Agronomy One Liner Questions for Agriculture Jobs. Preparation for Agriculture Officer, Agricultural/Cotton Inspector, Agronomist, Research Officer, Banks test, Water management Officer and all other agri jobs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CLCV stands for | cotton leaf curl virus |
| Low soil pH is an indication of | High Mg and Ca |
| The soil has got | Seven horizons |
| Sunflower is an allelopathic crop to many | Weeds |
| Effects of the allelopathic compound in the life cycle of plants cause inhibition of | seed germination |
| A treeless arctic plan is called as | Tundra |
| The prescribed germination percentage of the foundation seed of ground nut is | 85 |
| The number of crops grown on the same piece of land in a year and expressed in percentage is known as | Cropping index |
| The contribution of agriculture to the GDP of the country is | 25% |
| Electrolytes leakage is found greater in | HD grains |
| Part of the embryonic axis which develops into the root is called | Radicle |
| Gassypium herbaceum originated in | South Mexico and Central America |
| The vegetation found in high-altitude mountains is | Alpine vegetation |
| Gassypium arborium is | Diploid |
| The ratio of economic yield to biological yield expressed in percentage is called | Harvest index |
| A process in which most of the organisms are killed is known as | Sterilization |
| 2,4-d is a synthetic herbicide derived from | Auxins |
| The progeny of the nucleus seed is called | Breeder seed |
| Air contains | 78% nitrogen |
| When the course of water is blocked at some places if is called | Headworks |
| The application of fertilizer nutrients in proportions best suited to the needs of the crop is called | Balanced fertilization |
| The series of transformations which a nutrient undergoes in the biosphere before returning to its original formation is called | Nutrient cycle |
| The amount of water required to rise a crop to maturity within a given period of time is called | Crop Water requirement |
| Who described the method of estimating seed vigour on the basis of the colour intensity of stained seed? | Kittock and Law (1969) |
| Tillage is a field operation which helps in cutting, loosening and inverting the soil for | Irrigation |
| Controlled runoff, water supplies, irrigation and soil fertility are called as | Catchment protection |
| Delta pine variety of cotton was imported into Pakistan in the year | 1970 |
| The progeny of the nucleus seed is called | Breeder seed |
| In wheat total crop P uptake per ton of gram is about | 2-3Kg |
| The use of tetrazolium staining for the assessment of seed quality was suggested by | Moore (1973) |
| Hybrid seeds are developed because they | Produce better crops, Provide greater vigour and Are more uniform |
| In rice, high silicon content, in the shoot confers resistance to | Stem borer |
| One of the plants introduced from the new world to the old world is | Potato |
| The given-off water vapours from the surface of leaves are called | Transpiration |
| Fumigating and warming soil by covering it with black plastic is called | Soil solarization |
| APTMA stands for | All Pakistan textile mills association |
| In the country’s GDP, the cotton accounts for | 2% |
| Growing more than one crop in a season in the same land is called | Intensive cropping |
| The root of the cotton plant goes up to a depth of | 4-6 ft |
| IPM stands for | Integrated pest management |
| the enzyme responsible for biological nitrogen fixation is | Nitrogenase |
| A region with an annual rainfall of fewer than 10 inches comes under | And climate |
| Solar energy emitted by the sun reaches the earth’s surface absorbed and returned back in the form of | Infrared radiation |
| A method of estimating seed vigour on the basis of the colour intensity o the stained seeds was described by | Kittock and Law (1963) |
| Among the important greenhouse gases, two are found in higher concentration | Methane and carbon mono oxide |
| Gassypium hirsutum is | Tetraploid |
| What is SAZDA | Sindhi Arid Zone Development Authority |
| Fertilizer application before seed sowing is called | Basal application |
| Gaseous loss of a substance from the soil or from fertilizer or manure is called | Volatilization |
| A condition of green plants in which they become unhealthy and pale yellow in colour is known as | Chlorosis |
| Agro-ecological regions of Sindh are | 4 |
| What is catchment | An area that drains into the pond |
| Removal of cellular water followed by shrinkage of protoplasm is due to | Plasmolysis |
| The cotton plant has a mode of germination | Indeterminate type of growth |
| The Cotton plant belongs to the family. | Malvaceae |
| The depth of irrigation water required for the full crop period is called | Delta of water |
| One of the following insect act as a vector for CLCV | Whitefly |
| The green revolution came into being due to the evolution of | Wheat varieties |
| Among the cotton-exporting countries, the number of America is | 1 |
| The major source of foreign exchange earnings is | Cotton |
