1) The combined study of Agriculture and Botany is called;

A) Agrology B) Agro-biology C) Phytology D) Physiology

2) The final physical condition of Soil after artificial manipulation is called;
A) Tillage B) Tilth C) Aggregate D) Crumb
3) Which of the following is not a temperate crop by their thermal requirement;
A) Wheat B) Barley C)Rice D) Oat
4) Plants face many stresses during their life cycle, Some plant species are more Water efficient
under water limiting conditions, they are termed as;
A) C3 B) C4 C) CAM D) both B&C
5) Seeds of most crop plants germinate readily within a temperature range of;
A) 10-20 ⁰C B) 15-30 ⁰C C) 25-35 ⁰C D) above 30 ⁰C
6) Some winter crops require exposure to low Temperature ranging 3-7 ⁰C for the initiation of
flowering, this response is called;
A) Dormancy B) Vernalization C) Apical dominance D) Dehiscence
7) The uptake of ions from soil by crop plants changes the soil pH, by the uptake of N03-Nitrogen
from soil ,its pH will;
A) Increase B) Decrease C) First increases then decrease D) not change
8) What will be the Cation exchange capacity of a soil when it has 40% clay and 2% of Organic
Matter contents;
A) 24 cmol/kg B) 22 cmol/kg C) 42 cmol/kg D) 21 cmol/kg
9) Which pair of nutrients show similar deficiency symptoms in crop plants under field conditions;
A) N & Cu B) N & Mo C) P & Zn D) P & Mg
10) Which group of crops require adequate supply of Sulphur to produce higher yield with better
quality;
A) Legumes B) oil seeds C) Sugar crops D) Both A & B
11) A farmer has 25 acres of cultivable land. He grows 20 acres of Sugarcane during period February
to January, what will the cropping intensity of that farm;
A) 80% B) 100 % C) 160% D) 200 %
12) A farmer grows Groundnut on his farm under Rain fed conditions. Which fertilizer will u
recommend him to be used an ideal source of Nitrogen;
A) Urea B) Ammonium nitrate C) Ammonium sulphate D) Calcium Ammonium nitrate(CAN)
13) Which one of the following is a Primary Tillage implement;
A) Disc plough B) M.B Plough C) Sub-Soiler D) All of them
14) The Tillage operation of Sub-Soiling comes under the category of which Tillage System;
A) Seasonal Tillage B) Off-Seasonal Tillage C) Special purpose Tillage D) Both B & C

15) The White tags with the bags are an indication for a special class of Seeds, known as;

A) Pre-basic seed B) Basic seed C) Certified seed D) Approved seed

16)The Real Value of seed is an index of seed quality. It represents the;

Physical purity% B) Germination purity% C) Both b & c D) none of these

17) A farmer is trying to reclaim his soil which contains higher Conc. Of Sodium and other soluble
salts. He heavily irrigated his field without adding any amendment in the soil, Soil will be converted
to ;

A) Saline B) Sodic C) Saline-Sodic D) Reclaimed

18) Which of the following nutrients is not uptaken by the phenomenon of Mass Flow;

A) NO3- B) SO4- C) Ca+2 D) K+

19) The nutrient having least diffusion distances in the soil is;

A) NO3- B) Po4-2 C) Mg+2 D) k+

20) The part of root where maximum water and nutrient absorption takes place is;

A) Root tips B) Root hairs C) Root axils D) Main root

21) The Symplastic pathway for the movement of water and low-weight solutes is initiated after the
development of a special character in the palnt root is;

A) Pericycle B) Root hairs C) Casparian strip D) Cell elongation

22) The outer most covering of a seed is called;

A) Testa B) Tegumen C) Aleuron D) Scutellum

23) The minimum Germination criteria (Germination rate) for the seed to be fit for sowing is;

A) 50% B) 60% C) 70% D) 80%

24) which of the following is not short day plant regarding their flowering response to changing day
length;

A) Cotton B) Wheat C) Rice D) Millet

25) The Phloem of living plants contains an abundant sugar during translocation from source to sink;

A) Glucose B) Fructose C) Mannose D) Sucrose

26) A field is being prepared for the cultivation of Sugarcane after harvesting of Rice , which special
tillage implement should be used for the proper development of root system for nutrition and
Water uptake;

A) Rotavator B) Cultivator C) M.B Plough D) Disc Harrow

27) A researcher is going to evaluate four newly evolved cultivars of Wheat in a Multi-location yield
trial at 5 different locations to find out their Optimum Sowing dates, which layout design would you
suggest him for experimentation;
A) CRD B) RCB C) RCB Split plot D) LSD

28) According to latest survey, Pakistan is facing low water availability (and is continuously
decreasing day by day) for irrigation during cropping season;

A) Rabi B) kharif C) Zaid-Rabi D) Both A & B

29) The form of Water available to the crop plants from the soil under field conditions is;

