This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Overview > Agricultural Biotechnology – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 14 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the most important primary sector activity? A) Cattle raising. B) Agriculture. C) Fishing. D) The nap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 2. Which of the following is defined by-Provisions of small loans and financial services to individuals and small business in developing countries A) Gross Domestic Product. B) Microfinance. C) Primary sector. D) Structural adjustment programs. E) World Systems theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microfinance. 3. Overgrazing and overfarming pasture areas has contributed to which problem? A) Acid rain. B) Famine. C) Desertification. D) Soil loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desertification. 4. The action of ethylene is effectively inhibited by..... ion. A) Ca. B) Mg. C) Ag. D) Mn. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ag. 5. What type of soil predominates in missions with 35%? A) Clayey. B) Stony. C) Sandy. D) Franco. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stony. 6. Early tools used by Neolithic people were mostly for..... A) Building homes. B) Doing farm work. C) Catching fish. D) Creating better weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doing farm work. 7. In agriculture ..... They are plants, animals, insects, microbes or other unwanted organisms.These can bite, destroy food crops, damage property, or make our most difficult lives. A) Diseases. B) Pests. C) Bacteria. D) Herbicides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pests. 8. What type of CHARACTERISTICS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE given"A potato farmer faces a logistical challenge due to the harvested potatoes. The potatoes take up a significant amount of space in storage and transportation, requiring specialized equipment and facilities to handle the volume efficiently." A) Processing. B) Perishability. C) Bulliness. D) Heterogeneity of produce. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bulliness. 9. This pathway includes scientists, graders & sorters, packagers, and safety specialists. A) Food Products & Processing Systems. B) Power, Structural & Technical Systems. C) Natural Resource Systems. D) Plant Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Food Products & Processing Systems. 10. One way that farming changed the way people lived was..... A) They no longer were nomads. B) Life expectancy was shorter. C) They had to move around to new farms. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They no longer were nomads. 11. Focusing on a single profession or skill A) Surplus. B) Specialization. C) Revolution. D) Domestication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specialization. 12. All of the following can contribute to desertification EXCEPT A) Overgrazing. B) Slash and burn agriculture. C) Deforestation. D) Extensive pastoralism. E) Soil sanitization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slash and burn agriculture. 13. What is the term used to describe a sudden, complete, or marked change in something? A) Agricultural. B) Selective. C) Population. D) Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Revolution. 14. As the very name of these functions implies, they involve neither transfer of title to goods nor handling of the product but help in the smooth discharge of the other functions. The function of classification and grading helps in classification and sorting out of commodities according to size, quality colour, weight, etc A) Exchange Functions. B) Physical Functions. C) Facilitive Functions. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facilitive Functions. 15. ..... eventually replaced hunting and gathering as the main source of food. A) Farming. B) McDonald's. C) Fishing. D) Scavaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farming. 16. Which of the following is a form of subsistance agriculture? A) Grain farming. B) Mediterranean agriculture. C) Livestock ranching. D) Slash and burn farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slash and burn farming. 17. This pathway includes lab technicians, recycling engineers, scientists, and waste disposal workers. A) Food Products & Processing Systems. B) Plant Systems. C) Environmental Service Systems. D) Natural Resource Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental Service Systems. 18. Consists of improvements to agriculture brought about by the application of modern scientific methods to the development of new crop varieties and agricultural inputs. A) Blue Revolution. B) French Revolution. C) October Revolution. D) Green Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green Revolution. 19. Of the sectors of the economy agriculture is part of: A) The secondary sector. B) The primary sector. C) The quaternary sector. D) The tertiary sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The primary sector. 20. When people learn a single job or craft A) Revolution. B) Domesticate. C) Surplus. D) Specialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specialization. 21. Imagine you are starting a restaurant and need to ensure all your non-meat and non-poultry items meet safety standards. Which agency would you consult for regulations? A) FDA. B) EPA. C) OSHA. D) USDA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FDA. 22. Which of the following is NOT true of MDC's A) Low percentage of farmers in the labor force. B) Heavy use of machinery because of Commercial farming. C) Amount of land dedicated to farming has decreased in the last century. D) Most food produced on farms is consumed elsewhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amount of land dedicated to farming has decreased in the last century. 23. What has made it possible to grow rice in areas of less rainfall such as Punjab and Haryana? A) Rivers. B) Monsoons. C) Winter rain. D) Tubewells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tubewells. 24. THe most important reason for the rising use of alternative energy crops a=such as ethanol and biodiesel has been A) The rapid increase of the price of oil. B) The public relations efforts of alternate energy advocates. C) The large amount of waste oil from deep fryers. D) The slash and burn agriculture occurring in brazil that has seen the growth of millions if acres if new sugar cane. E) The improvements in irrigation techniques. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The rapid increase of the price of oil. 25. In Mixed Crop and Livestock farming crops are used to A) Feed the farmers family. B) Efficiently use land. C) Sell for profit. D) Feed the animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feed the animals. 26. What impact did the changes in farming have on society according to the passage? A) They led to a decrease in food production. B) They had no significant impact on society. C) They led to the growth of villages, communities, and civilizations. D) They caused a decline in the population. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They led to the growth of villages, communities, and civilizations. 27. Which of the following means to prepare land to grow crops by plowing soil? A) Cultivate. B) Domestication. C) Nomadic. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultivate. 28. In which regions does Ragi grow well? A) Old alluvial soil. B) Moist areas. C) Sandy soils, shallow black soil. D) Red, black, sandy, loamy, shallow black soils. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red, black, sandy, loamy, shallow black soils. 29. An indicator constructed by the United Nations to measure the gender gap in the level of achievement in terms of income and life expectancy A) Productivity. B) Gender equality index. C) Human development index. D) Tertiary Sector. E) Female labor force participation rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gender equality index. 30. What does the term "Selective" refer to in the context of the passage? A) The total number of people or inhabitants in a particular area. B) Involving careful choice or selection. C) A sudden, complete, or marked change in something. D) Related to farming or agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involving careful choice or selection. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesBiotechnology QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesAgricultural Biotechnology Quiz 1Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 2Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 3Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 4Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 5Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 6Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 7Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books