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 Soil Science
 Water Management
 Agriculture MCQs
Tanda dam is constructed on river ___________________?
A. Haro
B. Hub
C. Kabul
D. Kohat

The flow in the river due to the floods may be classified as

_____________________?
A. Laminar flow
B. Stream line flow
C. Irrotational flow
D. Turbulent flow

The chemical formula of Dolomite is________________?

A. CaMg (CO3)2
B. MgCO3
C. CaCO3
D. None of the above

How many mitouc divisions will take place to produce 512 cells from a single
parent cell_________________?
A. 9
B. 256
C. 158
D. 511

Diversity of animals and crop species in different ecosystems is called

as_______________?
A. Mirgation
B. Biodiversity
C. Ecology
D. Ecosystem

Art of growing crops, management of live stocks, husbandry and farming is

called________________?
A. Agriculture
B. crop farming
C. Water management
D. all are correct

In flood rice, snail feed on bacteria called__________________?

A. Helix
B. Limnea
C. Azolla
D. None of the above

Suppose that out of 1000 offspring’s in the generation of a dithered cross, 748
are tall and hairy, 6 are tall and smooth, 4 are short and hairy and 242 are short
and smooth. what is the explanation for this kind of ratio ?
A. Linkage and crossing over
B. Presence of multiple alleles
C. Presence of lethal genes
D. Sex-linkage

A method of estimating seed vigour on the basis of color intensity o the stained
seeds was described by______________?
A. Germ and Keitreiber (1954)
B. Kittock and Law (1963)
C. Maguire (1963)
D. Moore (1973)
Electrical conductivity of saturated paste is written as____________________?
A. ECP
B. ECe
C. ECs
D. Ecw

Clay and humus particles are referred to as colloids and are less than 0.002mm.
Due to their small size, colloids have ________________ surface area which
provides surface for adsorption, catalysis, precipitation and microbial
colonization:
A. Extremely low
B. Extremely high
C. Very little
D. None of these

Approximately quantity of milk required to prepare 1 kg of cheese

is_____________________?
A. 5 Kg
B. 8 Kg
C. 10 Kg
D. 12 Kg

In random mating population gene frequencies remain constant generation

after generation in the absence of__________________?
A. Mutation
B. Selection
C. Migration
D. Random drift

The globulin in the colostrums is considered to have _____________________?

A. Antigen
B. Antibody
C. Both a & b
D. None of above

A tax levied on the cost of a board group of

products______________________?
A. Income tax
B. Sales tax
C. Consumer charge
D. None

Allelopathy interaction between plants playa crucial role

in___________________?
A. Ecosystems
B. Community
C. Both a and b
D. non of there

Nutritive elements needed in large quantities to ensure normal plant

development:
A. N, P, K
B. S, Mg, Ca, Fe
C. Both a & b
D. None of a & b

All points on the production possibility curve explain__________________?

A. Allocative efficiency
B. Productive efficiency
C. Less than full use of resources
D. Unattainable levels of output

Seed rate of cotton per acre is________________?

A. 10-22 kg
B. 5-6 kg
C. 14-21 kg

Auxin is_______?
A. An enzyme
B. A vitamin
C. A hormone
D. A protein

A mature ovule is known as _________?

A. Endosperm
B. Seed
C. Ovary
D. Fruit

A branch of Horticulture dealing with the production of fruits and their

distribution is called_______________?
A. Olericulture
B. Pomology
C. Sericulture
D. Citricultire

The sever salinity problem has taken lands out of production

as___________________?
A. 50%
B. 10%
C. 45%
D. 30%

The use of the resources of an individual or firm, a region, or a nation to

produce one or a few goods and services ?
A. Specialization
B. speculation
C. Fly over
D. Capital flight

Approximately caloric value in Kcal/100 g of almond is__________________?

A. 400
B. 500
C. 600
D. 640

Ants butterflies, wasp, moths have type of legs ______________________?

A. Basket like
B. Cursorial
C. Netatorial
D. Fossorial

World biodiversity day is celebrated on:_________?

A. Mar-21
B. March-2
C. Apr-22
D. May-22

The net reaction of photosynthesis is_____________________?

A. CO2 + H2O light O2 + (CH3O)
B. CaCO3 + 2HCl CaCl2 H2O+CO3
C. ((CH2O) + O2 CO2 + H2O)
D. None of the above

The internal & external surfaces of soil colloids are positively and or negatively
charged. Mostly ____________ is dominant:
A. Positive
B. Negative
C. Zero
D. All of the above
The environment where an organism lives is__________________?
A. Habitat
B. Logging
C. Girding
D. None of the above

The gradual decline over time in the value or price of one currency in terms of
another as a result of market forces of supply and demand ?
A. Depreciation
B. Downsizing
C. Rightsizing
D. All

Productive investments embodied in human persons?

A. Fixed capital
B. Human capital
C. Both A and B
D. non of these

The value of regression and correlation is the same when the correlation
between two variables is________________?
A. Imperfect
B. Perfect
C. Positive
D. Negative

Hereditary variations in plants have been produced by the use

of________________?
A. DDT
B. X-rays
C. Gibberrellic acid
D. Auxins
The discharge through rectangular channel is maximum when Hydraulic mean
depth m is equal to ______________?
A. depth/ 3
B. depth/ 2
C. depth/ 4
D. 2 / 3 depth

A descriptive term for a pregnant cow is _____________________?

A. Inbred
B. Bred
C. In-calf
D. Conceived

A plant part which provides top and fruit bearing surface is

called__________________?
A. Root stock
B. Scion
C. Both a & b

Most common rocks, after exposed to weathering which cover about ______%
0f the earth:
A. metamorphic rocks
B. Sedimentary rocks
C. Igneous rocks
D. Shales

Scurvy is a disease which is due to the deficiency of _____________________?

A. Vitamins
B. Minerals
C. Protein
D. None of above
Which hormone cause moulting in insect_________________?
A. Ecdysone
B. Juvenile
C. Activation hormone
D. None of the above

Losses of soil moisture vapour form is called as_________________?

A. Evaporation
B. Transpiration
C. Translocation
D. Both A and B

Inceptisols:___________?
A. Young soils with few horizons
B. Volcanic soils
C. Organic soils
D. Dry soils

central part of animal body is called _______________________?

A. Barrel
B. Mid point
C. Central point
D. None of above

International atomic weight of potassium is_________________?

A. 39.0
B. 40.0
C. 41.0
D. 38.0

Animal of same species having same size, shape, color are

called_______________?
A. Breed
B. Variety
C. Strayn
D. Group

The ratio of change of discharge of an outlet to the rate of change in level of

water surface in distributary at its normal depth is called
____________________?
A. Sensitivity
B. Flexibility
C. Durability
D. Flow ability

Green vegetables are source of _______________ ?

A. Biotin
B. Carbohydrates
C. folate
D. vitamin

Drought is measuring in terms of________________?

A. Yield performance
B. Photosynthesis
C. Root length of seeding
D. All the above

The policy level of commercially cultivated seedless watermelon

is__________________?
A. Monoploid
B. Diploid
C. Triploid
D. Tetraploid

The experimental design which controls fertility variation in two directions in

known as_________________?
A. RBD
B. SPD
C. AD
D. LSD

The number of calories of heat required to change the temperature of one Kg of

a substance is called____________________?
A. Heat action
B. Molar heat
C. Specified heat
D. None of the above

Kundi is represented by its color which is _____________________?

A. Total black
B. Half black
C. White spot or fore head
D. Both a & b

Directing domestic resources to output which a nation is highly efficient at

producing is called____________________?
A. International Trade
B. Speculation
C. International specialization
D. None

Potassium plays a significant role in the transport of water & nutrients through
the plant in the xylem. When the supply of K is reduced, the transportation of
___________________ is depressed:
A. Nitrates, Phosphates
B. Calcium, magnesium
C. Amino acids
D. All of the above

Age of Earth is_____________________?

A. 4.5 billion years
B. 4 billion years
C. 1 billion years
D. 6 billion years

Onion is a ___________ rooted crop?

A. Shallow
B. Deep
C. Non-rooted
D. Spread

The food in onion is stored in_________________?

A. Root
B. Stem
C. leaves
D. Scale leaves

A summary statement of a nations financial transactions with the outside world

?
A. Balance of payments
B. Trade off
C. Both a and b
D. None

A regulator is water controlling structure, it is provided at the head of canal to

supply water from parent canal to the branch channel is
called_______________________?
A. Head Regulator
B. Cross-Regulator
C. Escape
D. All are correct

Inflorescence of mango ____________________?

A. Cymose
B. Recemose
C. bunch
D. Terminal panicle

A water flow available in the drains without irrigation season i.e.flow of sanitary
sewage is called____________________?
A. Municipal flow
B. Dry weather flow
C. Waste water flow
D. Surface flow

What percentage of Agriculture in GDP?

A. 20.9
B. 21.5
C. 19.8
D. 18.5

A country’s potential for economic growth is greatly influenced by its

endowments of__________________?
A. Physical resources
B. Human resources
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

Meaningful statement about the economic behavior or the economy is

called_______________________?
A. Economic principle
B. Economic theories
C. Both
D. None

Splice grafting is most successful in___________________?

A. Mango
B. Apple
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Fruit in which edible portion is thalamus are known as___________________?

A. Aggregate fruit
B. Soft fruits
C. Pome
D. Berries

When seeds leaves the fruit or flower is termed as__________?

A. Quiescent
B. Dormancy
C. Dissemination
D. Non of the Above

Tender crop cannot tolerate a minimum temperature of

___________________?
A. 0°C
B. -1°C
C. 1°C
D. 2°C

The particlesw density of a mineral soil is about____________________?

A. 2750 Kg m-3
B. 2550 Kg m-3
C. 2650 Kg m-3
D. None of the above
Several scions with their base ends trimmed as wedges are inserted between
the bark and the wood is called_________________?
A. Tongue grafting
B. Bark grafting
C. Splice grafting
D. Bridge grafting

Melilotus alba is objectional weed of__________________________?

A. Okra
B. Methi
C. Cucurbits
D. Wee

Dajal is a bread of cattle from _______________________?

A. Sahiwal
B. Jacobabad
C. D.G Khan
D. Lahore

Shallow channels that can be readily corrected by routine tillage operations is

called:
A. Permanent gullies
B. Ephemeral gullies
C. Both A & B
D. None of these

The water level required on the upstream side of a canal head regulator, so as
to feed the off-taking canal with its full supply is called_________________?
A. HFL
B. FSL
C. Pond level
D. Canal level
Aging process in which all plant parts except seeds die is
called_________________?
A. Senescence
B. Complete Senescence
C. Partial Senescence
D. All the above

Cotton bollworms, sugarcane borers are_____________?

A. Key pest
B. Secondary pest
C. Major pest
D. I do not agree with above statement

Self incompatibility which is controlled by single gene found in some species

of__________________?
A. Cruciferae
B. Solanaceae
C. Leguminosae
D. All the above

What is a soil horizon?

A. Soil texture
B. Soil structure
C. Layers of soil
D. All of these

Estimate percentage loss of the world production__________________?

A. 25
B. 40
C. 30
D. none

pF unit is used for the measurement of_____________________?

A. Hydraulic potential
B. Hydraulic conductivity
C. Negative soil water potential
D. All the above

Which of the following constitute the best definition of

fruit____________________?
A. A fruit is a product of flower
B. A fruit is a product of ovary
C. A fruit is a mature ovary that contain seed
D. A fruit is post fertilization

The significant damage to crop generally occurs when capillary meniscus

reaches permanent wilting point known as _______________?
A. Unavailable moisture
B. Hygroscopic moisture
C. Equivalent moisture
D. A and B

Bouyant force is equal to the ___________ of liquid displaced by the body in

water mass?
A. Weight
B. Volume
C. Specific weight
D. Specific gravity

Deep percolation from a soil profile is generally measured by a device known

as_____________________?
A. Hydrometer
B. Lysimeter
C. Thermometer
D. Tensiometer
Penetrometer are used for measuring__________________?
A. Soil tilth depth
B. Soil moisture
C. Soil compaction
D. Soil seepage

Wheat plant belong to__________?

A. CAM
B. C3 plant
C. C4 plants
D. None of above

Father of weed Science?

A. Jethrotull
B. Simonson
C. Norman Borlog
D. None of the above

The ingredient of pesticide formulation responsible for toxic effect is

called_________________?
A. Active ingredient
B. Insert ingredient
C. Dose
D. Pesticide

Previously Essential nutrients required for the growth of plants were sixteen. In
recent time the essential nutrients required for the growth of plants
are:_________?
A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. None of the above
The sucking type insects pesis are controlled by________________?
A. Chlorinated hydrocarbons
B. Pyrethroids
C. Organo-phosphatcs
D. Botanical pesticides

Species which give out long and flexible branches, the shoot to be layered is
covered with soil at several places to encourage rooting at more than one point
is called ___________________?
A. Ground layering
B. Stool layering
C. Serpentine layering
D. Air layering

Which one of the following causes deficiency beriberi ___________________?

A. Vitamin B-1
B. Vitamin D
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D

Which of the following not iodine rich vegetable crops?

A. Okra
B. French bean & capsicum
C. Brinjal
D. both B & C

Mulches are mainly used to reduce?

A. Transpiration
B. Evaporation
C. Evapotranspiration
D. All of above

Allogamy leads to___________________?

A. Homozy gosity
B. Heterozy gosity
C. Segregation
D. none of the above

Which one of the following does not contain both DNA and
RNA__________________?
A. Bacterium
B. Virus
C. Fungus
D. Algae

A nutrient element is said to be essential if___________________?

A. Plants can not complete their life cycle in absence of that element
B. Nutrients has some physiological function in metabolism of plant
C. Deficiency symptoms can be removed by application of that putrid
D. All the above

The height from the top of the embankment to the normal water level in canal
.Dam – Reservoir etc, which allows for small waves to splash without over flow
is called___________________?
A. Free board
B. Free space
C. Free faced
D. Free end –

Due to the action of ultraviolet rays of sun, human body

produces___________________?
A. Vitamin D
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin E
D. Vitamin A
What is DDT__________________?
A. Dichloro-diphenyl,trichloro,ethane
B. Dimethory diphenyl,trichloro,ethane
C. Dichloro diphenyl teracholoride
D. None of the Above

The spreading habit of the crop caused by insect which makes cultivation,
weeding and harvesting more difficult is process of________________?
A. Haemospora
B. Fore casting
C. Surveillance
D. Pest scouting

When a wheat variety with red kernels (homozygous for two non allelic and
independent dominant genes) is crossed with white kenneled wheat
(homozygous for two recessive non allelic independent genes), the phenotypic
ratio in the F2 generation would be________________?
A. 9:3:3:1
B. 9:7
C. 9:9:9:3:3:3:1
D. 1:4:6:4:1

RNA contains_____________________?
A. 3 carbon sugars
B. 4 carbon sugars
C. 5 carbon sugars
D. 6 carbon sugars

Generally field crops are cultivated at altitude__________________?

A. 20004000 ft
B. 0008000 ft
C. 1200014000 ft
D. 02000 ft

A closed economy that attempts to be completely self-reliant ?

A. Amortization
B. Command economy
C. Autarchy
D. None

What was the recorded GDP growth rate of Pakistan in 2019 ?

A. 3.30 % ✓
B. 5.29 %
C. 7.29 %
D. 9.29 %

Trachea in insects are the organ of___________________?

A. Digestion
B. Respiration
C. Excretion
D. Secretion

In honey bees a flight for mating purpose is called_________________?

A. Nuptial flight
B. Straight flight
C. Tactile flight
D. None of above

The size of stomata is measured by___________________?

A. Potometer
B. Porometer
C. Spectrophotometer
D. Atomic absorption Spectrophotometer

To keep the Hydraulic structure safe against undermining the

________________ should be safe?
A. Exit gradient
B. Hydraulic gradient
C. Creep length
D. Critical exit gradient

The principle that if one factor of production is fixed and constant addition of
other factors are combined with it, the marginal productivity of variable factors
will eventually decline ?
A. Marginal returns
B. Diminishing returns
C. Both
D. None

The climates of sindh province comes under__________________?

A. tropical
B. Temperature
C. Sub tropical
D. all

According to Mr. Khosla, the seeping water creates undermining and the
undermining starts from__________________?
A. Down stream to up stream
B. Up stream to down stream
C. Top to bottom
D. Bottom to top

What colour show moderately hazarous_________________?

A. Red
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. Brown
The coordinating mechanism of capitalism is a system
of___________________?
A. Capital and laborers
B. Competition
C. Market and prices
D. All

The control and preservation of natural resources for present and future use is
called_________________?
A. Sustainability
B. Conservation
C. Crop residue management
D. None of above

Income that is available to house holds for spending and saving after personal,
income taxes have been deducted ?
A. Saving
B. Disposable income
C. Net income
D. All

What is SAZDA_______________?
A. Sindhi Agricultural Zonal Development Authority
B. Sindhi Arid Zone Development Authority
C. None of the above
D. non of these

Among the important green house gases two are found in higher
concentration________________?
A. Methane and carbon mono oxide
B. Methane and nitrogen
C. Carbon and nitrogen oxide
D. None of the above

Insect are_________________?
A. Cold blooded animals
B. Warm blooded animals
C. Grasshopper
D . None of the above

Most out standing green manure crop is__________?

A. Sun hemp
B. Dhaincha
C. Both of the above
D. None of the above

Seeds which dried at low moisture content and stored at low temperature
without losing their viability are__________________?
A. Recalcitrant seeds
B. Active seeds
C. Orthodox seeds
D. Certified seeds

A deliberate effort to replace major consumer imports by promoting the

emergence and expansion of domestic industries such as textile, shoes etc ?
A. Import substitution
B. Export substitution
C. Autarchy
D. Industrialization

Which insect have bacteria and in their digestive system_______________?

A. Termites
B. Ants
C. Silver fish
D. None
which one of the following fruit is perishable________________________?
A. Mango
B. Banana
C. Cherry
D. Grapes

Number of lindage groups of chromosomes____________________?

A. Diploid number of chromosomes
B. Tetraploid number of chromosomes
C. Haploid number of chromosomes
D. None of the above

A river which does not change its alignment – slope and its regime significantly
is called________________?
A. Aggrading river
B. Degrading river
C. Stable river
D. Deltaic River

Peat soils are not present in Pakistan because these are formed in___________?
A. Cool climate
B. Acidic conditions
C. both A & B
D. None of the above

The resistance of a soil at various moisture contents to mechanical stresses or

manipulations:
A. Soil crusting
B. Soil consistence
C. Bulk Density
D. Both a & c
Total salt affected soils of Pakistan are____________________?
A. 6.3 m ha
B. 5.0 m ha
C. 12.3 m ha
D. 10.5 m ha

Which one of the following is the soluble vitamins______________________?

A. Vitamin D
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin A
D. Both a & c

Per day consumption of food in developed countries ranges

between___________________?
A. 1500-2000 Kcal
B. 200-3000
C. 3000-3500 Kcal
D. None of the above

Collar rot in chilies is caused by ___________________?

A. Rhizocotina solani
B. Phytopatinara infeston
C. Phytophuthora spesies
D. Phytophatara cupsa

Radiation can be detected by the blankening of photographic film or by

using___________________?
A. Ratio autoanalyser
B. GM counter
C. Neutron probe
D. Dosimeter

The soil air contains a number of gases ______________ & water vapours:
A. Nitrogen
B. Oxygen
C. Carbon dioxide
D. All of the above

Soils that have more than 20% organic matter are termed as:__________?
A. Organic soils
B. Peat soils
C. Muck soils
D. All of these

Synopsis occur in___________________?

A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis
C. Amitosis
D. all the above

Citification is not required for_____________________?

A. Nucleus seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Foundation seed
D. Certified seed

A market situation in which a product that does not have close substitutes is
being produced and sold by a single seller?
A. Oligopoly
B. Monopoly
C. Perfect competition
D. None

Which compound is mostly used in Pakistan for the reclamation of saline-sodic

& sodic soils_________________?
A. Apatite
B. Calcite
C. Dolomite
D. Gypsum

It is a substance added to a pesticide to impure the qualities of pesticide

formulation is called_________________?
A. Adjuvant
B. Synergism
C. Activator
D. Agitation

The water loss through transpiration from vegetative and evaporation from soil
surface is known as__________________?
A. Evaptranspiration
B. Transpiration
C. Evaporation
D. Guttation

The oxygen concentration in the air is________________?

A. 30%
B. 21%
C. 16%
D. 45%

One rooting hormone occurring naturally in plant is ___________________?

A. Indolebutyric
B. Indolacetic acid
C. Naphthalene acetic acid
D. None of the above

The experimental design which control fertility variation in one direction is

known as____________________?
A. RBD
B. SPD
C. AD
D. LSD

The negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration, a measure of the

acidity of a solution is called_______________?
A. pH
B. EC
C. Cl
D. Saliruiy

The plants which grown on stream bank are__________________?

A. Pheritophytes
B. Bryophytes
C. Xerophytes
D. None of the above

Heat, cold and frost resistance ideotype have been developed

in_____________________?
A. Cereals
B. Pulses
C. Millet
D. None of the above

Fast acting pheromones and called__________________?

A. Releasers
B. Primers
C. Semiochemicals
D. Allelochemicals

A chemical which causes plant does it called __________________?

A. Bait
B. Defoliant
C. Chronic poisoning
D. Acute poisoning

Seeds which dried at low moisture contents and stored at low temperature
without loosing their viability are________________?
A. Recalcitrant seeds
B. Active seeds
C. Orthodox seeds
D. Certified seeds

The nutrient particularly influencing root growth is___________________?

A. Zinc
B. Nitrogen
C. Organic
D. Phosphorus

Insect which are found every where are called___________________?

A. Cosmopolitan insects
B. Household insects
C. Store grain
D. None of the above

In high floods, to avoid spilling of flood water over the gates, a wall is provided
from pond level to high Flood level. This wall spans for the entire length of
regulator, rest on piers, sustain water pressure by its weight
called_____________________?
A. Retaining wall
B. Divide wall
C. Breast wall
D. Cantilever wall

Any organism which harms or causes damage to man directly or indirectly is

called ?
A. Inset pest
B. Pest
C. Agricultural Insect
D. None of the above

Who gave the formula for speed of germination_______________?

A. Maguire (1962)
B. Baskin (1972)
C. Moore (1973)
D. Germ (1949)

The Indus plain is the main agricultural producing region in the country which
receives about________________m m of rain fall annually?
A. 100 mm
B. 150 mm
C. 175 mm
D. 200 mm

__________% of total global water is saline and available in oceans ?

A. 95%
B. 96%
C. 97%
D. 97.5%

The pigment present in tomato is___________________?

A. B-carotene
B. Xanthophyll
C. Lycopene
D. Chlorophyll

Crysanthemum is propagated by___________?

A. Suckers
B. Corms
C. Corals
D. None

Which of the following is not the soil order prevail in Pakistan?

A. Aridisols
B. Alfisols
C. Mollisols
D. None of the above

The unit of kinetic viscosity is equivalent to ______________________?

A. cm2/sec
B. cm/sec2
C. cm/sec
D. All are correct

Which one of the following is non-climacteric fruit__________________?

A. Mango
B. Apple
C. Papaya
D. Grape

The average temperature for maximum plant growth is _________________?

A. 20-30ºC
B. 25-35ºC
C. 28-30ºC
D. 25-30ºC

Biological Weathering involves:

A. Man and Animals
B. Higher Plants and Roots
C. Micro- organisms
D. All of these
Heterosis can be fully exploited in the form of_____________________?
A. Composites
B. Hybrids
C. Multi lines
D. Synthetics

The outer most part of plant cell is____________________?

A. Plasma membrane
B. Epidermis
C. Nuclear membrane
D. Cellulose cell wall

Number of peoples and their level of skills is called as________________?

A. Human resources
B. Physical resources
C. Capital resources
D. None

Seed germination in typhoin walermelon can successfully be obtained

by____________________?
A. Scarification
B. Seed risking
C. Seed cot removal
D. All the above

The deficiency of vitamin B-2 is adults causes___________________?

A. Cheilosis
B. Glostitis
C. Eye itching
D. All the above

Howe many sub-classes of chicken are there _____________________?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 5

Mg in plants act as___________________?

A. Protein activator
B. Enzyme activator
C. Starch activator
D. None of the above

A demand curve shifts because of change is_____________________?

A. Consumer tastes
B. Number of buyers in market
C. Incomes
D. All of these

Fresh foods have water activity (Aw) of____________________?

A. 0.99
B. 1.0
C. 1.6

While diluting acid always add_____________________?

A. Acid to water
B. Water to acid
C. Both a & b
D. none

For strong Hydraulic jump containing maximum energy, the down stream glacis
should be sloped at a slope of ______________ to dissipate max: energy?
A. 2:1 to 2.5:1
B. 2.5:1 to 3:1
C. 3:1 to 5:1
D. 5:1 to 6

Cane sugar is called___________________?

A. Fructose
B. Sucrose
C. Galactose
D. Mattose

The storage life of Banana at 55ºF with R.H of 95% is

________________________?
A. 4 weeks
B. 6 weeks
C. 3 weeks
D. 2 weeks

Gravimetric water is present in__________________?

A. Microspores
B. Macrospores
C. Mesopores
D. Nanopores

The total revenue of a film less all its economic costs is

called_____________________?
A. Economy Profit
B. Pure Profit
C. Above normal Profit
D. All these

Journal ‘Plant and Soil’ is published from__________?

A. USA
B. Japan
C. The Neterlands
D. Pakistan
According to Khosla’s theory of seepage, the Exit gradient depends upon
____________________?
A. width /depth ratio
B. depth /width ratio
C. Length /depth ratio
D. depth /Length ratio

The storage life of mangoes at 50ºF with R.H of 90% is__________________?

A. 1-2 weeks
B. 2-3 weeks
C. 2-4 weeks
D. 4-6 weeks

Most widely spread mineral in the world is________________?

A. Iron
B. Kaolinite
C. Salt
D. None of the above

Schistocerca gregaria is the name of________________?

A. Cutworms
B. Army worms
C. Locust
D. Aphid

An atmosphere with reduced concentration of O2 and increased concentration

of CO2 is called_______________?
A. Refrigeration
B. Oxidation
C. Humidity control
D. Controlled atmosphere
The chief function of the centro mere concerns___________________?
A. Spindle formation
B. Nucleolus formation
C. Chromosome replication
D. Chromosome movement

Which province the only source of income is livestock grazing in range

lands_______________?
A. Punjab
B. NWFP
C. Balochistan
D. Sindhi

First ginning machine was invented in_______________?

A. 1893 AD
B. 1880 AD
C. 1793 AD
D. 1650 AD

RELP’s, RAPD are helpful in___________________?

A. Gene sequencing
B. Gene mapping
C. Identify new gene
D. All the above

_________is probably the most important growth limiting factor in acid soils
especially those having pH below 5.0-5.5?
A. Nitrogen
B. Potassium
C. Aluminium
D. Calcium

First intergeneric hybrid between radish and cabbage was made

by__________________?
A. Jones (1917)
B. Muller (1927)
C. Fray (1966)
D. Karechenko (1927)

Foods that fall within the pH range of 5.0 to 4.5 are

called_____________________?
A. High acid foods
B. Acid foods
C. Medium acid foods
D. Low acid foods

The pH of urea fertilizer is _________________?

A. 4.00
B. 3.5
C. 8.0
D. non of these

Which one of the following crops is not cultivated under dry land farming?
A. Jowar
B. Ground nut
C. Sugarcane
D. All of the above

The rise in river water level at up stream due to construction of weir is

called__________________?
A. Pond level
B. HFL
C. Afflux
D. FSL

Percentage of N in Ammonium ritract fertilizer is___________________?

A. 21
B. 23
C. 33
D. 39

The long axis of head is horizontal and in line with insect body, mouth parts
directed forward is type of head_______________?
A. Prognathous
B. Hypognathous
C. Opisthognathous
D. Opis thosynchous

The pioneer of Poultry Busyness yn Pakistan is ______________________?

A. Aero asia
B. Cathy Pacific
C. P.I.A
D. Atlantic air line

Poncirus sweet orange is the hybrid cross of_________________?

A. Tangelos
B. Citranges
C. Limequats
D. All the above

A mutation is a change in_________________?

A. Chromosome number
B. RNA
C. DNA
D. Chromosome structure

Production of silk is termed as ____________________?

A. sericulture
B. silvi culture
C. Apiculture
D. None of the above

The seed dormancy of rice seed can be broken by putting into the oven
at____________________?
A. 50°c for 5 hrs
B. 53°c for 6 hrs
C. 45°c for 6 hrs
D. none of the above

Ratio of additive variance to phenotypic variance is

called___________________?
A. Heritability (broad sense)
B. Heritability (narrow sense)
C. Co-heritability
D. Genetic gain

A dihybrid ratio is____________________?

A. 9:3:3:1
B. 1:1:1:1
C. 3:1
D. 27:9:9:3:3:3:1

The largest soil order in Pakistan?

A. Aridisols
B. Entisols
C. Vertisols
D. Inceptisols

Which type of soil is found near the canal banks:

A. Acidic
B. Acidic & Alkaline
C. Alkaline
D. Calcareous

A plot of graphical representation showing river flow against time is called

_____________________?
A. Monograph
B. Hyetograph
C. Hydrograph
D. All are correct

Number of crops grown on the same piece of land in a year and expressed in
percentage is known as_______________?
A. Cropping pattern
B. Cropping index
C. Crop rotation
D. Cropping intensity

Isthmus is a part evident which help in _________________________?

A. Formation of cuticles
B. Egg shall formation membrane
C. Albumen secretion
D. Fertilization

The _________ analysis of earth dam foundation against shear must be carried
out when the foundation is kept on fine loose cohesion less material?
A. Stability
B. Suitability
C. Overturning
D. Failure

Art of making saline water fit for irrigation and drinking through the processes
of membrane technique and reverse osmosis is called ___________________?
A. Desalinization
B. Water application
C. Water mixing
D. All are correct

Which of the following statement is wrong regarding, Soil ____________?

A. Regulates water supply & recycles waste materials
B. Medium for plant growth & Habitat for organisms
C. Engineering medium & modifies the atmosphere
D. Dirt which is threat to all living life & crop production

Soil particles having diameter greater than 2 mm are

called___________________?
A. Clay
B. Silt
C. Sand
D. Gravel

An interest bearing deposit which normally can be withdrawn by the depositor

at any time ?
A. Saving deposit
B. Fixed deposit
C. Capital deposit
D. None

The collective action of environmental factors that maintain numbers of pest

population with in certain limit over a time is called_______________?
A. Artificial control
B. Natural control
C. Cultural control
D. Physical control

If we place broader and downward and pointed end egg upward, then
_______________________?
A. Normal hatching
B. Early hatching
C. Embryo beath occur
D. Immature embryo

The enzyme responsible for biological nitrogen fixation is________________?

A. Lipase
B. Nitrogenase
C. Isomerase
D. Kinease

Chemicals, used for controlling the disease of crops, fruits & vegetables
is___________ & chemical prepared for controlling insect-pests ——————-:
A. Insecticides—Herbicides
B. Fungicides—Insecticides
C. Weedicides—insecticides
D. None of the above

Line x tester analysis provides information about:________?

A. GCA & SCA variances
B. GCA & SCA effects
C. D & H components
D. All of these

The area irrigated in the year and it grows crops on which water rates are
leveled is called____________________?
A. Area Assessed
B. Area leased
C. Area irrigated
D. Area cultivated

A household’s or firm’s income in the form of goods or services ?

A. Extra income
B. Income in kind
C. Fixed income
D. None

major source of sugar in world is________________?

A. Dates
B. Sugar cane
C. Watermelons
D. Beet roots

To pack with clay material generally for the purpose of checking leakage of
water is called __________________?
A. Pug
B. Cohesive
C. Seal
D. Repair

What is the total length of irrigated canals in Pakistan?

A. 64000 km
B. 62000 km
C. 66000 km
D. 58000 km

Red Sindhi cow is also called ______________________?

A. Sindhi Cow
B. Malir Cow
C. Lasbela Cow
D. Kohistani Cow

The offspring of a cross between twp individuals differing in at least one set of
characters is called__________________?
A. Polyploidy
B. Mutant
C. Variant
D. Hybrid

Water occupied the larger soil pores and moves down readily under the force of
gravity. Water in excess of the field capacity is termed:
A. Capillary water
B. Hygroscopic water
C. Gravitational water
D. None of the above

Severe diarrhea and dehydration in human is due to lack

of__________________?
A. Rennin
B. Lysine
C. Lactase
D. All the above

A benefit or cost from production or consumption accruing without

compensation to non buyers and non/sellers of the product is
called_________________?
A. Speculation
B. Specialization
C. Spill over
D. anti dumping

The slow acting pheromones are_________________?

A. Primers
B. Releasers
C. Semio chemicals
D. Allelo chemicals
Examples of monophagous insect is_________________?
A. Helicoverpa armigera
B. Ants
C. Green lacewing
D. Pectinophora gossypiella (Pink bollworm)

Per day the developing countries consume food corresponding

to_________________?
A. 1000-1500 Kcal
B. 1500-1800 Kcal
C. 1800-2000 Kcal
D. None of the above

Approximate calories in 3.2 ounces of cooked is______________________?

A. 155
B. 175
C. 200
D. 214

The line in a flow net which shows the direction of flow of water through a soil
mass beneath dam are called _________________?
A. Equipotential lines
B. flow lines
C. Section lines
D. Streak lines

The available form of sulphur for plant is___________________?

A. S2
B. SO-2
C. SO3
D. SO2

Single seed descent method was first suggested by_________________?

A. Goulden (1939)
B. Simmonds (1979)
C. Giber (1953)
D. Brim (1966)

Which of the following is wrong?

A. Sandy soils have higher sand percentage with more water holding capacity
B. The relative percentage of sand, silt, clay is soil texture.
C. Soil texture influences behavior of soil.
D. The arrangement of soil aggregates is called soil structure.

Exposure of the manures to rains causes highest loss of___________?

A. N
B. Cu
C. Cl
D. P

Soil particles as individuals such as sand and do not form aggregates. These are
usually found in parent material or C horizon is:_________?
A. Massive
B. Single-grained
C. Aggregated
D. All of the above

The largest compartment in ruminant stomach is __________________?

A. Rumen
B. Reticulum
C. Abomasum
D. Omasum
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What are helpful insects___________________?

A. Predators, Pollinators, Parasites, Honey bees
B. Silkworm, Pollinators, Predators, Scavenges
C. Weed killers, scavengers, predator, pollinator, parasites
D. Predators, Pollinators, Lac insects

Each layer of phyllosilicates is composed of two types of sheets:

A. Tetrahedral sheet
B. Triple octahedral sheet
C. Octahedral sheet
D. Both A & C

The sucking type insects of cotton are________________?

A. Jassids and thrips
B. Wlutefly and jassids
C. Thrips and whitefly
D. All the above

The cell theory was propounded by____________________?

A. Watson and Crick
B. Scheiiden and Schwann
C. Sarwin and Wallace
D. Morgan

Nobel prize for the discovery of operon model was awarded

to__________________?
A. Jacob and monod (1965)
B. Crick (1966)
C. Watson and Crick (1953)
D. Briuen and Davidson (1959)

The ratio of CO2 and O2 uptaken during respiration is known

as_____________________?
A. Respiration
B. Respiratory quotient
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

A water rise takes place on down stream of sloping glacis, when a stream of
water moving with high velocity and low depth strikes another stream of flow
moving with low velocity and high depth, such breakage in water surface is
called______________?
A. Water wave
B. Water tide
C. Hydraulic jump
D. Afflux

A closed conduct or barrel used used for supplying water under high pressure to
a turbine to generate electricity is called __________________?
A. A tunnel
B. Penstock
C. Chute
D. Syphon

Genetic male sterility is controlled by_________________?

A. Allelic genes
B. Non alleleic genes
C. nuclear genes
D. All the above

pH of Pakistani soils is____________________?

A. 7.5
B. 12
C. 7
D. 14

Plant breeder right are operating in____________________?

A. Geneva
B. 50 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 3 meters

All goods and services produced in a country in one year are called
its__________________?
A. GNP
B. GDP
C. NDP
D. None of these

What is viticulture?
A. Cultivation of grapes
B. Growing small plants
C. Growing tobacco
D. Cultivation of spices

Self-incompatibility is controlled by_________?

A. Multiple alleles
B. Polygenes
C. Plasmogenes
D. Both B and C

Apple, guava, mango,pineapple and tomato are____________________?

A. Acid foods
B. Low acid foods
C. Medium acid foods
D. High acid foods

Organisms that can synthesize all their substances from simple inorganic
molecules are termed as____________________?
A. Audacious
B. Autotrophic
C. Heterotrophic
D. Phototrophic

Tomato is a _________________________?
A. Short day plant
B. Long day plant
C. Day-neutral plant
D. None of the above

Optimum humidity in hatching room must be ____________________?

A. 65%
B. 75%
C. 80%
D. 90%

If the cell of an organism (heterozygous) for two pairs of genes represented by

Aa, Bb, undergoes meiosis then the possible genotype of gametes
are________________?
A. AB, ab
B. Ab, ab
C. AB, Ab, aB, ab
D. Data insufficient

Hybrid seeds are developed because they_________________?

A. Produce better crop
B. Provide greater vigour
C. Are more uniform
D. All the above

Which among the following does not possess cotyledons__________________?

A. Coconut
B. Castor
C. Carrot
D. Cuscuta

In________________ economics we look at desirability of certain aspects of the

economy ?
A. Theoretical
B. Positive
C. Normative
D. None

Purpling of leaves is common deficinary symptoms of __________________?

A. Phosphorus
B. Iron
C. Potassium
D. Nitrogen

The role of boron and zinc has been recognized in crop_________________?

A. Mustard
B. Sugarcane
C. Rice
D. None of these

Cotton plant has mode of germination_________________?

A. Determinate type of growth
B. Indeterminate type of growth
C. Semi-determinate
D. Buslry growth habit

Wings are modified into rod like structure in Thrips are type of
wings________________?
A. Membrarieous
B. halteres
C. Stripy
D. Elytra

Accumulation of soluble salts in soil________?

A. Alkalization
B. Desalinization
C. Salinization
D. All off these

While handing concentrated acids. bases or other hazardous chemicals

use_________________?
A. Table
B. Fume hoods
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Rum is distilled from____________________?

A. Unmalted potatoes
B. Fermented fruit juice
C. Unmalted cereals
D. Unrefined products of sugarcane

The crops which are grown to reduce the soil erosion and natural losses by
leaching is known as______________?
A. Companion crops
B. Cover crops
C. Mixed crops
D. Ratooning crops

Gurdaspur borer is pest of__________________?

A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Sugarcane
D. Okra
The wearing away of the land surface by wind, water, ice or other geological
agents is called____________________?
A. Seepage
B. Soil erosion
C. Soil contamination
D. All the above

Edible part of apple is __________________ ?

A. fleshy aril
B. fleshy thalamus
C. Seed
D. Epicarp

Mutation breeding is mostly used in____________________?

A. Self pollinated crops
B. Cross pollinated crops
C. Vegetative propagated crops
D. Often cross pollinated crops

Pollen sterility which is controlled by both cytoplasmic and nuclear genes is

known as___________________?
A. GMS
B. CMS
C. CGMS
D. all the above

Male sterility is absence of_________?

A. Functional pollen
B. Sterile pollen
C. Sterile anther
D. All of these
Plutonic rocks are also called____________________?
A. Intrusive igneous
B. Metamorphic
C. Sedimentary
D. Extrusive igneous rock

Which one of the following disease is caused due to lack of fiber in

diets_________________?
A. Appendicitis
B. Diabetes
C. Hernia
D. All the above

An open cut given in a canal bank, suitably protected by stone pitching to the
upland drainage water into the canal is called ___________________?
A. Inlet
B. Out let
C. entrance
D. Mixing

Slipperiness is due to__________________?

A. Covalent bond
B. Vander walls forces
C. Wire bond
D. None of the above

A cloud is formed due to condensation. it consists of a small particle of ice an.

small droplets of water, having diameter about ___________microns?
A. 30
B. 35
C. 40
D. 45
In Bindi, production of foundation seed needs an isolation distance
of__________________?
A. 100 meters
B. 50 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 3 meters

A pruning management done to develop a tree framework strong cough to bear

large number of fruits without breaking of branches is known
as_________________?
A. Training
B. Thinning
C. Punning
D. All the above

If diploid chromo me number in flowering plant is 8 then 4 chromosomes will be

present in_________________?
A. Endosperm cell
B. Leaf cells
C. Cotyledonary cell
D. Synergids

The lowest pest population that will cause economic damage is

called__________________?
A. Economic pest
B. Economic threshold
C. Economic damage
D. None of the above

Legless larvae of coleopteran having a tiny head and a few sense organs
is________________?
A. Maggot
B. Imago
C. Grub
D. None of these

The insect skeleton is composed of series of plates called__________________?

A. Sclerites
B. Conjunctivae
C. Sutures
D. Somites

Cultivation of grapes is called___________________?

A. Orcharding
B. Ciltriculture
C. Viticulture
D. Pomology

Systematic examination of soil in the field and laboratories, their description

and grouping according to classification system:
A. Reconnaissance survey
B. Detailed soil survey
C. Soel survay
D. The answer of statement is not in options

Always flow inside the ground is ____________________?

A. Laminar
B. Turbulent
C. Rotational
D. Compressible

A mineral horizon that is either too thin, too light in colour, too low in organic
matter:
A. Umbric epipedon
B. Melanic epipedon
C. Mollic epipedon
D. Ochric epipedon

The ray florets of sunflower is usually?

A. Sterile
B. Pistillate
C. Bisexual
D. Staminate

In pulses, limiting amino acids are__________________?

A. Lysine
B. Theronine
C. Tryptophan
D. Methionine

The loose flesh hanging is the throat area of cattle is

_______________________?
A. Dewlap
B. Pastern
C. Skin
D. Neck

Which of the following crops is most tolerant to salty soils?

A. Corn
B. Rice
C. Carrot
D. Cotton

The fertile eggs are never be stored at a temperature less than

_______________________?
A. 10°C
B. 11°C
C. 12°C
D. 13°C

When FSL of the canal is sufficiently below the bottom of the drain, so that
water flows freely under gravity, such structures is
called_____________________?
A. Syphon
B. Syphon – Aqueduct
C. Super-passage
D. Canal-syphon

The living organisms that are usually larger, stronger or more intelligent then
the parasite is called____________________?
A. Host
B. Pray
C. Predator
D. Parasite

Permissible velocity of water flowing through concrete lined tunnel is usually

__________________?
A. 3 – 4m/sec
B. 4 – 5m/sec
C. 5 – 6m/sec
D. 6 – 7m/sec

Accumulation of transported material A to B horizon is known

as____________________?
A. Eluviation
B. llluviation
C. Alluviation
D. Deposition

The concentration of a toxicant that kills 50% of the exposed organism is

called_________________?
A. LC50
B. LD50
C. None of the Above
D. LD75

All the practices used to control the pest population with in certain limit are
called_________________?
A. Chemical control
B. Natural control
C. Artificial control
D. Impossible to control

Aeration holes are provided to reduce the inside saturation pressure

____________________?
A. In a weir with end contractions
B. In a suppressed weir
C. In a cippoletti weir
D. In all weir

A phenomenon of fusion of male and female gametes is

known_______________?
A. Gamete formation
B. Fertilization
C. Interaction
D. All the above

Genus of citrus is____________________?

A. Fortunal
B. Poncirus
C. Citrus
D. All the above
Some use of cytokinins in horticulture are________________?
A. To stimulate shoot development
B. Delaying senescence
C. Accelerating bud growth
D. All the above

The function of sugar in food is ___________________?

A. Humecants
B. Plasticizers
C. Sweetners
D. All the above

Shape of an egg is a ________________________?

A. Heritable character
B. Depend on breed
C. Depend on food given
D. Depend on went average

What KD50____________________?
A. Medium knock down
B. Highly knock down
C. Low knock down
D. None of above

Sweet potato belong to family_____________________?

A. Solanaceae
B. Araceae
C. Conolvulaccae
D. Cruciferae

Urban migration is causing the labour force to grow at annual rates of

_____________in LDC?
A. 10-20%
B. 5-7%
C. 30-35%
D. 35-40%

The annual amount that a borrower must pay a lender over an above the total
borrowed ?
A. Interest
B. Loan
C. Interest rated
D. None

The total length of impervious floor on down stream of the hydraulic structure is
determined by Bligh’s Theory__________________?
A. Lane
B. Darcy
C. Khosla
D. All are correct

The reason why mutations which are harmful do not eliminated from gene pool
is that___________________?
A. They are recessive and carried by heterozygous individuals
B. Genetic drift occurs because of a small population in to offsprings
C. Making possible reproduction in all types of environments
D. They have future survival value

Mango propagation is more successful by_______________________?

A. Shield budding
B. Grafting
C. T-budding
D. Cutting

Which one of the following plays the role of a natural

oxidants____________________?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin E
D. None of the above

The consumption of several flavours and micromtrients per person per year
is__________________?
A. mg
B. .< 0.01 mg
C. .> 0.01 mg
D. None of the above

Type of reproduction in which young ones are produced by larval or pupal

stages is____________________?
A. Paedogenesis
B. Polyembryony
C. Viviparity
D. Polyembrony

velocity of gases is measured with a _____________________?

A. Hot wire manometer
B. Hot wire anemometer
C. Barometer
D. All are correct

Jassid, Aphid and bugs have________________?

A. Rasping
B. Siphoning type
C. Sponging type
D. Piecing sucking type

In ruminants how many compartments of stomach are there

________________________?
A. Two
B. four
C. six
D. three

The dorsal sclerotized region of insect body is called__________________?

A. Tergum
B. Pleuron
C. Sternum
D. None of the above

Plants which grow on dry region are____________________?

A. Xerophytes
B. Thermophytes
C. Hydrophytes
D. Haplophytes

The water evaporates from paddy surfaces to the atmosphere in the form of
water vapours, these water vapours get collected in the atmosphere and
behave & like_________________?
A. Water
B. Snow
C. Ice particles
D. Gas

The template of translation is________?

A. tRNA
B. mRNA
C. rRNA
D. None of these

Very hot and winterless condition is__________________?

A. Tropical
B. Temperature
C. And
D. None of the above

A general term applied to domestic animal is called

_______________________?
A. Livestock
B. Tamede animals
C. Domestic animal
D. none of above

Fertilization of egg & sperm takes place in the ____________________?

A. Uterus
B. Fallopian tube
C. Vagina
D. Oviduct

Monopoly and oligopoly are the examples of___________________?

A. Perfect competition
B. Imperfect competition
C. Pure competition
D. None

What is the pH of calcareous soils?

A. 8.0-8.5
B. 7.0-7.5
C. 8.5-9.0
D. 6.5-7.5

Tea, coffee and mango seeds can not be converted in seed banks because they
drastic loss in viability with decrease in moisture content
below.___________________?
A. 12%
B. 20%
C. 15%
D. 18%

In fanning system cultivation of two or more crops is known

as_______________?
A. Sequential cropping
B. Strip cropping
C. Multiple cropping
D. All the above

A fixed reference point from which the discharge of flowing water is measured
is________________?
A. Reduce level
B. Bench mark
C. Contour point
D. Reference point

In Pakistan the area effected due to water erosion is

about_________________?
A. 12 million to
B. 13.05 million lia
C. 22 million ha
D. 15 million lva

The rapid reappearance of the pest population in injurious number is

called_________________?
A. IPM
B. IPC
C. Pest resurgence
D. Pest outbreak
Mango is grown in soils with pH__________________?
A. 5.5-7.5
B. 5-8
C. 5.5-8.7
D. 6-8

Soil order characterized by excess of weathering with dominant iron and

aluminium oxide clays, common in tropics is_________?
A. Alfisols
B. Mollisols
C. Entisols
D. Oxisols

Which of the following is good source of vitamin A__________________?

A. Banana
B. Mango
C. Gram
D. Wheat

Volcanic soils:
A. Aridisols
B. Gelisols
C. Endsols
D. None of the above

Green manures are mostly used as a source of:_________?

A. Zink
B. Nitrogen
C. Oxygen
D. None of these

How many crop of potato are sown annually_________________?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

Changing the term of existing loan________________?

A. Debt repudiation
B. Debt renegotiation
C. Debt transformation
D. All

Major source of sugar in world is_________________?

A. Dates
B. Beet root
C. Water melon
D. Sugarcane

The time for which water and ion remains in vicinity is

called_____________________?
A. Primary hydration
B. ppm
C. Normality
D. Residence time

Color off basic matic rock is_____________________?

A. Light green
B. Dark colored
C. Yellow
D. Blue

Potato when fried, excessive browning develops due to

_______________________?
A. Caramelization
B. Reaction between amino acid and sugar
C. All the above
D. None of the above

If humidity is more transpiration will be_____________________________?

A. More
B. Less
C. No
D. Too much

In Pakistan there is general deficiency of rainfall. It varies from 125 mm annually

in upper Sindh to about 900 mm in the sub-mountainous of northern Pakistan.
In Balochistan the mean annual rainfall is about 200 mm, diminishing to
________ mm in the desert of Kharan:
A. 100 mm
B. >70 mm
C. <50 mm
D. None of these

Bunchy top disease of banana is___________________?

A. Fungal disease
B. Viral disease
C. Bacterial disease
D. Nematode disease

A and B horizon is called as_________?

A. Regolith
B. Solam
C. Inner core
D. None of the above

The Cotton plant belong to family ?

A. Gramineae
B. Fabaceae
C. Malvaceae
D. Leguminaceae

Net irrigation + field irrigation losses are the requirement of

_____________________?
A. Full irrigation
B. Field irrigation
C. Furrow irrigation
D. Basin irrigation

BGA was discovered as a nitrogen fixer in paddy field by ?

A. Beijerinck
B. Fred
C. P.K dey
D. None of the above

In which form plant uptake phosphorus?

A. H2po4
B. HPO4-2
C. Both
D. Non of these

Which insect cut the root of plants____________________?

