agriculture MCQs – Page 149

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

agriculture Mcqs

1. soil science 2. agronomy 3. entomology 4. water management 5. horticulture 6. agricultural economics 7. plant pathology 8. food technology 9. animal husbandry 10. plant breeding and genetics

2961. Soils that have more than 20% organic matter are termed as:__________?
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A. Organic soils

B. Peat soils

C. Muck soils

D. All of these

2962. Igneous rocks are called:__________?
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A. Secondary rocks

B. None of the above

C. Aqueous rocks

D. Primary rocks

2963. Available water is held between?
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A. Field capacity to wilting point

B. Only field capacity

C. Field capacity to super available water

D. All of the above

2964. The practice of managing rows of closely planted woody plants with annual crops planted in alleys in between hedges is called as:________?
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A. Soil conservation hedges

B. Hedgerows intercropping

C. Woody Hedgerows

D. All of these

2965. Which of the following techniques is/are used for the soil fertility evaluation?
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A. Aspergillus niger test

B. Plant tissue testing

C. Soil testing

D. All of these

2966. According to FCO, the maximum permissible total N content in the form of urea in DAP should be:_________?
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A. 3.50%

B. 2.50 %

C. 5.50%

D. 4,50 %

2967. Metamorphic rocks are classified into:___________?
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A. Foliated metamorphic rocks

B. Non-foliated metamorphic rocks

C. Both a & b

D. None of a & b

2968. _________refers to the increase in density of a soil as a result of applied load or pressure?
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A. Plough soles

B. Compaction

C. Traffic soles

D. Pudding

2969. Pakistan being predominantly an arid and semiarid country, In addition to agricultural productivity losses and increasing poverty, desertification results in significant reductions in _________?
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A. Contributing to global warming

B. All of these

C. loss of biodiversity

D. Carbon storage in soils

2970. AAS stands for:___________?
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A. None of these

B. Asia agriculture society

C. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer

D. Atom analyser solution

2971. Which of the following statement is wrong regarding, Soil ____________?
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A. Engineering medium & modifies the atmosphere

B. Medium for plant growth & Habitat for organisms

C. Regulates water supply & recycles waste materials

D. Dirt which is threat to all living life & crop production

2972. In flood rice, snail feed on bacteria called__________________?
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A. Helix

B. Limnea

C. Azolla

D. None of the above

2973. The process of deposition of soil materials in the lower layer is termed as:_________?
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A. Laterization

B. Eluviation

C. Podzolization

D. Illuviation

2974. In Pakistan, the major phosphatic fertilizers are:
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A. Nitrophos

B. DAP

C. All of Above

D. SSP

2975. Potassium (K) occurs as a constituent of the earths crust in the proportion of_________?
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A. 23%

B. 2.3 %

C. 17%

D. 1.70%

2976. Soil Organic Matter (SOM) serves not only as a reservoir of all the required plant nutrients, but it:
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A. Maintains the productivity of soil

B. Provides energy for the microbial

C. Gives structure to the soil

D. All of these

2977. Ground water refers to the________?
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A. Water quality determination

B. Aquifer location

C. Water regulation

D. Installation of wells

2978. Micas have isomorphous substitution:____________?
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A. Predominantly in tetrahedral layer

B. Predominantly in octahedral layer

C. Both a & b

D. The statement is wrong

2979. The indicator used for the the estimation of the organic matter or organic carbon is;_________?
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A. Mixed indicator

B. Diphenylamine indicator

C. Both a and b

D. None of the above

2980. The removal of excess water from the ground surface is called:________?
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A. Sub-surface drainage

B. Drainage

C. All of the above

D. Surface operations

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