____ after sowing
Answer: 30–40
Q: Fluchloralin can be used for weed control in soyabean as
Answer: Pre-plant incorporation
Q: Alchlor is used as
Answer: Pre-plant
Q: For a fibre crop of sannhemp, recommended seed rate for one hectare is _____ kg/ha
Answer: 20–25
Q: For common plants transpiration ratio is
Answer: 250–1000
Q: Kalyansona is a
Answer: Double gene dwarf
Q: Which of the following statement is correct
Answer: Blue-green algae fixes atmospheric nitrogen in soil
Q: Keeping in view the available technology for the kharif and rabi crops, which one of the following patterns would be more in demand for crop planting
Answer: Multiple cropping
Q: Late planting of autumn sugarcane reduces the germination due to
Answer: Low temperature
Q: Legume crop should be included in rotation, because
Answer: It helps in maintenance of soil fertility
Q: Lentil under late sowing situations should be seeded with
Answer: Enhanced seed rate
Q: Linseed can be used as
Answer: Oilseed and fibre
Q: Linseed crop belongs to the ______ family
Answer: Lineaceae
Q: Linseed has been recommended to be fertilized with ______ kg of P2O5/ha to raise a good crop
Answer: 40
Q: Linseed is a _____ season crop
Answer: Cool
Q: Low total iron content of soil is ______ the basis for plant deficiencies
Answer: Mostly
Q: Maize can grow very well in the soils of pH ranging from
Answer: 5.5 to 7.5
Q: Maize crop planted at spacing of 50 x 2 cm will have _____ plant/ha
Answer: 1,00,000
Q: Maize protein is deficient in
Answer: Tryptophan and lysine
Q: Maize-potato-wheat-green gram is an example of
Answer: Relay cropping
Q: Major constituent of cotton fibre is
Answer: Cellulose
Q: Major source of water used by the plants is
Answer: Capillary water
Q: Mull is
Answer: Humus
Q: Maximum amount of fertilizers is used in
Answer: Potato
Q: Maximum amount of nitrogen per unit wt. is in
Answer: Poultry manure
Q: Maximum amount of P2O5 is in
Answer: TSP
Q: Maximum fixation of K occurs
Answer: In 2:1 clay minerals
Q: Measurement of irrigation water depends on
Answer: Units of volume and units of soil
Q: Mulch farming indicates
Answer: Agriculture and dairy farming pursued together
Q: Mixed farming referred only to
Answer: Crop production combined with dairy farming at farm
Q: Molasses is a by-product of sugar industry contains about _____ % sugar
Answer: 3
Q: Which of the following soils is most suitable for the cultivation of cereals
Answer: Alluvial soils
Q: Most of the herbicides embody ______ phytotoxicity at lower soil moisture content
Answer: Lower
Q: Most suitable temperature for growth of maize is
Answer: 32°C
Q: Which of the following refers to cover crop
Answer: Rapid growing crops grown to protect the soil from rain and wind action
Q: Mungbean cultured with the package of improved package of technological practices may yield _____ q/ha
Answer: 12–15
Q: Mustard crop planted at a spacing of 50 x 20 cm will have plants/ha
Answer: 1,00,000
Q: Mustard was planted at a plant to plant spacing of 12.5 cm with a population of 1,60,000 plants/ha, its row spacing will be
Answer: 50 cm
Q: Mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between
Answer: Fungi and roots of higher plants
Q: Name a cereal with maximum protein content
Answer: Whole wheat
Q: Name the acid forming fertilizer
Answer: Urea
Q: Name the area where multiple crops are grown
Answer: Crop catchments area
Q: Name the crop, which is used as pulse and oil purpose
Answer: Soyabean
Q: Name the kharif season fodder crop
Answer: Sorghum
Q: Name the mode of leaching
Answer: All of the above (Percolation, Infiltration and Run off water)
Q: One quintal of sugarbeet contains of sugar
Answer: 17 kg
Q: One sq. km. consists of
Answer: 100 ha
Q: Origin of groundnut
Answer: Brazil
Q: Out of the following _____ is commonly cultivated potato
Answer: Solanum tuberosum
Q: Oxyfluorfen has been found to inhibit apical bud growth in young _______ plants to better bush formation
Answer: Tea
Q: Percent protein in maize grain is about
Answer: 10
Q: Percentage of kernal in groundnut with shell is
Answer: 70
Q: Percentage of moisture held in soil at a tension of 15 atmospheres is referred to as
Answer: Wilting point or wilting percentage
Q: Percentage of nitrogen in castor cake is
Answer: 4
Q: Permissible biuret level, in most of urea fertilizers is _____ percent
Answer: 2
Q: Phalaris minor weed can be controlled effectively by using _____ herbicide
Answer: Isoproturon
Q: Phalaris minor found with
Answer: Dwarf wheat
Q: Avena fatua is crop-associated weed with
Answer: Wheat
Q: Phosphates enzymes play a major role in _____ of organic phosphates in soil
Answer: Mineralization
Q: Which of the following ratios between nursery area and transplantation is correct when rice seedling is raised by “Dapog method”?
Answer: 1;250
Q: Photodecomposition plays an important role in the loss of urea herbicides from the soil surface in _____ areas
Answer: Dry
Q: Pigeonpea is commonly known as
Answer: Redgram
Q: Podsols are
Answer: Alkaline soil with oxidising agent
Q: Potassium in utilized more efficiently if applied
Answer: Before/at planting
Q: Potassium salts are
Answer: Less mobile than nitrates
Q: Potato belongs to the family
Answer: Solanaceae
Q: Potato crop gives good response to liberal application of
Answer: Potassium
Q: Potato tuber yield will be ______ q/ha, if crop was spaced at 60 x 25 cm, and average number of tubers/plant and average weight of tubers are 14 and 35 g, respectively
Answer: 326.67
Q: Parcticing agriculture without the use of chemicals and fertilizers so as to protect ecological balance is known as
Answer: Natural farming
Q: Projecting the current weather analysis into the future is known as
Answer: Forecast
Q: Propanil a herbicide is readily absorbed by the
Answer: Leaf
Q: Propanil is a _____ herbicide
Answer: Post-emergence
Q: Proper ______ nourishment for potato and sugar beet etc., is essential since these are known to have its high requirement
Answer: Calcium
Q: Pulses fit well in cropping systems as they are
Answer: Short duration crops
Q: Quadricar pellatum capsule of sesamum contains _____ carpels
Answer: Four
Q: Rainfall at the time of maturity of tobacco is undesirable as it causes
Answer: Washing down of gums and resins from leaf
Q: Raising a crop to supplement yield or monetary returns from the main crop is known as
Answer: Augmentation cropping
Q: Raising of crop with least tillage operations is called
Answer: Minimum tillage
Q: Recommended approximate seed rate of bajra is
Answer: 5 – 10 kg/ha
Q: Recommended dose of N + P2O5 + K2O kg/ha is ______ respectively for sugarbeet
Answer: 120 + 80 + 80
Q: Which of the following physiological growth stages of wheat crop is most susceptible to 2, 4-D?
