Agriculture & Irrigation System of Pakistan Mcqs - Set 1

1)   Pakistan is the __________ largest rice Producer country in the world?

a. Fifth
b. Sixth
c. Fourth
d. Eight
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Eight

Explanation:
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2)   Pakistan is the _________ largest Date Palm Producer country in the world?

a. Fifth
b. Fourth
c. Sixth
d. Eight
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sixth

Explanation:
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3)   Pakistan is the ___________ largest Cotton Producer country in the world?

a. Fifth
b. Fourth
c. Sixth
d. Eight
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fourth

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


4)   Pakistan is the ________ largest Apricot Producer country in the world ?

a. Fifth
b. Fourth
c. Sixth
d. Eight
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Fourth

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


5)   ________ is the most important staple food of Pakistan?

a. Rice
b. Wheat
c. Cotton
d. Sugarcane
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Wheat

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


6)   Which province of Pakistan is the largest bajra producing province ?

a. Punjab
b. K.P.K
c. Sindh
d. Baluchistan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Punjab

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


7)   Which province of Pakistan is the largest tobacco producing province ?

a. Punjab
b. Baluchistan
c. K.P.K
d. Sindh
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Punjab

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


8)   Which province of Pakistan is the largest rice producing province ?

a. Punjab
b. Sindh
c. K.P.K
d. Baluchistan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Punjab

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


9)   Cash crops cover nearly _______ of the cropped areas?

a. 25%
b. 55%
c. 15%
d. 35%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 25%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


10)   Nearly _______ of land is cultivated through tube-wells ponds and rain water?

a. 25%
b. 55%
c. 15%
d. 35%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 25%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


11)   Total land area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa comprises of 10.2 mha (25.20 million acres), out of which nearly ________ are cultivated?

a. 10% or 1.93 mha
b. 20% or 3.93 mha
c. 29% or 5.93 mha
d. 35% or 7.93 mha
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 10% or 1.93 mha

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


12)   Which soil is best suited for deep rooted crops ?

a. Red soil
b. Black soil
c. Literate soil
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Black soil

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


13)   Kharif crop includes ?

a. Rice & sugarcane
b. Cotton and maize
c. Bajra and Jawar
d. All of them
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of them

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


14)   Rasul headworks was constructed on the river ?

a. Indus
b. Sutlej
c. Chenab
d. Jhelum
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Jhelum

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


15)   Which one of the following is the largest sector of Pakistan’s economy ?

a. Agriculture
b. Banking
c. Industry
d. Manufacturing
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Agriculture

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


16)   Malakand Dargai Project started its operation in ?

a. 1935
b. 1938
c. 1947
d. 1946
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1938

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


17)   Nara Canal is located in the Province of _______?

a. Punjab
b. Baluchistan
c. Sindh
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sindh

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


18)   Trimmu Sindhnai link canal links the Chenab with ?

a. Jhelum
b. Ravi
c. Chenab
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ravi

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!


19)   The Indus Water Treaty was mediated by ?

a. IMF
b. USA
c. World Bank
d. Britain
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: World Bank

Explanation:
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20)   Black Volcanic soil and tropical climate is most suitable without excess rainfall for which crop ?

a. Jute
b. Tobacco
c. Cotton
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Cotton

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!