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51.

The total land area of Baluchistan is 34.7 mha (or 85.74 million acres), out of which only ____ are cultivated?

A. 14 % or 3.4 mha
B. 24 % or 5.4 mha
C. 34 % or 7.4 mha
D. 54 % or 11.4 mha
Answer» B. 24 % or 5.4 mha
Discussion
52.

The total forest area of Punjab is ?

A. 1.69 million hectares
B. 0.89 million hectares
C. 0.96 million hectares
D. 0.989 million hectares
Answer» B. 0.89 million hectares
Discussion
53.

The total forest area of Pakistan is estimated at ?

A. 5.20 million hectares
B. 3.20 million hectares
C. 6.20 million hectares
D. 4.20 million hectares
Answer» D. 4.20 million hectares
Discussion
54.

The share of sugarcane crop in value added in agriculture is 6.3 percent What is the share in GDP ?

A. 5.1%
B. 1.5%
C. 6%
D. 4%
Answer» C. 6%
Discussion
55.

The production of wheat in 2001-2 dropped by 2.9 percent. What was the size of wheat crop this year ?

A. 18475 thousand tones
B. 13475 thousand tones
C. 19475 thousand tones
D. 16475 thousand tones
Answer» B. 13475 thousand tones
Discussion
56.

The period of Rabi season is ?

A. October-May
B. May-Aug
C. October-June
D. January-May
Answer» B. May-Aug
Discussion
57.

The period of Rabi Season is _____ ?

A. October-May
B. May-Aug
C. October-June
D. All of them
Answer» B. May-Aug
Discussion
58.

The main export items of the country are crop cotton and?

A. Sugar
B. cotton vast products
C. sugar products
D. wheat
Answer» C. sugar products
Discussion
59.

The link canal which irrigates the district of D.G khan and D.I khan starts from ?

A. Chashma Barrage
B. Jinnah Barrage
C. Sulmaki Headworks
D. Trimmu Headworks
Answer» B. Jinnah Barrage
Discussion
60.

The Indus Water Treaty was mediated by ?

A. IMF
B. USA
C. World Bank
D. Britain
Answer» D. Britain
Discussion
61.

The domestic requirement of oil seed has almost doubled during the last?

A. 6/7 years
B. 9/10 years
C. 7/8 years
D. 3/4 years
Answer» D. 3/4 years
Discussion
62.

The crop most susceptible to frost it ?

A. Wheat
B. red gram
C. Cotton
D. black gram
Answer» D. black gram
Discussion
63.

The annual growth rate of edible oil is ?

A. 10%
B. 9%
C. 15%
D. 7%
Answer» B. 9%
Discussion
64.

The annual requirement of edible oil is nearly ?

A. 1.5 million tones
B. 1.6 million tones
C. 1.7 million tones
D. 1.9 million tones
Answer» E.
Discussion
65.

Rice is very important food as well as ?

A. export crop
B. cash crop
C. raw material
D. import item
Answer» C. raw material
Discussion
66.

Rice account for 6.6 percent in value added in agriculture. What is its contribution in GDP ?

A. 19%
B. 1.6%
C. 22%
D. 6.1%
Answer» E.
Discussion
67.

Rasul headworks was constructed on the river ?

A. Indus
B. Sutlej
C. Chenab
D. Jhelum
Answer» E.
Discussion
68.

Pakistan’s largest food crop is ?

A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Cotton
D. Sugarcane
Answer» C. Cotton
Discussion
69.

Pakistan spends annually US$ $ 788 million on the import of ?

A. sugar
B. vegetable oil
C. tea
D. edible oil
Answer» E.
Discussion
70.

Pakistan is the _____largest Wheat Producer country in the world ?

A. Fifth
B. Seventh
C. Sixth
D. Eight
Answer» E.
Discussion
71.

Pakistan is the __________ largest rice Producer country in the world?

A. Fifth
B. Sixth
C. Fourth
D. Eight
Answer» E.
Discussion
72.

Pakistan is the ___________ largest Cotton Producer country in the world?

A. Fifth
B. Fourth
C. Sixth
D. Eight
Answer» C. Sixth
Discussion
73.

Pakistan is the _____largest tobacco Producer country in the world?

A. Sixth
B. Seventh
C. Fifth
D. Eight
Answer» E.
Discussion
74.

Pakistan is the _____largest Oranges Producer country in the world ?

A. Fourth
B. Fifth
C. Sixth
D. Eight
Answer» E.
Discussion
75.

Pakistan is the _____largest Producer country in the world?

