Free Agronomy MCQs with Answers

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  • A. They need very little water to grow
  • B. Six crops are harvested in a year
  • C. They are disease resistant
  • D. Help in nitrogen economy of nature

Explanation: Legumes contain root-nodule bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen into forms usable by plants.

Correct answer: Help in nitrogen economy of nature
  • A. Wheat
  • B. Maize
  • C. Paddy
  • D. Barley

Explanation: Wheat is the principal cereal of temperate regions because it is well adapted to their cool growing season and moderate rainfall.

Correct answer: Wheat
  • A. 75 cm
  • B. 90 cm
  • C. 45 cm

Explanation: A row-to-row spacing of about 75 cm is commonly recommended for cotton, providing adequate room for sunlight, aeration and intercultural…

Correct answer: 75 cm
  • A. 10-22 kg
  • B. 14-21 kg
  • C. 5-6 kg

Explanation: Cotton is commonly sown at about 5–6 kg of seed per acre, although the exact rate changes with seed size, germination percentage and…

Correct answer: 5-6 kg
  • A. Cotton crop research institute
  • B. Center for crop research institute
  • C. non of these
  • D. Central cotton research institute

Explanation: CCRI expands to Central Cotton Research Institute, an institute concerned with cotton research and improvement.

Correct answer: Central cotton research institute
  • A. Rabi crop
  • B. Kharif crop
  • C. Zaid Kharif crop

Explanation: Cotton is a warm-season crop sown and grown mainly during the monsoon season, so it is classified as a Kharif crop.

Correct answer: Kharif crop
  • A. 2-3 ft
  • B. 4-6 ft
  • C. 8-10 ft
  • D. non of these

Explanation: Cotton develops a deep tap-root system that may reach roughly 4–6 feet under favourable soil conditions.

Correct answer: 4-6 ft
  • A. Pakistan
  • B. China
  • C. Turkey
  • D. non of these

Explanation: Turkey has traditionally ranked among the leading countries for cotton yield per hectare, second in the ranking intended by this question.

Correct answer: Turkey
  • A. 1st
  • B. 2nd
  • C. 3rd
  • D. 4th

Explanation: In the historical ranking used in this question, China was listed as the second-largest cotton-exporting country.

Correct answer: 2nd
  • A. 1st
  • B. 2nd
  • C. 3rd
  • D. 4th

Explanation: The United States has historically occupied the first position among cotton-exporting countries because it combines large-scale production…

Correct answer: 1st
  • A. 1893 AD
  • B. 1880 AD
  • C. 1793 AD
  • D. 1650 AD

Explanation: Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, the first important cotton-ginning machine, in 1793.

Correct answer: 1793 AD
  • A. 1430 AD
  • B. 1435 AD
  • C. 1530 AD
  • D. 1500 AD

Explanation: Cotton is recorded as having been imported into England around 1430 AD.

Correct answer: 1430 AD
  • A. Central and North America
  • B. Central and South America
  • C. Central and South Asia
  • D. North Mexico and North America

Explanation: Gossypium barbadense, the species that includes Egyptian and Pima cottons, originated in Central and South America.

Correct answer: Central and South America
  • A. Hirsutum
  • B. Triticum
  • C. Gassypium
  • D. Hordeunt

Explanation: The cotton genus is correctly spelled Gossypium, although option c has a spelling error as “Gassypium.” Triticum is the wheat genus and…

Correct answer: Gassypium
  • A. Malvaceae
  • B. Fabaceae
  • C. Gramineae
  • D. Leguminaceae

Explanation: Cotton belongs to the family Malvaceae, which also includes okra, hibiscus and kenaf.

Correct answer: Malvaceae
  • A. Sugarcane
  • B. Cotton
  • C. Sesame
  • D. Jute

Explanation: Cotton is Pakistan’s principal natural-fibre and major cash crop, supplying the textile industry.

Correct answer: Cotton
  • A. Fertilizers and pesticides are widely used
  • B. Fertilizers and pesticides are net used
  • C. Farm yard manure r not used
  • D. Green manuring

Explanation: Organic farming avoids synthetic fertilizers and chemical pesticides and relies on practices such as farmyard manure, compost, crop…

Correct answer: Fertilizers and pesticides are net used
  • A. Alpine vegetation
  • B. Tundra vegetation
  • C. Conferous vegetation
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Alpine vegetation occurs near or above the tree line on high mountains and consists mainly of short grasses, herbs and cushion plants.

Correct answer: Alpine vegetation
  • A. Mesophytes
  • B. Amphibiophytes
  • C. Xerophytes
  • D. Hydrophytes

Explanation: Mesophytes grow under moderate moisture conditions, neither the severe dryness preferred by xerophytes nor the waterlogged conditions…

Correct answer: Mesophytes
  • A. Mesophytes
  • B. Xerophytes
  • C. Hydrophytes
  • D. Aridic plants

Explanation: Xerophytes are adapted to arid or drought-prone regions through features such as deep roots, reduced leaves, thick cuticles or water…

Correct answer: Xerophytes