| Initial vegetation that invades and occupies the area is called | Pioneer |
| Narcotic crops mainly grown in Pakistan is | Tobacco |
| The ratio of the actual cultivated’ area to the total farm area over the year is called | Cropping intensity |
| In pulses, for the production of a nucleus seed, we require a minimum of | 500 plant progenies |
| Water courses are lined to avoid | Seepage |
| The drip method of irrigation is not suitable to close spaced crops because | High cost of pipes |
| Natural water as pH equal to | 1 |
| Plants which grow in the dry region are | Xerophytes |
| Which one of the following is a major fibre crop of Pakistan? | Cotton |
| The practice of producing two successive crops of the same species from the same piece of land in one year is called | Doubling cropping |
| The geographical area of Pakistan in million hectares is | 80 |
| Due to phosphorus deficiency in plants | Roots do not develop properly, Plants mature late and Poor flowering and fruit selling occurs |
| Who described? the use of tetrazolium for assessing, seed quality and the basis of topographical patterns | Moore (1973) |
| In Bindi, the production of foundation seed needs an isolation distance of | 200 meters |
| The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, a measure of the acidity of a solution is called | pH |
| Conducting experiments in glasses is called | Invitro |
| In B.T cotton B.T. stands for | Bacillus thuringensis |
| The herb plants have | Non-woody stem |
| Seed leachate conductivity is significantly higher in seeds having | Lower shoot weight |
| The productive branches of cotton are called | Sympodial branches |
| The seed rate of cotton per acre is | 5-6 kg |
| Allclopatluc interactions in general and the allelochemicals, in particular, are viewed as an important tools for | Weed and pest management |
| In pulses, limiting amino acids are | Tryptophan |
| Auxins and cytokinins are | Growth regulators |
| The hot desert has a mean annual temperature of | 30°C |
| Who gave the formula for the speed of germination | Maguire (1962) |
| Zinc deficiency is generally observed in | Rice |
| The highly decomposed stage of organic matter is called | Humus |
| Bacillus thuringensis season cotton is a | Bacteria |
| Raising only one crop in a year, when there is a seasonal supply of water is called | Monocropping |
| Penetrometer are used for measuring | Soil tilth depth |
| In the fanning system cultivation of two or more crops is known as | Multiple cropping |
| Among the cotton-exporting countries, the number of Pakistan is | 3rd |
| The living together of two or more species in a prolonged and intimate ecological relationship is called | Symbiosis |
| The systematic arrangement of soil into groups or categories is called | Classification |
| A foreign variety that is directly recommended for commercial cultivation is called | Exotic variety |
| The climates of Sindh province comes under | Subtropical |
| The first ginning machine was invented in | 1793 AD |
| Mesophytes are grown in | Moist places |
| When one set of vegetation follows the oilier set of vegetation with the passage of time is known as | Succession |
| EC of saline soil is equal to or greater than | 4 |
| In China, cotton was cultivated as a crop. | 4th century AD |
| genetic purity of the seed is determined by | Grow out test |
| Breeders seed production is taken up from the nucleus seed B and A lines are pollinated in an isolation of 1 Km in a ratio of | 1:4 |
| Crop rotation means growing | Growing different crops |
| Organic farming is a copping system in which | Fertilizers and pesticides are not used |
| Partially decomposed organic matter is termed as | Compost |
| Better crop establishment especially for direct-seeded rice can be obtained by using | High-density grain |
| The K is predominantly in | Straw |
| Generally, field crops are cultivated at an altitude | 02000 ft |
| The movement of water in the soil profile is known as | Percolation |
| Green vegetables are the source of | Folate |
| The diversity of animals and crop species in different ecosystems is called as | Biodiversity |
| Root nodules in plants help in | Nitrogen fixation |
| The role of boron and zinc has been recognized in crop | Rice |
| The crops which are grown to reduce soil erosion and natural losses by leaching is known as | Cover crops |
| Cotton the ginning machine was invented by | Withey |
| Cultivation of the same crop year after year is called | Monocropping |
| Integrated pest management involves | Chemical, cultural, and biological method |
| A method of control of pests in which natural predators and parasites are used without causing serious adverse environmental side effects is called | IPM |
| Hot with a cool winter in | Subtropical |
| High-density grains are found mostly at | Top of panicle |
| CCRI stands for | Central cotton research institute |
| A. income farm where the operator is producing primarily his family’s needs rather than for sale is called | Subsistence farming |
