Agricultural | MCQs

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Mustard is a Rabi crop.

Rabi crop is grown in autumn or early winter

They harvested in spring or early summer

They are grown in October or November. 

major rabi crop in India and Pakistan is:

• wheat, 
• barley,
• mustard,
• sesame,
•  peas.

Rabi crops are known as winter crops.

ND23-4-2023

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Jute was also known as the ‘Golden Fibre’.

mainly because of its colour.

It grows well on alluvial soil

Requires high temperature, heavy rainfall, and humid climate.

This crop is grown in the tropical areas.

India and Bangladesh are the leading producers of jute.

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Pakistan is the 5th largest sugar producer and 8th largest consumer in the world

Brazil is the largest producer of sugar in the world.

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The Von Thünen model explains agricultural land use patterns based on distance from a central market.

Johann Heinrich von Thünen developed it, and it was first published in 1826.

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Rabi crops are agricultural crops that are sown in winter and harvested in the spring in Pakistan.

There are two principal crop seasons in Pakistan namely “Kharif”, with sowing beginning in April and harvest between October and December and “Rabi” beginning in October-December and ending in April-May.

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Pakistan Agriculture Seed Supplies Corporation is a Pakistani government-owned company working in the storage sector of Pakistan, under administrative control of Ministry of National Food Security and Research, Govt. of Pakistan.

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There are five major crops namely:

1. Cotton
2. wheat
3. rice
4. sugar cane
5. maize

Cotton is the most important cash crop in Pakistan in terms of area and value addition.

After Wheat, Rice is the second main staple food crop

Rice second major exportable commodity after cotton.

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nd12-2022

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China is the world's largest producer of rice, making up 30% of global rice production

while

India is the second largest producer of Rice in the world. 

ND27-7-2023