PPSC Agriculture Officer 2023 Past Paper with Answers

Practice the PPSC Agriculture Officer 2023 past paper with 199 solved MCQs, answers and topic coverage.

199 solved MCQs across 2 approved papers

Application of fertilizer by broadcast method in standing/growing crop is calledAnswer: Top dressing One of the major problems which reduces crop yield in agriculture isAnswer: Inadequate plant population Tillage operations that deal with seed bed preparation are called asAnswer: Secondary tillage The nutrient which is mostly influenced by adsorption isAnswer: Potassium Which of the following crops require soil preparation up to greater depth?Answer: Sugarcane Water conservation in water scarce areas can be improved throughAnswer: Deep ploughing Leguminous crops requireAnswer: Both B & C In barani areas or where there is water shortage which form of nitrogen will give best resultsAnswer: Ammonium nitrate Agronomic research is largely in theAnswer: Field The application of various sciences i.e. botany, plant physiology, entomology, plant pathology,biochemistry, genetics, ecology and soils constitute the field ofAnswer: Agronomy Cereal seeds can be stored for a period of four years if seed moisture contents are reduced toAnswer: 8 to 10% Fertilizer contributes to increase crop yield uptoAnswer: 250% An agronomist is engaged in ___________________________.Answer: All of these Seed produced from breeder seed on large scale is called _________.Answer: Basic seed In barani areas the sowing time mainly depends uponAnswer: Rainfall The seed moisture contents at the time of storage should beAnswer: 10% SSP is _____ fertilizerAnswer: Straight Physical condition of soil in relation to plant growth is calledAnswer: Tilth Seed is ripened _____________.Answer: Ovule Fallow cultivation is also called---------.Answer: Primary tillage The objective of tillage is to------------.Answer: Both A & B One tonne of fresh organic manure produce ------kg of organic matterAnswer: 227 kg Organic matter in our soils isAnswer: >1% The attack of sucking insects on cotton crop can be reduced if resistant varieties have __________ leaves.Answer: Lush green leaves The growing of moth in cotton as inter/mix crop can reduce the ________ attack in cotton.Answer: Root rot The insecticides which are absorbed through roots and are effective for the control of borers are called__________.Answer: Carbamate ________ is the alternate host weed of pink bollworm in cotton.Answer: Sonchal Dumbi sitti problem in wheat can be minimized by growing ____________ as an alternate crop.Answer: Berseem More than two-thirdof absorbed radiations by leaves only increase _______________ which ultimately reduce the water use efficiency (WUE).Answer: Transpiration rate The ability of crop plants to close their stomata due to lower availability of water indicates that water use efficiency (WUE) ___________ in those plants.Answer: Increases