Free Economy of Pakistan MCQs with Answers

• A. Punjab
• B. FATA
• C. Islamabad
• D. Sindh

Explanation: Islamabad has the highest population density among these choices because its population is concentrated in a relatively small…

• A. 196 per sq. Km
• B. 235 per sq. Km
• C. 270 per sq. Km
• D. 291 per sq. Km

Explanation: The cited figure for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s population density is about 235 persons per square kilometre.

• A. 211 per sq. Km
• B. 270 per sq. Km
• C. 305 per sq. Km
• D. 353 per sq. Km

Explanation: Punjab’s cited population density is approximately 353 persons per square kilometre, reflecting its large population concentrated on a…

• A. 2.42 million
• B. 2.82 million
• C. 2.76 million
• D. 2.65 million

Explanation: The cited estimate puts Pakistan’s unemployed labour force at about 2.42 million.

• A. 6.4 per 1000
• B. 8.6 per 1000
• C. 9.8 per 1000
• D. 5.6 per 1000

Explanation: Pakistan’s crude death rate in 1998 was reported as 8.6 deaths per 1,000 people.

• A. 2.8%
• B. 2.3%
• C. 2.7%
• D. 2.6%

Explanation: Pakistan accounted for roughly 2.3% of the world's population in the period reflected by these older demographic estimates.

• A. 50%
• B. 45%
• C. 48%
• D. 55%

Explanation: People aged 15 to 60 generally formed about half of Pakistan's population in the demographic estimate used here.

• A. Islamabad
• B. Punjab
• C. Sindh
• D. FATA

Explanation: Islamabad had the fastest population growth among these options, largely because of migration and its expanding administrative and urban…

• A. 15.5%
• B. 13.4%
• C. 14.8%
• D. 12.7%

Explanation: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa contributed about 13.4% of Pakistan's population in the older census-based distribution used by this question.

• A. 60.4%
• B. 55.5%
• C. 65.5%
• D. 68.4%

Explanation: Punjab contained approximately 55.5% of Pakistan's population according to the census distribution underlying this question.

• A. the agribusiness revolution
• B. farming system theory
• C. the Green Revolution
• D. Agri-R&D

Explanation: The Green Revolution refers to the spread of high-yielding varieties of wheat and rice, together with improved irrigation, fertilizers and…

• A. reduce yield losses by pests while minimizing the negative effects of pest control
• B. have year-round plantings of a single crop
• C. undertake monoculture pest planning
• D. encompass biological control through fertilizers

Explanation: Integrated pest management aims to control pest-related yield losses while reducing environmental and health damage from pesticides…

• A. Spain
• B. Germany
• C. France
• D. Iceland

Explanation: Spain, Germany, and France are EU members, while Iceland is not an EU member, although it belongs to the European Economic Area.

• A. Poverty rates
• B. food security index
• C. change in the quantity of food demanded per capita
• D. population growth

Explanation: In this food-demand growth relationship, the total growth in demand reflects population growth plus the income effect, represented by aE.

• A. cargil/Monsanto
• B. ConAgra
• C. Novartis/ADM
• D. Procter & Gamble

Explanation: Cargill, Monsanto, ConAgra, Novartis and ADM are associated with major agricultural or food-industry operations.

• A. Rural development is the same as agricultural development
• B. The agrarian community requires a full range of services such as schools merchants banks and so on
• C. Household nonfarm income is uncorrelated to farm productivity and uncorrelated to farm productivity and household incomes in Kenya
• D. China's rural population receives little income from nonfarm income

Explanation: Rural development is broader than farming because rural communities also need schools, banks, markets, transport and other services.

• A. An increase in the number of landless laborers
• B. An increase in rural poverty
• C. Women gain in decision making power
• D. Workers nutrition is reduced

Explanation: Commercialization can increase landlessness, poverty and nutritional pressure when small farmers and laborers lose control over food…

• A. multitudinous latitudinous
• B. latifundios, minifundios
• C. feudum, nocere
• D. grameen, repetto

Explanation: Latifundios are very large estates owned by a small elite, whereas minifundios are small holdings that often cannot provide adequate…

• A. food sufficiency index
• B. food security index
• C. food self-intake index
• D. food growth index

Explanation: A food security index combines availability and reliability indicators, including calorie supply relative to requirements, food…

• A. new biological chemical mechanical inputs in production
• B. new technical and organizational knowledge from greater specialization
• C. expanded markets for agricultural output
• D. massive government intervention

Explanation: Agricultural productivity in LDCs is raised mainly by improved biological, chemical and mechanical inputs, knowledge, specialization and…