Answer: Milk stage
Q: Which of the following management practices is more problematic in direct seeded rice cultivation?
Answer: Fertilizer management
Q: Relay cropping is defined as
Answer: A system of cropping where one crop hands over the land to the next crop in quick succession
Q: Removal of a uniform thin layer of soil by the action of water is referred as
Answer: Splash erosion
Q: Repeated use of Bordeaux mixture, sewage sludge, pig and poultry manures and/or mine wastes may cause _____ toxicities
Answer: Copper
Q: Retting is a process by which
Answer: The fibres in the bark get loosened and separated from woody stalk
Q: Rock phosphate is treated with _______ to break the apatite bond and to render the contained phosphate more soluble
Answer: Either acid or heat
Q: Rothamsted Agricultural Experiment Station, England was found by
Answer: J.B. Lawes & J.H. Gilbert
Q: Which of the following is the pre-requisite for multiple cropping?
Answer: Irrigation facility
Q: Safflower can be grown as an intercrop with
Answer: Wheat
Q: Safflower is a ________ season crop
Answer: Cool
Q: Which of the following is the correct statement?
Answer: Principle of agri-silviculture is similar to that of inter intercropping
Q: Sannhemp belongs to the family
Answer: Laguminoseae
Q: Sannhemp should be planted at a distance of ______ cm to raise fibre crop
Answer: 30 x 7 – 10
Q: Seed Plot Technique of potato is used to produce
Answer: Virus free seeds
Q: Which of the following is the cheapest method of irrigation?
Answer: Diversion from a flowing stream
Q: Seed rate for potato is
Answer: 10-15 quintals/ha
Q: Seed rate of lentil crop is
Answer: 35-40 kg/ha
Q: Seed rate of sorghum is _____ kg/ha
Answer: 12-15
Q: Seed treatment is done to
Answer: Control the disease
Q: Seasmum belongs to the family
Answer: Pedaliaceae
Q: Sesamum cake contains ______ percent of N+P2O5 + K2O respectively
Answer: 6.0-6.2 + 2.0-2.2 + 1.0-1.2
Q: Silicon is the _____ most abundant element in the earth’s crust
Answer: Second
Q: Single super phosphate is a
Answer: Water soluble fertilizer
Q: Smoke raising prevents
Answer: Radiation frost
Q: Soil borne diseases are found more in
Answer: Cereal crops
Q: Sorghum is considered as “Camel crop” because of
Answer: Resistance to drought
Q: Sorghum was planted at a plant spacing of 12.5 cm with a population of 1,60,000 plants/ha, its row spacing will be
Answer: 50 cm
Q: Sow summer mungbean in _____ for reasonably good productivity
Answer: Middle of March to middle of April
Q: Sowing of a crop at optimum date is an example of
Answer: Non-monetary input
Q: Soyabean besides good quantity of protein also contains about ______ percent of oil
Answer: 10
Q: Soyabean crop should be free from weed competition during first ______ days for its good productivity
Answer: 13-14
Q: Soyabean is a
Answer: Short day plant
Q: Soyabean is classified as
Answer: Pulse
Q: Soyabean planting in a field where wheat crop remains this is known as
Answer: Relay cropping
Q: Specialized farming is one in which
Answer: A single crop contributes more than 50% to total production
Q: Split doses of nitrogen is used in the soil
Answer: Sandy
Q: Spreading varieties of groundnut are preferred in areas receiving late rains in the kharif season, because
Answer: Their seed is dormant
Q: Striga is crop associated weed with
Answer: Pearlmillet
Q: Which of the following is not a short day plant?
Answer: Wheat
Q: Sufficient soil moisture at ______ stage is essential for optimum productivity of blackgram
Answer: Flowering and pod development
Q: Sugar recovery from sugarbeet is approximately
Answer: 15-18%
Q: Sugarbeet is a
Answer: Long day plant
Q: Sugarbeet is a plant
Answer: Annual
Q: Sugarbeet is a
Answer: Sugar crop
Q: Sugarbeet is grown during season
Answer: Rabi
Q: Sugarbeet is produced maximum in
Answer: Europe
Q: Sugarcane belongs to the family
Answer: Gramineae
Q: Sugarcane cut for seed-setts should essentially have
Answer: Three buds
Q: Sugarcane is _____ plant
Answer: Perennial
Q: Sugarcane setts are treated with a chemical before plantation
Answer: Aallol
Q: Sunflower is a ______ crop
Answer: Cross-polinated
Q: Superphosphate containing ______ selenium may provide enough of it to the plants in selenium deficient areas
Answer: 20 ppm or more
Q: Temperature requirement for optimum growth of sorghum ranges from
Answer: 26-30°C
Q: Ten square km, will have an area of how many hectare area?
Answer: 1,000
Q: The recommended row and plant spacing for kharif cowpea is _____ cm:
Answer: 30–45 x 8–10
Q: The recommended row spacing for spreading type of groundnut is ______ cm.
Answer: 45–60
Q: The recommended row spacing normally maintained for safflower planting is _____ cm:
Answer: 35
Q: The recommended row to row spacing for bunch type of groundnut is ____ cm:
Answer: 30–40
Q: The recommended row-to-row spacing for linseed planting is cm:
Answer: 30
Q: The recommended seed rate (kg/ha) of castor varies from:
Answer: 18 to 20
Q: The recommended seed rate for pigeonpea is ____ kg/ha:
Answer: 12–15
Q: The recommended seed rate of sunflower varies from _____ kg/ha:
Answer: 8–10
Q: The recommended spacing for sugarbeet planting is ______ cm:
Answer: 50 x 75
Q: The recovery of ‘Gur’ from cane is about:
Answer: 11–12%
Q: The roots emerging from a sugarcane sett are known as:
Answer: Sett roots
Q: The sampling lot in agricultural seed of large size should not exceed _____ kg except maize:
Answer: 20,000
Q: The scientific name of early maturing bold and black seeded urdbean varieties is:
Answer: Vigna mungo var. niger
Q: The scientific name of erect type of groundnut is:
Answer: Arachis hypogaea subspecies fastigiata
Q: The scientific name of field pea is:
Answer: Pisum sativum var. esculentum
Q: Wheat protein is called as:
Answer: Gluten
Q: The seed _____ kg/ha is required for sugarbeet planting:
Answer: 8–10
Q: The seed normally required for planting of sesamum is _____ kg/ha.