A. Mole cricket
B. Ground beetles
C. Pyrilla
D. Gryllobllated

Stage of growth model development was porposed by____________________?

A. Rostow
B. Harrod Dommer
C. Keynes
D. Theodore
Increases in the price level resulting from an excess of demand over output at
the existing price level, caused by an increase in aggregate demand ?
A. Demand pull inflation
B. Stagflation
C. Both
D. None

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

A line shown on a contour map, set out on ground between certain constant
points of slope is called___________________?
A. Gradient
B. Contour gradient
C. Contour line
D. Counter interval

The plant in which CO2 fixation is solely via the Calvin cycle
is_____________________?
A. C
B. CAB
C. C
D. CAM

One day old female chick is called ________________________?

A. Chick
B. Pullet
C. Cockerel
D. Hen

A goat of 1 – 2 year of age is called _______________________?

A. Kid
B. Yearling
C. Young adult
D. Adult

What is antidote of organophosphate and carbamate

poisoning________________?
A. Atropine
B. Diazepam
C. Earbiturates
D. None of the Above

Which scientist is considered to be the father of animal Nutrition

_________________?
A. Lehman
B. Morrison
C. Lavasior
D. Wolff

Amino acid with no polar R group are____________________?

A. Hydrophilic
B. Hydrophobic
C. Aromatic
D. None of the above

The season that starts from 1st October and ends on 31st March, runs for 182
days is called __________________?
A. Rabi season
B. Kharif season
C. Monsoon season
D. Wheat season

Breeder parent should be given ration _______________________?

A. Ration No. 1
B. Ration No. 3
C. Ration No. 4
D. Ration No. 6

The artificial vegetative production is done by____________________?

A. Grafting
B. Budding
C. Layering
D. All the above

Approximate calories in 1 slice of fried liver is____________________?

A. 40
B. 50
C. 71
D. 86

Due to phosphorus deficiency in plants____________________?

A. Roots do not develop properly
B. Plants mature late
C. Poor flowering and fruil selling occurs
D. All the above

Flow of nitrogen in soil due to:_________?

A. Diffusion
B. Interception
C. Mass flow
D. None of the above
The process of deposition of soil materials in the lower layer is termed
as:_________?
A. Illuviation
B. Eluviation
C. Podzolization
D. Laterization

Approximate quantity of milk requires to get 1 Kg of butter is

__________________?
A. 10.8 Kg
B. 15 Kg
C. 20 Kg
D. 23 Kg

From which part of turmeric plant the turmeric powder is

obtained__________________?
A. Seeds
B. dried roots
C. Dried rhizome
D. Dried fruit

Intensity of light in poultry is measure by _______________________?

A. Light period
B. Dark period
C. Foot candle
D. None of above

The popular varieties of dates produced in the province of Balochistan, Makran

division are:
A. Kahraba
B. Begum jangi
C. Mozwati
D. Both B & C

The break down of pertinacious material is referred to

as____________________?
A. Autolysis
B. Lipolysis
C. Proteolysis
D. non of these

_________refers to the increase in density of a soil as a result of applied load or

pressure?
A. Traffic soles
B. Plough soles
C. Compaction
D. Pudding

Agro ecological regions of sindh are_____________________?

A. 5
B. 3
C. 4
D. 1

Nitrosomonas and nitrobacter are together as called_____________?

A. Ammonification
B. Nitrification
C. Nitosomonas
D. Nitrobacteria

Germplasm gene banks for different crop plants in world are

about_____________________?
A. 980
B. 1080
C. 1200
D. 1100

Royal Jelly made up of__________________?

A. Pollen and water
B. Pollen, water, nectar
C. Pollen and nectar
D. Pollen, Water, Nectar

Methamidophos, moncrotophos are example of___________________?

A. Organophosphrous pesticides
B. Carbamates
C. Organoctilorine pesticide
D. Pyerthorids

Insect that parasitic other insects are called_________________?

A. Entomophagous parasites
B. Zoophagous parasites
C. Phytophagous parasites
D. non of theses

The term rhizosphere was coined by:___________?

A. Liebig
B. Baussingault
C. Hiltner
D. Winogrdsky

The entrance point for air in insects are known as _________________?

A. Trachea
B. Spines
C. Secretion
D. Nervous system

The wings and legs of insects are present in___________________?

A. Head
B. Thorax
C. Abdomen
D. Neck

One of the persons whose evolutionary ideas were close to that of Laraarcd
was____________________?
A. Lysendo
B. Vavilow
C. Weismann
D. H be vnes

Most of the productive soils in Pakistan have pH______________________?

A. Between 7.5 to 8.5
B. 8.5
D. None of the above

An organism or cell having a chromosome number that is higher than the exact
nultiple of the basic number is known as__________________?
A. Hypoploid
B. Hyperploid
C. Allopolyploid
D. Autopolyploid

Ratio of genotypic covariance to the phenotypic covariance

is____________________?
A. Heritability (b.s)
B. Genetic gain
C. Co-heritability
D. Genetic advance

Removal of branches for forage is________________?

A. Litter
B. Lopping
C. Foraging
D. None of the above

Excess utility over price derived by the consumers because of negative sloping
demand curve ?
A. Producer surplus
B. Consumer surplus
C. Marginal utility
D. Demand surplus

Prolapse of vagina in goat occurs mostly ______________________?

A. Early pregnancy
B. During pregnancy
C. At calving
D. Late pregnancy

A curve showing the maximum flow in the river and mean time reduces flow. we
be called___________________?
A. Infiltration capacity
B. Infiltration capacity curve
C. Ground water depletion curve
D. All are correct

The organic evolution look place about__________________?

A. 100,000,000 years
B. 200,000,000 ears
C. 300,000,000 years
D. Still occurring

Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) is a well-accepted approach for the

sustainable management of________?
A. Soil Productivity
B. Increased crop production
C. both a and B
D. None of these

Those Amino acids which the body cannot synthesized are called
__________________________?
A. Essential Amino acid
B. Dietary essential amino acid
C. Pietary non essential
D. None of above

The physiological state or arrested metabolism in which development of insects

is delayed irrespective of environmental factors is____________________?
A. Tor por
B. Quiescence
C. Diapause
D. Hibernation

Microbial gum used in food serve as_________________?

A. Stabilizer
B. Emulsifier
C. Thickener
D. All the above

An aquifer in which water contained under high pressure as the’ aquifer is sand
witched between two impervious layer is called___________________?
A. Un-confined aquifer
B. Confined aquifer
C. No-Artesian aquifer
D. All are correct

Geochemical weathering processes occurs______________________?

A. On surface
B. Below soil solum
C. At the level
D. On the mountain

Legally established maximum price of a good or service__________________?

A. Ceiling price
B. Floor price
C. Max price
D. None

Which technique is also called Insacco or Nylen bag technique

________________________?
A. In Vivo
B. In Situ
C. In Vitro
D. None of above

Parthenocarpy is the production of____________________?

A. Fruit without pollination
B. Seed without fertilization
C. fruit without fertilization
D. Only seed and no fruit

Ingredient added in pesticide to enhance and maintain efficacy of active

ingredient is____________________?
A. Dose
B. Active ingredient
C. Insert ingredient
D. Pesticide

Srought is indicated by__________________?

A. Increase in proline level
B. Increase in ethylene level
C. leaf rolling
D. all the above

Allogamy is promoted by____________________?

A. Male sterility
B. Dichiny
C. Herkogamy
D. All the above

Development of distorted swollen leaves which become inverted translucent

and eventually necrotic is known as_________________?
A. Bacterial contamination
B. Mosaicism
C. Vitrification
D. Death of plant

A flow in which the stream lines may be represented by a straight line is

called____________________?
A. Non-uniform flow
B. un-steady flow
C. steady flow
D. one-dimension flow

Discriminant function of plant selection was suggested

by____________________?
A. Smith (1936)
B. Yates (1947)
C. Griffing (1956)
D. Kempt Horne (1957)

The diameter of mitochondria is __________________?

A. 2-4 micron
B. 1-4 micron
C. 0.5-2 micron
D. 40-70 micron

A compound or a chemical substance which is essential for maintenance of body

and has a specific role in nourishment if called ____________________?
A. Ingredient
B. Component
C. Constituent
D. Nutrient

The parasites which requires several or different hosts for its complete
development is called ?
A. Monoxenous parasite
B. Heteroxenous parasites
C. Phytophagous parasites
D. Entomophagous parasites

Diocious plant is____________________?

A. Papaya
B. Datepalm
C. Hemp
D. All the above

The basic form of present day Universal soil loss equation (USLE), initially
involved the use of factors such as ________?
A. R, K and S
B. R and K
C. R, K, S and L
D. R, K, S, L, C and P

the phenomenon of evaporation from water surfaces, from soil surfaces around
the plants and from plants and transpiration from plants is called
___________________?
A. Evapotranspiration
B. Transpiration
C. Evaporation
D. All are correct

Which element is found highest in earth crust?

A. Aluminum
B. Silicon
C. Sodium
D. None of the above

Histols are found in______________________?

A. Pakistan
B. Canada
C. Alaska
D. Both b & c

Who the a method of estimating seed vigour on the basis of color intensity of
the stained seeds ?
A. Nicolls & Hey Decker (1968)
B. Kittock &. Law (1953)
C. Moore (1973)
D. Germ (1949)

A male horse which has been castrated is called _______________________?

A. Stallion
B. Gelding
C. Mature horse
D. None of the above

calcium is immobile in plants. Therefore, under conditions of deficiency, young

tissue is affected first. calcium deficiency symptoms are:
A. Death of terminal buds; roots tips also affected
B. Abnormal dark green appearance of foliage
C. Premature shedding of blossoms & buds & weakened stem
D. All of the above

Self incompatibility in which the genes express in the style is known

as__________________?
A. Styler SL
B. Ovarian SL
C. Polyallelic SL
D. Diallelic SL

Root knot disease is caused by___________________?

A. Fungi
B. Nematodes
C. Virus
D. Bacteria

Being a soil scientist, do you know which is the popular book of soil science of
Nyle.C.brady, 14th edition available in markets:
A. Fundamentals of soil
B. Essenttials of soil sciences
C. The nature and properties of soil
D. The mechanics of soil

“Wash-in” takes place in which horizon?

A. E
B. O
C. B
D. A

Maize plant belong to_________?

A. CAM
B. C3 plant
C. C4 plants
D. None of above

The highest Cation Exchange Capacity is in:_________?

A. Sandy Soil
B. Clay soil
C. Gravely soil
D. Both A & C

Fruits ripen better at a relative humidity of at

least________________________?
A. 70%
B. 80%
C. 85%
D. 90%

False pregnancy is also called ______________________ ?

A. Pseudo pregnancy
B. Psendogene
C. Wrong pregnancy
D. Late pregnancy

Fine-graned rocks formed on earth crust are called____________________?

A. Intensive igneous rock
B. Extrusive rock
C. Sedimentary rock
D. Plutonic

Which of the following soil has the highest water holding capacity_________?
A. Sand soil
B. Silt soil
C. Forest soil
D. None of these

Which of the cell organelle is considered to be rich in catabolic

enzymes_____________________?
A. Golgi bodies
B. Mitochondria
C. Lysosome
D. Endoplasmic reticulum

Bemesia tabbaci is the name of_________________?

A. Cutworms
B. Jassids
C. White fly
D. Thrips

Colour changes leading to brown, grey and other in fresh and cured meat can be
arise from_____________________?
A. Biochemical changes
B. Physical changes
C. Microbial activity
D. enzyme activity

The amount of feed which the animals consumes during 24 hr with out any
compulsion is called _____________________?
A. Voluntary feed intake
B. Feed intake
C. Total food intake
D. Dry matter intake

Which one of the following is the climacteric ethylene producing

fruit______________________?
A. Lemon
B. Grape
C. Apple
D. Lychee

Which mineral contain phosphorus__________________?

A. Igneous
B. Metamorphic
C. Apatite
D. None of the above

The ATP formed in__________________?

A. Chloroplast
B. Mitochondna
C. Golgi bodies
D. RNA

The process of producing several indentical copies of a gene sequence referred

to as__________________?
A. Gene sequencing
B. Gene cloning
C. Gene splicing
D. Micro cloning

The soil has got______________?

A. Six horizons
B. Five horizons
C. Seven horizons
D. Two horizons

In Pakistan first mill was started in ____________________?

A. Multan
B. Sahiwal
C. Lahore
D. Rahim Yar Khan

In half diallel, total crosses among parents are equal to___________________?

A. P (P-1)/2
B. P (P-1)
C. P (P+1)/2
D. P2

Tax levied on production of specific product on quantity of product purchased ?

A. Sales tax
B. Excise tax
C. Income tax
D. All

The acetic acid producing bacteria are___________________?

A. Acetomonas
B. Saccharomyces
C. Streptococeus
D. None of the above

A simplified picture of economic reality, an abstract generalization ?

A. Economic theory
B. Economic principle
C. Economic model
D. None

In line x tester cross each male is crossed with____________________?

A. Different sets of females
B. Few females in a set
C. Same sets of females
D. All the above

The safe limit of No2 in drinking water is_____________________?

A. 10 mg L-1
B. 15 mg L-1
C. 20 mg L-1
D. None of the above

A structure constructed in channel width having narrow throat and raised floor
in bottom, used for measuring discharge is called _____________________?
A. Cippoletti weir
B. Venturimeter
C. Venturiflume
D. regulator

Loss off leaves due to seasonal change is_________________?

A. Leeward
B. Defoliation
C. Malformation
D. None of the above

The percentage of labour force unemployment at any

time__________________?
A. Unemployment rate
B. Inflation rate
C. Deflation rate
D. None

Liver is the store house of ______________________?

A. Vit. A
B. Vit. B
C. Vit. C
D. Vit. D

The group of pesticide which makes pest unable to reproduce is

called_________________?
A. Sterilant
B. Protectant
C. Selective
D. Fumigants

The use of all possible control strategies to manage pest population below
economic injury level is called________________?
A. IPM
B. IPC
C. Pest outbreak
D. Pest resurgence

Commercial production of lac through lac insects is

called___________________?
A. Sericulture
B. Apiculture
C. Floriculture
D. Lac culture

The width of the area treated in one pass by a sprayer or other applicator is
called___________________?
A. Drift
B. Swath
C. Aerosol
D. Toxin

Which of the following is the method of food preservation

________________________?
A. Smoking
B. Drying
C. Salting
D. All the above
Nucleoprotein & glycoprotein is a kind of which protein group
______________________?
A. Derived
B. Conjugated
C. Simple
D. None of above

Chitin and steroids are_____________________?

A. Lipids
B. Carbohydrates
C. Proteins
D. Waxes

Oceli is___________________?
A. Antennae in insect
B. Mouth parts of insect
C. Eye of insect
D. Sense organs of insect

The emigration of highly skilled and educated professionals and technical man
power from developing to developed countries?
A. Capital flight
B. Immigration
C. Brain Drain
D. All

Bovine is a term pertaining to _________________________?

A. Cattle
B. Buffalo
C. Sheep
D. Goat

A curve showing the distribution of income in an

economy___________________?
A. Lorenz curve
B. Indifference curve
C. Income budget line
D. Investment damage curve

A heterogeneous population include_______________?

A. Composites
B. Multi lines
C. Synthetic
D. All the above

What is T.S.O ?
A. Technical sales officer
B. Technical scientific officer
C. Tehsil sale officer
D. None of the Above

If the leaf cells have eight chromosomes it is mostly likely

that__________________?
A. Gametes will have 8 chromosomes
B. Gametes will have 4 chromosomes
C. Zygote will have 4 chromosomes
D. Zygote will have 16 chromosomes

The main pest of fruit in Pakistan is_________________?

A. Fruit fly
B. Leaf minor
C. Scale insects
D. Hoppers

Urea in manufactured form gases________________________?

A. NH3
B. NH48CO2
C. NH3 & CH4
D. All the above

Specific weight of a liquid is defined as the weight per unit volume at standard
Temperature & pressure therefore specific weight of water of water is equal to
____________ kg/m3 in MKS system ?
A. 990
B. 995
C. 999
D. 1000

Readily available moisture is the % of moisture that is always easily available to

plant and this moisture is called _________________?
A. 70%
B. 75%
C. 80%
D. 85%

Photogenic organ are present in____________________?

A. Flies
B. Fire flies
C. Wasps
D. Honey bee

Which type of bacteria grow best at refrigeration temperature

10°C_______________________?
A. Thermophilic
B. Psychrophilic
C. Mesophilic
D. All the above
The hydraulic jump is formed on down stream of toe of glacis for the purpose to
dissipate surplus energy of the flowing water, the nature and strength of jump
depends upon a Number called______________________?
A. Reynolds
B. Froude No
C. Webber
D. Darcy,s law

Heterobeltiosis is estimated over the___________________?

A. Better parent
B. Mid parent
C. Standard parent
D. Popular variety

The piezometric level of water in the well at zero discharges is

called___________________?
A. Full supply level
B. Static water level
C. Water table
D. All are correct

The free distance on the paddy surface which a wind can travel to any point to
rise waves is called_________________?
A. Wave wash
B. Tide
C. Fetch
D. Wave amplitude

Breeder seed is the progeny of__________________?

A. Cenified seed
B. Nucleus seed
C. Foundation
D. Registered seed

The pest population at which control measure should be taken to prevent the
pest population to build up to reach economic injury level is
called_________________?
A. Economic threshold level
B. Economic injury level
C. Economic damage
D. None of the Above

Natural water as pH equal to________________?

A. 1
B. 4
C. 9
D. 7

What is stump ______________?

A. Shoot cutting
B. Tree cutting
C. Seeding
D. None of the above

Faces accumulated at the time of birth of calf is _______________?

A. Me-conium
B. Loose dropping
C. Bloody faces
D. None of above

The nutrient element silicon (Si) is:_________?

A. Beneficial
B. Harmful
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above
Examples of prismatic structures are found in the _______________ mapped in
KPK and the northern part of Punjab.
A. Peshawar series
B. Gujranwala series
C. wazirabad & pindorian series
D. All of the above

The method of irrigation in which each tree is surrounded by a border to form a

pool when water is supplied is called ________________?
A. Furrow irrigation
B. Basin irrigation
C. Border irrigation
D. Check irrigation

If the chlorophyll content in plant increases, the solar radiation transmitted:

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Constant
D. None of these

The demand schedule or the demand curve of all buyers of a good or service is
called____________________?
A. Market demand
B. Total demand
C. Both
D. None

The invented filter is provided just after the end of concrete floor to reduce ()
possibility of _________________?
A. Piping
B. Under mining
C. Up thrust
D. a and b are correct

When two or more functional groups of single ligand are coordinated to metal
cation the complex is termed as___________________?
A. Chelate
B. Solution complex
C. Complex ion
D. All the above

which one of the following instrument is used to measure the relative humidity
in atmosphere___________________?
A. Colorimeter
B. Hygrometer
C. Paramagnetic analyzer
D. none of the above

A supply curve shifts because of change in_____________________?

A. The price of the related products
B. Technology
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

Night blindness and keralinization is associated with deficiency

of____________________?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin E

The transfer of pollen grains from anthers to the stigma by any pollinating agent
is called______________?
A. Allogamy
B. Pollination
C. Crossing
D. Breeding

Art of making saline un-cultivable lands capable of re-cultivation is

called.___________________?
A. Reclamation
B. Fertilization
C. Growing crops
D. Water application

which one of the following is climacteric fruit_____________________?

A. Grape
B. Banana
C. Lemon
D. Pineapple

Percentage of N in Ammonium sulphate fertilizer is___________________?

A. 23
B. 35
C. 45
D. 21

Anaerobic respiration is known as___________________?

A. Transportation
B. Sterilization
C. Fermentation
D. Ripening

Soil-forming minerals occurring in rocks do not contain any water, they undergo
______________ when exposed to humid conditions & break down as in
chemical weathering process:
A. Carbonation
B. Acidification
C. Hydration
D. Dissolution

Brother is bird which is mainly kept for ________________________?

A. Egg purpose
B. Dual purpose
C. Meat purpose
D. feather purpose

Seeds of wheat, paddy and maize showed positive correlation germination (%)
and viability (%) as determined by________________?
A. Grow put test
B. Tz test
C. Test of genetic purity of seeds
D. Ageing test

A foreign variety that is directly recommended for commercial cultivation is

called_________________?
A. Blended variety
B. Pure line variety
C. Exotic variety
D. Hybrid variety

A decrease in the governmentally defined value of currency

____________________?
A. Inflation
B. Devaluation
C. Cheapness
D. All

Who characterized soil formation as set of “4”

process______________________?
A. Jinney
B. Ziking
C. Newton
D. Simonson

The plants which, grow neither in dry nor in wet condition

are_______________________?
A. Xerophytes
B. Amphibiophytes
C. Mesophytes
D. Hydrophytes

TSP contains____________________?
A. 14%
B. 46%P
C. 40%P
D. 50%P

Failure to use all available economic resources to produce goods and services is
called__________________?
A. Unemployment
B. Underemployment
C. Inflation
D. Deflation

Grasshopper and cockroaches have type of wings is____________________?

A. Tegmina
B. Hemelytra
C. Stripy
D. hemelgtra

Allelochemicals are used as growth regulators and natural pesticides to

promote__________________?
A. Sustainable agriculture
B. Improve agriculture
C. Both a and b

It is the tendency of a plant to escape infestation is known

as________________?
A. Plant resistance
B. Resistance
C. Pest avoidance
D. Tolerance

Cytoplasmic genetic male sterility was first discovered

by___________________?
A. Jones and Davies (1944)
B. Devaries and Correns (1900)
C. Bruce and Keeble (1908)
D. Nilson (1900)

A reference point on the ground of accurately known position which is a () point

of leveling is called ________________?
A. Check point
B. Reference point
C. Control point
D. Fixed point

An economic system in which traditions and customs determine how the

economy would use its scare resources ?
A. Traditional economy
B. Mixed economy
C. capitalistic economy
D. Command economy
Plants which shed their leaves during winter are ___________________?
A. Grading
B. Packing
C. Processing
D. Vegetable forcing

A large govt. role and some degree of coordinated economic decision making
directed towards transforming the economy are usually viewed as essential
components of__________________?
A. Tradititional economics
B. Development economics
C. Political economics
D. None

The functional unit of mutation is___________________?

A. Gaston
B. Recon
C. Gene
D. Mouton

The counter berm for a canal is provided so as to contain the saturation gradient
line _____________ the bank?
A. Out of
B. Within
C. Above
D. Below

How many training system are__________________?

A. Four
B. Three
C. Two
D. Five
Different method to measure digestibility is _______________________?
A. In vive technique
B. In Situ
C. In vitro technique
D. All of them

Which bacteria causes fermentation__________________?

A. Azotobacter
B. Bacillus
C. Pseudomonas
D. Corey

Decomposition of the organic matter in submerged soil is carried out by?

A. Actinomycetes
B. Fungi
C. Algae
D. None of the above

A dam which the up lift pressure of the sub-soil water by its own weight is called
_________________?
A. Buttress dam
B. Arch dam
C. Gravity dam
D. Concrete dam

Dairy product regularly suffers from rancid, goaty and unclean taints due to
excessive concentration of_____________________?
A. C11C20fatty acids
B. C20C22fatty acids
C. C12C20fatty acids
D. C4——–C16fatty acids
Low magnitude of genotype x environmental interaction
indicates__________________?
A. High buffering capacity
B. Stability
C. Low buffering capacity
D. Adaptability

An illustration of an organic material is__________?

A. Perlite
B. Leaf mold
C. Vermiculite
D. Pea gravel

Seed is___________________?
A. Seveloped ovary after fertilization
B. Developed egg after fertilization
C. Transformcd ovary after fertilization
D. None of the above

Cultivation made on small plane steps because of more steepness of the area is
called __________________?
A. Cascade farming
B. Terrace farming
C. Step farming
D. All are correct

Mango fruit can best be cooled by means of___________________?

A. Cold air cooling
B. Hydro cooling
C. Vacuum cooling
D. None of the above

Which one of the following produces silk?

A. Dysdercus koenigi
B. Bombyx mori
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Sterilization is the process of killing ___________ of water borne diseases, so as

to make it safe for hospital use?
A. Algai bacteria
B. Fungi bacteria i
C. Pathogenic bacteria
D. Insects

A series of electron transport coupling factors which transfer along an electro

chemical ingredients, yielding ATP, in light is called_________________?
A. Photoperiodism
B. Photosynthesis
C. Photophosphorrylation
D. None of the above

Sliding failure occurs in a solid gravity dam when____________________?

A. Resultant of all forces cuts the base of the dam out side the toe
B. Resultant of all forces cuts the base at the inner middle third point
C. Ratio of over turning moments exceeds than unity
D. Shear friction factor Is less than 1.5

In maize source of high lysine is___________________?

A. Opaque 2
B. Proline
C. Gang as
D. African tall

On relative basis, when one soil is eroded as compared to other soil under same
conditions, this property is called __________________?
A. Compact ability
B. Erodibility
C. Viscosity
D. All are correct

Campo deiform is type of_________________?

A. Larvae
B. Pupae
C. Eggs
D. Naiad

Which feature is not found in all living beings____________________?

A. Energy storage in high high energy phosphate bonds
B. Protein synthesis in ribosome’s
C. Some triplet code for amino acids
D. Types of protein occurring in the body

Cereals are fermented to produce_____________________?

A. Coffee
B. Season ting
C. Bread
D. Chapati

Solution containing molecular weight of a substance in gram per liter of a

solution is known as______________________?
A. Normal
B. Molal
C. Molar
D. None of the above

If a manure pile is exposed to the rain, what nutrient will be lost the most ?
A. Ca
B. Mg
C. S
D. N

The ability of Market forces to synchronize selling and buying decision to

eliminate potential surpluses and shortages is known as_________________?
A. Generalization
B. Specification
C. Rationing function of the price
D. None

Which one of the following is not fruit__________________?

A. Tomato
B. Potato
C. Muskmelon
D. Bitter guard

The fermented dairy products are_____________________?

A. Cheese and yoghurt
B. Butter and cream
C. Cream and ice cream
D. All the above

Nanny is also called ___________________?

A. Female sheep
B. Female Cow
C. Female goat
D. Female horse

ICARDA is located at___________________?

A. Columbia
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Syria
D. None of the above
Two allelie genes are located on_______________________?
A. Two homologous chromosomes
B. Two non homologous chromosomes
C. Any two chromosomes with one each
D. Same chromosomes

The soil quality is always deteriorated by:_________?

A. Erosion & pollution
B. Waterlogging & salinization
C. Nutrient mining
D. All of these

In Pakistan Poultry busyness was Started in _______________________?

A. 1960
B. 1963
C. 1969
D. 1965

The systematic arrangement of soil in to groups or categories is

called_________________?
A. Classification
B. Annuals
C. Perennials
D. Ranking

Organisms satisfying their carbon requirement as Co2 from atmosphere and

energy requirement from oxidation of simple inorganic compound are called
as_________?
A. Chemoautotroph
B. Photoautotroph
C. Saprophyte
D. None of these
A water pool is designed on the down stream of the hydraulic structure to
dissipate the energy of falling water by providing a water cushion called
______________________?
A. Water pool
B. Cistern
C. Down stream pond
D. Water cushion

Inorganic constituents vary in size from fine clay particles _________ mm to

large _________ mm gravel and rock:
A. < 0.002 mm- >2 mm
B. 0.5 mm – 1.0 mm
C. 0.02 mm- 0.2 mm
D. None of the above

Which one of the following is fruit____________________?

A. Cauliflower
B. Potato
C. Brinjal
D. Ginger

Almost one third of the land area through out the world is affected by land
degradation. Pakistan’s agriculture sector though facilitates employment to
>65% but is facing challenges from:
A. Erosion
B. Salinity
C. Waterlogging
D. All of the above

Concept of combining ability as measure of gene action was first proposed

by___________________?
A. Sprague and Tatum (1942)
B. Cavalli (1952)
C. Mather (1956)
D. Wright (1951)

A sheep with all incisor teeth missing is called ______________________?

A. Gummy
B. Gummer
C. Adult sheep
D. Toothless sheep

The indicator used for estimation of the soil available boron is_______?
A. Mixed indicator
B. Phenolpthalein
C. Diphenyle
D. Azomethine-H

The symptoms of powdery mildew appears on________________?

A. Roots
B. Floral parts
C. Foliage of plants
D. ()

A flow in which the quantity of liquid flowing per second is constant is

called___________________?
A. Uniform flow
B. Steady flow
C. Turbulent flow
D. None of these

From a single ear of corn a farmer planted 300 kernels which produced 225 tall
and 75 short plants. the genotype of these offsprings are most likely to
be_____________________?
A. TT and Tt only
B. TT and tt only
C. Tt and Tt only
D. TT Tt and tt

There is cattle breed which is ___________ Dual purpose?

A. Meat purpose
B. Milk purpose
C. Hide purpose
D. non of these

The ratio of actual cultivated’ area to a total farm area over the year is called
__________________?
A. Cropping pattern
B. Cropping intensity
C. Cost benefit ratio
D. Cropping system

Which one of the following horticultural plants is well known for its cooling
effect _______________________?
A. Falsa
B. Sweet lime
C. Jaman
D. All the above

Collar rot in chilies is caused by___________________?

A. Rhizowhtnia solani
B. phytophilorea infesta
C. phytophithoua spri
D. phytophytora cupri

The allelochemicals are broadly classified as_______________?

A. Cytokinin and ethylene
B. Phenolics and. terpenoids
C. Trytophan
D. non of there

A controlled oxidation process by which all organisms ultimately obtain the

energy stored in organic compound is known as_______________?
A. Oxidation
B. Transportation
C. Respiration
D. Both a & b

Water logging is the state of the soil where the water table brought
______________capacity or root zone of plants?
A. Far from
B. Within
C. Below
D. Near

For safe application of pesticide which things are required ?

A. Goggles, respirator
B. Overall,gloves
C. Head cores
D. All of above

A good used together with another good is___________________?

A. Superior good
B. Normal good
C. Complementary good
D. None

The configuration of a surface and the relations among its man-made and
natural features is called:________?
A. Tofography
B. topograpy
C. Topography
D. All of the above

Excess of total revenue over total costs_______________?

A. Producer surplus
B. Scarcity rent
C. Both
D. None

Chlorophyll contain which mineral nutrient?

A. Ca
B. Mg
C. S
D. P

Chemically DNA differs from RNA by __________________?

A. Thymine present in DNA and Uralic in RNA
B. Deoxyribose and thymine is present in DNA and ribose and Ural in RNA
C. Ribose and thymine in DNA and deoxyribose and uracil in RNA
D. Deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA

Water courses are lined to avoid_________________?

A. Transpiration
B. Evaporation
C. Seepage
D. Erosion

Change in body temperature with in 24 hrs is called

________________________?
A. Acclimation
B. Circadian
C. Acclimatization
D. Heat lost

Chevon meat is a _______________________?

A. Sheep meat
B. Goat meat
C. Buffalo meat
D. Cow meat

The study of functions of different parts of insects is

called__________________?
A. Insect ecology
B. Insect morphology
C. None of the above
D. Insect Physiology

Which is the main cause of desertification?

A. Accelerated activities
B. Over grazing
C. Dry farming agriculture
D. None of the above

Development of___________in river is due to meandering ?

A. Delta
B. Critical velocity
C. Cutoff
D. Turbulence

The digestive vacuole in the animal cell are____________________?

A. Ribosomes
B. Lysosomes
C. Lysozymes
D. Dictysomes
Citrus orchards are usually planted in___________________?
A. Square system
B. Quineunx system
C. Rectangular system
D. None of the above

Self incompatibility is used for hybrid seed production

in______________________?
A. Rice
B. Maize
C. Cabbage
D. Tomato

Sewage water consists of water and solids in the following

percentage___________________?
A. 99 & 1
B. 90 & 10
C. 80 & 20
D. None of the above

Lethal body temperature in chicken is __________________________?

A. 75°C
B. 42°C
C. 40°C
D. 45°C

Which of the following crop takes N in ammonical form:

A. Wheat
B. Cotton
C. Rice
D. Mustard

Tropical and subtropical fruits have the highest level of___________________?

A. Maltose and starch
B. Glucose and fructose
C. Cellulose and lactose
D. None of the above

Pheromone used against fruity fly is___________________?

A. Dichlorvos
B. Malathion
C. Carbofuron
D. Mancoze

Silica tetrahedron is__________?

A. Six sided arrangement
B. Eight sided arrangement
C. Four sided arrangement
D. both A & B

The factors which induces disease outbreak is________________?

A. High temperature
B. High humidity
C. Susceptible varieties
D. All the above

Nitrogen & sulphur dioxide liberate from motor vehicles & industries. Nitrogen
& Sulphur gases dissolve in the water vapour of atmosphere & form nitric &
sulphuric acid. This rain water falls on soil as__________ & contaminates soil
also:
A. Acid rain
B. Neutral rain
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above

A poison produced by a plant, animal or organisms is

called____________________?
A. Toxin
B. Toxicant
C. Neurotoxin
D. None of the Above

The term mitosis was coined by__________________?

A. Rimpu (1890)
B. Nilson (1900)
C. De Vilmorin (1856)
D. Flemming (1882)

The highest milk producing cattle in the world is ______________________?

A. Sahiwal
B. Holstein Friesian
C. Australian Friesian
D. Red Sindhi

The beneficial relationship between two organisms living together is

called__________________?
A. Osmosis
B. Common salism
C. Symbiosis
D. None of the above

Antioxidant is used to reduce the process of_____________________?

A. Reduction
B. Oxidation
C. Both a & b
D. Dehydration

Separating a young calf from its mother from milking/sucking is called

_____________________?
A. Weaning
B. Service period
C. Separation
D. Isolation period

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

In bread preparation in added to sorbic acid which one of the following is used
as preservative____________________?
A. Sulphur dioxide
B. Nitrates
C. Propionic acid
D. Benzoic acid

Gene pool consist of____________________?

A. Modern cultivars
B. Advanced breeding materials
C. Land race
D. All the above

Strands of DNA are bounded by___________________?

A. Icygen
B. Carbon
C. Hybrogen
D. Nitrogen

Gynandromorphy in Drosophila because of_________________?

A. Loss of X-chromosome
B. Kappa particles
C. inheritance
D. Gain of Y-chromosome

Edible part of orange is__________________?

A. Unexcelled endocarp hair
B. Unicelled placenta hairs
C. Multicelled endocarpic hair
D. Multicelled placental hairs

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer containing 21% N & 24% S, is best in top dressing
in:_________?
A. Barley
B. Rice
C. Date palm
D. None of these

Increased flower size has made tetraploidy important

for___________________?
A. Plant breeder
B. Agronomist
C. Horticulturist
D. Pathologist

Which one of the following is commonly applied to plan order to destroy some
enzyme systems prior to canning freezing or dehydration________________?
A. Blanching
B. Pasteurization
C. Sterilization

The pest which damages the crop and causes a loss in quality or quantity which
can be calculated such pest is called_______________?
A. Insect pest
B. Pest
C. Economic pest
D. Sub economic pest

Water is the major constituent of all living creatures. Biomass of plants is

composed of ________% water:
A. 65 – 75%
B. 72 – 62%
C. 85 – 95%
D. 75% – 80%

Small rivulets or finger like channels formed on the surface of earth by action of
water, these channels are of small depth & can be leveled by tillage operations
is:
A. Gully erosion
B. Sheet erosio.
C. Stream bank erosion
D. None of these

The insect head is essentially a capsule which encloses the brain and bears the
usually external (ectognathous) mouthparts, the eyes and a pair of sensory
antennae. The mouth part comprise basic sections as:
A. An ‘upper lip’ (labrum), lower (ventral) surface of which forms the epipharynx
B. a tongue-like hypopharynx; the jaws (mandibles)
C. The paired maxillae and a ‘lower lip’ (labium).
D. All of these

Commercial production of fruits is known as_____________________?

A. Pomology
B. Orchading
C. Horticulture
D. Olericulture

Mass pedigree method was developed by__________________?

A. Harrington (1973)
B. Falconer (1960)
C. Vilomorin (1980)
D. Allard (91400

Stadler, first used X-rays for induction of mutation in_________________?

A. Oat
B. Maize
C. Wheat
D. Barley

The virus infecting bacteria is called:_________?

A. Bacteroid
B. Bacteriophage
C. Bacterin
D. All of these

Gravimetric water is present in______________________?

A. Micro pores
B. Macro pores
C. Meso pores
D. None of the above

The deficiency of vitamin B-1 is adults causes_____________________?

A. Fatigue
B. Depressions
C. Irritability
D. All the above

All the practices used to control the pest population with in certain limit are
called_________________?
A. Artificial control
B. Natural control
C. Cultural control
D. Chemical control

It is an organism which lives on or within another living organism is

called_________________?
A. Parasite
B. Predator
C. Parasitoid
D. Scavengers

The lands which are rich in soluble salts and exchangeable sodium:
A. Saline soil
B. Saline-Alkaline
C. Alkaline
D. None of the above

Plants which change from the vegetative to the reproductive stage by producing
flowers and fruits when the day become longer is called________________?
A. Long day plants
B. Short day plants
C. Photoperiod
D. Phototropism

A commercial bank authorized by state govt. to engage in business of banking ?

A. National Bank
B. State Bank
C. Business authorized bank
D. None

Self pollination is associated with__________________?

A. Herkogamy
B. Dichogamy
C. Chasmogamy
D. Homogamy

Yearly number of live births per 1000 population is termed

as_________________?
A. Live birth rate
B. Crude birth rate
C. Infant birth rate
D. All

Primary air polluted is________________?

A. SO2
B. SO3
C. SO4
D. None

Major financial institution responsible for issuing currency, managing foreign

reserves implementing monetary policy and providing banking service to the
govt. and commercial banks ?
A. Central Bank
B. State Bank
C. Both
D. None

The force with which the distinct bodies held together when their surfaces are
brought in contact to each other is called _________________?
A. Adhesion
B. Cohesion
C. Surface tension
D. All are correct
A payment of money or goods & services by a govt. to a household or firm for
which the payer receives no good or service directly in return______________?
A. Tax
B. Tariff
C. Transfer payment
D. Subsidy

Jumping gene was first discovered in______________________?

A. Maize
B. Barley
C. Oenothera
D. Sorghum

Foods having pH value of below 3.7 are called____________________?

A. High acid foods
B. Acid foods
C. Medium acid foods
D. Low acid foods

The stability analysis of earth dam founded on cohesion less silt material be
made against_____________________?
A. Shear
B. Turning
C. Sinking
D. Buckling

Which one of the following is a high salt tolerant crop?

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

The contact herbicides are less effective to_________________?

A. Broad leaved weeds
B. Perenial plants
C. Seasonal plants
D. All the above

‘A’ horizon of the soil is also designated:

A. Eluvistal horizon
B. Illuviated horizon
C. Alluvial horizon
D. None of the above.

Conducting experiments in glasses is called________________?

A. Invitro
B. Invivo
C. In-ova
D. In-sin

Weathering is_______________________?
A. Destructive process
B. Constructive process
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Total money income received by the individual or recipients of income is

called____________________?
A. Gross income
B. Net income
C. Personal income
D. None of above

One of the following is not a technique in hybridization_________________?

A. Bagging
B. Inter over crossing
C. Intraspecific crossing
D. Inosculation

The potential means of enhancing productivity is_________________?

A. Quality of seeds
B. Quantity of seeds
C. Seed density
D. All the above

Main kind of insect pests are___________________?

A. Major pest & Minor pest
B. Migrant pest & potential pest
C. both A & B
D. None of the above

An organization which employs resources to produce a good or service for profit

and own and operates one or more plants is called_______________?
A. Company
B. Factory
C. Firm
D. None

A bank which lends to developing nations to help them increase their capital
stock and this achieve economic growth ?
A. IMF
B. Islamic Bank
C. Commercial bank
D. None

When a weir is constructed, the downstream .bed of the river goes on eroding
and consequently causes progressive lowering of the bed on downstream of
weir called__________________?
A. Retrogression
B. Lowering down of bed
C. Ponding on down stream
D. All are correct

Any system that features one price for sellers and another for buyers ?
A. Dual price system
B. Floor pricing
C. Ceiling pricing
D. None

The precipitation that occurs because of frontal disturbances during the

movement of barometric low pressure is called ____________________?
A. Hurricane
B. Cyclonic
C. Orographic
D. Convective

If E1 is the energy before the hydraulic jump and E2 is the energy after the
hydraulic jump the efficiency of jump is then given by
_____________________?
A. E2 – E1
B. E2 / E1
C. E1 – E2
D. E1 / E2

How many type of soil colloids?

A. 4
B. 2
C. 6
D. 5

The production of vegetables for distant market is

called___________________?
A. Train farming
B. Truck farming
C. Distant farming
D. Intensive farming

The first organisms to appear on the earth were more like plants than animals
because__________________?
A. Plants can manufacture their own food material
B. There are more plants than animals
C. Plants are similar in structure
D. None of the above

Ground water refers to the________?

A. Water quality determination
B. Aquifer location
C. Water regulation
D. Installation of wells

The main body regions of insects are called____________________?

A. Tagmata
B. Antecosta
C. Acrotergata
D. None of the above

The ratio between the force causing a body to slide along a plane and the force
normal to the plane is called __________________?
A. Coefficient of friction
B. Coefficient of internal friction
C. Coefficient of resistance
D. All are correct

Low temperature in climacteric fruits causes delay

in________________________?
A. Ripening
B. Harvesting
C. Conversion of sugar to starch
D. None of the above

Gelatinization is the process in which ____________________?

A. Starch granules swell rapidly and lose birefringence
B. Starch granules do not swell rapidly and lose birefringence
C. Starch granules collide frequently causing a reduction in viscosity
D. Both a & b

A river before its joins the sea, gets divided into small channels, thus forming a
Triangular shape called __________________?
A. Unstable river
B. Deltaic river
C. Stable river
D. Degrading river

The capacity of a soil to function on sustained basis promoting plant & animal
health:
A. Soil neutrality
B. Soil quality
C. Both a & b
D. None of these

A transonic individual has chromosome number____________________?

A. 2 n+1
B. 2 n+2
C. 2 n+3
D. 2 n-1

Which of the following is not a metamorphic rock?

A. Marble
B. Granite
C. Sand stone
D. both A & B

True stomach in ruminants is ________________________?

A. Rumen
B. Reticuon
C. Abomasum
D. Omasum

Science and art of establishment a tree crop is called____________________?

A. Sericulture
B. Tissue culture
C. Silva culture
D. None of the above

Law of parallele variation was given by___________________?

A. Wilkins
B. Jacob
C. Vavilov
D. None of the above

Drought tolerance is associated with ____________________?

A. Deep root system
B. Small waxy and thick leaves
C. Sunken, small and less stomata
D. All of the above

A paranchy matous outgrowth in the inner wall of the ovary to which the ovules
are attached is called___________________?
A. Cambium
B. Placenta
C. Ovule
D. Ovary

Pedogenic processes bring about changes in the parent materials in the form of
_____________________, within the soil body (soil profile)?
A. Additions, losses
B. Transfers and transformations
C. both A and B
D. None of the above

Disease and insect resistance is governed by________________?

A. Plasma genes
B. Polygenes
C. Oligogenes
D. All the above

Cleft grafting is most successful in_________________?

A. Almond
B. Apple
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Cattle was domesticated in __________________________?

A. Old world
B. New world
C. India
D. Asia

An abnormal proliferation of plant cells resulting from outside stimulus (Insect,

a fungal growth, a mite) is called ?
A. Gall
B. Boring
C. Malformation
D. Malnutrition

Undesirable flavor in the food during storage is due to___________________?

A. Prooxidants
B. Antioxidants
C. Rancidity
D. None of the above

hydrosphere refers to______________________?

A. Zone of water
B. Zone of air
C. Zone of atmosphere
D. Zone of earth crust

Which area of Pakistan is best for agriculture________?

A. Sindh
B. Baluchistan
C. Kpk
D. Punjab

What types of insects are injurious__________________?

A. Agricultural pest, house hold, Store grain, Pollinators
B. Agricultural pest, Parasite, Predator
C. Store grain, Parasite, Predator
D. Agricultural pest, house hold pest, Store grain, insects of domestic animals

Who coined the term genetic flexibility and phenotypic

flexibility___________________?
A. Hardy (1908)
B. Thoday (1953)
C. Salisbury (1940)
D. Muller (1950)
Transminase is an example of______________________?
A. Hydrolases enzyme
B. Oxireductases enzyme
C. Ligase enzyme
D. Transferases enzyme

The depth of irrigation water required for the full crop period is
called_________?
A. Delta of water
B. Water required
C. Crop water required
D. None of these

hail is precipitation in the form of balls or lumps of ice of size greater than
_______________ formed by alternate freezing & melting?
A. 5 mm diameter
B. 10 mm diameter
C. 15 mm diameter
D. 20 mm diameter

Failure to achieve full production is called ?

A. Unemployment
B. Under employment
C. Unplanned
D. None

In wheat, production of certified seed needs an isolation distance

of____________________?
A. 5 Meters
B. 4 Meters
C. 3 Meters
D. 2 Meters
Formulation or insecticides is__________________?
A. Dust
B. EC
C. Granular
D. Fungiments

In bhindi production of foundation seed needs an isolation distance

of___________________?
A. 100 meters
B. 50 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 3 meters

Maximum mutants varieties are evolved in_________________?

A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Barley
D. Maize

The unit of electrical conductivity is____________________?

A. dsm-1
B. mmhos/m
C. ms/cm
D. Al the above

Root nodules in plant help in__________________?

A. Photosynthesis
B. Aeration
C. Nitrogen fixation
D. Respiration

__________ is gram-positive?
A. Xanthomonas
B. Corynebacterium
C. Pseudomonas
D. Erwinia

Polyploidy is most likely to result from ____________________?

A. Occurrence of crossing over
B. The crossing over between non homologous chromosomes
C. Occurrence of karyokinesis
D. The failure of homologous chromosomes to separate during meiosis

The exact formula for sodium hexametaphosphate is___________________?

A. [(NaPO6)13]
B. [(NaPO3)13]
C. [(NaPO2)6]
D. None of the above

A compensation device through which workers receive part of their pay in the
form of share of their employer’s profit___________________?
A. Labour laws
B. Labour saving scheme
C. Profit sharing plan
D. Profit maximizing plan

Cortex produces ______________________________?

A. Corticosterole
B. Catecholamine
C. Adrenalin
D. None of above

Material deposited by the wind is called____________________?

A. Regolith
B. Colluvial
C. Alluvium
D. Eolian

Mating system in which each female gamete () with every male gamete is
known as____________________?
A. Genetic assortative mating
B. Genetic disassortative mating
C. Random mating
D. None of the above

Concept of gene for gene hypothesis was developed in____________________?

A. Linseed
B. Oat
C. Gram
D. Tomato

An individual with two identical members of a part of geneue factors is

called__________________?
A. Hybrid
B. Homozygous
C. Heterozygous
D. Dominant

An economic system in which property resources are publicly owned and govt
uses central economic planning to direct & coordinate economic activities ?
A. Command economy
B. Closed economy
C. Open economy
D. None

Parthenocarpic refers to____________________?

A. Single seeded fruit
B. Multi seed fruit
C. Seed less fruit
D. All the above

The fruit tree which are naturally cross pollinated are ___________________ ?
A. Mango and lemon
B. Chiku and banana
C. Apple and grape
D. Datepalm and papaya

Citrus is divided into three genera, citrus, poncirus and fortunate

by______________________?
A. Hodgson
B. Swingle
C. Lincous
D. None of the above

In wheat, Hessian fly pest is genetically controlled by__________________?

A. Cytoplasm
B. 5D + 5d
C. 2D
D. 1D

The water in swimming pools can be ____________ by using any one from the
following, chlorine-ultraviolet rays and bromine t ?
A. Disinfected
B. Infected
C. Cleaned
D. Iodized

Kinds of nitrogen containing bases fond in RNA are__________________?

A. Two
B. Four
C. Six
D. Eight
Pasturing system that allows short periods of heavy use followed by recover,
period is called as_______________?
A. Differed grazing
B. Hay grazing
C. Forage grazing
D. Rotational grazing

The rate of exchange of one nation’s currency for another nation’s currency?
A. Exchange rate appreciation
B. Exchange rate depreciation
C. Exchange rate determinant
D. None of these

In spinach cross pollination takes place by___________________?

A. Water
B. Birds
C. Hybridization
D. Wind

The property of saturated soil mass which transmits appreciable quantities .

water is called___________________?
A. Porosity
B. Transmissibility
C. Permeability
D. Discharge

Allclopatluc interactions in general and the allelochemicals in particular are

viewed as an important tool for_______________?
A. Pest and insect management
B. Disease and pest management
C. Weed and pest management
D. non of these
What type of pollination is observed in cauliflower__________________?
A. Self pollination
B. Cross pollination
C. Self fertilization
D. Partial self fertilization

A region with an annual rainfall less than 10 inches comes

under_________________?
A. And climate
B. Semi-and climate
C. Wet climate
D. None of the above

C6H12O6 Yest 2C2H2OH+2CO2__________________?

A. Lactic fermentation
B. Acetic fermentation
C. Alcoholic fermentation
D. All the above

N and P sprayed on the leaves at time of flowering results in:________?

A. Increase in fruit yield
B. Improve their protein
C. Increase fruit yeid & protein
D. None of these

Rocks and weathered materials transported by ___________ ,act as initial

materials for soil formation?
A. Water
B. Wind
C. Glaciers
D. All of the above
The young ones of exopteryotes butt aquatic in habit is?
A. Naiad
B. Nymph
C. Larva
D. Adult

In Latin American male donkey is also called _________________________?

A. Jackar
B. Burro
C. Bray
D. Jennet

What percentage of land is cultivable in the world?

A. 12%
B. 11%
C. 10%
D. None of these

Incubation Period of chick is ________________________?

A. 22 days
B. 23 days
C. 21 days
D. 20 days

In California the age of citrus tree is____________________?

