This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Crop Types > Farming Methods > Types Of Agriculture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Types Of Agriculture Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A form of subsistence agriculture in which farmers must expend a relatively large amount of effort to produce the maximum feasible yield from a parcel of land A) Pastoral Nomadism. B) Plantation. C) Shifting Cultivation. D) Intensive Subsistence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intensive Subsistence. 2. Commercial farming characterized by the integration of crops and livestock; most of the crops are fed to animals rather than consumed directly by humans. Like corn farming in the US. A) Ranching. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Plantation agriculture. D) Mixed crop/livestock agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed crop/livestock agriculture. 3. Seed of a cereal grass A) Mixed Crop and Livestock. B) Dairying. C) Grain. D) Ranching. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grain. 4. Truck farming, grow fruits and vegetables mainly for sale to processors who can or freeze products A) Mixed Crop and Livestock. B) Dairying. C) Mediterranean. D) Commercial Gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Commercial Gardening. 5. The 2 types of agriculture are A) Aquaculture and oceanography. B) Horticulture and Sericulture. C) Subsistence and commercial. D) Household and nationwide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subsistence and commercial. 6. ..... is one of the crops grown under commercial farming. A) Wheat. B) Potato. C) Onion. D) Tomato. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wheat. 7. A large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specialized in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country A) Intensive Subsistence. B) Plantation. C) Pastoral Nomadism. D) Shifting Cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plantation. 8. Rice planted on dry land in a nursery and then moved to a deliberately flooded field to promote growth A) Pastoral Nomadism. B) Shifting Cultivation. C) Intensive Subsistence, Wet Rice. D) Plantation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intensive Subsistence, Wet Rice. 9. Shifting Cultivation is primarily practised in the regions where ..... takes place. A) Tsunami. B) Heavy rainfall. C) Dry weather. D) Cutting of trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavy rainfall. 10. Small piece of land, simple implements, few crops planted, small amount of money involved, low level of education etc are characteristics of . A) Subsistence agriculture. B) Forestry. C) Commercial agriculture. D) Sustainable agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subsistence agriculture. 11. Farming that involves high inputs of capital, fertilisers and labour is known as ..... A) Intensive farming. B) Organic farming. C) Subsistence farming. D) Extensive farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intensive farming. 12. A form of subsistence agriculture in which people shift activity from one field to another; each field is used for crops for relatively few years and left fallow for a relatively long period. A) Ranching. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Pastoral nomadism. D) Mixed crop/livestock agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shifting cultivation. 13. Commercial farming characterized by integration of crops and livestock; most of the crops are fed to animals rather than consumed directly by humans A) Mixed Crop and Livestock. B) Dairying. C) Grain. D) Ranching. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mixed Crop and Livestock. 14. Which of the following is not a feature of commercial agriculture? A) High capital. B) Control of pest and diseases. C) Use of family labour. D) Use of mechanised farm tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of family labour. 15. A form of commercial agriculture that specializes in the production of milk and other dairy products A) Mixed Crop and Livestock. B) Dairying. C) Grain. D) Ranching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dairying. 16. A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals A) Plantation. B) Intensive Subsistence. C) Pastoral Nomadism. D) Shifting Cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pastoral Nomadism. 17. The cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetable is called A) Sericulture. B) Horticulture. C) Apiculture. D) Pisciculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horticulture. 18. ..... is cultivation of fruits and flowers A) Sericulture. B) Agriculture. C) Horticulture. D) Viticulture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horticulture. 19. The relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants A) Shifting cultivation. B) Mixed crop/livestock agriculture. C) Market gardening. D) Plantation agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Market gardening. 20. Focuses on horticulture (fruits, vegetables, flowers) for human consumption A) Mixed Crop and Livestock. B) Dairying. C) Mediterranean. D) Commercial Gardening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mediterranean. 21. A traditional subsistence agricultural system in which the society follows the movement of livestock A) Ranching. B) Pastoral nomadism. C) Mixed crop/livestock agriculture. D) Shifting cultivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pastoral nomadism. 22. In ..... farming, land is used for growing food and fodder crops and rearing livestock A) Mixed. B) Plantations. C) Subsistence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mixed. 23. Growing specialized crops such as bananas, coffee, and cacao in tropical developing countries, primarily for sale to developed countries. A) Ranching. B) Shifting cultivation. C) Mixed crop/livestock agriculture. D) Plantation agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plantation agriculture. 24. Farming that involves low input of capital, material and labour with large amounts of land is ..... A) Shifting cultivation. B) Subsistence farming. C) Intensive farming. D) Extensive farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Extensive farming. 25. Across the globe, more than ..... % of people are engaged in agriculture A) 50. B) 25. C) 40. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 50. Related QuizzesCrop Types QuizzesAgriculture Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books