Answer: 3–4
Q: The seed of safflower should be treated with Agrosan G.N @ ______/kg seed:
Answer: 30 decigram
Q: The seed of wheat should be treated with _____ against seed-borne pathogens:
Answer: Any one of these ( Vitavex, Thiram)
Q: The seed rate (kg/ha) for sarson main crop is about:
Answer: 4–6
Q: The seed rate for composite of maize should be planted:
Answer: 18–20
Q: The seed rate of bold grain varieties of rice is:
Answer: 40–50 kg
Q: The seed rate of bunching type groundnut is:
Answer: 85–100 kg/ha
Q: The seed rate of cotton (given data) would be ______ kg/ha:
Answer: 4.37
Q: The seed rate of potato tubers would be _____ t/ha:
Answer: 4.37
Q: The seed rate of tobacco to raise seedlings varies from _____ kg/ha:
Answer: 2.0–3.0
Q: Seed derived from foundation/registered seed and certified is called:
Answer: Registered seed
Q: The seeds of _____ are positively photoblastic:
Answer: Tobacco
Q: Oil palm seeds require ______ °C to break dormancy:
Answer: 50–60
Q: The sensitive stages to moisture stress in sorghum are:
Answer: Flowering and grain filling
Q: The sequence of amino acids in proteins depends on:
Answer: Genetic control
Q: Soil moisture at which plants remain wilted permanently is called:
Answer: Permanent wilting point
Q: The soil temperature for satisfactory growth of potato tuber is _____ °C:
Answer: 17–19
Q: Soyabean can be intercropped with:
Answer: Maize
Q: Sprinkler irrigation is most suitable for:
Answer: Undulated soil
Q: Starter dose of nitrogen for chickpea is _____ kg/ha:
Answer: 20
Q: Sucrose is found in:
Answer: Root
Q: Sufficiency range of iron is between _____ ppm:
Answer: 50–250
Q: Recommended spacing for sunflower is:
Answer: 60 x 20
Q: Sunflower requires cool climate from:
Answer: Germination to seedling stage
Q: Phosphate ions enter sorption reactions on:
Answer: Both of these ( Surfaces of constant charge and Surfaces of variable charge)
Q: Wheat is of _____ origin:
Answer: Mediterranean
Q: Temporary roots in maize are:
Answer: Seminal roots
Q: Yellowing of lower leaves indicates nitrogen:
Answer: Mobility
Q: Cropping scheme refers to:
Answer: Allotment of crop rotations
Q: Wheat germination (90%) occurs after:
Answer: 4–8 days
Q: Excess nitrogen in wheat causes:
Answer: Lodging
Q: Adequate soluble iron to roots is available at pH:
Answer: 3
Q: Thinning in sugarbeet should be done at:
Answer: 5-week stage
Q: Type of germination in field pea is:
Answer: Hypogeal
Q: Type of germination in greengram is:
Answer: Epigeal
Q: Type of germination in sunflower is:
Answer: Epigeal
Q: Recommended plant-to-plant distance for soyabean is:
Answer: 4–5 cm
Q: Relative humidity when dry & wet bulb readings are equal is:
Answer: 100%
Q: Effect of potassic fertilizers is to:
Answer: Increase susceptibility to diseases
Q: One cusec flow of water in one hour equals:
Answer: 3.6 × 10⁶ litres
Q: Maximum water requirement of sugarcane is during:
Answer: Formation and grand growth phase
Q: MCPB @ ______ kg a.i./ha controls weeds in linseed:
Answer: 0.5
Q: Most economical potato tuber weight is:
Answer: 30–50 g
Q: Wheat should be harvested at grain moisture:
Answer: 25–30%
Q: The word ‘Agros’ means:
Answer: Field
Q: World Environment Day is observed on:
Answer: 5 June
Q: Yield of wheat from given data will be:
Answer: 6.4 t/ha
Q: Month of sowing maize in maize-toria-potato-moong rotation:
Answer: June
Q: Toxic Fe²⁺ build-up occurs in:
Answer: Latosol
Q: Thinning distance for rapeseed & mustard is:
Answer: 10–15 cm
Q: Thiocarbamate herbicides translocate:
Answer: Both upward and downward
Q: Tilth can be measured by:
Answer: Aggregate analysis
Q: Tillage _____ disappearance of organic matter:
Answer: Increases
Q: Required rice hills per m² are:
Answer: 50
Q: Ideal sorghum plant population per hectare:
Answer: 1,50,000
Q: Potato seed treatment for early planting rot control:
Answer: 0.5% Dithane M-45
Q: Seedling age for saline rice transplanting should be:
Answer: 30–40 days
Q: Maize plants per hectare for maximum yield:
Answer: 60–65 thousand
Q: Tillers per m² for maximum wheat yield:
Answer: 500
Q: Chemical used to speed potato sprouting is:
Answer: Methyl bromide
Q: Tobacco belongs to family:
Answer: Solanaceae
Q: Tobacco is a _____ crop:
Answer: Cash
Q: Temperature required for tobacco germination is:
Answer: 27–32 °C
Q: Topping in tobacco means:
Answer: Removal of terminal buds
Q: Topping of safflower promotes:
Answer: Branching and flowering
Q: Row spacing for tossa jute is:
Answer: 20 cm
Q: Transpiration is:
Answer: Water loss from plants
Q: Transplanting is commonly practiced in:
Answer: Rice
Q: Sugarcane setts should be treated with:
Answer: Aretan
Q: Cotton seed treatment minimises _____ disease:
Answer: Seed-borne
Q: Triazine herbicides are notorious due to:
Answer: Long residual toxicity
Q: Triazines are mostly used in:
Answer: Maize
Q: Triazine-tolerant weed biotype is:
Answer: Chenopodium album
Q: Triticale yields more than wheat under:
Answer: Dry conditions
Q: Two hand weedings in pigeonpea at:
Answer: 25–30 and 45–60 DAS
Q: Two hand weedings in safflower at:
Answer: 20 and 40 DAS
Q: Preferred herbicide for maize under dryland:
Answer: Atrazine
Q: Under high rainfall maize should be planted:
Answer: On the side of ridges
Q: Nitrogen split in irrigated castor is:
Answer: Half basal + half at 60 days
Q: Nursery area sufficient for 1 ha rice is:
Answer: 800–1000 m²
Q: Crop to be avoided under moisture stress is:
Answer: Sugarcane
Q: Urea herbicides conjugate with:
Answer: Proteins
Q: Urea is a:
Answer: Organic fertilizer
Q: Effective weed control in groundnut by:
Answer: Tok E-25
Q: Vigour test using plumule growth suggested by:
Answer: Germ in 1949
Q: Effective herbicide for linseed weeds is:
Answer: MCPB
Q: Edible oil content in rice bran is:
Answer: 18–20%
Q: Potassic fertilizers show equal effectiveness in:
Answer: Economic situations
Q: Maximum plant-available water is held between:
Answer: Field capacity and wilting point
Q: Water enters plant by:
Answer: Osmosis
Q: Crop water requirement relates to:
Answer: Evapotranspiration
Q: Weed competition in rice is higher in:
Answer: Direct-seeded crop
The Indus Basin irrigation system, one of the largest in the world primarily serves agriculture in which region of Pakistan?