A. 70 years
B. 80-90 years
C. 75-100 years
D. 40 years

When damage cause by insect pest is slight such pest is referred

as___________________?
A. Major pest
B. Minor pest
C. Key pest
D. Migrant pest

Barani Agriculture institute is located at _________________?

A. Peshawar
B. Islamabad
C. Rawalpindi
D. Chakwal

Nominal income adjusted for inflation__________________?

A. Real income
B. Net income
C. Total income
D. None

Phosphorus deficiency is widespread in most (_____%) 0f the soils of Pakistan.

A. 54%
B. 90%
C. 68%
D. 32%

Soil water in excess of hygroscopic and capillary water which moves downward
through the soil by the force of gravity is called______________?
A. Capillary water
B. sub-surface water
C. Gravitational water
D. Run off water

Pioneer of incubation were ___________________?

A. Italian & Chinese
B. Egyptian & Chinese
C. Grease & Chinese
D. European

The term micro and macro environment was given by___________________?

A. Robinson (1948)
B. Lemer (1954)
C. Perkins (1971)
D. Comstock and Moll (1963)

Yield losses of rice crop due to weed infestation are___________________?

A. 10-20%
B. 5-15%
C. 20-50%
D. 20-60%

The field capacity is the water retained by a saturated soil after free drainage of
surplus water to the ground water table but the water retained by a saturated
soil after being centrifuged by a centrifugal force of 1000 times that of gravity is
called________________?
A. Soil moisture
B. Equivalent moisture
C. Field moisture
D. Available moisture

The depth of root zone for rice crop is about___________________?

A. 70 cm
B. 80 cm
C. 90 cm
D. 100 cm

A level of resistance show by a cultivar is similar against all insect biotype such
type of resistance is__________________?
A. Cross resistance
B. Specific resistance
C. General resistance
D. Vertical resistance

Jumping legs present in grasshopper known as___________________?

A. Saltatorial
B. Raptiorial
C. Cursorial
D. Netatiorial

A physical establishment which performs one or more functions in production,

fabrication and distribution of goods and services ?
A. Plant
B. Firm
C. Factory
D. None

Lac is produced by insect_________________?

A. Bombyx mori
B. Laceifera lacca
C. Apis dorsata
D. Apis cerana

The weight per unit of liquid at standard Temperature and pressure is

called___________________?
A. Specific weight
B. Mass weight
C. Mass density
D. Capillary rise is significant

Most of the summer vegetables are_________?

A. Annual
B. Biennial
C. Perennial
D. None of these

Three main part of antennae are _____________________?

A. Scape pedicel, flagellum
B. Ring, funicle, club
C. Scape, club, flagellum
D. Pedicle, scape, club

Rural based population in developed countries___________________?

A. 42 %
B. 27 %
C. 50 %
D. 35 %

Which mulch reduce soil temperature?

A. Polythene
B. White polythene
C. Black polythene
D. Both B&C

What is the effect of application of P2O5 fertilizer to a green manure

leguminous crop in the availability of phosphorus to the succeeding crop?
A. Green manure increases the availability in organic from to the next crop
B. It does not affect the availability of phosphorous to succeeding crop
C. Greater amount of phosphorus is taken up and converted into organic form, which is
released on decomposition of green matter
D. It fixes the P2O5 through humus and reduces the availability..

Some substance are added intentionally to foods for the purpose of marketing
them more profit able are known as_____________________?
A. Food contamination
B. Food adulterants
C. Food additives
D. All the above

Approximate calories in one large raw apple is ________________________?

A. 90
B. 100
C. 117
D. 125

The form off insect after complete metamorphosis is__________________?

A. Imago
B. Pupa
C. Puparium
D. Grub

Breeder seed is the progeny of_____________________?

A. Certified seed
B. Nucleus seed
C. Foundation seed
D. Registered seed

Type of diapause occur in summer or under drought condition is

called_______________________?
A. Dormancy
B. Torpor
C. Aestivation
D. Starvation

Poncirus sweet orange is the hybrid cross of __________________?

A. Tangelos
B. Citranges
C. Limequats
D. All the above
A. Cetris peribus stands for__________________?
A. Let it be
C. All else being equal
B. Same as given before
C. None

The seventieth element included in the list of essential nutrient element

is:__________?
A. Vanadium
B. Cobalt
C. Sodium
D. Nickle

Male sterility in flowering plant was first reported by___________________?

A. Stout (1917)
B. Koelreuter (1763)
C. Brewbaker (1810)
D. Gerstel (1900)

Cotton fiber are made up of___________________?

A. Cellulose
B. Starch
C. Fates
D. Protein

Which part of cell is important for and synthesis protoplasm

______________________?
A. Mitochondria
B. Nucleus
C. Chloroplast
D. Chromosomes
Insects which are mainly during evening or morning twilight are
called_______________?
A. Crepuscular insects
B. Nocturnal insects
C. Diurnal insects
D. None of the above

Recommended seed rate of potato is_________________?

A. 1200 Kg
B. 800-1200 Kg
C. 500 Kg
D. 5000 Kg

Green revolution came into being due to evolution of_________________?

A. Wheat varieties
B. Sugarcane varieties
C. Cotton varieties
D. All the above

Vinegar is a product of_____________________?

A. Lactic fermentation
B. Acetic fermentation
C. Alcoholic fermentation
D. Non of the above

The most popular and common method of laying out orchard on flat ground
is_________________?
A. Triangular system
B. Rectangular system
C. Square system
D. Quincunx system

Leaf spot or tikka is the disease of____________________?

A. Soybean
B. Sunflower
C. Ground nuts
D. none of these

Gradual pay off a loan principle ?

A. Autarchy
B. Hierarchically
C. Amortization
D. AID

Who is known as “the father of Hybrid Rice”?

A. Yaun Longping
B. Yaun Pingpong
C. Zuhee yaun
D. None of these

From which part of the coconut tem coir is obtained_____________________/

A. Endosperm
B. Per carp of fruit
C. Leaf
D. Inflorescence

The payment for the use of borrowed funds _____________?

A. Interest
B. Loan
C. Both
D. None

Which of the following nutrient play the most effective role in controlling rate of
transpiration:
A. Potassium
B. Zinc
C. Phosphorus
D. Mg

Although some acid soils do exist in the northern mountainous regions of

Pakistan (Mansehra, Sawat, Dir). Almost all cultivated soils of the country are
________________, with high base saturation and low organic matter content
(generally less than 1%)?
A. Alkaline
B. Very much acidic
C. Calcareous
D. both A & C

The spread of genes from one breeding population to another by migration

which may result in changes in gene frequency is called__________________?
A. Gene flow
B. Genetic drift
C. Gene frequency
D. None of the above

Many groups of insects have developed resistance to DDT and other insecticides
as a result of____________________?
A. Crossing over
B. Polyploidy
C. Segregation
D. Gene mutation

What are the factors which influence the efficiency of

respiration_____________________?
A. Substrate
B. Oxygen
C. Temperature
D. All the above
Which one of the following acts as antioxidant ___________________?
A. Vitamin E
B. Vitamin D
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin A

Alley cropping’ means?

A. Growing of pastures in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees
B. Growing of field crops in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing trees
C. Growing of only short duration crops in between two widely spaced rows of fast growing
trees
D. Growing of only fooder crops in between two widely spaced rows of first growing trees

Year 1900 was significant for geneticists due to__________________?

A. Discovery of gene
B. Principles of linkage
C. heredity theory
D. Rediscovery of Mendel’s

Commodities whose demand varies directly with money income are

called______________________?
A. Superior or normal goods
B. Complementary goods
C. Substitutes
D. None

Planting distance of Falsa is___________________?

A. 3.0m
B. 3.5m
C. 2.5m
D. 2.0m
Removing of certain shoots, cones, spurs from the base of plant is
called_________________?
A. Pruning
B. Training
C. Thinning out
D. Heading back

Maize has 10 pairs of chromosomes. how many linkage groups will be present if
all the genes are mapped__________________?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 40
D. 15

In a monohybrid cross, 2 heterozygous individuals were crossed, phenotypic

ratio came to be (2:1), it is due to__________________?
A. Dominant lethal genes in heterozygous individuals
B. Dominant lethal genes in homozygous individuals
C. Dominant epistasis
D. None of the above

DAP fertilizer available in Pakistan contains__________________________?

A. 18% N & 46% P2O5
B. 46%N & 18%P2O3
C. 100%P2O3
D. 50%P2O3

Parthenogenetic reproduction in which both male and female offspring are

produced from unfertilized eggs:
A. Amphitoky
B. Anholocyclic
C. Ambulacrum
D. None of the above

Chromosome in cattle are ______________________?

A. 65
B. 60
C. 66
D. 62

The implicit change in real income resulting from the effects of a change in a
commodity’s price on quantity demand?
A. Income effect
B. Substitution effect
C. Labour effect
D. All

If the offspring of F, (blue) is crossed with white male parent the result will
be______________________?
A. All blue
B. All white
C. All black
D. Half blue and half white

Iocomotary movement of an organ towards a stimulus, but stimulus does not

control direction of the movement is_________________?
A. Kinesis
B. Orthokinesis
C. Uniokineses
D. Hydrokinesis

Hind winds of true flies are modified in to tiny knobbed structure is known
as________________?
A. Filohalteres
B. Pseudohalteres
C. Halteres
D. Membranous

Three regions of insect body are________________?

A. Head, abdomen and tail
B. Head, thorax and tail
C. Head, thorax and abdomen
D. None of the above

Drying capacity of oil depends upon _________?

A. Iodine %
B. Saponification
C. Carbon chain length
D. %age of erusic acid

In cation exchange, 18 mg of Ammonium ion can be exchanged for__________?

A. 40 mg of Ca
B. 46 mg of Na
C. 6 mg of Al
D. 12 mg of mg

Narcotic crops mainly grown in Pakistan is_________________?

A. Pyrethrum
B. Cocon
C. Tobacco
D. Co see

The higher leachate conductivity is associated with__________________?

A. Mature seeds
B. Immature seed?
C. Abnormal seeds
D. All the above
At present time people involved in raising livestock are
_________________________?
A. 7.9 million
B. 17.6 million
C. 18 million
D. 17.2 million

Out door production of vegetables, out of their normal season is known

as______________________?
A. Out season production
B. vegetable forcing
C. vegetable improvement
D. None of the above

The nutrient stimulating vegetative growth is_____________________?

A. Phosphorus
B. Potassium
C. Nitrogen
D. Zinc

Grass hopper, cricket have mouth parts__________________?

A. Biting chewing type
B. Piercing sucking type
C. Chewing lapping type
D. Biting and sponging type

The Tree sends down roots from its branches to the soil is known
as:___________?
A. Oak
B. Pine
C. Banyan
D. Palm
Winter beats are grown in___________________?
A. Canada
B. Iran
C. Mexico
D. India

CLCV stands for__________________?

A. Cotton leaf cover virus
B. cotton leaf curl virus
C. cotton leaf cotton virus
D. cotton leaf complete virus

Which nutrients are immobile in plants?

A. Ca only
B. B only
C. P only
D. Both Ca & B

The horizontal flow of water in irrigation channel or canal leading to water loss
is called as:_________?
A. Infiltration
B. Percolation
C. Seepage
D. All of these

The mercury in a glass tube assumes convex shape at the top because
of_________________________?
A. Cohesion
B. Adhesion
C. Surface Tension
D. Viscosity
Surface removal of ice or snow from a glacier or snowfield by melting,
sublimation, and/ or calving:
A. Abrasion
B. Ablation
C. Backplain
D. Bank-Caving

In less developed nations economic dependency burden

is__________________?
A. 65 % of the population
B. 55 % of the population
C. 35 % of the population
D. 45 % of the population

Plants having no defined limits of vegetative and reproductive element is

called______________?
A. Absolute growth
B. Assimilation
C. Indeterminate growth
D. Determinate growth

Seed rat of American cotton per acre is__________________?

A. 10-12 kg
B. 6-8 kg
C. 15-18 kg
D. non of these

The water vapours are generally present in a atmosphere, some times isolated
and sometimes mixed with other gases. in such a situation the pressure exerted
by each component of mixture, will be called ______________________?
A. Partial pressure
B. Saturation pressure
C. Vapour pressure
D. All are correct

Who gave the equation for study of soil property ?

A. Ziebig
B. Newton
C. Neil
D. Jenny

Cultivation of same crop year after year is called________________?

A. Single cropping
B. Monocropping
C. Double, cropping
D. All the above

Superiority of heterozygote in respect to one or more traits in comparison to

corresponding homozygote is known as____________________?
A. Heterocyst
B. Hetropyenosis
C. Hypostasis
D. Epistastasis

Recommended method for cotton sowing is________________?

A. Broad cast method
B. Drill method
C. Ridge sowing method
D. non of these

Pellegra is a disease which is due to deficiency of Vit.

__________________________?
A. Riboflavin
B. Niacin
C. Pyrodoxin
D. None of above

These crops are planted in winter from October to December and harvested in
summer from March to May is called______?
A. Kharif crops
B. Rabi crops
C. Relay crops
D. All of these

What type of pollination is observed in okra_________________?

A. Cross pollination
B. Partually self pollination
C. Partially cross pollination
D. Both A & B

Transfer of pollen grains to the stigma of the flowers of another plant is known
as _______________________?
A. Allogamy
B. Autogamy
C. Polygamy
D. Cleistogamy

The crop which are cultivated for grain purposes are

called_________________?
A. Fodder crops
B. Cereal crops
C. Fiber crops
D. Leguminous crops

In the long term storage, germplasm can be stored

upto____________________?
A. 200 years
B. 150 years
C. 100 years
D. 1250 years

Costal margin of wing of insect is______________?

A. Frontal margin
B. Outer margin
C. Hinder margin
D. Inner margin

Building of new factories in particular nation by corporations of other nations ?

A. Discrimination
B. Direct foreign investment
C. Profit maximization rule
D. Economies of scale

Cattle was domesticated primarily for _______________?

A. Milk purpose
B. Skin/hide purpose
C. Meat purpose
D. Religious purpose

Gamatophytic system of self incompatibility was first discovered

by____________________?
A. Frankel (1977)
B. Bresbaker (1958)
C. Hughes and Babceek
D. East and Mangelsdref (1925)

Concept of ideotype was coined by__________________?

A. Oat
B. Sorghum
C. Wheat
D. Rice

Metamorphic rocks are classified into:___________?

A. Foliated metamorphic rocks
B. Non-foliated metamorphic rocks
C. Both a & b
D. None of a & b

A condition of green plants in which they become unhealthy and pale fellow in
colour is known as_________________?
A. Chromoplast
B. Leucoplast
C. Chlorosis
D. Chromoplast

To prevent the growth of molds in bread ind other backed food which
preservative is used___________________?
A. Sodium acetate
B. Potassium acetate
C. Calcium acetate
D. All the above

Mesophytes are grown in__________________?

A. Dry condition
B. Moist places
C. Desert area
D. None of the above

In seed formation the outer integument of the ovule shrinks and forms the seed
coat, is called as_________________?
A. Tag men
B. Tesla
C. Axil
D. Seed coat

Larvae with both thoracic and abdominal legs is_________________?

A. Cruciform
B. carabifrom
C. Vermiform
D. Platy form

The mass per unit volume of a liquid at standard temperature and pressure is
called ____________________?
A. Specific weight
B. Specific gravity
C. Mass density
D. None of these

Ruminant can digest fiber because it contain____________________?

A. Enzyme amylase
B. Enzyme cellulose
C. Enzyme protease
D. None of above

Abnormal seeding growth in rice may be due to_________________?

A. Intrinsic Mechanism
B. Lack of integrity in seed cells
C. Endogenous inhibitors
D. Al the above

Vegetation found in saline soils is termed by _________?

A. Halophyte
B. Hetrophyics
C. Viticphyics
D. Hortiphyics
Rani khet is also called _______________________?
A. new castle disease
B. Infectious Bronchitis
C. Aveon Influenza
D. Infectious disease

An insect pest normally present at some time during the growing season that
causes the economic damage to a crop is called ?
A. Key pest
B. Secondary pest
C. Occasional pest
D. Migrant pest

The discharge through a rectangular channel will be maximum. if its depth

is_______________?
A. Twice the width
B. Equal to its width
C. Half of its width
D. one-third of its with

Rooting of shoots, stems or branches while they are still attached to the parents
is called__________________?
A. Budding
B. Layering
C. Ground Layering
D. Division

The concept of diallel selective mating was developed

by____________________?
A. brim (1966)
B. Jensen (1952)
C. Jensen (1970)
D. Russel (1978)

In wheat total crop P uptake per ton of gram is about;__________________?

A. 5-20 Kg
B. 2-3Kg
C. 5-7 Kg
D. 20-25 Kg

Among the following the test cross is_________________?

A. TTxTT
B. TTxTt
C. TtxTt
D. Ttxtt

The pesticide are derived from naturally occuring element with out carbon is
called________________?
A. Inorganic pesticide
B. Organic pesticide
C. Fumigants
D. Natural pesticide

A child is born with an extra chromosome in each of it cells, the reason

is___________________?
A. Non-disjunction
B. Segregation
C. Hybridization
D. Crossing over

The vegetation found on high altitude mountain is__________________?

A. Alpine vegetation
B. Tundra vegetation
C. Conferous vegetation
D. None of the above
The water diffusivity has the units of:__________?
A. cm/s
B. s/cm
C. cm2
D. cm2/s

The most economical central angle of an arch dam is made at

___________________?
A. 123º
B. 133!
C. 143º
D. 153º

Gurdaspur borer is a pest of_________?

A. Rice
B. Sugarcane
C. Wheat
D. Cotton

Chemicals, which transmit the chemical message, to individual of various

species_________________?
A. Semio chemicals
B. Allelo chemicals
C. Primers
D. Releasers

BOS-Taurus is _________________________?
A. BOS-Taurus
B. BOS-Indices
C. BOS-bubal is
D. none of the above
The term applied to a material which tends to absorb moisture from the
atmosphere is called__________________?
A. Capillary
B. Hydroscopic
C. Available
D. Gravitational

Consistency and stability of dough’s is measured by ____________________?

A. Farinograph
B. Micrograph
C. Compress metter
D. All the above

Crysanthemum is propagated by___________?

A. Suckers
B. corms
C. corals
D. None

Art of mixing saline water with fresh water in accordance with some ratio for
irrigation purpose is called _________________?
A. Amalgamation
B. Mixing of water
C. Desalinization
D. All are correct

Which of the following is disease of rice____________________?

A. Foot rot
B. Brown spot Ratti disease
C. Rice blast
D. All the above

In ___________________ we avoid value judgments and focus on facts?

A. Positive economics
B. Normative economics
C. Theoretical economics
D. factual economics

Production possibility curve is always concave because ?

A. The curve gets steeper as we move downward
B. The marginal benefit decreases as more of a good is consumed
C. In reflects the law of increasing opportunity cost
D. Resources are scarce

Most of the insect require__________________?

A. Vitamin B
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin A
D. Vitamin D

Widely spread saprophytic fungi is________________________?

A. Basidiomycetes
B. Ascomycetes
C. Endospore
D. None of the above

Total amount of income necessary to raise everyone who is below the poverty
line up to that line ?
A. Subsistence income
B. Poverty gap
C. Absolutely poverty
D. None

The process of improving the quality of all human lives including sustenance,
self esteem and freedom________________?
A. Growth
B. Economic growth
C. Development
D. All

Dee-Geo-Woogen is the source of dwarfing gene in___________________?

A. Wheat
B. Sorghum
C. Maize
D. Rice

The difference between saturation vapour pressure and actual vapour pressure
at a constant temperature is called ___________________?
A. Saturation vapour pressure
B. Actual vapour pressure
C. Saturation deficit
D. Partial pressure

The series of transformation which a nutrient undergoes in the biosphere

before returning to its original formed is called_______________?
A. Carbon cycle
B. Nutrient cycle
C. Nitrogen cycle
D. None of the above

Which one of the following is physical property of

soil______________________?
A. Hydration
B. Oxidation
C. Reduction
D. None of the above

Erucic acid is found is_____________________?

A. Safflower
B. Til
C. Soybean
D. Mustard

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

Specific heat of organic matter is______?

A. 0.22
B. 0.33
C. 0.44
D. None of these

The total dry matter produced by a plant as a resulting photosynthesis is

called_______________?
A. Biological yield
B. Mass
C. Physical productivity
D. None of the above

A Ration of Antithetic acid results in ____________________?

A. Poor hatchability
B. Zero hatchability
C. Excellent hatchability
D. Normal hatchability

A species or type of a plant derived from doubling the chromosome of the F1

hybrid of two known species is known as__________________?
A. Autodiploid
B. Hexaploid
C. Autopolyploid
D. Amphidiploid

Anthesis starts in onion. at__________________?

A. 7.00 am
B. 10.00 am
C. 8.00 am
D. 5.00 am

In rice, high silicon content, in shoot confers resistance to_________________?

A. Leaf borer
B. Stem borer
C. Root borer
D. All the above

In study of a granular material sliding on plane ground, the angle between the
perpendicular and the surface in static condition is called
___________________?
A. Angle of friction
B. Angle of internal friction
C. Angle of repose
D. All are correct

The atmospheric layer lies closest to the earth surface is known

as___________________?
A. Mesosphere
B. Thermosphere
C. Troposphere
D. Stratosphere

What is the family of mosquito________________?

A. Culicidae
B. Pyralidae
C. Tineidae
D. Bombicidae

Cotton plant has a mode of germination______________?

A. Hypogeal germination
B. Epigeal germination
C. Both of the above
D. non of these

The attainment of literacy, arithmetic competence and elementary vocational

skills ?
A. Basic qualifications
B. Basic education
C. Primary education
D. All

Which one of the following acid is present in rancid

butter__________________?
A. Propionic acid
B. Pentanoic acid
C. N-butyric acid
D. Caprotic acid

Male ass is called ________________________?

A. Jackass
B. Burro
C. Bray
D. Jennet

A minimum price which govt. allows seller to receive for a good or

service____________________?
A. Ceiling Price
B. Floor Price
C. Supprot Price
D. All

Toxic refers to a________________?

A. Poison
B. Poisonous material
C. None of the Above
D. Both of them

The study of relationship between soil properties & plant production is known
as:_________?
A. Pedology
B. Soil Science
C. Agronomy
D. None of these

Anaerobic respiration is known as____________________?

A. Transportation
B. Sterilization
C. Fermentation
D. Ripening

Malpighian tubules are organs of_________________?

A. Excretion
B. Digestion
C. Secretion
D. None of the above

Antecedents prevent pest to cause damage called___________________?

A. Sterilant
B. Protectant
C. Systemic
D. Contact

Corrositivity of water is an indication of___________________?

A. Salinity
B. Property of polluted material
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Red (RR) is crossed with white (ww). All the (Rw) offsprings are pink this is an
indication that the R gene is_________________?
A. Recessive
B. Incomplete dominant
C. Mutant
D. Dominant

Mendel was lucky to use pea plants for genetical experiments

because__________________?
A. They showed one type of flowers
B. they belong to the family leguminous
C. The seven characters he studied were on different chromosomes
D. They have round seeds with lot of proteins

Fertilization in a flower occurs within the____________________?

A. Pollen tube
B. Anther
C. Style
D. Ovule

Total energy line (T.E.L) represents the sum of ________________________?

A. Pressure head + kinetic head and datum head
B. Velocity head + kinetic head + datum head
C. Velocity head + potential head + datum head
D. The energy head + potential head + datum head
The first ever inter generic crossed has been successfully performed between
bamboo and sugarcane by_______________________?
A. T.S. Venkatraman
B. R.S. Paroda
C. R.B. Singh
D. T.S. Verma

An impermeable Formation which neither contains water nor transmits water

may be called_____________________?
A. Aquifuge
B. Aquifer
C. Aquiclude
D. Confined-aquifer

What is topping _________________?

A. Removal of branches
B. Removal of leaves
C. Removal of roots
D. none of the above

Establishment of new crop naturally or artificially is _________________?

A. Siliviculture
B. Sericulture
C. Nursery
D. Regeneration

Addition of sodium hexametaphosphate in soil for determination of soil texture

causes__________________?
A. Agregation of soil particles
B. Cementing of soil particles
C. Dispersion of soil particles
D. All the above
The most suitable species for reclamation of sandy soils is:_________?
A. Casuarina equiselifolia
B. Acacia spp
C. Azadirachta indica
D. All of the above

The private ownership of resources and use of a system of market and prices to
coordinate and direct economic activity________________?
A. Pure capitalism
B. Iaissez faire capital
C. Both
D. None

Noble prize of Economics in 1979 was awarded to________________?

A. W. Arthur Lewis
B. Theodore Schultz
C. Both a and b
D. None

Which one is C4 crop plant_____________________?

A. Sugarcane
B. Sorghum
C. Maize
D. all the above

How much area in Pakistan is under horticultural crops ___________________?

A. 3%
B. 10%
C. 6%
D. 25%

The body of knowledge and techniques which can be used to produce goods
and service from economic resources is________________?
A. Technology
B. Advanced knowledge
C. Both
D. None

Rhyolite in nature is______________________?

A. Acidic
B. Basic
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

A flow in which velocity of water particles is same at all sections is called

____________________?
A. Steady flow
B. Uniform flow
C. Compressible flow
D. Laminar flow

The disc florets of sunflower is__________?

A. Pistillate
B. Staminate
C. Bisexual
D. Usually sterile

Sowing seed without any tillage in the soil is called__________________?

A. Minimum tillage
B. Zero tillage
C. Secondary tillage
D. None of the above

Eugenics refers to__________________?

A. Science concerned with improvement of heredity of animals
B. Science concerned with improvement of heredity of human race
C. Experimental alterations in the structure of the genes
D. Genetics of eukaryotes

The coprophilic fungi inhabit:

A. Dung substratum (herbivore feces)
B. Deadwood
C. Decaying leaves
D. Food articles

The term homeostasis was coined by_____________________?

A. Lemer (1954)
B. Jinks (1968)
C. Warner (1952)
D. Freeman (1971)

Soil Organic Matter (SOM) serves not only as a reservoir of all the required plant
nutrients, but it:
A. Provides energy for the microbial
B. Maintains the productivity of soil
C. Gives structure to the soil
D. All of these

Anthrax is a _______________________?
A. Bacterial disease
B. Viral disease
C. Fungal disease
D. None of above

Selling public assets to individuals or private business interests ?

A. Publication
B. Downsizing
C. Privatization
D. All

The evolution of new species is known as_____________?

A. Specialization
B. Speciation
C. Smog
D. None of these

The popular insecticides of organo-chlorine group are________________?

A. Malathion and thrips
B. Leaf minors
C. DDT & BHC
D. Naled

In Balochistan, deserts also exists in _________, which supoorts wind erosion

excluding rocky mountains:
A. Desert of Kharan
B. Noshki
C. Both A & B
D. Qilla SaifUllah

Root rot of cotton is a_________________?

A. Bacterial disease
B. Viral disease
C. Fungal disease

Which one of the following is not found in DNA__________________?

A. Cystine
B. Uracil
C. Thymine
D. Guanine

That rain fall which is effectively consumed by the plants to meet its
consumptive needs is called__________________?
A. Effective rain fall
B. Total rainfall
C. Monsoon rainfall
D. All are correct

The delta the total depth of water consumed by crop up to its maturity, the
delta of cotton is ____________________?
A. 100 cm
B. 80 cm
C. 50 cm
D. 40 cm

Reduction in climatic temperature causes reduction in fruit parameters such

as__________________?
A. Respiration
B. Change in texture
C. Loss of vitamin C
D. All the above

If a plant heterozygous for tallness is selfed, f2 feneration has both tall and
dwarf plants. this proves the principle of__________________?
A. Dominance
B. Segregation
C. Independent assortment
D. Incomplete dominance

In alluvial river due to the action of centrifugal force, bends are developed by
scouring on concave and silting on convex _____________________?
A. Silting & scouring
B. Meandering
C. Aggrading
D. Degrading

What was the Agriculture sector growth rate in the year 2019?
A. 0.85 % ✓
B. 2.85 %
C. 4.85 %
D. 6.85 %

People both rural and urban who are working less than they
could___________________?
A. Under employment
B. Open employment
C. Partial employment
D. None

Which type of development takes place in the female part of the

ovule______________________?
A. Microsporogenesis
B. Megasporogenesis
C. Gametogenesis
D. Tapetium

What is 2,4-D____________________?
A. 2-4 napthalene acetic acid
B. IAA
C. 2-4 diclorophenoxy acetic acid
D. All the above

If the frequency of a dominant phenotype in a stable population in 75% the

frequency of the dominant allele in that population is____________________?
A. 50%
B. 75%
C. 25%
D. 40$

Fruits are an excellent source of_____________________?

A. Vitamins
B. Minerals
C. Carbohydrates
D. All the above

Toxicant refers to a________________?

A. Poison
B. Poisonous material
C. None of the Above
D. Both of them

The term vertical resistance and horizontal resistance were first used
by________________________?
A. Van der plank (1963)
B. Karpechenko (1927)
C. Hull (1945)
D. Correns (1900)

The delta the total water depth required by a crop up to its maturity the delta of
wheat is _____________________?
A. 60cm
B. 50cm
C. 40 cm
D. 30cm

As a result of linkage and crossingover _____________________?

A. Chromatids become chromosomes
B. Nuclear division come to close
C. Chromosomes become half in number
D. Exchange of chromosomal material
Effects of soil pollution may also include:___________?
A. Pollution runs-off into rivers & kills the fish, plant & other aquatic life
B. Crops & fodder grown on polluted soil may pass the pollutants on to the consumers
C. Soil structure is damaged or polluted soil may no longer grow crops & fodder
D. All of the above

A region with an annual rain fall of less than 10 inches comes

under_________________?
A. Arid climate
B. Semi arid climate
C. Wet climate
D. Temperature

The control and preservation of natural resources For present and future use
is_________________?
A. Substainability
B. Conservation
C. Biodiversity
D. Environment

The concept of multi line varieties was developed by_________________?

A. Falconer (1960)
B. Goulden (1939)
C. Jensen (1952)
D. Johannsen (1903)

______________ 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
Carbohydrates synthesis is carried out by ___________________?
A. Ribosomes
B. Golgi bodies
C. Mitochondria
D. Plastid

1 bar is equal to_________?

A. 0.9869 atm
B. Wt. Of a 1020 cm water column
C. 75.01 cm high mercury column
D. All of these

The physical condition of soil is called________?

A. Tillage
B. Tiller
C. Tilth
D. None of these

The structures, which are constructed on the river bed upstream of head
regulator. With this clear water enters in canal such structures are
called______________________?
A. Silt excluders
B. Silt ejectors
C. Vortex pipes
D. Silt control structures

International institute for Tropical Agriculture is located at________________?

A. Mexico
B. Nigeria
C. Syria
D. Columbia
Advantage that occurs to individual or society as a whole as a result of increase
in the consumption of certain types of goods or services by other individuals ?
A. Consumption economics
B. Consumption function
C. Consumption surplus
D. Consumer demand

In Holy Quran which one of the following fruits have been especially
mentioned____________________?
A. Dates
B. Grapes
C. Figs
D. All the above

Which soil is suitable for nce________________?

A. Fine textured
B. Coarse textured
C. Sandy
D. None of the above

The change in chromosome number which involves the entire set of genome is
known as______________?
A. Anenploidy
B. Euploidy
C. Trisomy
D. all the above

A few species of ants and termites which depend on cultivated plants

are___________________?
A. Agricultural insects
B. Insect pest
C. Pest
D. None of the above

There are two main buffalo breeds one is Nili Ravi, other is
_______________________?
A. Exotic bread
B. Kundi
C. Tharparker
D. Kankres

Presence of slight differences in identical twins support the hypothesis

that___________________?
A. Single gene may produce multiple effects
B. Dominance may be incomplete
C. The environment effects the expression of genetic character
D. Genetic trails are influence by many genes

Ribosome’s are the centers of_____________________?

A. Fat synthesis
B. Starch synthesis
C. Protein synthesis
D. Anaerobic respiration

The unit of a scale used to measure the level of acidity or alkalinity of chemicals
is called:
A. Ec
B. pH
C. Pascal
D. None of the above

Cytoplasmic sterility is govemed by________________________?

A. Nuclear genes
B. Plasma genes
C. Monoalleleic genes
D. None of the above

An organization of producers agreeing to limit the output of their product in an

effort to raise prices and profit ?
A. Cartel
B. Capital account
C. Buffer stock
D. Capital account

The term useful heterosis was first used by__________________?

A. Meredith and Bridge (1972)
B. Richey (1914)
C. Jenkins (1935)
D. Hull (1950)

One ha cm of water is equal to__________?

A. 100 tonnes of water
B. 100000 litres of water
C. Both A & B
D. 10 tonnes of water

Which one of the following classify foods into 3 broad categories stable, semi
perishable and perishable______________________?
A. Chemist
B. Nutritionist
C. Food processor
D. All the above

The percentage of culturable commended area, irrigated during the year to the
total culturable commanded area on a outlet or channel is
called___________________?
A. Annual Intensity
B. Gross commended area
C. Culturable Commended area
D. Total irrigable Area

The force with which the particles of same body are held together is
called_______________?
A. Cohesion
B. Adhesion
C. Surface tension
D. All are correct

Development of embryo from egg cell without fertilization is known

as___________________?
A. Apogamy
B. Parthenogenesis
C. Apospory
D. Autogamy

Walkley and blacks method of organic matter determination allows recovery of

______ ℅ organic carbon content:
A. 44 ℅
B. 45 ℅
C. 33℅
D. None of the above

The practice of producing two successive crops of same species from same piece
of land in one year is called_________________?
A. Intercropping
B. Doubling cropping
C. Monocropping
D. Cropping pattern
The very high temperatures required for ICP-AES are attained by__________?
A. Quartz
B. Plasma
C. Carbon
D. None of these

Calyx and corolla together are called__________________?

A. Petals
B. Sepals
C. Perianth
D. Epidermus

Excess of nitrogen_____________________?
A. Delays ripening
B. Delays tillering
C. Delays germination
D. Delays flowering

Insects in which the young ones pass through complex or indirect

metamorphosis are said to be _____________?
A. Hypermetamophosis
B. Holometabola
C. Ametabola
D. Hemimetabola

The forces coming over the gravity dam is mainly resisted by

___________________?
A. Water pressure
B. Uplift pressure
C. Self weight of the dam
D. All the above

Termite workers are_________________?

A. May be a non reproductive male or non reproductive female
B. A non reproductive male
C. A non reproductive female
D. None of above

Which is the suitable perennial grass for lean periods__________________?

A. Napier
B. Anjan
C. Para
D. Marvel

The critical stages in cotton is______________?

A. Budding
B. Flowering
C. Boll .formation
D. All the above

Degeneration and death of aerial plant parts is called___________________?

A. Senescence
B. Partial Senescence
C. Maturity
D. Both a & b

The major disease of matter (field pea) is____________________?

A. Blight
B. Downy mildew
C. Powdery mildew
D. None

Main reason behind the shedding of flower in cotton is__________________?

A. Low temperature
B. High temperature
C. Humidity
D. Cloudy day

Which one of the following clay mineral has the highest CEC?
A. Kaolinite
B. Montmorillonite
C. Vermiculite
D. Illite

Surface temperature of sun is___________________?

A. 6000°C
B. 100,000°C
C. 500°C
D. 2000°C

Which one of the following is C4 plain_________________?

A. Sugarcane
B. Sorghum
C. Make
D. All the above

Metamorphic rocks are formed from____________________?

A. Igneous rocks
B. Sedimentary rocks
C. Both a & b
D. Cleavage

Botanical name of American cotton is_________________?

A. G. hirsutum
B. G. arborium
C. G. barb dense
D. Non of these

From of central bank that issues domestic currency for foreign exchange at fixed
rates ?
A. Stock exchange
B. Currency board
C. State Bank
D. Commercial Bank

The type of diapause which occur in winter is________________?

A. Hibernation
B. Aestivation
C. Stravation
D. Dormancy

Ester is similar to______________________?

A. Alcohols
B. Fatty acids
C. Aldehyde
D. Ketenes

The high level of starch accumulation is present in__________________?

A. Cassava
B. Potato
C. Cucumber
D. Carrot

The ability of a plant by means of which it is less damaged by insects

is________________?
A. Tolerance
B. Pest avoidance
C. Plant resistance
D. Resistance

Ergosterol is usually found in __________________?

A. Animal fat
B. Vegetable fat
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

The larval stage of flies (Diptera) is known as_________________?

A. Grub
B. Cocoon
C. Maggot
D. Worm

Apple apricot, plum, date, olive and peaches are rich

in________________________?
A. Protein
B. Minerals
C. Carbohydrates
D. All the above

In barley, resistance to cereal leaf beetle is associated

with_________________?
A. High aspartic acid
B. Waxiness of leaves
C. High silica content
D. High benzol alcohol

Floor Space requirement for cows in covered area is

________________________?
A. 3.5 m2
B. 4 m2
C. 4.5 m2
D. 5 m2

Who discovered ribosomes__________________?

A. Palade
B. Altmann
C. Cowdry
D. Garner

Whip smut is disease of________________?

A. Wheat
B. Maize
C. Sugarcane
D. Rice

The mixing of pesticide through agitator to prevent it form separating in the

sprayer tarik is called_________________?
A. Activator
B. Synergism
C. Adjuvant
D. Agitation

For a perfect incompressible liquid flowing in a continuous stream, the total

energy of a particle remain the same, while the liquid particle move from one
point to another this statement is called ___________________?
A. Continuity Equation
B. Pascal s law
C. Bernoulli equation
D. Archimede’s principle

Ribosomes are important because they help in __________________?

A. Movement
B. Respiration
C. Protein synthesis
D. Growl

A polyploidy species with genomes derived from the same original species is
an_________________?
A. Allopolyploidy
B. Amphidiploids
C. Annapolis
D. Autopolyploid

Organic matter in Pakistani soils is generally:_________?

A. less than 1 %
B. less than 10 %
C. 3 %
D. 5%

The pesticide does not allow larval insect pest to moult further is
called_________________?
A. Insect growth regular
B. Fumigants
C. Sterilant
D. Protectant

Ca, Mg, S are called__________?

A. Primary nutrients
B. Minor nutrients
C. Excellent nutrients
D. None of these

Deamination, oxidation, polymerization and decarboxylatio observed during

irradiation in___________________?
A. Water
B. Carbohydrates
C. Protein
D. non of these

Against Lepidopterous larvae we apply_________________?

A. Lefenuron, Chlorfluazuron, Flufenoxum
B. Formothion
C. Methamidohpos
D. All the above

Seed leachate conductivity is significantly higher in seeds

having_________________?
A. Higher shoot weight
B. Lower shoot weight
C. Higher root weight
D. None of the above

In developed countries children are….% of the total population ?

A. 62 %
B. 35 %
C. 21 %
D. 16 %

Insect body is divided in to_____________________?

A. 3 regions
B. 5 regions
C. 10 regions
D. 2 regions

Soil is a mixture of__________?

A. Minerals And organic matter
B. Water
C. Air
D. All of the above

The parasites whose hosis are also parasites collectively termed

as___________________?
A. Hyperparasites
B. Phytophagous parasites
C. Heteroxenous parasites
D. None of the Above

Two much Mg may create deficiency for_____________________?

A. P
B. Ca
C. N
D. K

The flavor of butter, milk and cheese due to__________________?

A. Long chain fatty acids
B. Short chain fatty acids
C. Saturated fatty acids
D. Unsaturated fatty acids

Shrubs and flowering trees are propagated through_________________?

A. Soft wood cutting
B. Hard wood cutting
C. Semi soft wood cutting
D. Semi hard wood cutting

The problem of granulation has been found in____________________?

A. Guava
B. Mango
C. Citrus
D. Date

Equation of Ozone is________________________?

A. O2 + O =O3
B. O3 + O
C. O2 O
D. None of the above
Prepotency increase with increase in_______________?
A. Hetrozygosity
B. Homozygosity
C. Homogeneity
D. All the above

The delta the total depth of water consumed by a crop from 1st watering when
matures, the delta for rice is___________________?
A. 100cm
B. 120cm
C. 80cm
D. 75cm

Lithosphere refers to____________________?

A. Zone of atmosphere
B. Zone of earth crust
C. Zone of ozone
D. Zone of water

The use of all possible control strategies to manage the pest population below
economic injury level is called:_______?
A. Pest outbreak
B. Pest resugrgence
C. IPC
D. IPM

Aggregate inequality measures that can vary anywhere from O (perfect equality)
to 1 (perfect inequality) are given by________________?
A. Gini co-efficient
B. Rostow’s model
C. Lewis theory
D. None
In case of silt deposition in the dam reservoir to dispose of the effectively
________________ be used?
A. Vortex pipes
B. Silt excluders
C. Silt ejectors
D. All are correct

Soil additive which stabilizes the soil, improves resistance to erosion, increases
to permeability to air & water, improves texture, eases cultivation or otherwise
improves soil quality:
A. Soil amendment
B. Soil conditioner
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

ET stands for __________________________?

A. Electronic transmitter
B. Embryo transfer
C. Eye testing
D. None of above

Function of epiculticle in insect is__________________?

A. Rigidly of body parts
B. Impermeability of water
C. Prevent evaporation
D. Impermeability of water and prevent evaporation

A pruning management done to develop a tree framework strong cough to bear

large number of fruits without breaking of branches is known as
_________________?
A. Training
B. Thinning
C. Punning
D. All the above

The branch of science which deals with procurement, ingestion, digestion, &
absorption of food for various body functions like maintenance ,production, etc
.is called ____________________?
A. Supplement
B. Nutrition
C. Production Science
D. Biological Science

The science which deals with the path of the food___________________?

A. Food Science
B. Nutrition
C. Food processing
D. Food technology

Banana is a rich source of__________________?

A. Vitamins
B. Proteins
C. Lipids
D. Carbohydrates

Which type of structure is dominant in grasslands:

A. Prismatic & Columnar
B. Spheroidal or Sphere-like
C. Angular blocky Sub-angular blocky
D. Platy & Luminar

Approximate calories in 1/2 breast fried chicken is_____________________?

A. 155
B. 175
C. 210
D. 232

The genetic constitution of an orgarusm is denoted by____________________?

A. Phenotype
B. Genotype
C. Allele
D. Genome

Igneous rock whose crystal is 1 cm called____________________?

A. Plutonic
B. Felsic
C. Pegmatitic
D. Mafic

According to WAPDA, the ECe of the salt free soil should

remain__________________?
A. < 4 dsm-1
B. Equal to 4 dsm-1
C. 4-8 dsm-1
D. None of the above

The branch of economics which analyze govt. revenues and expenditures

is__________________?
A. Public revenue
B. Public finance
C. Public good
D. None

Loans not passed through formal banking system e.g. family loans?
A. Formal finance
B. Informal finance
C. Med term loans
D. Long term loans

Cystein, Cystine and methionine amino acids are ____________________?

A. Sulpher containing
B. Hydrogen containing
C. Copper containing
D. Mg containing

The part of the urban economy of LDC’s characterized by small competitive

individual or family firms, labour intensive methods, free entry and market
determined factor and product prices?
A. Formal sector
B. Informal sector
C. Formal finance
D. Informal finance

Suri is the variety of__________ ?

A. Cherry
B. Mango
C. Olive
D. Non of the above

In wheat, example of durable insect resistance includes resistance

to___________________?
A. Green bugs
B. Stem saw fly
C. Hessian fly
D. All the above

An agreement among sellers of a commodity to set a common price or share

their commodity market?
A. Oligopoly
B. Monopoly
C. collusion
D. All

How many crops seasons are in Pakistan?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. None of the above.
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Rice flowers have___________________?

A. Six stamens
B. Eight stamens
C. Four stamens
D. None of the above

The specific weight of water at normal pressure of 760 mm, 4ºC temperature
and at mean sea level is ______________________?
A. 960kg/m3
B. 1000ka/m3
C. 1100kg/m3
D. 1020kg/m3

Fossils are found in__________type of rocks:

A. Sedimentary rocks
B. Metamorphic rocks
C. Aqueous rocks
D. both A & C

Proteins fails to work______________________?

A. With acidic pH
B. With out acidic pH
C. With basic pH
D. With out basic pH

Concept of triple test cross of analysis was developed

by____________________?
A. Kearsey and Jinks (1960)
B. Mather (1949)
C. Anderson (1957)
D. Fisher (1960)

Convergent improvement was proposed by________________?

A. Jones (1920)
B. Richy (1920)
C. Hays (1919)
D. East (1920)

Difference between workers and drones _____________________?

A. Drones are female while workers are sterile
B. Drones are male while workers are sterile
C. Drones are sterile while workers are sterile
D. None of the above

The soil samples are dried at _______________, for gravimetric soil analysis?
A. 110 0C
B. 120 0C
C. both A and B
D. 105 0C

The fruit plants resisting acidic condition is______________________?

A. Mango
B. Chiku
C. Banana
D. Datepalm
Among the root crops, the application of potassic fertilizers is essential
in____________?
A. Carrot
B. Turnip
C. Radish
D. All of the above

Milk proteins of cow milk contains maximum amount

of____________________?
A. β-lacto globulin
B. α-lactolbumin
C. Serum albumin
D. All the above

Humectants are moisture retention agents, help improve the rehydration of

hydrated food and solubilization of flavour compounds________________?
A. Benzoyl peroxide
B. Nitrosyle chloride
C. Sorbitol
D. Mannitol

The my co toxins are poisonous substance produced by__________________?

A. Bacteria
B. Plants
C. Fungi
D. None of the above

Which one of the following acid does not exists in gram leaves?
A. Puric acid
B. Sulphuric acid
C. Olic acid
D. Both b & c
Fossils are found in which type of rock:
A. Sedimentary rock
B. Metamorphic rock
C. Stratified rock
D. Both A & C

Locomotion in response to touch is_________________?

A. Chemokinesis
B. Stereokinesis
C. Hydrokinesis
D. Klinokinesis

Ripening fruits soften due to___________________?

A. Jelly formation at acidic pH
B. Soubulization of pectate of middle lamelle
C. Conversion of starch in sugar
D. Incorporation of pectate in middle lamella

Technologies that by design produce less waste and use resources more
efficiently ?
A. Clean technologies
B. Efficient technology
C. Productive technology
D. Innovative technology

All seem fully employed but in reality much of their time is spent in
unproductive activities?
A. Disguised underemployment
B. Underemployment
C. Closed underemployment
D. None
Any organism which harm or causes damage man directly or indirectly called
as________________?
A. Insect
B. Insect pest
C. Pest
D. none of the above

Degradation of green colour of fruits is due to___________________?

A. pH changes
B. Oxidative system
C. Chloroplry lases
D. All the above

Which families are most of them are scavenger ?

A. Tineidae
B. Pyralidae
C. Tineidae and Pyralidae
D. Culicidae

In colostrums Vitamin D are how many times more than normal

milk_______________?
A. 2 times
B. 4 times
C. 3 times
D. 5 times

Cuckoo lams are _______________________?

A. Early born lamb
B. Diseased lamb
C. Late born lamb
D. None of above

The experimental design which control fertility level in two directions is known
as________________?
A. RBD
B. SPD
C. AD
D. LSD

BMRT stands for ___________________________?

A. Bulk milk Ring Test
B. Blue milk Ring Test
C. Bone meal Ring Test
D. None of above

A growing female calf from 12 months till its first calving is

called________________?
A. Mature cow
B. Cow
C. Adult cow
D. Heifer

The exact formula for calculating the base saturation percentage

is_____________________?
A. Bas saturation percentage = CA+Mg+Na / CEC x 100
B. Bas saturation percentage = /CEC / CA+Mg+Na x 100
C. Bas saturation percentage = /CEC / CA+Mg x 100
D. None of the above

It is important to keep the saturation gradient line within the body of a

embankment of canal, the saturation gradient line in loomy soils lie
at___________________?
A. 1:2 to 1:4
B. 1:3 to 1:5
C. 1:4 to 1:6
D. 1:5 to 1:7

In a river the flood water dries up before it joins the sea or any other river, such
river is called ________________?
A. Flashy
B. Virgin
C. Tidal
D. Deltaic

Chillies belongs to family___________________?

A. Piperaceae
B. Lauraceae
C. Solanaceae
D. Libitatae

An important component of total soil C is charcoal, also known as:__________?

A. Black C
B. Biochar
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above

Somatic hybrid “Pomato” was produced by fusion between potato and tomato
by__________________?
A. Glebe and Hoffmann (1979)
B. Melchers et al (1978)
C. Sam Norum (1976)
D. Guha and Maheshwari (1974)

Gene responsible for the synthesis of repressor is called__________________?

A. Operator gene
B. Structural gene
C. Regulator gene
D. Promotor gene
The crossing of a yomozygous tall plant and a homozygous dwarf plant would
yield plants in the ratio of_________________?
A. 2 tall: 2 dwarf
B. All homozygous dwarf
C. All the heterozygous tall
D. One homozygous tall, one homozygous dwarf, two heterozygous tall

A course of action indented to correct or avoid a problem_________________?

A. Economic principle
B. Economic policy
C. Economic phenomena
D. Economic rationale

The intersection of the supply curve and demand curve indicates ?

A. Market equilibrium
B. Market demand
C. Market condition
D. None

Meiosis is significant because___________________?

A. Produces identical cells
B. Restores original number of chromosomes
C. Occurs only in somatic
D. Doubling of DNA content in the cell

Which one of the following plants prevent soil erosion and reclaim water logged
soils____________________?
A. Ber
B. Guava
C. Pome granate
D. All the above
Ligands that occur in Pakistan soils are__________________?
A. OH1 HCO2
B. SO4-2 OH
C. CO3-2 SO4-2
D. All the above

Which one of the following constitute the best defamation of

fruit________________?
A. A fruit is a product of flower
B. A fruit is a product of ovary
C. A fruit is a mature ovary that contain seed
D. A fruit is post-fertilization product of the pistil

A market in which products households sell and firms buy resources or the
services of resources is__________________?
A. Resource market
B. Product market
C. Consumer market
D. Producer market

__________________ systems play a crucial role in increasing soil organic C

storage and reducing net emissions of greenhouse gases in addition to soil
erosion control:
A. Engineering
B. Agroforestry
C. Cultivating
D. All of the above

In all common wealth countries including Pakistan the basis for food laws being
used are________________?
A. American food laws
B. Russian food laws
C. Arabic food laws
D. British food laws

Pakistan has a total forest area of about_________________?

