What is the careful management and protection of natural resources for present and future use called?
Correct answer D. Conservation
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Agronomy MCQs
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What are genetically modified organisms called?
Correct answer C. Transgenic organisms
What is the substance that an enzyme acts on called?
Correct answer C. Substrate
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What does a white label on a seed bag indicate?
Correct answer C. Basic seed
What is the method of breaking seed dormancy by striking seeds forcefully against a hard surface called?
Correct answer B. Impaction
When the correlation between two variables is of what kind are the regression and correlation values the same?
Correct answer C. Perfect
What is the loss of water vapour from the surface of leaves called?
Correct answer C. Transpiration
What role does magnesium (Mg) play in plants?
Correct answer B. Enzyme activator
What does a tensiometer measure?
Correct answer B. Soil moisture
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Against which plants are contact herbicides less effective?
Correct answer B. Perennial plants
An excess of magnesium may cause a deficiency of which nutrient?
Correct answer B. N
In wheat, total crop nitrogen uptake per tonne of grain is about how much?
Correct answer A. 15-20 kg
Severe salinity has taken roughly what share of land out of production?
Correct answer D. 10%
Roughly what share of the country’s GDP comes from agriculture?
Correct answer D. 25%
Which rooting hormone occurs naturally in plants?
Correct answer A. Indolebutyric acid
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What is the systematic arrangement of soils into groups or categories called?
Correct answer C. Classification
Why are hybrid seeds developed?
Correct answer D. All the above
Who described a method of estimating seed vigour from the colour intensity of stained seeds?
Correct answer C. Kittock and Law (1963)
In which form is nitrogen available to plants?
Correct answer C. Both A and B
Foliar application of nitrogen means spraying nitrogen solution onto which part of the plant?
Correct answer D. Leaves