This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Biotechnology > Overview > Agricultural Biotechnology β Quiz 4 π Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition of "Agriculture" ? A) The practice of architecture and construction. B) The science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock. C) The science of space exploration. D) The art of painting and drawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock. 2. Which type of agriculture is low input and extensive, using a lot of land but not as much labor per hectare? A) Industrial agriculture. B) Agroecology. C) Subsistence agriculture. D) Polyculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subsistence agriculture. 3. An artificial means of watering a plant A) Watering bottle. B) Automatic plant feeder. C) The irrigation system. D) Hose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The irrigation system. 4. In order to generate surpluses and become highly competitive in the international market, the United States have developed a very specialized commercial agriculture, which uses modern techniques and is quite integrated into that country's industry and commerce, called: A) Gardening agriculture. B) Kolkhozes. C) Kibutz. D) Belts or agricultural belts. E) Plantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Belts or agricultural belts. 5. The Concept of Transhumance is associated with? A) Stage two of the demographic transition Model. B) Buddhist spiritual practices. C) Pastoralism. D) Subsitisance farming. E) Hunting and gathering societies. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Hunting and gathering societies. 6. The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans- A) Mastered fire. B) Developed agriculture and settled down. C) Migrated from Africa. D) Organized governments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developed agriculture and settled down. 7. What is the main reason for the increasing demand for expensive inputs in agriculture. A) Local increases in demand for food. B) Global competition to use land more intensely. C) Regional population growth. D) Pushing farmers to use land continuously and not allowing it to lie fallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pushing farmers to use land continuously and not allowing it to lie fallow. 8. I am a farmer specialized in tomato, so I only sow tomatoes, what do I have? A) Polycull. B) Monoculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monoculture. 9. Some of the advantages of biological agriculture are ..... A) The production of healthy foods and the reduction of biodiversity loss. B) The production of healthy foods and increased loss of biodiversity. C) Low agricultural yield and low productivity. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The production of healthy foods and the reduction of biodiversity loss. 10. Which is the apex banking institution for providing finance for Agriculture and Rural Development in India. A) RBI. B) SEBI. C) NABARD. D) IBRD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NABARD. 11. NABARD was provided with an initial capital of..... A) Rs. 100 crore. B) Rs. 50 crore. C) Rs.20 crore 50 lakh. D) Rs.50 crore 40 lakh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rs. 100 crore. 12. What is the purpose of agricultural biotechnology? A) To increase the cost of traditional breeding techniques. B) To reduce the quality and usefulness of ag products. C) To make production cheaper and more manageable. D) To make production more expensive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make production cheaper and more manageable. 13. Which is the biggest structural reforms introduced in the financial sector A) Village Adoption Scheme. B) Establishment of Non-Financial Institution. C) Nationalisation of Banks. D) Introduction of Banking Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nationalisation of Banks. 14. Which one of these does not come under agricultural waste? A) Sugarcane Bagasse. B) Cardboard. C) Weeds. D) Animal Dung. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardboard. 15. Science and technology of producing and using plants for food, fuel, and fiber A) Product. B) Import. C) Agronomy. D) Byproduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agronomy. 16. The sub-branch of agriculture that deals with the growth of silk worms is: A) Poultry. B) Aquaculture. C) Sericicultura. D) Beekeeping. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sericicultura. 17. An apparatus for measuring transpiration in plants is called: A) Auxanometer. B) Hygrometer. C) Desirer. D) Lactometer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desirer. 18. Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct consumption by the producer rather than for market is called A) Shifting-field agriculture. B) Sedentary cultivation. C) Plantation farming. D) Subsistence agriculture. E) Hunting and gathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subsistence agriculture. 19. Which of the following is not an institutional source of credit? A) Moneylenders. B) MFIs. C) NABARD. D) RRBs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moneylenders. 20. Agriculture is..... A) The process of producing food, and fibres by farming of certain plants or raising animals. B) The work and processes involved in collecting raw materials, and making them into products in factories. C) The lack of basic human needs such as clean water, nutrition, healthcare, education and shelter. D) Large grassy areas with an abundance of nature such as animals and trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The process of producing food, and fibres by farming of certain plants or raising animals. 21. ..... is another word for farming. A) Cultivate. B) Domestication. C) Agriculture. D) Nomadic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture. 22. What do we use for preventing insect/pest attacks? A) Use fungicides. B) Use weedicides. C) Use water. D) Use insecticides/rodenticides (pesticides). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use insecticides/rodenticides (pesticides). 23. Which of the following statements about double cropping and intercropping is true? A) Double cropping is the only technique that involves planting and harvesting a crop multiple times a year. B) Intercropping is the planting of different crops on different fields. C) Intercropping involves planting two or more crops on the same field simultaneously. D) Double cropping and intercropping have no impact on the intensity of land use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intercropping involves planting two or more crops on the same field simultaneously. 24. This pathway includes management of our water, air, waste and public health. A) Natural Resource Systems. B) Plant Systems. C) Environmental Service Systems. D) Food Products and Processing Systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Environmental Service Systems. 25. What does forestry & natural resources involve? A) Processing and marketing agricultural products. B) Studying soil and land management. C) Growing aquatic organisms. D) Conservation of forests and wildlife. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conservation of forests and wildlife. 26. Identify first step during growing crops A) Seeding. B) Ploughing. C) Harvesting. D) Irrigation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ploughing. 27. Which type of agriculture rarely produces a surplus of crops? A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Commercial agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsistence agriculture. 28. Which of the following activities is MOST likely to be found in the outermost ring of the von ThΟnen Model? A) Extensive grain or livestock grazing/ranching. B) Subsistence farming. C) Market gardening. D) Dairy farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extensive grain or livestock grazing/ranching. 29. Which of the following would be considered AGRICULTURE? A) Hunting wildlife for food. B) Raising livestock for slaughter. C) Raising animals as pets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Raising livestock for slaughter. 30. How did peoples' dwellings change after the Agricultural Revolution (in Neolithic times)? A) They became larger, and more stable and permanent. B) They didn't-people mainly still lived in huts and caves. C) They became smaller and more mobile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They became larger, and more stable and permanent. β PreviousNext βRelated QuizzesBiotechnology QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesAgricultural Biotechnology Quiz 1Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 2Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 3Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 5Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 6Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 7Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 8Agricultural Biotechnology Quiz 9 π Back to Homepage π Download PDF Books π Premium PDF Books