ZTBL OG-III Job-Related questions PDF

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. 

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