A. 22 million ha
B. 32 million ha
C. 12 million ha
D. 20 million ha

Lac is produced by:___________?

A. Males insect only
B. Females insect only
C. More by females than males
D. More by males than females

Ratio of crop yield to the amount of water utilized is called______________?

A. Soil water use
B. Crop water use efficiency
C. Soil plant water relationship
D. Water intensity

The wearing away of the land surface by wind, water, ice or other geological
agent is called__________________?
A. Seepage
B. Soil conservation
C. Erosion
D. fertility depletion

The actual amount H2O present in the air is called_____________?

A. Relative humidity
B. Absolute humidity
C. Both A and B
D. non of these
The most recent evolved plant group is ____________________?
A. Confers
B. Mosses
C. grasses
D. Gymnosperm

Examples of macrobiota are______________________?

A. Enchytrids
B. Fungus
C. Bacteria
D. Plants

An increase either in real output (GDP) or in real output per capita is

called___________________?
A. Economic development
B. Economic growth
C. Growth rate
D. Economic efficiency

In Pakistan, the total length of canal system exceeds________________?

A. 59000 Km
B. 52000 Km
C. 58000 Km
D. 60000 Km

Sediment particles smaller than 0.002 mm which do not settle in water are
called____________________?
A. Fine silt particles
B. Fine clay particles
C. Colloids
D. All are correct
The chemical formula of urea fertilizer is_______________________?
A. NH2CONH2
B. [CO(NH2)]
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

The insects have__________________?

A. 2 pair of wings and 2 pair of legs
B. 3 pair of wings and 2 pair of legs
C. 2 pair of wings and 3 pair of legs
D. None of the above

Combination of soil genesis and classification is collectively called_________?

A. Edaphology
B. Pedology
C. Poly pedology
D. None of the above

A market in which money of one nation can be used to purchase the money of
other nation is called____________________?
A. Money market
B. International market
C. Foreign exchange market
D. All of these

After rainfall the quantity of water that flows directly over the ground surface
and join immediately to the river is called_________________?
A. Surface runoff
B. Sub-surface runoff
C. Base flow
D. True surface runoff

Rabi crops pertains to ___________________?

A. Throughout the year
B. Summer season
C. Monsoon season
D. Winter season

The extreme case of physical resource endowment is ________________?

A. Gulf oil states
B. United states America
C. USSR
D. South Africa

“Economics is the study of causes of material welfare” was defined

by___________________?
A. Adam Smith
B. Marshall
C. Robins
D. Marks

Storage life of lemon is____________________?

A. 4-5 weeks
B. 6 weeks
C. 7 weeks
D. None of the above

An institution or mechanism which brings together buyers and sellers is

called____________________?
A. Market
B. Resource Market
C. Product Market
D. None

Disease are transmitted through_________________?

A. Seeds
B. Agricultural machinery and implements
C. Winds, insects
D. All the above

The total dry matter produced by a plant as a result of photosynthesis is

called_________________?
A. Biological yield
B. Harvest index
C. Dry matter
D. Crop growth

Dispersal of seeds by parachute mechanism is present in__________________?

A. Onion
B. Tomato
C. Cotton
D. Sorghum

Mineral soil contain organic carbon___________________?

A. >4%
B. 5%
C. <20%
D. >10%

germplasm which is meant for short term storage (3 to 5 years) is known

as___________________?
A. Exotic collection
B. Working collection
C. Indigenous collection
D. None of the above

Anthesis starts in Allium cepa at___________________?

A. 7.00 am
B. 10.00 am
C. 3.00 pm
D. 5.00 pm

When fresh meat in a butcher’s shop is cut, the newly exposed surface, on
coming in contact with oxygen becomes______________________?
A. Pinkish
B. Brownish
C. Bright red
D. Red

The role of power in economic decision making is studied in________________?

A. Development economics
B. Traditional economics
C. Political economics
D. None of these

When crop plants adopt to a new environment are

called___________________?
A. Accaumatization
B. Domestication
C. Selection
D. Introduction

High density grains are found mostly at___________________?

A. Top of panicle
B. Middle of panicle
C. Bottom of panicle
D. All the above

In country’s GDP, the cotton accounts for_________________?

A. 5%
B. 2%
C. 2%
D. 10.15%

“Soil” word derive from which language?

A. English
B. Greek
C. Latin
D. None of the above

A flow of water for a certain discharge when total energy of flow i.e. sum of
potential, kinetic and pressure energies is minimum is
called_______________________?
A. Shooting flow
B. Critical flow
C. Sub-critical flow
D. Normal flow

Soil water can be determined by_____________________?

A. Mass water content
B. Macro pores
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

A useful process for determining whether an individual is homozygous or

heterozygous is_____________________?
A. Cross breeding
B. Back crossing
C. Self fertilization
D. Inbreeding

Food supply can be increased by reducing post harvest

losses___________________?
A. 20-30%
B. 30-40%
C. 10-20%
D. None

Rocks which are formed by disintegration of pre-existing rocks by weathering

are____________________?
A. Sand stone
B. Classics
C. Igneous
D. Greis

Colour blindness is a________?

A. S*x linked trait
B. S*x influenced trait
C. S*x limited trait
D. None of above

The inner shell of earth consists of_____________________?

A. Fe
B. Silicate
C. Mg
D. Silicate of Fe & Mg

Yoghurt,cheese, pickles are included in_________________?

A. Fermented food
B. Dehydrated food
C. Simple food
D. Preserved food

Colchicum () is extracted from__________________?

A. Seed
B. Bulb
C. Fruit
D. Flower

Which of the following has highest-coefficient of

discharge_____________________?
A. Sharp edged orifice
B. Venturi meter
C. Broad crested weir
D. Cippoletti weir

Father of agricultural chemistry is___________________?

A. Vonliebig
B. Neil Brady
C. Neuron
D. J. jones

Structure and size of aphantic rock is________________?

A. Course-grained like
B. Fine grained
C. Large-Glassy
D. Phenocryst

Chicken egg contain how much protein ______________________?

A. 16%
B. 12%
C. 15%
D. 14%

Shull and East (1908) proposed over dominance hypothesis of hetrosis

in_________________?
A. Barley
B. wheat
C. Maize
D. None of the above
Clear water with organic matter or sediment and minimum biological activity is
known as__________________?
A. Oligotrophic
B. Mestrophic
C. Eutrophic
D. Hydrotrophic

capsicum is a rich source of___________________?

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin D
D. None of the above

which of the following probably occur when a diploid cell undergoes normal
meiotic division________________?
A. All dominant genes will segregate together into daughter cells
B. All homologous chromosome pairs will separate
C. All daughter cells will have different homologous chromosome pairs
D. All linkage group will be disrupted

The application of science and engineering process to increase shelf life of food
and prevent deterioration is known as___________________?
A. Food processing
B. Food science
C. Food technology
D. Food preservation

Reciprocal recurrent selection is effective with___________________?

A. Incomplete
B. Complete dominance
C. Over dominance
D. All the above
The study of insect is called ?
A. Entomology
B. Applied Entomology
C. Zoology
D. Non of the above

The term vernalization was first used in 1928 by____________________?

A. Chailakhian
B. Gassner
C. Lysenko
D. Wrinkker

The price paid for the use of services of labour per unit of time is
called__________________?
A. Salary
B. Income
C. Wage
D. All

Cabbage and cauliflower are also___________________?

A. Leafy vegetables
B. Bulb crop
C. Cole crop
D. Solanaceous

Land containing high percentage of alkalies may be reclaimed by addition

of_____________________?
A. Caso4
B. Gypsum
C. Chemicals
D. Caco3
The carrier of genetic information is __________________?
A. Protein
B. Ribosome
C. Nucleic acid
D. Carbohydrates

When a single bud is used as scion and inserted into root stock is called
____________________ ?
A. Shield budding
B. Stocking
C. Budding
D. All the above

The Buffalo which is commonly known as Panj Kalyan is

_____________________?
A. Kundi
B. Nili Ravi
C. Exotic
D. None of above

To obtain the greates utility consumer should allocate money income so that
last dollar spent on each good or service yields the same marginal utility ?
A. Law of diminishing return
B. Say’ law
C. Law of diminishing marginal utility
D. Say’ law

Cataracts, a form of impaired vision in which the lens of eye become opaque in
old age is caused due to the deficiency of________________?
A. Ascorbic acid
B. Tannins
C. Folic acid
D. None of the above

The deficiency of vitamin K in human causes _________________________?

A. Uncontrolled bleeding
B. Internal hemorrhage
C. Prolonged blood clotting
D. all the above

Organic farming, is a copping system in which__________________?

A. Fertilizers and pesticides are widely used
B. Fertilizers and pesticides are net used
C. Farm yard manure r not used
D. Green manuring

According to national commission of Pakistan, post harvest losses in fruits

are_________________?
A. 20-40%
B. 60-70%
C. 30-50%
D. 20-25%

the enzyme that destroys vitamin B-1 is__________________?

A. Oxalate
B. Phenolase
C. Thiaminase
D. None of the above

Dystokia is a term applied in Lives tale for _________________________?

A. Difficult birth
B. Easy birth
C. Abnormal birth
D. None of above
A particular flood which can occur in the basin in the worst meteorological and
hydrological conditions is called ___________________?
A. Standard flood
B. Very high flood
C. Maximum probable flood
D. Storm water flood

Queen and drones have_______________number of chromosome ?

A. Diploid
B. Haploid
C. Triploid
D. None of above

Vit. B2 is also called _____________________?

A. Riboflavin
B. Niacin
C. Pyradxin
D. None of above

Root nodules in plants help in___________________?

A. Photosynthesis
B. aeration
C. Nitrogen fixation
D. Respiration

All the treatments given to a food stuff form the washing to the point off
consumption is called__________________?
A. Food preservation
B. Food processing
C. Food science
D. Food technology

If in a river the flood rises and falls suddenly due to storm rain, then such river is
called __________________?
A. Virgin
B. Tidal
C. Flashy
D. Deltaic

Tomato is good source of vitamin___________________?

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. All the above

When an albino plant of maize (female) is crossed with normal green plant
(male) all plants in the progeny are albino because___________________?
A. Albinism is dominant over green characters
B. Green plastids of male parent become nitrated
C. Plastids are inherited through maternal parents
D. Crossing over results in structural changes in green plastids

Schist is example of____________________?

A. Stone
B. Name of mountain
C. Metamorphic rock
D. None of the above

Removing of certain shoots, cones, spurs from the base of plant is

called___________________?
A. Pruning
B. Training
C. Thinning out
D. Heading back

A line which shows different combinations of two products a consumer can

purchase with a specific money income, given the products price?
A. Indifference curve
B. Lorenz curve
C. Budget line
D. Say’s law

In B.T cotton B.T. stands for__________________?

A. Bacillus thuringensis
B. Bemisia tabaci
C. Bemisia trachyplerus

Against sucking and chewing insect pest we apply___________________?

A. Monocrotophos, Diazinon, Profenophos
B. Endosulfan, Deltamethrin, Dimethoate
C. Cypermethrin, Permethrin,Malathion
D. All the above

Which is passive factor of weathering ?

A. Climate
B. Parent material
C. Organisms
D. Temperature

Adaptability, germination ability and variation the advantages

of___________________?
A. Pollination
B. Cross Pollination
C. Self Pollination
D. All the above

What is the most social insects__________________?

A. Black ants
B. Termites
C. Honeybees
D. None of the above

The process of deriving principles is called___________________?

A. theoretical economics
B. Economics analysis
C. Both A. and B.
D. None of these

When reservoir is full on upstream side, the maximum stress comes

upon__________________?
A. Top of dam
B. Bottom of dam
C. Face of dam
D. All are correct

In Sunflower, production of foundation seed requires as isolation distance

of__________________?
A. 400 meters
B. 800 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 100 meters

An individual lacking only one chromosome from the diploid set is referred
as_________________?
A. Nullisomic
B. Monosomic
C. Trisomic
D. Tetrasomic

The storage life of Orange at 34ºF with R.H of 90%

is_______________________?
A. 2-6 weeks
B. 4-8 weeks
C. 8-12 weeks
D. 12-14 weeks

Hitting the seed with force against a hard surface to break seed dormancy is
called_______________?
A. Impaction
B. Abrasion
C. Stratification
D. Scarification

In spermatogenesis, each spermatogonium increases in size to form a

__________?
A. Spermatozoa
B. Spermatid
C. Primary oocyte
D. Spermatocyte

Gradual reduction on genetic variability due to elimination of various () is

called_______________________?
A. Centers of diversity
B. Land races
C. Genetic erosion
D. Genetic diversity

Nutritional quality breeding deals with genetic improvement

in__________________?
A. Oil
B. Protein
C. Vitamin
D. All the above
The process of accumulation of excess quantity of nutrients in water causing O2
deficiency is known as_____________________?
A. Eutrophication
B. Nitrification
C. Denitrification
D. Sedimentation

The portion of the axis below the cotyledons is known

as___________________?
A. Micropyle
B. Hypocotyle
C. Epictyl
D. None of the above

Pellegra is disease which is due to deficiency of Vit.______________________?

A. Riboflavin
B. Niacin
C. Pyrodoxin
D. None of above

The food in which the moisture content ranges between 80-90% is

called________________?
A. Perishable foods
B. Low perishable foods
C. Stable foods
D. High acid foods

Approximately caloric value in Kcal/100 g ofwalnut is__________________?

A. 500
B. 600
C. 650
D. 700
The process by which nutrients chemicals or contaminants are dissolved and
carried away by water, or are moved into a lower layer of soil:
A. Infiltration
B. Percolation
C. Leaching
D. Seeping

What type of pollination is observed in cucumber_____________________?

A. Partially self fertilization
B. Partially cross pollination
C. Self pollination
D. Cross pollination

Weedicides that kill the foliage of weeds by direct contact are

as________________?
A. Trifluration
B. Paraquet
C. Bromoxy nil
D. Loxynil

Organo-chlorine insecticides includes___________________?

A. DDT
B. Aldrin and Diehydrin
C. Aindone and Heptachlor
D. All the above

Which one of the following is the largest sector of Pakistan’s economy?

A. Banking
B. Industry
C. Agriculture
D. Manufacturing

The ovary develops and forms ____________________?

A. seed
B. Fruit
C. Ovule
D. None of the above

A treeless arctic plan is called as__________________?

A. Glaciers
B. Barren land
C. Tundra
D. None of the above

The edible part in pomegranate is___________________?

A. Juicy tasta
B. Jmey cpicarp
C. Juicy hairs
D. Mesocarp

The storage life of cucumber at 50ºF with of 95% is _____________________?

A. 6-10 days
B. 10-12 days
C. 10-14 days
D. 12-16 days

Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, knol-knol are_____________________?

A. Leafy vegetables
B. Solanaceous vegetables
C. Floral vegetable
D. Cole crop

Other thing remain the same as price rises, the corresponding quantity supplied
rises, as price falls the quantity supplied falls is___________________?
A. Say’s law
B. Keynes theory of supply
C. Law of supply
D. None

Holstein cattle breed belongs to _______________________?

A. Nether land
B. England
C. Australia
D. U.S.A

Hitler introduced ?
A. Command economy
B. Traditional economy
C. Mixed economy
D. Authoritarian economy

Who used first artificial hybridization in fruit crops ____________________?

A. Knight (1800)
B. Karpocho (1810)
C. Jones (1917)
D. none

Sunflower is allelopathic crop to many____________________?

A. Microorganisms
B. Weeds
C. None of the above

The forest soils have lower bulk density than agricultural soils because of their
______ content.
A. High organic matter
B. Low organic matter
C. Both a & b
D. None of these
The instrument used for measuring the photosynthetically active radiations
(PAR) is:________?
A. Pyrheliometer
B. Pyrgeometer
C. Quantom sensor
D. Both A & C

The indicator used for the the estimation of the organic matter or organic
carbon is;_________?
A. Mixed indicator
B. Diphenylamine indicator
C. Both a and b
D. None of the above

A fluid is a substance that ____________________?

A. Always expands until it fills any container
B. Is partially incompressible
C. Can not remain at rest under the action of any shear force
D. Can not be subjected to shear force

Labour force engage in Agriculture in economically developed nations ?

A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 15%
D. 2%

International Union of Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) is located:

A. Pakistan
B. Germany
C. Austria
D. Both a & b

The metric unit of light is___________________?

A. Km
B. Lux
C. Noticlemiles
D. Lumen

Plants having monoecious flower are_____________________?

A. Maize
B. Castor
C. Colocasia
D. All the above

Fertilizer requirements of wheat under medium loamy soil

is________________?
A. 75-90 NP kg/ha
B. 100-70 NP kg/ha
C. 110-60 NP kg/ha
D. 136-85 NP kg/ha

The factor used for conversion of P to P2O3 is____________________?

A. o.453
B. 0.643
C. 0.436
D. None of the above

Plant gums and mucilages are__________________?

A. Disaccharides
B. Monosaccharides
C. Monosaccharides
D. None of the above

Browning disease of rice is a_________?

A. Bacterial & fungal disease
B. Physiological disease
C. Viral disease
D. The above statement is wrong

Broiler is obtained by the cross of ______________________?

A. White Cornish x White Plymothrock
B. White Cornish x Rhode Island Red
C. Rhode Island Red x White leg horn
D. White Plymothrock x Newhampshire

The insecticides with longest residual effect belongs to___________________?

A. Pyrethroid
B. Carbamates
C. Organo-chlorine
D. Organio-phosphate

Coding moth is major pest of___________________?

A. Apple
B. Peach
C. Pear
D. Grapes

The conductivity of a saturation extract is greater 4 dsm-1 an exchangeable

sodium percentage (ESP) of less than 15 and the pH is usually less than 8.5 is
called as__________________?
A. Saline soils
B. Saline-sodic soils
C. Sodic soils
D. Neutral soils

A cross of hybrid with one of its recessive parent is

termed____________________?
A. Test cross
B. Backcross
C. Hybridization
D. Trihybrid

Transference of nutrient from gut to blood is called

__________________________?
A. Diffusion
B. Effusion
C. Active transport
D. Absorption

What do you mean by WTO__________________?

A. World trade organization
B. Western training organization
C. World trade order
D. non of there

The first attempt to show linkage in plants were done

in____________________?
A. Lathers odorous
B. Another Lamarckian
C. Possum sativa
D. Zeal Mays

According to Kennedy’s silt theory , the critical velocity is directly proportional

to depth of flow _____________________?
A. D0.64
B. D0.65
C. D0.66
D. D0.67

Color of fertile soil is_____________________?

A. White
B. Green
C. Brown
D. Black

Mercury does not wet the glass because of its property of

______________________?
A. Capillary
B. Surface tension
C. Compressibility
D. Viscosity

The concept of disruptive was given by____________________?

A. Morgan
B. Shull and East
C. Mather
D. None of the above

in most economical Trapezoidal section, half of the Top width is equal to

_________________?
A. Bottom width of channel
B. Depth of channel
C. Sloping side of channel
D. None of these

Presently percentage of area irrigation to that of total cultivated area in our

country is __________________?
A. 80%
B. 60%
C. 40%
D. 27%

In Pakistan, Nitrophos is manufactured in_________?

A. Multan
B. Sawat
C. Lasbella
D. Shikarpoor

Wilting point is that limit after that the crop starts feeding up and no water is
available for plant, this point occurs after _________________?
A. 30% water available
B. 25% water available
C. 20% water available
D. All are correct

Which one of the following possesses banana like

aroma______________________?
A. Diacetyl
B. Iso-amylacetate
C. Nerol
D. Ethyle buryrate

The depth of flow at which the energy is maximum is called

____________________?
A. Super critical depth
B. Sub-critical depth
C. Critical depth
D. All are correct

Stemming Ration is given during last week of _____________________?

A. Conception
B. Pregnancy
C. Parturition
D. None of above

The law which states that the intensity of pressure at any point in a liquid at rest
is same in all directions_________________?
A. Darcy’s law
B. Archimed’s law
C. Pascal’s law
D. None

A process in which most of the organisms are killed is known

as_________________?
A. Heating
B. Sterilization
C. Pasteurization
D. Neutralization

A graph which shows the volume of a reservoir or tank at any given water level
is called ____________________?
A. Mass curve
B. Volume curve
C. Capacity curve
D. All are correct

Available water is held between?

A. Field capacity to super available water
B. Only field capacity
C. Field capacity to wilting point
D. All of the above

The term poly genes was coined by___________________?

A. Yates (1947)
B. Hazel (1943)
C. Mather (1943)
D. Griffing (1956)

A section in a nation’s international balance of payments which records its

export and import of goods and services, its net investment income, and its net
transfers ?
A. Current account
B. Fixed account
C. Saving account
D. Capital account

Piezometer tube is open to both ends mostly used to measure

____________________?
A. Atmospheric pressure
B. gauge pressure
C. Vacuum pressure
D. absolute pressure

Plants adopted to arid regions are___________________?

A. Mesophytes
B. Hydrophytes
C. Xerophytes
D. Aridic plants

when ever a sloping face of river bank is protected by stone pitching against
scour, the pitching is extended beyond the toe to the river side that is
called__________________?
A. Toe wall
B. Launching apron
C. Protective wall
D. Guide bank

Generally speaking, only level to nearly level (0-2 % slope) & gently sloping lands
(2-5 % slope) should be:
A. brought under range crops
B. Forests
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

The chemical used for controlling fish is called__________________?

A. Ovicide
B. VICIDE
C. Pesticide
D. herbicide

Increased flower size has made tetraploidy important

for___________________?
A. Plant breeder
B. Agronomist
C. Horticulturist
D. Pathologist

The storage life of fresh onion at -1 to -4ºC is____________________?

A. 10-15 weeks
B. 10-25 weeks
C. 12-28 weeks
D. 12-25 weeks

Plant hormones present in the apices of shoots and leaf primordials are
__________________?
A. Gibberellins
B. Auxins
C. Cytokinins
D. Ethylene

Linked gene may be separated by the process of_________________?

A. Evolution may be described as
B. History of development of larger biological units
C. Inheritance of acquired characters
D. Discontinuous genetic variation
Apperts work discovered the principle of____________________?
A. Pasteurization
B. Sterilization
C. Tining
D. Browning

What is the function of carbohydrates enzymes in

insects____________________?
A. Sugar breakers
B. Fat and oil breakers
C. Protein breakers
D. Oxygen breakers

Plants which grow on sandy soils:_________?

A. Chasmophytes
B. Lithophytes
C. Psammophytes
D. None of these

The soils most prone to structural crusts are those which are higher
in_________?
A. Clay content
B. Sodium content
C. Silt content
D. Both A & B

Commercial growth inhibitors include__________________?

A. Daminozide
B. Chlormequat
C. Cycocel
D. All the above
The experiment of capillary rise is performed in a glass tube of smaller diameter,
because___________________?
A. It is easily visible
B. Glass tube is cheaper than metal
C. Glass tube is lighter than metallic tube
D. Capillary rise is significant

Vernalization is a process that________________?

A. Promote seed maturation
B. Enhance maturity in plants
C. Initiate fertilization
D. Promote flowering

Which one of the following is the best known, most widely used food flavour
enhancer_________________?
A. Ether
B. Alcohol
C. Monosodium glutamic acid All the above
D. All the above

The lower limit of factor of safety against over turning in a gravity is

_______________________?
A. 1.3
B. 1.4
C. 1.5
D. 1.6

Ieucaena lencocephala is a popular tree for______________________?

A. Beautification
B. Seasonal fruit
C. Medicinal plant
D. Nutritive forage
Citrus canker is a disease caused by ___________________?
A. Virus
B. Nematode
C. Fungi
D. Bacteria

Tensiometer is used for measuring____________________?

A. Soil moisture
B. Water pressure
C. Wind pressure
D. None of the above

A labour union which limits its membership to workers with a particular skill ?
A. Labour union
B. Craft union
C. Credit union
D. None

Homozygous population include_________________?

A. Inbreed lines
B. Multi lines
C. Pure lines
D. All the above

An earth embankment built on one or both sides of a river, some distance away
from its banks to control flood is called _______________?
A. Dyke
B. Embankment
C. Marginal embankment
D. Flood protective bund

Which types of fruits are known at higher altitude in KP, Balochistan and Murree
hills_________________?
A. Barries
B. Aggregate fruit
C. Pomes
D. None of the above

Who consider the various properties of soil in relation to plant production?

A. Pedologist
B. Soil chemist
C. Edaphologists
D. agronomist

A reproductive part of the plant which is responsible for the production of fruits
and seeds is called ________________?
A. Corolla
B. Calyx
C. Flower
D. All the above

Shelf life of fruit is prolonged by use of____________________?

A. Maleic hydrazine
B. Ethylene
C. 2,4-D
D. Auxins

The soil which are formed due to the weathering effects particularly by
movement of water and are high permeable are called _________________?
A. Alluvial soils
B. Non-alluvial soils
C. Impervious soils
D. Semi-impervious soils

Broiler Starter ration is _______________________?

A. Ration No. 1
B. Ration No. 3
C. Ration No. 4
D. Ration No. 5

The minimum moisture content at which a water drop if placed on a smooth

surface of soil will not be absorbed immediately by the soil is called
__________________?
A. Soil moisture content
B. Moisture content
C. Soil saturation
D. All are correct

The secretion from the mammary gland of cow just before and after the calf is
born is called ________________________?
A. Milk
B. Fresh milk
C. Colostrums
D. Whole milk

From which part of coconut tree coir is obtained___________________?

A. Endosperm
B. Mesocarp
C. Pericarp of fruit
D. Inflorescence

Photosynthesis takes place in_____________________?

A. All green parts of plants
B. Only leaves
C. Only flowers and fruits
D. none

Roma is variety of ___________________?

A. Onion
B. Guar
C. Tomato
D. Raddish

A good and service is indivisible and to which the exclusion principle does apply
is called_________________?
A. Public service
B. Public good
C. Public finance
D. Public debt

Total cropped area of Sindh is___________________?

A. 2.8 million hac
B. 3.75 million hac
C. 4.00 million hac
D. 4.5 million hac

According to FCO, the maximum permissible total N content in the form of urea
in DAP should be:_________?
A. 2.50 %
B. 3.50 %
C. 4,50 %
D. 5.5 %

Where the most insects are abundant____________________?

A. Tropical region
B. Sub tropical
C. temperature region
D. None of the above

In developed countries manufactured goods are about ________________% of

total export?
A. 60 %
B. 90 %
C. 57 %
D. 82 %

Drought resistance is associated with___________________?

A. Biochemical factors
B. Physiological factors
C. Morphological factors
D. all the above

Butterflies having wing coupling apparatus is__________________?

A. Overlapping
B. Jugum
C. Frenulum
D. Overlapping and Jugum

Which disease is caused by nematodes in banana_____________________?

A. Banana bunchy top
B. Finger tip rot
C. Panama diseases
D. Root knot

Who coin the term genetic load _____________?

A. Hardy (1908)
B. Muller (1950)
C. Ford (1940)
D. Satisbury (1940)

Which is the most important cereal crop of temperature

region________________?
A. Paddy
B. Maize
C. Wheat
D. Barley

The soil of Sindh (Pakistan) have pH______________________?

A. 5.0 to 6.5
B. 6.5 to 7.5
C. 7.5 to 8.5
D. 8.5 to 9.5

Type of mango fruit is_________________?

A. Pome
B. Drupe
C. Peop
D. Berry

A form of controlled atmosphere storage in which the produce is stored in a

partial vacuum is called_________________?
A. Gas storage
B. Hypo baric storage
C. Modified storage
D. Ca storage

Seed is___________________?
A. developed ovary after fertilization
B. Developed egg after fertilization
C. Transformed ovule after fertilization
D. None of the above

The quantity of water lost by transpiration from the plants or crops and
evaporation from fields adjacent to these plants is called
___________________?
A. Evapo-transpiration
B. Consumptive use
C. Un-confined water
D. a & b are correct

Cotton bollworms, sugarcane borers are_________________?

A. Major pest
B. Key pest
C. Minor pest
D. Secondary pest

__________ particles range in diameter between 0.02 to 0.002 mm:

A. Sand
B. Silt
C. Clay
D. None of the above

Which chemical used to prevent evaporation from surface of water in water

bodies?
A. Cetyle alcohol
B. Methyle alcohol
C. both A and B
D. None of these

A mixture included pesticides which do not increase or decrease the efficacy of

each other is called___________________?
A. Additive mixture
B. Antagonistic mixture
C. Potentiating mixture
D. None of the Above

Transfer of pollen grains of a flower to the stigma of the same the flowers of the
same plant is called__________________?
A. Polygamy
B. Autogamy
C. Homogamy
D. None of the above

Organic matter decomposes rapidly in Pakistani soils because of ____________

conditions, that is why our soils generally have < 1% organic matter:
A. High temperature
B. Alkaline
C. Both a & b
D. None of a & b

The artificial food of Queen is known as_______________________?

A. Jelly
B. Royal Jelly
C. Bee bread
D. Nectar

The chemical used for killing birds is called________________?

A. Ovicide
B. Avicide
C. Pesticide
D. None of these

Which of the following techniques is/are used for the soil fertility evaluation?
A. Soil testing
B. Plant tissue testing
C. Aspergillus niger test
D. All of these

Protein denaturation is the result of the modification

of____________________?
A. Primary structure
B. Secondary structure
C. Tertiary structure
D. Both b & c
Banana belongs to type of fruit where the edible portion is
___________________?
A. Mesocarp
B. Sycoms
C. Berry
D. Drup

In date palm male spathes enclose how many flowers_______________?

A. 30000
B. 9000
C. 20000
D. 10000

In no tillage systems, the soil layers have?

A. Higher total pore space
B. Lowe bulk density
C. Higher bulk density
D. None of the above

Which leaf of rice is sampled for tissue nutrient analysis?

A. Mature leaf
B. Lower leaf
C. Both A & B
D. None of these

International resources shared by all countries e.g ocean, air etc?

A. Global environment facility
B. Global commons
C. Global reserves
D. None

Problems that occur to the individuals or society as a whole as a result of the

unpopular consumption habits. Of another individual e.g drug addiction ?
A. Ammunity
B. Commune
C. Consumption diseconomies
D. None of these

Mango stock for grafting is raised from ____________________ ?

A. Cutting
B. Budding
C. Stones
D. All the above

The mechanism of food intake regulation is known as ____________________?

A. Glucostatic regulation
B. Lipostatic regulation
C. Aminostatic regulation
D. All the above

The process of converting food nutrients to carbohydrates in plants is

called________________?
A. Metabolism
B. Photosynthesis
C. Absorption
D. Assimilation

The reaction of Na2 CO3 salt is____________________?

A. Alkaline
B. Neutral
C. Acidic
D. None of the above

Gaseous loss of a substance from the soil or from fertilizer or manure is

called_________________?
A. Volatilization
B. Evaporation
C. Transpiration
D. Evapotranspiration

In day time plants release_________________?

A. Oxygen
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Nitrogen
D. Hydrogen

Part of embryonic axis which develops into root is

called___________________?
A. Plumule
B. Radicle
C. Coleoptile
D. Coleorluza

The following types of check dams have been tried in Pakistan:

A. Brushwood check dams
B. Loose stone or wire-bound check dams
C. Cement & stone check dams
D. All of the above

Pooping is process during which the embryo ____________________?

A. Breaks the egg shell
B. Eat egg shell
C. Both a & b
D. None of above

Spinach, althea, winter wheat and oat are the example

of____________________?
A. Long day plants
B. short day plants
C. Long day and short night plants
D. Short day and long night plants

Delta of water for cotton crop is________________?

A. 30 acre inches
B. 25 acre inches
C. 18 acre inches
D. non of these

Drip method of irrigation is not suitable to close spaced crops

because_________________?
A. High water requirements
B. High pump pressure
C. High cost on pipes
D. Unavailable of technology

C12H12N-NaO8S2 is the chemical formula of ____________________?

A. Activated charcoal
B. Azomethine H
C. Carbonated sodium sulphate
D. None of the above

Conservation of germplasm under natural condion is

called_________________?
A. In-situ conservation
B. Gene bank
C. Ex-situ conservation
D. Obsolute cultivars

Silk is produced by_____________insect ?

A. Laceifer lacae
B. Bombyx mori
C. Apis cerana
D. Apis dorsata

Pashmine is the very fine under coat of the _______________________?

A. Mohair
B. Kashmir goat
C. Angora
D. none of above

Norine 10 is the source of dwarfing gene in________________?

A. Wheat
B. Rice
C. Barley
D. Oat

Plants that can tolerate drought are_________________?

A. Xerophytes
B. Trunk plants
C. Hydrophytes
D. None of the above

An ion or molecule in the coordination sphere central ion is

called__________________?
A. Complexion
B. Ligand
C. Chelate
D. Potential

Papaya fruit is___________________?

A. Pome type
B. Berry type
C. Pepo type
D. All the above
Infertile male animal is called __________________________?
A. Teaser
B. Censor
C. Sensor
D. Sterile

Lemon plant is commercially propagated by____________________?

A. seed
B. Layering
C. Grafting
D. Budding

Soils are also contaminated by a number of inorganic compounds which are also
high toxic to human & other animals & are extremely poisonous may include:
A. Arsenic & Cadmium
B. Mercury & chromium
C. Calcium & Magnesium
D. Both A & B

Who discovered mitochondria__________________?

A. Palade
B. Altmann
C. Cowdry
D. Garner

Maximum amount of whey proteins are found in ______________________?

A. Buffalo milk
B. Cow milk
C. Goat milk
D. Sheep milk

Chemically or bio chemically enzymes are primarily__________________?

A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipids
C. Vitamins
D. Proteins

Hymenoptera are almost_______ long.

A. 0.02 mm
B. 0.2 mm
C. 0.03 mm
D. 0.3 mm

A group of soils with same parent material but located at different positions of
slope?
A. Cateena
B. Chronosequence
C. Catena
D. Biosequence

For a flood control reservoirs, the effective storage is equal to

___________________?
A. Useful storage – valley storage
B. Useful storage + surcharge storage
C. Useful storage + surcharge storage
D. Useful storage + surcharge storage -valley storage

To be more close to the actual field conditions, some times artificial rain tests
conducted, the instrument used is called ___________________?
A. Infiltrometer
B. I.C. curve
C. Rain simulator
D. v Hydrometer

Under drought conditions, there is an increase in__________________?

A. Pro line level
B. Ethylene level
C. Abscisic acid
D. All the above

The maximum rate at which the soil in given condition can absorb water is
called ___________________?
A. Field Capacity
B. Capillarity
C. Infiltration capacity
D. All are correct

The storage life of fresh apples at -1 to -4ºc is______________________?

A. 4-10 weeks
B. 10-20 weeks
C. 8-30 weeks
D. 20-25 weeks

Livestock Sector is contributing in G.D.P. up to______________________?

A. 8.5 %
B. 10 %
C. 9.0 %
D. 12 %

A good source of vegetable protein is________________?

A. Com
B. Egg
C. Pulses
D. non of there

Rigor worthies is the stiffening of ________________________?

A. Ribs
B. Bones
C. Muscles
D. Tissues

Rural based population in less developed countries (LDC’s) ?

A. 65 %
B. 45 %
C. 75 %
D. None

Butter flies have antennae________________?

A. Capitate
B. Clavate
C. Geniculate
D. Flabellate

the ratio between the rate of change of discharge of the out let to the rate of
change of discharge of the distributary is called ______________________?
A. Proportionally
B. flexibility
C. Sensitivity
D. Flow abili

Loss of nitrogen in the form of NH3 in alkaline medium is known as_________?

A. Denitrification
B. Leaching
C. Volatilization
D. None of these

In a population gene frequencies remain constant when there

is_________________?
A. Iubreeding
B. Out breeding
C. Random mating
D. Selective mating

Critical factors for crop production is________________?

A. Land
B. Water
C. Pure seed
D. fertilizer

Headquarter of union for the protection of new plant varieties is

in__________________?
A. Thailand
B. USA
C. Den nark
D. Switzerland

Biotin is the name given to vitamin___________________?

A. Vitamin H
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin D
D. Vitamin E

Tunnel erosion is the form of:__________?

A. Rainsplash erosion
B. Sheet erosion
C. Rill erosion
D. Gully Erosion

A mine or tunnel for collecting seepage water in rock or dam is called

____________________?
A. Water tunnel
B. Seepage gallery
C. Seepage tunnel
D. Seepage Drain
The insect which Parasitizes one species of host is called__________________?
A. Obligated Parasite
B. Permanent Parasite
C. Transitory Parasite
D. Intermitted Parasite

If two opposite alleles come together, and one of the two finds expression and
mask the other in he body this facts is explained as_________________?
A. Law of dominance
B. Law of segregation
C. Law of limiting factors
D. Law of inheritance

Rocks formed from molten magma are called__________________?

A. Sedimentary rocks
B. Igneous rocks
C. Alluvial rocks
D. All the above

The level above the or below the sea level which is also called zero level or
datum is called ___________________?
A. Reduce level
B. Positive level
C. Soil level
D. Negative level

Cotton plant belong to one of the following categories______________?

A. C4 plant
B. CAM plant
C. C3 plant
D.non of these
In LDC children under age of 15 years are ___________% of the total
population?
A. 40 %
B. 50 %
C. 80 %
D. None

An escape constructed with masonry or pitched with stones to dispose off

surplus of tank or reservoir is called________________?
A. Bye-wash
B. paved-escape
C. Water escape
D. Disposal channel

Which is the correct sequence of soil erosion by water:

A. Rill-Sheet-Gully
B. Gully-Sheet-Rill
C. Sheet-Rill-Gully
D. None of these

Select the water soluble phosphatic fertilizer from the following__________?

A. DSP
B. TSP
C. SSP
D. All of these

The practice of incubation was started in about 1000 B.C

by__________________?
A. Chinese
B. Egyptian
C. American
D. European
Honey bees with a row of minutes hooks on the anterior wings that catch in to
the up-rolled hind border of the fore wing is_______________?
A. Frenulum
B. Jugum
C. Retainaculum
D. hamuli

Protoandry is found in____________________?

A. Wheat
B. Sorghum
C. Maize
D. Barley

Foliar application of nitrogen means applying nitrogen in solution form

to___________________?
A. Whole plant
B. Leaves
C. Stem only
D. Flowers only

Bacillus thuringensis season cotton is a________________?

A. Virus
B. Bacteria
C. Fungi
D. non of these

following are types of weathering:

A. Geo chemical weathering
B. Judo weathering
C. Pedo chemical weathering
D. both a and c

Photophosphorylation is process of generating_____________________?

A. ATP
B. UTP
C. CTP
D. KTP

Approximately caloric value in Kcal/100 g of whole milk

is___________________?
A. 50
B. 60
C. 69
D. 75

Extrusive rocks are also called as ___________ in which the grain or crystalline
structure is too fine to be seen by the unaided eye?
A. Volcanic Rock
B. Igneous Rock
C. Aphantic Rock
D. Both A & B

Soil is a variable mixture of Major components:

A. Solids
B. Liquids
C. Gases
D. All of the above

Cuscuta is an object ional weed of_____________________?

A. Cowpeas
B. Berseem
C. Sorghum
D. Luceru

The management of kind by planting a series of crops, pastures or following to

maximize production with sustaining land quality is called_______________?
A. Crop rotation
B. Crop sequence
C. Cropping system
D. Crop management

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

Tyndallization is more reliable than_____________________?

A. Sterilization
B. Pasteurization
C. Blanching
D. non of these

The economic injury level for white fly is________________?

A. 1-2 nymphs/leaf
B. 2-3 nymphs/leaf
C. 3-4 nymphs/leaf
D. 1 nymphs/leaf

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

PASSCO stands for_______________?

A. Pakistan Agriculture Sugar Supplies Corporation
B. Pakistan Agriculture Seed Supplies Corporation
C. Pakistan Agriculture Service Supplies Corporation
D. non of these

Oxidation as well as condensation reaction similar to non-browning due to

irradiation have been observed in__________________?
A. Protein
B. Carbohydrates
C. Lipids
D. non of these

Soy sauce is the fermented product of_____________________?

A. Barley
B. Wheat
C. Oat
D. Soybeans

Esterases, proteinases, alkali acid phosphates belongs

to_____________________?
A. Hydrolases enzyme
B. Transferases enzyme
C. Oxireductases enzyme
D. Ligases enzyme

Theoretical velocity of the jet at Vena Contracta is determined by

________________?
A. (2 gh)1/2
B. 2(gh)1/2
C. 2g (h)1/2
D. 2gh

One of the following is not an advantage of genetic

engineering___________________?
A. Microbes act as biological factories
B. Improvement of crop can take place
C. The gene pool is maintained
D. Genetic error can be rectified

Planets in our system are____________________?

A. 8
B. 12
C. 10
D. 9

Most abundant organic compound in nature?

A. Cellulose
B. Hemicellulose
C. Lignin
D. All of these

Accumulation of soluble salts root zone is known as____________________?

A. Desodication
B. Sodication
C. Degradation
D. Salininzation

The application of fertilizer nutrients in proportions best suited to the needs of

the crop is called_________________?
A. fertilizer placement
B. fertilizer use efficiency
C. Nitrogen use efficiency
D. Balanced fertilization
The body of a sheep is covered with specialized fibers
called_________________?
A. Hairs
B. Fleece
C. Wool
D. None of above

Agriculture contribution in GNP of developing nations ?

A. 15 %
B. 13 %
C. 3 %
D. 21 %

A soil is categorized as saline when EC of saturation extract

is______________________?
A. >4dsm-1
B. 0.4dsm-1
D. 0.4 4.0 dsm-1

The viral disease can be controlled by_________________?

A. Organo-chlorine pesticides
B. Pyrethroids
C. Growing resistant varieties
D. None of the above

The core value of development is________________?

A. Sustenance
B. Self esteem
C. Freedom
D. All

Approximate calories in one large banana is____________________?

A. 100
B. 125
C. 150
D. 176

Stocks of commodities held by the countries or international organizations to

moderate the commodities price fluctuations ?
A. Black market
B. Buffer stocks
C. Capital stocks
D. Speculation

he yearly number of children born alive per 1,000 women within a chil bearing
age bracket?
A. Crude birth rate
B. Birth rate
C. Fertility rate
D. Expectancy rate

Floor space for broiler up to 4 weeks _______________________?

A. 0.5 ft2
B. 1 ft2
C. 1.5 ft2
D. 2.5 ft2

Heat requirement to change 1 Kg of a substance at its boiling point from the

liquid to vapour is called__________________?
A. Heat of fusion
B. Heat energy
C. Heat of vaporization
D. Mechanical heat

Cypermethrin, deltamerthrin, permethrin are example of__________________?

A. Organophosphrous
B. Pyrethroids
C. Organochlorine
D. Carbamate

A gene which exhibits higher mutation rate than others is referred

as___________________?
A. Mutator gene
B. Antimutalor gene
C. Mutable gene
D. Hot spot

Fe, Zn, Mn, Mo, Co, Ni, Cu, are also called __________:
A. Micro elements
B. Trace elements
C. Both A & B
D. None of these

Reciprocal recurrent selection was proposed by___________________?

A. Hays and limner (1950)
B. Constock et al (1949)
C. Allard (1955)
D. Hull (1935)

A nullisomic individual is represented by________________?

A. 2n-1
B. 2n+1
C. 2n-2
D. 2n+2

The problem of soil crosion Thal and Cholistan is predominantly due

to___________________?
A. Wind
B. Air
C. Water
D. All the above

The deficiency of an enzyme is greatly influenced by

the______________________?
A. pH
B. Environmental temperature
C. Concentration of enzyme
D. All the above

APTMA stands for_____________________?

A. All Pakistan textile mills association
B. All Pakistan trade monitoring association
C. All Pakistan trade monitoring agency
D. All Pakistan textile mill management authority

The total dissolved solids in drinking water should not

exceed_________________?
A. 1000 mg/litre
B. 1200 mg/litre
C. 1300 mg/litre
D. 1500 mg/litre

Power of a good/ service to satisfy human desire/want is

called____________________?
A. Utility
B. Worth
C. The point of satiety
D. All of these

The maximum working depth of disc plow is_________________?

A. 300 mm
B. 200 mm
C. 400 mm
D. 450 mm

In plants the food is stored in the form of ____________________?

A. Glycogen
B. Cellulose
C. Fat
D. Strach

Which enzyme breaks protein__________________?

A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipases
C. Proteases
D. Amylase

Allogamy is the common form of________________________?

A. Inbreeding
B. Out breeding
C. Syn breeding
D. All the above

Soil samples are collected:

A. From the field with immediate application of fertilizer or amendments
B. Field with upper white layer of salts
C. Boundaries of the field
D. None of these

Hydrology is the science which deals with the depletion and recharge of water
resources yearly therefore. its knowledge is a must to _________________
properly the water resources?
A. Develop
B. Manage
C. Remodel
D. Rehabilitate

The parasites which capable of parasitizing a considerable number of host

species is called____________________?
A. Polyhagous parasites
B. oligophagous parasites
C. Facultative parasites
D. Transitory parasites

Shrinking and swelling is property of__________________?

A. Clay
B. Silk
C. Water
D. Smecitie

The bees are not reared for commercial purpose are

called_________________?
A. Domestic bees
B. Wild bees
C. None of the above
D. Wild bees

Determinant of supply is__________________?

A. Resource price
B. Techniques of production
C. Taxes a subsidies
D. All

The wall of masonry or concrete, constructed at 90° to the axis of weir to

separate normal weir from under sluices is called____________________?
A. Divide wall
B. Retaining wall
C. Toe wall
D. All are correct

The most highly advanced division in plants kingdom is____________________?

A. Pteridophtes
B. Tracheophyta
C. Taxonomy
D. None of the above

Hot with a cool winter is___________________?

A. Temperature
B. Arid
C. Subtropical
D. None of the above

Lactic fermentation product from coagulated milk in dairy

products___________________?
A. Cheese
B. Ice cream
C. Skimmed
D. Milk

In preparation of fruit juices, pickles and carbonated beverages the preservative

used is _____________________?
A. Proconic acid
B. Benzonic acid
C. Parabens
D. All the above

Ginger and turmeric are propagated by________________________?

A. Rhizome
B. Tuber
C. Corns
D. All the above

The average weight of commercial bird is about ________________________?

A. 50 gm
B. 40 gm
C. 60 gm
D. 70 gm

One hectare is equal to___________________?

A. 3.47 acre
B. 2.471 acre
C. 1.71 acre
D. 1.9 acre

Any resource whose quantity can not be changed by a firm in the short
run_______________?
A. Fixed resource
B. Variable resource
C. Available resource
D. Economic resource

Nitrification is the microbial conversion of____________________?

A. NH nitrogen the NO3 nitrogen in soil
B. NO2 to NO3 nitrogen in soil
C. NO3 nitrogen to NH4 + in soil
D. None of the above

During storing food grains, what is the optimum level of moisture?

A. < 2%
B. < 5%
C. < 12 %
D. No moisture level required
The parasite which can live on more than one host is
called__________________?
A. Obligated Parasite
B. Facultative Parasite
C. Intermitted Parasite
D. Transitory Parasite

Degreening of citrus fruit is achieved by the use of_____________________?

A. Ethrel
B. Ethepone
C. Ethylene
D. Cytokinine

Cholesterol is the natural form of___________________?

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin D
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin K

Gassypium arborium is__________________?

A. Tetraploid
B. Diploid
C. Triploid
D. Haploid

A legal entry chartered by a state or the federal govt. which is district and
separate from the individuals who own it ?
A. Co-operative
B. Partnership
C. Corporation
D. None

Vertical resistance is also known as_________________?

A. Race specific
B. Oligogenic
C. Qualitative
D. All the above

Polytene chromosomes were first observed by___________________?

A. Mendel (1810)
B. Balbiani (1881)
C. Allard (1910)
D. Baranetzky (1910)

Humic acid is soluble in______________________?

A. Acid
B. Alkali
C. Both a & b
D. Distilled water

A tax imposed by a nation on an imported good is called_________________?

A. Tariff
B. Foreign exchange
C. Net profit
D. GNP

A tail, including the tail-like structure of an aphid:_______?

A. Cenchri
B. Annulate
C. Apical
D. Cauda

Smaller breeds have a temperature little bit than larger breeds

___________________?
A. Lesser
B. Higher
C. Same
D. None of above

Field Capacity is a point at which?

A. All the macro & micropores in the soil are filled with water
B. All the macropores filled with water & the micropores filled with air
C. All the macropores filled with air & the micropores filled with water
D. All of the above wrong

Mango are planted in which of the following layout

system____________________?
A. Quincunx system
B. Square system
C. Contour system
D. Hexagonal system

Gassypium hirsutum is________________?

A. Tetraploid
B. Diploid
C. Triploid
D. Hexaploid

The suitable species for reclamation of saline & sodic soil is:__________?
A. Casuarina equisetifolia
B. Albizia lebbeck
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above

What is the formula of urea?

A. CO (NH2)2
B. NH2-CO-NH-CO-NH2
C. (NH4)2CO3
D. None of these
Panting is a condition in bird during which ______________________?
A. Respiration rate increases
B. Moisture increases
C. Both a & b
D. None of above

Hyderabad district area is in_________________?

A. Thai range area
B. Raygistan range area
C. Cholistan range area
D. None of the above

_______________is a practice of dinning on one’s own species?

A. Cannibalism
B. Hibernation
C. Diapause
D. Non of the above

Aridisols cover the largest in Pakistan_______?

A. 259,710 km2
B. 269,810 km2
C. 278,910 km2
D. None of these

The geometrical device that helps in visnalizing all the possible combinations of
male and female gametes known as____________________?
A. Punneu square
B. Morgan square
C. Mendel square
D. Bateson square

A & B horizon is called as:________?