Answer: Southern Punjab
The major wheat producing region in Pakistan is :
Answer: Punjab
GDP stands for _____?
Answer: Gross Domestic Product
The Red Sindhi and Nili Ravi are breeds of which livestock in Pakistan?
Answer: Cattle (Cow)
Which one is the Kharif Crop among the following?
Answer: Cotton
The term “zamindar” in the context of agriculture in Pakistan refers to :
Answer: Landowner
What percentage of Pakistan workforce is employed in the agricultural sector ?
Answer: Approximately 40 %
Which crop is known as the “king of crops ” and is a staple food in Pakistan ?
Answer: Wheat
Which of following is the major oilseed crop in Pakistan ?
Answer: Canola
The livestock sector in Pakistan includes the farming of
  1. Cattle
  2. poultry
  3. Fish
  4. All of above
Answer: All of above
The cultivation of which crop is a major source of income for the rural population in the Swat valley
Answer: Maize
Which financial metric provides a measure of the efficiency of a company’s use of its assets in generating profit?
Answer: ROI ( return on investment)
Which of the following is a method used for evaluating the profitability of an investment by finding the interest rate that equates the present value of cash inflows with the present value of outflows?
Answer: NPV
A farmer takes a loan of Rs 15,000 at an annual interest rate of 8%. If the loan is to be repaid in three equal installments, what is the total interest paid?
Answer: 1200
The calculation formula for the gross profit is _____?
Answer: Revenue – COGS
What is the formula for calculating interest?
Answer: Principal * Rate * Time
In financial terms, what does ROI stand for?
Answer: Return on Investment
What does NPV stand for in financial terms?
Answer: Net Present Value
The formula for calculating ROI is:
Answer: (Net Income / Initial Investment) * 100
If the selling price of a product is Rs 150, and the COGS is Rs 80, what is the gross profit?
Answer: Rs 70
What is the formula for calculating the Profit Margin?
Answer: (Net Income / Revenue) * 100
Which financial ratio indicates the proportion of revenue that exceeds the COGS?
Answer: Gross Profit Margin
Which of the following is a high value cash crop often cultivated in the Swat valley of KPK?
Answer: Wheat
The cultivation of which crop is a significant contributor to the economy of the Thar Desert region in Pakistan?
Answer: pulses
The term “Kisan Package” in Pakistan is associated with:
Answer: Agricultural subsidies
Which of the following is a key factor affecting the productivity of agriculture in Pakistan?
Answer: Water Scarcity
Which crop is known as the golden fiber and is a major cash crop in Pakistan?
Answer: Jute
In Pakistan, cultivation of Basmati rice is particularly associated with which region?
Answer: Gujranwala
In NPV analysis, if the calculated NPV is positive, it indicates:
Answer: Profitability
What is the primary purpose of calculating the NPV of an investment?
Answer: To assess profitability
COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) is an essential component in calculating:
Answer: Gross Profit
In financial terms, what does IRR represent?
Answer: Internal Rate of Return
If the COGS for a product is Rs 120 and the gross profit is Rs 80, what is the selling price?
Answer: Rs 200
(Selling Price = COGS + Gross Profit = 120 + 80 = 200)
Which is the major Kharif crop of Pakistan?
Answer: Cotton
The best variety of apples is grown in which province of Pakistan?
Answer: Baluchistan
Which is the most widely used irrigation method in Pakistan?
Answer: Perennial Canals
Which is the main source of agriculture credit?
Answer: Zarai Taraqiati Bank
Olericulture is the study dealing with:
Answer: Vegetable production
Which of the following is a Rabi Crop?
Answer: Mustard
Agriculture extension relates to:
Answer: Educating farmers
Mostly rice is cultivated in:
Answer: Punjab
Afforestation means:
Answer: To convert land into forest
Banana fruit is classified in the category:
Answer: Berry
Which type of credit is advanced in agriculture sector?
Answer: Semi Agricultural credit
Older the rice:
Answer: Worse in price
Super Basmati is a variety of:
Answer: Rice
Agriculture occupies a significant position in the starting of economic development in Pakistan and policy measures must be devised to improve and achieve higher rate of growth because:
Answer: Both
(It contributes maximum in national income and is a source of livelihood for a large portion of the population and also the base of industrial development)
What is agriculture?
Answer: Agriculture is the science and practice of cultivating crops and rearing animals.

What is agronomy?
Answer: Agronomy deals with soil management and field crop production.

What is horticulture?
Answer: Horticulture is the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants.

What is pomology?
Answer: Pomology is the study of fruit crops.

What is olericulture?
Answer: Olericulture is the study of vegetable crops.
What is floriculture?
Answer: Floriculture deals with flowering and ornamental plants.
What is apiculture?
Answer: Apiculture means the rearing of honey bees.
What is sericulture?
Answer: Sericulture means rearing of silkworms for silk production.
What is irrigation?
Answer: Irrigation is the artificial supply of water to crops.
What is rainfed agriculture?
Answer: Rainfed agriculture depends on natural rainfall.
What is dry farming?
Answer: Dry farming is practiced in low rainfall areas.
What is soil fertility?
Answer: Soil fertility is the ability of soil to supply nutrients to plants.
What is soil texture?
Answer: Soil texture refers to the proportion of sand, silt, and clay.
What is soil structure?
Answer: Soil structure is the arrangement of soil particles into aggregates.
What is manure?
Answer: Manure is decomposed organic matter used to improve soil fertility.
What is fertilizer?
Answer: Fertilizer is a substance that supplies essential nutrients to plants.
What is compost?
Answer: Compost is organic fertilizer made from decomposed waste.
What is green manure?
Answer: Green manure is a crop grown and mixed into soil to enrich fertility.
What is crop rotation?
Answer: Crop rotation is growing different crops in sequence on the same land.
What is monoculture?
Answer: Monoculture is growing the same crop repeatedly on the same field.
What is mixed farming?
Answer: Mixed farming combines crop production and livestock rearing.
What is subsistence farming?
Answer: Subsistence farming is done to meet family needs.
What is commercial farming?
Answer: Commercial farming is done for profit and market sale.
What is a cash crop?
Answer: A cash crop is grown mainly for selling in the market.
Which crop is the major cash crop of Pakistan?
Answer: Cotton.
Which crop is known as the golden fiber?
Answer: Jute.
What is a cereal crop?
Answer: A cereal crop is grown for edible grains.
What is the scientific name of wheat?
Answer: Triticum aestivum.
What is the scientific name of rice?
