General Agriculture One Liner Questions for Agriculture Jobs Part-5 for Agriculture Officer, PPSC, FPS, NTS, OTS, PTS, Banks and all other Agricultural Jobs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A number of linkage groups of chromosomes? | The haploid number of chromosomes |
| Buck is male of? | Goat |
| The final product of alcoholic fermentation is? | Ethyl alcohol + CO2 |
| Red flower pea plant is crossed with the white-flowered pea plant, F1 is red; with flower color is? | Recessive |
| In apple, the wool aphid is genetically controlled by? | ID |
| Single-celled plants are called? | Protophyta |
| The storage life of fresh onion at -1 to -4ºC is? | 12-28 weeks |
| The mutation was first discovered by? | Wright (1791) |
| Chilies belong to the family? | Solanaceae |
| The breakdown of fatty material is referred to as? | Lipolysis |
| Citrus rootstock species are propagated through? | Seeds |
| Degeneration and death of aerial plant parts are called? | Partial Senescence |
| Which layout is the most suitable for the uneven lands and sub-mountain areas? | Contour system |
| Chemically or biochemically enzymes are primarily? | Proteins |
| Epitasis implies? | One pair of genes can completely mask the expression of another gene pair |
| Rigor worthies are the stiffening of? | Muscles |
| When two or more functional groups of a single ligand are coordinated to a metal cation the complex is termed as? | Chelate |
| which one of the following fruit is perishable? | Grapes |
| How many types of DNA are? | 3 |
| Cuscuta is an objectional weed of? | Lucerne |
| How much iodine is contained in the body of an adult person? | 20 to 50 mg |
| A plant part that provides top and fruit-bearing surface is called? | Scion |
| Approximately caloric value in Kcal/100 g of whole milk is? | 75 |
| Walkley and Black’s method of organic matter determination allows recovery of % organic carbon content: | 74 % |
| The largest part of the female reproductive tract in chicken is? | Magnum |
| Which type of development takes place in the female part of the ovule? | Megasporogenesis |
| pH in the coniferous forest is? | Less than 7 |
| In Pakistan, Poultry busyness was Started in? | 1963 |
| The science of growing terrestrial plants in an aerated solution is known as? | Hydroponics |
| A child is born with an extra chromosome in each of its cells, the reason is? | Non-disjunction |
| The occurrence of cells in diploid organisms containing multiples of the 2n genomes is known as? | End polyploidy |
| Heterobeltiosis is estimated over the? | Better parent |
| A mutation that kills 50% of the individual that carries the mutation is known as? | Sublethal mutation |
| Which one of the following classifies foods into 3 broad categories stable, semi-perishable and perishable? | Food processor |
| The plant in which CO2 fixation is solely via the Calvin cycle is? | CAB |
| Vernalization is a process that? | Promote flowering |
| A process of converting light energy into useful chemical energy? | Photosynthesis |
| which of the following probably occur when a diploid cell undergoes normal meiotic division? | All homologous chromosome pairs will separate |
| The first organisms to appear on the earth were more like plants than animals because? | Plants can manufacture their own food material |
| The food in onion is stored in? | Scale leaves |
| Biochemical reduction of nitrate to nitrite or gaseous nitrogen is called? | Denitrification |
| Ammonium sulfate fertilizer containing 21% N & 24% S, is best in top dressing in:? | Rice |
| Soil is classified as sodic soil when? | SAR is >13 |
| Common varieties of rose are developed by? | Cutting |
| Sewage water consists of water and solids in the following percentage? | 99 & 1 |
| Which type of bacteria grows best at refrigeration temperature 10°C? | Psychrophilic |
| Schist is an example of? | Metamorphic rock |
| The recommended ratio of male the recommended of male rows to female rows in hybrid bajra production is? | 2 to 4 |
| The protein-synthesizing system is associated with? | Ribosome’s |
| Temporary teeth in the horse are? | 24 |
| The rice inflorescence is called? | Panicle |
| A group of plants providing food, fiber and shelter are? | Angiosperm |
| In maize source of high lysine is? | Opaque 2 |
| Who was the father of canning? | Nicolas Appert |
| Type of mango fruit is? | Drupe |
| Which of the following had a great influence on Drawing during the formulation of his theory of natural selection? | De Vries theory of mutation |
| Two allele genes are located on? | Two homologous chromosomes |
| Norine 10 is the source of dwarfing gene in? | Wheat |
| The world’s food is lost by microbial spoilage up to the extent of? | One-fifth |
| The texture of pastries, cookies and crackers is evaluated by? | Short meter |
| In green vegetables, the limiting amino acid is? | Methionine |
| In dairy products such as cheese and condensed milk the preservative used is? | Nisim |
| A one-day-old female chick is called? | Pullet |
| Esterases, proteinases, alkali acid phosphates belong to? | Hydrolases enzyme |
| The storage life of Apricot at 32ºF with RH of 90% is? | 1-2 weeks |
| haploids are better for mutation studies because in them all the mutations whether recessive or dominant are expressed as? | There is only one allele of each gene present in each cell |
| One of the following is not an advantage of genetic engineering? | The gene pool is maintained |
| Who coined the terms genetic flexibility and phenotypic flexibility? | Thoday (1953) |
| creep ration is given before? | Weaning |
| The nucleic acids comprise of? | DNA & RNA |
| Severe diarrhea and dehydration in humans is due to lack of? | Lactase |
| The oldest food preservation techniques are? | Smoking |
| Who characterized soil formation as set of “4” processes? | Simonson |
| Rooting of shoots, stems or branches while they are still attached to the parents is called? | Layering |
| Seed germination in typhoin watermelon can successfully be obtained by? | Scarification |
| The body of a sheep is covered with specialized fibers called? | Wool |
| Gravimetric water is present in? | Macro pores |
| Self-incompatibility is used for hybrid seed production in? | Cabbage |
| A genetic element that can exist in more than one of the two alternative forms is known as? | Episome |
| Resigns is a toxic substance found in? | Mango |
| Organic P content in the soil, by ignition method, is estimated by igniting the soil at? | 1000ºC |
| Saccharomyces creavisiae is the example of? | Yeast |
| The carrier of genetic information is? | Nucleic acid |
| Who coined the term genetic load? | Muller (1950) |
| Panting is a condition in birds during which? | Respiration rate increases |
| A pigment sensitive to light is known as? | Photo receptor |
| Fruits ripen better at a relative humidity of at least? | 90% |
| A technique that involves separating vegetative parts like rhizome offset, corns and sucker from the parent plant is called? | Division |
| False pregnancy is also called? | Pseudo pregnancy |
| Stemming Ration is given during last week of? | Pregnancy |
| The storage life of fresh oranges at 5 to 9ºc is? | 6-12 weeks |
| Immobile nutrient in the soil is:? | P |
| In no-tillage systems, the soil layers have? | Higher bulk density |
| Cuckoo lams are? | Late born lamb |
| Gametophytic system of self-incompatibility was first discovered by? | East and Mangelsdref (1925) |
| In bread preparation in added to sorbic acid which one of the following is used as a preservative? | Propionic acid |
| Scaled polyethylene bags increase the susceptibility of orange fruit from? | Mould |
| Rani khet is also called? | new castle disease |
| In populations, genotypic and phenotypic ratios are identical in cases of? | Incomplete dominance |
| Apple, guava, mango, pineapple and tomato are? | Acid foods |
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