A. Regolith
B. Poly-pedon
C. Series
D. None of the above

The term cell was introduced in 1665 by__________________?

A. Maligned
B. Hook
C. Schneider
D. Schumann

The down stream sloping glacis of the Hydraulic structure is made in such a way
to form automatically the _____________ and dissipate the surplus energy of
flowing water?
A. Afflux
B. Hydraulic jump
C. Pond level
D. HFL

Crop ideotype refers to________________?

A. Model plant type
B. Good plant type
C. Ideal plant type
D. All the above

A type of resistance in which a series of different cultivars of the same crop are
infested with a series of different insect biotype of same species show no
differentia intersction, such type of resistance is___________________?
A. Specific resistance
B. Horizontal resistance
C. General resistance
D. Cross resistance
Low soil pH is the indication of_______________?
A. High Mg and Ca
B. High N and S
C. Low N and Ca
D. Moderate Mg and Ca

The variety of genes and genotypes found in a particular crop special

are_____________________?
A. Genetic diversity
B. Genetic erosion
C. Gene sanctuaries
D. Field gene banks

Which silica mineral is present in soil in abundant

quantity____________________?
A. Quartz
B. Smectite
C. Gypsum
D. All the above

After self pollination of red flowered plants out of 40 plants of progeny were
white flowered. this indicates that the plants are__________________?
A. Heterogeneous
B. Heterozygous
C. Homogenous
D. Homozygous

The export of goods (or goods and services) of a nation less its imports of goods
(or goods and services)__________________?
A. Trade Balance
B. Trade deficit
C. Trade surplus
D. None

A unit hydrograph is a hydrograph of runoff produced by a rainstorm of a

specified duration called ____________________?
A. Unit duration
B. Peak runoff
C. Storm runoff
D. Base flow

Syrphid flies have type of larvae________________?

A. Platy form
B. Carabiform
C. vermiform
D. Eruiform

Which bacteria convert nitrite to nitrate___________________?

A. Frankia
B. Nitrobacter
C. Pseudomonas
D. None of the above

The method of food preservation in which food containing permanently sealed

container is subjected to an elevated for a definite period of time and than
cooled is known_____________________?
A. Canning
B. Sterilization
C. Pasteurization

Haploid plants have been produced by another culture in tomato

by_________________?
A. Greshof and Doy (1972)
B. Tyagi and Prasad (1965)
C. Mehta and Upadhya (1960)
D. Singh (1960)

Sustainable technologies to improve soil fertility and physical condition:

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 above

A science which deals with classification of plants is

called___________________?
A. Ecology
B. Morphology
C. Taxonomy
D. Histology

The groyne pointing upwards direction of flow is called

______________________?
A. Attracting
B. Repelling
C. Impermeable
D. Permeable

The absence of artificial barriers to trade among individuals and firms in

different nations ?
A. Free trade
B. Free economy
C. Trade union
D. None

Which one of the following is anti ripening agent___________________?

A. 2,4,5 trichlorophenoxy acetic acid
B. Meleic hydrazide
C. Sulphur dioxide
D. Sodium benzoate

Soil moisture and ET losses are_________________?

A. Inversely related
B. Directly related
C. Not related
D. Occasionally related

Plants can be made disease resistant by___________________?

A. Colchicines treatment
B. Heat treatment
C. Breeding with the wild variety
D. Hormone spray

A warm summer and pronounced winter is called________________?

A. Arid
B. Tropical
C. Temperature
D. None of the above

Young ones of fly is_________________?

A. Imago
B. Maggot
C. Grub
D. Puparium

Potassium nitrate is used in__________?

A. Medicine
B. Fertilizer
C. Salt
D. Glass

For preservation of fruit dehydration is carried out by_____________________?

A. Vacuum drier
B. Tunnel drier
C. Puff drying
D. all the above

The increasing integration of national economies into expanding international

market ?
A. Randomization
B. Globalization
C. Economic integration
D. None

Plants grown in dry region are_________________?

A. Xerophytes
B. Thermophyts
C. Mesophytes
D. Halophytes

_______________ of alluvium (stratified sediment) by earth-worms is the most

important soil-forming process in the alluvial plain of Pakistan:
A. Homogenization
B. Pedoturbation
C. Lessivage
D. Melanization

Which of the following is not a fruit____________________?

A. Tomato
B. Potato
C. Muskmelon
D. Bitter gourd
The value of regression and correlation is the same when the correlation
between two variables is_________________?
A. Imperfect
B. Perfect
C. Positive
D. Negative

Association of two microorganisms in which one is benefited while other

remains unaffected is known as:________?
A. Competetion
B. Ammensalism
C. Commensalism
D. This statement is wrong

Roots usually occupy :__________?

A. 1% or less of soil volume
B. 10% or less of soil volume
C. 20% or less of soil volume
D. 30% or less of soil volume

The young one of holemetabola is_______________?

A. Nymph
B. Naiad
C. Larvae
D. Pupa

_____________industry is the backbone industry of Pakistan?

A. Agricultural industry
B. Petroleum industry
C. Mining Industry
D. None of these
A fish ladder is device by which flow energy can be dissipated in such a manner
as to provide easy access to the downstream fish to come on upstream side, the
velocity of flow varies from___________________?
A. 2.0 – 2.5 – m/sec
B. 2.5 – 3 m/sec
C. 3.0 – 3.5 m/sec
D. 3.5 – 4.0 m/sec

The break down of fatty material is referred to as____________________?

A. Autolysis
B. Lipolysis
C. Proteolysis
D. None of above

The workers of ant, of ant, bee and wasps are_________________?

A. May be a non reproductive male or non reproductive female
B. A non reproductive male
C. A non reproductive female
D. none of the above

The molar mass of NaCl is_____________________?

A. 56.58
B. 43.28
C. 50.58
D. 58.58

The ratio between the actual pressure and saturation vapour present at same
temperature is called___________________?
A. Absolute Humidity
B. Relative Humidity
C. Low humidity
D. High Humidity
haploids are better for mutation studies because in them all the mutations
whether recessive or dominant are expressed as_______________?
A. There are many alleles of each gene in each call
B. There are two alleles of each gene in each cell
C. There is only one alleles of each gene present in each cell
D. Non3e4 of the above

When the corolla has four clawed petals inserted at right angle other is said to
be_____________________?
A. Tubular
B. Rosaceous
C. Cruciform
D. Papilliaci

An involuntary payment of money to govt. by a household or firm for which the

household or firm receives no good or services directly in return ?
A. Tariff
B. Tax
C. Tacit collusion
D. Subsidy

Biochemical reduction of nitrate to nitrite or gaseous nitrogen is called

________________________?
A. Reduction
B. Oxidation
C. Denitrification
D. None of the above

Hydraulic structures are designed for a safe flow of flood. The floods which are
equal in designed magnitude life of the project is called
_____________________?
A. High floods
B. Ordinary floods
C. Low floods
D. Probable flood

The interaction of polysaccharides form ____________________?

A. Hydrogen bonds
B. Carbon bonds
C. Nitrogen bonds
D. None of the above

The fungus belonging to order Erysiphales cause_________________?

A. Blights
B. Smuts
C. Powdery mildew
D. None of the above

Who described. the use of letrazolium for assessing, seed quality and the basis
of topographical patterns___________________?
A. Moore (1973)
B. Burries etc (1969)
C. Maguare (1962)
D. Kotowski (1926)

If the duration of a unit hydrograph approaches zero, the resulting unit

hydrograph is called __________________?
A. Instantaneous unit hydrograph
B. Intensity unit hydrograph
C. Unit hydrograph
D. Unit hyetgoraph

Club root is disease of____________________?

A. Tumip
B. Okra
C. Water melon
D. Cabbage

The portion of economy consisting of Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fishing

?
A. Agricultural sector
B. Rural sector
C. Farm economy
D. All

The photo nthesis reaction is determined by_________________?

A. Hill reaction
B. Goldman equation
C. Nernst equation
D. Oxidation-reduction reaction

Precise assessment of pest pressure to evaluate Economic risk from pest

infestations is called_________________?
A. Economic threshold
B. Crop scouting
C. Economic mjury level
D. None of the above

Sensory stimula for food occurs from____________________?

A. Taste
B. Smell
C. Texture
D. All

Which of the following fertilizers show maximum residual acidity with the
continuous soil application:
A. Urea
B. Ammonium nitrate
C. Ammonium sulphate
D. Calcium ammonium nitrate

To protect the face of embankment against the attack of wave wash with stone
boulders is called _________________?
A. Pitching
B. Armouring
C. Revetment
D. All are correct

Strawberry belongs to what type of fruit ?

A. Pome
B. Etario of achenes
C. Aril
D. Berry

Drought is measured in terms of________________?

A. Yield performance
B. Photosynthesis
C. Root length of seedings
D. All the above

The organisms which do not prepare their own food and depend on the dead
organisms are called_____________________?
A. Saprophytes
B. Parasites
C. Obligatory parasites
D. Bacteria

Edible seed like almonds, pea cons are known as____________________?

A. Sub-tropical fruits
B. Nuts
C. Berries
D. None of the above

The little clay mineral is_____________________?

A. Non-expending
B. Expending
C. None or little expending
D. None of the above

An index measuring national socioeconomic development based on measures of

life expectancy at birth, educational attainment and adjusted per capital income
?
A. Human development index
B. Human poverty index
C. Headcount index
D. None

The meandering pattern of a river is developed by ____________________?

A. Average discharge
B. Dominant discharge
C. Maximum discharge
D. Critical discharge

Causal organism of root rot of cotton is_____________________?

A. Rhizoeionia solani
B. Rhizoctonia bataticola
C. Both of them

Accumulation of Al and Fe oxides and clays coming from the upper profile
layers:
A. Zone of eluviation
B. Zone of Illuviation
C. Zone of evaluation
D. None of the above
Delta lactones are important in_____________________?
A. Jams
B. Jellies
C. Milk & milk products
D. Pickles

In cotton, zn deficiency is known as_________?

A. Fern leaf
B. Mottle leaf
C. Little leaf
D. None of these

Gametophytic self incompatibility was first reported in___________________?

A. Lena sativa
B. Nicotine sandarac
C. Set aria sphacelata
D. Scale cereals

From a water fall, if water is falling down at the rate of 100 N/sec: on the blades
of a turbine when the height of fall is 100 m the power delivered to turbine will
be______________?
A. 1000 kw
B. 10,000 kw
C. 100 kw
D. 5000 kw

Cooperation among unification of the economies of different nations is termed

as_____________________?
A. Economic Bloc
B. Economic integration
C. Economic union
D. none
A female horse less than one year of age is called _______________________?
A. Filly
B. Foal
C. Mare
D. None of the above

The anerobic or partially anaerobic dxidation of carbohydrates with the help of

enzymes is called as____________________?
A. Preservation
B. Fermentation
C. Dehydration
D. Pasteurization

Biometrics for the study of quantitative genetics was provided by

___________________?
A. Fisher
B. Falconer
C. Mather
D. Hayman

Organic evolution through large discontinuous variations was propound

by__________________?
A. Mendel
B. Darwin
C. Huge and Vnes
D. Lamak

The recommended plant to plant space for chiku is __________________?

A. 20 x 20 ft
B. 35 x 35 ft
C. 50 x 50 ft
D. 100 x 100 ft
Removal any terminal part of the plant is called___________________?
A. Thinning out
B. Heading back
C. Pruning
D. Training

The K is predominantly in______________?

A. Leaves
B. Straw
C. Grain
D. All the above

To prevent deterioration of food from microorganisms which one of the

following preservatives are used _____________________?
A. NaCl
B. Sulpher dioxide
C. Nitrate
D. All the above

The enzymes and pigments associated with photosynthesis are located

in____________________?
A. Leucoplast
B. Chloroplast
C. Chromoplast
D. Protoplast

Cosmos, chrysanthemum, poinsettia are the examples of _________________?

A. Long day plants
B. Short day plants
C. Short night plants
D. Long night plants
Male mosquitoes have antennae while female mosquitoes have
antennae__________________?
A. Aristate, plumose
B. Plumose, pilose
C. Pectinate, Pilose
D. Pectinate, plumose

A structure provided when a large canal a big drainage channel approach other
practically at the same level is called__________________?
A. Super passage
B. Level crossing
C. Canal crossing
D. Drainage crossing

The productive branches of cotton are called________________?

A. Monopodial branches
B. Sympodial branches
C. Fruiting branches
D. non of these

Types of pheromones which alert the insect from any danger known
as__________________?
A. Alarm pheromone
B. Aggregation pheromone
C. Sex pheromone
D. Trial marking pheromone

Most abundant mineral in the earth crust is______________________?

A. N-Feldspar
B. Feldspar
C. S-Feldspar
D. Amplubole
Continuous variation are attrions are attributed to____________________?
A. Crossingover
B. Polyploidy
C. Mutations
D. Linkage

The responsiveness of the quantity demand of a commodity to change in the

consumer’s income, measured by the proportionate change in quantity divided
by the proportionate change in income ?
A. Elasticity of demand
B. Import substitution
C. Income elasticity of demand
D. None

Specific heat is higher in:

A. Clay
B. Humus
C. both A & B
D. Only Clay

Inflammation of the uterus is called ________________________?

A. Dermititis
B. Metritis
C. Entritis
D. Vaginitis

Citrus has its origin in____________________?

A. Indo- Chinese region
B. Africa
C. South America
D. Middle east

Urban population in LDC’s_________________?

A. 464 %
B. 50 %
C. 36 %
D. 20 %

About 40% of the total area of Pakistan is affected by wind erosion. this
includes:_________?
A. Thal, Cholistan
B. Parts of Mianwali and D.G
C. Tharparkar & vast areas of Balochistan
D. All of the above

A physiological aging activity in which plant tissues degenerate and ultimately

die is called___________________?
A. Fruit ripening
B. Maturity
C. Senescence
D. Both a & b

To make light cakes, biscuits and muffins which leavening agent is

used___________________?
A. Silicoaluminate
B. Magnesium carbonate
C. Phosphate salts
D. All the above

Name chromosome was coined by ___________________?

A. Van Beneden
B. T. Boveri
C. Walleye
D. Aluman

Maize can grow very well in the soils pH ranging from:__________?

A. 3.5-4.5
B. 6-8.5
C. 5.5-7.5
D. None of these

Wheat is predominantly________________?
A. Self pollinated crop
B. Often cross pollinated crop
C. Cross pollinated crop
D. Apomictie crop

Mean velocity of flow in a river can be directly measured by means of

______________________?
A. Dickne’s formula
B. Current meter
C. Surface floats
D. Rod floats

A market in which products are sold by firms and bought by households

is_________________?
A. Resource market
B. Product market
C. Consumer market
D. None

The act of giving birth to young one is called _____________________?

A. Ovulation
B. Fertilization
C. Conception
D. Parturition

The symbol of Na stands for___________________?

A. Nickle
B. Natrium
C. Neon
D. None of these

Thick concordant bodies which force the overlying sediments to form dome-
shaped hills are called_____________________?
A. Laccoliths
B. Pegmatic
C. Dike
D. Batholiths

Which one is a non-convential oil seed crop?

A. Ground nut
B. Safflower
C. Gingelley
D. None of the above

Dwarf varieties of wheat are more resistance to_______________?

A. Disease
B. Insect pest
C. Lodging
D. Viruses

Seed bag labeled with white colour indicates_________________?

A. Certified seed
B. Basic seed
C. Pre-basic seed
D. Pure seed

On the basis of yield of cotton per hectare which of the following country
occupies second position______________?
A. Pakistan
B. Turkey
C. China
D. non of these

A group of firms which produces identical or similar

products__________________?
A. Plant
B. Industry
C. Company
D. Organization

The science which deals with food supply, for human consumption is
called_____________________?
A. Food science
B. Food technology
C. Nutritive food
D. Food process

Out breeding leads to reproduction in____________________?

A. Heterozygosity
B. Homozygosity
C. Population mean
D. None of the above

The ratio of the rate of change of discharge through out let to the rate of c./v of
water level of the distributary is called_________________?
A. Flexibility
B. Proportionally
C. Setting
D. Sensitivity

If a pure tall plant is crossed with a pure dwarf one, the ratio of tall pure dwarf
in the F 2 generation after selling F1 plant will be___________________?
A. 1:1
B. 1:2
C. 2:1
D. 3:1

Igneous rocks are called:__________?

A. Primary rocks
B. Secondary rocks
C. Aqueous rocks
D. None of the above

Which one of the following is synthetic flavour __________________?

A. Esters
B. Aldehydes
C. Ketones
D. All the above

A line shown on a map, drawn between the points of equal levels or heads is
called ____________________?
A. Check line
B. Contour line
C. Ordinate line
D. All are correct

N mineralization is effected by soil pH_______________?

A. Below 6
B. Above 6
C. Above 10
D. None of the above

Crossed between mandarin and grape fruit make________________________?

A. Citrange
B. Tangelos
C. Limequate
D. None of the above

Liposome’s originated from____________________?

A. Plastids
B. Ribosomes
C. Mitochondria
D. Leucoplasts

IN layer growing period is form ____________________?

A. 10 – 20 wks
B. 8 – 20 wks
C. 10 – 15 wks
D. 15 – 20 wks

Pneumatic potential is due to____________________?

A. Water
B. Petrol
C. Soil
D. Gas

In rice, brown plant hopper has no preference for___________________?

A. Purple stigma
B. Low aspergine
C. Red pericarp
D. All the above

Any financial institution that serves to channel loan able funds savers to
borrowers?
A. Financial intermediary
B. IMF
C. Both
D. None
Moulting of bird is done after ______________________?
A. 70 weeks
B. 72 weeks
C. 60 weeks
D. 65 weeks

An open cut in the canal bank. with bed and sides to escape canal water through
a lead channel to mix water in a nearby drain is called
_____________________?
A. Inlet
B. Out let
C. Module
D. Exit

Maturation of stamens and pistils at different times in the same flower is

called___________________?
A. Heterostyle
B. Dichotamy
C. Heterospory
D. Dichogamy

The branch of science which deals with hereditary variation is

called___________________?
A. Genetics
B. Embryology
C. Biology
D. Histology

Meat, fruit, vegetables are ___________________?

A. Simple food
B. Complex food
C. Functional food
D. Nutritive food

Estimation of correlation form error variances and covariance’s

is________________?
A. Genotypic correlation
B. Phenotypic correlation
C. Simple correlation
D. Environmental correlation

Stalk root of onion is caused by________________?

A. Fungi
B. Bacteria
C. Nematodes
D. Gassicls

The available from of nitrogen for plant is________________?

A. NO3
B. NH4
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Attraction between similar particles is called____________________?

A. Adhesion
B. Cohesion
C. Vander wall
D. All the above

Increasing a country’s stock of real capital (net investment in fixed

essels)__________________?
A. Capital accumulation
B. Capital dumping
C. Capital stock
D. None

The sum of interest payments and repayment of principal on external public and
public ally guarantee debt?
A. Debt repudiation
B. Debt renegotiation
C. Debt service
D. Debt rescheduling

The most abundant metal in the earth’s crust and toxic to plants in low
concentration is____________________?
A. Mo
B. Al
C. Fe
D. All the above

The pesticide which is used for killing or controlling the eggs of insects is
called___________________?
A. Avicide
B. Ovicide
C. Pesticide
D. Fungicide

Identify the fertilizer (s) containing potassium____________________?

A. SOP
B. MOP
C. Chilean salt peter
D. All the above

The phenomenon off insect resistance to one type of insecticide providing

resistance to other insecticides with similar mode of
action__________________?
A. Cross resistance
B. Specific resistance
C. General resistance
D. Horizantal resistance

Several yeast can be used in fermentation but most commonly known species of
genus are_________________?
A. Streptococcus
B. Lactobacillus
C. Leuconostoc
D. Saccharomyces

When a cell with 40 chromosomes undergoes meiosis each of the four resulting
cells has_____________________?
A. 10 chromosomes
B. 20 chromosomes
C. 40 chromosomes

Best example of predators are____________________?

A. Dragon flies, Aphid lions,
B. Trichograma species
C. Lady beetle, flower beetle
D. Dragonflies, Aphid lions, Lady bird beetle, flower beetle

Water storage efficiency in the root zone depends upon__________________?

A. Porosity
B. Fine particles of soil
C. Coarse particles of soil
D. Climatic conditions

In primary trisomic the extra chromosome is__________________?

A. Isochromosome
B. Traits located chromosome
C. Normal chromosome
D. None of the above

Which one of the following is dioceous plant___________________?

A. Papaya
B. Datepalm
C. Maize
D. All the above

An analytic approach in which we move from general to particular from theory

to facts is_________________?
A. Induction
B. Deduction
C. Specification
D. None

These insects which lie in organized colonies or possess cast system is

called___________________?
A. Social insect
B. Stored grain insect
C. House hold insect
D. None of the above

The loss of head due to friction according to Darcy’s formula is

_____________________?
A. 4fLv2/gd
B. 4fLv2/2gd
C. 4fLv/gd
D. 4fLv/2gd

The dam built for the purpose of diverting water from main stream to various
courses of flow is called ____________________?
A. Coffer dam
B. Detention dam
C. Diversion dam
D. Gravity dam

Propagation and release of sterile incompatible individuals is done in pest

population is called__________________?
A. Genetic control
B. Chemical control
C. Regularity control
D. Physical control

In apple wool aphid is genetically controlled by___________________?

A. 2 D
B. ID
C. 2d
D. Id

The term heterosis was coined by____________________?

A. Hull (1945)
B. Bruce (1910)
C. East (1908)
D. Shull (1914)

RNA contains__________________?
A. Thymine
B. Argenine
C. Cystine
D. Uracil

Sugar beet belongs to family ?

A. Poaceae
B. Cucurbitaceae
C. Chenopodiaceae
D. non of these

Prescribed germination percentage of foundation seed of

groundnut____________________?
A. 70
B. 20
C. 90
D. 95

Which compound decay slowly______________________?

A. Amino acid
B. Lignin
C. fats
D. Cellulose

Tomato, chilly brinjal are collectively called__________________?

A. Leafy vegetables
B. Cole crop
C. Bulb crop
D. Solanaceous crop

Wine is produced from_________________?

A. Lemon
B. Avocado
C. Grapes
D. Grape fruit

A chemical which attracts pest to a trap is called__________________?

A. Bait
B. Defoliant
C. Acute poisoning
D. Chronic poisoning
Common and easily available source of energy does not contain
RNA__________________?
A. DNA
B. RNA
C. ATP
D. DNA/RNA

Estimated quantity of global water is __________which covers about 70% of

earth?
A. 1.30x109km3
B. 1.32x109km3
C. 1.33x109km3
D. 1.35x109km3

Obtaining the socially optimal amounts of goods and services using minimum
necessary resources ?
A. Economic efficiency
B. Productive efficiency
C. Allocative efficiency
D. All

There are twelve soil orders found in the world of which six soil orders have
been recognized at various locations are________?
A. Andisols, Gelisols, Histosols, Spodosols, Oxisols, Ultisols
B. Entisols, Inceptisols, Aridisols, Alfisols, Mollisols, Vertisols
C. Andisols, Aridisols, Histosols, Vertisols, Regosols, Libosols
D. The above statement is wrong

Rafinose is_______________________?
A. Trisaccharide
B. Monosaccharide
C. Disaccharide
D. Polysaccharide

Process of mixing of soils is known as_________?

A. Gleization
B. Lessivage
C. Laterization
D. The correct option is not present above

Reproduction from an unfertilized egg or reproduction without fertilization may

be defined as___________________?
A. Calistoga
B. Chimera
C. Clone
D. Inbreeding

The aroma of Ethylbutyrateis just like____________________?

A. Banana
B. Grape
C. Pineapple
D. Guava

The fruit and vegetables contain an insoluble stiffening material

called______________________?
A. Pectin
B. Lig in
C. Protopectin
D. Gums

Berri Berri is the most common disease caused by the deficiency

of_____________________?
A. Vit. A
B. Vit. B
C. Vit. C
D. Vit. D

The fungi are plants which can not prepare their food
because__________________?
A. They are very small
B. They are parasites
C. They have no chlorophyll
D. All the above

What happens when an saline-alkaline soil is reached with water:

A. pH decrease, Ec increase
B. pH & Ec both increase
C. pH increase & Ec decrease
D. None of these

The removal of excess water from the ground surface is called:________?

A. Sub-surface drainage
B. Surface operations
C. Drainage
D. All of the above

Soil structure without aggregation is known as____________________?

A. Platy
B. Granular
C. Massive
D. Both b & c

Suffering cause in insects due to lack of food is called________________?

A. Aestivation
B. Starvation
C. Dormancy
D. Non of the above
A crop grown on residual moisture after harvesting rice is
called__________________?
A. Barani crop
B. Dubari crop
C. Ratoon crop
D. Sure crop

Where would you look for active cell division in a plant

_____________________?
A. Pith cells
B. Cortex cells
C. Internodes regions
D. Tips of stem & roots

The kaolininte is a layer silicate clay mineral, it is 1:1 type of mineral

with___________________?
A. 3-15 meq/100g CEC
B. 40 meq/100g CEC
C. 50 meq/100g CEC
D. None of the above

Which animal has beard _________________________?

A. Goat
B. Rabbit
C. Sheep
D. Cow0

The salinity can be reduced by the application of___________________?

A. Lime
B. Sulphuric acid
C. Urea
D. All the above
Group of LDC debtors who join together to bargain as a group with creditors?
A. Debtor’s cartel
B. Economic union
C. Debtor’s commune
D. None

Hen and chicken disorder is associated with__________ ?

A. Mango
B. Grapes
C. Tomato
D. Guava

Mutant allele that has little or no effect on the expression of a tart is known
as_____________________?
A. Atavism
B. Auxotroph
C. Axoneme
D. Armor

Part of soil which is in contact with root surface is called___________________?

A. Rhizoshpere
B. Lithoshpere
C. Atmoshpere
D. None of the above

Ayrshire is a breed of cattle _____________________?

A. Dairy
B. Beef
C. Draught
D. Dual

A measure of the real purchasing power of the community ?

A. Aggregate demand
B. Total effective demand
C. Total expenditure
D. All

Bacteria, single celled animals and plants are grouped to gather

as_______________________?
A. Protozoa
B. Prototypal
C. Protista
D. Prokaryotes

A paranchy matous outer growth in the minor wall of the ovary to which the
ovules are attached is called ___________________?
A. Cambium
B. Placenta
C. Ovule
D. Ovary

Pedigree selection is used in____________________?

A. Self pollinated plants
B. Cross pollinated plants
C. Plant difficult to hybridized
D. For crosses at intervener level

Eating quality of the fruits is determined by_____________________?

A. Flavor
B. Texture
C. Physiological age
D. All the above

The drawbacks of erosion can be divided into:__________?

A. Onsite damages
B. Offsite damages
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above

Some times, AB/EB/BA/BE horizons in soil profile are present which are
called__________?
A. Master horizons
B. Transition horizons
C. Little horizons
D. All of the above

An asset set aside for future use is termed as_______________________?

A. Future planning
B. Store of value
C. Speculation
D. None

Ant caking agents used in food industry are ________________________?

A. Propylene glycol
B. Glycerol
C. Calcium silicate
D. All the above

The membrane which surrounds the___________________?

A. Nucleus
B. Chloroplast
C. Vacuole
D. Cutoplasm

In land capability classification, class I-Iv are suitable for:_________?

A. Suitable for grazing
B. Suitable for forestry
C. Unsuitable for any agricultural use
D. Suitable for cultivated farming

Agriculture contribution in GNP of developing nations?

A. 20 %
B. 35 %
C. 50 %
D. 14 %

Secondary air pollution is _____________________?

A. HNO3
B. CO3
C. CO2
D. All the above

Water-erosion can be reduced / controlled by:___________?

A. Provision of surface-cover that intercepts the rain before hitting the soil.
B. Reducing the amount of runoff by promoting infiltration.
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Colostrums to the young born calf should be given by

___________________________ ?
A. 1/10th of body wt.
B. 1/20th of body wt.
C. 1/5th of body wt.
D. 1/25th of body wt.

The ratio of actual cultivated area to a total farm area over a year is
called__________________?
A. Cropping pattern
B. Cropping intensity
C. Cost-benefit ratio
D. None of the above
Cavitation is caused by _____________________?
A. High velocity
B. Low discharge
C. Low pressure
D. High pressure

Tillage is field operation which help in cutting, loosening and inverting the soil
for_________________?
A. Fertilization
B. Irrigation
C. Seed bed preparation
D. Transplantation

Extraction of humic substance can be done by______________________?

A. NaOH
B. NH4Cl
C. NH4OH
D. None of the above

Three important law of heredity proposed by Mendel relate

to___________________?
A. Gene linkage, character se gregation and independent assortment
B. Gene linkage, dominance and segregation
C. Segregation, independent assortment and gene linkage
D. Segregation, independent assortment and dominance recessive ness

As a general rule interbreeding is possible between______________________?

A. Any two members of a Genus
B. Any two members of a Species
C. Any two members of a Family
D. Any two members of an order
The under sluices in a weir are provided, at the level of upstream floor dispose
off the sediment deposited on downstream is called______________________?
A. Under sluices
B. Head sluices
C. Scouring sluices
D. Sluice gates

Plants which shed their leaves during winter are___________________?

A. Monoecious
B. Evergreen
C. deciduous
D. annuals

Recemases belongs to___________________?

A. Isomerases enzyme
B. Ligases enzyme
C. Lyases enzyme
D. Oxireductase enzyme

A cooperative farm or other collectively organized unit ?

A. Corporation
B. Commune
C. Society
D. All

Organic P content in soil, by ignition method is estimated by igniting the soil at

____________________?
A. 250ºC
B. 1000ºC
C. 550ºC
D. 1250ºC

Weep holes are provided in canal lining to _____________________?

A. improve strength of lining
B. Give additional anchorage against sliding
C. Provide water into branch canals
D. Have drainage facility

The albedo of the earth is:__________?

A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 35%

The marble is a__________?

A. Dynamo metamorphic
B. Thermo metamorphic
C. Hydro metamorphic
D. Not sure

Gassypium barbadense was originated in__________________?

A. Central and North America
B. Central and South America
C. Central and South Asia
D. North Mexico and North America

The appropriate method to apply phosphatic fertilizers is__________?

A. Top dressing
B. Broad casting
C. both A and B
D. Basal placement

What is antidote of anticoagulant rodenticide_____________________?

A. Vitamin K
B. Atropine
C. Diazepam
D. Earbiturate

Geographical area of Pakistan in million hectare is_______________?

A. 60
B. 80
C. 95
D. none of the above

Dragonfly and damselfly have type of legs_________________?

A. Fossorial
B. Metatorial
C. Raptorial
D. Basket like

The water particles held in soil pores of root zone by _____________ against
gravity and is known as capillary water?
A. Cohesive force
B. Capillary force
C. Tension force
D. Gravity force

Various methods of pest scouting are_________________?

A. Maryo’s method
B. Diagonal method
C. Zig zag method
D. All the above

An industry in which economics profits are negative and which will, therefore,
decrease its output as firms leave it ?
A. Increasing cost industry
B. Decreasing cost industry
C. Declining industry
D. None of these
What civil engineers called soil?
A. Soil
B. Land
C. Earth
D fragmented rock

Viviparous insects which produced__________________?

A. Eggs
B. Young ones
C. Nymph
D. None of the above

The lowest pest population that will cause economic damage is called
___________________?
A. Economic injury level
B. Economic threshold level
C. Economic damage
D. None of the Above

Fungi damage our crops by_________________?

A. Producing toxic substances in plants
B. Destroying green pigment of plant
C. feeding on flowers and fruits
D. Absorption of nutrients from plant tissues

Earliest method of plant breeding?

A. Introduction
B. Mutation
C. Hybridization
D. Selection

Which one of the following is best flour improver ______________________?

A. Cl2
B. ClO2
C. Benzoyl peroxide
D. All the above

Pulling of off- type plants from a cropped field is called___________________?

A. Rouging
B. Weeding
C. Pruning
D. None of the above

The value of a product sold by a firm less the value of the products purchased
and used by the firm to produce the product____________________?
A. Value added
B. Value of money
C. Vertical range
D. None

A genetic element which can exist in more than one of the two alternative forms
is known as__________________?
A. Episome
B. Disome
C. Mecrosome
D. Peroxisome

A pigment sensitive to light is known as___________________?

A. Photo phase
B. Photo pigment
C. Photo receptor
D. None of the above

When ever a body is immersed wholly or partially in water, it is lifted up by a

force equal to the weight of water displaced by the body ?
A. Archimed’s Principle
B. Law of gravity
C. Newton’s law of otion
D. None of these

The root of cotton plant goes up to depth of_________________?

A. 2-3 ft
B. 4-6 ft
C. 8-10 ft
D. non of these

The Indus basin irrigation system has__________________?

A. 11 Barrages
B. 19 Barrages
C. 25 Barrages
D. 41 Barrages

When price for one and demand for other move in same direction we say
them___________________?
A. Complementary
B. Substitutes
C. Supplementary
D. None

When the rate of change of discharge of outlet equals the rate of change of
discharge of the channel, the out let is called __________________?
A. Sensitive
B. Flexible
C. Proportional
D. Non-flexible

Which type of bacteria grow best at room temperature of

20____________________?
A. Mesophilic
B. Thermophilic
C. Psychrophilic
D. All the above

The parasite which requires only one host for its complete life cycle is
called________________?
A. Monoxenous parasites
B. Zoophagous parasites
C. Phytophagous parasites
D. Entomophagous parasites

Resistance of plants to living organism is called______________________?

A. Abiotic resistance
B. Biotic resistance
C. Vertical resistance
D. Horizantal resistance

Club-root is the disease of____________________?

A. Turnip
B. Okra
C. Watermelon
D. Cabbage

A pipe flowing full, the liquid particles in the pipe has maximum velocity at
__________________?
A. Top of pipe
B. Centre of pipe
C. Bottom of pipe
D. All are correct

The whole body of fungus is known as________________?

A. Thallus
B. Hyphae
C. Mycellium
D. Septale

In Incern, resistance to spotted aphid is associated with__________________?

A. low sinigen in leaves
B. High saponin in leaves
C. High DIMBOA in leaves
D. High silicant content

In dairy industry, a process for producing evaporated milk was presented

in______________________?
A. 1896
B. 1835
C. 1840
D. 1842

Percentage of area irrigated by a cusec of water during the season is

called_______________?
A. Intensity
B. Base period
C. Cusec
D. Irrigation frequency

First agriculture reforms in Pakistan?

A. June 24, 1959
B. Jan 24, 1956
C. Jan 30, 1959
D. Jan 24, 1959

A set of soils with same parent material, topography, climate and biota but
different age is called_________?
A. Topo sequence
B. Catena
C. Chrono sequence
D. Topography

Epitasis implies_____________________?
A. One gene pair enhances phenotype expression of another gene pair
B. Many gene together control a parucular phenotype
C. One pair of gene can completely mask the expression of another gene pair
D. One gene pair independently controls a phenotype

Which chemical used to prevent evaporation from surface of water in water

bodies?
A. Cetyle alcohol
B. Methyle alcohol
C. both A and B
D. None of these

Carbohydrates are separated by___________________?

A. Gas liquid chromatography
B. Infra-red spectrophotometer
C. Flame photometry
D. Paper chromatography

Which is the strongest animal of the world_________________?

A. Whales
B. Elephants
C. Ants
D. Beetles

The capacity of a soil to function on sustained basis promoting plant and animal
health:
A. Soil Quality
B. Soil Pollution
C. Soil Salinity
D. None of these

There has been emphasis on the conservation of wild relatives of cultivated

plants because wild plants________________?
A. Grow better then cultivated plants
B. Serve, as valuable fodder plants
C. Needed to understand the origin of cu;cultivated plants
D. Carrying many useful genes which are lost in cultivated plants

The insect that parasitize the larger animals are called____________________?

A. Phytophagous parasites
B. Zoophagous parasites
C. Entomophagous parasites
D. None of the Above

Citrus tree can tolerate soil pH_________________?

A. 5-6
B. 5.5-8.5
C. 5.5-7.5
D. None of the above

A particular set of institutional arrangement and a coordinating mechanism

is___________________?
A. Economic system
B. Fascism
C. Mixed system
D. None

The amount of moisture content present in the air, when it is expressed as

weight per unit volume is called ________________?
A. Humidity
B. Absolute Humidity
C. relative humidity
D. All are correct

The act of removing the skin or hide during slaughtering

is___________________?
A. Flag
B. Flare
C. Fleece
D. Skin

Evolution proceed on account of____________________?

A. Conversion pf organism to change of environment
B. Fossils
C. Adaptations through genervation
D. Struggle for existence

Milk is pasteurized at___________________?

A. 50ºC for 30 minutes
B. 60ºC for 30 minutes
C. 62.8ºC for minutes
D. None of the above

Those rams whose breeding worth is known, is known as

_______________________?
A. Experienced ram
B. Adult ram
C. Mature ram
D. None of above

The cellular structure which always disappears during mitosis

is___________________?
A. Plastids
B. Protoplasm
C. Membrane
D. Nuclear and membrane

Resigns is toxic substance found in_______________?

A. Guava
B. Mango
C. Apple
D. Cassava

A flower having many pistils on same receptacle

develop____________________?
A. Multiple fruit
B. Aggregate fruit
C. Stone fruit
D. All the above

The soil texture refers to the relative proportion of sand,__________ and clay:
A. Stone
B. Soil
C. Rock
D. Silt

Which generate variability_________________?

A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis
C. Peleiotropy
D. None of the above

The parasite which are capable of developing upon a few closely related host
species is called_______________?
A. Oligophagous parasites
B. Polyhagous parasites
C. Facultative parasites
D. Transitory parasites

Imperfect flower is___________________?

A. Without sepals
B. Unisexual
C. Without petals
D. None of the above

The living together of two or more species in a prolonged and intimate

ecological relationship is called________________?
A. Symbiosis
B. Biosystem
C. Auto environment
D. Climate

The control of pest by human controlling activities and law is

called____________________?
A. Regularity method
B. Chemical method
C. genetic method
D. Physical method

The precipitation that falls during the growing season of the crop is
called__________________?
A. Useful rain fall
B. Direct rain fall
C. Monsoon rain fall
D. all are correct

Resting stage in endopteryota is called?

A. Larva
B. Adult
C. Pupae
D. Nympth

What colour show extremely hazard to human being_________________?

A. Red
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. Brown

Out/ of a well water is more than canal water because____________________?

A. Conveyance losses in well irrigation are less
B. Well water is clear than canal water
C. Lifting of water increase cost of well water
D. Well water is used economically

Lathyrism is nervous disease caused by____________________?

A. Consumption of high carbohydrate foods
B. Low protein foods
C. Consumption of matter over longer periods
D. All the above

Temperate fruits requires certain amount of chilling to flower, which one is the
important temperate fruit from the following list__________________?
A. Mango
B. Litchi
C. Apple
D. All the above

Size of clay particle is___________________?

A. 0.02mm
B. 0.2mm
C. 0.002mm
D. 2mm
Opportunity cost is illustrated by the___________________?
A. Steep slope
B. Downward slope
C. Positive slope
D. None

All international changes in ownership of merchandise passing across the

customs borders of trading countries?
A. Merchandise trade balance
B. International trade laws
C. Trade barriers
D. Merchandise imports and exports

BHA and BHT are examples of_____________________?

A. Anti sprouting
B. Anti ripening agent
C. Antioxidants
D. Antimicrobial agents

In spermatogenesis, each spermatogonium increases in size to form a

__________?
A. Spermatozoa
B. Spermatid
C. Primary oocyte
D. Spermatocyte

An instrument used for measuring pressure head, generally made up of a small

pipe tapped into the side of conduit is called ___________________?
A. Pilot tube
B. Piezometer
C. Manometer
D. All are correct
A substance that destructive to nerve tissue is called____________________?
A. Toxicant
B. Neurotoxin
C. Drift
D. Swath

Desert locust is__________________?

A. Key pest
B. Potential pest
C. Occasional pest
D. None of the above

An analytic approach in which we move from facts to theory, from a particular

to general is called____________________?
A. Induction
B. Deduction
C. Generalization
D. Randomization

Which one of the following techniques is used for assessing available P in soil
and does not include growing plants:
A. E-Value
B. L-Value
C. a-Value
D. A-Value

The insects which transfer disease from one plant to another is known
as__________________?
A. Disease transmitter
B. Vector
C. Pest
D. Parasite
Which of the following is a cash crop ___________________?
A. Maize
B. Paddy
C. Cotton
D. Wheat

RELP’s, RAPD are helpful in________________?

A. Gene sequencing
B. Gene mapping
C. Identify new genes
D. All the above

First intergeneric hybrid between radish and cabbage was made

by_______________________?
A. Jones (1917)
B. Muller (1927)
C. Fray (1966)
D. Karpehenko (1927)

When seepage water after passing the ground water aquifer joins the surface
stream, such stream will be called_____________________?
A. Influent stream
B. Effluent stream
C. Rain stream
D. Storm stream

chemicals which induce leaf fall are called____________________?

A. Defoliant
B. Growth regulators
C. Herbicides
D. Fungicides

Year number of deaths per 1,000 population is called?

A. Crude mortality rate
B. Death rates
C. Both
D. None

Example of inorganic pesticides are__________________?

A. calcium cyanide, boric acid
B. Chlorine, nitrogen
C. Oxygen, sulfur
D. Phosphorus, chlorine

Floor Space requirement for buffalo in covered area is

______________________?
A. 3.5 m2
B. 4 m2
C. 4.5 m2
D. 5 m2

Which one of the following are macro nutrients__________________?

A. N,P,K
B. C,H,O
C. Ca,Mg,S
D. All the above

Organic Soils are classified as ____________ and are also known as

____________ soils:
A. Alfisols. fine & coarse textured
B. Histosols, peat & muck
C. Ultisols, Fe & Al rich
D. None of the above

A compound toxic to crop formed by the thermal decomposition of urea

is_________________?
A. Uric acid
B. Biurct (NH2CONH CONH2 H2O)
C. Diuret
D. Both b & c

Protein content in barely is higher than____________________?

A. maize
B. rice
C. wheat
D. None of the above

Concept of path coefficient analysis was given by_________________?

A. Mather (1949)
B. Wright (1921)
C. Fisher (1918)
D. Smith (1936)

When seed leaves the fruit or flower is called__________?

A. Quiescent.
B. Dormancy
C. Dissemination
D. None of these

One of the following is not a form of water erosion:

A. Saltation
B. Rainsplash erosion
C. Sheet erosion
D. Rill erosion

Guava, tomato, ber and melons are rich in__________________?

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin D

Which of the following is not known as grass family?

A. Cypraceae
B. Palmaceae
C. Liliaceae
D. None of the above

The process of periodic shedding of hard secretion cuticle which occurs during
developmental stages of insects is called_______________?
A. Moulting
B. Ecdysis
C. Exuvium
D. Moulting and Ecdysis

The storage life of dried fruit at 32ºF with R.H of 60% is___________________?
A. 4-6 months
B. 6-8 months
C. 9-12 months
D. 8-10 months

Productive efficiency means___________________?

A. Producing all output combinations in the least costly way
B. Producing the specific output mix most desired by society
C. Producing the desired ones only
D. None

A substance used in a pesticide, it helps the spray material to adhere to the

sprayed surface is called_________________?
A. Adhesive
B. Adjuvant
C. Activator
D. Agitation
The water force per meter length on a vertical wall is equal
to_________________?
A. w H
B. W.H/2
C. WH2 2
D. wh2

Breeding season in Sheep ________________________?

A. Spring & Autumn
B. Spring & Summer
C. Spring & Winter
D. Only Spring

The amount of pest induced injury to the crop which will justify the cost of
artificial control measures is called________________?
A. Economic damage
B. Economic threshold
C. Economic injury level
D. None of the Above

The enzymes and pigments associated with photosynthesis are located in

___________________?
A. Leucoplast
B. Plastid
C. Chloroplast
D. Protoplast

The process of transfer and deletion of several gene

is_____________________?
A. Gene mutation
B. Chromosomal mutation
C. Monoploldy
D. Synapsis

Those insects which lives in groups, clones or tribes form are

called__________________?
A. Gregarious insects
B. Social insects
C. Solitary insects
D. Household insects

White rust of crucifers is caused by__________________?

A. Pemospora Parasitica
B. Alternarian solani
C. Albugo candida
D. Aspergillus niger

Hot desert has mean annual temperature of___________________?

A. 50°C
B. 40°C
C. 30°C
D. None of the above

The nucleic acids comprise of_________________?

A. DNA
B. RNA
C. DNA & RNA
D. DNQA and protein

The mechanism ensuring genetic continuity in mitosis

is____________________?
A. Formation of two daughter cells with identical DNA
B. Crossing over of the genes
C. Halving of chromosome nuriber between two daughter cells
D. Segregation of maternal and paternal characters

A federal budget deficit caused by a recession and a consequent decline in tax

revenues ?
A. Annual deficit
B. Cyclical deficit
C. Anticipated deficit
D. None

which is multipurpose tree___________________?

A. Kikar
B. Mango
C. Cedar
D. Pine

Auxins and cytokinins are________________?

A. Growth regulators
B. Herbicides
C. Insecticides
D. Fungicides

Silt free water should be supplied to the canals

through______________________?
A. Under sluices
B. Head sluices
C. Scouring sluices
D. Sluice gates

In green vegetables, the limiting amino acids is__________________?

A. Methionine
B. Arginine
C. Lysine
D. Trytophan
The determination by the state, of what shall be produced and how factors of
production shall be allocated among different uses ?
A. Circular flow model
B. Cognitive planning
C. Centralized planning
D. None

The credit for identifying the essentality of K, Ca, Mg and P to planta goes
to________?
A. C. Sprengel
B. Theodore Saussure
C. Dr. Muhammad Sharif et al.
D. Shafiq Khalil et al.

The food in onion is stored in___________________?

A. Roots
B. stems
C. Flowers
D. Scaly leaves

Workers of honey bees have number of chromosome_______________?

A. Diploid
B. Haploid
C. Triploid
D. None of above

The permissible limit of hardness of water fore low pressure boiler is

_____________________?
A. 30 mg/litre
B. 40 mg/litre
C. 50 mg/litre
D. 60 mg/litre
Chromium (Cr) is a____________________?
A. Macro element
B. Secondary element
C. Heavy metal
D. Free element

Malpesition is a condition during which the chick hatch

_________________________?
A. Poorly
B. Abnormal
C. Donot hatch
D. Diseased one

When some cultivars are resistance and some cultivars are susceptible, when
they are infested with same insect biotype such type of resistance is
called___________________?
A. General resistance
B. Specific resistance
C. Cross resistance
D. Horizontal resistance

Moths and butterflies have types of pupae________________?

A. Obtect
B. Coarctate
C. Exarate
D. Platyform

The storage life of fresh beef at 34ºF with R.H of 92% is_________________?
A. 1-3 weeks
B. 1-4 weeks
C. 1-6 weeks
D. 1-8 weeks
Which one of the following is the non-ethylene producing
fruit______________________?
A. Mango
B. Banana
C. Orange
D. Pear

The fermentation in which sugars are converted into ethyl alcohol and carbon
dioxide is__________________?
A. Lactic fermentation
B. Acetic fermentation
C. Alcoholic fermentation
D. All the above

The most commonly used leaving agents in barley are__________________?

A. Yeast
B. Sodium bi carbonate
C. Sugar
D. Both a & b

A film on economics in which economists study and observe the details of an

economic unit or a very small judgment of economy is__________________?
A. Macroeconomic
B. Micro economic
C. Positive economic
D. Normative economic

The concentration of ethylene required for the ripening of Banana

is______________________?
A. 5 ppm with 24 hr
B. 10 ppm with 24 hr
C. 12 ppm with 24 hr
D. 15 ppm with 24 hr

The device used for the measurement of positive pressure potential of soil
water is known as_________________?
A. Lysimeter
B. Tensiometer
C. Piezometer
D. Barometer

The herb plants have___________________?

A. Woody stem
B. Non-woody stem
C. Trunk
D. All the above

Tomatoes would not have turned red if__________________?

A. They were kept at the bottom layer of the box
B. They were mixed with the ripe apples
C. There were no ripe apples in the box
D. Less ” hey” had been put in the box

Enzymes are__________________?
A. Activator
B. Catalyst
C. Inhibitor
D. none

An economic system in which property resources are privately owned and

markets and prices are used to direct and coordinate economic
activities________________?
A. Pure capitalism
B. Command Economy
C. Closed economy
D. Open economy

Which one of the following quantative change is associated with ripening of

fruits_____________________?
A. Breakdown of poly carbohydrates
B. Conversion of starch to sugar
C. Pectic substance and hemicellulose
D. All the above

C:N ratio of microorganism:

A. 4:1-8:1
B. 10:1-15:1
C. 15:1-20:1
D. N0ne of the above

Organism arise from existing forms by genetic variations is

called_________________?
A. Mutation
B. Genetics
C. Genetics
D. Hybridization

Aphid is example of____________________?

A. Oviparous
B. Viviparous
C. Paedogenesis
D. All type of production

In Pakistan, The following igneous rocks are found over considerable areas:
A. Marl, gypsum
B. Slate, Shist
C. Dolomite shale, gneiss
D. None of the above

Now- a -days the hydraulic structures are designed. Keeping in view the flow
net, this was given by __________________?
A. Blight
B. Khosla
C. Lane
D. Darcy

The centre of origin of sunflower is__________?

A. East Asia
B. North America
C. West Africa
D. South America

Crop rotation means growing_________________?

A. Same craps
B. Growing green manures
C. Growing different crops
D. Growing fodder crops

The number of children who die before their first birthday out of every 1,000
live births?
A. Infant mortality rate
B. Children mortality rate
C. Crude mortality rate
D. All

If the quantity of organic matter is more than 50% is called________?

A. Clay soil
B. Sandy soil
C. Peat soil
D. All of these
Azotobacter fixes atmospheric nitrogen in the soil by:__________?
A. Symbiotically
B. Non-symbiotically
C. Can fix A & B
D. None of these

The oil content in sunflower is________?