A. Fifth
B. Fourth
C. Seventh
D. Sixth
Answer» D. Sixth
Discussion
76.

Pakistan is the _____largest Onion Producer country in the world ?

A. Fifth
B. Fourth
C. Sixth
D. Eight
Answer» B. Fourth
Discussion
77.

Pakistan is the ____largest milk producer country in the world?

A. Fifth
B. Fourth
C. Sixth
D. Eight
Answer» B. Fourth
Discussion
78.

Pakistan is the _________ largest Date Palm Producer country in the world?

A. Fifth
B. Fourth
C. Sixth
D. Eight
Answer» D. Eight
Discussion
79.

Pakistan is the _____largest Chickpea Producer country in the world ?

A. Fifth
B. Second
C. Sixth
D. Eight
Answer» C. Sixth
Discussion
80.

Pakistan is the ________ largest Apricot Producer country in the world ?

A. Fifth
B. Fourth
C. Sixth
D. Eight
Answer» C. Sixth
Discussion
81.

Out of the total land area of Pakistan the total land area of Punjab is 20.6 mha (about 50.90 million acres) out of which ____ are cultivated?

A. 54 % or 11.04 mha
B. 57 % or 12.00 mha
C. 58 % or 12.04 mha
D. 59 % or 13.04 mha
Answer» B. 57 % or 12.00 mha
Discussion
82.

One-third of the forest area is productive, and the remaining two-third is maintained for ?

A. Timber
B. Environmental protection
C. Wild life
D. sanctuaries
Answer» C. Wild life
Discussion
83.

One third of the nation’s energy need is fulfilled by ?

A. forest sector
B. oil
C. gas
D. LPG
Answer» B. oil
Discussion
84.

Nomboli is formulated for the control of ?

A. household pest
B. pests
C. agricultural insect pest
D. herbs and shrubs
Answer» B. pests
Discussion
85.

Nimbokil-60EC is formulated for the control of ?

A. pest
B. agricultural insect pest
C. household pests
D. herbs
Answer» C. household pests
Discussion
86.

Nearly _______ of land is cultivated through tube-wells ponds and rain water?

A. 25%
B. 55%
C. 15%
D. 35%
Answer» B. 55%
Discussion
87.

National Arid-land Development and Research Institute (NADRI) is at ?

A. Islamabad
B. Lahore
C. Faisalabad
D. Peshawar
Answer» B. Lahore
Discussion
88.

Nara Canal is located in the Province of _______?

A. Punjab
B. Baluchistan
C. Sindh
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
Discussion
89.

Minor crops in Rabi season are pulses, potatoes and ?

A. Onions
B. bajra
C. garlic
D. All these
Answer» E.
Discussion
90.

Malakand Dargai Project started its operation in ?

A. 1935
B. 1938
C. 1947
D. 1946
Answer» C. 1947
Discussion
91.

Livestock sector accounts for nearly 36 percent of agriculture value added and about 9.0 percent of the ?

A. GDP
B. GNP
C. export earnings
D. budget
Answer» B. GNP
Discussion
92.

Lint cotton is a major?

A. cash item
B. import item
C. export item
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
Discussion
93.

Kinds of forest in Pakistan are coniferous forest, irrigated plantation riverain forests and ?

A. Mangrove forest
B. Scrub forests
C. private plantations
D. All of these
Answer» C. private plantations
Discussion
94.

Kharif crops include ?

A. rice & sugarcane
B. cotton & maze
C. bajra & jawar
D. All of them
Answer» E.
Discussion
95.

Kharif crop includes ?

A. Rice & sugarcane
B. Cotton and maize
C. Bajra and Jawar
D. All of them
Answer» E.
Discussion
96.

Jamrao Canal is located in the province of ?

A. Punjab
B. Baluchistan
C. Sindh
D. Kpk
Answer» D. Kpk
Discussion
97.

________ is the most important staple food of Pakistan?

A. Rice
B. Wheat
C. Cotton
D. Sugarcane
Answer» C. Cotton
Discussion
98.

_________ is the backbone of the Pakistan economy and the mainstay of our national economic life?

A. Industrial
B. Service
C. Agriculture
D. Trade
Answer» D. Trade
Discussion
99.

Irrigation was developed in the Indus Valley Civilization by around ______?

A. 4500 BCE
B. 4100 BCE
C. 4200 BCE
D. 4000 BCE
Answer» B. 4100 BCE
Discussion
100.

Investment in agriculture sector is Rs ?

A. 49.9 billion
B. 50.9 billion
C. 45.9 billion
D. 45.1 billion
Answer» D. 45.1 billion
Discussion