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  • 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
  • A. Lucerne
  • B. Arhar
  • C. Both a & b
  • D. Moong

Explanation: Lucerne, also called alfalfa, has comparatively good tolerance to saline conditions among these choices.

Correct answer: Lucerne
  • A. Jowar
  • B. Sugarcane
  • C. Ground nut
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Jowar and groundnut are commonly grown under dryland conditions, whereas sugarcane requires substantial and fairly regular water.

Correct answer: Sugarcane
  • A. Puric acid
  • B. Sulphuric acid
  • C. Olic acid
  • D. Both b & c

Explanation: Sulphuric acid and oleic acid are not regarded as acids present in gram leaves in this classification, whereas puric acid is listed.

Correct answer: Both b & c
  • A. All of theseDownload Nature Guides
  • B. The role played by an element is specific & can not be replaced by another element.
  • C. The element is directly involved in the nutrition of the plant.
  • D. In the absence of an element, its not possible for plant to complete its vegetative cycle.

Explanation: An element is essential only when its absence prevents completion of the plant's life cycle, its function cannot be replaced, and it…

Correct answer: All of theseDownload Nature Guides
  • A. Deep Tillage
  • B. Conservation Tillage
  • C. Both a & b
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Conservation tillage includes systems that leave at least 30% residue cover after planting to reduce water erosion and runoff.

Correct answer: Conservation Tillage
  • A. Soil conservation hedges
  • B. Woody Hedgerows
  • C. Hedgerows intercropping
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Hedgerows intercropping, also called alley cropping, places rows of woody plants close together with annual crops grown in the alleys…

Correct answer: Hedgerows intercropping
  • A. Balance use of NPK fertilizers according to the need of crops.
  • B. Following proper crop rotation (shallow rooted and deep root crops) in the cropping session.
  • C. Regular use of FYM, Composts, acidic mulches, Green manures and Organic fertilizers to increase OM content of Soil.
  • D. All of the aboveCrops & Seed

Explanation: Balanced fertilizers supply crop nutrients, rotation diversifies rooting patterns, and FYM, composts, green manures and other organic…

Correct answer: All of the aboveCrops & Seed
  • A. Austria
  • B. Germany
  • C. Pakistan
  • D. Both a & b

Explanation: IUFRO, the International Union of Forest Research Organizations, has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

Correct answer: Austria
  • A. Para grass
  • B. Kallar grass
  • C. Giant star grass
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Kallar grass, or Leptochloa fusca, is a highly salt-tolerant forage grass widely used for reclaiming saline and waterlogged soils.

Correct answer: Kallar grass
  • A. Higher total pore space
  • B. Lowe bulk density
  • C. None of the above
  • D. Higher bulk density

Explanation: No-tillage leaves the soil undisturbed and avoids loosening by ploughing, so bulk density commonly increases, especially in the upper…

Correct answer: Higher bulk density