Computation Based MCQ For Upcoming Agriculture Examination!

1. If a farmer invests PHP 10,000 in fertilizer and expects a 20% increase in crop yield, originally valued at PHP 50,000, what will be the new yield value?

• a) PHP 55,000
• b) PHP 60,000
• c) PHP 65,000
• d) PHP 70,000

2. A cooperative sells 500 bags of rice at PHP 1,200 each. If the cost per bag is PHP 900, what is the total profit?

• a) PHP 150,000
• b) PHP 100,000
• c) PHP 120,000
• d) PHP 180,000

3. If the elasticity of demand for a crop is -0.5 and the price increases by 10%, by what percentage will the quantity demanded decrease?

• a) 2%
• b) 5%
• c) 10%
• d) 20%

4. A field yields 3,000 kg of rice on 1 hectare. If the farmer wants to increase the yield by 25%, how much more rice should be produced per hectare?

• a) 500 kg
• b) 600 kg
• c) 750 kg
• d) 800 kg

5. If the seeding rate for wheat is 120 kg/ha and the farm size is 15 hectares, how much seed is required?

• a) 1,800 kg
• b) 2,000 kg
• c) 2,500 kg
• d) 3,000 kg

6. Calculate the water use efficiency if 2000 m³ of water is used and 5000 kg of crop yield is obtained.

• a) 2.0 kg/m³
• b) 2.5 kg/m³
• c) 3.0 kg/m³
• d) 4.0 kg/m³

7. If a soil sample contains 30% clay, 10% silt, and 60% sand, what is the soil texture class according to the USDA soil classification?

• a) Sandy clay
• b) Loam
• c) Clay loam
• d) Sandy loam

8. Calculate the cation exchange capacity (CEC) if a soil sample has 5 meq of calcium, 3 meq of magnesium, and 2 meq of potassium per 100 g of soil.

• a) 5 meq/100g
• b) 8 meq/100g
• c) 10 meq/100g
• d) 12 meq/100g

9. A plot requires 50 kg of nitrogen per hectare. If the fertilizer used is 46% nitrogen, how much fertilizer is needed for a 10-hectare farm?

• a) 500 kg
• b) 1,087 kg
• c) 1,200 kg
• d) 1,300 kg

10. If a cow gains 200 kg in a year, consuming 7,300 kg of feed, what is the feed conversion ratio?

• a) 36.5
• b) 40.5
• c) 35.5
• d) 32.5

11. Calculate the average daily gain if a pig increases in weight from 30 kg to 90 kg over 120 days.

• a) 0.50 kg/day
• b) 0.75 kg/day
• c) 1.00 kg/day
• d) 1.25 kg/day

12. If a poultry farm has a feed conversion ratio of 2.5 and produces 200 kg of meat, how much feed is used?

• a) 400 kg
• b) 500 kg
• c) 600 kg
• d) 700 kg

13. A dairy cow produces 25 liters of milk per day. If milk sells for PHP 50 per liter, what is the cow’s monthly revenue?

• a) PHP 37,500
• b) PHP 30,000
• c) PHP 32,500
• d) PHP 35,000

14. If a fungicide application costs PHP 3,000 per hectare and covers 20 hectares, what is the total cost?

• a) PHP 50,000
• b) PHP 60,000
• c) PHP 70,000
• d) PHP 80,000

15. A farmer uses 200 ml of pesticide per hectare. How much pesticide is needed for a 50-hectare farm?

• a) 10 liters
• b) 15 liters
• c) 20 liters
• d) 25 liters

16. If the disease incidence in a field is 30% and there are 1,000 plants, how many plants are infected?

• a) 200
• b) 300
• c) 400
• d) 500

17. Calculate the irrigation requirement if the evapotranspiration is 8 mm/day and effective rainfall is 3 mm/day over 5 hectares.

• a) 25 mm/day
• b) 30 mm/day
• c) 35 mm/day
• d) 40 mm/day

18. A tractor consumes 12 liters of fuel per hour. If it operates for 6 hours a day, what is the total fuel consumption in 10 days?