Answer: Oryza sativa.
What is the scientific name of maize?
Answer: Zea mays.
Which season is suitable for wheat cultivation in Pakistan?
Answer: Rabi season.
Which season is suitable for rice cultivation?
Answer: Kharif season.
What is a Kharif crop?
Answer: A crop grown in summer and harvested in autumn.
What is a Rabi crop?
Answer: A crop grown in winter and harvested in spring.
What is photosynthesis?
Answer: Photosynthesis is the process by which plants make food using sunlight.
Which gas is required for photosynthesis?
Answer: Carbon dioxide.
Which nutrient promotes vegetative growth?
Answer: Nitrogen.
Which nutrient helps in root development?
Answer: Phosphorus.
Which nutrient increases disease resistance?
Answer: Potassium.
What is water stress in plants?
Answer: Water stress occurs due to shortage of water.
What is seed germination?
Answer: Seed germination is the sprouting of a seed into a seedling.
What is harvesting?
Answer: Harvesting is cutting and collecting mature crops.
What is threshing?
Answer: Threshing is separating grains from straw.
What is winnowing?
Answer: Winnowing separates grain from chaff using wind.
What is seed cotton?
Answer: Seed cotton is cotton picked along with seeds.
What is livestock farming?
Answer: Livestock farming is rearing animals for food and products.
What is dairy farming?
Answer: Dairy farming is raising animals for milk production.
What is poultry farming?
Answer: Poultry farming is rearing birds for meat and eggs.
What is fodder?
Answer: Fodder is feed for livestock animals.
What is pasture?
Answer: Pasture is grazing land for animals.
What is weed?
Answer: A weed is an unwanted plant growing with crops.
What is weeding?
Answer: Weeding is removal of unwanted plants from fields.
What is pest?
Answer: A pest is an organism that damages crops.
What is IPM?
Answer: IPM stands for Integrated Pest Management.
What is arid agriculture?
Answer: Arid agriculture is farming in dry climatic regions.
What is humidity?
Answer: Humidity is the amount of moisture present in air.
What is soil erosion?
Answer: Soil erosion is the removal of fertile topsoil.
What is conservation agriculture?
Answer: Conservation agriculture protects soil and water resources.
What does sericulture produce?
Answer: Sericulture produces silk.
What does apiculture produce?
Answer: Apiculture produces honey.
What is olericulture concerned with?
Answer: Olericulture is concerned with vegetables.
What is pomology concerned with?
Answer: Pomology is concerned with fruits.
What is the botanical name of cotton?
Answer: Gossypium hirsutum.
What is the botanical name of mango?
Answer: Mangifera indica.
What is the botanical name of rice?
Answer: Oryza sativa.
What is the botanical name of wheat?
Answer: Triticum aestivum.
What is agroforestry?
Answer: Agroforestry is the practice of growing trees along with crops or livestock.
What is precision agriculture?
Answer: Precision agriculture uses technology to manage crops efficiently.
What is organic farming?
Answer: Organic farming avoids synthetic chemicals and uses natural inputs.
What is sustainable agriculture?
Answer: Sustainable agriculture meets present needs without harming future resources.
What is tillage?
Answer: Tillage is the preparation of soil before sowing crops.
What is zero tillage?
Answer: Zero tillage is sowing crops without ploughing the soil.
What is seed rate?
Answer: Seed rate is the quantity of seed used per unit area.
What is plant spacing?
Answer: Plant spacing is the distance maintained between plants for proper growth.
What is mulching?
Answer: Mulching is covering soil to conserve moisture and control weeds.
What is intercropping?
Answer: Intercropping is growing two or more crops together on the same field.
What is relay cropping?
Answer: Relay cropping is planting a second crop before harvesting the first.
What is cropping intensity?
Answer: Cropping intensity is the number of crops grown on the same land in a year.
What is farm mechanization?
Answer: Farm mechanization is the use of machines in agriculture.
What is greenhouse farming?
Answer: Greenhouse farming is growing crops under controlled environment.
What is nursery management?
Answer: Nursery management is raising young plants for transplantation.
What is plant propagation?
Answer: Plant propagation is the multiplication of plants by sexual or asexual means.
What is vegetative propagation?
Answer: Vegetative propagation is plant reproduction using roots, stems, or leaves.
What is grafting?
Answer: Grafting joins parts of two plants to grow as one.
What is budding?
Answer: Budding is a type of grafting using a single bud.
What is pruning?
Answer: Pruning is cutting unwanted plant parts to improve growth.
What is training of plants?
Answer: Training is directing plant growth into a desired shape.
What is crop maturity?
Answer: Crop maturity is the stage when crop is ready for harvest.
What is post-harvest loss?
Answer: Post-harvest loss is the loss of produce after harvesting.
What is storage?
Answer: Storage is keeping agricultural produce safely for later use.
What is food security?
Answer: Food security means availability of sufficient food for all people.
What is soil salinity?
Answer: Soil salinity is excess salt concentration in soil.
What is waterlogging?
Answer: Waterlogging is saturation of soil with excess water.
What is drainage?
Answer: Drainage is removal of excess water from soil.
What is climate-smart agriculture?
Answer: Climate-smart agriculture adapts farming to climate change.
What is farm management?
Answer: Farm management is planning and organizing farm operations.
What is seed dormancy?
Answer: Seed dormancy is a condition in which seeds fail to germinate even under suitable conditions.
What is vernalization?
Answer: Vernalization is the process of inducing flowering by low temperature treatment.
What is photoperiodism?
Answer: Photoperiodism is plant response to the length of day and night.
What is short day plant?
Answer: A short day plant flowers when day length is shorter than a critical period.
What is long day plant?
Answer: A long day plant flowers when day length exceeds a critical period.
What is critical photoperiod?
Answer: Critical photoperiod is the specific day length required for flowering.
What is crop physiology?
Answer: Crop physiology studies growth and development processes of crops.
What is plant nutrient deficiency?
Answer: Plant nutrient deficiency occurs when essential nutrients are insufficient.
What is micronutrient?
Answer: Micronutrients are nutrients required by plants in small quantities.
Which element is essential for chlorophyll formation?
Answer: Magnesium.
What is nitrogen fixation?
Answer: Nitrogen fixation is conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into usable form.
Which bacteria fix nitrogen in legumes?
Answer: Rhizobium.
What is leguminous crop?
Answer: A leguminous crop belongs to the pea family and fixes nitrogen.
What is crop residue?
Answer: Crop residue is plant material left after harvesting.
What is soil organic matter?
Answer: Soil organic matter consists of decomposed plant and animal residues.
What is farmyard manure?
Answer: Farmyard manure is decomposed mixture of dung, urine, and litter.
What is biofertilizer?
Answer: Biofertilizer contains living microorganisms that improve soil fertility.
What is bio-pesticide?