| What do you mean by WTO | World trade organization |
| Oka (1975) has suggested that me population size suitable for maintenance and seed production of a commercial crop of a self-pollinated species should be | 300 plants |
| The actual amount of H2O present in the air is called | Absolute humidity |
| In cotton the recommended R x R distance is | 75 cm |
| Fertilizer requirements of wheat under medium loamy soil is | 136-85 NP kg/ha |
| On the basis of a cotton-cultivated area which one of the following countries occupies the first position? | India |
| The equipment used for separating, cleaning and grading small seeds from the given sample is | Seed sorter |
| Which one of the following constitutes the best defamation of fruit | Fruit is a mature ovary that contains the seed |
| The percentage of area irrigated by a cusec of water during the season is called | Intensity |
| Pulling of off-type plants from a cropped field is called | Rouging |
| In 1992-93 the greatest decrease in the production of cotton was due to the attack of | CLCV |
| The experimental design which controls fertility levels in two directions is known as | LSD |
| The best soil for cotton cultivation is | Clay loam soil |
| The seed dormancy of rice seeds can be broken by putting them into the oven at | 53°c for 6 hrs |
| In Sunflower, the production of foundation seed requires an isolation distance of | 400 meters |
| The critical stages in cotton are | Chakwal |
| Who gave the formula for the coefficient of the velocity of germination? | Kotowski (1926) |
| Azolla which fixes nitrogen in the rice field is | Ferm |
| The maximum working depth of the disc plough is | 300 mm |
| The crop which is cultivated for grain purposes are called | Cereal crops |
| Sugar beet belongs to the family? | Chenopodiaceae |
| Seeds of wheat, paddy and maize showed a positive correlation between germination (%) and viability (%) as determined by | Tz test |
| Organisms which are genetically modified are called | Transgenic organisms |
| The significance of difference among several means is tested with the level of | F-test |
| The total dry matter produced by a plant as resulting photosynthesis is called | Biological yield |
| The substance that an enzyme acts upon are known as | 2900 Km |
| In which province is the only source of income is livestock grazing in range lands | Balochistan |
| The main reason behind the shedding of flowers in cotton is | High temperature |
| The potential means of enhancing productivity is | Quality of seeds |
| In 1991-92 the record production of cotton in Pakistan was | 12800,000 bales |
| The plants which grow on stream banks are | Pheritophytes |
| The transport of a substance across a biological membrane against a concentration gradient is called | Active transport |
| The Indus River is one of the longest rivers of Asia measuring about | Flowering |
| The control and preservation of natural resources For present and future use is | Conservation |
| The oxygen concentration in the air is | 21% |
| Mg in plants acts as | Enzyme activator |
| The technical name of janter is | Sesbania sesban |
| Excess of nitrogen to plants causes | Delay in ripening |
| One rooting hormone occurring naturally in plants is | Indole butyric |
| Soil water over hygroscopic and capillary water which moves downward through the soil by the force of gravity is called | Substrate |
| A precise assessment of pest pressure to evaluate Economic risk from pest infestations is called | Crop scouting |
| The value of regression and correlation is the same when the correlation between two variables is | Perfect |
| The ratio of treatment variance to error variance is known as | F-value |
| Based on the yield of cotton per hectare which of the following country occupies the first position? | Gravitational water |
| A gas produced by the anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds is called | Methane |
| The Indus Basin irrigation system has | Australia |
| Field capacity and permanent wilting point are different and indifferent | Soils |
| Based on the yield of cotton per hectare which of the following country occupies the second position | 19 Barrages |
| Hyderabad district area is in | Thai range area |
| The genus of cotton is | Gassypium |
| Allelopathy is an important component in the development of future integrated strategies for | Weed management |
| A crop grown on residual moisture after harvesting rice is called | Ratoon crop |
| The plants which, grow neither in dry nor in wet conditions are | Mesophytes |
| Allelopathy interaction between plants plays a crucial role in | Ecosystems |
| Allelocliemicals may enter the soil through the process of | Root exudation |
| The use of linear measurements of plumule growth as a vigour test was first suggested by | Germ (1949) |
| Plants adapted to arid regions are | Xerophytes |
| Sowing seed without any tillage in the soil is called | Zero tillage |
| In wheat, the production of certified seed needs an isolation distance of | 3 Meters |
