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Agriculture Mcqs 7387 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Agriculture MCQs cover fundamental and applied concepts related to farming, crop production, soil science, irrigation, fertilizers, plant breeding, pests, and agricultural economics. This topic is designed to strengthen conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills through objective questions. It is especially useful for competitive exams such as PPSC, FPSC, KPPSC, BPSC, NTS, OTS, and other testing services, helping candidates prepare with exam-oriented and up-to-date agricultural knowledge.

______________ consist of particles that are produced by disintegration of pre-existing rocks through the process of weathering:
A Clastics
B Non-clastics
C both A & B
D None of the above
Correct Answer: Clastics
Basalt is a __________ rock:
A fine-grained
B Dark coloured
C both A & B
D None of the above
Correct Answer: both A & B
‘A’ horizon of the soil is also designated:
A Eluvistal horizon
B Illuviated horizon
C Alluvial horizon
D None of the above.
Correct Answer: None of the above.
Weathering process-physical, chemical, and biological _______________, the rocks and minerals into simpler products which either accumulate in place or are transported to other places where they become soil parent materials?
A Disintegrate
B Disentigrate
C Decompose
D Both a & c
Correct Answer: Both a & c
Rocks and weathered materials transported by ___________ ,act as initial materials for soil formation?
A Water
B Wind
C Glaciers
D All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
From the point of view of crop production, Soil testing refers to______________?
A Laboratory analysis assessing plant available nutrient status
B Collection of plant leaves samples only
C Salinity & elemental toxicity of a soil
D Both A & C
Correct Answer: Both A & C
The diagnostic techniques used in evaluating soil nutrient status and determining fertilizer requirements of the crop include:
A Nutrient deficiency symptoms & field experimentation
B Greenhouse pot experimentation & soil testing
C Plant analysis
D All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
The major soil fertility problems in Pakistani soils deficiencies of N, P and Zn. Deficiencies K, Fe, and B also occur in specific crop genotypes or soil types, while deficiencies of S, Cu, and Mn are negligible. however, the common nutrient deficiencies are_________________: and some micronutrients including Mo?
A N, P, K
B Ca, Mg, S
C both A & B
D The above statement is wrong
Correct Answer: both A & B
According to a latest research, Pakistan is predominantly a dryland country; 80% of its land area is arid and semi arid, 12% sub-humid and 8% under humid climate. Thus , soils of arid & semi-arid regions are vulnerable to a wide range of degradation process. As the case in arid and semi-arid climates elsewhere in south-central/southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa; _________________ are among the major causes of soil degradation and desertification?
A Drought stress
B Accelerated erosion & salinization
C Depletion of soil fertility and SOM
D All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
The kind, rate and intensity and pedogenic processes are controlled by ________ ,soil-forming factors?
A 6
B 7
C 4
D None of the above
Correct Answer: None of the above