Answer: Bio-pesticide is pest control using natural organisms or substances.
What is crop protection?
Answer: Crop protection involves safeguarding crops from pests and diseases.
What is plant disease?
Answer: Plant disease is abnormal condition caused by pathogens.
What is fungal disease?
Answer: Fungal disease is caused by fungi attacking plant tissues.
What is bacterial disease?
Answer: Bacterial disease is caused by harmful bacteria in plants.
What is viral disease?
Answer: Viral disease is caused by viruses transmitted by vectors.
What is vector in plant pathology?
Answer: Vector is an organism that transmits disease-causing agents.
What is quarantine in agriculture?
Answer: Quarantine prevents spread of pests and diseases across regions.
What is seed certification?
Answer: Seed certification ensures quality and purity of seeds.
What is hybrid seed?
Answer: Hybrid seed is produced by crossing two genetically different parents.
What is heterosis?
Answer: Heterosis is increased vigor in hybrid offspring.
What is plant breeding?
Answer: Plant breeding develops improved crop varieties.
What is drought resistance?
Answer: Drought resistance is ability of plants to survive low water.
What is frost injury?
Answer: Frost injury is damage caused by low temperature.
What is heat stress?
Answer: Heat stress occurs when plants face high temperature conditions.
What is crop yield?
Answer: Crop yield is the amount of produce harvested per unit area.
What is yield component?
Answer: Yield components are factors contributing to final yield.
What is farm input?
Answer: Farm input includes seeds, fertilizer, water, and labor.
What is farm output?
Answer: Farm output is the total agricultural produce.
What is extension agriculture?
Answer: Extension agriculture transfers knowledge to farmers.
What is farm advisory service?
Answer: Farm advisory service provides guidance to farmers.
Q: Argemone mexicana is an objectionable weed in
Answer: Rapeseed/Mustard
Q: Breeder seed is the progeny of
Answer: Nucleus seed
Q: Certification is not required for
Answer: Breeder seed
Q: Cuscuta is an objectionable weed of
Answer: Lucerne
Q: Headquarters of the Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties is in
Answer: Switzerland
Q: Improved seed includes
Answer: All of the above
Q: In Bhindi, production of foundation seed needs an isolation distance of
Answer: 200 metres
Q: Seed coat is derived from
Answer: Testa
Q: In sunflower, production of foundation seed requires an isolation distance of
Answer: 400 metres
Q: In wheat, production of foundation seed needs an isolation distance of
Answer: Three metres
Q: Initial seed of an improved variety is called
Answer: Nucleus seed
Q: Physical purity of 95% is permissible for the foundation and certified seed of
Answer: Carrot
Q: Physical purity of 98% is permissible in the crop
Answer: Rice
Q: Plant Breeders’ Rights are operating in
Answer: All of the above
Q: Production of breeder seed in cotton requires an isolation distance of
Answer: 50 metres
Q: Progeny of a nucleus seed is referred to as
Answer: Breeder seed
Q: Seed certification requires
Answer: All of the above
Q: Seed meant for generation distribution to the farmers for commercial crop production refers to
Answer: Certified seed
Q: The recommended ratio of male rows to female rows in hybrid bajra production is
Answer: 2 to 4
Q: Freedom from inert matter and defective seeds is called
Answer: Physical purity
Q: International Crop Improvement Association (ICIA) classified seed into different categories in
Answer: 1946
Q: Seed is a
Answer: Mature embryo
Q: Presently ICAR has breeder seed production units
Answer: 54
Q: Cotyledons in gymnosperms are called
Answer: Mega-gametophyte
Q: Cotyledons in monocots are called
Answer: Endosperm
Q: The first private seed company came into existence in the year
Answer: 1912
Q: First private seed company was
Answer: Sutton & Sons
Q: Seed moisture varies from crop to crop in ranges from
Answer: 9-12%
Q: The hybrids developed by Government Agencies or Agricultural Universities are called
Answer: Public hybrids
Q: The coarse rice generally has a aleurone layer
Answer: Larger
Q: Coloured varieties of rice have a aleurone layer
Answer: Thicker
Q: TDC came into existence in
Answer: 1969
Q: Contamination permitted in maize is
Answer: 1%
Q: Breeder seed production units of ICAR produce tonnes of breeder seed
Answer: 3700
Q: The first symbolic importance of seed started after the report of Famine Commission in
Answer: 1881
Q: Pure Live Seed (PLS) is related to
Answer: Germination percentage
Q: Breeder seed is % pure
Answer: 100
Q: In flowering plants, a second seed coat is known as
Answer: Tegmen
Q: Standards of germination for seed certification in chillies
Answer: 60%
Q: International Seed Testing Association was organized on
Answer: 10-Jul-24
Q: Choose the odd one
Answer: Lance nematode = Pratylenchulus
Q: ‘Didelphic’ means nematodes with
Answer: Two ovaries
Q: ‘Spermatheca’ is found in the nematode body of
Answer: Female
Q: A bacterium is devoid of
Answer: Well defined nucleus
Q: A virus particle with both nucleic acid and protein coat is known as
Answer: Capsid
Q: Agallol is used for
Answer: Seed treatment
Q: Agar-agar is produced from
Answer: Gelidium
Q: Albugo is a
Answer: Obligate parasite
Q: Ryat is a
Answer: Obligate parasite
Q: Alexander Fleming (1929) discovered
Answer: Penicillin
Q: Alternate host of black stem rust of wheat
Answer: Barberry
Q: Anterior tinsel flagellum is characteristic of
Answer: Chytridiomycetes
Q: Association of fungi with roots of higher plants is known as
Answer: Mycorrhiza
Q: Proposed classification of fungi now widely accepted was by
Answer: Ainsworth (1973)
Q: Bacilli are
Answer: Rod shaped
Q: Bacterial cell surrounded by flagella is called
Answer: Peritrichous
Q: Brassicol is which fungicide
Answer: Miscellaneous
Q: Bacterial leaf blight of rice caused by Xanthomonas oryzae can be identified by
Answer: Yellowing of leaves
Q: Bengal famine was caused due to
Answer: Drechslera oryzae
Q: Black heart of potato is caused due to deficiency of
Answer: Oxygen
Q: Black stem rust of wheat is caused by
