agriculture MCQs – Page 48

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

941. The term mitosis was coined by________________?
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A. Bruce and Keeble (1908)

B. Non of these

C. De Vries and correns (1908)

D. Flemming (1882)
942. Growing more then one crop in a season in the same land is called________________?
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A. Double cropping

B. Monocropping

C. Intensive cropping

D. Intercropping

943. Seed leachate conductivity is significantly higher in seeds having_________________?
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A. None of the above

B. Higher root weight

C. Higher shoot weight

D. Lower shoot weight
944. In cotton the recommended R x R distance is_________________?
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A. 45 cm

B. 75 cm

C. 90 cm

945. The higher leachate conductivity is associated with__________________?
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A. Mature seeds

B. All the above

C. Abnormal seeds

D. Immature seed?
946. Field capacity and permanent wilting point are different indifferent_______________?
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A. Seasons

B. Regions

C. Soils

D. Crops

947. Who described the method of estimating seed vigor on the basis of colour intensity of stained seed________________?
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A. Woodstock (1976)

B. Maguire (1962)

C. Nicolls & Heu Decker (1968)

D. Kittock and Law (1969)
948. In pulses, for the production of nucleus seed we require minimum of_________________?
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A. 400 plant progenies

B. 500 plant progenies

C. 200 plant progenies

D. 300 plant progenies

949. Protein content in barely is higher than____________________?
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A. maize

B. wheat

C. rice

D. None of the above

950. Among the cotton exporting countries the number of America is___________?
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A. 2<sup>nd</sup>

B. 1st

C. 4<sup>th</sup>

D. 3<sup>rd</sup>

951. Narcotic crops mainly grown in Pakistan is_________________?
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A. Co see

B. Cocon

C. Pyrethrum

D. Tobacco
952. Sowing seed without any tillage in the soil is called__________________?
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A. Secondary tillage

B. None of the above

C. Minimum tillage

D. Zero tillage
953. Root nodules in plant help in__________________?
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A. Aeration

B. Respiration

C. Nitrogen fixation

D. Photosynthesis

954. Global gene bank of Potato is located at_____________________?
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A. Columbia

B. None of the above

C. CIP Peru

D. Florida

955. Drip method of irrigation is not suitable to close spaced crops because_________________?
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A. High water requirements

B. High pump pressure

C. High cost on pipes

D. Unavailable of technology

956. Controlled run off, water supplies, irrigation, soil fertility is called as_________________?
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A. Catchmento protection

B. Agriculture conservation

C. Saw logs

D. Soil protection

957. The best soil for cotton cultivation is_________________?
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A. Clay loam soil

B. Loamy soil

C. Silty soil

D. Sandy soil

958. England cotton was imported from the time in__________________?
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A. 1430 AD

B. 1435 AD

C. 1500 AD

D. 1530 AD

959. Hot with a cool winter is___________________?
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A. Subtropical

B. None of the above

C. Arid

D. Temperature

960. Shull and East (1908) proposed over dominance hypothesis of hetrosis in_________________?
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A. None of the above

B. Barley

C. Maize

D. wheat