A. 25-35%
B. 50-60%
C. 35-40%
D. 45-55%

The maximum magnification possible within electron microscope

is____________________?
A. 2000 times
B. 4000 times
C. 400,000 times
D. 200,000 times

In low-rainfall areas, huge shifting sand dunes are commonly found, particularly
near human habitations. Techniques of afforesting the shifting dunes needed to
be implemented. These techniques consist of___________?
A. Treatment of shifting sand-dunes by fixing barriers in parallel stripes or in a chess-board
design, using the local shrub material starting from the crest of the dunes to protect the
seedlings from burial or exposure by the blowing of sand.
B. Protection against biotic interference
C. Both a & b
D. None of these

In cotton the recommended R x R distance is_________________?

A. 75 cm
B. 90 cm
C. 45 cm

Malathrion and Parathion insecticides belongs to_________________?

A. Organo-chlorine group
B. Pyrethroid group
C. Carbamate group
D. Organo-phosphate

The storage life of onions at 32ºF with R.H of 75% is__________________?

A. 2-4 months
B. 4-6 months
C. 6-8 months
D. 8-10 months

Who gave the principle that man tends to multiply faster than food
supply________________?
A. Mathis
B. Mendel
C. Darwin
D. Haldane

Vertical movement of water was studied by_________________?

A. Ziebig
B. Darcy
C. Kohler
D. Niel

The best soil for cotton cultivation is_________________?

A. Sandy soil
B. Loamy soil
C. Silty soil
D. Clay loam soil
The contribution of agriculture in the GDP of the country
is____________________?
A. 25%
B. 35%
C. 30%
D. 40%

The harmful influence of one living plant on another living plant by the secretion
of a toxic substance is called________________?
A. Allergy
B. Allelopathy
C. Parasitism
D. Antagorusm

The chemical used for controlling of mites is called__________________?

A. Acaricide
B. Nematicide
C. Nematicide
D. Mollusicide

Pure line theory was developed by_______________?

A. Thoday (1960)
B. Mather (1951)
C. Allard (1957)
D. Johannsen (1903)

Agar is an extract from____________________?

A. Fungi
B. Algae
C. Bacteria
D. None of the above

Average gestation period of goat is ___________________ days?

A. 130- 140 days
B. 148- 156 days
C. 160- 170 days
D. None

An individuals demand curve is down sloping because_____________________?

A. Price and quantity demanded are inversely related
B. P & D are directly related
C. There is no relation bet P & D
D. None

The term self incompatibility was coined by________________?

A. Koelreuter (1763)
B. Gerstel (1950)
C. East (1940)
D. None of the above

Simple plains that lack photosynthesis pigments are called

as_________________?
A. Fungi
B. Bacteria
C. Virus
D. None of the above

Flow in which each liquid particle has a definite path is called

_____________________?
A. Steady flow
B. uniform flow
C. Laminar flow
D. Transitional flow

CCRI stands for_______________?

A. Cotton crop research institute
B. Center for crop research institute
C. Central cotton research institute
D. non of these

Global gene bank of sorghum is located at_______________________?

A. ICRISAT
B. ICARDA
C. CIP Peru
D. None of the above

Okra, green peas, green beans and leafy vegetables

are____________________?
A. Low acid foods
B. Medium acid foods
C. Acid foods
D. High acid foods

A curve consisting two or more arcs of different radii curving in the same
direction with common tangent is called ___________________?
A. Composite curve
B. Compound curve
C. Double curve
D. All are correct

swelling clay soils, develop cracks due to greater proportion of swelling type
clays:
A. Alfisols
B. Ultisols
C. Vertisols
D. None of the above

1 mg of H+ will be equal to_________?

A. 20 mg of ca2+
B. 12 mg of Mg2+
C. 9 mg of Al3+
D. All of the above

Food substances enter in food stuffs accidentally during production, processing,

storage and handing often referred 10 as___________________?
A. Food contaminations
B. Food adulterants
C. Food additives
D. All the above

L.S.B (Layallpor Silver Black) was developed at ________________________?

A. U.A.F
B. Multan
C. Sargodha
D. Sahiwal

Maximum vegetable crops belong to the family____________________?

A. Solanaceae
B. Cruciferae
C. Cucurbitaceae
D. Legumunaceae

In 1991-92 the record production of cotton in Pakistan was_______________?

A. 12800,000 bales
B. 1200,000 bales
C. 1000,000 bales
D. 1100,000 bales

Primary air pollution is____________________?

A. SO
B. SO3
C. SO2
D. None of the above

Lenticular transpiration generally occurs in____________________?

A. Cercal crops
B. Vegetables
C. Woody plants
D. Flower

When the reservoir is full, the maximum compressive force in a gravity dam is
produced ___________________?
A. At the toe
B. At the heel
C. Within the middle third of base
D. At centre of base

Fertilizer application before seed sowing is called__________________?

A. Top dressing
B. Broadcasting
C. Basal application
D. Drilling

During the peak stage of river, there exist an out flow from river into the ground
water reservoir, in such case river will be called _________________?
A. Influent stream
B. Effluent stream
C. Storm water stream
D. Seepage stream

Change in quantity demanded is______________________?

A. Upward movement or shift of entire cure.
B. Shift of the demand curve to left side
C. Movement from one point to the other on the same demand curve
D. None
The substance that an enzyme acts upon is known as___________________?
A. Product
B. Substrate
C. Mycotoxin
D. None of the above

If the weir flood is designed continuous with divide piers as reinforced

structure,such that the weight of divide piers, keep the structure safe against
uplift, is called__________________?
A. Non-gravity weir
B. Gravity weir
C. Sharp crested weir
D. Rectangular weir

The chemical formula for Ammonium acctatc is_____________________?

A. NH3OAC
B. NH4OAC
C. NH4AOC
D. Both b & c

Quails have incubation period of _______________________________?

A. 12 days
B. 14 days
C. 16 days
D. 17 days

Concept of disruptive selection was first developed by__________________?

A. Grafius (1965)
B. Mather (9153)
C. Thoday (1960)
D. Falconer (1960)
In oat an site-specific cross between Ivena sativa and A
busantus_____________________?
A. Incompatible
B. Partially fertile
C. Sterile
D. Fully fertile

The tree sends down roots from its branches to the soil is know as:_______?
A. Oak
B. Pine
C. Banyan
D. Palm

AAS stands for:___________?

A. Atomic absorption spectrophotometer
B. Atom analyser solution
C. Asia agriculture society
D. None of these

Ornamental Horticulture is the combination of____________________?

A. Pomology and floriculture
B. Floriculture and landscape
C. Viticulture and landscape
D. None of these

The study of fungi is called__________________?

A. Pathology
B. Fungicology
C. Mycology
D. Genetics

Which insect cause ear splitting plain to some people__________________?

A. Cicadas
B. Fireflies
C. Locust
D. Silver fish

if the depth of water in an open channel is greater than the critical depth, the
flow is called________________?
A. Critical depth
B. Non-critical flow
C. Sub-critical flow
D. Shooting flow

In case of incomplete dominance in the f2

generation_______________________?
A. Ratio of phenotypes is 3:1
B. Ratio of genotypes is 3:1
C. Phenotypic ratio corresponds to the genotypic ratio
D. None of the above

Plant parts useful for extraction of opium from papaver saminiferaim

are__________________?
A. Young seedings
B. Old leaves
C. Unripe fruit
D. Ripened fruit

Triticuin aestivuin is_________________?

A. Triploid
B. Teuaplioid
C. Hexaploid
D. Oetaploid

Rates of open unemployment in developing world average ?

A. 20-40%
B. 8-15%
C. 35-45%
D. 40-60%

Azolla which fixes nitrogen in rice field is__________________?

A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Ferm
D. None of the above

Soil Organic Matter (SOM) which consists of about _______ % organic carbon
plays a vital role by providing macro & micro nutrients:
A. 72 %
B. 58%
C. 62 %
D. Al of the above

Activities of plant tissues ceases at minimum temperature of

____________________?
A. 10ºC
B. -1ºC
C. 4ºC
D. 2ºC

Raising of only one crop in a year, when there is seasonal supply of water is
called______________?
A. Monocropping
B. Monoculture
C. Specialized farming
D. Intensive cropping

Which one of the following is water soluble vitamin ___________________?

A. Vitamin B
B. Vitamin E
C. Vitamin K
D. None of the above

An auxotroph is_________________?
A. A mutant organism which has lost its ability to synthesize one or more essential
nutrients
B. A plan that is able to synthesize its own carbohydrates
C. An organism that depends on other organism for meting its nutrient requirements
D. non of these

Process of mixing soil by fauna and flora is called__________________?

A. Lessivage
B. Pedoturbation
C. Leaching
D. Enrichment

The complex fertilizer Nitrophos available in the market

contains_____________________?
A. 25%N & 23% P2O3
B. 46%N & 23% P2O3
C. 23%N & 23% P2O3
D. None of the above

Sugarcane is an example of____________________?

A. Complex food
B. Simple food
C. Nutritious food
D. Simple food

Zinc phosphide is____________________?

A. Rodenticide
B. Pesticide
C. Insecticide
D. Weedicide

The activity of buying or selling with the motive of later reselling or re buying for
profit is called ?
A. Spillover
B. Speculation
C. Specializing
D. All

Nitrogen gases are involved in_____________________?

A. Sleepy feelings
B. Hair disease
C. Mental disease
D. Acid rains

Propagation and release of sterile incompatible individuals is done in pest

population is called:____________?
A. Chemical control
B. Genetic control
C. both A & B
D. None of these

In sunflower, production of foundation seed requires as

isolation___________________?
A. 400 meters
B. 800 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 100 meters

The study of form and structure of insects are called__________________?

A. insect morphology
B. insect physiology
C. insect Ecology
D. No of above

Reduction in pest population by the utilization of agricultural practices to make

the environment unfavorable for pest is called__________________?
A. Natural control
B. Mechanical control
C. Physical control
D. Cultural control

Which layout is the most suitable for the uneven lands and sub mountain areas
_____________________?
A. Hexagonal system
B. Contour system
C. Triangular system
D. Rectangular system

A mutation which kills 50% of the individual that carry the mutation is known
as_________________?
A. Lethal mutation
B. Sub lethal mutation
C. Vital mutation
D. Sub-vital mutation

An adult female sheep is also called ________________________?

A. Hog
B. Lamb
C. Ewe
D. Doe

Abnormal cell with random number of chromosomes is__________________?

A. Annapolis
B. Polyploidy
C. Heterckaryotic
D. Haploid

The velocity in a large canal or channel measured at a depth of

___________________ gives the mean velocity using the current meter?
A. 0.6m
B. 0.5m
C. 0.6 depth
D. 0.5 depth

Where environment temperature is high the poultry house should face

toward______________________?
A. North-South
B. East-West
C. East-North
D. None of above

Water application efficiency increases if the plot to be irrigated

is__________________?
A. Circular
B. Square
C. Rectangle
D. All are correct

Basalt is a __________ rock:

A. fine-grained
B. Dark coloured
C. both A & B
D. None of the above

The ideal crop for wastewater or sewage irrigation is

_______________________?
A. Mango
B. Banana
C. Dates
D. Orange

Direct effect of pollen grains on the female tissues of the ovary is

called__________________?
A. Pollination
B. Xenia
C. Metaxenia
D. None of the above

England cotton was imported from the time in__________________?

A. 1430 AD
B. 1435 AD
C. 1530 AD
D. 1500 AD

A tax which is a constant amount at all levels of GDP is termwd as ?

A. Fixed tax
B. Surcharge
C. Lump sum tax
D. None

Expulsion of the foetus from the uterus earlier than the usual duration of
pregnancy is called ________________________?
A. Abortion
B. Expulsion
C. Removal
D. None of above

Split gene was first reported in___________________?

A. Drosoplulla
B. Pea
C. Cluckens
D. All the above

Beetles, weevils, earwigs. have fore wing very thick and hard structure
is__________________?
A. Hemelytra
B. Elytra
C. Stripy
D. Halteres

Calf diphtheria is a disease caused by _______________________?

A. Bacterial
B. Viral
C. Fungal
D. None of above

The free living insects that catch and devour smaller or more helpless creatures,
usually killing them in getting a single meal is called ?
A. Predator
B. Parasites
C. Prey
D. Parasitism

In acidic soil which form of phosphorus uptake by plants?

A. Primary orthophosphate
B. Secondary orthophosphate
C. Both
D. None of these

Sugar cane is_____________________?

A. C3 plant
B. C4 plant
C. C2 plant
D. None of the above

Indus river is one of the longest river of Asia measuring

about_____________________?
A. 3000 Km
B. 2500 Km
C. 2900 Km
D. 3200 Km

The cotton plant sheds more fruits mainly due to_________________?

A. More number of irrigations
B. Higher temperature
C. Higher dose of fertilizer
D. Insects and pest

Lettuce is____________?
A. Tuber
B. Fruit
C. Leaf
D. Fruit

Nitrogen fixation is accomplished by:_________?

A. Fungi
B. Bacteria from atmosphere
C. Plants
D. None of these

The value of coefficient of discharge in comparison to cofficient of velocity is

found to be ____________________?
A. Lesser
B. More
C. Equal
D. Zero

A long severe winter and short summer is called_________________?

A. Arctic
B. Sub-temperature
C. Semiarid
D. Semi arctic

A gas produced by anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds is called

as_________________?
A. Ethane
B. Methane
C. Ammonia
D. CO2

Field capacity and permanent wilting point are different

indifferent_______________?
A. Crops
B. Soils
C. Seasons
D. Regions

Thickness of Dikes ranges from___________________?

A. 2-10 m
B. Few m 10 m
C. Few cm 10 cm
D. 10-12 cm

The fleas do _____________________?

A. Fly
B. Never flown
C. May or may not fly
D. non of these
An outlet through which the discharge depends upon the water level in the
distributary is called ___________________?
A. Rigid module
B. Flexible module
C. Non-flexible
D. Non-modular

The significance of difference among several means is tested with the level
of_________________?
A. F-test
B. t-test
C. Z-test
D. X-test

Gulkand is made from the most common beautiful flower of_______________?

A. Jasmine
B. Chrysanthemum
C. Rose
D. Petunia

Water available above the top of root zone of plants is about 15% of soil
moisture contents, is mostly not available to plants celled_________________?
A. Capillary water
B. Irrigation water
C. Effective water
D. Hygroscopic water

Decidous fruits can be planted in __________________?

A. Spring
B. Rainy season
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above
The recommended ratio of male the recommended of male rows to female
rows in hybrid bajra production is_________________?
A. 2 to 4
B. 1 to 2
C. 4 to 8
D. 3 to 6

Proventriculus also called as___________________?

A. Gizzard
B. Crop
C. Esophagus
D. Pharynx

IPM is a pest control strategy in which__________________?

A. Pest are controlled culturally
B. Predators and parasites are used
C. Cultural and biological control techniques are used
D. Pesticides are used

Who said that “sports” are of no significance in evolution?

A. Joseph Kolreuter
B. Vavilov
C. Dobzhansky
D. Darwin

Who described the method of estimating seed vigor on the basis of colour
intensity of stained seed________________?
A. Woodstock (1976)
B. Kittock and Law (1969)
C. Maguire (1962)
D. Nicolls & Heu Decker (1968)
Which of the following are cold blooded animals___________________?
A. Human beings
B. Rodents
C. Insects
D. Protozon

fumerase is an example of_____________________?

A. Ligase enzyme
B. Isomerases enzyme
C. Lysose enzyme
D. Hydrolase enzyme

Cytochrome Oxidase and alcohol de hydrogenise are the examples

of____________________?
A. Oxidoreductases enzymes
B. Transferases
C. Hydrolases
D. Lysases

A chemical or secretions which are thrown outside the body for transmitting
message to the individual of same species is_________________?
A. Hormone
B. Pheromone
C. Juvinile Hormone
D. Ecdysone

Which are the necessary conditions for the hardy Weinberg principle for
applying to genetic population________________?
A. Low mutation population
B. High mutation ratio and small population
C. Selective mating and small population
D. No migration and large population
1 Cusec is 28.3 liters, 1 Cumec is 1000 liters. So, 1 ha mm :
A. 10,000 liters 104
B. 100,000 liters or 105
C. 100,000,00 liters or 107
D. None of the above

The storage life of Apricot at 32ºF with R.H of 90% is _____________________?

A. 2-4 weeks
B. 1-2 weeks
C. 3-4 weeks
D. 1-5 weeks

How many different minerals deposits are found in Pakistan ?

A. 100
B. 60
C. 30
D. None of the above

Plasmids are discovered by___________________?

A. Watson & Crick
B. Iscki & Sakai
C. Beadle & Tatum
D. None of the above

The given off water vapours from the surface of leaves is

called________________?
A. Transpiration
B. Respiration
C. Exudation
D. Evaporation

A module or outlet in which discharge depends upon the difference of head

between distributary and the water course is called ___________________?
A. Non-modular
B. Modular
C. Semi-modular
D. Rigid module

Weathering of gabbros gives_____________________?

A. Sand and clay
B. Clay and iron oxide
C. Clay and Mg oxides
D. Sand and iron oxide

In chicken true stomach is ___________________?

A. Gizzard
B. Proventiculus
C. Crop
D. Duodenum

Prescribed germination percentage of foundation seed of ground nut

is_________________?
A. 70
B. 20
C. 85
D. 90

Concept of ideotype___________________?
A. Model plant type
B. Good plant model
C. Ideal plant type
D. All the above

Germplasm collected within the country is known as____________________?

A. Active collection
B. Working collection
C. Indigenous collection
D. Exotic collection

The leguminous plants are important in agriculture

because_________________?
A. They need very little water to grow
B. Six crops are harvested in a year
C. They are disease resistant
D. Help in nitrogen economy of nature

Which one of the following is fruit__________________?

A. Cauliflower
B. Potato
C. Brinjal
D. Ginger

The part of the udder which manufacture milk is ______________________?

A. Alveolus
B. Alveal
C. Allontois
D. None of above

Irregular rock masses formed in the pre-existing cracks & crevices

are:__________?
A. Sills
B. Dikes
C. Lacoliths
D. Batholiths

Availability of Zn is higher to crops in:_________?

A. Acid soils
B. Sodic soils
C. Saline-sodic soils
D. Saline soils

Self incompatibility which is controlled by two genes is found

in___________________?
A. Gramineae
B. Solanaceae
C. Cruciferae
D. None of the above

Insect body divided into external grooves called Sutures___________?

A. Sutures
B. Somites
C. Sclerite
D. Acron

A cross of unlike organisms is termed as____________________?

A. Hybrid
B. Heterosis
C. Backcross
D. None of the above

Humus generally refers to the decomposed organic residues which have

undergone a series of degradation and synthesis cycles. The humic substances
consist of a series of highly acidic, yellow to black coloured, high molecular
weight compounds __________________, which can be separated using
different extraction procedures:
A. Hymatomelanic acid & Humin
B. Humic acid & Fulvic acid
C. both A & B
D. None of these

Scaled polyethylene bags increase the susceptibility of orange fruit

from_________________?
A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Mould
D. Virus

The aggregation of individual particles is called___________________?

A. Granulation
B. Texture
C. Flocculation
D. Structure

A form of controlled atmosphere storage in which the produce is stored in a

partial vacuum is called___________________?
A. Gas storage
B. Hypo baric storage
C. Modified storage
D. Ca storage

Type of pheromone which get together the insects for food and mating is known
as________________?
A. Alarm pheromone
B. Aggregation pheromone
C. Sex pheromone
D. Trial marking pheromone

Anthesis starts in wheat at__________________?

A. 10.00 am
B. 5.20 pm
C. 1.15 pm
D. 7.00 am

Parthenogenesis is most commonly seen in_______________________?

A. Apple
B. Orange
C. Grape
D. Mango

The tension of the water at the upper plastic limit is equivalent to pF value:
A. 1
B. 2
C. 2.5 – 3.5
D. 0.5

A female goat is also called ________________________?

A. Buck
B. Doe
C. Ram
D. None of above

Analysis of covanance permits estimation of_____________________?

A. Environmental covanance
B. Phenotypic covanance
C. Genotypic convanance
D. All the above

Various crosses made using a common tester are__________________?

A. Top crosses
B. Biparental cross
C. Double cross
D. Test cross

To dispose of the surplus water from dam, a water way is constructed

called________________?
A. Water escape
B. Spillway
C. Channel
D. All are correct

The spread of genes from one breeding population to another by migration

which may result in changes in gene frequency is called________________?
A. Gene flow
B. Genetic drift
C. Gene frequency
D. None of the above

The term ideotype was coined by_____________________?

A. Jennings (1958)
B. Finlay (1968)
C. Rasmesson (1987)
D. Donald (1968)

A. income farm where the operator is producing primarly his family’s needs
rather than for sale is called_______________?
A. Family farming
B. Subsistence farming
C. Intensive farming
D. Progressive farming

The season that starts from 1st April and end on 30th September and run for
183 days is called _____________________?
A. Kharif season
B. Rabi season
C. Rice season
D. Cotton season

External or internal deviation in the birds cause by an unusual process called

_____________________?
A. Excitation
B. Stress
C. Sensitivity
D. Prostration

Immobile nutrient in soil is:_________?

A. P
B. N
C. Mg
D. None of the above

A soil is classified as sodic soil when______________________?

A. EC is 8.5
C. SAR is >13
D. All the above

Which element can be fixed by smecitite___________________?

A. Mgº
B. Kº
C. NH2
D. Both b & c

If the haploid number of chromosomes in a plant is 12, then the number of

chromosomes in monosmic is_________________?
A. 12
B. 24
C. 22
D. 23

When we given stress to the bird a hormone is released from thyroid

_____________________?
A. Progesterone
B. Estrogen
C. Tryodothyromine
D. Androgen

When the weight of weir balances the up lift pressure caused by the head of the
water seeping below the weir bed is called ___________________?
A. Cippollite weir
B. Broad crested weir
C. Gravity weir
D. Non-gravity weir

Source of negative charges on silicate clays is/ are________?

A. Exposed crystal edges
B. Isomorphous substitution
C. Anion exchange
D. All of these

A ratio that shows the unit of capital required to produce a unit of output over a
given period of time?
A. Capital input ratio
B. Capital output ratio
C. Capital intensive ratio
D. None

Rhizoplane is________?
A. An area of soil from root surface to 5 cm
B. Root surface
C. Area within the roots
D. All of them

The term used to denote both sensation and the substance

is________________________?
A. Taste
B. Aroma
C. Flavor
D. All the above

The property of liquid which controls its rate of flow is called

__________________?
A. Capillarity
B. Compressibility
C. Viscosity
D. Specific gravity

Diagrammatic representation of the chromosomes of an organism arranged

according to their size is called_____________________?
A. Ideogram
B. Gene map
C. Karyotype
D. Phenotype

Green vegetables are the source of___________________?

A. Biotin
B. Carbohydrates
C. Folate
D. Vitamin

Dehorning is the removal of _________________________?

A. Horns
B. Car
C. Teats
D. None of above

“structural transformation of primary subsistence economy for economic

development” war proposed by ?
A. Arthur Lewis
B. Keyne’s
C. Carl Marx
D. Rostow

The role of nucleus in regulating the morphology of the plant was discovered
in___________________?
A. pea
B. Acetabularia
C. Macrospore
D. Maize

the most devastating migratory pest is____________________?

A. Cutworm
B. Army worm
C. Locust
D. None of the above

The movement of water in soil profile is.known as__________________?

A. Diffusion
B. Percolation
C. Absorption
D. All the above

Permanente wilting point of clayey soils is not less

than____________________?
A. 20%
B. 10%
C. 5%
D. 15%

Soil conservation is performed by:_________?

A. Cutting trees
B. Excessive grazing
C. By plantation
D. By heavy irrigation

In the initial stage of rainfall, when soil moisture available in the root zone is
very low, the rate of infiltration ?
A. Increases
B. Reduces
C. remain stagnant
D. Normal

Soil erosion is __________ of soil from one place ti another place by natural
agencies (wind & water):
A. Detachement of soil
B. Transportation
C. both A & B
D. None of these

When red tall plant is crossed with dwarf white plant all the plants of F, are
found to be tall red. which of the following ratio will be available when a test
cross is made_________________?
A. 3:1
B. 1:2:3
C. 1:1:1:1
D. 1:2:1

The angle between a head regulator and entrance of water, for smooth entry of
water in a canal is kept as _________________?
A. 90°
B. 100°
C. 110°
D. 120°

If a heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous dwarf plant the

proportion of dwarf progerry will be__________________?
A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75%
D. 100%

Water logging and soil salinization is a twin menace which has effected the
agriculture sector severely, about _______________ hectares of land are
wasted yearly?
A. 30,000
B. 35,000
C. 40,000
D. 45,000

Which is/are dominating salt/s in alkali soil:

A. NaHCO3
B. Na2CO3
C. MgSO4
Both a & b

The insects which spend their lives individually and do not lives in colonies are
known as_____________________?
A. Social insects
B. Solitary insects
C. Gregarious
D. Stored grain insects

The various works constructed on river side to control the flow and pass it safely
from hydraulic structures are called ___________________?
A. River controlling works
B. River Training works
C. Marginal Embankment
D. Guide Banks

A module or outlet in which discharge is fixed and limited, irrespective

fluctuations in water levels in distributary is called _________________?
A. Modular
B. Non-modular
C. Semi-modular
D. Semi – Rigid

Mutation was first discovered by________________?

A. deVries (1900)
B. Morgan (1910)
C. Stadler (1928)
D. Wright (1791)

larvae with cylindrical, elongated, narrow body anterionly and with out legs
is__________________?
A. campo deiform
B. Eruci form
C. Vermiform
D. Scarabaeiform

Mendel studied contrasting characters for his breeding cxperiments with peas
which of the following character he did not study_______________?
A. Pod color
B. Pod shape
C. Plant height
D. Leaf shape

Canals normally excavated directly from river without head regulator is

called___________________?
A. Perennial canals
B. Inundation canals
C. Non-perennial canals
D. Water shed canals

Citrus belongs to the___________________?

A. Announaceae
B. Rutaceae
C. Citrea
D. All the above

The contour of equal water heads and pressure in the soil mass beneath
retaining structure are called___________________?
A. Stream lines
B. Equipotential lines
C. Equilibrium lines
D. Streak lines

Depending on the percentage of sand, silt, clay, soils are divided into _______
textural classes:
A. 12
B. 13
C. 14
D. 09

The first mechanism to start in the wind erosion is_________?

A. Creep
B. Saltation
C. Siltation
D. None of these

Perfect hardness of any mineral is determined by___________________?

A. Mho’s scale
B. pH scale
C. Foot scale
D. None of the above

Which enzyme responsible for the break down of fat and

oil__________________?
A. Carbohydrates
B. Lipases
C. Proteases
D. non of theses

Sum total of currency in circulation plus commercial bank demand deposits and
sometimes savings bank time deposits?
A. Money supply
B. Money lender
C. National income
D. None

Who was the father of canning ______________________?

A. Gay-Lussac
B. Nicolas Appert
C. Tomas
D. Newton

Blast disease is an international disease of________________?

A. Wheat
B. Sugarcane
C. Cotton
D. rice

The message of jasmine is_______________?

A. Love
B. Peace
C. Friendship
D. All the above

Artificial vegetative reproduction is done by_________________?

A. Grafting
B. Budding
C. Layering
D. All the above

The amount by which a nation’s export of goods (or goods and services) exceeds
its import of goods or goods and services is_______________?
A. Trade surplus
B. Trade deficit
C. Trade off
D. None

Pesticide group which goes into the system of host and kills pest without
harming host is called_________________?
A. Systemic
B. Contact
C. Selective
D. Protect ant

Formation of male and female gametes in the flower is

called__________________?
A. Zygote formation
B. Gametogenesis
C. Fertilization
D. REproduction

The most effective method for the transfer of oligogenic

characters________________?
A. Bulk
B. Backcross
C. Disruptive
D. Pedigree

The falling drop of rainwater become spherical due to _________________?

A. Surface Tension
B. Compressibility
C. Capillary
D. None of these

Mostly the salt of calcium and Magnesium can not cause ________________?
A. Salinity
B. Alkalinity
C. Poisoning
D. Turbidity

Infiltration capacity curve is the graphical representation, as to how the

infiltration capacity varies with time after rainfall this curve was represented by
____________________?
A. Darcy
B. Horton
C. Lacy
D. Kennedy

Fumigating and warming soil by covering it with black plastic is

called__________________?
A. Mulching
B. Fumigation
C. Soil solarization
D. None of the above

Deficiency of B can be corrected through application of chemical fertilizer

of_________________?
A. Solubor
B. Boric acid
C. Borax
D. All the above

Top cross was first suggested by__________________?

A. Simmonds (1979)
B. East (1908)
C. Davenport (1908)
D. Davis (1927)

Disease incidences in plants is favored by___________________?

A. Cloudy weather
B. High humidity
C. Low temperature
D. All the above

The study of how economies are transformed from stagnation to growth and
from low income to higher income status?
A. Econometrics
B. Development economics
C. Development plan
D. All

The available form of nitrogen for plants is_________________?

A. NO3
B. NH4
C. Both a and b
D. non of these

Gene for gene hypothesis was proposed by__________________?

A. Nelson (1973)
B. Flor (1956)
C. Robinson (1971)
D. Vander plank (1963)

When the high flood level of the drain is sufficiently below the bed of the Canal
that the drainage water flows freely under gravity, such structure is
called___________________?
A. Aqueduct
B. Syphon-aqueduct
C. Cross-Drainage
D. Non-gravity structure

Tentorium is____________________?
A. Exoskeleton of head
B. Internal skeleton of head
C. Internal skeleton
D. None of the above

The losses of irrigation water due to the seepage but That. does not join the
under ground reservoir is called __________________?
A. Seepage losses
B. Absorption losses
C. Evaporation losses
D. Percolation losses

Rate of entry of water in soil is__________?

A. Infiltration
B. Percolation
C. Leaching
D. Seepage

Which is the flavour enhancer in meat products ______________________?

A. Monosodium glutamate
B. Sorbitol
C. Lecithin
D. None of the above

The percentage of the volume of water filled in voids to the total volume of
solids of soil grains is called__________________?
A. Void ratio
B. Degree of compaction
C. Degree of saturation
D. Volume of saturation

Which one of the following does not contain RNA_______________?

A. Chromosome
B. Ribosomes
C. Nuclcolus
D. Plasmalemma

Urea Toxicity is also called ______________________?

A. NH3 Toxicity
B. Urine Toxicity
C. Blood Toxicity
D. None of above

Who gave the formula for coefficient of velocity of germination ?

A. Kotowski (1926)
B. Germ (1949)
C. Deloucle & Baskin (1972)
D. Moore (1973)

Who discovered nucleic acid________________?

A. Van Mohl
B. Miescher
C. Benda
D. Schultz

Highly decomposed stage of organic matter is called_______________?

A. Cellulose
B. Organic acid
C. Humus
D. All the above

A schedule showing the amounts households plan to spend for consumer goods
at different levels of disposable income is called________________?
A. Income schedule
B. Saving schedule
C. Consumption schedule
D. None

The major source of foreign exchange earning is________________?

A. Wheat
B. Sugarcane
C. Cotton
D. Jute

Removal of cellular water followed by shrinkage of protoplasm is due to

A. Oxidation
B. Deplasmolysis
C. Osmosis
D. Plasmolysis

Mating between distantly related individuals is known as________________?

A. Inbreeding
B. Out breeding
C. Amphimixis
D. All the above
A material which is used to dilute active material is called__________________?
A. Adjuvant
B. Adhesive
C. Carrier
D. Agitation

In forage, crops, ideal plant type consists of ______________________?

A. Tall, leafy, high leaf/stem ratio
B. Dwarf stature
C. Late resistance to disease
D. Dwarf, late green

Primitive cultivars which are selected and cultivated by farmers for many years
are___________________?
A. teriary gene pool
B. Obsolete cultivars
C. Land races
D. Modern cultivars

In richer nations children are______________% of the dependents?

A. 60 %
B. 70 %
C. 66 %
D. 45%

When one set of vegetation follows the oilier set of vegetation with passage of
time is known as________________?
A. Succession
B. Retrogression
C. Biodiversity
D. Linear planting

The groyne pointing downwards in the direction of flow in fiver is

called________________?
A. Permeable
B. Impermeable
C. repelling
D. Attracting

An example of monocot fiber yielding plant is_________________?

A. Cocos
B. Clemates
C. Corchorus
D. Crotalaria

_________ erosion is the removal of a thin layer of soil by water acting over the
whole surface. This type of erosion damaged very fertile lands located on
slopes, some of which have been eroded to a depth of about 15 cm.
A. Rain splash rill erosion
B. Stream bank erosion
C. Sheet erosion
D. Gully erosion

When FSL of the canal is sufficiently above the bed level of drainage so that
canal flows under syphonis action, the structure is called
_____________________?
A. Super passage
B. Syphon – Aqueduct
C. Canal-syphon
D. Aqueduct

Vit. B6 is also called _________________________?

A. Riboflavin
B. Niacin
C. Pyrodoxin
D. None of above

Dried foods have water activity (Aw) of___________________?

A. 1.0
B. 1.5
C. 0.6
D. non of these

In least developed nations dependent children are__________________?

A. 60 %
B. 90 %
C. 50 %
D. 70 %

A channel artificially constructed for water conveyance of appreciable quantities

with no problem of silting and scouring is called ____________________?
A. A regime canal
B. Stable canal
C. Alluvial canal
D. A and B are correct

Egg quality is determined by_____________________?

A. Albumin
B. Yolk
C. Germ spot
D. All the above

Progeny of nucleus seed is called__________________?

A. Foundation seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Certified seed
D. Registered seed
In alkaline soil which form of phosphorus uptake by plants?
A. Primary orthophosphate
B. Secondary orthophosphate
C. both
D. None of these

An accounting item which increase the value of an asset___________________?

A. Debit
B. Credit
C. Loan
D. None

The first artificial hybridization in fruit crops was done

by____________________?
A. Knight
B. Morgan
C. Fischer
D. Muller

Floor space for broiler up to 6 weeks _________________________?

A. 0.5 ft2
B. 1 ft2
C. 1.25 ft2
D. 1.5 ft2

Asymmetrical mouths parts present in__________________?

A. Aphid
B. Thrips
C. Housefly
D. None

Gummosis is the disease of_________________?

A. Mango
B. Guava
C. Citrus (Lemon)
D. none

Trees are characterized by ____________________?

A. Larger branch
B. Single central stem
C. Root
D. Many branches

Kaolinite can be identified by______________________?

A. Spectrophotometer
B. Boiling
C. X-ray diffraction
D. Breaking

To charge different prices for the goods of the same standard is

called___________________?
A. Prices discrimination
B. Prices differentiation
C. Oligopoly
D. Prices elasticity

A condition of green plant in which they become unhealthy and pale yellow in
colour in known as_________________?
A. Chloroplast
B. Chromoplast
C. Leucoplast
D. Chlorsis

Insects which develop their wings externally?

A. Exopterygota
B. Endopterygota
C. Apterabola
D. None of the above

Most salt tolerant grass is___________?

A. Para grass
B. Giant star grass
C. Kallar grass
D. All of the above

Upward shift of the demand curve is due to_________________?

A. Changing in quantity demanded
B. Increase in demand
C. Decrease in quantity demanded
D. None

A cross of hybrid with one of its parents is termed as____________________?

A. Hybridization
B. Backcross
C. Test cross
D. Biohybrid

Skin diseases, night blindness and kidney stone are caused by the deficiency
of__________________?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin D
D. Protein

Organic (O) horizon is absent in_________?

A. Mollisols
B. Histosols
C. Arable soils
D. Non-arable soils
Total number of monetary units received by a firm from the sale of a product is
called___________________?
A. Total revenue
B. Nominal profit
C. Both
D. None

Heliothus armigera is the name of_____________________?

A. American boll warm
B. Gram pod borer
C. Com cob borer
D. None of the above

The water way from a weir is determined by using Lacey’s wetted perimeter i.e.
P=_______(Q)1/2 ?
A. 3.50
B. 3.75
C. 4.75
D. 5.75

Highly specialized plants which reproduced by seeds are

called__________________?
A. Angiosperm
B. Gymnosperm
C. Bryophytes
D. Zerophytes

An egg parasitoid of lepidopterous insects is______________________?

A. Trichogramma sp
B. Apanteles sp
C. water joint beetle
D. Ichneumon
generally useful life of a reservoir is considered terminated when its -gross
storage is reduced by _______________ of the design capacity of the reservoir?
A. 100%
B. 80%
C. 50% l
D. 20%

A population or group of insects composed of a single genotype is

called_____________________?
A. Pilosity
B. Biotype
C. Genotype
D. Phenotype

The part of economy which contains all govt. entities is

called__________________?
A. Public sector
B. Private sector
C. Public utility
D. None

All the individuals derived by vegetative propagation from a single individual is

known as___________________?
A. Affects more than five characters
B. Affects more than ten characters
C. Affects only one character
D. Affects more than one character

When high flood passing down weir creating high up lift pressures and there is
no flow in the canals, if such condition is taken for design and is
called__________________?
A. High flood level
B. Dangerous condition
C. Hydraulic design condition
D. Worst condition

The unit of volume of water used in irrigation practice in FPS system is Acre-
Foot. there fore one Acre- Foot is equal to ___________________?
A. 40560ft3
B. 41560ft3
C. 43560 cubic feet
D. 42560ft3

Sericulture deals with__________________?

A. Fisheries
B. Honey bees
C. Silk worm
D. Forest trees

World Agriculture Day is celebrated on:__________?

A. 12th May
B. 11th June
C. 22nd April
D. None of the above

Causes of Soil are:__________?

A. Indiscriminate felling of trees
B. Over grazing
C. Mismanagement of irrigation syste
D. All of these

Natural antioxidant Vitamin is _____________________?

A. Vit. B
B. Vit. C
C. Vit. D
D. Vit. E

Edible part of pomegranate is____________________?

A. juicy test
B. juicy epicure
C. juicy hairs
D. Monocarp

The recommended daily intake of protein per kilogram by WHO for an individual
is _____________________?
A. 0.25 g
B. 0.49 g
C. 0.59 g
D. None of the above

Concept of biparental mating was developed by__________________?

A. Perkins (1968)
B. Jinks and Jones (1958)
C. Hayman (1958)
D. Comstock and Robinson (1948)

The optimum temperature for warm season crop is ___________________?

A. 25-35°C
B. 18-24°C
C. 20-25°C
D. 10-20°C

The dominance of acidity creates toxicity?

A. Mo
B. Al
C. Zn
D. Mg
mitosis is the normal process in a living cell but sudden and abnormal mitosis in
an organ will some time result in__________________?
A. Cancer
B. Zygote
C. Gastrula
D. New organ

The disposal of sewage by allowing it to flow and Soak into specially leveled
farm land for cultivation purpose is called _____________________?
A. Trickle irrigation
B. Border irrigation
C. Broad irrigation
D. Check irrigation

Initial vegetation that invades and occupies the area is

called_________________?
A. Pioneer
B. Range
C. Resin
D. None of the above

What is bee bread____________________?

A. Honey and wax
B. Pollen and nectar
C. Honey and pollen
D. non of these

The transport of a substance across a biological membrane against a

concentration gradient is called___________________?
A. Passive transport
B. Active transport
C. Absorption
D. Dissolution

The major viral disease of cotton is____________________?

A. Cotton boll rot virus
B. Cotton stem crinkle virus
C. Cotton leaf curl virus
D. None of the above

Young ones of camel and cattle is called: __________?

A. Fawn
B. Calf
C. Kid
D. Lamb

Vigor index of seedings in rice can be determined on___________________?

A. Quantitative basis
B. Qualitative basis
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Variation in the performance of the same mango variety in the same orchard
may be due to the variation in the root stock raised from seeds which may be
due to_______________?
A. Polyembroyonic
B. Variable root stock size
C. Mono-embryonic
D. All the above

The deficiency of Niacin in adults causes___________________?

A. Dementia
B. Diarrhea
C. Ulcerated mouth & tongue
D. All the above

Bacteria producing toxins that cause food poisoning are known

as___________________?
A. Clostridium
B. Staphylococcus
C. Mycodesmavin
D. Both a & b

Surface tension is the property of a liquid which enables it to resist tensile

stress. the surface tension of water is equal to ______________ Kg/m?
A. 0.0056
B. 0.006
C. 0.0065
D. 0.0075

In Pakistan, approximately __________ mha of irrigated land is affected by

salinization:
A. 12.6 mha
B. 5.7 mha
C. 8.2 mha
D. None of the above

In Raygistan area which districts of Sindh are included______________?

A. Karachi
B. Hyderabad and N.Shah
C. Sukkar and. Khairpur
D. None of the above

A type of unemployment caused by insufficient total

spending___________________?
A. Under employment
B. Underdevelopment
C. Cyclical unemployment
D. None

Difference between mean phenotypic value of the progeny of selected plants

and the parental population is known as__________________?
A. Genetic gain
B. Genetic advance
C. Heritability
D. Coheritability

Which of the following is not a legume crop?

A. Ground nut
B. Beans
C. Wheat
D. Peas

An economic plan that sets targets to cover all the major sectors of the national
economy?
A. Centralized plan
B. Comprehensive plan
C. Commune
D. None

Main factors affecting production and quantity of citrus

is___________________?
A. Temperature
B. Humidity
C. Rainfall
D. All the above

Commercial rearing of honey is called________________?

A. Sericulture
B. Apiculture
C. Floriculture
D. Lac culture

Microorganisms have C/N ratio of____________________?

A. 2:1
B. 4:1
C. 12:1
D. 20:1

Allelocliemicals may enter in the soil through the process

of_________________?
A. Diffusion
B. Mass flow
C. Root exudation

Which of the following is a component of nucleic acid and protein:

A. Ca
B. Mg
C. N
D. None of the above

The hydraulic structures like dams, barrages constructed on permeable

foundations are likely to fail due to ___________________?
A. Piping
B. Crushing
C. Sliding
D. All the above

Total complete resistance against any adverse condition is

called_________________?
A. Immunity
B. Tolerance
C. Resistance
D. Plant resistance

An industry in which expansion through the entry of firms decreases the prices,
firms in the industry must pay for resources and there fore decreases their
production costs ?
A. Declining industry
B. Decreasing cost industry
C. Both
D. None

If a river or stream is collecting sediment and is building up dunes in its bed is

called ______________________?
A. Stable river
B. Sub-stable river
C. Aggrading river
D. Sediment river

Proportion of school aged children who don’t complete a particular school cycle
?
A. IIIiteracy rate
B. Dropout rate
C. Children un education rate
D. All

In bhindi, production of foundation seed needs and isolation

distance_________________?
A. 100 meters
B. 50 meters
C. 200 meters
D. 3 meters
The slow process by which new types of organisms arise from existing forms by
genetics variation is called_______________________?
A. Genetics
B. Mutation
C. Evolution
D. Polyploidy

A rise in the general level of prices in an economy___________________?

A. Inflation
B. Dearnen
C. Both
D. None

Na and k can be determined by the use of____________________?

A. Hydrometer
B. Flame photometer
C. Spectrophotometer
D. All the above

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

Which rock is harder_________________?

A. Metamorphic
B. Sedimentary
C. Igneous
D. Sand stone

The edible part of orange is_______________________?

A. Unicelled endocarpie hair
B. Unicelled placental hair
C. Multicelled endocarpic hair
D. Multicelled placental hair

The smell in onion bulb is due to__________________?

A. bad odour of the soil
B. Much sugar
C. Sulphur components
D. Fleshy leaves

Metalegs of worker honey bee is _____________________?

A. Antenna cleaner
B. Silk secreting
C. Cursorial
D. Pollen collecting

Chilling injury in fruits occurs due to__________________?

A. Accumulation of ethanol
B. Accumulation of acetaldehyde
C. Accumulation of toxic compounds
D. All the above

The living organisms that are smaller, weaker or less intelligent than be predor
is called____________________?
A. Host
B. Prey
C. Predator
D. Parasite

The ancestor of poultry bird is _______________________?

A. Crow
B. Archaeopteryx
C. Sparrow
D. Duck

Commercial production of silk is called_________________?

A. Sericulture
B. Apiculture
C. Floriculture
D. Lac culture

The ratio of specific weight of any liquid to the specific weight of water is called
as _________________?
A. Density of liquid
B. Density of water
C. Specific gravity of water
D. Specific gravity of liquid

Housefly have mouth parts_________________?

A. Sponging type
B. Siphoning type
C. Rasping type
D. Piecing sucking type

Insects which are during day light hours are called_________________?

A. Diurnal insects
B. Nocturnal insects
C. Crepuscular insects
D. Non of the above
Organic matter influences:_________?
A. Water holding capacity
B. Cation exchange capacity
C. Aggregate stability
D. All of the above

The total energy line lies over the hydraulic gradient line by an amount equal
to________________?
A. v2/2g
B. v2/g
C. v/2g
D. v/g

Fe is trivalent in which of the chemical compound:

A. Fe (NO3)3
B. Fe2 (NO3)3
C. Fe3 (NO2)
D. None of these

______________assumes economic rationality and purely materialistic,

individualistic, self interested orientation towards economic decision making?
A. Traditional economy
B. Political economy
C. Capitalistic economy
D. Open economy

Mechanisms of material uptake by plants is by____________________?

A. Diffusion
B. Osmosis
C. Root interception
D. Mass flow

Plants with persistent leaves are___________________?

A. Deciduous
B. Evergreen
C. Binuiatis
D. Perininals

“The tricks of economic growth and development are simply a matter of

increasing national savings and investment.” Is a simplest form of?
A. Rostow growth stages
B. Keynesian development theory
C. Harod-Domar growth model
D. None

The most important function of Vit. E is in ______________________?

A. Production
B. Respiration
C. Reproduction
D. Urination

Increase in the price level at a rate greater than expected ?

A. Dearness
B. Deflation
C. Stagflation
D. Unanticipated

The equipment used for separating, cleaning and grading small seeds from given
sample is______________?
A. Seed blower
B. Seed sorter
C. Seed divider
D. a and b

The deficient level of N(%) in plants suggested by various workers

is_________________?
A. <2%
B. <1%
C. <5%
D. 10%

Objective of pruning include___________________?

A. Controlling the direction of growth
B. Developing the strong framework
C. Improving the productiveness
D. all the above

Apical margin of wing of insect is____________________?

A. Hinder margin
B. Frontal margin
C. Outer margin
D. Inner margin

What is the optimum temperature and pH for nitrifying bacteria ?

A. 30-35 c, pH 5.5
B. >35 c, pH less than 5
C. 25-40 c, pH 8-8.5
D. All of thses

Term forest is derived from: ___________?

A. English word
B. French word
C. Latin word
D. None of the above

Bombyx morri is the name of___________________?

A. Lady bird beetle
B. Silk worm
C. Honey bee
D. None of the above

Type of pupae with appendages are free and no glued to the body
is_________________?
A. Obtect
B. Coarctate
C. Exarate
D. Platyform

Soybean contains___________________?
A. Typsin inhibitor
B. Goiterogens
C. Both A & B
D. Neither

Agronomy is a branch of Agriculture that deals with________?

A. Protection of crops from diseases & pests
B. Principles & practice of crop production
C. Principles of field management for crop production
D. Breeding of crop plants

Carbamates contains_________________?
A. Carbon, hydrogen
B. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen
C. Carbon, nitrogen and sulphur
D. Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen

Volatile chemical which exist in the gaseous state in sufficient concentration to

be lethal for a given pest is called ?
A. Fumigant
B. Arsenicals pesticide
C. Pyrethorid
D. carbamate
Ethylene has horticulture uses such as___________________?
A. Inducing fruit maturity
B. Initiating flowers
C. Changing the green color of fruits
D. All the above

Who gave the formula for mean germination time?

A. Nicolls &Heydecker (1968)
B. Kotowski (1962)
C. Baskin (1972)
D. Maguire (1962)

The ratio of treatment variance to error variance is known

as_________________?
A. Correlation
B. F-value
C. Critical difference
D. I-value

What is catchment____________________?
A. An area which drains in to pond
B. An area of woody plantation
C. Ail area of waterlogged condition
D. None of the above

Citrus root stock seeding are ready for budding after_____________________?

A. 6 months
B. 9 months
C. 01 months
D. 02 months

The function of acids in food is to_____________________?

A. Intensity & modified the taste
B. Act as ciectton pair accpot
C. Act as microbial inhibitor
D. All the above

Folic acid deficiency causes___________________?

A. Night blindness
B. Rickets
C. Beriberi
D. Anaemia

Small new plants which grow out from the parent and can be separated as
independent plant is called_____________________?
A. Suckers
B. Offset
C. Division
D. Seeding

Eugenol is important ingredients of oil of__________________?

A. Olive
B. Clove
C. Nutmeg
D. Cumin

A gene which enhances the natural mutations rate of another gene in the same
genome is kanown as___________________?
A. Mutable gene
B. Mutator gene
C. Recepror gene
D. Articulator gene

The average per capita world consumption of milk per head per day
is_________________?
A. 160 g
B. 250 g
C. 320 g
D. Non of the above

An ownership share in a corporation___________________?

A. Stock
B. Corporation
C. Both
D. None

Changes in govt. spending and tax collection designed to achieve a full

employment and non-inflationary domestic out put is
called___________________?
A. Fiscal policy
B. Economic planning
C. Economizing problem
D. None

Buck is male of _______________________?

A. Sheep
B. Cow
C. Goat
D. Loin

Social behavior present in__________________?

A. Termites
B. Ants bees
C. Butterflies
D. Termites, Ants< bees

The moisture content below which a cohesive soil does stick to metal tools is
known as______________________?
A. Liquid limit
B. Plastic limit
C. Sticky limit
D. Alter berg limit

What are productive insects_________________?

