Agriculture Exams (Agri Cropsci) – Page 6

#101. In Asia, the early civilization have established around a diet basically consisting of:
A rice and beans
B Maize and peanuts
C Sorghum and beans
D Wheat and barley
Answer: rice and beans
#102. A group of plants within a species that are distinguished by the same or similar characteristics.
A Species
B Genus
C Variety
D Family
Answer: Variety
#103. What is not a species?
A Indica
B Vulgaris
C Mangifera
D Carota
Answer: Mangifera
#104. The enactment of this law replaces the Philippine Seed Board with the National Seed Industry Council beginning March 27, 1992.
A RA 7001
B RA 1992
C RA 7308
D RA 8435
Answer: RA 7308
#105. Crops which have the following characteristics can be planted through direct seeding.
A Seedlings cannot tolerate root disturbance
B Seedlings develop multiple tap roots
C Seed are expensive
D Seeds are difficult to germinate
Answer: Seedlings cannot tolerate root disturbance
#106. Who was the first minister of Agriculture when all cabinet departments were changed to ministries during martial law and established the 12 regional officers each headed by a regional director.
A Arturo P. Tanco
B Juan F. Rodriguez
C Benjamin M Gozon
D Cesar Fortich
Answer: Arturo P. Tanco
#107. Leguminoceae is same as __________.
A Fabaceae
B Convulvolaceae
C Monocotyledonae
D Pedaliaceae
Answer: Fabaceae
#108. Guttation in plants is through the _____.
A Lenticels
B Cutin
C Leaves
D Hydathodes
Answer: Hydathodes
#109. The people regarded now as the first agriculturist are the:
A Africans
B American Indians
C Chinese
D Cushites
Answer: Cushites
#110. Our region consisting of the Indochinese-Indonesian region is believed to be the center of ________________.
A Garlic
B Rice
C Corn
D Coconut
Answer: Coconut
#111. Corn originated in what country?
A Philippines
B China
C Mexico
D India
Answer: Mexico
#112. A national agency mainly involved in producing newly bred rice varieties.
A IRRI
B Philrice
C IPB
D NSIC
Answer: Philrice
#113. A cereal crop developed in CYMMIT and is hybrid between wheat and rye.
A Rice
B Barley
C Wheat
D Triticale
Answer: Triticale
#114. Smudging of mango trees induces flowering due to the production of this hormone.
A Cytokinin
B Gibberellin
C Ethylene
D Naphthalene
Answer: Ethylene
#115. The source of the oxygen gas released in photosynthesis is water.
A True
B False
C Sometime
D Not enough information
Answer: True
#116. The source of electrons used to reduce NADP+ in the light reactions is chlorophyll.
A True
B False
C Sometimes
D Not enough information
Answer: False
#117. The physical appearance of a plant with respect to a particular character.
A Ideotype
B Phenotype
C Genotype
D prototype
Answer: Phenotype
#118. The minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) who launched the Intensive Rice Production Program (IRPP) in 1984 was _____________.
A Salvador H. Escudero
B Salvador Araneta
C Salvador Lopez
D Ceasar Fortich
Answer: Salvador H. Escudero
#119. The principal author of RA 8435.
A Gregorio B. Honasan II
B Edgardo Angara
C Robert Sebastian
D Senen Bacani
Answer: Edgardo Angara
#120. RA 8435 is also known as the _______________________.
A Agricultural Modernization Act of 1998
B Fisheries Modernization Act of 1986
C Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1998
D Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1986
Answer: Agricultural and Fisheries Modernization Act of 1998