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Practise multiple-choice questions from agriculture for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1. Stalk root of onion is caused by________________?
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A. Bacteria

B. Fungi

C. Gassicls

D. Nematodes

2. The sale of products below sale of production in a foreign country or below the prices charged at home is called ?
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A. Inflation

B. Dumping

C. Monopoly

D. Subsidy

3. The sucking type insects pesis are controlled by________________?
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A. Organo-phosphatcs

B. Chlorinated hydrocarbons

C. Pyrethroids

D. Botanical pesticides

4. The symptoms of powdery mildew appears on________________?
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A. Roots

B. ()

C. Floral parts

D. Foliage of plants
5. An increase either in real output (GDP) or in real output per capita is called___________________?
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A. Economic efficiency

B. Growth rate

C. Economic development

D. Economic growth
6. The monetary payment a firm must make to an outsider to obtain a resource____________________?
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A. Explicit cost

B. Net cost

C. Implicit cost

D. Total cost

7. Directing domestic resources to output which a nation is highly efficient at producing is called____________________?
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A. None

B. International specialization

C. Speculation

D. International Trade

8. Using part of income/saving for more income is called_________________?
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A. Consumption

B. Entrepreneurship

C. Investment

D. Busyness

9. A minimum price which govt. allows seller to receive for a good or service____________________?
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A. Supprot Price

B. All

C. Floor Price

D. Ceiling Price

10. Which one of the following is polyphagus insect__________________?
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A. A

B. Whitefly

C. American boll worm

D. Aphids

11. White rust of crucifers is caused by__________________?
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A. Aspergillus niger

B. Albugo candida

C. Pemospora Parasitica

D. Alternarian solani

12. The transfer of savings from developing countries to industrially advanced countries to avoid govt. expropriation, taxation and high rates of inflation is_________________?
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A. All of these

B. capital flight

C. capital deficit

D. capital account

13. How many crops seasons are in Pakistan?
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A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. None of the above.

14. Oceli is___________________?
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A. Sense organs of insect

B. Antennae in insect

C. Eye of insect

D. Mouth parts of insect

15. The economic injury level for white fly is________________?
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A. 1 nymphs/leaf

B. 2-3 nymphs/leaf

C. 1-2 nymphs/leaf

D. 3-4 nymphs/leaf

16. The major disease of matter (field pea) is____________________?
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A. Downy mildew

B. Powdery mildew

C. None

D. Blight

17. An organization which employs resources to produce a good or service for profit and own and operates one or more plants is called_______________?
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A. Company

B. None

C. Firm

D. Factory

18. Gummosis is the disease of_________________?
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A. Citrus (Lemon)

B. Mango

C. Guava

D. none

19. IPM is a pest control strategy in which__________________?
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A. Pesticides are used

B. Cultural and biological control techniques are used

C. Pest are controlled culturally

D. Predators and parasites are used

20. An economic system in which traditions and customs determine how the economy would use its scare resources ?
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A. Command economy

B. Mixed economy

C. Traditional economy

D. capitalistic economy

21. Cockroach cutworms grass hoopers, stem borer and fruit borers are______________?
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A. Chewing type insects

B. None of the above

C. Sucking type insects

D. Jumping type insects

22. The entrance point for air in insects are known as _________________?
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A. Nervous system

B. Secretion

C. Trachea

D. Spines

23. A tax imposed by a nation on an imported good is called_________________?
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A. Foreign exchange

B. GNP

C. Net profit

D. Tariff
24. Leaf spot or tikka is the disease of____________________?
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A. none of these

B. Ground nuts

C. Sunflower

D. Soybean

25. Bombyx morri is the name of___________________?
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A. Lady bird beetle

B. Silk worm

C. Honey bee

D. None of the above

26. An involuntary payment of money to govt. by a household or firm for which the household or firm receives no good or services directly in return ?
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A. Tax

B. Subsidy

C. Tariff

D. Tacit collusion

27. The viral disease can be controlled by_________________?
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A. Pyrethroids

B. Growing resistant varieties

C. Organo-chlorine pesticides

D. None of the above

28. Power of a good/ service to satisfy human desire/want is called____________________?
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A. All of these

B. Utility

C. Worth

D. The point of satiety

29. A market in which products are sold by firms and bought by households is_________________?
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A. Resource market

B. None

C. Consumer market

D. Product market
30. The insects which transfer disease from one plant to another is known as__________________?
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A. Parasite

B. Vector

C. Disease transmitter

D. Pest

31. Insect body is divided in to_____________________?
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A. 10 regions

B. 2 regions

C. 5 regions

D. 3 regions
32. Root knot disease is caused by___________________?
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A. Fungi

B. Nematodes

C. Virus

D. Bacteria

33. The substance used to treat pesticide poisoning is called as_________________?
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A. Detoxicant

B. Anti-pseudo

C. Anti-poison

D. Antitode
34. Amount of other products which must be foregone or sacrificed to obtain 1 unit of a specific good is called its______________?
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A. Real cost

B. Economic cost

C. Opportunity cost

D. None

35. Which of the following is disease of rice____________________?
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A. Foot rot

B. Rice blast

C. All the above

D. Brown spot Ratti disease

36. The study of fungi is called__________________?
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A. Pathology

B. Mycology

C. Fungicology

D. Genetics

37. Any point inside the production possibility curve represents ?
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A. Unemployment

B. Failure to achieve productive efficiency

C. Both A. and B.

D. None of these

38. Dormancy of insects in summer is called________________?
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A. Aestivation

B. Thanolasis

C. Hibernation

D. Ecdysiast

39. An analytic approach in which we move from facts to theory, from a particular to general is called____________________?
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A. Generalization

B. Deduction

C. Randomization

D. Induction
40. Malpighian tubules are organs of_________________?
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A. Excretion

B. Secretion

C. Digestion

D. None of the above

41. The private ownership of resources and use of a system of market and prices to coordinate and direct economic activity________________?
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A. Both

B. Iaissez faire capital

C. Pure capitalism

D. None

42. The body of knowledge and techniques which can be used to produce goods and service from economic resources is________________?
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A. Both

B. Technology

C. None

D. Advanced knowledge

43. A compensation device through which workers receive part of their pay in the form of share of their employers profit___________________?
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A. Labour laws

B. Profit maximizing plan

C. Labour saving scheme

D. Profit sharing plan
44. Fungi damage our crops by_________________?
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A. Destroying green pigment of plant

B. Absorption of nutrients from plant tissues

C. Producing toxic substances in plants

D. feeding on flowers and fruits

45. Pathogen is_________________?
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A. Any organism which causes disease

B. Any bacteria which causes disease

C. Any virus which causes disease

D. Fungi which cause disease

46. Thread like structure surrounding the pupal stage of the insect (Silk worm) is_________________?
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A. Typhoon

B. Cocoon

C. None of the above

D. Silk

47. Collar rot in chilies is caused by___________________?
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A. Rhizowhtnia solani

B. phytophytora cupri

C. phytophithoua spri

D. phytophilorea infesta

48. Insects have_________________?
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A. 12 segments

B. 20 segments

C. None

D. 11 segments

49. The insecticides with longest residual effect belongs to___________________?
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A. Carbamates

B. Pyrethroid

C. Organio-phosphate

D. Organo-chlorine
50. Blast disease is an international disease of________________?
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A. Sugarcane

B. Cotton

C. rice

D. Wheat