Agricultural Economy in Pakistan Important MCQs

1 - ______ percent of country's population living in rural area:






0.675

2 - ______ percent population directly or indirectly depends upon agriculture sector:






0.675

3 - _______ percent of employee of agriculture work force:






0.42

4 - A primary economic activity is:






Barter trade

5 - Abid-96 is a variety of:






Sugarcane

6 - Agricultural credit is for:






Betterment of Manufacturing

7 - Agriculture is the _____ sector of Pakistani economy:






Largest

8 - Agriculture occupies a significant position in the starting of economic development in Pakistan and policy measures must be devised to improve and achieve higher rate of growth because:






Both (a) & (b)

9 - Agriculture sector is a good source of:






Expense of foreign exchange

10 - Area under forest in Pakistan is:






0.02

11 - Areas greatly affected by water logging and salinity in Pakistan is:






Irrigated by perennial canals

12 - Chakwal-97 is varity of:






Wheat

13 - Chinese-68.4 is a variety of:






Groundnut

14 - Cotton is an important:






Cash crop

15 - CP 43-33 is a variety of:






Sugarcane

16 - Digging stick is used in:






Mixed farming

17 - DR-82 is a variety of:






Rice

18 - Effective irrigation system is prerequisite for _____ production:






Agriculture

19 - Empirical evidence in case of developed countries suggest that general economic development requires:






Agriculture growth must precede industrial development

20 - Equatorial forests are:






Of mixed type

21 - FB-129 is a variety of:






Sugarcane

22 - For achieving food self-sufficiency _____ is crucial:






Mechanization

23 - Green revolution has not been that 'green' as it has been made out to be because:






It is confined to select regions

24 - How many barrages are constructed on the River Indus?






6

25 - How many canals leave the Indus from Sukkur Barrage?






7

26 - How many land reforms are implemented in Pakistan?






5 time

27 - How many major groups of canal system are operating in Pakistan?






3

28 - How much approximately acres of land is wasted in Pakistan?






8000 acres

29 - How much area is being cultivated?






0.14

30 - How much area of Pakistan can be cultivated due to various factors?






0.67

31 - How much potential crop production our country is loosing annually?






0.25

32 - In existing canal and watercourses network how much water is lost and does not reach the crops:






0.7

33 - In Pakistan agricultural sector is:






Backward

34 - In which country the largest irrigation system of the world is situated?






Pakistan

35 - Irri-6 is a variety of:






Rice

36 - Karez in Pakistan is found in:






Balochistan and KPK

37 - KG-7326 is a variety of:






Sunflower

38 - KGS-E-130 is a variety of:






Groundnut

39 - Khushab-97 is a variety of:






Sugarcane

40 - KS-282 is a variety of:






Rice

41 - Lahore is situated at the bank of river:






Ravi

42 - Land tenure system of Pakistan is:






Subjective

43 - Maize, rice and wheat are generally referred as:






Cereal crops

44 - Mara is a breed of:






Buffalo

45 - Marginal farmers are those farmers having land holding:






Less than 2 acres

46 - Marginal product is the:






Change in output due to one unit change in input

47 - Marginal utility of a commodity is the utility derived from the purchase of:






Any extra unit

48 - Market demand curve is faced by:






Competitive firm

49 - Marshall defines economics as:






The study of mankind in the ordinary business of life

50 - Marshall's definition of economics has been criticized by:






Robbins

51 - Maximum profit will be at the point where:






M.C. = M.R.

