Which sowing method is recommended for cotton?
Correct answer A. Drill method
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What is the recommended seed rate of American cotton per acre?
Correct answer A. 10-12 kg
What are the non-fruiting branches of the cotton plant called?
Correct answer C. Monopodial branches
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Between which values does the optimum soil pH for the cotton plant lie?
Correct answer B. 5.2 to 7.0
What kind of organism is Bacillus thuringiensis, the source of Bt cotton genes?
Correct answer B. Bacteria
Cotton is a crop of which region?
Correct answer C. Both A and B
What mode of germination does the cotton plant show?
Correct answer A. Epigeal germination
To which photosynthetic category does the cotton plant belong?
Correct answer C. C3 plant
What does CLCV stand for?
Correct answer A. Cotton leaf curl virus
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What was Pakistan’s record cotton production in 1991-92?
Correct answer B. 12,800,000 bales
Which of these countries ranks first in the area under cotton cultivation?
Correct answer D. India
Which of these countries ranks first in cotton yield per hectare?
Correct answer C. Australia
Where did Pakistan rank among cotton-exporting countries?
Correct answer D. 3rd
Who invented the cotton gin?
Correct answer C. Eli Whitney
When was cotton first grown as a crop in China?
Correct answer B. 4th century AD
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Gossypium hirsutum is regarded as having developed from a cross between which two species?
Correct answer B. G. arboreum and G. thurberi
Where did Gossypium herbaceum originate?
Correct answer C. Ethiopia and South Africa
What is the ploidy level of Gossypium arboreum?
Correct answer C. Diploid
What is the botanical name of American cotton?
Correct answer B. G. hirsutum
Which branch of science is concerned with the cultivation of land?
Correct answer C. Agriculture