| N mineralization is affected by soil pH | Above 6 |
| The control and preservation of natural resources for present and future use is called | Conservation |
| Accumulation of transported material A to B horizon is known as | illuviation |
| The harmful influence of one living plant on another living plant by the secretion of a toxic substance is called | Allelopathy |
| The ratio of the actual cultivated area to the total farm area over a year is called | Cropping intensity |
| Resistance of plants to a living organism is called | Biotic resistance |
| International Institute for Tropical Agriculture is located at | Mexico |
| Weedicides that kill the foliage of weeds by direct contact are as | Paraquat |
| Tensiometer is used for measuring | Soil moisture |
| The wearing away of the land surface by wind, water, ice or other geological agent is called | Erosion |
| Foliar application of nitrogen means applying nitrogen in solution form to | Leaves |
| Very hot and winterless condition is | Tropical |
| The mutual association between fungi and the roots of plants is known as | Mycorrhizae |
| Plants that can tolerate drought are | Xerophytes |
| Organisms which feed on dead and decaying organisms are called as | Saprophytes |
| genetic purity is assessed through | Germination |
| A good source of vegetable protein is | Pulses |
| In Pakistan, the total length of the canal system exceeds | 58000 Km |
| A region with an annual rainfall of fewer than 10 inches comes under | Semi-arid climate |
| Who gave the formula for mean germination time? | Nicolls &Heydecker (1968) |
| Breeder seed is the progeny of | Nucleus seed |
| Primary air pollution is | SO |
| Abnormal seeding growth in rice is more closely related to | LD grains |
| In wheat total crop N uptake per ton of grain is about | 15-20 Kg |
| PASSCO stands for? | PASSCO stands for Pakistan Agricultural Storage & Services Corporation |
| Plants having no defined limits of the vegetative and reproductive element is called | Indeterminate growth |
| Simple plains that lack photosynthesis pigments are called as | Fungi |
| On the basis of the yield of cotton per hectare which of the following country occupies the second position | Turkey |
| The condition of drying of plant parts due to lack of water is called | Wilting |
| The deficient level of N(%) in plants suggested by various workers is | <1% |
| The Delta of water for the cotton crop is? | 25-acre inches |
| A long severe winter and short summer are called? | Arctic |
| Root nodules in plant help in? | Nitrogen fixation |
| The severe salinity problem has taken lands out of production as? | 10% |
| The branch of Science which deals cultivation of land is called? | Agriculture |
| The contact herbicides are less effective to? | Perennial plants |
| Pakistan has a total forest area of about_? | 12 million ha |
| the layer of the atmosphere which blocks ultraviolet radiation from the sun is? | Ozone |
| Certification is not required for? | Breeder seed |
| Gassypium barbadense originated in? | Central and South America |
| Hitting the seed with force against a hard surface to break seed dormancy is called? | Impaction |
| Which is the most important cereal crop in the temperature region? | Wheat |
| Root rot of cotton is a? | Fungal disease |
| Leguminous plants are important in agriculture because? | Help in the nitrogen economy of nature |
| The ratio of crop yield to the amount of water utilized is called? | Crop water use efficiency |
| The management of kind by planting a series of crops and pastures or following to maximize production with sustaining land quality is called? | Crop rotation |
| Cotton plant has a mode of germination? | Epigeal germination |
| Two much Mg may create deficiency for? | N |
| The higher leachate conductivity is associated with? | Immature seed? |
| Seed bag labelled with white colour indicates? | Basic seed |
| The lowest pest population that will cause economic damage is called_? | Economic threshold |
| The critical factor for crop production is? | Pure seed |
| There is__? | 43560 Sq ft in an acre |
| Removal of branches for forage is? | Lopping |
| Plants grown in the dry region are? | Xerophytes |
| A warm summer and pronounced winter are called? | Temperature |
| AZR1 is? | Arid zone research institute |
| Cotton plants belong to one of the following categories? | C3 plant |
| On the basis of season cotton is a? | Kharif crop |
| Wheat is predominantly? | Self-pollinated crop |
| Seed dormancy of nee seeds can be successfully broken by heat treatment at? | 50°c for 3-7 days |
| Melilotus alba is an objectional weed of? | Methi |
| England cotton was imported from the time in? | 1430 AD |
| The environment where an organism lives is? | Habitat |
| A pasturing system that allows short periods of heavy use followed by recovery, the period is called? | Rotational grazing |
| Seeds which dried at low moisture contents and stored at low temperatures without losing their viability are? | Orthodox seeds |
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