Agriculture MCQsPreparation for Agriculture Officer
Agri-MCQs #14: Farming Systems for Sustainable Agriculture
| 1. | There are _________ broad agro-ecological zones of Pakistan | |||
| a. | 2 | *b. | 3 | |
| c. | 4 | d. | 5 | |
| 2. | Commonly ________ farming systems are followed in three broad agro-ecological zones of Pakistan | |||
| a. | 4 | *b. | 8 | |
| c. | 12 | d. | None of them | |
| 3. | Three broad zones of Pakistan are irrigated low-lands, the rainfed low-lands and ________________. | |||
| a. | Rice-wheat zone | b. | Cotton-wheat zone | |
| *c. | Mountain area | d. | None of them | |
| 4. | Cropping pattern deals with the cropping system followed by _______ | |||
| a. | An individual | *b. | Region | |
| c. | Research center | d. | University | |
| 5. | Cropping system followed by an individual farmer is called _________ | |||
| a. | Cropping pattern | *b. | Cropping scheme | |
| c. | Cropping technology | d. | None of them | |
| 6. | In Pakistan almost everywhere wheat is the major rabi crop, often constituting over ________ of cropped area. | |||
| a. | 40% | b. | 60% | |
| *c. | 80% | d. | 90% | |
| 7. | The most extensive cropping system in irrigated plain is the __________. | |||
| a. | Rice-wheat system | *b. | Cotton-wheat system | |
| c. | Wheat-wheat system | d. | None of them | |
| 8. | Organic agriculture is defined worldwide as “farming without the addition of ___________ chemicals”. | |||
| a. | Natural | *b. | Artificial | |
| c. | Pure | d. | Impure | |
| 9. | Cotton, a cash crop, counts for ___________ of kharif in cotton-wheat system. | |||
| a. | 40% | b. | 60% | |
| *c. | 78% | d. | 90% | |
| 10. | The cotton-wheat system is the most important cropping system of ___________ and Sindh. | |||
| a. | Northern Punjab | *b. | Southern Punjab | |
| c. | NWFP | d. | Balochistan | |
| 11. | Fodder is the only other crop of significance and occupies ______% of cropped area in both seasons. | |||
| a. | 6-7% | *b. | 13-15% | |
| c. | 17-20% | d. | 27-30% | |
| 12. | MNH-93 was released in ______. | |||
| a. | 1993 | b. | 1970 | |
| *c. | 1980 | d. | 1990 | |
| 13. | Major draw-back of rice-wheat system is _______________. | |||
| a. | Low yield of rice | *b. | Late sowing of wheat | |
| c. | Availability of water | d. | None of them | |
| 14. | Late sowing of wheat in cotton-wheat cropping system can be avoided by growing _________ in standing cotton | |||
| a. | Oil seed | *b. | Wheat | |
| c. | Maize | d. | Sugarcane | |
| 15. | Seeds of 2 or more crops is mixed before sowing in _____. | |||
| a. | Intercropping | b. | Relay cropping | |
| *c. | Mixed cropping | d. | None | |
| 16. | Growing of wheat in standing cotton is an example of ________. | |||
| a. | Intercropping | b. | Mixed cropping | |
| *c. | Relay cropping | d. | Row-cropping | |
| 17. | _______ was the dominant rice variety in Punjab rice tract at least up to 1987. | |||
| a. | Basmati Super | *b. | Basmati-370 | |
| c. | IRRI-6 | d. | IRRI-9 | |
| 18. | An established way of operating a piece of land for raising crops, livestock or both is called ____. | |||
| a. | Cropping system | *b. | Farming system | |
| c. | Cropping pattern | d. | Cropping scheme | |
| 19. | Raising only one crop in a year when there is seasonal supply of water is called _______ | |||
| *a. | Mono-cropping | b. | Monoculture | |
| c. | Specialized farming | d. | None of them | |
| 20. | Crops grown commercially for food, feed and fibre are called as _______. | |||
| a. | Tuber crops | *b. | Field crops | |