A) Gravitational B) Capillary C****) Hygroscopic D) non of these

30) Which of the following crops is more sensitive to heavier application of irrigation water;

A) Cotton B) Sugarcane C) Tobacco D) both A & C

31) Which crop has widely adopted cultivars regarding environmental conditions and is almost
seems to be there in field round the year;

A) Maize B) Cotton C) Sugarcane D) Wheat

32) Which insect pest of sugarcane damages the stem in form characteristic zigzag galleries;

A) Top borrer B) Pyrilla C) Stem borrer D) Root borer

33) An insect attacks the Cotton field during last week, It has voracious feeding habits. All the
reproductive parts of crop plants (Buds, Flowers and bolls) were damaged; it was an attack of;

A) Pink boll worm B) Jassid C) Army worm D) mealybug

34) According to latest survey, the contribution of wheat towards the GDP of Pakistan by wheat crop
is;

A) 1.1% B) 2.1% C) 3.1% D) 4.1%

35) A group of plant growth-regulating substances which are being produced by tip of shoot and
root and are promontory to cell division and cell elongation are;

A) Auxins B) Cytokinens C) Giberellins D) non of these

36) The process of Nitrogen fixation in legumes by Nitrogenase is accelerated under conditions;

A) Aerobic B) Anaerobic C) both A & B D) not affected by them

36) A cereal crop with well developed Auricle and less prominent ligule Is;

A) Wheat B) Maize C) Barley D) Rice

36) The most area of Pakistan receives very little amount of rainfall normally less than 250 mm per
annum, these areas can be classified as;
A) Arid B) Semi arid C) Sub-humid D) Humid

37) An area near Indus River has loamy soil with high Silt contents. The climate of this area is almost
tropical and some time it faces floods during month of August, which crop can be sown there with
minimum risk of crop failure;

A) Cotton B) Mong bean C) Sugarcane D) Millet

38) A major problem in having a successful crop of Directly seeded Rice is;

A) Water shortage B) Weeds C) Plant population D) none of these

39) The major storage contents present in the seeds of cereals is;

A) Starch B) Protein C) Oils D) non of these

40) Caryopsis is one seeded fruit in which the ovary wall is united with the seed coat/testa is present
in;

A) Legumes B) Brassica C) Grasses D) Clovers

41) The wheat variety which is heavily being attacked by Rust since last three years is;

A) Sehar-2006 B) Faisalabad-2008 C) Millat-2011 D) Galaxy-2013

42) A chemical which is used to delint the Cotton seed before sowing is;

A) 5% H2So4 B) 10% H2So4 C) 5% HNO3 D) 10% HNO3

43) The maximum potential of water in MPa is;

A) 0 B) -1 C) 1 D) 2

44) A mineral nutrient which is an essential component/function as co-factor of more than 80

enzymes;

A) Fe B) K C) Zn D) Mg

45) Which of the following has highest delta of water ;

A) Sugarcane B) Cotton C) Barseem D) Sun flower

46) Under water logging conditions, water is occupies the;

A) Macro pores B) Micro pores C) none of these D) both of these

47) Bacterial blight attacks the crop during tillering to booting stage; it is an important disease of;

A) Millet B) Rice C) Wheat D) none of these

48) The critical growth stage of wheat by irrigation point of view where irrigation should be applied
is;

A) Crown root initiation B) Booting C) Grain filling D) all of these

49) The first stable product of photosynthesis in C4 plants is;

A) PGA B) G3P C) Malate D) Pyruvate

50) Which of the following is an essential component of Chlorophyll;

A) N B) C C) Mg D) all of these

51) Which method yields highest nutrient use efficiency and is easy to adopt under cultivation
methods used in Pakistan;

A) Broadcasting ***B) Band placement C) Fertigation D) Foliar application

52) An experiment was conducted on wheat to check the effect of five treatments, the treatment T4
gave best results with 800 g in a plot size of 3 m * 6 m, What will be the yield in terms of tons/ha;

A) 0.22 B) 2.2 C) 0.44 D) 4

53) A Rice field is visited a few days before booting, some plants were observed there with abnormal
height, thin stems and were also bearing florescence, it is because of a disease;

A) Blast of rice B) Bakini disease C) Brown leaf spot D) Brown leaf spot

54) is;

A) Labour shortage B) Lack of machinary C) Time constraints D) Adaphic factors

55) Sowing of Rice Nursery is prohibited to avoid multiplication of;

A) Rice weeds B) Fungual spores C) Pathogenic bacteria D) Stem borers

56) Which of the following can be intercropped with Sugarcane;

A) Lentil B) oil seeds C) Fodders ***D) all of these

57) The Ratoon crop of Sugar cane is avoided because of;

A) Lower yield B) Build of pests C) Higher cost D) all of these

58) which part is associated with tiller development in wheat and are usually first seen when the
fourth leaf emerges and tillering starts;
A) Seminal root B) Nodal root C) leaf axil D) both A & B

