DAVID MOISES MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Balit, Mambusao, Capiz

Third Departmental Test in TLE 10

AGRICULTURAL CROP PRODDUCTION NC I

Name:__________________________ Yr. & Section:________________Date:_______Score:___________

“HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY”

Direction: Multiple Choice: Read and understand the questions carefully .Choose and encircle the letter from the given
option that correspond to the correct answer.
1. Which stage of a rice plant’s life cycle which has constant duration regardless of its varieties?
a. Vegetative and ripening stage c. Reproductive and Ripening stage
b. Reproductive and Vegetative d. Tiller multiplication and milking stage.
2. How many months is the reproductive stage of a rice plants?
a. 2 months c. 2.5 month
b. 1 month d. 3 months
3. During Vegetative stage which parts of a rice plants start to grow and develop?
a. Tiller and flower c. panicle initiation and filling of grain
b. Flower and panicle initiation d. milking of grain
4. How long is the vegetative stage of a rice plant?
a. Depend on the season of planting c. depend on the time of sowing
b. Depend on the varieties d. depend on the application of fertilizers
5. How could you have maximum return from fertilizer application?
a. Fertilizer should be applied anytime of the day.
b. Fertilizer should be applied when the plant need it.
c. Fertilizer should be applied at the right amount, place and at the time the plants need it.
d. Fertilizers should be applied after knowing its composition and how it should be applied.
6. Nitrogen stimulates the growth of leaves and stem? How about Phosphorous?
a. It gives dark green color to the plants
b. Plant become more resistant to diseases.
c. Help in the production of seeds.
d. Stalk become stronger
7. Why you should not allow the fertilizer bags to touch the cement floor?
a. To avoid the evaporation of nutrients.
b. To prevent the caking of fertilizers due to accumulation of moisture.
c. To prevent the fertilizer to become wet
d. To avoid melting of fertilizers due to moisture.
8. What will happen to a rice plants if there is an excess supply of nitrogen?
a. It increases the number of tiller
b. It will causes the plants to lodge before booting.
c. It will increase the number of panicle
d. It will make the plants mature early.
9. How could you determine if a rice plants is in booting stage?
a. The stem of a rice plants increases its length
b. The bulging of the leaf stem that conceals the developing panicles
c. Rice plants decreases it tillers and panicles.
d. The rice seeds started to mature
10. The following are the source of organic fertilizer except:
a. Animal manure c. Green manure crop
b. Compost d. Lime
11. Among the animal manure, which has a highest nitrogen content if decomposed?
a. Cattle b. carabao c. Swine d. Poultry
12. Inorganic fertilizers contain the three major element needed by plants. If the fertilizer is 45 – 0 – 0, what is the
classification of fertilizer?
a. Single element b. Incomplete c. Complete d. double element
13. In 0 – 0 – 60 inorganic fertilizer which of following major nutrients were lacking?
a. Phosphorous and Nitrogen c. Nitrogen and Phosphorous
b. Nitrogen and Potassium d. Phosphorous and Potassium
14. If the Inorganic fertilizers is 14- 14 – 14 , What are the major nutrients which are available?
a. Nitrogen, calcium and Zinc c. Iron, Calcium, phosphorous
b. Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium d. Potassium, Nitrogen and Phosphorous
15. When is the best time for basal application of fertilizer?
a. After the first plowing of the field before planting
b. Before plowing the field after harvesting rice
c. Right after the first harrowing
d. Right before the last harrowing one or two days before transplanting.
16. If you will be using both Organic and Inorganic fertilizers which of the following will give a higher yield?
a. 20 bags of Organic fertilizers and 10 bags of Inorganic fertilizers per hectare.
b. 10 bags of Organic fertilizers and 5 bags of Inorganic fertilizers per hectare.
c. 5 bags of organic fertilizers and 5 bags of Commercial fertilizers per hectare
d. 15 bags of commercial fertilizers and 15 bags of organic fertilizers per hectare
 17. To have an exact quantity of fertilizers to be applied in the field, which of the following would be the best