| c. | Fibre crops | d. | None of them | |
| 21. | Wheat demands ________ rain per annual. | |||
| *a. | 40-80 cm | b. | 80-90 cm | |
| c. | 60-80 cm | d. | 100 cm | |
| 22. | A definite succession of crop following one another in specific order is called ______. | |||
| a. | Cropping pattern | *b. | Crop rotation | |
| c. | Cropping system | d. | Multiple cropping | |
| 23. | Physical condition of soil is called as ______. | |||
| *a. | Tilth | b. | Tillage | |
| c. | Tiller | d. | None of them | |
| 24. | Mechanical manipulation of soil aimed at improving its physical condition is called _________ | |||
| a. | Tilth | *b. | Tillage | |
| c. | Tiller | d. | None of them | |
| 25. | Crop grown without any tillage to prepare seed bed is known as ________ | |||
| *a. | Zero tillage crop | b. | Tillage crop | |
| c. | Primary tillage | d. | None of them | |
| 26. | Erosion of soil under natural condition is called ________ | |||
| a. | Sheet erosion | *b. | Natural erosion | |
| c. | Rill erosion | d. | Gully erosion | |
| 27. | Growing grasses for consumption by livestock is called as _______. | |||
| a. | Upland farming | b. | Low land farming | |
| *c. | Grass land farming | d. | None of them | |
| 28. | Farming on large areas with minimum expenditure is known as ___. | |||
| a. | Exhaustive farming | b. | Expensive farming | |
| *c. | Extensive farming | d. | None of them | |
| 29. | The ratio of actual cultivated area to total farm area over a year is called _____. | |||
| a. | Cropping system | b. | Cropping pattern | |
| *c. | Cropping intensity | d. | Cropping technology | |
| 30. | General cropping system followed by the farmers in an ecological zone is _________. | |||
| a. | Cropping scheme | b. | *Cropping pattern | |
| c. | Cropping technology | d. | None of them | |
| 31. | Farming in which varieties of crops are produced and many types of animals are reared is called ______ | |||
| a. | Animal farming | b. | Rural farming | |
| *c. | Diversified farming | d. | Multiple farming | |
| 32. | A crop grown on residual moisture after the harvest of rice crop is called _____. | |||
| a. | No tillage crop | *b. | Dobari crop | |
| c. | Residual crop | d. | None of them | |
| 33. | Crop grown for its edible seed is | |||
| a. | Tuber crop | *b. | Cereal crop | |
| c. | pulses | d. | Sugar crop | |
| 34. | Region where total rainfall is less than natural evapotranspiration rate is called ____ | |||||
| a. | Irrigated region | *b. | Arid region | |||
| c. | Humid region | d. | None of the | |||
| 35. | In cotton recommended row to row distance is _____ | |||||
| a. | 100 cm | b. | 45 cm | |||
| c. | 50 cm | *d. | 75 cm | |||
| 36. | Cotton is a crop having __________ system | |||
| a. | Shallow root | *b. | Deep root | |
| c. | Fibrous root | d. | None of them | |
| 37. | IPM stands for _____ | |||
| a. | International pest management | b. | Interior pest management | |
| *c. | Integrated pest management | d. | Internal plant management | |
| 38. | Rice crop requires ________ | |||
| *a. | Medium loam soil | b. | Heavy loam soil | |
| c. | Sandy loam soil | d. | Silt loam soil | |
| 39. | Process of killing organism in a product commonly milk by heating to a controlled temperature is called _________ | |||
| a. | Heating effect | *b. | Pasteurization | |
| c. | Natural control | d. | None of them | |
| 40. | Raising of two or more crops in same field or in one year is called _____. | |||
| a. | Double cropping | *b. | Multiple cropping | |
| c. | Inter cropping | d. | None of them | |
