Agriculture & Irrigation System of Pakistan Mcqs - Set 4

1)   The total forest area of Pakistan is estimated at ?

a. 5.20 million hectares
b. 3.20 million hectares
c. 6.20 million hectares
d. 4.20 million hectares
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6.20 million hectares

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2)   Livestock sector accounts for nearly 36 percent of agriculture value added and about 9.0 percent of the ?

a. GDP
b. GNP
c. export earnings
d. budget
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ANSWER: GDP

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3)   How much wood the forest sector provides ?

a. 4.5 million hectares
b. 3.5 million hectares
c. 5.5 million hectares
d. 2.5 million hectares
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3.5 million hectares

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4)   What is total forest area of Azad Kashmir ?

a. 0.53 million hectares
b. 1.32million hectare
c. 0.42 million hectares
d. 0.55 million hectares
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.42 million hectares

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5)   What is the total estimated forest area of Sindh ?

a. 0.92 million hectares
b. 2.92 million hectares
c. 1.92 million hectares
d. 0.92 million hectares
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.92 million hectares

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6)   The total forest area of Punjab is ?

a. 1.69 million hectares
b. 0.89 million hectares
c. 0.96 million hectares
d. 0.989 million hectares
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1.69 million hectares

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7)   Kinds of forest in Pakistan are coniferous forest, irrigated plantation riverain forests and ?

a. Mangrove forest
b. Scrub forests
c. private plantations
d. All of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Scrub forests

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8)   What is the contribution of forest sector in GDP ?

a. 0.1%
b. 3.1
c. 1.1
d. 2.1
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 0.1%

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9)   What was the yield of wheat in 2010-11 ?

a. 2237 kgs/hec
b. 2314 kgs/hec
c. 2217 kgs/hec
d. 2247 kgs/hec
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 2314 kgs/hec

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10)   Which is the main staple food of the population and largest grain crop of the country ?

a. rice
b. pulses
c. wheat
d. None of these
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: wheat

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11)   The main export items of the country are crop cotton and?

a. Sugar
b. cotton vast products
c. sugar products
d. wheat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: cotton vast products

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12)   One-third of the forest area is productive, and the remaining two-third is maintained for ?

a. Timber
b. Environmental protection
c. Wild life
d. sanctuaries
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Environmental protection

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13)   During the year 1999-2000 how much timber was contributed by the forest sector ?

a. 243 thousand cubic meters
b. 343 thousand cubic meters
c. 425 thousand cubic meters
d. 543 thousand cubic meters
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 425 thousand cubic meters

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14)   Forests and rangelands support 30 million herds of livestock. How much amount this livestock contributes to Pakistan’s annual export earnings ?

a. $500 million
b. $350 million
c. $400 million
d. $300 million
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: $400 million

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15)   In Pakistan what is the yield of sugarcane ?

a. 48042 kg/hec
b. 54378 kg/hec
c. 45000 kg/hec
d. 74538 kg/hec
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 48042 kg/hec

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16)   The share of sugarcane crop in value added in agriculture is 6.3 percent What is the share in GDP ?

a. 5.1%
b. 1.5%
c. 6%
d. 4%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1.5%

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17)   Which is the second largest staple food crop in Pakistan ?

a. Wheat
b. flour
c. Wheat & flour
d. rice
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: rice

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18)   Rice account for 6.6 percent in value added in agriculture. What is its contribution in GDP ?

a. 19%
b. 1.6%
c. 22%
d. 6.1%
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 6.1%

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19)   In 2010-11 the yield of rice in Pakistan was ?

a. 1836 kgs/hec
b. 2030 kgs/hec
c. 2035 kgs/hec
d. 2040 kgs/hec
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1836 kgs/hec

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20)   Rice is very important food as well as ?

a. export crop
b. cash crop
c. raw material
d. import item
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: cash crop

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