General Agriculture One Liner Questions for Agriculture Jobs Part-4 for PPSC, NTS, FPS, OTS, PTS, Banks and all other Jobs
| The tender crop cannot tolerate a minimum temperature of? | 0°C |
| The bunchy top disease of banana is? | Viral disease |
| A rearrangement of a group of genes in a chromosome in such a way that their order in the chromosomes is reversed is known as? | Recessive gene |
| The mechanism ensuring genetic continuity in mitosis is? | Formation of two daughter cells with identical DNA |
| Sugar present in DNA is? | Pentose |
| The ratio of CO2 and O2 uptaken during respiration is known as? | Respiratory quotient |
| The globulin in the colostrums is considered to have? | Antibody |
| A cow weighing about 425 Kg and eating 9 Kg of air-dry forage per day is called? | Animal unit |
| If the diploid chromo me number in the flowering plant is 8 then 4 chromosomes will be present? | Synergids |
| Which one of the following does not contain both DNA and RNA? | Virus |
| The electron microscope was invented by? | Knoll and Risks |
| The concept of biparental mating was developed by? | Comstock and Robinson (1948) |
| Citrus orchards are usually planted in? | Square system |
| The ratio of treatment variance to error variance is known as? | F-value |
| Acid soil contain pH? | <7 |
| In crop improvement, programmed haploids are of great importance because they? | Give homozygous lines following diploidization |
| Theory of mutation was given by? | Watson |
| Primary air pollution is? | SO2 |
| Sweet potato belongs to the family? | Convolvulaceae |
| Chromium (Cr) is a? | Heavy metal |
| Poncirus sweet orange is the hybrid cross of? | Citranges |
| These crops are planted in winter from October to December and harvested in summer from March to May is called? | Rabi crops |
| Percentage of N in Ammonium sulfate fertilizer is? | 21 |
| The earth core is made of the following metals? | Fe & Ni |
| Mutant allele that has little or no effect on the expression of a tart is known as? | Armor |
| Which rock contains potash feldspar? | Syeruite |
| Nitrification is the microbial conversion of? | NH nitrogen is the NO3 nitrogen in the soil |
| The acetic acid-producing bacteria are? | Acetomonas |
| The outermost part of plant cell is? | Cellulose cell wall |
| A gene that exhibits a higher mutation rate than others is referred to as? | Mutable gene |
| How much percentage of soils of Pakistan are deficient in P? | 80-90 |
| In ruminants how many compartments of the stomach are there? | four |
| fumarase is an example of? | Lysose enzyme |
| The portion of the axis below the cotyledons is known as? | Hypocotyl |
| Fine-graned rocks formed on earth crust are called? | Extrusive rock |
| In day time plants release? | Oxygen |
| A growing female calf from 12 months till its first calving is called? | Heifer |
| Purpling of leaves is a common deficiency symptom of? | Phosphorus |
| Chemically DNA differs from RNA by? | Deoxyribose and thymine are present in DNA and ribose and Ural in RNA |
| which one of the following is climacteric fruit? | Banana |
| Excess of nitrogen? | Delays ripening |
| If eggs are kept in the same position throughout the incubator period They hatch? | Poorly |
| Almond belongs to family? | Rosaceae |
| The storage life of Butter at -20ºF With RH of 85% is? | 4 months |
| If a pure tall plant is crossed with a pure dwarf one, the ratio of a tall pure dwarf in the F 2 generation after selling the F1 plant will be? | 1:1 |
| If two opposite alleles come together, and one of the two finds expression and masks the other in the body this fact is explained as? | Law of dominance |
| WHO recommended daily intake of calcium for adults is? | 400-500 mg |
| Several yeasts can be used in fermentation but the most commonly known species of the genus are? | Saccharomyces |
| Neurotoxin is found in? | Sorghum |
| How many times mitotic divisions must occur in a cell of the root tip to form 256 cels? | 8 |
| Transfer of pollen grains of a flower to the stigma of the same flowers of the same plant is called? | Autogamy |
| An auxotroph is? | A mutant organism that has lost its ability to synthesize one or more essential nutrients |
