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  • A. Rice
  • B. Barley
  • C. Date palm
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Rice is a heavy feeder of both nitrogen and sulfur, and ammonium sulfate supplies these nutrients in readily available form for top…

Correct answer: Rice
  • A. Engineering
  • B. Cultivating
  • C. Agroforestry
  • D. All of the aboveTry CAD Software

Explanation: Agroforestry combines trees with crops or livestock, increasing carbon storage while reducing erosion and greenhouse-gas emissions.

Correct answer: Agroforestry
  • A. Zaid season
  • B. Spring Season
  • C. Rainy season
  • D. Autumn seasonAccess Government Careers

Explanation: Potato is commonly intercropped with autumn-planted sugarcane, using the vacant space and early growth period between sugarcane rows.

Correct answer: Autumn seasonAccess Government Careers
  • A. Panicle
  • B. Cob
  • C. Arrow
  • D. Ear

Explanation: Rice bears a branched inflorescence called a panicle, with spikelets arranged on its branches.

Correct answer: Panicle
  • A. Quiescent.
  • B. Dissemination
  • C. Dormancy
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The release or spreading of seeds from a fruit or flower is called dissemination.

Correct answer: Dissemination
  • A. Quiescent
  • B. Dormancy
  • C. Non of the Above
  • D. Dissemination

Explanation: When mature seeds leave the fruit or flower, the process is termed dissemination.

Correct answer: Dissemination
  • A. Funiculus
  • B. Hilum
  • C. Aril
  • D. Raphe

Explanation: The funiculus is the stalk that attaches an ovule or seed to the placenta.

Correct answer: Funiculus
  • A. Sindh
  • B. Punjab
  • C. Kpk
  • D. Baluchistan

Explanation: Punjab is generally regarded as Pakistan’s leading agricultural region because of its fertile alluvial soils, extensive irrigation…

Correct answer: Punjab
  • A. CAM
  • B. C3 plant
  • C. C4 plants
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Maize uses the C4 pathway, which concentrates carbon dioxide around Rubisco and supports efficient photosynthesis under high light and…

Correct answer: C4 plants
  • A. C3 plant
  • B. CAM
  • C. C4 plants
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Wheat is a C3 plant because its initial carbon fixation produces a three-carbon compound and it lacks the specialized C4…

Correct answer: C3 plant
  • A. Multiple cropping
  • B. Harvest cropping
  • C. Monocropping
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Multiple cropping means producing two or more crops on the same land within a year, either successively or simultaneously.

Correct answer: Multiple cropping
  • A. Multiple cropping
  • B. Monocropping
  • C. Harvest cropping
  • D. None of theseCrops & Seed

Explanation: Monocropping is the production of only one crop on a field during a year or growing season.

Correct answer: Monocropping
  • A. Kharif crops
  • B. Relay crops
  • C. Rabi crops
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Rabi crops are sown during the cool winter season, commonly from October to December in Pakistan, and harvested in spring or early summer.

Correct answer: Rabi crops
  • A. Achene
  • B. Samara
  • C. Caryopsis
  • D. Phyxis

Explanation: The sunflower fruit is a dry, one-seeded achene, commonly and loosely called a seed.

Correct answer: Achene
  • A. Pistillate
  • B. Bisexual
  • C. Staminate
  • D. Usually sterile

Explanation: Sunflower disc florets are generally bisexual, containing both stamens and a pistil, and they produce the seeds.

Correct answer: Bisexual
  • A. Sterile
  • B. Bisexual
  • C. Pistillate
  • D. Staminate

Explanation: The outer ray florets of sunflower are usually pistillate, bearing functional female organs but little or no functional male fertility.

Correct answer: Pistillate
  • A. Arabic
  • B. Greek
  • C. French
  • D. None of the above

Explanation: Agriculture comes from the Latin words ager, meaning field, and cultura, meaning cultivation.

Correct answer: None of the above
  • A. Palmaceae
  • B. Gramineae
  • C. Both a & b
  • D. Moraceae

Explanation: The major cereal food crops, including wheat, rice and maize, belong to Gramineae, now called Poaceae or the grass family.

Correct answer: Gramineae
  • A. < 2%
  • B. < 5%
  • C. < 12 %
  • D. No moisture level required

Explanation: Grain moisture must generally be reduced to below about 12% for safe storage, because higher moisture encourages mould growth, heating and…

Correct answer: < 12 %
  • A. Ground nut
  • B. Beans
  • C. Peas
  • D. Wheat

Explanation: Groundnut, beans and peas are leguminous crops that form pods and are associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

Correct answer: Wheat