A. Silk worms Lac insects Honey bees
B. Parasites, Predators, Pollination
C. Silk worm, Pollinators, Predators
D. Lac insect, Honey bees, pollinator

Boron concentration is irrigation water is considered safe only

upto_________________?
A. 0.7 ppm
B. 1.5 ppm
C. 2 ppm
D. 3 ppm

Maximum fixation of K occurs:__________?

A. 1:1 clay mineral
B. 1:2 clay mineral
C. 2:1 clay mineral
D. 2:2 clay mineral

Wind transported materials if it is silt dominated is__________?

A. Alluvial
B. Colluvial
C. Eolian
D. Loess

In tomato, Boron deficiency leads to:__________?

A. Silvering
B. Piffiness
C. Cracking
D. All of the above

Soil order Vertisol is related to:_________?

A. Black soils
B. River soils
C. Marine deposits
D. Both B & c

All harvested crops remove plant nutrients from the soil. Whether used for
_______________; the various crop products are often consumed far away from
the production sites, some times thousands of kilometers away in another
country.
A. Food
B. Feed
C. industrial raw materials
D. All of these

What is antidote__________________?
A. Treatment given to counteract the effects of a poison
B. Increase the effects of a poison
C. No action against pesticide
D. None of the Above

Problem of erosion in Thal and Cholistan is due to____________________?

A. Wind
B. Fire
C. Water
D. Atmosphere

The monetary payment a firm must make to an outsider to obtain a

resource____________________?
A. Implicit cost
B. Explicit cost
C. Net cost
D. Total cost

The toxicity level of Zn (mg/kg) in plants suggested by some workers

is___________________?
A. > 50 mg kg-1
B. > 10 mg-1
C. > 400 mg kg-1
D. None of these

Which one is most dangerous insect of cotton crop?

A. Spotted holl worm
B. Jassids
C. Both a & b
D. Pink ball worm

The deficient level of N (%) in plants suggested by various workers

is____________________?
A. 0%
B. 3%
C. 5%
D. 10%

The discharge over a rectangular notch is determined by

_____________________?
A. 2/3 cd. b (2 gh) 1/2
B. 2/3 cd. B (2g) 1/2 H
C. 2/3 cd. B (2g) 1/2 H3/2
D. 2/3 cd. b (2g) 1/2 H 5/2

Examples of micro biota are____________________?

A. Protozoa
B. Virus
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Organisms which feeds on dead and decaying organisms are called

as_________________?
A. Saprophytes
B. Halophytes
C. Xerophytes
D. All the above

Sweet potato is___________________?

A. Tuber
B. Fruit
C. Root
D. Rhizome

the layer of atmosphere which blocks ultraviolet radiation from sun

is___________________?
A. Stratosphere
B. Ozone
C. Ozosphere
D. All the above

Rhizosphere is:
A. Area with in the roots
B. Root surface
C. An area of soil in from root surface to 10 cm
D. An area of soil in immediate vicinity around root

In plants when glucose is more than its requirement the surplus is converted
into____________________?
A. Glycogen
B. Starch
C. Sucrose
D. None of the above

Places where volcanoes occur are_________________?

A. Pacific ocean
B. Mid-Atlantic ridge
C. Mediterranean sea
D. All the above

Anti-oxidants is used to prevent food from___________________?

A. Juice flow
B. Discoloration
C. Over npening
D. non of these

Which of the following had great influence on Drawing during during

formulation of his theory of natural selection_________________?
A. Lamark’s idea on inheritance of acquired character’s
B. Mathis’s essay on population
C. Mendes’s experiment on pea
D. De Vries theory of mutation

Items needed for synthesis of plant food in green leaves are _________ & the
process through which it takes place is called photosynthesis:
A. Sunlight
B. Chlorophyll
C. Water & plant nutrients
D. All of the above

Which one of the following is applied in the production of leaved bread and
alcoholic beverages__________________?
A. Lactic fermentation
B. Acetic fermentation
C. Alcoholic fermentation
D. All the above

Deforestation may decrease the chances of__________?

A. Wind erosion
B. land sliding
C. Rainfall
D. None of these

The small unit of DNA capable of undergoing crossing over and recommbination
is________________?
A. Recon
B. Muton
C. Cistron
D. Complan

gestation period of cow is ________________________?

A. 230 ± 10 days
B. 272 ± 10 days
C. 282 ± 10 days
D. 290 ± 10 days

The depth of water in a channel, corresponding to minimum specific energy is

called ________________?
A. Normal depth
B. Critical depth
C. Full supply depth
D. None of these

Tomato would not have turned red if__________________?

A. They were kept at the bottom layer of box
B. They were mixed with ripe apples
C. There were no ripe apples in the box
D. Less “hey”had been put in the box

The last segment of insect which bears a structure which help during mating
is_________________?
A. Paraproct
B. Subgenital plate
C. Acron
D. Somites

The total amount buyers of goods and services sped or plan to

spend____________________?
A. Total spending
B. Aggregate spending
C. Both a and b
D. None

How much grams of vegetables and fruits are recommended for a balanced diet
per day by WHO__________________?
A. 40 grams
B. 150 grams
C. 300 grams
D. 450 grams

The smallest unit of recombination in the chromosome is

called___________________?
A. Gene
B. Chromosome
C. Citron
D. Recon
Which one of the following is disease of wheat_________________?
A. Leaf rust
B. Strip rust
C. Loose rust
D. All the above

The inverted filter consists layer of materials of increasing ______________

from bottom to top?
A. Piping
B. Under mining
C. Permeability
D. Up thrust pressure

Direct runoff is the sum of __________________?

A. Surface run-off and mass flow
B. Bass flow and ground water run off
C. Sub-surface run off and deep percolation
D. Surface run off and flow

Electrolytes leakage is found greater in______________?

A. HD grains
B. LD grains
C. All the above
D. non of these

The available form of calcium to plant is________________?

A. Ca(free cation
B. CaO
C. Ca
D. None of the above

Absence of chlorophyll in a plant is known as__________________?

A. Acrodsome
B. Albinism
C. A gouri
D. None of the above

The most commonly of carbonated beverages in addition to CO2 which one of

the following additive is used as preservative____________________?
A. Sodium propionate
B. Sorbic acid
C. Benzoate
D. Nitrates

A term used by ILO to describe the basic goods and services necessary for a
minimum standard of living ?
A. Basic needs
B. Poverty line
C. Gini co-efficient
D. None

All the goods and services produced in a country in a year plus other sources of
income for example foreign exchange earnings, foreign aid, foreign remittance,
loans etc are called ?
A. GDP
B. NNp
C. NDP
D. GNP

In populations genotypic and phenotypic ratios are identical in cases

of___________________?
A. Mendel lan monohybrid
B. Mendelian dihybrid
C. Incomplete dominance
D. None of the above
What is the function of Gorge bodies__________________?
A. Photosynthesis
B. Protein synthesis
C. Segregation of the products of sunthesis
D. RNA synthesis

Nitrogen requirement for citrus plant per year is___________________?

A. 1 Kg
B. 1-1.5Kg
C. 2Kg
D. 4Kg

The young ones of hemimetabolous insects or exopteryota which are terrestrial

in habbit is__________________?
A. Pupa
B. Nymph
C. Larva
D. Naiad

Oka (1975) has suggested that me population size suitable for maintenance and
seed production of a commercial crop of a self pollinated species should
be________________?
A. 100 plants
B. 200 plants
C. 300 plants
D. 400 plants

The run-off from catchment areas, Roads, buildings and other fallow lands is
called ____________________?
A. Rain water
B. Surface run-off
C. Storm water
D. Dry weather flow

If a haploid chromosome number of a gymnosperm is 12 the chromosome in its

endosperm will be__________________?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 24
D. 36

Sib is a ________________________?
A. Full brother
B. Full sister
C. Both a & b
D. None of above

How much annual rain fall is in sargodha?

A. 400 mm
B. 450 mm
C. 500 mm
D. 550 mm

Costal margin of wing of insect is________________?

A. Frontal margin
B. Outer margin
C. Hinder margin
D. Inner margin

The insecticides with least mammalian toxicity are____________________?

A. Organo-phosphate
B. Organo-chlorine
C. Pyrethroids
D. Carbamates
Breeders seed production is taken up from the nucleus seed B and A lines are
pollinated in an isolation of 1 Km in a ratio of_________________?
A. 1:2
B. 1:3
C. 1:4
D. 1:5

R1 to R6 genes against late blight of potato was reported

by_____________________________?
A. Biffen (1905)
B. Flor (1956)
C. Van der plank (1963)
D. Painter (1951)

The households and the business firms of the economy are

called__________________?
A. Public sector
B. Ptivate sector
C. Govt sector
D. None

In 1992-93 the greatest decrease in the production of cotton was due to attack
of_____________?
A. American boll worm
B. CLCV
C. Spotted boll worm
D. Aphids

Which one of the following is not a cereal crop?

A. Paddy
B. Wheat
C. Sorghum
D. Maize

The amount of water required to rise a crop to matunty with in a given period of
time is called________________?
A. Water frequency
B. Water depletion
C. Water balance
D. Crop Water requirement

An area is officially declared as drought effected if the mean Annual rain fall is
less than of the annual Potential evaporation,______________?
A. 70%
B. 75%
C. 80%
D. 85%

Whisky is distilled from__________________?

A. Fermented mash of malted or unmalted cereals and potatoes
B. Fermented juices of fruits
C. Raw grains
D. Legume fruits

A place or area where maximum variability of crop plants is

observed__________________?
A. Genetic diversity
B. Micro centers
C. Gene sanctuaries
D. Centers of diversity

The new crop critical has been evolved by intervener hybridization

between________________________?
A. Wheat & rice
B. Rye & Wheat
C. Wheat & Anglos
D. Rice & maize

“All LDC’s require to take off into a period of self-sustaining economic growth is
a massive investment program designed to promote rapid industrialization and
the building up of economic infrastructure.” ?
A. Economic development theory
B. Big Push theory of development
C. Rostow’s development plan
D. Harod Domes model

Raising of two or more crops in the same field or in year is called_________?

A. Monocropping
B. Harvest cropping
C. Multiple cropping
D. None of these

Mollic refers to____________________?

A. B-horizon
B. C-horizon
C. U-horizon
D. Surface horizon

According to Chezy’s formula, the discharge through an open channel is equal to

_________________?
A. C (mi) 1/2
B. A (cmi)1/2
C. Ac√R.S
D. A (c.A/pi) 1/2

Sugar present in DNA is_______________?

A. Pentose
B. Hexose
C. Heptose
D. Triose

The chemical formula of Hematite is_____________________?

A. AL (OH)2
B. Fe2O3
C. Fe OOH
D. None of the above

A dam which is prevented from overturning by the action of lateral or vertical

up thrust of water by its weight is called __________________?
A. Gravity dam
B. Arch dam
C. Buttress dam
D. Coffer dam

The chromoplast develops mainly from__________________?

A. Leucoplast
B. Chloroplast
C. Phagoplast
D. Amyloplast

In pulses, limiting amino acids include__________________?

A. Lysine
B. Threamine
C. Tryptophan
D. Methionine

In crop improvement programmed haploids are of great importance because

they__________________?
A. Are useful in studies on meiosis
B. Give homozygous lines following diplodization
C. Grow better under adverse conditions
D. Require only about half the amount of chemical fertilizers compared to diploids

If we place dirty eggs for hatching it hatched _______________________?

A. Poorly
B. Excellent
C. Donot hatch
D. None of above

According to one estimate, wind and water erosion over ______ % of the
Pakistan’s total area?
A. 46%
B. 36%
C. 76%
D. None of the above

The currency of a major industrial country, such as the U.S

dollar___________________?
A. Main currency
B. Hard currency
C. Stable currency
D. None

The storage life of fresh mango at -1 to 4ºc is_________________________?

A. 0-4 weeks
B. 1-4 weeks
C. 1-2 weeks
D. 2-4 weeks

Maximum amount of casein is present in _______________________?

A. Buffalo milk
B. Cow milk
C. Goat milk
D. Sheep milk

Graving means ________________________?

A. Dry
B. Pregnant
C. Abort
D. None of above

Among the cotton exporting countries the number of Pakistan

is_______________?
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th

The soil are contains__________________?

A. Less oxygen as compared 10 atmosphere
B. More carbon dioxide as compared to atmosphere
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Volume of water that unit volume of aquifer will give up by gravity pull is called
____________________?
A. Specific volume
B. Specific yield
C. Specific retention
D. All are correct

Urban population is developed nations?

A. 74 %
B. 80 %
C. 67 %
D. none

What kind of nitrogenous (N) fertilizers should not be used for flooded soil:
A. Ammonical
B. Nitrate
C. Ammonical-nitrate
D. Both B & C

The one reason of unfruitfulness in fruits may be:__________?

A. Heterostyly
B. Compatibility
C. Monoecy
D. None of above

The deficient macronutrient in the sodic soils is:_______?

A. Mg
B. Ca
C. Mo
D. Cu

Cytoplasm fills of the cavity of a cell when if is young. But in nature cells, the
cytoplasm________________?
A. Becomes vacuolated
B. Disappears completely
C. Contracts
D. Disintegrates partially

Use of tetrazolium staining for assessment of seed quality was suggested

by________________?
A. Woodstock (1973)
B. Moore (1973)
C. Maguire (1962)
D. Germ (1950)
The highest milk producing cattle in Pakistan is ____________________?
A. Red Sindhi
B. Sahiwal
C. Bagnari
D. Dajal

Who will decompose organic matter first:

A. Actinomycetes
B. Bacteria
C. Basidiomycetes
D. Fungi imperfecti

Coconut is propagated by____________________?

A. Seed
B. Sucker
C. Stolen
D. Rhizome

Fermentation industries include______________________?

A. Baking
B. Brewing
C. Wine making
D. all the above

The suppression of the action of a gene or genes by a gene or genes not

allelomorphic to these suppressed is known as __________________?
A. Episode
B. Co dominance
C. Epistasis
D. Dominance

A debit which monitory value, an amount awed by a firm or an

individual___________________?
A. Lockout
B. Logrolling
C. Liability
D. None

Cockroach cutworms grass hoopers, stem borer and fruit borers

are______________?
A. Sucking type insects
B. Chewing type insects
C. Jumping type insects
D. None of the above

In mango and carrot how much vitamin C (mg/100 gm)is

present__________________?
A. 80
B. 40
C. 30
D. None of the above

The use of foreign currency as a medium of exchange in place of or long with

the local currency e.g. (Mdexican Pesos)___________________?
A. Partial substitution
B. Currency substitution
C. Currency devaluation
D. None

The depth before the jump is always less then the depth after the jump. The
depth before the jump is called initial depth and depth after the jump is
called_______________?
A. Afflux
B. Final depth
C. Sequent depth
D. Down stream water depth

Average normal temperature of Buffalo in winter is

________________________?
A. 35.8°C
B. 36.8°C
C. 37.8°C
D. 38.8°C

A branch of science which deals with ornamental and vegetables is

called___________________?
A. Floriculture
B. Agriculture
C. Horticulture
D. Sericulture

If eggs are kept in same position throughout the incubator period. They hatch
___________________?
A. Excellent
B. Poorly
C. Immediately
D. Late

Electron microscope was invented by _________________?

A. Knoll and Risks
B. Schwaan
C. Sigmund
D. Robert Hook

The study process by which a productive capacity of the economy is increased

over time to bring about raising levels of national output and income?
A. Development
B. Economic growth
C. Economic integration
D. All

A term used to describe animals with on derided hoof such as cattle and sheep
is called _______________________?
A. Clover
B. Hoofed
C. Cloven hoofed
D. Cloven

The ratio of treatment variance to error variance is known

as______________________?
A. Correction factor
B. F-value
C. Critical difference
D. t-value

Composition of igneous rock is determined by___________?

A. Depth of molten magma
B. Composition of molten magma
C. Both A and B
D. Composition can not be determined.

Parthenogenesis is most commonly seen in___________________?

A. Apple
B. Orange
C. Mango
D. Grape

The storage life of grape fruit at 50ºF with R.H of 90% is

_____________________?
A. 2-3 weeks
B. 4-6 weeks
C. 4-8 weeks
D. 10 weeks

Protein denaturation is brought about by_________________?

A. Heat
B. pH of the medium
C. Ionic strength
D. All the above

Which nutrients are immobile in plants?

A. Ca
B. P
C. B
D. Both A & C

Sugarcane + Potato is an intercropping system of_________?

A. Zaid season
B. Spring Season
C. Rainy season
D. Autumn season

A broiler eat 3Kg feed in 6 weeks weigh up to____________________?

A. 1.8 kg
B. 1.7 kg
C. 1.5 kg
D. 2.0 kg

Which method of irrigation is possible under the economical conditions of

Pakistan __________________?
A. Canal system
B. Modified basin system
C. Drip irrigation
D. All the above

Absence Of Chlorophyll is known as _______?

A. Agoun
B. Albinism
C. Acrodsome
D. None of these

Losses of soil water not includes_________?

A. Direct evaporation from the soil & transpiration from vegetation
B. down-ward drainage
C. Hydroponics loss
D. Surface run-off from the field

IPM stands for_________________?

A. International pest management
B. Interior pest management
C. Integrated pest management
D. non of there

A process of production that uses a higher proportion of capital as compared to

other factors of production ?
A. Capital intensive technique
B. Labour intensive technique
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

Soil reaction of preference of sugarcane is________________?

A. 6.00 pH
B. 7.03 pH
C. 8.00 pH
D. 6.5 pH
The storage life of mushroom at 35ºF with R.H of 90% is___________________?
A. 1-2 days
B. 2-4 days
C. 3-5 days
D. 6 days

Granite and Basalt are examples of:___________?

A. Sedimentary Rocks
B. Stratified rocks
C. Aqueous rocks
D. None of the above

Discount rate that causes a project to have a net present value of zero used to
rank projects in comparison with market rates of interest?
A. Rate or returns
B. External rate or returns
C. Internal rate or returns
D. None

Buffer solution is a solution which resist change in __________________ ?

A. pH
B. SAP
C. EC
D. RSC

The percentage of calcium content in single superphosphate?

A. 24%
B. 25%
C. 19.5%
D. 30%

Potassium (K) fixation capacity is maximum in:____________?

A. Vermiculite
B. Illite
C. Montmorillonitic
D. Amorphous clay

Plants uptake their nutrients from____________________?

A. Air
B. Water
C. So
D. All the above

The Potato is___________________?

A. Rhizome
B. Tuber
C. Fruit
D. Sucker

The sucking type insects of cotton are ________________?

A. Jassids and thrips
B. Wlutefly and jassids
C. Thrips and whitefly
D. All the above

Felsic rocks consists of___________________?

A. fe
B. Quartz
C. Buiotitic
D. Quartz & Feldspars

Planting distance of about 10-15 meter is recommended

for___________________?
A. Apple
B. Mango
C. Datepalm
D. Banana

The seed of sunflower is called_________?

A. Samara
B. Achene
C. Caryopsis
D. Phyxis

The storage life of honey at 31ºF with R.H of 90% is__________________?

A. 4 months
B. 6 months
C. 8 months
D. 12 months

The exact chemical formula of DAP fertilizer is___________________?

A. (NH2) HPO4
B. NH4H2PO4
C. NH4H2PO4
D. Both a & c

Availability of Phosphorus is maximum at:__________?

A. Neutral
B. Alkaline
C. Acidic
D. None of these

The amount by which a nation’s import of goods (or goods and services)
exceeds its export of goods or goods and services is________________?
A. Trade surplus
B. Trade deficit
C. Trade bloc
D. None
The parry of Cauliflower which is eaten is__________________?
A. Flower
B. Fruit
C. Bud
D. Inflorescence

Employment available resources so that the maximum amount of goods and

services is produced?
A. Large scale production
B. Full production
C. Fringe benefits
D. None

The CO, content of air is___________________?

A. 1%
B. 10.3%
C. 0.03%
D. 0.002%

Tuff is__________________?
A. Soil
B. Water
C. Volcanic ash
D. Consolidated ash

The food colour measurement can be obtained by ___________________?

A. Spectrophotometer
B. Tint meters
C. Disc colourimetry
D. All the above

Male sterility in flowering plants was first reported is__________________?

A. Bateman (1952)
B. Stout (1917)
C. Koelreuter (1763)
D. Braw baker (1958)

Diazepam is an antidote of_________________?

A. Organophosphate
B. Carbamte
C. Organ chlorine
D. Pyrethorid

The Chorion isa membrane around the yolk of egg, it develops from
_____________________?
A. Ectoderm
B. Endoderm
C. Mesoderm
D. Allantois

Cells intercommunicates with neighbouring cells by_________________?

A. Plasmedesmata
B. Plasmalema
C. Trachieds
D. Nessels

Jack fruit belong to family__________________?

A. Solanaceae
B. Moraceae
C. Carcaceae
D. Palmae

Raising of only one crop in a year when there is seasonal supply of water is
called_________?
A. Multiple cropping
B. Monocropping
C. Harvest cropping
D. None of these

Activities of central bank designed to influence financial variables such as money

supply and interest rates?
A. Fiscal policy
B. Economic policy
C. Monitory policy
D. None

The lateral selertized region of insect body is called_________________?

A. Pleuron
B. Tergum
C. Sternum
D. None of the above

The bees which are reared artificially as commercial business are

called________________?
A. Domestic bees
B. Wild bees
C. None of above
D. Jelly

During decomposition of organic matter, inititial decomposition is dominated

by:__________?
A. Actinomycetes
B. Bacteria
C. Fungi
D. Both B & C

When the fluid properties do not change with time, it is a ___________ flow?
A. Steady
B. Uniform
C. Unsteady
D. Non-Uniform

A channel is said lo be of most economical cross section, for a given cross-

sectional area and bed slope when it __________________?
A. Gives max. Discharge
B. Has minimum wetted perimeter
C. Involves lesser excavation
D. All of these

How much iodine is contained in the body of an adult person?

A. 5 to 10 mg
B. 10 to 20 mg
C. 20 to 50 mg
D. 50 to 100 mg

A method of control of pests in which natural predators and parasites are used
without causing serious adverse environmental side effects is
called_________________?
A. IPM
B. Allelopathy
C. Insect control
D. Chemical control

Guava grown in soils with pH _____________________?

A. 4.5-8.5
B. 5.5-7.5
C. 7.5-9.0
D. 6.5-7.5

pH in coniferous forest is__________________?

A. Less than 7
B. Neutral
C. Greater than 7
D. Basis

Acid soil contain pH____________________?

A. <7
B. >7
C. >7.0
D. 8.5

The management of plant structure and fruiting wood is

called____________________?
A. Training
B. Thinning
C. Pruning
D. None of the above

The food in which the moisture content is less than 15% is

called_____________________?
A. Stable foods
B. Semi perishable foods
C. Perishable foods
D. Acid food

The horizons O, A, E and B (other than r and C) are collectively

called_____________?
A. Regolith
B. Solum
C. Outer core
D. inner core

A technique which involves separating vegetative parts like rhizome offset,

corns and sucker from the parent plant is called_________________?
A. Root cutting
B. Stool layering
C. Mound layering
D. Division

Commercial grape cultivation is called__________________?

A. Cirticulture
B. Olericulture
C. Viticulture
D. Sericulture

Herkogamy is found in___________________?

A. Barley
B. Berseen
C. Lucrene
D. Alfalfa

Phosphorus (P) is the second major nutrient essential for plant growth. With the
exception of Nitrogen (N) and Potassium (K), Phosphorus is required by plants
in_________?
A. Lesser quantities
B. Greater quantities
C. Not required
D. The above statement is wrong

Pathogen is_________________?
A. Fungi which cause disease
B. Any bacteria which causes disease
C. Any virus which causes disease
D. Any organism which causes disease

Erysiphe caused the _________ disease?

A. Powdery mildews
B. Downy mildews
C. Covered smut
D. Late blight of potato

The last length of the river before it falls into the sea is known as
__________________?
A. Mountainous stage
B. trough stage
C. Delta stage
D. Sub-mountainous stage

[(NH4)2SO4FeSO66H2O] is the formula of _______________________?

A. Ammonium sulphate Iron sulphate
B. Sodium ammonium sulphate
C. Ferrous Ammonium sulphate
D. None of the above

Enzyme proteases is used for _____________________ ?

A. Clarification of fruit juice
B. Tenderizing meat
C. Removal of molecular oxygen dissolved at the surface of products
D. None of the above

The process of transformation of raw organic matter into humus:

A. Calcification
B. Horizonation
C. Illuviation
D. Humification

The storage life of grapes at 32ºF with R.H of 90% is_____________________?

A. 1-2 weeks
B. 2-4 weeks
C. 3-8 weeks
D. 5-6 weeks

How much of the earth surface is covered with water ___________________?

A. 65%
B. 70%
C. 80%
D. 40%

Sheep is classified as________________?

A. Ovis aries
B. Capra hiricus
C. Ruminantia
D. None of above

The process that convert glucose to pyruvic acid is____________________?

A. Citric cycle
B. Glycolysis
C. Fermentation
D. Calvin-Benson cycle

Those animals which we keep at hove farm level for our benefit
are____________________?
A. Domesticated animals
B. Tamed animals
C. Wild animals
D. None of the above

The largest insect of the world___________________?

A. Elephant beetle
B. Hairy winged beetle
C. Grasshopper
D. Locust
Episodes may be factor in____________________?
A. Dominance
B. Cytoplasm inheritance
C. Incomplete dominance
D. Chromosomal inheritance

Which one of the following is a major fiber crop of Pakistan ?

A. Sugarcane
B. Cotton
C. Sesame
D. Jute

Vitamin-D is a _________________________?
A. Fat soluble Vitamin
B. Water soluble Vitamin
C. Both a & b
D. None of above

A technological innovation that increase the production while using the same
capital input?
A. Capital saving technological process
B. Production intensive technique
C. Capital intensive technique
D. None

Zinc deficiency is generally observed in_________________?

A. Wheat
B. Vegetables
C. Race
D. Cotton

Function of Exo cuticle insect is_________________?

A. Rigidity of body parts
B. impermeability of water
C. Prevent evaporation
D. Toughness and flexibility

When the fore wings are modified into halteres. they are
called_________________?
A. Filohalteres
B. pseudohalteres
C. Halteres
D. Hemelytra

What are diatoms?

A. Soil Fungi
B. Soil Algae
C. Soil Bacteria
D. None of these

What is the concentration of pure water?

A. 55.5 mol/L
B. 45.5 mol/L
C. Both a and b
D. none of these

Fire flies are________________?

A. Flies
B. Beetles
C. Fleas
D. Wasps

Population prediction of a particular species with in the field is

called____________________?
A. Fore casting
B. Haemospora
C. Surveillance
D. Pest scouting

The protein content of fresh fruit is about___________________?

A. 4%
B. 2%
C. 3%
D. 1%

Micas have isomorphous substitution:____________?

A. Predominantly in tetrahedral layer
B. Predominantly in octahedral layer
C. Both a & b
D. The statement is wrong

Propagation of guava is done by___________________?

A. Cutting
B. Suckers
C. Layering
D. Scoin

A male horse under 3 years of age is called ________________________?

A. Filly
B. Colt
C. Foal
D. Stallion

The cooling methods for fresh produce is dependent on___________________?

A. Temperature of produce at harvest
B. Physiology of the produce
C. Post harvest life of the produce
D. All the above
The storage life of Butter at -20ºF With R.H of 85% is_____________________?
A. 4 months
B. 6 months
C. 8 months
D. 12 months

Cotton ginning machine was invented by_______________?

A. William Black
B. Withey
C. Thomas Hough ten
D. Thomas Wilson

A group of plants providing food, fiber and shelter is____________________?

A. Gymnosperm
B. Angiosperm
C. Dieetyledens
D. Monocotyledons

On the basis of season cotton is a__________________?

A. Kharif crop
B. Rabi crop
C. Zaid Kharif crop

Tea is the example of fermentation of_____________________?

A. Alcoholic
B. Non-alcoholic
C. Acetic
D. None of the above

Diacetyl is present in____________________?

A. Cultured butter
B. Sour cream
C. Butter milk
D. All the above

In wheat total crop N uptake per ton of grain is about__________________?

A. 50-60 Kg
B. 20-30 Kg
C. 15-20 Kg
D. 70-80 Kg

Which of the following are secondary minerals:

A. Clay minerals
B. Amorphous silicates
C. Iron and aluminiumoxides
D. All of the above

Phoenix dactylifera belongs to the family___________________?

A. Pomaceae
B. Palmeae
C. Rutaceae
D. Anacardiaceae

Domestication of animal begin at about ________________________?

A. 3000-2000 B.C
B. 8000-6000 B.C
C. 1,000-2000 B.C
D. 1000-2000 B.C

The heart like pumping organ in insect is_________________?

A. Vena Cava
B. Dorsal Vessel
C. Spiracles
D. None of the above
The substance used to treat pesticide poisoning is called
as_________________?
A. Detoxicant
B. Anti-poison
C. Antitode
D. Anti-pseudo

Which statement is true___________________?

A. Etiolation is not a reversible process
B. Etiolation is genetically while albinism is physiological
C. Etiolation is physiological while albinism is genitival
D. Etiolation and albinism are synonyms

A firm which engages in in the busyness of banking_________________?

A. State bank
B. Commercial bank
C. World bank
D. None

The clay fraction of the soil contains particles less than 0.002 mm. Particles
<0.001 mm size:
A. Soil Silt
B. Soil colloids
C. Soil loam
D. Soil sand

That part of the flow in a stream comes from sub-soil or valley, may be beneath
the top surface of channel bed is called__________________?
A. Sub-surface flow
B. Base flow
C. Ground flow
D. All are correct
A condition when there is excessive produce in the market which lowers down
the price is called__________________?
A. Market glut
B. Perfect market
C. Imperfect market
D. All of these

Which of the following nutrient elements are regarded as energy exchangers:

A. Hydrogen
B. Oxygen
C. Both A & B
D. None of these

Genetic correlation between two variables may be due

to___________________?
A. Gene interaction
B. Peliotropy
C. Dominance
D. Selection differential

____________ may be defined as the art and science of cutting away of portion
of plant to improve its shape, to influence its growth, flowering and fruitfulness
and to improve the quality of the product:
A. Littering
B. Pruning
C. Layering
D. Cutting

EC of saline soil is equal to or greater than________________?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D non of these

The world’s food is lost by microbial spoilage upto the extent

of___________________?
A. One-half
B. One-fourth
C. One-fifth
D. One-third

Absence of chlorophyll in the plant is known as_____________________?

A. Acrodsome
B. Albinism
C. Agoun
D. None of the above

Solar energy emitted by sun reaches the earth surface absorbed and returned
back in the form of___________________?
A. Infra blue radiation
B. Infra red radiation
C. X rays
D. None of the above

Global gene bank of barley is located at__________________?

A. ICARDA
B. Florida
C. CIP
D. ICRISAT

Linkage of hereditary units was discounted by__________________?

A. W. Batson and B.C Pun net
B. T.B. Morgan and G. Mendel
C. W.S. Sutton and K. R. Porter
D. C.B. Bridges and G.H. Shull
A legally determined price above the equilibrium price is__________________?
A. Floor price
B. Ceiling price
C. Equilibrium price
D. None

genetic purity of seed is determined by________________?

A. Ageing test
B. Grow out test
C. Tz test
D. All the above

The arrangement (disposition and number) of bristles or setae on the body and
appendages – of particular importance in the classification of Diptera and mites:
A. Chaetotaxy
B. Chela
C. Chitin
D. Both b & c

In the F2 generation, genotypic and phenotypic ratios are identical in cases

of___________________?
A. Mendel lan monohybrids
B. Mendelian dihybrids
C. Incomplete dominance
D. None of the above

Common soils found in Pakistan are___________________?

A. Arid soils
B. Inceptisols
C. Entisols
D. All the above
Milk proteins are rich in____________________?
A. Cysteine
B. Methionine
C. Lysine
D. All the above

Transfer of funds to a foreign country by a local citizen by business ?

A. Dumping
B. Anti dumping
C. Capital flight
D. Brain

The heating of atmosphere by gases that are transparent to sun light but
opaque to radiated heat is called________________?
A. Green house effect
B. Pollution
C. Warming
D. Solar radiation

The mineral component of soil consists of_________?

A. Air
B. Water
C. both A and B
D. none of the above

Mastitis is an infection cause by _________________________?

A. K-Pyogenes
B. Pyogenes
C. Fungi
D. Algae

A treeless artic plain is called as___________________?

A. Glaciers
B. Barren land
C. Tundra
D. None of the above

System of planting banana suckers followed in Sindh is____________________?

A. Rectangular
B. Triangular
C. Hexagonal
D. Square

Gassypium hirsutum was developed from a cross between________________?

A. G.arbarieum and G. rainmundii
B. G.arbarieum and G.thurberii
C. G.arbarieum and G.barbadense
D. G.arbarieum and G.herbaceum

Respiration rate in sheep is __________________________?

A. 25 – 40 /min
B. 15 -30 /min
C. 35 – 45 /min
D. 45 – 60 /min

Training of animals to given them desirable qualities is called

_____________________?
A. Tamed animals
B. Domesticated animals
C. Wild animals
D. Trained animals

Mutual association between fungi and roots of plants is known

as_________________?
A. Rhizospher
B. Mycorrhizae
C. Root fungi
D. None of the above

The available soil is being polluted quickly by _____________ wastes.

A. Industrial
B. Agricultural
C. Household
D. All of the above

The resultant pressure of water on the face of dam is equal to

____________________ ?
A. 1/2 WH2
B. 1/2 WH
C. WH
D. All are correct

House has antennae_____________________?

A. Aristate
B. Stylate
C. Ensiform
D. Capitate

Sulphur is an essential component of:__________?

A. Cystine
B. Cystein
C. Methionine
D. All of these

Worlds major food crops belong to which of the following family?

A. Palmaceae
B. Moraceae
C. Both a & b
D. Gramineae
Citrus root stock species are propagated through_________________?
A. Seeds
B. Cutting
C. Buds
D. None of the above

The piles driven in low bearing capacity soil which does not rest on hard rock
but bears the coming load due to side resistance is called ________________?
A. Load Bearing
B. Frictional pile
C. Cost-in situ piles
D. All are correct

In potato food is stored in__________________?

A. Root
B. Shoot
C. Leaves
D. Flowers

In soft drinks and dietetic forms of food which sweetening agent is widely used
_____________________?
A. Calcium salt
B. Cyclamates
C. Glycyrrhizin acid
D. All the above

Following are types if erosion:

A. Rain splash & sheet erosion
B. Rill & Gully erosion
C. Normal (geological) erosion & Accelerated erosion
D. All of these
On the basis of yield of cotton per hectare which of the following country
occupies first position ?
A. Pakistan
B. America
C. Australia
D. India

Orchitis is the inflammation of ________________________?

A. Ovary
B. Testes
C. Uterus
D. Vagina

Saccharomyces creavisiae is the example of____________________?

A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. Yeast
D. Molds

The field capacity is the amount of water retained by a saturated soil mass after
being acted by gravity. The amount of water required to bring the soil moisture
content of that soil up to field capacity is called__________________?
A. Soil-moisture deficiency
B. Field-moisture deficiency
C. Equivalent-moisture deficiency
D. a and b are correct

1 meq of HCl is equal to_________?

A. 1.4 mg of N
B. 14 mg of N
C. 0.14 mg of N
D. 140 mg of N
Desert locust is__________________?
A. Migrant pest
B. Occasional pest
C. Key pest
D. Potential pest

The smell in onion bulb is due to________________?

A. Bad odour of soil
B. Much sugar
C. Sulphur compounds
D. Freshy leaves

How many times mitotic divisions must occur in a cell of the root tip to form 256
cels___________________?
A. 8
B. 32
C. 64
D. 120

The toxic substance CN glycocides is found in____________________?

A. Yam
B. Cassava
C. Cucurbits
D. Brinjal

The term recurrent selection was coined by_________________?

A. Hull (1945)
B. Hull (1950)
C. Hays (1919)
D. Garber (1955)

According to the Soil survey of Pakistan, the total waterlogged summer-rain

area in the country is:_________?
A. 4.11 mha
B. 5.16 mha
C. 22.5 mha
D. The above statement is wrong

Auxins promote___________________?
A. Cell elongation
B. Cell division
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

The earth core is made of the following metals ______________________?

A. Fe & Ni
B. Mg & Ni
C. Cu & Ni
D. None of these

Concept of generation means analysis was developed

by_______________________?
A. Hayman (1958)
B. Griffing (1965)
C. Jink (1950)
D. Kempthome (1957)

Heterosis can be fixed by___________________?

A. Apomixis
B. Polyploidy
C. Asexual reproduction
D. All the above

The technical name of jassid is_________________?

A. Microtermas sp
B. Aphis gossypi
C. Earias insulana
D. Amrosca devestons

Total consumption deducted from total income is called__________________?

A. Net income
B. Gross income
C. Saving
D. None of these

Main kind of insect pests are___________________?

A. Major pest and minor pest
B. Key pest
C. Migrant pest and potential pest
D. All the above

Which instrument is used for determining soil texture___________________?

A. Lysimeter
B. Hydrometer
C. Thermometer
D. All the above

A Stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta (the ovary)?

A. Funiculus
B. Hilum
C. Aril
D. Raphe

Use of linear measurements of plumule growth as a vigour test was first

suggested by_______________?
A. Woodstock (1976)
B. Germ (1949)
C. Baskin (1972)
D. Maguire (1962)
People who are eager and able to work but for whom no suitable jobs are
available?
A. Unemployment
B. Open unemployment
C. Under employment
D. Disguised employment

From the sources of plant nutrients availability in soil, which of the following
statements are correct:
A. The plant absorbs carbon as carbondioxides directly from the atmosphere.
B. Water is the source of hydrogen
C. Air & water is the source of oxygen & the chief source of soil nitrogen is organic matter &
when organic matter decomposes it gives ammonia.
D. All of the above

Plastids bring about___________________?

A. Secretion
B. Respiration
C. Excretion
D. Conversion of light energy into chemical energy

Na2CO3 salts is___________________?

A. Neutral
B. Alkaline
C. Acidic
D. None of the above

An expression of the intensity of the basic or a acidic condition of a liquid or of

soil is called_____________________?
A. ESR
B. SAR
C. EC
D. pH

Oxygen and Silicon together comprise approximately ______ %of the earth
crust?
A. 64 %
B. 79 %
C. 75 %
D. 73 %

____________ converts ammonia into nitrite?

A. Nitrosomonas
B. Nitrobacter
C. Azotobacter
D. Rhizobium

Private or public debt owed to foreign citizens firms and institutions ?

A. External debt
B. Internal debt
C. Loan
D. None

Amount of DNA is the diploid cells____________________?

A. Varies with the age
B. Coustant for all organismes
C. Constant for particular organism
D. None of the above

A propagation technique in which instead of wrapping the notched portion is

burried in the ground is called________________?
A. Ghooti
B. Layering
C. Ground layering
D. Air layering
Soil pores created by the animal such as earthworm and plant root are
called_________?
A. Biopores
B. Diameter
C. Mesopores
D. Microspores

The delta the total water requirement of crop from the time of sowing to
harvesting the delta of sugarcane is __________________?
A. 120cm
B. 100cm
C. 80cm
D. 70cm

Plants which change from the vegetative to the reproductive stage by producing
flowers and fruits when the day become longer is called___________________?
A. Long day plants
B. Short day plants
C. Photoperiod
D. Phototropism

Theory of mutation was given by___________________?

A. Mendel
B. De Vries
C. Tschermak
D. Watson

Red flower pea plant is crossed with the white flowered pea plant, F1 is red;
with flower color is ______________________?
A. Dominant
B. Recessive
C. Non-genetic
D. Unexpressive

When sugars heated under controlled conditions in the absence of water, they
form an hydro sugar, that readily polymerized to give typical taint and brown
pigment this process is called _________________?
A. Mail lard reaction
B. Caramalization
C. Browning
D. Purification

Viral disease can be controlled by __________________?

A. Fungicides
B. Cultural practices
C. Cultural practices and growing resistant varieties
D. Can not be controlled

A soil with an ESP greater than 15 is usually classified as___________________?

A. Sodic soil
B. Saline soil
C. Acidic soil
D. None of the above

Air layering is also known as_________________?

A. Cross match
B. Marcpottage
C. Ghooti
D. All the above

Apheliotropic gene is one which___________________?

A. Affects more than five characters
B. Affects more than ten characters
C. Affects only one character
D. Affects more than one character

Large pieces of erupted magma are called_____________________?

A. Volcanic ash
B. Volcanic block
C. Dike
D. Sill

Algal photosynthesis increases pH of water and releases___________________?

A. O2
B. CO2
C. SO3
D. All the above

In dairy products such as cheese and condensed milk the preservative used
is______________________?
A. Epexider
B. Parabens
C. Nisim
D. All the above

All organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple
of the monoploid or basic number is known as___________________?
A. Allopolyploid
B. Autopolyploid
C. Aneuploid
D. Euploid

Extension of storage life by inhibition of sprouting of potatoes, onions and garlic

can be achieved by radiation dose of_________________?
A. 0.05-0.1 kGy
B. 0.05-0.12 kGy
C. 0.05-0.15 kGy
D. non of these

Vitamin obtain from sunshine ________________________?

A. Vit. A
B. Vit. B
C. Vit. C
D. Vit. D

A process off converting light energy into useful chemical

energy_________________?
A. Photoperiodism
B. Photosynthesis
C. Transpiration
D. Conversion

White files have eggs______________________?

A. Elongate
B. Conical
C. Stalked
D. Oval

A level of resistance show by a cultivar is similar against all insect biotype such
type of resistance is___________________?
A. Cross resistance
B. Specific resistance
C. General resistance
D. Vertical resistance

In green vegetables, the limiting amino acid is____________________?

A. Methionine
B. Agrginine
C. Lysine
D. Frytophaer
Using part of income/saving for more income is called_________________?
A. Investment
B. Busyness
C. Consumption
D. Entrepreneurship

Water available in root zone of plants, is about 50% of soil moisture content.
which is always available to the plants is called________________?
A. Effective water
B. Soil-moisture content
C. Capillary water
D. All are correct

AZR1 is___________________?
A. Arid zone research institute
B. Agriculture zonal research institute
C. Attock Zonal research institute
D. None of the above

When two genes are situated very close together in a

chromosome_____________________?
A. The percentage of crossing over between them is very
B. Hardly any cross over are detected
C. No crossing ever can ever takes place between them
D. Only double cross over can take place between them

The chromosome number of human race is__________________?

A. 48
B. 41
C. 44
D. 46
Annual rye grass releases a chemical through its root that
prevents________________?
A. Crop seeds
B. weed seed
C. Both a and b
D. non of these

Velocity of flow in a sewer must be form ______________ to ?

A. 1 m / sec to 3m/ sec
B. 3m / sec to 4m/ sec
C. 4m / sec to 4.5 ml sec
D. 4.5 ml sec to 5 m/ sec

Global gene pool rice is maintained at_________________?

A. China
B. IRRI Philippines
C. Mexico
D. None of the above

Air contains___________________?
A. 70% nitrogen
B. 50% nitrogen
C. 78% nitrogen
D. None of the above

Pilot tube is a device, which convert velocity head of flowing water into pressure
by ____________________?
A. H = v2/2g
B. H = v/g
C. H = v2 / g2
D. H = v2 / g

Best time of sowing for cotton is______________?

A. Mid March to mid April
B. Mid May to mid July
C. Mid June to mid July
D. non of these

Organisms which are genetically modified are called_________________?

A. Hybrid
B. Mutagens
C. Transgenic organisms
D. Strange organisms

Effects of allelopathic compound in the life cycle of plants cause inhibition

of________________?
A. Seed deterioration
B. seed germination
C. Seed swelling
D. non of these

Element responsible pollen grain of plant__________?

A. N
B. P
C. K
D. B

Specified period in which a tiny microscopic germ is changed into individual is

called ________________________?
A. Brooding
B. Incubation
C. Hatching
D. Fumigation

Which type of bacteria grow best within the temperature range

55°C_____________________?
A. Mesophilic
B. Thermophilic
C. Psychrophilic
D. All the above

The living organism that live in or on the bodies of other living organisms from
which they get their food, during at least one stage of their existence is
called________________?
A. Predator
B. Parasites
C. Prey
D. Parasitism

The sale of products below sale of production in a foreign country or below the
prices charged at home is called ?
A. Dumping
B. Subsidy
C. Inflation
D. Monopoly

The plant trigly cerides are rich in_________________?

A. Saturated fatty acids
B. Unsaturated fatty acids
C. Steroids
D. None of the above

When a goat shows all signs of pregnancy but not produce young one is called
____________________?
A. False pregnancy
B. Psevdo pregnancy
C. Not pregnant
D. None of above
Index measuring deprivation in basic human development in a country ?
A. Human deprivation index
B. Human poverty index
C. Human development index
D. None

Locomotion in response to odour is_________________?

A. Chemokinesis
B. Hydrokinesis
C. Stereokinesis
D. Klinokinesis

Gold is___________________?
A. Native element
B. Secondary element
C. Primary element
D. Heavy metal

According to national commission of Pakistan, post harvest losses in fruits

are____________________?
A. 20-40%
B. 60-70%
C. 30-50%
D. 20-25%

C6H12O6 bacteria CH2CHCOOH + H2O is_____________________?

A. Lactic fermentation
B. Acetic fermentation
C. Alcoholic fermentation
D. All the above

Gumosis is disease of___________________?

A. Mango
B. Guava
C. Citrus
D. Datepalm

In cotton, jassids have non preference for______________________?

A. Fregobract
B. Okra leaves
C. Smoothness leaves
D. Hairiness of leaves

New soils, no or little profile development:

A. Entisols
B. Inceptisols
C. Andisols
D. Aridisols

A rearrangement of a group of genes in a chromosome in such a way that their

order in the chromosomes is reversed is known as _____________________?
A. Inversion
B. Conversion
C. Recessive gene
D. Realignment

Which Vitamin is called Tocopherol ________________________ ?

A. Vit. B
B. Vit. C
C. Vit. D
D. Vit. E

Acidlime is commercially propagated by________?

A. Grafting
B. Seed
C. Cutting
D. All of the above

A type of flow in which water particles, while moving in the direction of flow,
rotate about their mass centre is called _________________?
A. Turbulent flow
B. Laminar flow
C. Rotational flow
D. Circular flow

Cotesia flavipers is endo larval parasite of_________________?

A. Sugarcane stem borer
B. Sugarcane top borer
C. Sugarcane root borer
D. Sugarcane black borer

The science of rearing honey bee for honey is known as__________________?

A. Sericulture
B. Honey culture
C. Apiculture
D. Silvi culture

Permanent change in soil is due to__________________?

A. Ionic bonding
B. pH change
C. Covalent bonding
D. Isomorphic substitution

In dairy industry, the most often used bacteria to convert milk sugar to lactic
acid are___________________?
A. Streptococcus
B. Lactobacillus
C. Acetobacter
D. Both a & b
The transfer of savings from developing countries to industrially advanced
countries to avoid govt. expropriation, taxation and high rates of inflation
is_________________?
A. capital flight
B. capital account
C. capital deficit
D. All of these

Cucumber, Kidney bean, pea and tomato are the example of

_______________________?
A. Long day plants
B. Long night plants
C. Long day and Long night plants
D. Day natural plants

Oxidative rancidity is promoted by ____________________?

A. Heat
B. Catalysis
C. Enzymes
D. All the above

Optimum pH for cotton plant lies between______________?

A. 5.2 to 9.0
B. 5.2 to 7.0
C. 3.5 to 5.5
D. non of these

Blackeselee reported the first case of monoploid in__________________?

A. Datura
B. Rye
C. Brassica
D. Oat
The smallest cell organelle so far is_____________________?
A. Peroxisome
B. Spherosome
C. Ribosome
D. Lysosome

2,4-d is synthetic herbicide derived from_______________?

A. Amino acid
B. Valine
C. Auxins
D. Cytokmins

Juvenile hormone ensures_______________?

A. Causes moulting
B. Larval organism is to be made after moulting
C. Maintains immature forms during larval moults
D. 2nd and 3rd both

The national flower of Pakistan is ___________________?

A. Rose
B. Tube rose
C. Jasmine
D. All the above

The technical name of janter is_________________?

A. Sesbania sesban
B. S. aphylla
C. S. oleaides
D. S. mavretiana

The deteriorative changes originating from with in the food system is known
as________________?
A. Proteolysis
B. Hydrolysis
C. Purification
D. Autolysis

Friction head loss in open channels is determined by_________________?

A. Chezy’s formula
B. Darcy weisbach equation
C. Kutter’s formula
D. Pilot tube

The depth of irrigation water required for the full crop period is
called_______________?
A. Consuptive use of water
B. Delta of water
C. Optimum use of water
D. non of these

Rocks formed from compacted clay or mud are called____________________?

A. Shale
B. Clay stone
C. Sand stone
D. None of the above

The dormancy of bulbs, roots and tubers can be prolonged

by_____________________?
A. Medium temperature
B. Low temperature
C. Appropriate storage conditions
D. All the above

One-day old male chick is called ______________________?

A. Chick
B. Pullet
C. Cockerel
D. Hen

Heterosis results due to____________________?

A. Dominance
B. Overdominance
C. Epistasis
D. All the above

Which one is C3 crop plant__________________?

A. Gram
B. Tomato
C. Onion
D. all the above

__________________provides an overview of the operation of the capitalist

system ?
A. Indifference curve
B. Income budget line
C. Circular flow model
D. Says law

In allogamous species, a true breeding line obtained by continuous inbreeding

is__________________?
A. Hybrid
B. Top cross
C. Poly cross
D. Inbred

Father of soil conservation and Father of Pedology respectively?

A. Winogradsky & R. Morphy
B. Winogradsky & Dokuchaev
C. Bennett & Dokuchaev
D. both A & B

If a plant is heterozygousand is designated (BbMm)and produces two kinds of

gametes either (BM)or (bm), then the possibility of (bm) gametes fertilizing
either (BM) or (bm) is_________________?
A. Half
B. 0/1
C. 1/1
D. 1/4

Honey bee, bumble bee, butter flies and moths are___________________?