• a) 600 liters
• b) 720 liters
• c) 800 liters
• d) 840 liters

19. If a pump discharges 500 liters of water per minute, how much water is pumped in 2 hours?

• a) 60,000 liters
• b) 50,000 liters
• c) 70,000 liters
• d) 80,000 liters

20. If the cost of production per hectare is PHP 25,000 and the yield is 4,000 kg per hectare, what is the cost per kg?

• a) PHP 5
• b) PHP 6.25
• c) PHP 7.50
• d) PHP 8.75

21. A farmer receives a loan of PHP 100,000 with an annual interest rate of 5%. What is the total amount to be repaid after one year?

• a) PHP 105,000
• b) PHP 107,500
• c) PHP 110,000
• d) PHP 115,000

22. If a crop’s evapotranspiration rate is 5 mm/day and the irrigation system delivers water at 8 mm/day, what is the net irrigation applied?

• a) 2 mm/day
• b) 3 mm/day
• c) 4 mm/day
• d) 5 mm/day

23. A crop needs 1,200 growing degree days to mature. If the average temperature is 25°C and the base temperature is 10°C, how many days will it take to mature?

• a) 60 days
• b) 80 days
• c) 100 days
• d) 120 days

24. Calculate the yield per hectare if a farmer harvests 10,000 kg from a 5-hectare field.

• a) 1,000 kg/ha
• b) 2,000 kg/ha
• c) 3,000 kg/ha
• d) 4,000 kg/ha

25. If a farmer applies a fungicide at a rate of 500 ml/ha and treats 20 hectares, how much fungicide is used in total?

• a) 8 liters
• b) 10 liters
• c) 12 liters
• d) 15 liters

26. If a crop disease affects 15% of 10,000 plants, how many plants remain healthy?

• a) 8,500
• b) 9,000
• c) 9,500
• d) 10,000

27. If a pump operates at 1,000 liters per hour and runs for 6 hours daily, how much water is pumped in 15 days?

• a) 80,000 liters
• b) 90,000 liters
• c) 100,000 liters
• d) 120,000 liters

28. Calculate the total fuel used if a tractor consumes 15 liters/hour and operates for 5 hours over 20 days.

• a) 1,200 liters
• b) 1,500 liters
• c) 1,800 liters
• d) 2,000 liters

29. A field receives 4 cm of rainfall, and the runoff is 1 cm. Calculate the effective rainfall.

• a) 2 cm
• b) 3 cm
• c) 4 cm
• d) 5 cm

30. Calculate the feed requirement if a cow consumes 25 kg of feed daily and the farm has 50 cows for 30 days.

• a) 25,000 kg
• b) 35,000 kg
• c) 37,500 kg
• d) 40,000 kg

31. If a farmer wants to plant corn at a density of 60,000 plants per hectare and the seed rate is 15 kg per hectare, how many grams of seed are required to plant 0.5 hectares?

• a) 7,500 grams
• b) 1,500 grams
• c) 2,500 grams
• d) 3,000 grams

32. A farmer applies 200 kg of a 15-15-15 NPK fertilizer per hectare. If the field is 3 hectares, what is the total amount of nitrogen applied in kilograms?

• a) 90 kg
• b) 180 kg
• c) 270 kg
• d) 300 kg

33. Given that an irrigation system delivers 5 liters per minute and operates for 4 hours a day, what is the total volume of water delivered to a 2-hectare field in a week?

• a) 9,400 liters
• b) 8,400 liters
• c) 3,360 liters
• d) 4,800 liters

34. A soil sample weighs 500 grams in air and 300 grams in water. What is the soil’s bulk density in g/cm³?

• a) 1.0 g/cm³
• b) 1.5 g/cm³
• c) 2.0 g/cm³
• d) 2.5 g/cm³

35. If a soil’s total porosity is 50% and its bulk density is 1.6 g/cm³, what is the soil’s particle density?

• a) 2.0 g/cm³
• b) 2.2 g/cm³
• c) 3.2 g/cm³
• d) 2.6 g/cm³

36. A tractor can cover 10 hectares in 8 hours. If the tractor operates at a speed of 4 km/h, what is the width of the field that the tractor is cultivating?