| In barley, resistance to cereal leaf beetle is associated with? | Waxiness of leaves |
| The development of distorted swollen leaves which become inverted translucent and eventually necrotic is known as? | Vitrification |
| The term applied to a material that tends to absorb moisture from the atmosphere is called? | Hygroscopic |
| In cotton, jassids have nonpreference for? | Hairiness of leaves |
| Vit B2 is also called? | Riboflavin |
| 1 Cusec is 283 liters, 1 Cumec is 1000 liters So, 1 ha mm : | 10,000 liters 10 |
| Humectants are moisture retention agents, help improve the rehydration of hydrated food and solubilization of flavor compounds? | Mannitol |
| A woody plant with a climbing growth habit is called? | Vine |
| Who gave the model of DNA? | Watson and Crick |
| Cattle were domesticated in? | Old world |
| Hen and chicken disorder is associated with? | Grapes |
| Clearwater with organic matter or sediment and minimum biological activity is known as? | Oligotrophic |
| Which one of the following is non-climacteric fruit? | Grape |
| Parthenogenetic reproduction in which both male and female offspring are produced from unfertilized eggs: | Amphitoky |
| Cytoplasm fills the cavity of a cell when it is young But in nature cells, the cytoplasm? | Becomes vacuolated |
| A branch of horticulture dealing with the production and marketing of vegetables is called? | Olericulture |
| In spinach, cross-pollination takes place by? | Wind |
| Chicken egg contains how much protein? | 12% |
| Worlds major food crops belong to which of the following family? | Gramineae |
| First intergeneric hybrid between radish and cabbage was made by? | Karechenko (1927) |
| Tuff is? | Volcanic ash |
| Rhyolite in nature is? | Acidic |
| After self-pollination of red-flowered plants out of 40 plants of progeny were white-flowered this indicates that the plants are? | Heterozygous |
| Liposome’s originated from? | Plastids |
| If a plant heterozygous for tallness is selfed, f2 generation has both tall and dwarf plants this proves the principle of? | Segregation |
| Fertilization of egg & sperm takes place in the? | Fallopian tube |
| The concept of triple test cross of analysis was developed by? | Kearsey and Jinks (1960) |
| In soft drinks and dietetic forms of food which sweetening agent is widely used? | Cyclamates |
| The toxicity level of Zn (mg/kg) in plants suggested by some workers is? | > 400 mg kg-1 |
| Who used the first artificial hybridization in fruit crops? | Knight (1800) |
| A gene that enhances the natural mutations rate of another gene in the same genome is known as? | Mutable gene |
| The presence of slight differences in identical twins supports the hypothesis that? | The environment affects the expression of genetic character |
| The branch of science which deals with hereditary variation is called? | Genetics |
| Which type of bacteria grows best within the temperature range 55°C? | Thermophilic |
| When have we given stress to the bird a hormone is released from the thyroid? | Tryodothyromine |
| As a general rule interbreeding is possible between? | Any two members of a Species |
| Gene for gene hypothesis was proposed by? | Flor (1956) |
| Azotobacter fixes atmospheric nitrogen in the soil by:? | Non-symbiotically |
| The physical appearance of an organism is denoted by? | Phenotype |
| Rocks formed from molten magma are called? | Igneous rocks |
| Kundi is represented by its color which is? | Total black |
| The fermentation in which sugars are converted into ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide is? | Alcoholic fermentation |
| A compound toxic to crop formed by the thermal decomposition of urea is? | Biurct (NH2CONH CONH2 H2O) |
| The year in which mango tree does not produce or produce a very small number of fruit is called? | Off-year |
| The edible part of the orange is? | Multicelled endocarpic hair |
| The largest compartment in the ruminant stomach is? | Rumen |
| The storage life of Orange at 34ºF with RH of 90% is? | 8-12 weeks |
| International Day of the forest is celebrated on? | March-21 |
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