A. Productive insects
B. Parasites
C. Pests
D. Pollinators

The practice of raising trees is called__________________?

A. Forestry
B. Agro forestry
C. range forestry
D. Sericulture

Amphimixis refers to_______________________?

A. Asexual reproduction
B. Sexual reproduction
C. Apomixes
D. None of the above

When the course of water is blocked at some places if is

called___________________?
A. Lake
B. Dam
C. River
D. Head works

Main product of photosynthesis is_____________________?

A. C6H12O6
B. C12H24O12
C. C3H6O6
D. C5H12O6

The sheet or small layer of water flowing over an ogee spillway is called
_________________?
A. Thin layer
B. Nappe
C. Water sheet
D. Water spillway

Evolution may be described as___________________?

A. History of development of larger biological units
B. Cntinuous genetic variation
C. Inheritance of acquired characters
D. Discontinuous genetic variation

The unproductive branches of cotton are called_________________?

A. Sympodial branches
B. Monopodial branches
C. Vegetative branches

The depth of water required by crops during the base period is

called_____________________?
A. Frequency of water
B. Acre inch
C. Duty of water
D. Delta of water
Occurrence of cells in diploid organisms containing multiples of the 2n genomes
is known as____________________?
A. Allopolyploid
B. Amphidiploids
C. End polyploidy
D. Aneupoidy

Vitamin C is called___________________?
A. Malic acid
B. Citric acid
C. Ascorbic acid
D. Trataric acid

Genus of cotton is___________________?

A. Hirsutum
B. Triticum
C. Gassypium
D. Hordeunt

The loss of head H/ L is proportional to the length of creep. There fore the loss
of head per unit creep length is called ______________________?
A. Hydraulic gradient
B. Head loss
C. Creep length
D. Exit gradient

The EC: SAR and RSC values suggested by WAPDA for 3rd class irrigation
water(C,S,R,) are____________________?
A. ECi:<1.5, SAR < 10 & RSC< 2.5
B. ECi:>1.5, SAR > 10 & RSC> 2.5
C. ECi:>1.5, SAR 2.5
D. Both a & b
The final product of alcoholic fermentation are______________________?
A. Acetic acid + H2O
B. Ethyl alcohol + CO2
C. Ethyl alcohol + H2O
D. All the above

The pesticide poisoning with organo-phosphates or carbamater treated

with________________?
A. Milk and hot water
B. Vomiting with brackishy
C. Atropine
D. None of the above

Which one of the following is used as antioxidant____________________?

A. DNA
B. EDTA
C. DT
D. None of the above

Torsional force does not act on ____________________?

A. Steel
B. Liquids
C. Soil
D. Wood

Many reactions similar to oxidative rancidity during irradiation been observed in

_____________________?
A. Water
B. Carbohydrates
C. Lipids
D. non of these
The condition of drying of plant parts due to lack of water is
called__________________?
A. Water stress
B. Drought
C. Wilting
D. None of the above

Global gene bank of Potato is located at_____________________?

A. Columbia
B. Florida
C. CIP Peru
D. None of the above

The steep conduits made in the body of dam for running turbines to generate
hydro-electric power are called__________________?
A. Tunnels
B. Chuttes
C. Penstocks
D. Weep holes

Lime, lemon juice and pickles are_____________________?

A. Low acid foods
B. Acid foods
C. Medium acid foods
D. High acid foods

Formula used for the calculation of sodium absorption ratio

is______________________?
A. SAR=Na / [(Ca+Mg)1/2] Na x 2
B. SAR=Na / CEC x 100
C. SAR=Na / CEC x 100
D. None of these
Castrated male of cattle is called __________________________?
A. Bulling
B. Bullock
C. Bull
D. Burdizo

Which scientist started that were 3- proximate principles in feed or eating

material ________________________?
A. Prout
B. Morrison
C. Lind
D. Lavasior

Colon is part of _______________________?

A. Rectum
B. Small intestine
C. Large intestine
D. Liver

The practice of managing rows of closely planted woody plants with annual
crops planted in alleys in between hedges is called as:________?
A. Soil conservation hedges
B. Woody Hedgerows
C. Hedgerows intercropping
D. All of these

The planned development, distribution and use water resources:

A. Water distribution
B. Water management
C. both A & B
D. None of the above

Any tillage and planting system that maintains at least 30% of the soil surface
covered by residue after planting for the purpose of reducing soil erosion by
water:
A. Deep Tillage
B. Conservation Tillage
C. Both a & b
D. None of these

The maximum amount of water which a soil can hold after free drainage has
ceased is called as_______?
A. Water potencial
B. Water use efficiency
C. Water harvesting
D. Water holding capacity

Chalaza is a protein membrarie which is attached with a Yolk, its function

is,_____________________?
A. Keep Yolk centrally
B. Malce yolk of dork color
C. Help egg to hatch easily
D. Helpful of embryo to get food

The used of additives per person per year amounts to

about_____________________?
A. 5 g
B. 10 g
C. 15 g
D. None of the above

Delta pine variety of cotton was imported in Pakistan in the

year______________?
A. 1970
B. 1968
C. 1971
D. 1978

An explosive increase in population of particular species that occurs over a short

period of time is called________________?
A. IPM
B. IPC
C. Pest resurgence
D. Pest outbreak

Among the cotton exporting countries the number of China

is________________?
A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th

The solid wastes generated in Pakistan are about: ___________?

A. 47,920 tonnes/day
B. 65, 772 tonnes/day
C. 12250 tonnes/day
D. All of the above

Common varieties of rose are developed by___________________?

A. Grafting
B. Layering
C. Budding
D. Cutting

All Vitamins are present in eggs except ______________________?

A. Vit. A
B. Vit. B
C. Vit. C
D. Vit. D

Progeny of nucleus seed is called_________________?

A. Basic seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Foundation seed
D. All the above

One of the plant introduced from new world to the old world
is_________________?
A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Sugarcane
D. Potato

The conservation of glucose or fructose in pyruive acid during respiration is

called________________?
A. Glucopage
B. Glycogen
C. Glycolysis
D. None of the above

Mastitis is an infection in cows and its affects the

_____________________________?
A. Udder
B. Uterus
C. Legs
D. Eyes

genetic purity is assessed through________________?

A. Inspection
B. Seed testing
C. Germination
D. All the a b c

Function of endo cuticle is________________________?

A. Prevent evaporation
B. Rigidity of body parts
C. Extensiblity of integument and flexibility
D. Impermeability of water

Streptococcus thermopiles and lactobacillus are lactic fermentors

in__________________?
A. Meat industry
B. Dairy industry
C. Fruit and vegetable industry
D. Beverage industry

Insects feed on one type of food are called __________________?

A. Monophagous
B. Polyphagous
C. Omnivorous insects
D. Carnivorous insects

The lower limit of available water is called ____________________?

A. Field capacity
B. Wilting point
C. Available water
D. Hygroscopic water

A payment of funds by a govt. firm or house hold for which it receives no goods
or services in return?
A. Subsidy
B. Tax
C. lump-sum-tax
D. None
Better crop establishment especially for direct seeded rice can be obtained by
using________________?
A. High density grain
B. Low density grain
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Cotton is a crop of_______________?

A. Tropical region
B. Sub-tropical region
C. Both A and B

Silviculture is a: __________?
A. Arabic word
B. Latin word
C. French word
D. Both A & C

The resultant pressure of water acting at ________________________?

A. H/3
B. H/2
C. 2H/3
D. None of these

Gassypium herbaceum was originated in______________?

A. Ethipia and South Africa
B. Kenya and South Africa
C. Indonesia and Central America
D. South Mexico and Central America

Period from kidding/lambing to next oestrus is called

______________________?
A. Calving interval
B. Service interval
C. Both a & b
D. None of above

The term gene was coined by__________________?

A. Batson
B. Johnnsen
C. Punned
D. Darlington

Potential pest also called__________________?

A. Secondary pest
B. Major pest
C. Minor pest
D. Key pest

___________ , considered a perfect soil, is a mixture of silt, clay and sand:

A. Clay
B. Sandy loam
C. Loamy sand
D. Loam

In cereals limiting amino acids are________________?

A. Threonine
B. Lysine
C. Methionine
D. a and b

Many chemicals are added internationally during production, processing or

storage 10 improve the qualities of food stiff are termed
as___________________?
A. Food adulterants
B. Food additives
C. Food contaminations
D. All the above

Temporary teeth in horse are _______________________?

A. 30
B. 24
C. 32
D. 22

That point in a body at which it will balance if loaded or supported is called

____________________?
A. Centre of pressure
B. Centre of mass
C. Centre of gravity
D. Mass centre

The union of the second male gametes with polar nuclei is

called_______________?
A. Fertilization
B. Double fertilization
C. Both a & b
D. non of these

Excess of nitrogen to plants causes_________________?

A. Delay in ripening
B. Delay in growth
C. Delay in germination
D. All the above

When the air in a atmosphere is fully saturated with the vapours present in it,
then the pressure exerted by such wet air mass will be called
____________________?
A. Vapour pressure
B. Saturation pressure
C. Partial pressure
D. Atmospheric pressure

Chemical added to pesticide to increase its activity is called________________?

A. Activator
B. Agitation
C. Adjuvant
D. Synergism

Particular matter consists of____________________?

A. Solid and gases
B. CO2 & N
C. Solid and liquid
D. None of the above

Integrated pest management involves________________?

A. Chemical and cultural method
B. Only chemical control method
C. Chemical, cultural, and biological method
D. Only biological method

The name “Suicide bag” is given to___________________?

A. Ribosomes
B. Centrosomes
C. Microsomes
D. Lysosmes

Auto polyploidy have been successfully exploited in _________?

A. Sugar beat
B. Sugarcane
C. Maize
D. Sunflower

Shelf life of banana at 20ºC in modified atmosphere with potassium

permanganate is_____________________?
A. Upto 7 days
B. Upto 14 days
C. Upto 21 days
D. Upto 30 days

Which one of the following is polyphagus insect__________________?

A. American boll worm
B. Whitefly
C. Aphids
D. A

The property of soil which indicates the volume of water stored in the formation
is called ___________________?
A. Specific yield
B. Porosity
C. Field capacity
D. Specific retention

International day of forest is celebrated on___________?

A. Mar-3
B. Mar-15
C. March-21
D. None of the above

Insects have_________________?
A. 11 segments
B. 12 segments
C. 20 segments
D. None

Humic acid is soluble in____________________?

A. Acid
B. Alkali
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Liquid food drinking is_____________________?

A. Pinoeytosis
B. Phagocytosis
C. Imbibitions
D. None of the above

A spoil bank is formed when the volume of excavated soil is

_________________ of embankment filling?
A. Less than
B. Excess
C. Equal to
D. Not required

Who gave the model of DNA_________________?

A. Watson and Crick
B. Tatum
C. Koran
D. Dtanele

System of mating were given by_________________?

A. Sewell Wright (1921)
B. Mather (1953)
C. Bruce and Keebel (1908)
D. Shall and East (1920)
Cross of stallion with female ass is called ________________________?
A. Mule
B. Hinny
C. Jack
D. Jennet

Which one of the following is a yellow, crystalline and water soluble

compound_______________________?
A. Riboflavin
B. Niacin
C. Cholecaliferol
D. Folic acid

The use of two or more pest control method except chemical control in a
planned way to control pests is called__________________?
A. Integrated pest management
B. Integrated pest control
C. Integrated insect pest management
D. Pest resource

Gassypium barbadense was developed from a cross

between__________________?
A. G. herbaceum and G. raimondii
B. G. arborieum and G. raimondii
C. G. hirsutum and G. raimondii

Which one of the following____________________?

A. Aphids
B. Cut worm
C. Army worms
D. Weevils
Principles of soil conservation does not include:
A. Minimize run-off & store surplus water
B. Use non-arable lands effectively
C. Leave barren lands uncultivable to support desrtification degradation
D. Construction of mini dams & ponds to store water for live stock & other porposes

Egg storage stability can be achieved by storing eggs under

_____________________ ?
A. CO2
B. Mineral oil
C. Then no stabilization
D. All the above

The monitory income a firm sacrifices when it uses a resource it rosins rather
than supplying the resource in the market ?
A. Implicit cost
B. Explicit cost
C. Economic cost
D. Nominal cost

The national tree of Pakistan is___________________?

A. Neem
B. Acasia Arabia
C. Sesam
D. All the above

In meiosis homologous chromosomes separate from each other in

______________________?
A. metaphase I
B. Auaphase I
C. Metaphase II
D. Anaphase II
“Wealth of nations” was written by_________________?
A. Lewis
B. Rostow
C. Keynes
D. Adam Smith

Soil erosion Occurs mainly in:_________?

A. Inceptisols, Mollisols
B. Alfisols, Entisols
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Acid soils of the world’s arable comprise up to_____________________?

A. 40%
B. 30%
C. 58%
D. 20%

The law that states that the discharge of sub-soil water is directly proportional
to the loss of head and the area of soil sample and inversely proportional to to
the length of soil sample ___________________?
A. Archimed’s principle
B. Darcy’s law
C. Permeability law
D. Thiem’s law

The process of consolidation of stabilized earth work in canal or river

embankments. In this process the soil is deposited in layers of specified
thickness and at a particular moisture content is called __________________?
A. Soil stabilization
B. Densification
C. Compaction
D. All are correct

Type of reproduction in which young ones Produced form unfertilized eggs

is________________?
A. Parthenogenesis
B. Pacdogenesis
C. Vtviparity
D. Polyenibryony

The pest which causes no significant damage but due to unjudious use of
chemical they cause significant loss is called ?
A. Secondary pest
B. Key pest
C. Occasional pest
D. Migrant pest

Types of pheromone which motivate the insects to follow each other is known
as____________________?
A. Alarm pheromone
B. Aggregation pheromone
C. Sex pheromone
D. Trial marking pheromone

A hydraulic jump to dissipate energy when flow is __________________?

A. Critical flow
B. Shooting flow
C. Streaming flow
D. Turbulent flow

creep ration is given before ______________________?

A. Calving
B. Weaning
C. Conception
D. Both a & c

Salt-tolerant plants are called ____________________?

A. Glycophytes
B. Halophytes
C. Xerophytes
D. All the above

In Livestock is considered as _________________________?

A. 50 % of herd
B. 30 % of herd
C. 60 % of herd
D. 40 % of herd

Essentiality criteria of an element :

A. In the absence of an element, its not possible for plant to complete its vegetative cycle.
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. All of these

Almond belongs to family_________________?

A. Musaceae
B. Rosaceae
C. Annonaccae
D. Moraceae

Optimum temperature, minimum temperature and maximum temperature are

collectively called_________________?
A. Absolute temperature
B. Cardinal temperature
C. Various temperature
D. All the above
The lower leaves turn yellow and in some crops they quickly start drying up as if
suffering from shortage of water, stunted growth, leaves & fruits shedding &
whole plant becomes yellow, are deficiency symptoms of:_________?
A. Potash
B. Nitrogen
C. Calcium
D. Both a & c

The formula used for calculating RSC is _____________________?

A. RSC=(CO32 + HCO2) (Na + K + Ca2 + Mg2)
B. RSC=(CO32 + HCO2) ( Ca2 + Mg2)
C. None of the above
D. non of these

There is________________?
A. 43560 Sq ft in an acre
B. 40560 Sq ft in an acre
C. 46560 Sq ft in an acre
D. 47560 Sq ft in an acre

Ascorbic acid deficiency causes________________?

A. Scurvy
B. Night blindness
C. Rickets
D. Beriberi

Which soil bolds more water ?

A. Sandy
B. Stony
C. Clayey
D. Sitry

The fruit whose pericarp does not split open at maturity are
called___________________?
A. Indehiscent fruit
B. Dehiscent fruit
C. Sehizo fruit
D. None of the above

Pure water has an water activity (Aw) of___________________?

A. 0.99
B. 1.00
C. 1.5
D. non of these

Examples of poly phagous insect is__________________?

A. Helicoverpa armigera
B. Ants
C. Green lacewing
D. Pink bollworm

The hydraulic gradient line (H.G.L)represents the sum of_________________?

A. Pressure head + datum head
B. Pressure head + velocity head
C. Velocity head
D. Water surface

The presence of blood in urine is ________________________?

A. Hematocrit
B. Hematoma
C. Hematopoiesis
D. Haemoglobinuria

Which Canadian company brought poultry birds to Pakistan

_________________________?
A. ICI
B. Shaver
C. Lever Brother
D. None of above

Soils that have more than 20% organic matter are termed as organic soils. These
are also called:________?
A. Peat soil
B. solonchalk soil
C. Muck soil
D. Both a and c

An engineer who is approached by a client for the purpose of design of hydraulic

structures like dam. Barrage or Regulator is called ____________________?
A. Chartered Engineer
B. Consulting Engineer
C. Irrigation Engineer
D. All are correct

Anacardiaceous is the family of_________________?

A. Ber
B. Mango
C. Citrus
D. Cauli flower

Which one of the following instrument is used for measuring fruit flesh
finess__________________?
A. Penetometer
B. Effegi instrument
C. Magners- Taylor pressure tester
D. All the above

Situation in which govt. intervention in an economy worsens

outcomes__________________?
A. Govt. failure
B. Market perfection
C. Govt. inefficiency
D. None

The body of an insect is covered by a protective __________________ formed

from chitin and protein. Depending upon its precise composition and thickness,
the cuticle may be soft and flexible or hard and rigid; according to requirements,
it may or may not be permeable or waterproof:
A. three-layered skin (cuticle)
B. Two-layered skin (cuticle)
C. Six- layered skin (cuticle)
D. None of the above

The ventral tube on the first abdominal segment of a springtail:

A. Costa
B. Collophore
C. Embolium
D. Ectoparasitoid

Synthetic products which when applied to plants produce reactions almost

identical to those caused by natural harmonics are called______________?
A. Plant harmonics
B. Plant growth regulators
C. Photoperiodism activants
D. Plant growth promoters

In banana synthetic flavour additive used is____________________?

A. Amylaccetate
B. Methyl anthranilate
C. Ethyle butyrate
D. None of the above

At the end of hydraulic structure, the upward force of sub-soil water just
becomes equal to the submerged weight of soil grains Then exit gradient will be
called______________?
A. Submerged exit gradient
B. Critical exit gradient
C. Balanced exit gradient
D. All are correct

Insects belong to class__________________?

A. Symphyla
B. Pauropoda
C. Crustacea
D. Hexapoda

Genetic selection was proposed by_________________?

A. Richy (1927)
B. Stadler (1944)
C. Hull (1945)
D. East (1920)

Dominance hypothesis of heterosis was first proposed by__________________?

A. Davenport (1908)
B. Shull (1914)
C. Bruce (1910)
D. Davis (1927)

Pakistan has _________% area under forest?

A. 3.5%
B. 5.7%
C. 10%
D. None of these
A mutant organism (bacterium) that will not grow on a minimal medium does so
on the addition of some grown factor is known as __________________?
A. Autotrophy
B. Auxotroph
C. Axenema
D. Heterotroph

Respiratory enzymes in the cell are present in_________________________?

A. Ribosome’s
B. Lysosomes
C. Mitochondria
D. Plastids

Training’ includes which one of the following operations?

A. Only supporting
B. Only propping
C. Only tying
D. All of the above

Conservation agriculture improves the water use efficiency of dryland systems.

It has components:
A. Reduced soil disturbance through no-till or minimum till
B. Residue return to keep at least 30% of soil covered
C. Crop rotations for better utilization of available water & nutrients
D. all of the above

Partially decomposed organic matter is termed as___________________?

A. Humus
B. Farm yard manure
C. Composet
D. All the above
A digging out of earth to make trench for any engineering purpose is called
______________________?
A. Excavation
B. Cavitations
C. borrow pitting
D. Earth filling

Recurring increase and decrease in the level of economic activity over periods of
years?
A. Business cycle
B. Cyclic flow
C. Both
D. None

Walkley and Blacks method of organic matter determination allows recovery of

_____% organic carbon content:
A. 74 %
B. 54 %
C. 62.5 %
D. 34%

Auxins and cytokinins are__________________?

A. Growth regulators
B. Herbicides
C. Insecticides
D. Fungicides

The activity of enzymes in fruits usually decline at

temperature___________________?
A. Above 10ºC
B. Above 20ºC
C. Above 30ºC
D. None of the above

The zorawar is brand name of ___________________?

A. TSP
B. DAP
C. MAP
D. None of the above

Potassium (K) occurs as a constituent of the earth’s crust in the proportion

of_________?
A. 23 %
B. 2.3 %
C. 17 %
D. 1.7 %

Reproduction in the average total cost of producing a products as the firm

expands the size of plants (its output) in the long run________________?
A. Economics of scale
B. Economics of mass production
C. Both of these
D. None of these

The oldest food preservation techniques are ___________________?

A. Drying and dehydration
B. Sun drying
C. Browning
D. None of these

Ground water moving down wards in the un-saturated ground above the water
table is called___________________?
A. Hygroscopic water
B. Capillary water
C. Gravity water
D. All are correct

The storage life of Cabbage at 32ºF with R.H of 95% is____________________?

A. 2-5 months
B. 3-4 months
C. 5-6 months
D. 3-5 months

The main function of auxin is_____________________?

A. Cell division
B. Cell elongation
C. Cell differentiation
D. Cell production

Mostly the hydraulic structures founded on ____________ soils fails because of

undermining and uplift pressure?
A. Stable
B. Rocky
C. Impermeable
D. Permeable

The investment of private foreign funds in the economy of a developing nation?

A. Private foreign investment
B. Public investment
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

The process to dilute the available salts from root Zone by providing simply
canal water is known as __________________?
A. Reclamation
B. Leaching
C. Recultivation
D. de-salting
In ripened banana the aroma is due to presence of____________________?
A. Ethyl
B. Eugenol
C. Isopentanol
D. Valencene

Sprinkler irrigation is suitable, where soil has:_________?

A. Clayey texture
B. Undulating topography
C. Loamy texture
D. All of these

Texture of pastries, cookies and crackers is evaluated by_________________?

A. Warner-Bratzler sheer
B. Short meter
C. Compress meter
D. All the above

Who showed a positive correlation between tetrazolium staining with seed

quality in soybean seeds ?
A. Maguire (1963)
B. Barries ei al. (1969)
C. Moore (1973)
D. Woodstock (1976)

A type of unemployment used by workers voluntarily changing jobs and by

temporary layoffs; unemployment workers between jobs?
A. Underemployment
B. Frictional employment
C. Temporary unemployment
D. None of these
The influence of light on flowering in plant is____________________?
A. Phototropism
B. Photolysis
C. Photoperiodism
D. Photosynthesis

The unique soil environment under the influence of plants roots is called
rhizosphere and this term was given by__________?
A. Hiltner
B. Aristotle et al.
C. A.Q khan
D. Helium. S. Denial

How much percentage of soils of Pakistan are deficient in

P______________________?
A. 60
C. 50-70
D. 80-90

Duplication of chromosomes occurs during_________________?

A. Mitosis only
B. Meiosis
C. Mitosis and meiosis
D. None of the above

The improve and stabilize the texture of foods which types of stabilizers and
thickeners are used _____________________?
A. Guar gum
B. Agaragar
C. Starch
D. All the above
The leaf without petiole is referred as__________?
A. Petiolate
B. Sessile
C. Stipulate
D. Pilose

Specific gravity of a liquid is defined as the ratio of its specific weight to that of
pure water and standard temperature and pressure. Therefore specific gravity is
equal to ___________________?
A. 1.0
B. 1.2
C. 1.5
D. 2.0

The significance of difference among several means is tested with the help
of____________________?
A. F-test
B. t-test
C. Z-test
D. x-test

Seed dormancy of nee seeds can be successfully broken by heat treatment

at________________?
A. 50°c for 3-7 days
B. 45°c for 3-8 days
C. 54°c for 2-6 days
D. None of the above

The science of water which deals with the depletion and replenishment of water
resources is called_________________?
A. Hydrology
B. Biology
C. Hydrography
D. Histology

Silt stones consists of grains whose size range from____________________?

A. 0.625 mm
B. 0.004 mm
C. 0.0625 mm
D. Both b & c

International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), founded in___________?

A. 1624
B. 1724
C. 1824
D. 1924

Ratio of economic yield to biological yield expressed in percentage is

called_______________?
A. Harvest index
B. Seed index
C. Total yield
D. Dry matter

Study of plant species in relation of its environmental history

___________________?
A. Phylogemy
B. Ontogeny
C. Histology
D. None of the above

Mean annual precipitation for tundra region is ____________________?

A. 70-80 cm
B. 150-70 cm
C. 0-50 cm
D. None of the above

One of the following insect act as a vector for CLCV________________?

A. White fly
B. Aplud
C. Jassid
D. Heliothus

Antenae of insect is__________________?

A. Locomotion organ
B. Sensory organ
C. Sex organ
D. None of the above

What is Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhiza (VAM)?

A. Bacteria
B. Fungi
C. both A & B
D. None of the above

Who gave the defination of humic acid ?

A. Gapon
B. Felbeek
C. Neir
D. Liekig

Among the cotton exporting countries the number of America is___________?

A. 1st
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. 4th

Sustainable Technologies to Control Water-Logging:

A. Installation of tube-wells for irrigation and vertical drainage.
B. Planning and designing of future canals on proper lines.
C. Planting of eucalyptus in water-logged areas.
D. All of these

The relative abundance of three types of rocks ( igneous-metamorphic-

sedimentary) in the earth’s crust is_________?
A. 12.5 % -12.5 % – 75%
B. 64.7 % – 27.4 % – 7.9 %
C. none of A & B
D. 7.9% – 27.7 % – 64.4

International institute for Tropical Agriculture is located

at______________________?
A. Mexico
B. Nigeria
C. Syria
D. Columbia

Any material such as straw, sawdust, leaves, plastic films, & loose soil that is
spread upon the surface of the soil to protect the soil & plant roots from the
effects of raindrops, soil crusting, freezing or evaporation:
A. Mull
B. Mulch
C. Mycorrhizae
D. Muck

Naturally vinegar contain acetic acid____________________?

A. 8%
B. 4%
C. 2%
D. 5%
A free living animal that attack and feed on other organism is
called_______________?
A. Predator
B. Parasite
C. Scavenger
D. Parasite

Selenium unigram is used as__________________?

A. Cardio vascular stimulant
B. In lowering blood pressure
C. In breaking down of cholesterol
D. All the above

Point of zero change means____________________?

A. All the covalent bonds
B. Zero charge at surface
C. All are ionic bond
D. None of the above

In China, cotton was cultivated as a crop in._______________?

A. 7th century AD
B. 4th century AD
C. 10th century AD
D. 5th century AD

Fleshy fruits developed from the ovary wall with out stony layer are known
as____________________?
A. Pome
B. Berry
C. Drupe
D. None of the above

An intrazonal group of dark calcareous soils high in clay and having mainly
montmorillonitic type clay are called as:________?
A. Regur
B. Ragour
C. Montmorillosol
D. Regosol

In line x tester cross mating is done between:

A. Males & females
B. Among males
C. Among females
D. All of these

In pulses, for the production of nucleus seed we require minimum

of_________________?
A. 300 plant progenies
B. 400 plant progenies
C. 500 plant progenies
D. 200 plant progenies

Plant growth regulator found in terminal and lateral buds

is___________________?
A. Abscisic acid
B. Gibberellins
C. Auxins
D. All the above

Pynivate carboxylase is an example of ______________________?

A. Ligases enzyme
B. Isomerase enzyme
C. Lysos enzyme
D. Hydrolases enzyme

In Pakistan, the major phosphatic fertilizers are:

A. DAP
B. SSP
C. Nitrophos
D. All of Above

The total number of people living below a specified minimum level of real
income, an international poverty line, is called ?
A. Relative poor
B. Real poverty
C. Absolute poor
D. None

A dose of a toxicant that kills 50% of the exposed organism is

called_________________?
A. LC50
B. LD50
C. None of the Above
D. LD75

Organic soil are called____________________?

A. Peat
B. Arid soil
C. Muck
D. Both a & b

Electrolytes leakage is defendant on_________________?

A. Condition of cell membrane
B. Cracking of seed test
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

Erosion permitting and erosion resisting crops grow alternatively at right angle
to the slope of the land is called as:_________?
A. Linear planting
B. Strip planting
C. Cover planting
D. All of the above

The term mitosis was coined by________________?

A. Flemming (1882)
B. De Vries and correns (1908)
C. Bruce and Keeble (1908)
D. Non of these

Based on their diameters, soil pores are divided into:_________?

A. Macro pores
B. Meso pores & Micro pores
C. Both A & B
D. The above statement is wrong

The hydraulic mean depth for a circular pipe of diameter d is

____________________?
A. d/2
B. d/3
C. d/4
D. d/6

Poor development of bones and teeth are due to deficiency of

_____________________?
A. Vit. B
B. Vit. C
C. Vit. A
D. Vit. D

A normal plant suddenly started reproducing parthengentically. the number of

chromosomes of the second generation compared to the parent plant will
be____________________?
A. Double
B. One half
C. One fourth
D. Same

According to Blight, the percolating water seeps along the lower contour of the
hydraulic structure, the length traversed by this water is called
______________________?
A. Creep length
B. Seeping length
C. Piping
D. Undermining

Approximate calories in one cup of white cooked rice is __________________?

A. 150
B. 175
C. 201
D. 225

The soils in which the weathered material is taken away to other place by
several agents are called__________?
A. Alluvial soil
B. Aeolian soil
C. Transported soil
D. None of these

Which rock contain potash feldspar ?

A. Syeruite
B. Gabbro
C. Norile
D. All the above
Rocks having coarse bubble holes are called_______________________?
A. Purr ice
B. Mafic
C. Scoria
D. Felsic

The protoplasm is________________?

A. Solution
B. Semi-solid
C. Crysto colloidal solution
D. Colloidal solution

Any point inside the production possibility curve represents ?

A. Unemployment
B. Failure to achieve productive efficiency
C. Both A. and B.
D. None of these

A branch of horticulture dealing with the production and marketing of vegetable

is called__________________?
A. Viticulture
B. Pomology
C. Olericulture
D. Sericulture

For an economical design of gravity dam, the shear friction factor causec
compression strength should lie between____________________?
A. 1.5 to 4.0
B. 2.0 to 4.0
C. 2.5 to 4.5
D. 3 to 5

In lucern, toxic substance is found in_____________________?

A. Saponin
B. Coumarin
C. Neurotoxin
D. All the above

The quality a of a pesticide to remain as an effective residue because of its low

volatility and chemical stability is termed as__________________?
A. Persistence
B. Aerosol
C. Defoliant
D. Desiccant

Water logging caused by ____________ water, which during excessive irrigation

percolates down and join under ground water table?
A. Capillary
B. Hygroscopic
C. Gravity
D. Free

_________% of total global water is fresh and its major portion is obtained from
Rains ?
A. 2%
B. 2.5%
C. 3%
D. 3.2%

Number of irrigation required for cotton crop are______________?

A. 5 irrigations
B. 6 irrigations
C. 8 irrigations

The immobilization and accumulation of the eluviated constituents at some

depth beneath the soil surface:________?
A. Iluviation
B. Eluviation
C. Illuviation
D. Melanization

The granular formulation are commonly applied to control_______________?

A. Jassids and thrips
B. Leaf minors
C. Fruit and stem borers
D. Whitefly

A well penetrated in ground water confined between impervious layer at its top
and bottom is called __________________?
A. Non-artesian
B. Artesian well
C. Perched
D. Un-confined

Some insects which are used as bio control agents for used control is
called________________?
A. Entomophagous parasites
B. Zoophagous parasites
C. Phytophagous parasites
D. None of the Above

The credit for identifying the essentality of nitrogen to plants goes to________?
A. Dr.Muhammad Sharif
B. Theodore-saussure
C. Shafiq Baloch at.el
D. Sach and knoop

Loss of sensation and heart enlargement are caused due to deficiency

of__________________?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin C
D. Vitamin E

System for planting banana suckers followed in Sindh is __________________?

A. Rectangular
B. Hexagonal
C. Square
D. Diagonal

The year in which mango tree does not produce or produce very small number
of fruit is called ________________ ?
A. Lazy year
B. Hunger year
C. Off year
D. None of the above

Transportation & cementation of primary rocks:

A. Sedimentary rocks
B. Secondary rocks
C. Aqueous rocks
D. All of the above

A cow weighing about 425 Kg and eat 9 Kg of air dry forage per day is called
____________________?
A. Animal unit
B. Herd
C. Animal unit/month
D. Herd average

A crop grown on residual moisture after harvesting rice is

called__________________?
A. Barani crop
B. Dubari crop
C. Ratoon crop
D. Sure crop

Death of an insect from a single dose is called__________________?

A. Defoliant
B. Bait
C. Chronic poisoning
D. Acute poisoning

A mixture of active and inert ingredients is called_________________?

A. Formulation
B. Dose
C. Active ingredient
D. Inert ingredient

What is function of deterrent__________________?

A. Chemical which prevent feeding
B. Prevent ovipositon of an insect
C. Prevent feeding and oviposition of an insect
D. None of the above

Darcy formula for loss of head in pipes is given by, hf=4fl v2 /

__________________?
A. 2gd
B. gd
C. g2d
D. gd2

The floods which exceeds the designed magnitude of a reservoir is called

_______________________?
A. High floods
B. Standard protects flood
C. Intensive flood
D. Storm flood

Witting and shriveling of fruits is prevented by the use of_________________?

A. Waxing
B. 2,4-D
C. Ethylene
D. None of the above

Physical condition of soil for plant growth is called___________________?

A. Granulation
B. Tillage
C. Tilth
D. All the above

The giant chromosomes of Drosophila are found in_____________________?

A. Testes
B. Salivary glands
C. Ovaries
D. Muscles

Best example of parasites are ___________________?

A. Ichneumon, Fleas
B. Trichograma sp, Horse flie
C. Cotesia sp
D. All of above

The movement of water through a column of soil is called:___________?

A. Infiltration
B. Percolation
C. Leaching
D. hydraulic conductivity

Nonproductive members of society are referred to as___________________?

A. Society wastes
B. Society burden
C. Economic dependency burden
D. None of these

The aeration of water is done to remove _________________?

A. Odour
B. Smell
C. Colour
D. Taste

Amount of other products which must be foregone or sacrificed to obtain 1 unit

of a specific good is called its______________?
A. Opportunity cost
B. Real cost
C. Economic cost
D. None

Green vegetables are the source of _________________?

A. Biotin
B. Carbohydrates
C. Foliate
D. Vitamin

The colony of termites is called___________________?

A. Termitorium
B. Cage
C. Hive
D. Comb
All the SSP and some nitrophos are are manufactured locally by the National
Fertilizer Corporation (NFC): SSP at_________?
A. Faisalabad
B. Jaranwala
C. Haripur
D. All of these

Argemone mexicana is an objectional wed of__________________?

A. Oat
B. Rapseed/mustard
C. Tomato
D. Barley

A measure of average output or real output per unit of input is

called____________________?
A. Efficiency
B. Production
C. Productivity
D. None

Single celled plants are called__________________?

A. B. Protest
B. Protophyta
C. Protozoa
D. Prokaryotes

A chemical which inhibits clotting mechanisms of the blood is called

__________________?
A. Chronic poisoning
B. Bait
C. Defoliant
D. Acute poisoning
The total amount by the federal govt. of the owner of the govt. securities is
called___________________?
A. Public debt
B. Public finance
C. Public good
D. None

Vitamin A deficiency result in___________________?

A. Xeroderma
B. Xerophthalmia
C. Conical ulceration
D. All the above

Storage life of peaches & pears 31ºF with R.H of 90% is

_____________________?
A. 1-2 weeks
B. 2-3 weeks
C. 2-4 weeks
D. 2-6 weeks

The deficiency of vitamin D in human causes __________________?

A. Rickets
B. Osteomalecia
C. Decalcification
D. All the above

Alternate bearing is the serious problem of_____________________?

A. Guava
B. Citrus
C. Mango
D. Persimon

Dormancy of insects in summer is called________________?

A. Hibernation
B. Thanolasis
C. Aestivation
D. Ecdysiast

In orange aroma is developed by__________________?

A. Ethylene
B. Citral
C. Degreening
D. Valencene

Which one of the following is thickening agent___________________?

A. Agar
B. Amylase
C. Guar gum
D. All the above

The discharge carrying capacity of an irrigation channel depends upon

____________________?
A. Silt grade, charge and slope
B. Channel dimensions
C. Sediment size
D. Silt amount and bed slope

Those crops which increase the nitrogen content of the soil and hence the
fertility also are called ___________________?
A. Leguminous crops
B. Cash crops
C. Fodder
D. Food crops

Floor space requirement in layer for layer is _________________________?

A. 0.75 ft2 /bird
B. 1.5 ft2 /bird
C. 1.25 ft2 /bird
D. 1 ft2 /bird

The period between births of two successive calves from one cow is
called_________________?
A. Calving
B. Calving pen
C. Calving interval
D. Calving period

A structure made near weirs and barrages to facilitate the migration of fish up
stream or down stream is called __________________?
A. Fish ladder
B. Fish escape
C. Fish pool
D. Fish pond

The agriculture sector of Pakistan generates ________% of employment.

A. 39.0
B. 40.5
C. 42.0
D. 43.5

Khosla provided a seepage theory for design of Hydraulic structures

called________________?
A. Theory of seepage
B. Method of independent variables
C. Method of cutoffs
D. Creep theory

determinants of demand are some times referred

as__________________________?
A. Demand effectors
B. Demand determinants
C. Demand shifters
D. none

Who arrang the following associated with genetic

engineering___________________?
A. Watson
B. Crick
C. Koruna
D. Morgan

A barrier to the attainment of a set target in a particular period of time?

A. Economic inefficient
B. Economic integration
C. Economic constraint
D. None

A healthy plant not selling seed may be due to____________________?

A. Self incompatibility
B. Male sterility
C. Female sterility
D. All the above

Which one of the following is associated with normal clotting of

blood__________________?
A. Vitamin C
B. Vitamin D
C. Vitamin K
D. Tocopherol

Beer is produced from______________________?

A. Wheat
B. Barley
C. Com
D. Rice

The word ‘Agriculture’ is derived from___________?

A. Arabic
B. Greek
C. French
D. None of the above

The storage life of frozen fish at -10ºF with R.H of 95%

is____________________?
A. 4-6 months
B. 6-8 months
C. 8-10 months
D. 12 months

The science of growing terrestrial plants in an aerated solution is known

as___________________?
A. Nutrient film technique
B. Hydrology
C. Hydrants
D. Hydroponics

Allocative efficiency is__________________?

A. Producing all output combinations in least costly way
B. Producing the specific output mix most desired by society
C. Producing the desired things
D. None

Economic model describing growth of the economy on one or at most a few

sectors and variables?
A. Formal growth model
B. Functional growth model
C. Aggregate growth model
D. None

Self supporting succulent plants are called____________________?

A. Shurbs
B. Off shoots
C. Herbs
D. Succulents

Flushing ration is given to sheep and goat before ________________________?

A. Parturition
B. Gestation
C. Breeding
D. Heat period

Abnormal seeding growth in rice is more closely related, with______________?

A. IID grains
B. LD grains
C. Both a & b
D. None of the above

The rice inflorescence is called_________?

A. Arrow
B. Cob
C. Panicle
D. Ear

The fixing of points in such away or the ground to have a correct lines for setting
a canal or water course is called _________________?
A. Lining of canal
B. Alignment of canal
C. Designing of canal
D. All are correct

Cyclic salts are mostly of ______________________?

A. SO4
B. HCO3
C. Cl–
D. None of the above

The haring organs in grasshopper_________________?

A. Johnston’s organ
B. Tympanal organ
C. Chorodotonal organ
D. None of the above

Conversion of inorganic P to organic P is known as:_________?

A. Mineralization
B. Immobilization
C. Solubilization
D. both A & C

Insects which are active at night are called________________?

A. Diurnal insects
B. Nocturnal insects
C. Crepuscular insects
D. None of the above

WHO recommended daily intake of calcium for adults is

_____________________?
A. 200-300 mg
B. 300-400 mg
C. 400-500 mg
D. All the above
Where does respiratory electron transport occurs____________________?
A. Cytoplasm
B. Inner membrane of mitochondria
C. matrix of mitochondria
D. Chloroplast

Controlled run off, water supplies, irrigation, soil fertility is called

as_________________?
A. Catchmento protection
B. Agriculture conservation
C. Soil protection
D. Saw logs

The site of grains present in sands structuring range__________________?

A. 1.00 0.0625 mm dia
B. 0.0625 mm dia
C. 0-1.0 mm dia
D. None of the above

In Pakistan, Indus plains are formed from ___________ parent material which
was transported by Indus river and its tributaries from Himalayas?
A. Till
B. Moraine
C. Colluvial
D. None of the above

An essentially risk free, long term interest rate which is free of the influence of
market imperfections?
A. Pure rate of interest
B. Economic rate of interest
C. Nominal rate of interest
D. None
A mixture included pesticides which decrease the efficiency of each other is
called__________________?
A. Additive mixture
B. Antagonistic mixture
C. Potentiating mixture
D. None of the Above

Mosquitoes, bed bugs are____________________?

A. Permanent Parasite
B. Intermitttent Parasite
C. transitary Parasite
D. Obligate Parasite

The storage life of fresh lemon at 10ºC is___________________?

A. 6-10 weeks
B. 10-15 weeks
C. 12-20 weeks
D. 12-16 weeks

Weathering is the natural process of__________?

A. Disintegration
B. Sedimentation
C. Decomposition
D. both A & C

Thread like structure surrounding the pupal stage of the insect (Silk worm)
is_________________?
A. Silk
B. Typhoon
C. Cocoon
D. None of the above
On the basis of cotton cultivated area which on of the following countries
occupies first position ?
A. Pakistan
B. India
C. America
D. China

Plants having monoecious flowers are found in____________________?

A. Maize
B. Caster
C. Colocasia
D. All the above

A major metabolic process taking place in harvest yield is__________________?

A. transpiration
B. Growth
C. Respiration
D. Absorption

An accounting item which decreases the value of an

asset___________________?
A. Debit
B. Credit
C. Depreciation
D. None

Allelopathy is an important component in the development of future integrated

strategies for____________?
A. Soil management
B. Weed management
C. Water management
D. non of these
The basal part which provided the root system for anchorage and absorption of
moisture and nutrients is called___________________?
A. Scion
B. Root stock
C. Grafting
D. Budding

A series of vertical steps in a stream made to avoid soil scouring is called

___________________?
A. Levees
B. Embankment
C. Cascades
D. Banks

In ogee spillway the discharge is directly proportional to

_______________________?
A. H1/2
B. H1/3
C. H3/2
D. H1/4

Certification is not required for________________?

A. Nucleus seed
B. Breeder seed
C. Foundation seed
D. Certified seed

The centre of pressure of a plane submerged area which holds it in equilibrium

is ____________________?
A. Always below the centre of gravity of the area
B. Coincident with centroid of area if its plane is vertical
C. Always above the centroid of the area
D. Independent of the inclination of area

Growing more then one crop in a season in the same land is

called________________?
A. Monocropping
B. Double cropping
C. Intensive cropping
D. Intercropping

A process by which a piece of scion is attached to a root stock in a way that

eabium of both scion and root stock came in firm contact, resulting is a new
tissue is called_________________?
A. Ghooti
B. Budding
C. Grafting
D. Rooting

Growing of vegetables for the consumption of local market and large center
is_________________?
A. Truck gardening
B. Market gardening
C. Home gardening
D. Olericulture

Saccharomyces cerevisae and Saccharomyces carlbergensic are common species

of yeast which are used in___________________?
A. Acetic fermentation
B. Alcoholic fermentation
C. Lactic fermentation
D. All the above

Carrot, Radish, Turnip, Cabbage and beet are the____________________?

A. Annuals
B. Biennials
C. Perenials
D. Woody perianials

The average weight of commercial bird is about __________________?

A. 90 gm
B. 50 gm
C. 60 gm
D. 70 gm

The sacrifice of some or all one economic goal, good, or services to achieve
some other goal, good or service is called__________________?
A. Trade block
B. Trade union
C. Trade offs
D. All

A type of resistance in which a series of different cultivars of the same crop are
infested with a series of different insect biotypes of same species show a
differentia interaction is known as_________________?
A. Horizontal resistance
B. Vertical resistance
C. Specific resistance
D. Cross resistance

Neurotoxin is found in___________________?

A. Pearl millet
B. Berseem
C. Lucem
D. Sorghum

Elements essentially required for growth of all plants species

are___________________?
A. 32
B. 15
C. 16
D. 3

Pakistan being predominantly an arid and semiarid country, In addition to

agricultural productivity losses and increasing poverty, desertification results in
significant reductions in _________?
A. Contributing to global warming
B. Carbon storage in soils
C. loss of biodiversity
D. All of these

DNA is genetic material was first discovered by____________________?

A. Attmann (1889)
B. Crick (1953)
C. Sressler (1968)
D. Avery et al (1944)

A watershed canal __________________?

A. Irrigates only on one side
B. Avoids the cross drainage works
C. Is generally aligned parallel to the contour of the area
D. Is most suitable in hilly areas

To avoid scouring from end of structure, it is necessary to provide a

________________ at the exit point?
A. Vertical cutoff
B. Stone apron
C. Stone boom
D. Stone blocks
Type of reproduction in which two or more individuals are produced from a
single egg____________________?
A. Viviparity
B. Polyembryony
C. Paedogenesis
D. Parthenogenesis

The storage life of fresh oranges at 5 to 9ºc is ____________________?

A. 4-6 weeks
B. 6-8 weeks
C. 6-12 weeks
D. 6-10 weeks

Aphis lions are predator of___________________?

A. Aphid
B. Jassid
C. Sugarcane borer
D. Pyrilla

Use of living organism to bring down the pest population to sub economic level
is called____________________?
A. Biological control
B. Cultural control
C. Physical control
D. Natural control

The ventral selerotized region of insect body is called___________________?

A. Pleuron
B. Tergum
C. Sternum
D. None of the above

Most food poisoning organisms prefer to grow in the pH range

of___________________?
A. 4-5
B. 4-5
C. 5
D. Above 5

Moderately toxic compound:_________?

A. Lead
B. Fluorine
C. Nickle
D. All of the above

The body wall of insect which includes cuticle, epidermis and basement
membrane is__________________?
A. Integument
B. Exoskeleton
C. Internal skeleton
D. None of the above

Pakistan has three storage reservoirs, tarbela, chashma & Mangla and
__________ barrages:
A. 16
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19

A woody plant with a climbing growth habit is called_____________________?

A. Stem
B. Shoot
C. Liana
D. Vine

The protein synthesizing system is associated with_____________________?

A. Microtubules
B. Ribosome’s
C. Episodes
D. Mitochondria

Which of the leafy vegetables has high cellulose and add bulk to
food___________________?
A. Celery
B. Cabbage
C. Lettuce
D. All the above

How many type of DNA are_________________?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6

The moisture content of natural semi-perishable food ranges

between_____________________?
A. 50-60%
B. 70-80%
C. 60-90%
D. 50-70%

The physical appearance of an organism is denoted by____________________?

A. Photocopy
B. Prototype
C. Phenotype
D. Apheliotropic

An exce4ption of Mendel’s law is______________________?

A. Dominance
B. Liukage
C. Independent assortment
D. Purity of gametes

The formula used to calculate maximum flood discharge for a hilly ()

is_______________?
A. Dicken’s formula
B. Ryve’s formula
C. Nawab Jung Bahadur All formula
D. Inglis formula

Oxidative rancidity can be accelerated by the presence of certain divalent and

polyvalent __________________________?
A. Metals
B. Light
C. High temperature
D. All the above

White Scour is disease in_____________________?

A. Heifer
B. Calves
C. Cow
D. Buffalo

When pollination and fertilization occur in unopened flower bud it is known

as__________________?
A. Hamogamy
B. Cleistogamy
C. Chasmogamy
D. All the above

High values of genetic advance are indicative of____________________?

A. Dominance gene action
B. Additive gene action
C. non-additive gene action
D. Partial dominance gene action

The discharge of a well per unit draw down usually expressed as gallons or liters
per minute is called ____________________?
A. Discharge
B. Specific volume
C. Specific capacity
D. All are correct

The largest part of female reproductive tract in chicken is_________________?

A. Magnum
B. Infundibulm
C. isthmus
D. Uterus

In Pakistan hockey sticks are generally made from__________________?

A. Salix
B. Morus alba
C. morus nigra
D. Melia

A plant hormone which promote cell division known

as_____________________?
A. Cytokinins
B. Auxins
C. Gibberellins
D. IAA

Specific combining ability is primarily a function of___________________?

A. Dominance variance
B. Additive x dominance epistasis
C. Dominance x dominance epistasis
D. All the above

Which element is deficient in milk _________?

A. Iron
B. Phosphorus
C. Sodium
D. Calcium

It is a nitrogenous polysaccharides which are more than 50% of substance of

cuticle is called___________________?
A. Sclerotion
B. Resilin
C. Chitin
D. Cuticulin

Compressibility of a liquid is defined as vertical or contraction in volume with

variation of pressure. Therefore water is considered as ___________________?
A. Expandable
B. In-Compressible
C. Compressible
D. All are correct

Product of microorganism that appears to chelate calcium is

called_____________________?
A. Pyruive acid
B. 2-ketoghconic acid
C. Carbon dioxide
D. Phospheric acid

What are the products of fermentation of grapes by yeast________________?

A. CO & alcohol
B. ATP & CO2
C. ATP & Ethanol
D. All the above

Mouthparts of Sugarcane pyrilla are:___________?

A. Chewing
B. Siphoning
C. Biting
D. Sucking

The availability of essential nutrients from soil to the plants is controlled by the
________ properties of soil:
A. Physical
B. chemical
C. Biological
D. both A & B

Which element is known as chemical police man of plant?

A. Magnesium
B. Phosphorus
C. Potassium
D. All of the above

The branch of Science which deals cultivation of land is

called________________?
A. Geology
B. Agriculture
C. Horticulture
D. Petrology