• a) 3 meters
• b) 4 meters
• c) 5 meters
• d) 6 meters

37. An irrigation system has an efficiency of 75%. If the system is designed to deliver 1000 cubic meters of water per hectare, how much water is actually delivered to the field?

• a) 750 cubic meters
• b) 800 cubic meters
• c) 850 cubic meters
• d) 900 cubic meters

38. A pesticide application rate is 0.5 liters per hectare. If a field is infested and requires treatment on 10 hectares, how many liters of pesticide are needed?

• a) 2 liters
• b) 5 liters
• c) 7.5 liters
• d) 10 liters

39. If the economic threshold level for a pest is 10 insects per square meter and there are 150 square meters in a field, what is the total number of insects at the threshold level?

• a) 1,000 insects
• b) 1,500 insects
• c) 2,000 insects
• d) 2,500 insects

40. If the total cost of production for 1 hectare of rice is PHP 20,000 and the yield is 5 metric tons, what is the cost of production per kilogram of rice?

• a) PHP 4.00
• b) PHP 4.50
• c) PHP 5.00
• d) PHP 5.50

41. A farmer expects a yield of 10 tons per hectare. If the market price is PHP 15,000 per ton, what is the total revenue expected from a 5-hectare field?

• a) PHP 750,000
• b) PHP 1,000,000
• c) PHP 1,500,000
• d) PHP 2,000,000

42. The average yield of corn in a study is 6 tons per hectare with a standard deviation of 0.8 tons. If the yield follows a normal distribution, what percentage of fields are expected to have yields above 6.4 tons?

• a) 16%
• b) 25%
• c) 30%
• d) 35%

43. If a yield forecasting model predicts an average yield of 7.5 tons per hectare with a variance of 2.5 tons², what is the coefficient of variation?

• a) 10.01%
• b) 12.51%
• c) 15.02%
• d) 21.07%

44. A field has a length of 150 meters and a width of 80 meters. If the field is to be divided into plots each measuring 10 meters by 10 meters, how many plots can be accommodated?

• a) 80 plots
• b) 90 plots
• c) 100 plots
• d) 120 plots

45. If the water requirement for rice is 1,200 mm per growing season and the field is 2 hectares, how many cubic meters of water are needed?

• a) 24,000 cubic meters
• b) 30,000 cubic meters
• c) 36,000 cubic meters
• d) 48,000 cubic meters

46. A fertilizer with a composition of 10-20-10 (N-P-K) is to be applied at a rate of 200 kg per hectare. What is the amount of phosphorus in kilograms applied per hectare?

• a) 20 kg
• b) 30 kg
• c) 40 kg
• d) 50 kg

47. If a crop requires 50 kg of nitrogen per hectare and a soil test shows that 10 kg of nitrogen is already available, how many kilograms of nitrogen fertilizer are needed per hectare?

• a) 30 kg
• b) 40 kg
• c) 50 kg
• d) 60 kg

48. A pest control product is applied at a rate of 0.2 liters per hectare. If the field size is 25 hectares, how many liters of the product are required?

• a) 4 liters
• b) 5 liters
• c) 6 liters
• d) 7 liters

49. If the cost of producing 1 hectare of vegetables is PHP 15,000 and the farmer expects a yield of 8 tons per hectare, what is the cost of production per kilogram?

• a) PHP 1.88
• b) PHP 2.00
• c) PHP 2.25
• d) PHP 2.50

50. If a field yields 12 tons of a crop and the price is PHP 20,000 per ton, what is the total revenue from the crop?

• a) PHP 180,000
• b) PHP 200,000
• c) PHP 240,000
• d) PHP 260,000