Agronomy Mcqs - Set 10

1)   The control and preservation of natural resources for present and future use is called_________________?

a. Sustainability
b. Conservation
c. Crop residue management
d. None of above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Conservation

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2)   Ratio of economic yield to biological yield expressed in percentage is called_______________?

a. Harvest index
b. Seed index
c. Total yield
d. Dry matter
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Harvest index

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3)   The practice of producing two successive crops of same species from same piece of land in one year is called_________________?

a. Intercropping
b. Doubling cropping
c. Monocropping
d. Cropping pattern
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Doubling cropping

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4)   The amount of water required to rise a crop to matunty with in a given period of time is called________________?

a. Water frequency
b. Water depletion
c. Water balance
d. Crop Water requirement
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Crop Water requirement

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5)   A region with an annual rainfall less than 10 inches comes under_________________?

a. And climate
b. Semi-and climate
c. Wet climate
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: And climate

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6)   The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, a measure of the acidity of a solution is called_______________?

a. pH
b. EC
c. Cl
d. Saliruiy
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: pH

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7)   International institute for Tropical Agriculture is located at________________?

a. Mexico
b. Nigeria
c. Syria
d. Columbia
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Mexico

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8)   In Bindi, production of foundation seed needs an isolation distance of__________________?

a. 100 meters
b. 50 meters
c. 200 meters
d. 3 meters
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 200 meters

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9)   In Sunflower, production of foundation seed requires as isolation distance of__________________?

a. 400 meters
b. 800 meters
c. 200 meters
d. 100 meters
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 400 meters

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10)   Breeder seed is the progeny of_____________________?

a. Certified seed
b. Nucleus seed
c. Foundation seed
d. Registered seed
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Nucleus seed

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11)   In wheat, production of certified seed needs an isolation distance of____________________?

a. 5 Meters
b. 4 Meters
c. 3 Meters
d. 2 Meters
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 3 Meters

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12)   Total cropped area of Sindh is___________________?

a. 2.8 million hac
b. 3.75 million hac
c. 4.00 million hac
d. 4.5 million hac
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 4.00 million hac

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13)   One of the following insect act as a vector for CLCV________________?

a. White fly
b. Aplud
c. Jassid
d. Heliothus
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: White fly

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14)   Causal organism of root rot of cotton is_____________________?

a. Rhizoeionia solani
b. Rhizoctonia bataticola
c. Both of them
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both of them

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15)   IPM stands for_________________?

a. International pest management
b. Interior pest management
c. Integrated pest management
d. non of there
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Integrated pest management

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16)   Allelopathy interaction between plants playa crucial role in___________________?

a. Ecosystems
b. Community
c. Both a and b
d. non of there
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Ecosystems

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17)   Allelochemicals are used as growth regulators and natural pesticides to promote__________________?

a. Sustainable agriculture
b. Improve agriculture
c. Both a and b
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

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18)   Sunflower is allelopathic crop to many____________________?

a. Microorganisms
b. Weeds
c. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Weeds

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19)   Allelocliemicals may enter in the soil through the process of_________________?

a. Diffusion
b. Mass flow
c. Root exudation
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Root exudation

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20)   The allelochemicals are broadly classified as_______________?

a. Cytokinin and ethylene
b. Phenolics and. terpenoids
c. Trytophan
d. non of there
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Phenolics and. terpenoids

Explanation:
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