Answer: Puccinia graminis tritici
Q: Black tip of mango is caused by
Answer: Boron deficiency
Q: Blast of rice is caused by
Answer: Pyricularia
Q: Plant Pathology is ____ word
Answer: Greek
Q: Bordeaux mixture was discovered by P.A. Millardet of France in 1882 for protection against
Answer: Plasmopara viticola on grapevine
Q: Botulism is caused by species of
Answer: Clostridium
Q: Brown spot of maize is caused by
Answer: Physoderus zeamaydis
Q: By 1857, Barkley and Schacht discovered root knot nematodes and cyst nematode in
Answer: Sugarbeet
Q: Carborundum powder is
Answer: Silicon carbide
Q: Cocci are
Answer: Spherical shaped
Q: Coffee rust is caused by
Answer: Hemileia vastatrix
Q: Conidia and sporangia are the spores produced by
Answer: Fungi
Q: Crystallization of viruses has been done by
Answer: Stanley
Q: Cysts are formed by
Answer: Meloidogyne
Q: Death of tissue in virus-infected plant is described as
Answer: Mosaic
Q: Disease symptoms known as phyllody in sesamum are caused by
Answer: MLO
Q: Dithane M-45 is a
Answer: Fungicide
Q: Domestic quarantine exists on
Answer: Wart of potato
Q: Downy mildew of maize is caused by
Answer: Peronosclerspora sacchari
Q: Whittaker (1969) proposed a kingdom system of classification of micro-organisms
Answer: 5
Q: Exclusion of plant disease by legislation is known as
Answer: Plant quarantine
Q: First microscope was discovered by
Answer: Leeuwenhoek
Q: First plant parasitic bacteria was reported by
Answer: T.J. Burrill
Q: First plant parasitic nematode discovered was
Answer: Anguina
Q: First plant parasitic nematode was reported by
Answer: Needham
Q: Flag smut of wheat can be controlled by
Answer: Seed treatment with vitavax
Q: Flag smut of wheat is caused by
Answer: Urocystis tritici
Q: Foot rot of papaya is caused by
Answer: Pythium aphanidermatum
Q: Fungi which can grow on living host plant are called
Answer: Obligate parasites
Q: Fungi which can grow only on living host plant are called
Answer: Obligate parasites
Q: Fusarium belongs to order
Answer: Moniliales
Q: Gelatin plate technique was discovered by
Answer: Robert Koch
Q: Genus Radopholus was first described from necrotic roots of
Answer: Banana
Q: Heteroecious nature of rust means
Answer: Fungus requires two different host species to complete life cycle
Q: Heterodera belongs to super family
Answer: Heteroderoidea
Q: Wrong information about powdery mildew is
Answer: Family = Melanconiaceae
Q: Quantity of nematicide used per hectare is
Answer: 20–25 kg
Q: In bacterial brown rot and wilt of potato severity depends on production of
Answer: Polysaccharides
Q: Pasteurization in fermentation industry is done at
Answer: 62.8°C
Q: Dry root rot of legumes and beans is caused by
Answer: Macrophomina
Q: Wrong fungicide combination is
Answer: Zineb = Kitazin
Q: Rust with pustules arranged end-to-end forming strips is
Answer: Yellow rust
Q: Anthracnose of grape is also known as
Answer: Bird’s-eye disease and black spot
Q: Yellow pigment in culture is produced by
Answer: Xanthomonas
Q: Irish famine was caused due to
Answer: Late blight of potato
Q: Late blight of potato is caused by
Answer: Phytophthora infestans
Q: Leaf roll of potato is caused by
Answer: Virus
Q: Leaf roll of potato is transmitted by
Answer: Aphids
Q: Leveillula is a
Answer: Endoparasitic fungus
Q: Lichen is an association between
Answer: Algae and fungus
Q: Linseed rust is caused by
Answer: Melampsora lini
Q: Acervuli are
Answer: Saucer shaped
Q: Loose smut of wheat is controlled by
Answer: Seed treatment with systemic fungicides
Q: Loose smut of wheat is a
Answer: Internally seed-borne disease
Q: Meloidogyne belongs to
Answer: Endoparasites
Q: Micro-organisms were first observed by
Answer: Antony van Leeuwenhoek
Q: Microbiology is the study of
Answer: Micro-organisms
Q: Phyllody refers to
Answer: Conversion of floral parts into leafy structures
Q: Yellow ear rot of wheat is caused by
Answer: Anguina and Corynebacterium
Q: Most effective fungicide against powdery mildew
Answer: Karathane
Q: Most plant parasitic nematodes belong to order
Answer: Tylenchida
Q: Mycology is the study of
Answer: Fungi
Q: Mycoplasma disease of plants was first reported by
Answer: Doi et al. and Ishie et al.
Q: Mycoplasma is sensitive to
Answer: Tetracycline
Q: Plant overgrowth due to increase in cell size is called
Answer: Hypertrophy
Q: Hoplolaimus genus was first recorded in
Answer: 1905
Q: Nematodes are also known as
Answer: Round worms
Q: Nematodes penetrate plant tissues with the help of
Answer: Stylet
Q: Dutch elm disease is caused by
Answer: Ceratocystis ulmi
Q: Removal of pathogen after establishment is known as
Answer: Eradication
Q: Pectinolytic enzymes play major role in
Answer: Wilts, damping-off and root rots
Q: Phycomycetes belong to
Answer: Fungi
Q: Phyllactinia causes
Answer: Powdery mildew
Q: Phytophthora belongs to family
Answer: Pythiaceae
Q: Erysiphe is a
Answer: Ectoparasite
Q: Plant parasitic nematodes possess
Answer: Two-part oesophagus
Q: Plant pathogenic viroids are
Answer: Externally seed-borne
Q: “With phase” symptom is common in
Answer: Bacterial blight of paddy
Q: Powdery mildew is caused by
Answer: Fungus
Q: Powdery mildew fungi belong to family
Answer: Erysiphaceae
Q: Red rot of sugarcane symptom is found on
Answer: Stem
Q: Powdery mildew is controlled by
Answer: Sulphur fungicides
Q: Primary source of green ear disease of bajra
Answer: Seed and soil
Q: Pycnidia are formed in
Answer: Sphaeropsidales
Q: Pythium belongs to class
Answer: Oomycetes
Q: Rhodophyceae is also known as
Answer: Red algae
Q: Red rot of sugarcane is caused by
Answer: Colletotrichum
Q: Red scales containing protocatechuic acid occur in
Answer: Onion
Q: Rhizopus belongs to
Answer: Zygomycetes
Q: Root knot disease of vegetables is caused by
Answer: Meloidogyne
Q: Root parasite of bajra is
Answer: Striga
Q: Root rot of papaya is controlled by
Answer: Bordeaux mixture
Q: Rust teleutospores on germination produce
Answer: Four basidiospores
Q: Rust belongs to subdivision
Answer: Basidiomycotina
Q: Secondary spread of ergot of bajra occurs through
Answer: Seed and insects
Q: Club root of cabbage severity is reduced by
