All Free Economics MCQs with Answers

• A. 1.91 million hectares
• B. 2.21 million hectares
• C. 1.33 million hectares
• D. 1.21 million hectares

Explanation: The forest area recorded for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was about 1.21 million hectares.

• A. 78.98 million hectares
• B. 89.98 million hectares
• C. 98.87 million hectares
• D. 87.98 million hectares

Explanation: The figure used in these older national statistics is 87.98 million hectares, which includes the territory counted in the source's…

• A. 0.4%
• B. 3.4
• C. 1.4
• D. 2.4

Explanation: Forestry contributed about 0.4 percent to the agriculture sector in the stated statistical period.

• A. 3.8
• B. 2.8
• C. 4.8
• D. 4.5

Explanation: Forest cover was recorded as about 4.8 percent of Pakistan's total geographical area.

• A. 18475 thousand tones
• B. 13475 thousand tones
• C. 19475 thousand tones
• D. 16475 thousand tones

Explanation: A 2.9 percent fall from the preceding wheat output produced a crop of approximately 18.475 million tonnes in 2001-02.

• A. 645 kgs/hec
• B. 570 kgs/hec
• C. 641 kgs/hec
• D. 621 kgs/hec

Explanation: Pakistan's recorded cotton yield for the period was about 570 kilograms per hectare.

• A. cotton
• B. rice
• C. wheat
• D. None of them

Explanation: Cotton is Pakistan's principal cash crop because it supplies major export earnings and raw material for the textile industry.

• A. Islamabad
• B. Lahore
• C. Faisalabad
• D. Peshawar

Explanation: The National Arid-land Development and Research Institute is located in Islamabad, alongside Pakistan’s major national agricultural…

• A. Quetta
• B. Lahore
• C. Islamabad
• D. Faisalabad

Explanation: PARC’s Arid Zone Research Centre is situated at Quetta, where research is suited to Balochistan’s dry climate and arid agriculture.

• A. rice yield
• B. sugar yield
• C. cotton yield
• D. sunflower yield

Explanation: Boron and zinc are important micronutrients in cotton and can improve plant growth, boll formation and yield when deficient.

• A. pest
• B. agricultural insect pest
• C. household pests
• D. herbs

Explanation: Nimbokil-60EC is a neem-based agricultural insecticide formulated to control insect pests affecting crops.

• A. sugar
• B. vegetable oil
• C. tea
• D. edible oil

Explanation: Pakistan has historically spent hundreds of millions of dollars importing edible oil because domestic oilseed production does not meet…

• A. 1.5 million tones
• B. 1.6 million tones
• C. 1.7 million tones
• D. 1.9 million tones

Explanation: The commonly cited annual requirement for edible oil in Pakistan is about 1.9 million tonnes.

• A. 6/7 years
• B. 9/10 years
• C. 7/8 years
• D. 3/4 years

Explanation: The cited agricultural statistics report that domestic oilseed requirements nearly doubled over roughly seven to eight years.

• A. GDP
• B. GNP
• C. export earnings
• D. budget

Explanation: Livestock contributes about 36 percent of agricultural value added and roughly 9 percent of Pakistan’s GDP.

• A. 0.53 million hectares
• B. 1.32million hectare
• C. 0.42 million hectares
• D. 0.55 million hectares

Explanation: Azad Jammu and Kashmir has approximately 0.42 million hectares of forest area in the cited Pakistan forestry statistics.

• A. 1.69 million hectares
• B. 0.89 million hectares
• C. 0.96 million hectares
• D. 0.989 million hectares

Explanation: The cited estimate for Punjab's total forest area is 1.69 million hectares.

• A. Mangrove forest
• B. Scrub forests
• C. private plantations
• D. All of these

Explanation: Scrub forests are commonly listed alongside coniferous, irrigated plantation and riverine forests in Pakistan's forest classification.

• A. 0.1%
• B. 3.1
• C. 1.1
• D. 2.1

Explanation: Forestry makes only a very small contribution to Pakistan's recorded GDP, conventionally given in these statistics as about 0.1%.

• A. rice
• B. pulses
• C. wheat
• D. None of these

Explanation: Wheat is Pakistan's principal staple food and its largest grain crop, forming the main source of calories for much of the population.