suggestion?
a. Take a soil sample from your field and have it analyse in the bureau of soil
b. Observed the growth and development of the rice plants.
c. Uproot the rice plants and measure the length of the roots.
d. Select a healthy plants and measure the length of the largest leaf.
18. Soil, water, air and sunlight are important factors in increasing rice yield, which of the following is considered
as the most important factors?
a. Soil b. water c. sunlight d. air
19. If irrigation is an artificial application water in the fields how about drainage?
a. Providing furrows in the fields c. even distribution of water in the field
b. Removal of excess water in the field d. fixing of dikes to conserved water in the fields
20. The following explains why weeds should be eradicated in the fields except;
a. Weeds reduce crop yields by competing with rice plants for sunlight, moisture, space and soil nutrients.
b. Weeds serve as the alternate host of insects pest and diseases.
c. Weeds supply the needed nutrients of a rice plants.
d. Weeds decreases the quality of the rice grains.
21. Weeds is defined as plants which grow out of place. If your main crops is upland rice and if there are corn,
sweet potato, and saluyot that accindentally grow within your main crop. Which of the following plants are
considered weeds?
a. Rice, corn, saluyot c. saluyot, rice, sweet , potato
b. corn, sweet potato, saluyot d. sweet potato, corn, rice
22. How will you control weeds using the cultural methods?
a. By the use mechanical or rotary weeders
b. By good land preparation and flooding the fields
c. By the use herbicides to kill or supress the growth of weeds
d. By hand pulling or hand weeding
23. The following are the reason why adequate supply of water in the field is needed except;
a. To facilitate land preparation especially levelling.
b. To eradicate Golden Kuhol
c. To ensure good crop establishment with faster root development
d. Facilitate better nutrient uptake
24. Transpiration is the loss of water from the leaves of the plants , how to minimize this?
a. Constant irrigation is needed c. Do not expose the plant to sunlight
b. Remove leaves of the plants d. Constant weeding is needed
25. Evaporation occurs due to the following reasons except;
a. High intensity of sunlight c. High temperature
b. High humidity d. dry wind
26. Which of the rice varieties need more water ?
a. Early maturing varieties c. both late and maturing varieties
b. Late maturing varieties d. medium maturing varieties
27. Which of the following is the crucial stage of rice plant which needs more water?
a. Germination and transplanting c. panicle development and grain development
b. Transplanting and tillering stage d. grain development and ripening of grains
28. Why draining of water is a must two weeks before harvesting?
a. To prevent lodging of a rice plants
b. To facilitate grain development and maturity
c. To have the correct distance of planting
d. To have a higher tiller
29. How will you minimize the seepage loss of water in the rice paddies?
a. Plow the field very well. c. Fix and maintain dikes or levees.
b. Always irrigate the field. d. Construct a drainage canal.
30. For rainfed ricefield how will you impound more water?
a. Construct a higher dikes without rat holes and breaks.
b. Construct a lower dikes without rat holes and breaks.
c. Always inspects rice paddies if water is available.
d. Construct a drainage canal to drain water.

For Item Number 31- 45. Problem Solving :

1. Based on the soil analysis, the nutrient requirement of Nardo’s field is 120 – 0 – 0. If he will used Urea
( 46 – 0 -0).How many bags he needs to purchase? To meet the required nutrient. (Write your formula and
Computation) (3pts.)
2. The fertilizer recommendation for Mr. Santos rice field is 120- 60- 0 per hectare. The available fertilizer are Urea
( 46- 0- 0) and ammonium phosphate( 16- 20- 0) Compute the amount of fertilizer to meet the requirement.
(6 pts.)
3. The fertilizer recommendation for Mang Dadoy’s rice field is 200 - 120- 80 per hectare. He is suggested to use
the following fertilizer complete fertilizer (14-14-14) and Urea( 46- 0 – 0) to supply needed requirements. (6 pts.)

For Item No. 46- 50. Essay ( 5 pts.)

I. Being an Agricultural Arts students how could you help the rice farmers in your locality to increase their
production ?