The development of high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of wheat and rice is known as ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Suppose both buyers and sellers of wheat expect the price of wheat to rise in the near future. What would we expect to happen to the equilibrium price and quantity in the market for wheat today ?

   A. The impact on both price and quantity is ambiguous
   B. Price will decrease, quantity is ambiguous.
   C. price will increase, quantity will decrease
   D. price will increase, quantity is ambiguous.
   E. Price will increase, quantity will increase

2. The production of wheat in 2001-2 dropped by 2.9 percent. What was the size of wheat crop this year ?

   A. 18475 thousand tones
   B. 13475 thousand tones
   C. 19475 thousand tones
   D. 16475 thousand tones

3. Wheat being a plant of temperate zone grows well on plains away from sea and having moderately dry climate. World’s maximum production of wheat is obtained from ?

   A. Australia
   B. China
   C. Canada
   D. Russia

4. Wheat being a plant of temperate zone grows well on plains away from sea and having moderately dry climate World’s maximum production of wheat is obtained from ?

   A. Australia
   B. China
   C. Canada
   D. Russia

5. Suppose the economy is initially in long run equilibrium Then suppose there is a drought that destroys much of the wheat crop if policymakers allow the economy to adjust to long-run equilibrium on its own, according to the model to aggregate demand and aggregate supply what happens to prices and output in the long run ?

   A. Output rises; prices are unchanged from the initial value
   B. Output and the price level are unchanged from their initial values
   C. Output falls; prices are unchanged from the initial value
   D. Prices fall; output is unchanged from its initial value

6. Suppose the economy is initially is long run equilibrium Then suppose there is a drought that destroys much of the wheat crop According to the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply, what happens of prices and output in the short run ?

   A. Price rise; output falls
   B. Price fall; output rises
   C. Price rise; output rises
   D. Price fall; output falls

7. Which Province of Pakistan is the largest wheat producing province ?

   A. Punjab
   B. Sindh
   C. K.P.K
   D. Baluchistan

8. Pakistan is the _____largest Wheat Producer country in the world ?

   A. Fifth
   B. Seventh
   C. Sixth
   D. Eight

9. What was the yield of wheat in 2010-11 ?

   A. 2237 kgs/hec
   B. 2314 kgs/hec
   C. 2217 kgs/hec
   D. 2247 kgs/hec

10. Which of the following countries is the leading producer of wheat ?

    A. USA
    B. Argentina
    C. China
    D. Cuba