59) Which type of wheat is being grown in Pakistan;

A) Winter wheat B) Spring wheat C) Alternative wheat D) both A & B

60) Zero tillage Wheat is sown in Rice stubbles to save time ,it require special machinery which may
include;

A) Happy seeder B) Turbo seeder C) Zone disc tiller D) all of these

61) Which of the following is not a weed of Wheat field;

A) Jangli jai B) Dumbi sitti C) lehli D) Itsit

62) The ideal moisture contents for Cereal seeds to be store are;

A) 10-12% B) 14-16% C) 18-10% D) More than 20%

63) The New world cotton which is under cultivation is genetically;

A) Diploid B) Tetraploid C) Hexaploid D) Nullisomic

64) What is an ideal method for sowing of Cotton crop;

A) Flat sowing B) Ridge sowing C) Bed sowing D) both A & C

65) Which of the following is not a sucking Insect Pest of cotton?

A) Jassid B) Army worm C) White fly D) Mealybug

66) Which one of the following is fine variety of Rice?

A) KS-282 B) Basmati-515 C) Super Basmati D) Both B & C

67) The amount of seed required for Nursery (Dry method) of Fine Rice which will be transplanted in
one acre is;

A) 4-5 kg B) 6-7 kg C) 8-10 kg D) 10-12 kg

68) What type of weeds is found in Rice Field?

A) Grasses B) Sedges C) Broad leave D) all of these

67) PRI-Red is a variety of;

A) Potato B) Soybean C) Lentil D) Mongbean

68) The Scientific name of sugar cane is;

A) Saccharum officinarum B) Saccharum spontanium C) Beta vulgaris D) Oryza fatua

69) Sugar cane stem contain sugar at maturity under sub-tropic conditions;

A) 6-8 % B) 10-12% C) 14-16% D) more than 16%

70) The best time for spring sowing of Sugarcane crop is;

A) 15 Jan-15 Feb B) Feb-15 March C) March D) 15 March-15 April

71) Sugarcane is sown using sets, sets form which part are more suitable to get higher germination
rate;

A) Upper part B) Middle of stem C) Lower part D) both A & C

72) Sugar has special requirement of a nutrient along with N & P which is;

A) Potassium B) Sulphur C) Zn D) Cu

73) Which micronutrient has become deficient because of intensive cultivation and their
supplementation has started for satisfactory crop production;

A) Zinc B) Boron C) Calcium D) both A & B

74) Which sowing method offers a maintained R * R and P * P distance;

A) kera B) Pora C) Drilling D) Dibbling

75) Bordeaux mixture is used against to control fungal diseases, its major constituent is;

A) Copper sulphate B) Slaked lime C) Calcium sulphate D) both A & B

76) When first peg appears in Ground nut crop, a special amendment is applied in field to get high
quality produce

A) Gypsum B) Lime C) Urea D) Phosphorus

77) A test which is performed to check the viability of a seed is;

A) Tetrazolium test B) Gravel-sand test C) SPADE D) Benedict,s test

78) Maize is sown in lines at Row-Row distance of 75 cm, what is ideal P * P distance for this crop;

A) 10-15 cm B) 20-25 cm C) 25-30 cm D) more than 30 cm

79) Which one among the Following is a Pakistani Hybrid of Maize?

A) Sadaf B) Neelam C) Agaiti-2002 D) H.F-810

80) The all of N is applied at once at sowing under condition;

A) Legume crop B) Short duration crop C) Barani cultivation D) all of these

81) The Scientific name of barely is;

A) Oryza sativa B) Hardeum vulgare C) Capsicum annum D) Lens culinaris

82) Which is the recommended variety of barely for Sandy loam soil;

A) Frountier-87 B) Clipper C) Barely-dwarf D) all of these

83) Which one is known as the King of fodders?

A) Barseem B) Maize C***) Alfalfa D) Mott grass

84) A row crop is being sown in an area with sandy loam soil and less available water for irrigation,
an irrigation method for that crop with high WUE will be;

A) Basin irrigation B) Border irrigation C) Furrow irrigation D) Drip irrigation

85) Which soil particles have highest surface area?

A) Fine sand B) Coarse sand C) Silt D) Clay

86) The downward movement of soil within soil is called;

A) Perculation B) Seepage C) Infiltration D) Run off

87) The process of exposing imbibed seeds to cool temperature in order to break their dormancy is;

A) Stratification B) Scarification C) Abrasion D) none of these

88) Growth is very important factor to be studied for the effect of different inputs applied on a
crop; the growth can be described using the indices;

A) Crop growth rate B) Leaf area index C) Net assimilation rate D) all of these

89) A soil having O.M contents more than 50% is called

A) Organic soil B) Mineral soil C) Muck soil D) Peat soil

90) Most of the nutrients are readily available at pH range;

A) 4-6 B) 6-8 C) 8-10 D) Above 10

A) B) C) D)
A) B) C) D)