What growth rate did the agriculture sector record in the last fiscal year?
Correct answer B. 1.4%
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What is the single largest component of the agriculture sector in Pakistan?
Correct answer D. Livestock
Cotton makes up 11.5% of value added in agriculture. What is its share of GDP?
Correct answer C. 2.7%
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Lint cotton is a major what?
Correct answer C. Export item
Besides being an important food, what else is rice?
Correct answer C. Cash crop
What was the rice yield in Pakistan in 2010-11?
Correct answer C. 1,836 kg/ha
Rice accounts for 6.6% of value added in agriculture. What is its share of GDP?
Correct answer C. 1.6%
Which is the second largest staple food crop in Pakistan?
Correct answer B. Rice
Sugarcane makes up 6.3% of value added in agriculture. What is its share of GDP?
Correct answer D. 1.5%
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What is the yield of sugarcane in Pakistan?
Correct answer D. 48,042 kg/ha
Forests and rangelands support 30 million head of livestock. How much does this livestock add to Pakistan’s annual export earnings?
Correct answer C. $400 million
How much timber did the forest sector contribute in 1999-2000?
Correct answer C. 425 thousand cubic metres
One third of the forest area is productive. For what purpose is the remaining two thirds maintained?
Correct answer B. Environmental protection
Besides raw cotton, what are the country’s main export items?
Correct answer A. Cotton-based products
Which crop is both the population’s main staple food and the country’s largest grain crop?
Correct answer C. Wheat
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What was the wheat yield in 2010-11?
Correct answer B. 2,314 kg/ha
What is the forest sector’s contribution to GDP?
Correct answer B. 0.1%
Pakistan’s forest types include coniferous forests, irrigated plantations, riverain forests and which other type?
Correct answer A. Scrub forests
What is the total forest area of Punjab?
Correct answer D. 1.69 million hectares
What is the estimated total forest area of Sindh?
Correct answer D. 0.92 million hectares