Answer: Lime
Q: Sexual dimorphism means
Answer: Males and females are morphologically different
Q: Shape of bacterial cells may be
Answer: Spherical, spiral or rod
Q: Smut gives appearance of
Answer: Sooty powder
Q: Smut of wheat is controlled by
Answer: Vitavax
Q: Wilt of arhar is caused by
Answer: Fusarium
Q: Powdery mildew resistant apple varieties exude
Answer: Toxic wax
Q: Linseed varieties resist wilt due to
Answer: Hydrocyanic acid
Q: Species Plantarum was written by
Answer: Linnaeus
Q: Sporangium produces vesicle in
Answer: Pythium
Q: Stripe disease of barley is caused by
Answer: Drechslera gramineum
Q: Hot water treatment of strawberry against nematode is
Answer: 49.4°C for 17.5 minutes
Q: Striga belongs to
Answer: Phanerogamic plant parasites
Q: Sugar beet cyst nematode was reported by
Answer: Schacht
Q: Systemic fungicides were discovered by
Answer: Van Schleming and Kulka
Q: The microorganism used in brewing industry is
Answer: Yeast
Q: The nematode Radopholus similis shows maximum numbers at soil depth of
Answer: 20–30 cm
Q: Organisms included in order Peronosporales cause
Answer: Downy mildew
Q: Organisms lacking a well-defined nucleus are called
Answer: Prokaryotes
Q: Plant disease caused by algae is
Answer: Red rust of tea
Q: Disease responsible for the Great Bengal Famine of 1943 was
Answer: Brown leaf spot of rice
Q: Plant mycoplasmal diseases are transmitted by
Answer: Leaf hoppers
Q: Two important diseases of sugarcane are
Answer: Red rot and grassy shoot
Q: Tilletia causes
Answer: Bunt
Q: Dithane Z-78 belongs to
Answer: Dithiocarbamate group
Q: Tobacco mosaic virus was first reported by
Answer: Mayer
Q: Tobacco mosaic virus was first crystallized by
Answer: Stanley
Q: Tolyposporium penicillariae causes
Answer: Bajra smut
Q: Tomato leaf curl disease is caused by
Answer: Virus
Q: Transduction occurs in
Answer: Bacteriophages
Q: Transformation occurs in
Answer: Bacteria
Q: Trichodorus belongs to family
Answer: Trichodoridae
Q: Tundu disease is caused by
Answer: Anguina and Corynebacterium
Q: Virus filterability was proved by
Answer: Ivanowski
Q: Ufra disease of rice is caused by
Answer: Ditylenchus
Q: Leaf curl of tobacco is caused by
Answer: Nicotiana virus-10
Q: Uncinula causes
Answer: Powdery mildew
Q: Microorganisms were first studied using lens by
Answer: Antony Van Leeuwenhoek
Q: Virus transmitted by nematode
Answer: Xiphinema
Q: Father of nematology is
Answer: N. A. Cobb
Q: Bacteria form under unfavorable conditions
Answer: Endospores
Q: Cellulose-decomposing fungi are
Answer: Trichoderma and Aspergillus
Q: Aflatoxin is produced by
Answer: Aspergillus flavus
Q: Soil fungus suppressing pathogens is
Answer: Trichoderma viride
Q: Citrus nematode is
Answer: Tylenchus
Q: Sulphur bacteria is
Answer: Cladothrix
Q: Root knot nematode is
Answer: Meloidogyne
Q: Carbamate nematicide is
Answer: Aldicarb
Q: Nematode attacking above-ground plant parts is
Answer: Anguina
Q: Nutrient supplied by mycorrhiza is
Answer: Phosphorus
Q: Gram-positive bacterium is
Answer: Corynebacterium
Q: Poisonous mushroom is
Answer: Amanita
Q: Period between inoculation and symptom appearance is
Answer: Latent period
Q: Systemic fungicides group includes
Answer: Vitavax, Bavistin, Calixin
Q: Shape of nematodes is maintained by
Answer: Pseudocoelomic fluid
Q: Downy mildew fungus is
Answer: Sclerospora
Q: Best control of ear cockle disease of wheat is
Answer: Mechanical separation by floatation
Q: Spreading decline of citrus is caused by
Answer: Nutritional deficiency
Q: Infection in ergot of bajra occurs through
Answer: Local infection of blossom
Q: Correct sequence in biocontrol is
Answer: Parasite → Mass rearing → Release → Parasitism
Q: Incorrectly matched pair is
Answer: Karnal bunt – Neovossia horrida
Q: Correct crop–disease match is
Answer: Cucumber – Club root
Q: Pressure loss in manual sprayer is corrected by
Answer: Tightening lid and replacing gasket
Q: Lowest spray volume sprayer is
Answer: Hand sprayer
Q: Economic threshold level means
Answer: Pest level at which control must be applied
Q: Alternate host means
Answer: Host required to complete life cycle
Q: Best tissue for virus-free potato plants is
Answer: Meristem tip tissue
Q: Symbiotic microorganism is
Answer: Rhizobium
Q: First reported plant bacterial disease was
Answer: Fire blight of apple
Q: Whip smut of sugarcane is caused by
Answer: Ustilago scitaminea
Q: White rust of crucifers is caused by
Answer: Albugo
Q: Antibiotics were first discovered by
Answer: Alexander Fleming

Genetics / Botany (Last Part)
Q: 2ⁿ denotes
Answer: Number of types of gametes
Q: Organism with extra chromosome pair is
Answer: Tetrasomic
Q: Character controlled by many genes is
Answer: Quantitative character
Q: Large climatic vegetation unit is
Answer: Biome
Q: Pollination in unopened flower is
Answer: Cleistogamy
Q: Criss-cross inheritance is shown by
Answer: Sex-linked character
Q: Cybrid is produced by
Answer: Cell fusion
Q: Fruit from inflorescence is
Answer: Composite fruit
Q: Collection of fruits from apocarpous pistil is
Answer: Aggregate fruit
Q: Male gametes are formed by
Answer: Mitotic division
Q: Capitulum is characteristic of
Answer: Compositae
Q: Zamikand and taro are
Answer: Corms
Q: Homozygous line in cross-pollinated crop is
Answer: Inbred
Q: Hybrid is always
Answer: Heterozygous
Q: Climatic vegetation unit is
Answer: Plant formation
Q: Maintainer line is
Answer: Male fertile but non-restorer
Q: Male child is produced when genotype is
Answer: XY
Q: Male gametophyte contains
Answer: Two male gametes and tube nucleus
Q: Mendelian population is
Answer: Random mating population
Q: Immiscible liquid mixture is
Answer: Emulsion
Q: Plant with male and female flowers is
Answer: Monoecious
Q: Plant cell does not burst in hypotonic solution due to
Answer: Rigid cell wall
Q: Plant with 2n = 20 has linkage groups
Answer: 10
Q: Gametes from GgWw are
Answer: GW, Gw, gW, gw
Q: Solubility of solids increases with
Answer: Temperature
Q: Restorer gene is present in
Answer: Nucleus
Q: Separation of homologous chromosomes occurs in
Answer: Anaphase I
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