52 - Means to satisfy human wants are:






Unlimited

53 - MH-97 is a variety of:






Wheat

54 - Name the chief source of water:






Rain water

55 - Nowshera-96 is a variety of:






Wheat

56 - Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) carries out its research work for the:






Development of Agriculture Sector

57 - Pakistan Green Revolution was started in the period of:






Ayub Khan

58 - Pakistan is an:






Agricultural country

59 - Pakistan is loosing per year its potential crop production worth US dollar:






2.5 billion

60 - Pakistan's economy is an:






Agricultural

61 - Parsun-I is a variety of:






Sunflower

62 - Range' is the measurement between:






Highest and lowest

63 - Ratodero-I is a variety of:






Sugarcane

64 - Record keeping' should be characterized by:






All of the above

65 - Rice is a high valued crop:






Cash

66 - Rice is largely grown in:






Tropical region

67 - Sadabahar is a variety of:






Sunflower

68 - Sugarcane is largely grown in:






Sub-Tropical season

69 - Sukkur barrage was completed in:






1932

70 - Suleman-98 is a variety of:






Rice

71 - Super Basmati is a type of:






Rice

72 - Tatara is a type of:






Wheat

73 - Tea is largely grown in:






Tropical region

74 - Terbala Dam is constructed on which river?






Indus

75 - The agriculture sector in Pakistan contributed in GDP:






0.23

76 - The average size of agricultural holdings is largely governed by:






The system of land tenure

77 - The biggest canal from Sukkur Barrage is:






Nara

78 - The biggest earth filled dam in the world is _________






Tarbela

79 - The biggest exporter of food is:






Egypt

80 - The Green revolution is:






A new strategy for Agricultural Development

81 - The Indus Water Treaty was mediated by:






World Bank

82 - The Indus Water Treaty was signed in:






1960

83 - The largest rice producing country is:






China

84 - The largest sector of Pakistan's economy is:






Agriculture

85 - The length of Indus River is:






2900 km

86 - The longest river in Pakistan is:






Indus

87 - The major sugarcane-producing province in Pakistan is:






Punjab

88 - The National Aridland Development and Research Institute (NADRI) is at:






Islamabad

89 - The origin of agriculture was somewhere in:






Canada

90 - The percentage of cultivation land of the total area of Pakistan is about:






0.45

91 - The second largest barrage in Pakistan is:






Guddu Barrage

92 - The Sidhnai canals in Pakistan take off from:






River Sutlej

93 - The width of Tarbela Dam at its base is about:






600m

94 - The World's largest spillways are installed at:






Mangla Dam

95 - There are ______ major seasons for agricultural crop:






Three

96 - There are principal crop seasons:






One

97 - Truck farming is:






Manufacturing

98 - Upper Swat canal starts from:






Malakand

99 - What is the height of Tarbela Dam?






143m

100 - What is the length of Warsak Dam Lake?






42 Km

101 - What is the main cash crop of Pakistan?






Rice

102 - What is the period of Kharif season?






April - June, October - September

103 - What is the period of the Rabi season?






October - December, April - May

104 - What is the total length of irrigated canals in Pakistan?






62000 km

105 - What is the total length of irrigation canals in Pakistan?






64,000 km

106 - What is the total length of River Ravi?






725 km

107 - Wheat is cultivated mainly in:






Sub-tropical region

108 - Wheat is the leading:






Food grain

109 - Which are of the following is administrative decision?






All of these

110 - Which are Pakistan's major seasons for agricultural crop?






Kharif and Rabi

111 - Which dam has the largest electricity generating - potential in thhe world?






Tarbela

112 - Which is the first and worst enemy of agricultural land?






Lack of fertilizer

113 - Which is the main source of agricultural credit?






Zari Tariqiati Bank

114 - Which of the following contributes more national income and stand next to agriculture?






Mining and manufactures

115 - Which of the following is the structure concerned with photorespiration?






Peroxisome

116 - Which one of the following economic principles helps a farmer to allocate his limited resources to two different enterprises?






The law of equimarginal returns

117 - Which one of the following is not correctly matched?






Terminal Market - Area

118 - Which one of the following is not narrow leaved weeds?






Melilotus indica

119 - Which one of the following is the main source of foreign exchange earning in Pakistan?






Agriculture

120 - Which type of credit is advanced in agricultural sector?






Semi-agricultural credit

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