PPSC Senior Agriculture Officer (SAO) & Principal Agriculture Officer (PAO)
Paper held on: 11-03-2023
Q1: Strawberry fruit is — ?
Answer: Etario of achenes
Q2: Red rot of sugarcane mostly affects — ?
Answer: Thick canes
Q3: Pakistani soils include Aridisol, Inceptisol, Entisol — ?
Answer: All of them
Q4: Droplets form on leaf surface as a result of root pressure — ?
Answer: Guttation
Q5: Bacillus thuringiensis is a — ?
Answer: Bacteria
Q6: Potato seed rate is — ?
Answer: 1200–1500
Q7: Shaitan ki majlis — ?
Answer: Shura Allama Iqbal
Q8: Apple pie order — ?
Answer: Neat and tidy
Q9: Duration of Chief Election Commissioner — ?
Answer: 6 years
Q10: Length of marathon race — ?
Answer: 42 km
Q11: Song being played on computer — ?
Answer: Soft output
Q12: Font and size belong to — ?
Answer: Format section
Q13: We will have _____ university in our city soon.
Answer: A
Q14: Pakistani surgeon in American jail — ?
Answer: Aafia Siddiqui
Q15: Chemical added to pesticide to increase its activity — ?
Answer: Activator
Q16: All pest control methods except chemical — ?
Answer: Integrated Pest Control
Q17: Seed moisture after storage — ?
Answer: Equilibrium moisture
Q18: Soil resistance to rupture and deform — ?
Answer: Consistency
Q19: % organic matter in Pakistani soil — ?
Answer: < 1%
Q20: First step in petrol refining — ?
Answer: Distillation
Q21: Plant ventricular pores which exchange gas and water — ?
Answer: Stomata
Q22: Study of vertical movement of water was studied by — ?
Answer: Darey
Q23: Herbicide which inhibits proteins — ?
Answer: Atrazine
Q24: Brainstorming — ?
Answer: Brainstorming
Q25: Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and legumes add nitrogen into soil — ?
Answer: 210 kg/ha
Q26: Part of seed in which food is stored — ?
Answer: Endosperm
Q27: Seed rate of fine rice — ?
Answer: 15 kg
Q28: Oil content in sesame — ?
Answer: 54%
Q29: Cotton varieties developed in 1980 — ?
Answer: All of them
Q30: Punjabi translation of Bal-e-Jibreel — ?
Answer: Aser Abid
Q31: Crypto winter is — ?
Answer: Decrease in crypto
Q32: Gram blight is a disease of — ?
Answer: Humid area
Q33: Most insects are found in — ?
Answer: Tropical region
Q34: Double-stranded DNA to single strand — ?
Answer: Denaturation
Q35: Bacteria which convert nitrite to nitrate — ?
Answer: Nitrobacter
Q36: Upper leaf is called — ?
Answer: Flag leaf
Q37: Melilotus alba contains harmful element — ?
Answer: Coumarin
Q38: A train is 130 m long and crosses a tunnel in 21 seconds at 90 km/h. Length of tunnel — ?
Answer: 395 m
Q39: Fennel is _____ crop — ?
Answer: Annual
Q40: A * b = (a + b) + ab then (3 * 4) − (2 * 3) = ?
Answer: 8
Q41: Every decade increase in temperature (Fahrenheit) — ?
Answer: 0.14
Q42: Treaty of Lausanne — ?
Answer: 1923
Q43: Progeny of breeder seed — ?
Answer: Foundation seed
Q44: Family of castor — ?
Answer: Euphorbiaceae
Q45: Lowest pest population for economic damage — ?
Answer: Economic Injury Level
Q46: Physical and legal way to control insect — ?
Answer: Regulatory
Q47: Song Blood and Sword — ?
Answer: Fatima Bhutto
Q48: Microscopic study of tissue — ?
Answer: Histology
Q49: Annual water flow in tubewells of Pakistan — ?
Answer: 66 MAF
Q50: Climate with long winters and mild short summers — ?
Answer: Temperate climate
Q51: Climate with no or little rainfall to support life — ?
Answer: Desert climate
Q52: Natural pastures — ?
Answer: Rangeland
Q53: 1st two steps in hybridization — ?
Answer: Emasculation and pollination
Q54: Chemical for mite control — ?
Answer: Acaricide
Q55: Substitute in one word “human evolution from animals” — ?
Answer: Anthropology
Q56: Plant population sharing same characteristics and environment — ?
Answer: Plant species
Q57: Queen and drones are — ?
Answer: Diploid
Q58: Levy on broad range of products — ?
Answer: Sales tax
Q59: Chlorophyll is present in — ?
Answer: Chloroplast
Q60: Light absorption range (nm) — ?
Answer: 400 to 650 nm
Q61: 80–90 living animals in soil are — ?
Answer: Nematodes
Q62: Hard layer in soil — ?
Answer: Plough pan
Q63: DNA synthesis phase — ?
Answer: S phase
Q64: Seed rate of potato — ?
Answer: 1200–1500 kg
Q65: Exhaustive crop — ?
Answer: Maize
Q66: Rotten smell of sugar beet — ?
Answer: Wild rose
Q67: Regulator inhibiting root and leaf growth — ?
Answer: ABA
Q68: Safflower inflorescence — ?
Answer: Capitulate
Q69: Cell wall is made up of — ?
Answer: Cellulose
Q70: Rural area in developed countries — ?
Answer: 27%
Q71: Herbicide targets only roots, not kill other parts — ?
Answer: Systematic
Q72: Plant response to touch — ?
Answer: Thigmotropism
Q73: Death of tissues — ?
Answer: Necrosis
Q74: Organic farming yield produce — ?
Answer: Less yield (than conventional farming)
Q75: British Indian Government adopted system — ?
Answer: Dyarchy
Q76: American issue with Ukraine — ?
Answer: NATO
Q77: One ton soybean consumes NPK — ?
Answer: 100 kg
Q78: Royal jelly is made up of — ?
Answer: Pollen, water, nectar
Q79: Organic matter certification of soil requires — ?
Answer: 3 years
Q80: Biggest cotton exporting country — ?
Answer: China
Q81: Potato blight originated in — ?
Answer: Hungary
Q82: Leaf area reduction due to parasite — ?
Answer: Atrophy
Q83: Herbicide inhibiting photosynthesis — ?
Answer: Paraquat
Q84: Process of separating flax fiber — ?
Answer: Scutching
Q85: Endogenic process requiring light and water to release glucose — ?
Answer: Photosynthesis
Q86: Non-primary essential nutrient — ?
Answer: Calcium
Q87: Removal of insects and weeds from seed — ?
Answer: Seed cleaning
Q88: Powdery mildew affects — ?
Answer: Pea
Q89: Petals of flower — ?
Answer: Corolla
Q90: Water-soluble fertilizer applied with irrigation — ?
Answer: Fertigation
Q91: Dead plants with living roots are — ?
Answer: Perennial herbaceous
Q92: What is she talking about — ?
Answer: About
Q93: Propagation and introduction of sterile pests — ?
Answer: Genetic method
Q94: Null hypothesis opposite is — ?
Answer: Alternate hypothesis
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